Chapter 148: Please excuse me, everyone; I must take my leave

"Back?"

"Who's back?"

The old men were all confused, looking at Shen Man with concern. The young girl couldn't be hallucinating, could she?

Just as Pei Yan Ting was about to say something, she suddenly heard a familiar and annoying voice—

"Wife, I'm back~ Is there anything to eat? I'm starving."

"Eh? Jiang Ye, does your family have so many relatives?"

"It's clearly your family's relatives."

"No, Grandpa Lin? Why are you at my sister's house?"

"Grandpa Xu, Grandpa Zhao, Grandpa Liu, you all are—"

"Stinky brat, what kind of tone is that? Looking at your annoying face, I want to smack you!"

"Old Lu, Old Lu, don't hit Xiu Bai. Xiu Bai is still young."

Old Man Lin fanned the flames, his tone suggesting he was just there to watch the fun.

The two sisters-in-law, Shen Man and Pei Yan Ting, looked at each other, hurriedly covered the pot, and walked out of the kitchen together.

Sure enough, Tangyuan hadn't been wrong; Brother Jiang Ye was really back!

Shen Man's eyes were slightly red because she saw that the man's left hand was injured and in a sling!

If the external injury alone was this serious, who knew if there were other injuries under his clothes!

Seeing Jiang Ye in this state, Section Commander Duan felt very heartbroken. Seeing that the stinky brat didn't even give him a glance, only looking at his wife, he took the opportunity to suggest:

"Alright, alright, Old Brother Lu, let's go to the kitchen to watch the fire and let these two young couples go back to their rooms to whisper."

"Agreed."

Old Man Lu revealed a knowing smile. His grandson looked lively and energetic, so he shouldn't have suffered too much.

As for his granddaughter-in-law's husband, he looked like he had been honorably wounded. Now was not the time for talking and reminiscing; let the young couple talk privately first.

The other old people also nodded secretly. This grandson-in-law of Old Lu looked dignified and had an extraordinary bearing; even if he was injured, his aura was still very imposing.

He looked like an officer with a high rank, and standing with Manman, they were a perfect match.

The young couple had been separated for almost a month; they were newlyweds, so they should be allowed to reminisce properly.

Jiang Ye nodded slightly to the elders in the courtyard and said in a low voice:

"Please excuse me, everyone; I must take my leave."

Although he hadn't met many of the old people, looking at the familiar tone and eyes of Section Commander Duan and his grandfather, they should all be on their side.

"Brother Jiang Ye, let me check your wounds."

Shen Man couldn't care about shyness; her heart was full of worry.

She took the initiative to walk over, grabbed the man's uninjured right hand, and hurriedly pulled him back to the room.

Over there, Pei Yan Ting had long since pulled her own man back to their small room, grabbing his ear and interrogating him about what had happened during this time and why his brother-in-law was injured.

Of course, the most important thing was to ask awkwardly:

"Are you injured?"

Lu Xiu Bai wailed in misery, hugging his wife's waist and sniffing—his wife smelled so good!

During the time he was away, he thought about her day and night, wondering what she was doing.

Would she miss him?

Hmm, his wife must have missed him too!

She wasn't even pulling his ear as hard as before!

"Don't be clingy, take off your clothes, let me check."

Pei Yan Ting said this and was about to reach out to undo the buttons on the man's chest. Seeing her brother-in-law injured like that, she wasn't very reassured about her own man's constitution.

"I'm not injured, I'm fine.

Want to take off my clothes? Wait until I'm full, you can take them off however you want, even the pants—"

The next second, Lu Xiu Bai's mouth was pinched shut, and he kept making muffled sounds like a boiling kettle.

Pei Yan Ting smelled the scent of tobacco and didn't say anything, just warned the man to behave and stop howling; her grandfather was here!

Suddenly, Lu Xiu Bai's world collapsed.

He looked at his wife in despair. Her grandfather was here?

Right there among that group of old men?

Then his image just now...

In the room, Jiang Ye's gaze was almost greedy, as if he wanted to devour the person in front of him.

Counting it up, the time he had been away was less than three days from being a full month!

A day felt like a year!

On the warship, whenever his mind was empty, he couldn't help but miss his wife at home.

During the most dangerous times of adjusting equipment, brushing past torpedoes, and racing against ghosts and gods, he only regretted not meeting his wife sooner.

If he had met her sooner, he would definitely have taken good care of her and not let her be helpless and suffer for three years...

Fortunately, he was still alive and had returned in one piece!

"You—"

Shen Man closed the doors and windows. Even though she hadn't done anything bad, she felt a sense of shame.

However, her inner worry for the man overcame the shame.

"I'm fine, just a small injury, it'll be fine after some rest."

Jiang Ye comforted his frightened wife with a lingering gaze. Only he knew that he wasn't as gentle as he appeared; this was an illusion.

The real self inside was like a beast, just wanting to fiercely bully and ravage his wife, who had no sense of danger.

"By the way, those elders in the house?"

In order not to scare his wife, the man restrained himself and changed the subject.

His gaze, however, was firmly glued to his wife, sniffing the faint scent of magnolia flowers emanating from her.

His tense spirit relaxed slightly at this moment, and his sharp, cold eyes shone with a soft, warm luster.

"A few days after you and Brother left the family compound, Grandpa's friends, Grandpa Lin, Grandpa Zhao..."

"And Master, that is, Sister-in-law's grandfather, he took me as his closing disciple and, along with other senior brothers, taught me the unique skills of traditional Chinese medicine..."

Shen Man adjusted her mood, explaining patiently while turning to get the teapot on the table, dripping two drops of Spiritual Liquid into it.

Although Brother Jiang Ye said it was a small injury, she checked the wound, and even with the blessing of the Spiritual Liquid, the healing speed was slow, which showed how serious the injury was at the time!

Jiang Ye took the water cup and pulled out a smile, teasing:

"It seems my wife was very busy while I was away."

Shen Man heard the teasing in the man's words and felt a surge of anger.

She lightly punched the man's right chest, complaining with dissatisfaction:

"Only by being busy could I not miss you so much. During the days you weren't home, I thought about you every day, worrying about whether you were injured..."

"I'm sorry, I made you worry. It won't happen again, I promise."

The force landing on his chest wasn't heavy; it felt as light as scratching an itch for him.

But inexplicably, his heart trembled, and a dense, itchy feeling devoured his limbs and bones. His dark eyes stared tightly at his wife's cherry-red lips.

The desire in his eyes gradually surged.

"Men's words are deceitful ghosts; I don't believe you."

Shen Man felt her legs go weak under the man's direct and naked gaze.

No, there were still so many elders at home waiting for them to eat!

It was broad daylight; one shouldn't be lewd in broad daylight!

After saying this, she left behind a sentence:

"I'm going to boil water for you. After we eat, you should wash up properly."

She hadn't thought at all about how the man, with his left hand in a sling, was supposed to wash up properly. ===== CHAPTER 149 =====