Chapter 717: Chapter 690: Moving House

Fortunately, it’s summer. Lin Wan borrowed two tables and placed them in the courtyard. A few kids were watching TV inside the house.

Lin Wan fried some little shrimps for them to snack on.

Sister-in-law Zhang and Sister-in-law Liu came over to help around four o’clock. Lin Wan didn’t prepare much, mainly because there were a lot of people, so she prepared more of each dish.

For today’s gathering, Lin Wan specially asked Aunt Gui to roast some lamb and beef for her at the shop.

The kids were easy to manage; just steam some rice for them and make a couple of soup dishes to leave inside, not even needing supervision. They were all older kids; Pidan was already in fourth grade. Sister-in-law Liu’s two sons were in third and second grade, respectively.

“Why hasn’t Sun Yu come?” Sister-in-law Liu noticed Yang Wei had arrived but hadn’t seen Sun Yu.

“She probably won’t come; she doesn’t get along with Lin Wan. We live under her apartment, and I hear them arguing loudly at night all the time. Old Huang told me once that their relationship might not last much longer.”

Lin Wan was surprised. This couple had been busy with assessments and factory matters for the past six months, leaving early and returning late. They hadn’t paid much attention to what’s happening in the courtyard.

“Sigh, both have issues in their hearts because of the child. It seems they can’t make it work. Forcing it won’t lead to any good outcome,” Sister-in-law Liu understood, sighing helplessly.

“Yang Wei wants to leave, but Sun Yu disagrees. It’s been half a year, and although we live in the same building, we haven’t seen them together for a long time.”

“That’s true.”

Listening to the two sister-in-laws, Lin Wan felt deeply reflective. If Sun Yu had kept the child, things might have been different.

Sometimes, people can’t be too greedy. It’s hard to judge the matters between husbands and wives from an outsider’s perspective.

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The next day, Han Yi drove the car to their door, loaded some items to move first. Just as the car stopped, Wang Guihua came out from next door.

Seeing her with a radiant smile heading toward them, Lin Wan knew she was trying to take advantage again.

“Lin, Han Captain is transferred, who knows when we’ll meet again. Still have a lot to pack at home, right? Let me help you tidy up.”

“No need, no need, I’ve already packed almost everything. Just need to load it onto the car,” Lin Wan promptly refused.

“Great, this way we won’t waste time, let’s move together.”

Wang Guihua smiled and started to come over. But before she reached the house, she suddenly wobbled, exclaimed “oh,” and fainted on the ground.

She didn’t sit up for a long time.

Both Han Yi and Lin Wan were stunned, not sure what kind of show Wang Guihua was putting on.

Lin Wan’s first thought was that Wang Guihua had ill intentions and wanted to blackmail them. It’s just that in the past half a year, she hadn’t offended Wang Guihua. What exactly was this woman trying to do?

Han Yi, seeing the situation, didn’t dare to go and help her, worried she might accuse their family.

“Xiao Wan, stand aside for now, I’ll go outside and call Feng Xiaoxian.”

“Oh… got it.”

Lin Wan stepped back, simply watching Wang Guihua faint on the ground. When Han Yi returned, it was ten minutes later, and Feng Xiaoxian was with him.

Initially, Feng Xiaoxian also thought Wang Guihua was causing trouble again. Frowning irritably, he shouted at the woman on the ground, “Wang Guihua, get up. What’s this nonsense again? Embarrassing me.”

“She seems to have really fainted. Instructor Feng, Ai Yi, you better take her to the infirmary to check her condition,” Lin Wan observed for a long time. Wang Guihua lay motionless on the ground, not pretending.

“Uh…” Feng Zhi was stunned for a moment and quickly squatted down to check his wife’s eyes, realizing it wasn’t promising. He swiftly hoisted Wang Guihua onto his back and rushed to the military infirmary, with Han Yi supporting Wang Guihua and following along.

Lin Wan sighed in relief, took Little Star back to the house, and continued packing things, busy moving alone.

Once Lin Wan had packed blankets and clothes from inside the house and loaded them onto the car, Han Yi returned.

“How’s it going? What happened? She wouldn’t really want to blackmail us, would she?”

Han Yi chuckled a couple of times, “This time you guessed wrong. Wang Guihua didn’t faint on purpose. Guess what happened?”

“What happened?”

“Pregnant.”

“Preg… what?”

“Pregnant, more than four months already. She fainted from exhaustion; you should have seen Feng Xiaoxian’s face, almost turned into charcoal.”

“How can Wang Guihua be pregnant? Didn’t she have a sterilization surgery back then?”

Han Yi shook his head, “Not sure. The doctor recommended they go to the military base hospital and district hospital to see what’s going on.”

“…Oh.”

Wang Guihua’s pregnancy left Lin Wan puzzled. After moving the house that night, Lin Wan couldn’t help but vent to Shi Lan about it.

“How can she have a child after sterilization? Unless she secretly did a tubal reversal surgery, which might be possible,” Shi Lan had heard of this because she went for sterilization three months after having a child last year.

Back then she vaguely heard a patient mention it.

“Can it be reversed?”

“Yes, but I hear it’s extremely painful. Wang Guihua did it to have a son; she’s really determined. But doing it like this, hasn’t she ruined her husband’s future?”

“Four months already, Wang Guihua surely knew early. Seeing Feng Xiaoxian’s reaction, he might not know. I was wondering why Wang Guihua suddenly lost so much weight recently; perhaps it was severe pregnancy symptoms. She can’t hide it now, a four-month-old baby. Aborting it would certainly harm the mother’s body. Moreover, Feng Xiaoxian, considering retirement, it isn’t that simple; fines, detention, military jail are possible. Retiring, work allocation stuff likely won’t happen,” Lin Wan saw it clearly.

“In order to have a child, it’s not worth it, really not,” Shi Lan said shaking her head.

Lin Wan looked at the two little carrot heads, Ning and Yu Ning Wei Bin, and smiled, “You’re lucky, two at once. Another two years and you’ve got it sorted. Shi Lan, you say that my Han Yi and I haven’t been taking precautions much lately, yet somehow I haven’t gotten pregnant?”

“What’s the rush? This half year you’ve been spinning like a top, overworking your bodies. Of course, it’s hard to conceive.”

“Really?” Lin Wan half-believed and replied.

Two days later, when Lin Wan went to the military district to pick up Han Yi, she learned that Wang Guihua last year secretly went to an old doctor to restore her tubal connection. Back then, around the time Feng Xiaoxian had a task that kept him away from the military district for two months.

Wang Guihua took advantage of that time to do it.

Now, Feng Xiaoxian was adamantly trying to make Wang Guihua abort the child, but Wang Guihua disagreed. They were still deadlocked.

Lin Wan left the courtyard, naturally not caring about how they handled their situation.

Han Yi stayed at home for a few days, visiting his mother’s place to tell her about the transfer to Z City.

“Promotion is a good thing; work well over there,” Uncle Hu patted Han Yi’s shoulder.

“Being far away after this, don’t know if we’ll see one another even once a year. You kids are all leaving, leaving just me and your Uncle Hu,” Shen Qing was a bit reluctant.

Hu Dong took the college entrance exam this year, did well, and applied to Shanghai Finance University. Originally, Hu Shu and Shen Qing wanted him to apply for a closer university, but he secretly changed his choices, saying he wanted to see the outside world.

The notice has come down, and they can only accept. Luckily, Hu Lijuan will graduate in another year. Uncle Hu has already planned out her job, just waiting for her to graduate.

“Mom, I still have my business here, so I’ll often come by. Whenever Han Yi has time, we’ll return to see you guys.”

“That’s great, you should come back often. We’re getting older now and just want the family to gather daily and have lively times.”

“Grandpa, Grandma, Xingxing has grown up and will go to school soon, can’t tell you stories anymore. Let Uncle find a sister, and soon there’ll be another Little Star to accompany Grandpa and Grandma. When Little Star gets crayons, I’ll come back to accompany you.”

Lin Wan listened to her daughter’s words and almost jumped, “Where did you learn all this nonsense?”

Little Star seeing her mother getting angry rushed into Grandma’s arms, pointing timidly at Hu Dong nearby, “It was Uncle who said it, not Little Star.”

“Xingxing, you brat, when did I say that?”

“See if I don’t break your leg, not learning anything good all day,” Hu Bin listened, immediately believing his granddaughter’s words, he stood up with a feather duster intending to hit Hu Dong, scaring him to run away.

“Xingxing, make up stuff again, Uncle won’t buy you ice cream anymore.”

Little Star was shocked and opened her mouth, quickly pulling Hu Bin, “Grandpa, Grandpa, Xingxing saw it on TV.”

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