A domineering country girl flirts with her son, and Commander Huo can't resist.

This situation continued until Huo Jiyun and his team returned from the exercise.

The once quiet courtyard suddenly became lively.

The weary soldiers returned to the military compound, covered in dust and looking exhausted.

As soon as Zeng Fushun entered, he noticed that the aunties around him were looking at him strangely.

There's a sense of sympathy and pity in it.

As he passed by the square, he overheard people whispering to each other.

"If Commander Zeng knew about this, he'd be furious."

"Who wouldn't be angry? A perfectly healthy person, just gone like that."

"That's right. I heard it was a boy who died without even crying."

Upon hearing this, Zeng Fushun felt a chill run down his spine, and he instinctively thought of Xia Xiaoyun.

"Auntie, what were you talking about? Who just died out of nowhere?" Zeng Fushun ran over and asked anxiously.

Several elderly women looked at each other.

He finally sighed.

"Commander Zeng, please accept my condolences... Xiaoyun, she..."

"Impossible!" Zeng Fushun's eyes widened suddenly. "She was perfectly fine when I left!"

"Commander Zeng, we heard it from someone else. Apparently, the person is still in the hospital. Perhaps... you should go and check on them quickly."

Zeng Fushun felt as if a bolt of lightning had struck him from the clear sky; his whole body went numb, and he couldn't even utter a complete sentence.

Several older women were still sighing and lamenting, "Giving birth at home wouldn't have been a problem, but that Qiao An insisted on dragging her to the hospital for surgery. Her stomach was cut open; how could she not die?"

"Poor Zeng Yu and Zeng Jing, they lost their mother at such a young age."

"Commander Zeng, you should go to the hospital to get checked out first," someone cautiously suggested.

Zeng Fushun's dull eyes darted around. "Yes, yes, to the hospital. I'll go to the hospital right now."

He turned around, took off running, and sprinted towards the Central Hospital.

Just as he reached the gate of the compound, he bumped into Huo Jiyun.

A surge of intense hatred welled up in Zeng Fushun's eyes. "Huo Jiyun! I'm not done with Qiao An about Xiaoyun!"

"If she doesn't give me an explanation, I will never let her get away with this!"

Huo Jiyun was completely confused. What instructions? What happened to Xia Xiaoyun?

Before he could answer, Zeng Fushun ran past him like a gust of wind.

Huo Jiyun ignored the strange looks from the people in the compound and hurriedly ran home.

He knew Qiao An wasn't home even before he reached his door.

There were no jeeps at the entrance.

He pushed open the door to his home, where all the children were, including Zeng Yu and Zeng Jing.

"dad!"

"dad!"

"Second Uncle!"

The children swarmed over, and Huo Jiyun hugged one and touched the other.

Then he asked, "Where's Mom?"

"Second Uncle, Second Aunt went to the hospital to visit Aunt Xiaoyun," Huo Fang said with a smile.

"Aunt Xiaoyun gave birth to a baby boy. My second aunt said that she was weak and needed to be hospitalized, so she would cook for her every day and bring the food over."

Zeng Yu and Zeng Jing nodded at the same time.

Huo Jiyun suddenly remembered Zeng Fushun's nonsensical remark from earlier, although he still didn't understand what had happened.

But it's obvious that Zeng Fushun will definitely cause trouble when he sees Qiao An.

Joan is quite far along in her pregnancy, so please don't let her get upset and cause herself any more harm.

"You all stay home for now. I'm going to see your mother and I'll be right back."

Without saying a word, Huo Jiyun pushed out his bicycle, got on, and sped out of the courtyard.

At this moment, Qiao An was sitting in the ward, watching Xia Xiaoyun eat.

"I've already completed the discharge procedures, and you still brought me food." Xia Xiaoyun swallowed the chicken soup and said to Qiao An.

During her hospital stay, Qiao An brought her meals every day, preparing various delicious and nourishing dishes to help her recover.

To be honest, even family members might not go to such lengths. Xia Xiaoyun really didn't want to trouble Qiao An and wanted to be discharged from the hospital as soon as possible.

"I'm afraid you'll be mistreated when you get home, so I wanted to help you replenish your energy and blood first," Qiao An joked.

Upon hearing the words "go home," Xia Xiaoyun's expression suddenly darkened.

"I reckon my life won't be easy if I go back. Guo Caifeng will definitely hold a grudge against me."

Xia Xiaoyun is different from Qiao An. Qiao An wouldn't let her confront Guo Caifeng head-on, because not everyone is like her and can solve everything with force.

"Xiaoyun, I know you are kind and never speak ill of others behind their backs, but sometimes you still need to use your cunning. You can't go head-to-head with Guo Caifeng, but don't forget that you still have Zeng Fushun."

"Fu Shun? What can he do?" Xia Xiaoyun asked, puzzled.

"Haven't you noticed that Zeng Fushun's attitude towards Guo Caifeng has changed drastically because of recent events?"

Xia Xiaoyun thought about it and realized that seemed to be the case. A while ago, Guo Caifeng was no longer allowed to manage the family's money.

She nodded.

Qiao An laughed, "That's right. Don't you always say that Guo Caifeng says one thing to Zeng Fushun's face and another behind his back?"

"Then you should do that too. Besides, you've just given birth, so you're already vulnerable. You don't need to say anything bad about Guo Caifeng in front of Zeng Fushun, but you must let him know that you've been wronged."

Then Qiao An gave Xia Xiaoyun a few more examples.

She listened, seemingly understanding but not quite, but felt like she was getting the hang of it.

After talking for a while, Qiao An picked up the thermos to pour water for Xia Xiaoyun, only to find it was empty.

"Xiaoyun, I'll go get some hot water."

"Why."

Joan took the thermos to the water room.

The water dispenser at the Central Hospital is located next to the main entrance of the hospital.

As soon as Qiao An came out, she saw Zeng Fushun running towards her, panting.

Even though they were several meters apart, she could feel the murderous aura Zeng Fushun exuded when he saw her.

"Joan!"

Why did you kill Xiaoyun?

Zeng Fushun's eyes were bloodshot as he stormed toward her.

Joanne instinctively adopted a defensive stance.

"Even if you hate my mother, hate my whole family, come at me! Xiaoyun is pregnant, how can you be so vicious?"

"Qiao An, if you don't give me an explanation today, this isn't over!"

The veins on Zeng Fushun's forehead were clearly visible, and the veins in his neck were taut.

His remaining rationality told him that he was a soldier, he couldn't kill! He couldn't kill!

Qiao An frowned, feeling that Zeng Fushun was like a flammable and explosive gas cylinder. Where did this rumor come from?

He didn't even go to the hospital to ask, yet he concluded that Xia Xiaoyun was dead?

"Are you sick? If you're sick, go see a doctor! Don't give me that crazy talk!"

Zeng Fushun's anger had reached the top of his head. "Qiao An! Two lives! Did you just let it pass by so easily?"

"Are you even human?"

Qiao An wasn't afraid of Zeng Fushun at all. "I'd like to ask you the same thing. Did you see Xia Xiaoyun? All you did was keep saying 'die, die, die.' Are you that eager for her to die?"

"People in the compound all say..."

As Zeng Fushun spoke, he suddenly realized that something was wrong.

The older women in the square did seem to be saying that Xia Xiaoyun was dead, but... it seems they had only heard about it.

No one explained the specifics of the situation at the time.

Qiao An sneered, "Xia Xiaoyun must have been blind to marry someone like you!"

"you!"

"What did I do wrong? You haven't even investigated anything before coming to me to interrogate me. Who do you think you are?"

Zeng Fushun took two steps forward. He was more than a head taller than Qiao An, and he exuded a strong sense of pressure.

"Zeng Fushun, what are you doing!"