Chapter 107: Chapter 107: I Brought This Upon Myself
She and Huo Jingyuan did want to have a child, but they hadn’t had any luck yet. They planned to try harder once Huo Jingyuan’s injuries healed.
Jiang Zhenjun didn’t press the issue.
After arriving at the military camp, he had his guard take Wen Ci to an office to rest. He then immediately convened a meeting with the political commissar and all other high-ranking cadres.
The topic was the review process for the orphanage.
It had to be their top priority!
Most of the people who adopted children from the orphanage were military families where a soldier had been injured on the battlefield and could no longer have children. But now, unscrupulous individuals were adopting children from the orphanage only to sell them.
This behavior was an undeniable provocation, crossing a sacred line!
Inside the spacious office, the guard brought a glass of warm water and set it down, then looked up at Wen Ci and asked, "Miss Jiang, is there anything you’d like to drink?"
Jiang Zhenjun had already informed the guard of Wen Ci’s identity.
Wen Ci asked, "What do you have?"
"Coffee and tea."
"Coffee."
’Come to think of it, she hadn’t had coffee in a long time. She actually missed the taste.’
The guard said, "The coffee will be quite bitter, you know."
"That’s fine."
Before long, the guard returned to the office with a cup of coffee.
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Meanwhile.
Jiang Chen returned home, fuming. As a military officer, he had leave time, and he had taken the day off specifically to bring Ye Zi home to beg for forgiveness.
Instead, he had inexplicably been slapped twice, and the red mark on his left cheek was painfully obvious.
Jiang Ye consoled him, "Brother, calm down. Mom only slapped you in a moment of anger, and Sister didn’t mean to hit you either."
It would have been better if she had said nothing. Her words only made Jiang Chen angrier.
’As if he couldn’t tell whether Wen Ci had slapped him on purpose!’
"You’re too kind-hearted, still sticking up for Wen Ci."
Jiang Ye’s smile was as resilient as a delicate white flower.
Jiang Chen reached out and stroked her head. He was a few years older than Jiang Ye. When they were children, their father was always at the military camp, and their mother was often away on business trips.
At home, it was just him and his sister.
You could say he had practically raised Jiang Ye himself.
When he learned that Jiang Ye wasn’t his biological sister and was being sent to marry someone far away in the Northwest, he was indignant. ’On what grounds? The eldest brother is like a father; her marriage should at least require my consent.’
Later, his mother told him that his biological sister had suffered a great deal out in the world.
He felt a sincere pang of sympathy in his heart. Though he had never met his biological sister, they shared the same blood.
When Jiang Ye suggested that his biological sister marry in her place...
He hesitated.
’Regardless of whether Huo Jingyuan was an officer or not, for a woman who had lived in the countryside for twenty years, marrying a man as exceptional as Old Commander Huo’s grandson was a rare opportunity.’
So, he also joined in on persuading his mother.
’After all, they had raised Jiang Ye by their side for twenty years.’
’And Wen Ci would be marrying far away in the Northwest, following her husband to his post.’
’For her, this was already an excellent choice.’
After calming down and thinking it over, Jiang Chen sighed deeply. He had spoken those words in the heat of the moment and had damaged Wen Ci’s reputation.
"I deserved it."
Jiang Ye shook her head. "It has nothing to do with you, Brother. It was Sister..."
"It has nothing to do with her either. I brought this on myself."
As he spoke, Jiang Chen applied a hot cloth to his face. He had to go back to work in the afternoon.
"Oh, right." Jiang Chen suddenly remembered something and turned to Jiang Ye. "Did you piss someone off before you left Beijing?"
"What’s wrong?"
"The neighbors at your old place near the school filed a complaint. They said someone keeps banging on your door at all hours, and it’s so loud they can’t sleep."
Jiang Chen had visited that apartment in his uniform once, so some neighbors recognized him. When someone started banging on the door and it was clear no one was home, the neighbors complained directly to the military camp.
