Reborn on My Wedding Night: This Time, I Won't Fail My Soldier Husband
Beijing in May was lush and green, with red-brick houses and various shops mixed together.
Stewed dish kings, flavorful dumplings, mutton hot pot, Northeast cuisine...
Red and white buses and all kinds of fashionable cars were driving by, their horns weaving together.
The crisp ringing of bicycle bells and small tricycles created a sense of life that made Dong Shuyao feel she was truly alive.
Prosperous and thriving, everything was full of hope.
When passing through a small alley, there were still red 'double happiness' characters pasted outside someone's wall, and the bride and groom were standing at the door, covered in white foam streamers.
The guests laughed and made way for Lu Yuzhou and Dong Shuyao.
There were also many young men and women in blue work clothes out together for lunch.
Lu Yuzhou parked the bicycle in front of the state-run restaurant: "Get off, let's go eat."
"Aren't we going home to eat?"
Dong Shuyao tilted her head to look at Lu Yuzhou: "Mom will be unhappy in a while."
Before the wedding, her parents had warned her not to take her husband's indulgence for granted and disregard her mother-in-law and sister-in-law.
When a new bride enters a family, there are many things that need to be smoothed out.
One had to perform well at first; only after winning the mother-in-law's favor could one reveal one's true nature.
The previous Dong Shuyao was well understood by her mother; she had been spoiled by her family to the point of being a bit ignorant and arrogant, and she easily offended people with her words.
The reason they forced their daughter to marry the Lu family's second son was also because Lu Yuzhou had been hovering around their daughter since childhood; he didn't talk much, but he was reliable in everything he did.
He always put their daughter Dong Shuyao first, so even if their daughter offended the Lu family, Lu Yuzhou would still stand on her side.
This might be unfair to Lu Yuzhou, but the Shen parents considered their daughter's happiness first.
The previous Dong Shuyao didn't understand her parents' good intentions, which was why she had stubbornly agreed to elope with Shen Zhinian.
In her past life, the moment she stepped onto the train, she had regretted it.
It was just that Shen Zhinian and Jiang Xiaochun didn't give her a chance to regret it and sold her directly.
Now, having experienced so many terrifying things, she finally understood why her parents were so insistent that she marry Lu Yuzhou.
Lu Yuzhou parked the bike and took fifteen yuan out of his pocket: "Mom gave me money and told me to take you out for something good to eat."
The Lu family had good family values, from top to bottom.
Unlike the Shen family, a house full of snobs, all eyeing the benefits and interests she could bring.
Only then did Dong Shuyao release her hands from around Lu Yuzhou's waist, jump off the back of the bike, and hug Lu Yuzhou, acting like a spoiled child: "My life is just too good! My husband loves me so much, and my mother-in-law loves me so much too."
What made Lu Yuzhou's heart sweet wasn't her sweet talk, but that Shuyao was actually worried that not going home for dinner would make his mother unhappy.
The old Shuyao had always put her own feelings first and never considered him.
Let alone considering whether his family was happy or not.
"Because you're worth it."
Lu Yuzhou couldn't help but touch her head; the floral scent of her shampoo filled his nose.
Perhaps no one knew why he was so persistently in love with Dong Shuyao.
It didn't matter; he was the only one who needed to know how good she was.
At noon, Dong Shuyao ordered a braised crucian carp, a stir-fried pork with chili, and a lotus root and pork rib soup.
Such a feast attracted the attention of those around them.
"Huh?"
At the table behind them, a young man in work clothes respectfully placed his water cup in front of Shen Jiguo: "Director Shen, isn't that your son's girl? Why is she eating at a restaurant with another man?"
Their behavior seemed quite intimate.
Shen Jiguo turned his head and glanced at Dong Shuyao, who had her back to him, and Lu Yuzhou, who was facing him, feeling very uncomfortable.
Seeing the two meat dishes and one soup on their table, he was even more furious.
As a factory director, he could only afford a stir-fried egg and a vegetable dish, yet those two had three meat dishes.
Seeing Shen Jiguo's expression, the young man immediately greeted Dong Shuyao: "Hey! Little Dong, why aren't you with Director Shen's son today? Who is this man?"
He did it on purpose, speaking loudly.
Didn't he see that Director Shen was unhappy?
The moment Dong Shuyao turned around, Shen Jiguo straightened his back.
In the past, Dong Shuyao would have taken the initiative to greet him and offered him the best wine and food.
But today, she just glanced at Shen Jiguo's side nonchalantly and sneered: "Didn't Director Shen tell you? I'm already married. This is my husband."
The buzzing of discussions in the state-run restaurant instantly grew louder.
There was probably no one in this area who didn't know the Dong family's daughter, Dong Shuyao.
After all, the Dong family had two professors at Beijing University, and Dong Shuyao herself was a famous beauty in this area.
"Dong Shuyao? Isn't she the one who was always hanging around the Shen family boy? How is she married?"
"Does that man look a bit like the Lu family's second son from the military compound?"
Lu Yuzhou's grandfather and father were both revolutionary martyrs, and his grandfather was even a general in the military.
He was a soldier's child who grew up in the military compound.
However, he had joined the army in his teens, and this time he had only returned because he was getting married. After four years of military training, his physique had changed significantly, and his features had become sharp and cold, so many people didn't recognize him.
"Married?"
The young man hadn't expected to get such an answer: "How could you..."
Lu Yuzhou raised his eyes and looked coldly at the young man; the coldness in his eyes was almost tangible.
Too scary!
The young man swallowed his saliva and took back what he was about to say.
"Don't say I was ever with Shen Zhinian. Even if we had been dating, we could break up if it didn't work out. I hope everyone stops spreading rumors. My husband and I have a very good relationship."
The 1980s were already approaching a new era of opening up, and old concepts were no longer popular.
When she said this, no one thought there was anything wrong with it.
They weren't married, and men and women had the freedom to date.
And didn't she just say it?
She had never been with the Shen family boy.
"You can't put it that way."
Shen Jiguo said calmly: "Since you're no longer with my son, let's part on good terms. Don't make it sound like my son has bad character and that's why you didn't marry him. He hasn't been spreading gossip about you outside."
Who exactly had the bad character?
Dong Shuyao set her chopsticks on the table, stood up, and said loudly on the spot: "Director Shen's lesson is well-taken. I believe Shen Zhinian was an educated youth in the countryside, so he should be very enlightened. In that case, I wonder if the expensive gifts I gave him could be returned in cash? After all, we weren't together, and it's a bit inappropriate for him to keep receiving my things, don't you think?"
Didn't they want to part on good terms?
Fine!
Then they could return all the money she had spent on Shen Zhinian over the years.