The Cultivator's Reborn to 1970s-Chapter 153 - 127

The atmosphere in the room became heavy, and neither of them spoke.

Chunhua turned her head to look at Lan Tian, suddenly becoming fidgety, as if she had done something wrong to Lan Tian, her face filled with shame, unable to face her, looking down as if lost in thought, and occasionally glancing up at her cautiously.

As if she had made an important decision, Chunhua turned around, and cautiously asked, "Lan Tian, what’s going on with you and my third brother? Did you guys have a fight?"

Lan Tian, who was thinking about her transfer to Shanghai and how Grandma Sun and the others must be worried about her, was thinking about how to make money to buy a house, looked up at Chunhua with a puzzled expression.

"No, your brother and I are fine! Why would you ask that? Did your brother do something?"

Lan Tian suddenly leaned in, squinting her eyes to scrutinize Chunhua’s face, trying to read something from it.

"It’s nothing." Chunhua was startled, shaking her head and waving her hands in denial, her expression flustered, and seeing Lan Tian’s doubtful gaze, she suddenly realized her reaction was too exaggerated, which only made her more suspicious.

Pretending to be angry, she frowned at Lan Tian, "It’s all because of you. I’ve been here for almost a month and haven’t seen you around. I asked my third brother, and he said you went to the mountains to gather herbs. Usually in the village, it takes at most seven or eight days for herb gathering, not this long. I thought you had a fight with third brother and went to your grandpa’s, so I asked."

"Is that really it?" Lan Tian looked at her skeptically.

Chunhua nodded vigorously, hugging Lan Tian’s waist and acting coquettishly, "I’m sorry, I shouldn’t have asked you that, and I shouldn’t have distrusted you. Please forgive me for my first mistake?"

Chunhua looked at Lan Tian with teary eyes, like a puppy seeking its owner’s favor, almost wagging her tail.

Lan Tian knew why Chunhua asked this; it was nothing more than Zhou Yuwei coming to see Mo Junhua and her catching them, especially when she was not home, and the military wives in the building loving to gossip, spreading words that might not be true.

It was probably about Zhou Yuwei clinging to Mo Junhua, thinking she had seen them, resulting in their fight and her running away!

"Alright, alright, I forgive you. Can you stop shaking? You’re making me dizzy." Lan Tian said, half amused and half annoyed, pushing her away.

Chunhua glanced at Lan Tian, saw her calm and smiling face, knew she was not angry, and secretly breathed a sigh of relief, feeling even heavier at heart.

During her time here with the army, she had seen Nurse Zhou coming to look for her third brother several times. Initially, she thought it was official army business, but later she overheard the military wives talking about Nurse Zhou’s bad character, liking to chase married men.

She heard that before her brother married Lan Tian, Nurse Zhou kept following her third brother from the Military District Hospital to the army, and even now knowing her third brother was married, she shamelessly kept pestering.

One time while returning from the hospital, she ran into Nurse Zhou, who nauseatingly called her "sister," which disgusted Chunhua immensely; she had never seen someone so shameless.

Chunhua wasn’t being biased towards her third brother; she believed her third brother wouldn’t do anything to betray Lan Tian. Since her childhood, she noticed her third brother always paid attention to Lan Tian. Every time Lan Tian passed by their house, third brother would grab a handful of peanuts one day, and dates another day, looking at Lan Tian with such tender eyes. Back then, she didn’t understand, but now she did.

Her third brother really liked Lan Tian a lot.

Suddenly, Lan Tian flared her nostrils and looked towards the kitchen, "What’s being cooked in the kitchen? I think I smell something burning."

"Ah!" Chunhua screamed and ran towards the kitchen, shouting, "It’s ruined, the pork trotters I was stewing!"

In the hall, Lan Tian watched Chunhua’s frantic antics and laughed heartily.

"Where’s your brother? Why hasn’t he come back to eat?" Not seeing Mo Junhua around at lunchtime, Lan Tian asked, looking at the still sulking Chunhua.

"Still mad? I didn’t do it on purpose," Lan Tian couldn’t help but laugh again, "Worst comes to worst, I’ll eat the burnt pig’s feet myself. That should do it, right?"

Chunhua huffed and glared at Lan Tian, knowing that she was too soft-hearted to actually do that, yet he intentionally said it. What if her third brother found out? He might think she was a mean little sister-in-law, tormenting Lan Tian!

"Fine, I, as a generous lady, won’t stoop to your level."

Lan Tian promptly flattered, "Yes, yes, you have the stomach of a Prime Minister, a true heroine, not bothering to argue with little me, a hero, a heroine, a great woman, just eat!"

Chunhua was amused by Lan Tian’s exaggerated words.

"Zhao Li will be transferred back to the forces in a few days. He will get his medicine from the clinic. This morning, my third brother and others went to Military District Hospital to help with the discharge procedures. Come with me to the hospital this afternoon to check if my nursing technique for Zhao Li is correct."

This was the first time Chunhua had ever seen such a big hospital, and seeing it bustling with military personnel, all stern and robust, made her, a mere civilian, feel uneasy at heart.

"Don’t laugh at me, but being in the hospital with all the military personnel makes me feel uncomfortable, the atmosphere feels strange and oppressive. I feel like an outsider who accidentally stumbled in. When you’re not by my side, I constantly feel unsettled."

Hearing this, Lan Tian smiled; her past life had been similar.

Their feelings of inferiority and timidity, compared to the upright and imposing demeanor of military personnel, made them uncomfortable around them.

"Alright, I am free this afternoon anyway, and I can check on how Zhao Li’s leg is recovering."

After eating and cleaning up, Lan Tian saw Chunhua carrying a thermos out of the kitchen, and they both went downstairs, heading towards Military District Hospital.

"Lan Tian, you’re back? When did you return? Haven’t seen you in a long time and thought you went home!"

Having finished eating and taking her child to play on the playground, Tian Xianghua saw Lan Tian walking and laughing with Camp Commander Mo’s sister and came over to greet them.

Lan Tian stopped and looked at her.

"Sister-in-law, just playing with the kids! Had some things to do and just got back today." Pulling Chunhua alongside to introduce, "This is my sister, Chunhua, you must have seen her before!"

"Hello!"

Hearing Lan Tian’s words, Tian Xianghua didn’t feel it was appropriate to ask where she had been. She nodded towards Chunhua; they lived in the same building and had seen each other, just hadn’t greeted before. Camp Commander Mo hadn’t introduced her to everyone, but recently Zhou Yuwei had been coming to see her frequently.

"Chunhua, this is Sister-in-law Xianghua, the best military wife in our Military Building, kind, honest, and helpful. When I first arrived, there was a lot I didn’t understand, and Sister-in-law Xianghua was the one who guided me."

Lan Tian was nonchalant when praising others, but Tian Xianghua felt shy and smiled coyly.

"Sister-in-law, hello!" Chunhua cheerfully greeted her and added, "During this period, my sister-in-law must have troubled you a lot. It seems she’s indifferent, but she’s actually very kind-hearted. I’ve brought some local produce from home, I’ll bring some over for you to try later. There’s not much from the countryside, Sister-in-law, don’t disdain it!"

"What are you saying, I also came from the countryside," Turning to see the thermos in Chunhua’s hand, she guessed the two were on their way to deliver a meal, and quickly said, "You’re here to deliver a meal, aren’t you? Then you better hurry before it gets cold and loses its taste."

"Sister-in-law, we’ll head off then." After saying goodbye to Tian Xianghua, the two left.

Tian Xianghua watched their departing figures and pondered.

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