si-mexico Chapter 289 If my sister hadn't already fallen for someone else, would she have had the chance
Chapter 289 If my sister hadn't already fallen for someone else, would she have had the chance
Meng Peiyu disagreed: "With me around, Junyan will definitely be more successful than Lu Yuan!"
"How arrogant!" Meng's father raised his hand and tapped Meng Peiyu's nose, his face full of disappointment.
However, Meng's mother spoke up for her daughter: "So what if Lu Yuan is successful? Our two families have different positions, and we are destined not to be able to marry."
Meng Shanshan had just entered the door when she heard this sentence upon hearing that her cousin had returned, and her heart ached.
"Cousin, you're back! How was your trip to Northeast China? How long can you stay at home?"
Meng Peiyu casually handed her a bow hair clip: "It will take at least ten days to half a month."
Meng Shanshan took the butterfly clip, thanked her sweetly, and naturally changed the subject to Qiao Manman: "Cousin, your husband is in the same unit as Lu Yuan. You should have met his wife, right?"
"Does Shanshan know Qiao Meizi?"
Meng Shanshan pouted: "That's right! When Xingwen invited her to the movies, she wasn't happy about it."
"What's with this country bumpkin being so arrogant? If her sister didn't already have someone she liked, would she even have a chance to snag Lu Yuan? She's really getting off easy!"
Having lived two lives, Meng Peiyu knew exactly what her cousin was thinking.
Xiaoxiao said, "Manman is simple-minded, which suits Deputy Regiment Commander Lu's taste. The two are inseparable and in perfect harmony!"
A hint of jealousy flashed in Meng Shanshan's eyes as she asked in an innocent tone, "Brother Lu got promoted to deputy regimental commander so quickly? That's amazing!"
Seeing that Meng Peiyu's smile had faded a bit, she quickly added, "But no matter how good he is, he's still not as good as my cousin-in-law!"
Meng Peiyu looked Meng Shanshan up and down, and deliberately asked, "Didn't you say before the New Year that Shanshan was getting engaged? When are you getting married?"
"Cousin, you really know how to bring up the most sensitive topics. Our family was supposed to have a marriage alliance with the Wang family, but who would have thought that Grandpa Wang would have an accident!"
Xingwen got caught up in this mess, and now his wedding is off the table. I'm twenty-two and still have nothing to do.
"Cousin, do you know any suitable military officers? Could you introduce me to one?"
"Let me think about it, I'll tell you when I have something suitable!" Meng Peiyu poured her a cup of tea: "You said the Wang family had some trouble, what exactly happened?"
Despite receiving some information and Li Zhong's vague mention of it, Meng Peiyu still wanted to know the details, to unravel the mystery and find out how the Lu family had avoided disaster.
"I don't know either. Anyway, that day, Director Dou Yifan suddenly went to the compound and said that he had received a report that a certain leader was colluding with foreign forces. He wanted to search the house and then found the evidence."
Ironically, it was Grandpa Wang who put the person in.
If he uses his power to suppress Dou Yifan and prevents him from entering the military compound, or if he denies everything and claims he was framed, there might still be a glimmer of hope.
As a result, he confessed without much interrogation.
Not only were they banished to the southwest for labor reform, but their children and grandchildren were also stripped of their jobs. The Wang family disappeared without a trace.
Meng Peiyu frowned deeply: "What about the Lu family?"
Meng Shanshan looked at her in confusion: "What does this have to do with the Lu family! Lu Yuan and Qiao Manman got married, and the leader went to their house for a cup of tea and gave them a calligraphy piece. Does that count?"
"What word?" Meng Peiyu's fingernails dug into her palms, her heart pounding in her throat.
"A match made in heaven, the whole compound is buzzing about it!" Meng Shanshan pouted, both sour and jealous: "Qiao Manman is just a country girl, what has she done to deserve this!"
"Yes, what has she done to deserve this!" Back then, when she got engaged to Lu Yuan, she was only envied by the younger generation. After Lu Yuan was entangled with Qian Xiaoni, he endured more than a year of gossip and rumors.
She was unwilling to accept this, and argued with her family and the Lu family. In the end, she was talked to by the assistant of the high-ranking leader, who made her respect Lu Yuan's decision and understand the difficulties of a soldier's widow and orphan living alone.
She wanted to ask, wasn't it difficult for her, an innocent girl who had been rejected by her fiancé, that she had to make way for someone else's life? But everyone was criticizing her, including her parents.
"If you hadn't dragged your feet and insisted on getting the marriage certificate after Lu Yuan got promoted, what chance would Qian Xiaoni have!"
"If there's no one surnamed Lu, there are still people surnamed Lu, Lu, or Lu. Why hang yourself on that tree? I've found you someone with a higher rank than him, a deputy army commander. If you marry him, you'll be a high-ranking official's wife, which will be much more prestigious!"
"Dad, that deputy commander you mentioned, he's over fifty and has lost three wives, right?"
"Look at what you're saying, if he were young, he wouldn't be able to become a division commander!"
Besides, men can have children no matter how old they are.
"Commander Mei's two daughters are both married. You should go and give him a healthy son as soon as possible to win him over. You'll enjoy endless wealth and luxury in the future."
Meng Peiyu was lost in memories of the past, and her face grew paler and paler.
"Cousin, cousin?"
Feeling her body being shaken, she gradually woke up from the nightmare: "Shanshan, you go back first. I'm tired from the car ride and want to rest."
"Alright then, you get some rest, I'll come see you again tomorrow!"
Meng Shanshan left reluctantly, when her parents asked with concern, "We heard you were hospitalized several times in the Northeast. Are you alright? Now that you're back, go to the hospital in Beijing for a checkup and get some proper treatment!"
Meng Peiyu shook her head: "I'm fine, just a little overworked. I'll be fine after a rest!"
Mencius' mother frowned: "Logically speaking, you don't have anyone to take care of in the Northeast, and your son-in-law's salary is high, so your life should be quite comfortable. How could you have fallen ill from overwork?"
Meng Peiyu's eyes flickered as she placed her hand on her lower abdomen, making an excuse: "I've been under a lot of pressure because I haven't been able to get pregnant yet."
"What's wrong? Is Chen Junyan urging you?"
"No, it's just that I want to have children sooner."
"Sigh, sometimes it's just a matter of fate. Maybe one day the child will come. Don't be impatient."
By the way, I heard that Changxi's daughter-in-law hadn't gotten pregnant for several years after getting married, but after taking some kind of folk remedy, she's now more than three months pregnant.
"Mom will ask around for you tomorrow!"
“No need. Our unit has fertility pills that can make you pregnant with twins. Junyan has already registered me. I just need to wait for the pills to be made, pay, and pick them up.”
"A fertility pill? That doesn't sound like a good thing. Could it be a scam?"
"No, many people have gotten pregnant after taking it. But it's better to be safe than sorry. I plan to wait until the first wave of people are pregnant and then see how things go."
“It’s a serious matter of carrying on the family line, so we should be careful. If Chen Junyan has any ulterior motives, tell me, and I’ll have your dad give him a talking-to.”
Meng Peiyu smiled sweetly: "He's very good to me, and he's good to me too!"
In the evening, the family gathered around the table for a reunion dinner and then went to bed early.
Meng Peiyu waited until late at night, then climbed out of the window and went straight to a courtyard house next to the Forbidden City.
"System, help me search around and see if there's any treasure nearby!"
"Sorry, host, the system does not have that function!"
"Then give me a metal detector!"
"Sorry, host, the system reward cannot be specified. You can try signing in!"