Reborn on My Wedding Night: This Time, I Won't Fail My Soldier Husband
The expected pain did not strike; instead, a tall figure appeared beside her.
Lu Yuzhou held the bicycle with one hand and caught the thrown stone with the other: "Whose child are you? Call your parents out here."
Li Long hurried out and gave a standard military salute to Lu Yuzhou: "Battalion Commander Lu, this isn't a child from the compound."
Dong Shuyao's face turned cold: "Jiang Xiaohua, get back to your own house right now."
"I'm going to tell my sister that you're all bullying me."
The fierce Jiang Xiaohua played the victim, stomped her feet, and ran off.
Dong Shuyao wasn't afraid!
Anyway, she had gotten half the money back from Shen Jiguo today; Shen Zhinian and Jiang Xiaochun would come looking for her sooner or later.
Bullying one was the same as bullying two.
"Apologize to our Zebao."
Dong Shuyao grabbed Jiang Xiaohua by the collar: "You're so vicious at such a young age, running into someone else's home to hit people. Didn't your parents teach you any manners?"
Jiang Xiaohua turned around to bite Dong Shuyao's hand but was pushed to the ground by her.
You little brat, can't I handle you?
"Li Long, don't let this child in next time. I don't think she's from a good family. What if she hurts the other children in the compound?"
"It won't happen again."
The main reason was that the child had claimed to be Dong Shuyao's younger sister, and several children in the compound knew her, so she had let her in.
When he called the Lu house, it was also Battalion Commander Lu's mother who said she knew her.
But since the Battalion Commander's wife had said not to let the little girl in again, he wouldn't let her pass next time.
Several people in the compound heard the noise and were watching; seeing Dong Shuyao protecting Lu Zechuan, their smiles toward her became a bit more genuine.
The children in their compound were all like one family; how could they allow an outsider's wild child to bully them?
If Lu Yuzhou hadn't returned in time, they would have come out to reprimand the little girl themselves.
The Lu house—
Dong Shuyao took out the things she had bought one by one: "This is the pair of pants I bought for Mom, this is the cold cream for Sister-in-law, and these are two undershirts for Big Brother."
"What about Zebao's?"
Lu Zechuan stood on tiptoe to peek into Dong Shuyao's large woven bag.
Dong Shuyao pulled out the bags of snacks: "Auntie also bought White Rabbit creamy candies. Why don't you go share them with your good friends?"
After she and Lu Yuzhou left, they would still need the people in the compound to look after them; after all, Big Brother's leg...
The Lu family had once been very prominent, but that glory was back when Lu Yuzhou's grandfather and father were still alive.
Nowadays, the Lu family's status in the compound was at the very bottom.
If it weren't for Lu Yuzhou joining the army, his own impressive abilities, and the fact that there were still some elders in the military looking out for him, this house would likely have been taken back.
Leaving behind enough money and getting on good terms with the people in the compound would allow Lu Yuzhou to be at ease while he was away.
"Okay!"
Although Lu Zechuan was small, he wasn't possessive of food; he immediately grabbed two big handfuls of milk candies and ran out happily to find his good friends.
"You should just buy things for yourselves; why bring so much for us?"
Huang Yue'e wiped her hands on her apron before taking the items: "And don't spoil little Ze too much."
Though she said that, the smile on her face was sincere.
She was clearly very happy.
Dong Shuyao didn't stop moving: "Zebao is very well-behaved, but I saw him run to the gate alone today and get bullied by Jiang Xiaohua. If Yuzhou and I hadn't returned in time, Zebao would have cried his throat hoarse."
She said this entirely to make Huang Yue'e vigilant.
Even though this was a military compound and there were guards in the sentry box at the gate, Lu Zechuan had legs of his own, and he was so small that he was still in danger.
"That brat!"
Huang Yue'e's face flushed with anger: "I thought she was coming to see you, so I let her in out of kindness. She actually bullied little Ze?"
"I don't have a very good relationship with her sister."
Dong Shuyao said directly: "She likes Shen Zhinian and was getting close to me on purpose. Sister-in-law, you should be wary of those two sisters in the future; they don't have good intentions!"
Her obsession with Shen Zhinian was common knowledge; she couldn't deny it.
Since that was the case, it was better to be honest early on.
"Is that so?"
Huang Yue'e looked at her mother-in-law. Just a moment ago, the two of them had been whispering together, wondering how Dong Shuyao had changed into a different person.
For the sake of Shen Zhinian, Dong Shuyao hadn't given the Lu family a pleasant look for a long time.
Especially toward the second son, she had looked down on him no matter what.
But this morning, they saw that the young couple's relationship was actually very good.
So, that was how it was.
Dong Shuyao had completely given up on Shen Zhinian and had said in front of them that her relationship with Jiang Xiaochun was bad.
In other words, those two had gotten together, and Dong Shuyao had changed so much because she had been betrayed by both of them?
That must be it.
Otherwise, it couldn't be explained.
Cheng Meilan looked at her youngest daughter-in-law with heartache, her hand already holding Dong Shuyao's soft, delicate hands that had never done a day's work: "A blessed woman doesn't enter an unblessed house. If it weren't for them, you wouldn't have married into our Lu family. Mom should thank them."
Huang Yue'e also nodded like a chick pecking at rice: "That's right! Sister-in-law, I'm a blunt person, and I spoke a bit harshly this morning. Please don't mind it."
Originally, she had wanted to give the second son's wife a warning, so this spoiled young lady wouldn't ride roughshod over her as the eldest sister-in-law.
Who knew that the person who came out would be this fragrant, soft, and adorable Dong Shuyao?
She had been betrayed by her best friend and the person she liked at the same time; she was truly so pitiful.
She must be good to her.
"Mm, I also feel very happy to be married to Yuzhou."
Dong Shuyao smiled shyly, and only when Lu Zechuan ran back happily with empty hands did she steer the topic back: "Sister-in-law, Mom, from now on, don't let Zebao run out alone, and don't let him talk to strangers. Someone needs to watch him; he's still so small and can't distinguish between good people and bad people."
If he were tricked by bad people, there would be nowhere to go to regret it.
In her past life, Lu Zechuan had been tricked to the lakeside and drowned, and Jiang Xiaochun had insisted that Dong Shuyao had taken him out to play and hadn't watched him, which led Cheng Meilan to hate her to the bone.
That had also intensified Dong Shuyao's determination to elope with Shen Zhinian a month later.
There was no place for her in the Lu family, and the Dong family wouldn't allow her to divorce; besides running away with Shen Zhinian, she didn't know what else she could do.
At that time, Dong Shuyao had no trust in Lu Yuzhou at all and didn't believe he would stand up against his mother for her.
In reality, Lu Yuzhou had believed from beginning to end that she wasn't a bad person.
Cheng Meilan pondered for a while and said: "Yaoyao is right. From now on, your sister-in-law and I will make sure one of us is free to watch Zebao."
"If it really doesn't work, we'll hire a nanny."
Dong Shuyao took out the five hundred yuan she had gotten from Shen Jiguo and placed it in Cheng Meilan's palm: "Mom, it's not easy for you and Sister-in-law to manage this household. I can't do anything, I only have a little bit of pocket money."
Five hundred yuan!!
A little bit of pocket money??