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Zhang Shan Ni really didn’t know that she had already had a hurried encounter with her own husband in the provincial city.
At this moment, she was busily and joyfully preparing delicious food to specially treat herself, her family, and friends.
After all, she had returned to the military for several days now, and everyone, adults and children alike, had grown accustomed to the low-tempered climate here.
She had stealthily nourished her family of all ages until they regained their vitality. After consulting the elders, she made a big table of good dishes to entertain a few military wives she knew.
Coincidentally, it was the Lantern Festival; how nice to have more people and liveliness!
In fact, Zhang Shan Ni didn’t invite many people, just three: Li Xiaxia, Qin Yanzi, and Lin Aifei.
Last time she and her husband entertained guests, these three were already present. The military wives she actually knew were just these three. More than this, she couldn’t invite anyway, as her capacity was there to see, and no one would outright criticize her for it!!
Besides, Zhang Shan Ni genuinely had no hard feelings towards Lin Aifei. Their husbands were colleagues, and there was no need to make things too ugly.
The most important reason was because Lin Aifei and Lin Aihong were two completely different people!
Moreover, Lin Aifei’s fate was so similar to the original Zhang Shan Ni’s!
Therefore, Zhang Shan Ni had more sympathy for her.
Zhang Shan Ni was thoroughly prepared, with flavors from both the South and the North: spicy Mapo Tofu, sweet and sour spareribs, savory red-braised pork, etc. In short, dishes from all over, as long as the ingredients were available at this time, she managed to make them all, serving up eight major dishes in a row.
Everyone, both family and guests, ate with joy on their faces.
Yet unexpectedly, even with a house full of people at home, trouble still arose!
This was caused by a ’misunderstanding,’ but Zhang Shan Ni stated she would maintain a skeptical attitude.
In fact, it really had no direct connection with Zhang Shan Ni; Lin Aifei was even more of an innocent victim caught by bloodline relation, simply a target of transferred anger.
This matter began with the rescue of Lin Aihong and Ding Wangzhong’s ’confession’—
In Ding Wangzhong’s confession, he claimed it was because of a financial dispute with Lin Yingxia that he had been frequently waiting at the military base, just waiting for Lin Yingxia to come forward and deal with it.
Who would have known that on the second day of the Lunar New Year, instead of seeing Lin Yingxia, he encountered a woman rushing through the night. He initially had no ill intentions, and only ’saved’ Lin Aihong back to his home after seeing her collapsed in the snow.
As for the ’tying and binding,’ it was because Lin Aihong was sick, and during his driving, she was moving around, making it necessary for him to tie her up.
Most importantly, it was a fact that Lin Aihong hadn’t been ’violated’—her clothes were intact, she had no memory whatsoever, and she completely lacked the inherent awareness of having been ’abducted’ by a man.
In the end, even if Ding Wangzhong’s actions were inappropriate, the military had no authority to forcibly detain him, and so the matter was left unresolved.
However, the reputation of Lin Yingxia suddenly faced a major uproar.
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