Chapter 40: His little girl is sometimes very bold, flirting without knowing it

After returning the tools to the old man, the two gave their sea-foraging harvest to him.

On one hand, they hadn't gotten their marriage certificate yet and hadn't been assigned a family quarter, so it wasn't convenient for them to cook.

On the other hand, they tacitly indicated that the tools would be left with the old man, and they would come back tomorrow, so they would need to pick them up then.

The old man thought it made sense, so he didn't decline, accepted their kindness, smiled, leaned on his crutch, and waved to watch them leave.

It's so good; seeing this young couple is like seeing his son and daughter-in-law.

The old man's lonely expression gradually drowned in memories...

"Brother Jiang Ye, Grandpa Wu, he..."

Shen Man hesitated to speak. She felt the old man's spirit was disappearing; losing a child in his twilight years, what a heavy blow that must be.

Jiang Ye let out a long sigh, looked at the magnificent, boundless sea surface, and said faintly:

"We'll visit him more often in the future and keep the old man company."

Walk the final journey.

People who have experienced death are more sensitive than ordinary people.

He knew the old man's spirit was getting worse and worse, and the hope for life in his eyes was getting fainter.

Perhaps, on a very ordinary afternoon or night, the old man would pass away peacefully and go to see the relatives he wanted to see.

"Mm."

Shen Man understood, but why did she feel a kind of loneliness from Brother Jiang Ye?

As if he were alone on a deserted island, and everything around him, as far as the eye could see, was desolate.

Unconsciously, she tightened her grip on his palm. After feeling the warm temperature, she stared straight at him, tentatively testing:

"Brother Jiang Ye, what are you thinking about?"

Little did she know, this ignorant test of hers, her concern for him, and her performance of caring about him, looked like a blind man seeing light or finding a water source in a sandbar to Jiang Ye...

His frozen heart became increasingly uncontrollable; he longed for more, wanted more.

The soft touch and force from her palm allowed him to regain some reason.

Thinking about what?

Naturally, he was longing to take his little girl home.

"Thinking about marrying you home and being together forever."

Living in the same quilt, dying in the same grave.

Even if they turned into ghosts or ashes, they would still be together.

"Brother Jiang Ye, I, my feet are cold, I want to go back and soak my feet."

Shen Man felt danger; the desire in the man's eyes was naked and undisguised.

She hadn't dated before, but that didn't mean she was inexperienced.

Whether it was the sour love stories shared by her senior sister or the storybooks she had been cramming on last night, they could all make one's heart flutter.

"Mm, get on the bike, I'll send you back to the guesthouse."

Jiang Ye could see that his little girl was sometimes very bold, flirting without knowing it.

And sometimes she was very much like a turtle; once she provoked him and sensed danger, she would retract her head and hide to escape.

It didn't matter; he would indulge and tolerate, guide patiently, and also seduce the little girl into taking an inch and wanting a mile, falling into the love net he had woven.

Years later, when Shen Man recalled the details of how she and her husband fell in love, she would regretfully hold her forehead; it turned out that she had been "tricked" so early on.

The Capital—

Time: 18:20, after the Lu father and son and Zhang Xuemei finished dinner, Elder Lu spoke:

"Manman sent a telegram; she has arrived safely at the Sea Island."

"That's good, that's good."

Lu Mingyuan lowered his eyes, a faint smile appearing on his face, but soon, he fell into guilt.

If he hadn't tacitly allowed his wife and stepdaughter's plan, then the person marrying into the Gu family and staying in the Capital would be his biological daughter.

Now, no matter how much he regretted it, it was of no use.

He could only silently resolve to send all his monthly salary, after living expenses, to his daughter to make up for the fatherly love he had failed to give her.

"..."

Zhang Xuemei dared to be angry but didn't dare to speak. A forced smile appeared on her face, and she just wanted to echo, but was interrupted by the Elder.

"The Section Commander on the Sea Island sent me a telegram inviting me to the Sea Island for recuperation. I've decided to leave tomorrow. Don't bother me when you have nothing to do; anyway, you two have big ideas."

Elder Lu swallowed the words "birds of a feather," feeling that saying them would pull himself into the water too.

His attitude was very clear; he was notifying, not discussing.

After speaking, he stood up and returned to his room to pack his luggage.

In fact, he hadn't said everything. That Section Commander Duan, besides asking after him and praising his grandson, kept praising another boy.

Mm, that boy was pursuing his granddaughter.

A twenty-four-year-old Regiment Commander, in this era with no wars, was indeed considered excellent.

His grandson was currently only a Battalion Commander, and at the same age, with no background, he had climbed up with real military merits...

Wasn't this more excellent than that boy from the Gu family?

He was doing it on purpose, not telling his idiot son.

Just let his idiot son and that pair of mother and daughter be proud for now.

The higher they climbed, the more miserable they would fall when the truth came to light!

Stealing his biological granddaughter's marriage, and still thinking they could completely crush his biological granddaughter for a lifetime?

Dream on!

At the dinner table, the food had already gone cold.

Because of what the Elder said and the decision he made, one was happy, and one was worried.

Zhang Xuemei was naturally happy. The old thing had always been thinking of Shen Qingluo, that daughter-in-law, and hadn't put her in his eyes for so many years!

It was best that he left, saving her from having to act low and disguise her persona as a good daughter-in-law.

In the future, when her daughter and son-in-law came over, she wouldn't have to look at the old thing's face. It would be best if they stayed on the Sea Island forever and didn't come back!

As for Lu Mingyuan, he was in low spirits.

His family was broken and scattered; his daughter had been hurt by him to the point of running away, and his son had hated him since childhood and rebelled against the family, rarely coming home after being in the military for so many years.

Now, even his father was leaving. This home, he was truly a lonely man...

Out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of the ugly state of the person beside his pillow, and he couldn't help but think of his wife, who was as bright as a rose and peerless in beauty.

At that time, their relationship was very, very good; the couple was happy, and they enjoyed family happiness.

Could it be that from the moment he decided to take in the orphan of his comrade-in-arms, he had started making mistakes...

If, if he had listened to his wife back then and used money to settle the person down.

Treating them as relatives to visit, then would he and his wife have ended up in divorce later?

If nothing had happened, and his wife and children were all by his side enjoying family happiness, and the home was peaceful, would there have been so many regrets?

"I'll sleep in the study tonight."

"As you wish."

Zhang Xuemei saw the man's repentant look and felt liver pain from anger, unable to help but reveal a cold smile.

What does that mean?

Looking down on her, despising her—then why, when she used a little trick back then, could she seduce him!

Hmph, men, they are just this dead type.

A wife is not as good as a concubine, and a concubine is not as good as a secret lover!

Don't look at their human-like appearance on the outside; in reality, their minds are not firm, just so-so!

In the kitchen, Wangjie held her bowl and ate silently, sighing faintly.

The atmosphere in the Lu family was becoming more and more depressed and oppressive.

She always felt that this job was about to go down the drain... ===== CHAPTER 41 =====