Today’s update.

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Knowing that her sister-in-law must be concerned about matters here, Li Aiyuan left her son and went straight to Zhou Mikang’s office. Having stayed at the base guesthouse before, she and her husband had been there, so she was familiar with the way.

Zhou Hanliang was still in Zhou Mikang’s office. Seeing Li Aiyuan, he stood up with a smile: "Auntie, when did you get here? Come in and sit." As he spoke, he poured a cup of water and placed it on the coffee table, motioning for her to sit down.

Zhou Mikang had also risen from behind his desk. After greeting, he sat directly opposite Li Aiyuan: "You’re here about Qiliang, right? How’s the talk going?"

"Commander Xiao Zhou, first, thank you for letting me know about this in advance..." Li Aiyuan smiled awkwardly, "My awareness is a bit low, I still don’t want him to go, but he insists on going himself, there’s no way, so we compromised a bit. Tomorrow, his dad and Qihui will come over, and the whole family will discuss it. We also need to hear his grandparents’ opinions."

Looking at the time, Zhou Mikang pointed to the phone on the table: "Auntie, you go ahead and make a call first, and we’ll talk afterward."

After exchanging polite words, Li Aiyuan went to the table to make the call. After some thought, she first called Zhao Yulan, asking her to mention the matter to Old Master Zhao and Old Lady Zhao, so the two elders could discuss it and participate in the voting tomorrow.

Afterward, she dialed the village number, and her daughter answered, saying her father had gone to the town and hadn’t returned. So, she called the town next.

As expected, upon hearing her out, Zhao Yushan got angry immediately. "How can such a thing be kept? Your son is a soldier, even if he’s getting married, even if his father died, he should go to the battlefield if he must!"

Glancing at Zhou Mikang and Zhou Hanliang, seeing they were both turned away, she hesitated slightly but still voiced her thoughts: "I don’t have as high awareness as you do. Anyway, I just feel that him leaving at this time is irresponsible. The country will still run without him, but what about his wife and child?"

"If everyone thought like you, how would the country become prosperous and developed? How can you even enjoy such a stable life now? I don’t need to go over. My opinion is to firmly support our son’s decision!"

With that, Zhao Yushan hung up the phone. 𝑓𝓇𝘦ℯ𝘸𝘦𝑏𝓃𝑜𝘷ℯ𝑙.𝑐𝑜𝓂

Hearing the beep from the other end of the line, Li Aiyuan’s face turned pale with anger. After all, she was trying to discuss, and she was in front of her niece’s husband!

Not giving her any face, how would she handle herself in front of them in the future?

After thinking for a moment, she called again, and her brother-in-law Zhang Guoqing answered.

"Sister-in-law..." Zhang Guoqing coughed awkwardly and continued, "Brother went out. Don’t worry, I’ll persuade him to call you back later. Could you leave me your phone number and give me ten minutes, okay?"

"Ah..." Letting out a long sigh, Li Aiyuan said, "Guoqing, I know, you probably also think I have low awareness, but I know very well what kind of life Yuanbao’s parents are living now. I really don’t want our family to become like that.

Please tell your big brother that I’ve already told Qihui to come over with her father tomorrow. He also knows Commander Liu has feelings for Qihui, so if he doesn’t want another pair of parents to be sad, he shouldn’t come against me.

Regardless of whether Qiliang will go or not, I hope our whole family can sit together and discuss it well, not just for ourselves, but also for Xiaoqiong.

That child gives up everything for Qiliang, we can’t ignore her thoughts. Of course, she’s more conscious than I am, she’s anxious to marry Qiliang just to put us at ease.

But the more she is like this, the more uneasy I feel. If they hadn’t married, I wouldn’t worry this much. We can’t harm someone else’s daughter. Guoqing, my mind’s a bit muddled, and so is my speech. Do you understand what I mean?"

"I understand, I understand..." Zhang Guoqing quickly said, "Sister-in-law, don’t worry, I’ll convey all this to my brother. It’s just that he’s angry at the moment. In fact, the main reason he hurried out is that he’s worried but doesn’t want me to notice.

I’m just like him, being a father, how could I not understand his thoughts? You see, he’s stubborn on the surface, but in his heart, he’s just like you. But..." With a sigh, he continued, "Sister-in-law, try to understand him more, don’t get angry or anxious. I’ll persuade him in a bit and you can talk again, okay?"