Chapter 421: Chapter 421

"No, it’s not necessary, I’m in a hurry to get home and cook." Bai Fanglan found it very awkward and uncomfortable to talk to Sun Chan, and she didn’t want her to see her in such a sorry state. Google seaʀᴄh 𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭·𝓯𝓲𝓻𝓮·𝙣𝙚𝙩

Sun Chan thought for a moment and said, "I don’t have an umbrella here, but if you’re in a hurry to leave, I have a plastic sheet you can use to keep from getting a cold."

Bai Fanglan looked outside and thought that at this hour, all the shops must be closed, so buying an umbrella was impossible. Her hair was freshly done, so she said, "Well, that’s very kind of you."

"No need to be polite." Sun Chan found a large plastic sheet and handed it to Bai Fanglan.

It was about the size of half a table, perfect for covering her head while she went out to hail a cab.

Bai Fanglan smiled and said, "How much is this going to cost..."

"It’s just a plastic sheet. No charge, you go on. It seems the rain has let up a bit."

"Alright, I’ll come back to thank you another day, I’m off now." Bai Fanglan exchanged a few more pleasantries with Sun Chan and hurried away with the plastic bag over her head.

Sun Chan watched her back and thought quite a bit. Where did she get so much money? Do doctors really make that much? Battalion Commander Zhao’s family cries poor every day, supposedly he sends every penny he can back to the countryside, yet Bai Fanglan seems to be doing quite well?

Could it be that those two had a fight? That must be the reason.

Sun Chan thought that if it were her, she would start a fight too. Why should all the benefits go to your family? Do I have to live off scraps too? Besides, their hometown is not that poor.

But if she knew he was a pit before getting married, why jump into it?

Battalion Commander Zhao’s mindset is already formed; he can’t change it now.

As she was lost in thought, she saw a car drive up—it was a military vehicle. At first, she thought it was Gu Junming and was a bit pleased, but it was her father who got out, followed by her mother. They each carried an umbrella and she felt a little disappointed but quickly became happy and went to the door smiling to greet them.

Seeing Sun Chan, they were quite happy too. Recently, Sun Chan and Gu Junming had just gotten married and were busy with work, so they hadn’t seen each other much.

Sun Chan invited them in to look around her shop: "I’ll be stocking clothes tomorrow."

"When’s the opening?" Yang Dongfeng smiled and said, "We’ll definitely be there."

Sun Chan smiled and replied, "This Saturday. Trying to take advantage of the summer holiday to sell more."

Yang Dongfeng nodded with a smile, "Alright, we’ll be there."

"Come on in, the place is nicely renovated. Han Dong specifically hired workers from the South."

"We’d better not," Zhao Jieyun quickly smiled and said, "Look, our shoes are all muddy, we’ll mess up your floor. Let’s head straight home."

Only then did Sun Chan notice the trail of muddy footprints on the floor left from Bai Fanglan’s visit. She was about to grab a cloth to wipe it down.

Her parents urged her to go quickly: "You can clean it tomorrow. We’ve made chicken soup; it won’t be hot if we go too late."

Sun Chan thought that made sense, so she didn’t start cleaning. She cut the power, locked the door, and got in the car with her parents.

As they were leaving, Bai Fanglan saw them.

It turned out Yuan Bing had come halfway to pick her up, and when she got into the car, she was adjusting her clothes. She looked up and noticed Yuan Bing staring straight out the window, and said, "What are you looking at?"

"That girl looks pretty nice, who is she? She looks like a young lady from a wealthy family. Is that military vehicle her father’s?" Yuan Bing guessed wrong; it was her mother Zhao Jieyun’s.

Bai Fanglan turned back and saw Sun Chan getting into the car with her parents and felt uncomfortable, sneering, "What wealthy family, she grew up in the countryside, got lucky somehow to change her status, but it’s a pity, sparrow is still a sparrow, even if you stick a few feathers in the tail, it won’t become a phoenix. I’ve heard her reputation in the family compound isn’t great."

Her tone was notably sour.

Yuan Bing chuckled, "You look down on her? Or are you jealous of her?"

"Yuan Bing, can you not stir up trouble?"

"Alright, I won’t say anymore. Do you want to eat hotpot? I’ll take you there, a new restaurant opened near here."

Bai Fanglan said nothing. She was indeed hungry. Although Yuan Bing wasn’t her husband, sometimes she felt this was how a normal couple’s life should be—going to work and returning home, dressing up nicely, having a husband with his own career, occasionally getting gifts, going out for meals, being gentle and considerate.

Husband... She clenched her hand, truly regretting having gotten the marriage license back then.

Bai Fanglan had told her grandfather more than once that she didn’t want to live with Battalion Commander Zhao anymore; she was really fed up!

But Bai Chuan wouldn’t have it: "Absolutely not, you’d be on your third marriage if you divorced now! What the hell are you trying to do? Whether you want to or not, you cannot divorce. Battalion Commander Zhao’s parents will die eventually, they can’t exploit him forever. Once they’re gone, you two can carry on."

Bai Fanglan found it laughable, that’s thinking decades ahead? Didn’t he know about the saying ’a scourge lasts a millennium’? The more troublesome people tend to live longer, and could Battalion Commander Zhao endure so many years without a wife?

No matter how she argued with her grandfather, he wouldn’t agree and said, "If you really divorce, I won’t acknowledge you anymore. You can take the kid and move out immediately, and we won’t have any more contact."

Bai Fanglan really didn’t want to leave her grandfather; after all, he could take care of her daughter. Otherwise, how would she have so much time to fool around with Yuan Bing? Besides, she knew military marriages were hard to dissolve, and being a doctor at the military hospital now, she could only drag it out .

Yuan Bing didn’t notice Bai Fanglan’s trouble and was still looking out the window at Sun Chan, watching as she and her parents got into the car under their care and left. That beautiful face remained in Yuan Bing’s heart. Why was a girl this pretty in such a hurry to marry?

Her husband was nothing but a poor soldier, what a lucky break for him.

"What are you thinking? Not eating?"

"Yeah, let’s go." Before starting the car, Yuan Bing glanced at Bai Fanglan beside him. Although still a beauty, he was getting tired of her. Tsk, tsk, still not as charming as a young girl.

Sun Chan followed her parents to their home. Previously, when they were treating Yang Yun’s illness, they had almost no money when they returned. After remarrying, Yang Dongfeng rented a flat for them for a while and then they moved into Zhao Jieyun’s dormitory.

Finally, it was Yang Xiong who found someone to arrange for their current one-bedroom apartment, allowing both of them to move in.