Li Weibo's room was in the front courtyard. By the time he reached the door of his room in the front courtyard, he had calmed down.
He held his girlfriend's hand: "I'm sorry, Ziyu. I care about you too much, which is why I couldn't stand the feeling of being deceived."
"Xiao Bo~"
Yu Ziyu threw herself into his arms: "From now on, you are not allowed to let go of my hand. You must listen to my explanation before judging me."
"Mmm! I promise I'll never do it again." Li Weibo hugged her and entered the room:
"Now, tell me the reason properly. From now on, you are not allowed to deceive me again."
"Mmm-hmm!" Yu Ziyu hugged his waist tightly: "I planned to explain it to you clearly in front of Uncle Li and Auntie after I met them."
"Because I know you have a bit of a temper, and without Uncle and Auntie around, I was worried the situation just now might occur."
"I didn't dare to say it in front of my parents either. I was worried that your temper might make them unhappy with you."
"Ziyu~" Li Weibo hugged his girlfriend tightly: "I'm sorry, I'm not good enough."
Yu Ziyu shook her head in his arms: "No, you are very good, and I like you very much."
"My father wanted to find me a cadre from the army, but I don't like them. I think they are too rigid and controlled by discipline."
"Then my father thought of Uncle Li. That year, Uncle Li took you all to see the old commander. I saw you and Li Weihao by my father's side."
Li Weibo asked nervously, "Then how did you take a liking to me?"
"I didn't." Yu Ziyu shook her head: "It wasn't me who took a liking to you at the time, but my parents chose you."
"They said you were the second son, without too much responsibility."
"The reason they chose like this, of course, is because I am an only child. They couldn't bear to have me leave their side."
"Coupled with the special nature of the specialized training team, I could accompany them for a long time. Most importantly, there was the issue of the child's surname in the future."
"You were so serious about protecting me, investigating any slight suspicion. My heart felt guilty because of this matchmaking approach disguised as a mission."
"And the way you seriously maintained that handsome, stern expression of yours unconsciously attracted me, making me feel even more guilty and flustered because of the deception."
"So I urged my father to end this so-called mission as soon as possible."
Li Weibo looked down at his girlfriend: "So, as soon as the mission ended, you confessed your feelings to me?"
"Mmm-hmm." Yu Ziyu looked up at him: "Then why did you agree?"
"That's a silly question to ask." Li Weibo tapped her forehead: "Of course, I agreed because I had feelings for you."
"Do you think that during the process of protecting you, you were the only one developing feelings?"
"Do you think I agreed to your parents' conditions?"
"My eldest brother once said that when we find wives, they must be able to manage the household and stay by my parents' side to take care of them."
"I agreed to my eldest brother, yet I broke my promise to him."
"Xiao Bo~" Yu Ziyu stood on her tiptoes and kissed his lips...
In the kitchen, Tian Jing asked her husband who had just walked in: "I heard Xiao Bo shouting loudly. What was he yelling about?"
Li Zhengguo rubbed his nose: "I almost broke them up."
"What happened?" Tian Jing held up the spatula, no longer in the mood to cook.
Mother Li also pulled out some firewood and held up a smoking stick, waiting for her younger son's explanation.
It was rare for her to have a grandson bring a girlfriend home, and her younger son had to go and mess things up.
Li Zhengguo quickly raised his hands: "Don't get excited, let me explain."
It turned out that before he left work, he had received a call from his old comrade-in-arms, Yu Jinghai.
Yu Jinghai had been a subordinate of the same old commander as him back then.
After the old commander was reinstated, Li Zhengguo resigned, and Yu Jinghai followed him.
The old commander, grateful for Yu Jinghai's unwavering loyalty, married his younger daughter to Yu Jinghai and greatly promoted him.
Now Yu Jinghai had also risen to the rank of Army Commander.
The couple had only one daughter. Out of concern for her and a desire to rely on her in their old age, they decided that their daughter should find a boyfriend among Yu Jinghai's subordinates.
Yu Ziyu had spent her life in the military and didn't like the soldiers.
Yu Jinghai then thought of the specialized training team, and naturally, he thought of Li Zhengguo's two sons.
In the end, he chose Li Weibo, who had no pressure.
To let Yu Ziyu experience it herself, and to prevent Li Weibo, who was being set up, from having any rebellious resistance, he arranged a protection mission...
After the two of them started dating, Li Weibo still didn't know he was being set up.
He had even met Yu Jinghai and his wife.
Yu Jinghai and his wife had told him to establish his new family in the military region, and Li Weibo had agreed.
Yu Jinghai had said that the first child born would take the surname Yu, and Li Weibo had agreed without hesitation.
Yu Jinghai had said that Yu Ziyu would take care of them in their old age and see them off at their passing, and Li Weibo had also agreed.
Yu Jinghai knew that a man who could agree to these conditions, even if not technically a live-in son-in-law, would be mistaken for one, and it definitely showed his true feelings for his daughter.
So he confidently let his daughter go home with Li Weibo for the New Year.
Fearing any misunderstandings during the meeting, he had called Li Zhengguo in advance to explain.
Li Zhengguo, hearing that his second son had a girlfriend, and she was his old comrade-in-arms' daughter, rushed back from work to see his future daughter-in-law:
"When I saw Xiao Bo, I told him he was tricked. He excitedly said that Yu Jinghai's daughter had deceived him."
"I thought Yu Jinghai's daughter was good, very steady, and endured the sadness to explain to him."
"If I hadn't slapped Xiao Bo to interrupt him, I don't know how much louder he would have shouted."
Tian Jing and Mother Li both hit him with their 'weapons' in their hands.
Li Zhengguo recoiled in fright: "What are you doing?"
"Hmph!" Mother Li shoved the firewood stick back into the stove: "My grandson is already twenty-four years old and has brought a girlfriend home. You're his father, so you can hit him?"
"Hmph!" Tian Jing put the spatula back into the pot and snorted at her husband: "Xiao Bo has a bit of a temper. If you don't explain from the beginning and just say something that makes him explode, how can you still hit Xiao Bo?"
"Xiao Bo has a girlfriend, which means he's an adult. From now on, don't you dare lay a hand on them casually."
"Otherwise, don't blame me for not respecting you. I'll hit you in front of our future daughter-in-law."
Li Zhengguo shamelessly approached his wife: "It's okay, hitting is affection, scolding is love. It also sets an example for Hao Hao and Xiao Bo. No matter when, the wife's opinion should be the deciding factor."
Shameless old man.
Tian Jing pushed his face away with a slap: "Mayor Li, you've learned to be bad. The town needs to rectify its linguistic civility."
"Yes!" Li Zhengguo gave a salute: "I'll listen to my wife. Wife, do you regret it?"
Tian Jing didn't understand: "Regret what?"
Li Zhengguo, ignoring his mother watching, grabbed his wife's hand and asked, "Do you regret marrying me, a useless man who only knows how to be attached to home?"
Tian Jing pulled her hand away: "Oh, my hands are all oily. It's you who regrets, isn't it? If you had followed them, not to mention your current position, you would have married the old commander's daughter."
"Pfft!" Mother Li chuckled: "Alright, alright. Wait until you two go back to your room to say these things. Hearing them makes this old woman feel both startled and amused."
Tian Jing's old face turned red.
Li Zhengguo nodded unconcernedly: "Mother is right, these sweet nothings should be said in the bedroom."
"Bah!" Tian Jing lightly spat at him: "Hurry up and get out of the kitchen. Don't cause trouble. I'm going to cook a few dishes for our future daughter-in-law to taste."
"Yes!"