Chapter 356: What a Lovesick Fool

"I've missed you! Sister-in-law, Brother Jiang Cheng has really missed you!"

"Get lost, you brat!"

Hearing the commotion on the other end, Si Rong realized there were many people there.

At the thought of the explicit words of love she had spoken being heard by so many, a flush of pink appeared on Si Rong's face.

"Um, I didn't have anything else to call about, I'll hang up now."

Honestly, she hoped Jiang Cheng could be transferred back soon; she really didn't like these days of living apart.

Jiang Cheng hung up the phone with lingering reluctance, then turned back to glare at these clueless bachelors, "Run around the training field, five laps each!"

The group, who had been excited just a moment ago, immediately let out a chorus of wails upon hearing this.

They were all young men of seventeen or eighteen, each one fond of running their mouths.

While obediently accepting their punishment and running laps, they shouted, "Did you miss me?"

Jiang Cheng:...

"Ten laps!"

Very good, that silenced them.

He had indeed been too lenient before.

It was all the fault of these little brats, otherwise he could have talked with Rongrong for a while longer.

Since Rongrong asked if he had missed her, that meant she had missed him.

Jiang Cheng curled the corners of his lips, then walked quickly to find Director Chen.

He had to ask when he could be transferred to Huaiyang.

"Why the rush?" Chen Shuo was naturally reluctant to let him go.

"I'm just in a hurry." Jiang Cheng spoke bluntly.

Chen Shuo:...

"Because of that little girlfriend of yours?" Chen Shuo felt very puzzled; previously, his wife had even busied herself introducing several girls to Jiang Cheng, but none of them had been able to make Jiang Cheng so soul-stirringly obsessed, "It seems you're truly serious this time."

Jiang Cheng nodded.

Yes, he was indeed serious; now his heart was entirely filled with Si Rong.

"..." Chen Shuo was very displeased, crossing his arms and looking at him coldly, "The new fighter jet will be test-flown soon. Staying here, your path to promotion will be much faster than returning to Huaiyang. Can you distinguish between what is light and what is heavy?"

He understood that young people were always more prone to being obsessed with love, but after all, he was Jiang Cheng's teacher; he assumed he would think carefully about his words.

"She is heavy." Jiang Cheng did not hesitate.

Chen Shuo:...

Fine! Fine! Fine! What a lovesick fool!

"The transfer order will come down soon, get lost back to your Huaiyang!"

Jiang Cheng's eyes lit up; he could finally go back.

The night was very dark.

Dressed in red, Li Xuan sat in a strange room, while a white, chubby man with drool flowing from his mouth watched her with a silly grin.

"Wife, hee hee."

Li Xuan endured it, and she said gently, "Xiao Shuai, do you know what 'wife' means?"

"I, know," Xiao Shuai said, picking his nose with a silly air, "It means, sleeping with me, hee hee."

He really was a fool.

Li Xuan sat there, lost in thought for a moment.

The mother who gave birth to her had brought her back from Huaiyang just to have her spend her whole life with a fool.

Many times, she felt this world was very desperate.

It was also very unfair; mothers were not all the same. For instance, Si Rong's mother loved her daughter to the bone.

What a pity, good fortune had never belonged to her.

Li Xuan took the initiative to hold the fool's hand, "Before, who coaxed you to sleep?"

"My mom," the fool said happily, "She always held me and sang to coax me to sleep, but after I grew up, she didn't hold me to sleep anymore, saying I should let my wife coax me to sleep."

The fool suddenly stopped smiling, let go of her hand, and lay down on the red wedding quilt, sobbing, "I want my mom!"

Li Xuan:...

She looked at him with eyes full of disdain mixed with envy—envy that he had a good mother.

"Don't think about it," Li Xuan's heart stirred, "You want to marry a wife like your mom to coax you to sleep, right?"

The fool nodded.

"I have a way, as long as you listen to me."

"This Li family girl looks quite good, but I'm still a bit worried," Xiao Shuai Ma said, her brow full of worry, "Will she honestly live a life with Xiao Shuai?"

"Didn't her mother say it? If she's not honest, just tie her up and beat her."

"As long as she is good to Xiao Shuai, I will be good to her."

As the old couple talked, they saw Xiao Shuai and his newlywed wife walking out of the room hand in hand.

Today was supposed to be their son's wedding night; seeing them holding hands, Xiao Shuai Ma felt a burst of joy, "You're out? Want some watermelon? I'll go cut some!"

"Mom," Li Xuan called her that, "Xiao Shuai said he's taking me to see his good friend."

Xiao Shuai's good friend was a big yellow dog in the village; it was originally unwanted, but because it followed Xiao Shuai, the family would usually feed it.

Usually, the big yellow dog would lie at the door of the house.

"Fine, then you two go see it! Your father and I are going to sleep in the room first."

Seeing the young couple so affectionate, Xiao Shuai Ba and his wife both felt very comforted in their hearts.

Xiao Shuai did indeed take Li Xuan to see Big Yellow, and then the two of them quickly returned to the Li family home together.

"Why did you run back?" Thinking of the bride price money she had received, Mother Li felt a wave of guilt.

However, seeing the fool following behind her, Mother Li was ultimately somewhat relieved.

"I came back to get something."

Mother Li snorted coldly, "What do you have in this house?"

"You'll know soon enough."

Li Xuan pulled the fool into the room where Mother Li slept, and after about ten minutes, Xiao Shuai walked out satisfied with a person slung over his shoulder.

Shen Lan arrived at Kongque Zhen in the dark; compared to Huaiyang, this place could be considered a remote backwater.

He asked about families with the surname Li along the way, and by asking for Li Xuan's name, he found a general area.

He felt as if both his legs no longer belonged to him.

The night wind whistled, and it seemed as if something was hidden in the reed marshes in the distance.

Shen Lan felt a bit afraid, and just as he wanted to quickly get away from there, he suddenly heard a strange sound.

Rustle—

And following that sound, he looked toward the distance and saw a small mound of a grave protruding from the middle of the crop field.

It nearly scared him to death.

In an instant, those worlds of ghosts and monsters seemed to shine into reality.

Shen Lan turned to run, but a woman's voice came from behind him, "Don't go—"

He was terrified and ran even faster, only hating that his legs could not keep up with the speed of his heart.

If he had known, he shouldn't have come to look for Li Xuan.

"It's me! Shen Lan!"

The female ghost's voice seemed somewhat familiar; Shen Lan stopped his steps, and sure enough, it was Li Xuan behind him.

Li Xuan caught up to him, panting, "Are you here to look for me?"

She hugged Shen Lan, "It's a good thing you're here, otherwise I really wouldn't know what the meaning of living is."

Shen Lan didn't dare to move, "In the middle of the night, why are you in the wilderness?"

Could it be that Li Xuan was already dead? Was this a ghost now?

"My mother wants to marry me off to a fool; I only managed to escape with great difficulty,"

She said this, but Shen Lan still didn't dare to believe it easily; he shone his flashlight on her and finally set his heart at ease when he saw she had a shadow on the ground just like his own.

Li Xuan:......

"Your mother wants to marry you off to a fool?" Shen Lan felt that her mother was truly too foolish.

Could it be that Mother Li thought Li Xuan would be better off married to a fool than living with him?