Chapter 532: A Beauty's Appointment

Li Xuewu isn't a block of wood that doesn't understand romance; naturally, he could understand Yu Haitang's confession.

But he is a promising young man with responsibility and a sense of duty; how could he be muddled about romantic affairs?

"Look, look, I told you."

Zhang Songying, like a victorious rooster, walked into the small restaurant and raised her eyebrows at Qin Huairu, who was standing by the window: "He wouldn't be muddled no matter who is."

Qin Huairu pursed her lips; she, of course, could see Li Xuewu's attitude towards Yu Haitang, which could be seen from the way Yu Li's sister walked out of the guesthouse with a pouting mouth.

However, she didn't have anything to admire about Zhang Songying; this woman was already obsessed.

She supported Li Xuewu unconditionally on any stance, the kind that would turn around Li Xuewu every day if she could.

Seeing Qin Huairu not speaking, Zhang Songying walked to the windowsill and stood, facing Qin Huairu, and said: "Why was she so bold to confess to a man actively?"

"You heard it?"

Qin Huairu said with a smile: "Don't talk nonsense about things without evidence; what if they were talking about work?"

"Pfft~"

Zhang Songying turned her head in disdain and said: "From the moment she walked into the courtyard, her eyes never left him; if I couldn't see what that meant, wouldn't I be a fool?"

"You think you're smart~"

Qin Huairu also turned around at this time and stood by the windowsill with Zhang Songying.

"Haven't you heard? He's getting married next month."

"Don't know."

Zhang Songying replied indifferently; she, of course, knew the news about Li Xuewu getting married, as she listened to all the news about Li Xuewu in the Steel Mill.

"Getting married is getting married; it's such a normal thing. Which man doesn't get married~"

"Hehe, is that really what you think?"

Qin Huairu glanced at Zhang Songying, and then her gaze looked at the painting on the opposite wall somewhat illusorily, saying: "I only thought he was messing around before, but now I feel like I'm the one messing around."

"Regret it~"

Zhang Songying asked Qin Huairu in a teasing tone, and then said with a slight curl of her lips: "If there's a suitable one, just find another; I don't believe you have any fantasies about him."

"Easier said than done."

Qin Huairu glanced at Zhang Songying and said: "But you're right; I really should go to this social gathering to look around and see if there's a suitable one."

After speaking, she straightened up and walked towards the door, even though she heard Zhang Songying ask "For real?" behind her, she didn't respond.

"Pfft, hypocritical woman."

Zhang Songying didn't believe Qin Huairu dared to participate in any social gathering, and even if she did, so what?

The news of Li Xuewu getting married was indeed a shock and a stimulus to some people.

At least Zhang Songying wasn't as relaxed and indifferent as she appeared.

It's one thing to be with a single young man, but it's a burden to be with a married man.

This feeling is a bit different; in her view, it is.

Entering April, except for the longer daytime, it seemed the same as March—equally busy.

After Li Xuewu screwed the cap on his fountain pen, he couldn't help but pinch the space between his eyebrows.

Sha Qizhi was already tidying up the documents on the table; it was almost time to get off work.

"How about we don't arrange the trip to Hongxing Village this week?"

He also saw that Li Xuewu was busy, not only with increasing work in the unit but also with family matters, so he was worried about Li Xuewu's health.

Li Xuewu waved his hand and said: "Follow the plan; once there's a first time, there will be a second, so we can't open this gap."

After speaking, he looked at the door; opposite was Wang Xiaoqin's office.

As the political commissar of the Security Brigade, Wang Xiaoqin is even busier than him; at this time, the comrades in the office were all packing up to get off work, but he still saw Wang Xiaoqin explaining something to the clerk.

"Off work, Political Commissar Wang."

Li Xuewu greeted Wang Xiaoqin with a smile with Sha Qizhi, and then walked out.

Wang Xiaoqin returned him a helpless smile and continued working.

Li Xuewu is the only one in the Security Brigade who doesn't have to be on duty, which seems a bit unfair, but no one would think so.

Because all the equipment and funds for the Security Brigade are raised by Li Xuewu, not just because Li Xuewu holds two positions.

The Security Brigade doesn't lack a leader on duty; what it lacks is a brigade commander who can solve problems at critical moments.

Shen Fan was standing in the outer courtyard giving a speech to the relaying squadron; seeing Li Xuewu come out with his secretary, he saluted. Li Xuewu didn't disturb him, returned the salute, and went out the door.

"The weather is getting hotter."

Li Xuewu sat in the command car and thought of the team members he saw returning from duty just now, each with sweat marks on their faces, dust flying, and deep furrows plowed on their faces.

Sha Qizhi didn't understand what Li Xuewu meant, but after Han Jiankun started the car, he turned around and waited for Li Xuewu's order.

Li Xuewu looked at the gray wall outside the car window, which still had the afterglow of the sun.

"Who is in charge of our factory's cold drink factory?"

"Xiao Dapeng, Director Xiao."

Sha Qizhi looked at Li Xuewu, hesitated for a moment, and said: "The leader in charge is Deputy Director Feng Xingke."

"Oh?"

Li Xuewu raised his eyebrows; he wasn't unfamiliar with this name—the deputy factory director of the Steel City Steel Mill.

At that time, when the upper-level organization collapsed in the Steel Mill, this Feng Xingke escaped a disaster, but he also lost the possibility of advancement.

During the organizational adjustment, he was arranged to be the deputy director of the Service Department.

Li Xuewu also didn't expect that he would have to deal with him one day.

Sha Qizhi was worried that Li Xuewu would be in a difficult position, so he suggested: "Actually, the neighborhood also has a cold drink factory, and it's not difficult to set one up."

"Hmm."

Li Xuewu responded, but didn't agree; he is a cadre of the Steel Mill, so if he couldn't handle his own factory's cold drink factory, wouldn't that make people outside laugh?

Popsicles aren't cheap at this time, but they aren't expensive either; if it were the Steel Mill's own cold drink factory, there would be even less cost.

Li Xuewu wanted to get some benefits for the Security Brigade, but he didn't expect to run into two Service Departments that didn't have a good relationship with him.

"We'll talk about it after coming back from the training ground tomorrow."

After instructing, he leaned back in the backseat and closed his eyes to rest; he still had to go to the villa later to move the things that should be moved, as it wouldn't be good for his mother-in-law to look after the house and have none of his things in it.

Although Gu Ning is living there now, that place represents the home where Li Xuewu marries Gu Ning, and he must have an attitude of taking responsibility for life.

After getting off the car and greeting Sha Qizhi and the others, he went to the backyard to move things; seeing Li Xuewu, Banggeng ran over like a little tail.

"Don't you have homework to do?"

"Yes."

Banggeng replied, but it was as if he hadn't; he still followed Li Xuewu into the house happily.

After entering the house, seeing Wu Shu looking at him, he knew he was asking about homework, so he smiled and said: "It's in time; I'll just go copy it early tomorrow morning."

Li Xuewu raised his eyebrows and asked again: "Homework can be copied, but what about the exam?"

Banggeng didn't care about Li Xuewu's inquiry; he didn't seem to have any pressure about the exam, his eyes looked at the big box on the coffee table, and he replied to Li Xuewu casually.

"Look at what you're saying; the homework is already copied for me, does he still care about a few test papers?"

"..."

Li Xuewu looked at the future street-lounger speechlessly; this was really targeted cultivation.

Banggeng pried open the box to look, turned to Li Xuewu and asked: "Wu Shu, are you taking this TV set away?"

"What for?"

Li Xuewu went into the house and turned out some things from the drawer, and found a wooden box to pack them.

Banggeng looked at the little monster, wanting to say if it could be left behind, he wanted to watch it, but he felt his face wasn't big enough.

Li Xuewu didn't hear an answer, turned his head to look at this big-faced cat, and smiled: "It's just a frame the size of a palm, yet you treat it like a treasure."

"There are people inside the frame."

Banggeng emphasized very seriously, then sighed and said: "I don't know when our family will be able to afford a TV set."

"It'll be fast if it's fast."

Li Xuewu sealed the wooden box, thought for a moment, went to the cloakroom and took out a few small boxes, opened one, picked out a shell and threw it to Banggeng.

"Thank you, Wu Shu!"

Banggeng also saw clearly what it was, looked with his eyes, caught it with both hands, and had already thanked him, skilled enough to make one's heart ache.

Li Xuewu put the small boxes into the wooden box, then stood up and asked Banggeng who was looking at the shell in his palm: "Recognize it?"

"Of course."

Banggeng replied with some disappointment: "Da Da Qiangzi shell."

Li Xuewu shook his fingers and said: "No, it's a special bullet shell."

Banggeng took the shell and looked at it again, feeling it wasn't anything special, and wrinkled his little nose at Li Xuewu.

Li Xuewu tilted his head and smiled: "That was the first bullet when I killed an enemy for the first time after I started shooting."

"Ah!"

Banggeng widened his eyes in awe, looked at the shell in his hand again; this thing seemed a bit different now.

Li Xuewu walked to Banggeng, pointed at the bullet shell in his palm and said: "At that time, I was squatting in the trench, and he poked his head out of the bushes with a gun to look outside, and I went 'Pa!' with one shot."

Banggeng was startled by Li Xuewu's onomatopoeia, eyes wide open looking at Li Xuewu, wanting to hear the story that followed.

Li Xuewu gestured near his eye socket with his right hand and explained: "I watched the bullet hit this position, and then 'Peng!', the right half of his head went 'Pacha' and shattered into pieces."

Banggeng curled his lips; just listening to Wu Shu's description made him feel a bit nauseous, and being scared by the onomatopoeia from time to time, he just felt like peeing.

Li Xuewu looked down at the big fat face of Banggeng, which was a bit pale, and said: "I think it's my lucky charm; it has the soul of that unlucky ghost on it, and I'm giving it to you."

"Tha... thank you, Wu Shu."

Banggeng clutched the shell in his hand; he wanted to say he didn't want it anymore, but he didn't dare.

But he didn't dare to hold a bullet shell with a dead ghost on it, and plus he wanted to pee, so he had to cross his legs and say a word to Li Xuewu before running to the front.

"Hmm, hehehehe."

Li Xuewu felt it was quite interesting to tease this big-faced cat, found another bag, picked out some things from his fingers and packed them, and carried them to the front courtyard.

When he was moving the last load, he was blocked by Qin Huairu.

"Is this what you gave Banggeng?"

Qin Huairu asked with the bullet shell Li Xuewu just gave Banggeng, looking annoyed.

Li Xuewu was holding the box, looked at the bullet shell, then at Qin Huairu, nodded, and asked: "What's wrong?"

Qin Huairu wrinkled her eyebrows suspiciously, looking at Li Xuewu with eyes that were both amused and annoyed, and said: "What did you say to Banggeng about this bullet shell?"

Li Xuewu raised his eyebrows and said: "Last month, the stove didn't have kindling when it rained, so I dismantled a bullet; what's wrong?"

Qin Huairu wrinkled her eyebrows suspiciously, looking at Li Xuewu with eyes that were both amused and annoyed, and said: "You're teasing him for fun, right?"

While talking, she punched Li Xuewu and said: "I just finished washing the clothes, and you're finding me work again."

Li Xuewu tilted his head, looked at Banggeng standing naked in the inner room, and asked with a wicked smile: "Didn't pee his pants, did he?"

"No, no, I didn't pee my pants!"

Banggeng was putting on the pants his grandma found for him; hearing Li Xuewu making fun of him, he hurriedly shouted to deny it.

But it would have been better if he hadn't shouted; now the whole courtyard knew he had peed his pants.

"Hahaha."

Wang Laoqi was eating with a rice bowl on the threshold, watching the excitement here and laughing; seeing this, Li Xuewu also laughed.

Banggeng also knew to be ashamed, and ran into the inner room with his pants half-pulled.

Qin Huairu scolded Li Xuewu angrily: "You're just bad; you've teased a good child into being bad."

"Hehe, doesn't do homework, only thinks about playing."

Li Xuewu raised his eyebrows at Qin Huairu and said: "Scare him a bit; no need to call him before dark, he'll run home himself."

"Get lost!"

Qin Huairu glared at Li Xuewu and was about to throw the bullet shell over, but heard Banggeng yelling in the room that he still wanted it, so she took her hand back.

Glanced at the box Li Xuewu was holding, curled her lips and went to wash Banggeng's pants.

Li Xuewu could still hear the laughter behind him when he walked past the third gate.

There was laughter in the middle courtyard, and there was laughter in the front courtyard; Third Aunt laughed even more fiercely than Wang Laoqi on the threshold.

When Li Xuewu walked past the path, he glanced and saw Ge Shuqin being surrounded by the Yan family asking something.

"She's pregnant."

Lao Biaozi stood at the entrance of the screen gate; seeing Li Xuewu cross the hanging flower gate, he explained with a wicked smile.

Seeing his wicked smile, Li Xuewu also asked back with a wicked smile: "Yours?"

"Ah? Don't mess around!"

Lao Biaozi blinked and said: "How could that be? It can't be such a coincidence."

Li Xuewu tilted his head and asked again: "Are you sure?"

"Er..."

Lao Biaozi shook his chin, shook his head vigorously, and said: "Don't scare me; it's not funny at all, I won't pee my pants."

"Hehe, your character~"

Li Xuewu, of course, knew Lao Biaozi had gone to the corner room to mess around, but he had never pointed it out, nor had he ever said it out loud.

Today was just him watching the excitement at the screen gate and taking the initiative to say it; otherwise, Li Xuewu wouldn't have asked him.

Seeing Li Xuewu carrying the box to the screen gate and heading to the West Seeing Seeing He Yuan, Lao Biaozi looked at the Yan family's direction again and chased after Li Xuewu.

"Hey, Brother Wu, what should we do if the child doesn't look like Yan Jiecheng?"

Li Xuewu turned around and looked at Lao Biaozi: "Don't tell me the probability of you winning the prize is high."

"Sss~ Er."

Lao Biaozi hesitated and asked: "It was only ten times or so; it shouldn't be big, right?"

Li Xuewu looked at Lao Biaozi with an "as expected" expression and said: "To think you have such a good relationship with Third Uncle, selling scrap and tightening tiles, you're really able to lay a hand."

"Hehe, you said it yourself; I have a good relationship with Third Uncle, and Third Aunt is fine."

Lao Biaozi laughed and continued: "But my relationship with Yan Jiecheng is average."

"You're really a logic genius."

Li Xuewu was too lazy to talk to him anymore, jumped into the jeep, pointed at Lao Biaozi and said: "You can get insurance rings from the neighborhood; spend some money to find a married woman to help you collect them; stop doing so much evil."

After teaching him, he stepped on the gas and went out of the courtyard, leaving Lao Biaozi standing there rubbing his chin.

"Sssss~~~~"

Lao Biaozi seemed to have realized something, looked at the alley entrance where the car tail had long disappeared, and whispered to himself: "I said why Wang Yajuan and the others were so... how could there be no... tsk tsk tsk, oh my~"

"What is this?"

Li Xuewu parked the car in the villa courtyard; Zhou Wang Yamei stood on the steps and asked when she saw the big and small boxes in the backseat.

"Belongings."

Li Xuewu smiled and moved a box down; entering the living room, he saw Gu Ning teaching Fu Zhidong to play the piano, winked at Fu Zhidong who turned his head, and went upstairs.

Gu Ning only looked at Li Xuewu's back after he went up the stairs, and then continued to demonstrate the gestures.

Li Xuewu listened to the piano music downstairs and felt that life was becoming interesting; he wanted to move in quickly.

He wasn't in a hurry to tidy up; after putting down the box, he went downstairs to move other boxes.

Zhou Wang Yamei wanted to help, but after trying the weight of the box, she gave up and asked Li Xuewu if he was going to eat here before going to the kitchen.

By the time Li Xuewu carried the last bag of ingredients into the kitchen, Zhou Wang Yamei had already skillfully added two more dishes.

"Just make do; didn't know you were coming."

Because Li Xuewu came suddenly, there were two staples: leftover rice and freshly made steamed buns.

Li Xuewu washed his hands, smiled at Gu Ning who entered the dining room, and sat at the dining table.

"I'll eat rice; you guys eat steamed buns."

Li Xuewu took the steamed rice, mixed it with some dishes, and ate it with a spoon.

Fu Zhidong looked at Li Xuewu with some surprise; how could his uncle eat so much?

This rice can't be compared to steamed buns; at this time, Li Xuewu usually eats three or four steamed buns because they are big.

If it's rice, it won't work; he can eat at least four or five bowls, and even more if it's tasty.

Gu Ning looked at Li Xuewu and asked: "What did you move?"

"Books, materials, sundries."

Li Xuewu replied casually and added: "I originally thought about moving the small TV, but we won't have it to use when we go back to live, so I didn't move it."

Gu Ning nodded and didn't say anything else, gave the looking Fu Zhidong some dishes, and reminded him to eat well.

Fu Zhidong smiled at Gu Ning, stole a glance at Li Xuewu, and ate the steamed bun.

The North eats more flour, and the South eats more rice.

At this time, rice is rare in the North; the portion of rice in the ration is very small, and those from the South exchange it with colleagues for rice.

The small canteen of the inverted-seat room has never had this concern; everyone's quota has been unified and allocated by Lao Biaozi; no one knows how much rice or flour the inverted-seat room has, and no one knows how much non-staple food the inverted-seat room has.

Including Sha Zhu, who brings his sister to the inverted-seat room to eat and leaves, never caring.

The staple food and meat here in the villa are supplied by Li Xuewu; Gu Ning's quota can't be spent, so it's exchanged for non-staple food coupons to exchange for scarce seasonal materials.

So when Li Xuewu came, Zhou Wang Yamei could easily add two more dishes; that hot rice was what she prepared for herself to eat.

However, Li Xuewu ate it first, so she didn't say much more.

After the adjustment, Zhou Wang Yamei can no longer see the appearance of sadness; she is not as close to Li Xuewu as before, but she is not estranged either.

Facing sudden news, a mature woman can always find ways to adjust, but a young one can't.

Just when Li Xuewu went to Haiyuncang, Yu Haitang came to the courtyard again.

This time, there was no ease from the previous few times; taking advantage of looking for someone, she looked at the front and back courtyards, and after confirming that Li Xuewu was really not there, Yu Haitang was a bit discouraged.

Don't know if Li Xuewu was deliberately hiding from her; she rushed here as soon as she got off work, but still didn't catch him.

Yu Li was also reminded by the neighbor on duty at the gatehouse, and only then did she find Yu Haitang, who had returned from the backyard, at the moon gate.

"Why are you here again?"

"Sister~"

Yu Haitang was already a bit unhappy, and seeing her cousin say that, she felt a bit aggrieved.

"This isn't a government unit; can't I come over to stroll?"

Seeing her shouting, Yu Li didn't want people in the courtyard to watch the excitement, glared at her, and took the lead to walk to the front courtyard.

Yu Haitang also knew Li Xuewu wasn't there, and if she wanted to ask anything, she could only follow her cousin, so she followed.

After passing the hanging flower gate, Yu Li didn't take her to the inverted-seat room, but took her sister directly back to her own home.

It was about time for dinner, and Yushui and the others were all in the inverted-seat room, and there was no one in the room, so Yu Li planned to talk to her sister.

After Yu Haitang entered the room, Yu Li pointed to the sofa and said: "Sit."

Yu Haitang saw her cousin sit down, so she sat down too; she didn't feel she had done anything wrong, and even after sitting down, she still held her neck high.

Yu Li stared at her cousin and said: "Is there only one man left in the Steel Mill? Do you have to chase Li Xuewu who is about to get married?"

"I have the right to pursue happiness."

Yu Haitang said unconvinced: "He isn't married yet; I have the right to pursue him, and he also has the right to choose me."

Yu Li looked at her sister with a frown and said: "Give up; what kind of person he is, you can't see clearly? I've been in this courtyard for so long, can I not be clear?"

Although Yu Haitang was still unconvinced, thinking of Li Xuewu rejecting her at noon, tears still fell uncontrollably.

Perhaps it was just unwillingness to be rejected by Li Xuewu that she chased to the courtyard.

She just wanted to find Li Xuewu and ask clearly what she was lacking compared to that doctor.

She is the factory flower, has culture, has a figure, has looks; where did she fail to enter Li Xuewu's eyes that he had to push her away?

Seeing her sister cry, Yu Li was also helpless; this sister wasn't her own, but she was her uncle's.

She had a stubborn temper since she was a child, and it was really rare to see her cry.

"I'm your sister; I won't harm you."

Yu Li persuaded earnestly: "Although his conditions are excellent, the reasons why he isn't suitable for you aren't just these, but his personality and way of dealing with the world."

While talking, she moved her body to sit next to her sister, held Yu Haitang's hand and persuaded: "Find a partner who is mutually affectionate, and stop thinking about this high branch; he isn't suitable for you."

"How do you know it's not suitable if you haven't tried?"

Yu Haitang was crying, but still stubbornly aggrieved: "Sister, where did he go? He fended me off and hid from me in the factory; now I'm here just to ask where I'm not suitable."

Yu Li looked at this sister and had a headache; how could she dare to explain to her where she wasn't suitable?

That's a wanderer; if it weren't for this partner's background, he wouldn't look like someone who could be tied down.

Just looking at his interactions with these women, it's aimed at long-term non-marriage.

It can be said that Li Xuewu's marriage is an accident.

But for Yu Haitang, this accident was a bit too sudden; she was still thinking about encountering him little by little when Li Xuewu was free, but didn't expect so little time to be left for her.

Yu Li poured a glass of water for her sister, then stood up and said: "I'll go check the inverted-seat room; you stay here, and I'll bring you food."

Yu Haitang didn't say anything, her eyes a bit hollow; she was thinking about her sister's words.

Seeing her sister not speaking, Yu Li sighed and went out.

Perhaps after a while, footsteps came from the door; Yu Haitang turned her head slightly to look at the entrance, but the person who entered wasn't her sister, but He Yu Shui.

"Yo, why are you here?"

Yushui was holding some things in her arms; seeing Yu Haitang sitting in the room, she looked at her with some surprise.

Yu Haitang's tears hadn't been wiped yet, and she was currently pear blossoms in the rain.

"Nothing, came to see my sister."

"Oh."

He Yu Shui knew what this classmate was here for; she hadn't seen Yu Li say anything just now, so she figured she didn't want to show her face over there.

Yu Haitang wiped her tears with her sleeve, looked at the things Yushui was holding, and asked: "What's this?"

"Quilt."

Yushui walked to the sewing machine in the corner, shook out the quilt, and started to sew.

"My brother is getting married on the 27th of this month, so I have to help him prepare his luggage."

"Is that so?"

Yu Haitang was a bit surprised; she had been busy asking about Li Xuewu the previous few times and hadn't noticed Yushui saying this.

"Is your brother's partner from our factory?"

"No."

Yushui moved the switch behind the sewing machine, and while stepping on the pedal, said: "She's the younger sister of Li Xuewu's comrade-in-arms, just transferred from the frontier."

When mentioning Li Xuewu, Yushui even turned her head to look at Yu Haitang.

Yu Haitang was also surprised that the old bachelor in the factory had a day to get married; she had thought Sha Zhu would be with Qin the widow.

She had come here many times, and because of Yushui, she knew Sha Zhu's situation like the back of her hand.

It wasn't that Yushui hadn't thought about introducing her to Sha Zhu before, wanting this classmate to be her sister-in-law.

But she was rejected by Yu Haitang; a cook, and so old, at most could be a spare tire.

Now it's good, the spare tire has been promoted, but the wheel isn't her.

Even spare tires have a day to get on the job, but she, a wheel who picks and chooses, has become a failure.

Thinking of this, tears flowed uncontrollably again.

Yushui couldn't work anymore; she walked over and sat next to Yu Haitang, asking: "What's wrong with you?"

Yu Haitang covered her face and cried; after being coaxed by Yushui for a while, she said: "I confessed to him."

"Li Xuewu?!"

After Yu Haitang finished speaking, Yushui understood who Yu Haitang was talking about; she was surprised at Yu Haitang's initiative and also surprised at Li Xuewu's straightforward rejection.

Yu Haitang nodded and said: "Although he didn't reject me directly, the meaning was very clear; he even asked me to participate in the social gathering organized by their department, wuwuwu~"

Yushui curled her lips, thinking about how much Li Xuewu didn't care about Yu Haitang; not only did he reject her, but he also helped introduce a partner.

However, hearing Yu Haitang's words, her heart inexplicably relaxed, as if a big stone had fallen to the ground.

Don't know if she should be glad that Yu Haitang didn't succeed, or glad that Li Xuewu rejected Yu Haitang.

Or perhaps it was joy, inexplicable joy; this feeling made He Yu Shui feel restless, and for a moment, she didn't know how to comfort her old classmate.

Yu Haitang cried for a while and felt it was meaningless; she wiped her tears, looked at the fabric on the sofa, and asked: "Are you doing it alone?"

"Ah, no."

Yushui was thinking about her own thoughts; being asked by Yu Haitang, she replied coldly: "My sister-in-law and I are temporarily helping Li Xuewu do it, and then Aunt Liu will help my brother do it..."

She explained it this way, and it was obvious that Yu Haitang's mood became unstable again.

Yu Haitang was also angry; clearly, she came to find He Yu Shui to let this old classmate help her, even if she couldn't be an assistant, exploring the enemy's situation would have worked.

Now it's good, she started to defect and help others make wedding luggage.

Pursing her lips, she didn't know how to talk about Yushui; Yushui's voice gradually lowered, and after understanding, she didn't know how to explain it to Yu Haitang.

Yu Haitang didn't say anything else and walked out; the whole world was rejecting her, opposing her, and betraying her.

"Hey! Eat, why are you leaving?"

Yu Li was bringing food over, but saw Yu Haitang running past her with hurried steps, not responding even when called.

She knew Yushui had come, but Yushui and Yu Haitang were good classmates and good friends, so she didn't pay attention to this.

But don't know what happened inside; why did Yu Haitang run away crying?

After entering the room, seeing Yushui sitting on the sofa in a daze, Yu Li put down the rice bowl and asked: "What's wrong? Soul-lost."

"Oh, Sister Yu, nothing."

Yushui woke up, walked to the sewing machine in a panic, and continued to sew the quilt, the pedal under her feet stepping loudly.

Yu Li looked at the dark night behind her, then at Yushui stepping on the sewing machine, not knowing what was wrong with everyone.

Is it popular for girls of this generation to be rebellious and depressed?

"What is this?"

"Bullets."

Li Xuewu and Gu Ning went upstairs after dinner; seeing boxes piled up in the study, Gu Ning also followed to help tidy up.

What Gu Ning was holding was a stack of tied boxes; hearing Li Xuewu say so, she opened them.

She is also a soldier's daughter, so naturally, she wouldn't be unfamiliar with bullets, but this kind of packaging box was rare.

After opening one box, she discovered it was shotgun shells.

Li Xuewu looked at Gu Ning's curious look and asked: "Didn't I give Uncle Gu a shotgun? Brother Dong also said Uncle loves hunting; haven't you seen shotgun shells?"

Gu Ning picked one up and looked at it, saying: "No, my dad uses standard rifles for hunting."

After discovering the difference between shotgun shells and rifle bullets, she didn't feel it was strange, put the bullets back in the box, and Gu Ning continued: "The one you gave was hidden by my dad; Gu Yan looked for it several times but couldn't find it."

"Hehe."

Speaking of which, Li Xuewu hadn't met this brother-in-law once; it felt interesting just thinking about it.

"That gun is indeed valuable; I saw it was worth a lot the moment I seized it."

Li Xuewu hugged a stack of books from the box and put them on the desk, continuing: "Ji Weidong, who is the brother-in-law of my third brother, was also acting with me at the time; I was afraid he would see it and snatch it, so I didn't dare let go until we got to the car."

Gu Ning couldn't help but purse her lips and smile when she thought of Li Xuewu's cunning appearance; seeing Li Xuewu tidying up the books, she walked to the other side of the desk and looked; there were case files and many books related to Party affairs.

"You like reading this?"

"You've asked this question before."

Li Xuewu tidied up the books of "Dragon-Slaying Techniques" and placed them by Gu Ning's hand, pointed with his hand and said: "I told you then that I don't like it, but I must read it thoroughly."

Gu Ning looked at Li Xuewu's eyes, curled her lips, then lowered her head and flipped through the books Li Xuewu had put over, saying: "Your memory is really good."

"Of course."

Li Xuewu supported the desk with his hands, leaned forward, and said very seriously to Gu Ning in front of her: "I remember every moment of meeting you very clearly."

Gu Ning felt the temperature in front of her and couldn't help but dodge back.

Why is this person like this? Talking about books, how did he get to... get to...

"Hehe, don't believe me, ask me and I'll answer."

"No."

Gu Ning simply sat in the circle chair, avoiding Li Xuewu's warm gaze as much as possible.

Of course, she wouldn't take this bad guy's words; she knew this person's routines, and maybe she would fall into one, and she would be the one suffering.

Li Xuewu didn't get discouraged when he saw Gu Ning didn't fall for it; there's a gradual process to taming a hawk, so he just treated it as taming a hawk.

After tidying up the books, Li Xuewu took out a stack of photos and found the photo frame that Grandma had made from another box, and pieced them together one by one.

Photos at this time are all very small, generally one inch, two inches, and there are also three, four, and six inches, but they are rare.

Li Xuewu brought over many photos of him after joining the army; he had fewer photos of his childhood, mostly group photos.

Seeing Li Xuewu busy with this, Gu Ning, who was curious about Li Xuewu's past, forgot about this person's badness and took the initiative to lean over.

Gu Ning pointed to a two-inch one with her finger, a photo of a boy sitting on a wall eating a popsicle, and asked: "When is this?"

Li Xuewu turned his head to look and said: "Maybe eight or nine years old, hehe."

Seeing this one, Li Xuewu laughed twice, pointed at the scene in the photo and explained to Gu Ning: "I remember we were going to take a group photo, but I wouldn't; my mom bought me a popsicle to coax me, but I took the popsicle first and didn't go down."

"Did you take it in the end?"

Gu Ning was curious about this, and couldn't help but laugh when she saw Li Xuewu sitting on the wall triumphantly in the photo.

"Didn't take it; I was the only one missing from that year's group photo."

Li Xuewu smiled and explained: "I ate the popsicle and wouldn't go down, blackmailing my mom for another big one before I would go down; my dad climbed the wall with a stick and said he'd give me a big one."

Recalling that time, Li Xuewu also felt it was funny; seeing Gu Ning laugh, he continued to explain with a smile: "I got beaten, cried too ugly, so I didn't take it."

Gu Ning laughed and curled her lips, saying: "You're really naughty."

"What are you talking about?"

Li Xuewu found photos and continued to piece them into the frame, saying: "It hadn't officially started being naughty then; once it officially started, I never cried after being beaten."

Gu Ning lay on the desk looking at the photos, and Li Xuewu's childhood appearance slowly filled in her mind.

However, the childhood photos were different from now, until Li Xuewu took out the photos after joining the army, and Gu Ning saw Li Xuewu's appearance before his face was injured.

Elegant and bright, clear eyes and eyebrows, fresh and handsome, imposing and dignified.

Gu Ning understood a bit why Li Xuewu got angry with her at the beginning, and also understood why Li Xuewu had so many ex-girlfriends.

If she had met him at the beginning, would she also think he looked good?

The more she looked at these recent photos, the heavier Gu Ning's mood became; if there hadn't been that accident, Tong Yao hadn't made a mistake, or she had discovered Tong Yao's mistake, would Li Xuewu not have to be like this now?

Thinking of this, Gu Ning couldn't help but look up at this person's face; that scar was constantly reminding her that the previous mistake was still there.

"What's wrong?"

Li Xuewu asked when he saw Gu Ning looking at him with a stagnant expression.

Seeing Gu Ning's eyes again, Li Xuewu understood her thoughts.

He had hated Gu Ning, and had also let go of this hatred; later, when he understood the ins and outs of the matter, seeing Tong Yao, although he hated her, he no longer had any interest in revenge.

Some things must eventually look forward; he wouldn't forget the past, but he wouldn't live in the years of youth either.

The scar on his face wouldn't affect his life, work, or even love and marriage.

It was the girl in front of him who had so much guilt towards him and so much tolerance for his romantic willfulness.

Looking at the dazed Gu Ning, Li Xuewu's thoughts drifted, and he couldn't help but kiss the beauty's lips.

"Ugh."

Gu Ning felt the softness, was instantly awakened, and then hurriedly supported the desk with both hands and stood up, glaring at this bad guy with a blushing face.

"Hehe."

Li Xuewu didn't go too far after getting the advantage, smiled like a fox, and took the photos at hand to continue piecing them together.

This thing is like Tetris; the sizes of the photos are different, the characters and scenes are different, and they need to be reasonably laid out in a large frame without leaving blank spaces, piecing together into an artistic combination.

Seeing that the thick-skinned person couldn't be helped, Gu Ning pursed her lips, as if something was wrong, and went around the desk to the bedroom.

Li Xuewu turned his head to look at the shy Gu Ning and couldn't help but laugh: "And there's no one else."

"Not allowed to say!"

Gu Ning's voice came from the bedroom, a bit muffled; she should have been shouting while lying on the bed.

Li Xuewu smiled and didn't care; the best way to speed up the relationship with a girl is a sneak attack.

That surprise, accident, and beauty will make the girl hate and love you, and her heart will beat faster.

Li Xuewu is an old hunter; having played the prey for so long, this hawk is about to be tamed, so he has to speed up the progress.

"Ah! Sss~!" ===== CHAPTER 533 =====