Reborn as a Tough Army Wife
Chapter 142 - 137: Almost Got into a Fight

Chapter 142: Chapter 137: Almost Got into a Fight

After calming down for a moment, Luo Zhiyong looked at Luo Zhiming and furrowed his brows before pointing towards the gate and commanded, "You go back right now. I’ll have Huang Lin call his uncle and speak on your behalf. When I get time off later, I’ll go directly to the construction site to apologize."

"Brother, I quit. I’ve settled my wages for the past ten days," Luo Zhiming shrank his neck, speaking in an extremely low voice, "I don’t want to work on that construction site anymore. Find me something else, anything but the construction site will do, I don’t mind if the wage is lower."

"You..." If it hadn’t been for the military, Luo Zhiyong would have taught him a lesson today for not being down-to-earth, and yet he had come to the provincial city to work and earn money.

He took a breath, not wanting to argue further, and said coldly, "You either work on the construction site, or you don’t. If you’re willing, do it; if not, go back home. I’ll buy you a train ticket."

"Big brother, I came to the provincial city to work, not to play. What’s with you constantly talking about buying me a ticket to go back?" Luo Zhiming was actually displeased, looking exceedingly impatient with Luo Zhiyong’s repeated suggestions for him to go home.

"You..." Luo Zhiyong was now truly angry to the point where his face turned red and his neck swelled, almost ready to start a fight.

Seeing this, Huang Lin and Fang Pingying hurried to pull Luo Zhiyong aside, with Huang Lin trying to mediate, "Zhiyong, we still have things to deal with. Let Zhiming wait at your home for now, and we can talk about it after work."

Luo Zhiyong, recalling that he indeed had official duties with Huang Lin and that it was inconvenient to talk here, glared fiercely at Luo Zhiming and instructed Fang Pingying, "Pingying, take him back first. I’ll deal with him when I get back at noon."

With Luo Zhiyong having spoken, Fang Pingying had no choice but to take Luo Zhiming back first.

After Fang Pingying took Luo Zhiming home, Luo Chun and Qiu Lian were cutting radishes in the living room, with Qiu Lian’s child playing there, but Luo Chun’s child was nowhere to be seen.

Just as Fang Pingying was about to ask, she saw Luo Chun’s child running out of her bedroom holding one of Luo Zhiyong’s books, several pages of which were already torn out.

Luo Chun’s face showed some discomfort as she quickly stood up, snatched the book from the child’s hand, and said to Fang Pingying with an embarrassed face, "Sister-in-law, look, I was busy helping you cut radishes and didn’t keep an eye on the child. I hope the book isn’t important."

Qiu Lian, who was cutting radishes, looked up at Luo Chun without saying a word.

Fang Pingying felt somewhat displeased inside; she had specifically closed the bedroom door before leaving, and she remembered that the latch on the door was casually fastened. She didn’t know if it was the child pushing on the door that caused it to open, or what had happened.

It’s true children don’t know any better, but why is it that Qiu Lian’s child knew to play happily in the living room while her own child went into the bedroom and even tore out several pages of a book? Obviously, the child had been in there for some time, which shows that Luo Chun hadn’t been attentive enough to the matter.

But Luo Chun did say that she was busy helping their family cut radishes, so Fang Pingying naturally didn’t feel it was right to blame her.

She took the book and the torn pages from Luo Chun’s hands and shook her head lightly, "No worries, I’ll use adhesive tape to fix it later."

Luo Chun felt a bit embarrassed and said hesitantly, "Sister-in-law, I truly am..."

"It’s alright; children don’t understand." After all, it was just a child; Fang Pingying didn’t blame her and said with a smile and a shake of her head, "Leave the radishes for now, I’ll cut them later. My younger brother is here."

Luo Chun looked extremely embarrassed, glanced at Luo Zhiming behind Fang Pingying, nodded and then set down what she was holding, picked up the child, and said, "I see. Well, I’ll go home then."

After Luo Chun left, Qiu Lian also stood up. She looked at the radishes that were still not fully cut and said to Fang Pingying,

"Pingying, you have guests at home today, and you definitely won’t have time to deal with these radishes. I’ll take them and do it for you. It’s a good thing we still have some sun today; I’ll get them dried for you as well. Otherwise, if the weather turns in the next few days, they won’t dry properly."

Having gotten along with Qiu Lian for a while, and because their personalities aligned well, the relationship between Pingying and Qiu Lian had grown quite strong. She didn’t stand on ceremony and nodded with a smile, "Okay, I’ll have to trouble you then."

"What are you talking about? I don’t have much else to do today." After saying that, Qiu Lian swiftly helped Fang Pingying tidy up the things and then nodded at Luo Zhiming, saying with a smile, "You have guests over, go ahead and look after them."

After speaking, Qiu Lian planned to take the radishes back to her house in a bucket.

Seeing that Qiu Lian still had a child following her, Fang Pingying took the bucket from her, letting her hold the child, and carried the bucket to her house herself.

After arriving at Qiu Lian’s house and setting down the items, Fang Pingying greeted her and planned to leave.

But Qiu Lian suddenly called out to her, "Is that book from Camp Chief Luo not a big deal?"

With a resigned smile, Fang Pingying honestly replied, "I don’t know, it should be important. He left it on the table and seemed to be looking at it last night."

"Actually, I mentioned it to Luo Chun earlier as well, to keep an eye on the child, but she didn’t respond at all, and I didn’t want to push the issue." Qiu Lian fell silent for a bit before whispering to Fang Pingying,

"And Chun’er also said she wanted to see what the rooms in your house were like now. I told her to wait until you got back, and she also..."

Mid-sentence, Qiu Lian cut herself off. She felt talking behind someone’s back like this wasn’t right, but her intention was to let Fang Pingying understand what kind of person Luo Chun was.

After being around Luo Chun for so long, Qiu Lian considered Luo Chun unreliable and insincere. It was fine to chat casually but not someone worthy of a deeper friendship.

Fang Pingying naturally understood her meaning, and she also began to suspect that it wasn’t only Luo Chun’s child that had entered her house. She nodded to Qiu Lian, "Yeah, I understand. Let her be. Next time, I’ll pay more attention."

Seeing that Fang Pingying got her point, Qiu Lian didn’t elaborate further, urging Fang Pingying to quickly get back home since there were still guests waiting.

Fang Pingying remembered the significant trouble back at home and felt a headache coming on, but she had to return to deal with it.

Back home, Luo Zhiming was sitting leisurely in the living room, with his legs crossed on a wooden chair, his bag just casually thrown in the middle of the room. He didn’t bother to tidy up, leaning on the chair as though he was about to doze off.

Seeing Fang Pingying return, he acted like the man of the house, ordering her around, "Sister-in-law, I came straight here this morning and haven’t had breakfast yet. Could you make me something to eat?"

Fang Pingying regarded him coolly, "What would you like to eat?"

Luo Zhiming pondered for a moment and began to place his order, "Noodles, with two eggs either boiled or fried; I’m not picky."

Fang Pingying couldn’t stand to look at him, clearly having done something wrong, yet acting like a lord, expecting to be waited on by her.

Seeing his order as if he were spending money in a restaurant, craving whatever he felt like eating.

Not wanting to bother with him, she tossed some broken pastries that she had brought from home onto the table next to him, saying indifferently, "These are some pastries from home; they should be enough to fill you up." (To be continued. If you enjoy this work, you are welcome to vote with recommendations and monthly tickets at Qidian (qidian.com). Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please visit m.qidian.com to read.)

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