Chapter 169: Unease

They had already gone through the procedures above, and then took out their officer IDs.

"These are our officer IDs."

"This is our pass for the Northeast Military Region."

"This is our Leader's military escort permit."

An Yinan thought for a moment, then handed over her work ID as a confidential translator, "This is my work ID."

As for the Grade One Confidential Translator work ID, she felt it was better not to take it out to scare people, and the effect would be the same anyway.

The Secretary verified all the documents, and then saw the work ID handed over by An Yinan; his eyes narrowed slightly.

No wonder she brought two personal bodyguards.

Moreover, the resumes of these two people were so excellent and outstanding, and they were even assigned directly from the Beijing Military Region.

Confidential translators, there are fewer than one hundred in the whole country.

Every single one is a national treasure.

"By the way, I submitted a batch of documents yesterday; the National Compilation Bureau can verify them," An Yinan thought for a moment and replied.

All of this collapsed without a fight.

The Secretary stood up and extended his hand to An Yinan, "Comrade An, our Northeast Military Region will conduct a thorough investigation into this matter."

Before, it was a dispute between military dependents.

Now, however, it involved the Compilation Bureau.

An Yinan's status was not merely that of a military spouse in the Northeast Military Region.

She is a confidential translator, affiliated with the National Compilation Bureau.

This dispute now required an explanation to the National Compilation Bureau.

"Alright, I believe the Leader will give me a fair and just result," An Yinan smiled.

Even if she appeared soft and weak, no one could look at her the same way again.

"Why is it like this? Is it whatever she says?" Wang Erhua couldn't quite understand the direction things were taking.

And her education and knowledge determined her lack of understanding.

Chen Xun and An Yinan left, followed by Yun Mo and Yun Shu.

Returning to the Xiao Yuan, Chen Xun first pulled An Yinan to wash her hands, then wiped them dry.

"Did I cause you trouble?" An Yinan asked.

Seeing the man silent, she asked, not quite understanding.

In fact, she had held back; if this were in Quanshui Village, things wouldn't have been so simple to brush over.

Chen Xun shook his head and pulled her to sit on the kang.

"Does your hand hurt?"

An Yinan shook her head.

"Next time, don't hold back; don't worry about me," Chen Xun pinched her little cheek.

An Yinan wrinkled her nose, only then realizing that this man wasn't angry.

"I was afraid you'd have a hard time cleaning up the mess," An Yinan said.

Chen Xun smiled, "I can't even bear to make you angry myself. Whoever upsets you, just go ahead and deal with them directly. Just don't let yourself suffer any grievances. Even if you poke a hole in the sky, I'll clean up the mess for you."

His little girl always thought too much. She had come to the Northeast Camp all by herself for him, alone, far away from friends and family, and if she suffered grievances, she had to bear them herself—that was absolutely not allowed.

"Even if I poke a hole in the sky, you'll help me clean up the mess?" An Yinan looked at Chen Xun with amusement. He hadn't spoken just now, and she had thought she had gone too far. Only now did she realize this was what the guy was thinking.

If he hadn't said it, she might have misunderstood, right?

"Mm, my wife—if I don't clean up the mess, who will?" Chen Xun said as if it were a matter of course.

An Yinan rubbed his furrowed brow, "Okay."

Meanwhile, the Secretary had a headache and brewed another cup of tea. For people like Wang Erhua, they were not a minority in the military region. He had even seen them sitting together gossiping about family matters on weekdays.

But to spread rumors without clarifying the facts—this was only because it was An Yinan. If it had been someone else, this matter probably wouldn't have ended well.

"This matter is already clear. You go back first; I'll talk to Liu Tiezhu later." Regarding military dependents, even though he was the Secretary, there wasn't much he could say.

Wang Erhua seemed to lose all her strength, "Secretary, can you not tell my husband?"

The Secretary sighed and said to Wang Erhua, "You military dependents are the motivation for the soldiers. If we aren't united internally, then what are the soldiers working so hard for? Comrade Wang Erhua, you go back first."

Wang Erhua left in a daze, the slap mark on her face and her messy hair becoming her signature look.

She didn't know what those people had shown the Secretary to make his attitude change so suddenly.

"Why haven't you cooked yet? The child is crying his head off from hunger. I don't know what you're doing all day. If you don't want to stay in the military region, just hurry back to your hometown."

As soon as Wang Erhua returned home, she heard Liu Tiezhu's questioning.

She didn't dare mention what happened today, sensing she had caused trouble. She hurriedly grabbed at her hair, the intense pain making her shed tears.

"I'm hungry, I want to eat."

The wailing of her precious son made Wang Erhua quickly take out some rice and go outside to boil porridge.

Liu Tiezhu still didn't know what had happened in the morning. He looked at the rice gruel served, his son's fussing, and his daughter, who was too timid to step forward.

"You guys eat." After saying this, he went straight back to the training ground.

Wang Erhua finally couldn't hold it in and started wailing in the room.

She had given birth to three children for the Lao Liu family—two "money-losing goods" and one "Jindou." She thought that coming to the military region meant she could finally enjoy life, but look at the life she was living!

When her daughter saw her mother crying, she carefully took a handkerchief and handed it over, but in return, she got a slap from Wang Erhua.

"It's all because of you, you money-losing good! It's all because of you! Where were you when your mother was getting beaten? Now you know how to come over? Why didn't you know how to help when your mother was getting beaten?"

"Mom, I was wrong, wuu wuu~"

"Mom, stop hitting me, I won't do it again~"

"I'll beat you to death, you money-losing goods!"

The sound of Wang Erhua hitting someone and the child's crying were exceptionally loud in this hallway with no soundproofing.

At the training ground in the afternoon, Chen Xun looked at Liu Tiezhu with cold eyes, making the hair on Liu Tiezhu's back stand up; he didn't seem to have provoked the Battalion Commander recently, did he?

"Liu Tiezhu, step out of line."

"Yes."

"Combat demonstration, with me." Chen Xun gave the order coldly.

Liu Tiezhu looked bewildered, "Battalion Commander, don't do this."

Chen Xun didn't give him any chance, cupped his fists, and swung directly at him.

Can't manage your wife, and you come to make my wife angry.

Can't manage your mouth, and you make my wife angry.

Can't manage..., you made my wife angry!!!

For a full two-plus hours, Chen Xun acted as if he had endless energy.

Left hook, right hook, front kick, sweeping leg...

He cycled through all eighteen varieties of martial arts.

Although it was normal training, Liu Tiezhu always felt he was being targeted...

Until just after the training ended, the Secretary's orderly arrived.

Liu Tiezhu arrived at the Secretary's office, "Reporting."

"Come in," the Secretary said.

Liu Tiezhu entered the office, and the Secretary looked at the sweating Liu Tiezhu and said, "Tie Zhu, how many years have you been a soldier?"

Liu Tiezhu felt everything today was very confusing; first the mess at home, then Battalion Commander Chen's combat training, and now even the Secretary was being especially concerned?