Oh no! The leader's young wife is demanding a divorce every night!

Seeing that Zhou Meiyu no longer had the courage to commit suicide, Xiao Re smiled and picked up her newly bought kitchen knife.

He even asked with a smile.

"You don't need this knife anymore, right? I'll take it. I need to kill a chicken to make soup tomorrow!"

To kill someone, you must destroy their spirit, but you must not leave any evidence against them.

See? People who truly want to die die quietly.

The person who doesn't want to die is the one who makes a huge fuss; even if you hand her a knife, she doesn't have the courage.

Hearing Xiao Re's seemingly casual yet deeply hurtful words, everyone finally understood why Zhou Meiyu wanted to commit suicide.

That Commander Lu's family is truly infuriating.

She didn't utter a single dirty word or a curse, yet every word she said pierced the heart.

Xiao Re left with a faint smile on her lips, her figure graceful and composed.

As he left, he deliberately bumped into Lu Yanzheng with his arm.

She scolded him playfully, with a hint of annoyance.

"Useless piece of trash! He abandoned me halfway through. He can't handle anything, and he got himself manipulated by a mere chicken!"

"Useless!"

"Sleeping on the bench again tonight!"

Upon hearing this, Lu Yanzheng panicked and hurriedly chased after him, shouting loudly.

"No, I disagree."

"I've been sleeping on a hard bench for three days now. If I keep sleeping like this, my back will be ruined."

The moment these shameless, lewd remarks came out, everyone burst into laughter.

Everyone was captivated by this exciting and novel sex gossip, and no one cared about Zhou Meiyu's life or death anymore.

What? Commander Lu has been sleeping on a bench at home every day? And for three days in a row?

Wouldn't that mean he'd still be a monk?

Seeing his dark circles under his eyes from staying up all day, his listlessness, and the fact that he was constantly rubbing his lower back, I thought he had been drained dry by a vixen.

I never imagined he slept on a bench.

Surprisingly, the usually stern and serious Political Commissar Wang was the first to lose his composure and, for the first time ever, cracked a joke.

"Hey! You mighty Iron Leopard, I always heard you boast about how tough you are, how strong you are, but I didn't expect you to be so weak!"

Hahaha, another burst of thunderous cheers and unrestrained laughter erupted.

Many military spouses and officers who were watching also joined in the jokes, teasing Lu Yanzheng one after another.

Normally, Commander Lu is dignified, aloof, and a man of his word. Now that he finally has a chance to see him make a fool of himself, he's going to make a good fuss about it.

Lu Yanzheng's face turned bright red, and the tips of his ears almost burned. He was both embarrassed and anxious, but this was a difficult situation to explain.

All I could do was scold him with a stern face.

"Shut up!"

"Don't talk nonsense!"

"I'm doing great."

"What's wrong with sleeping on a bench? Who said I'm afraid of my wife? I'm just worried about my wife getting tired, and I feel sorry for her."

Lu Yanzheng's flustered and red-faced attempt to explain only made everyone laugh even harder.

"Listen, everyone! Iron Leopard's getting anxious; he's about to unleash his power!"

Political Commissar Wang stroked his chin, suppressing a laugh as he joked:

"In my opinion, we shouldn't call him Commander Lu anymore; it would be more appropriate to just call him Commander Bench."

"Ha ha ha ha"

……

The farcical attempt to commit suicide ended abruptly amidst uproarious laughter.

The previously chaotic family compound was now completely free of its previous oppressive tension, and everyone was amused by this fresh and amusing gossip, making it lively and bustling.

Zhou Meiyu was left completely ignored, her face turning pale and then flushed, embarrassed and ashamed, but she no longer had the energy to hang herself or slit her throat.

Amidst the jostling and teasing of his comrades, Lu Yanzheng returned to his house in a disheveled and aggrieved state.

That heartless Xiao actually locked the door.

He stood outside the door looking miserable, calling out for a long time, but the little fox wouldn't open the door.

"Rer, open the door. I want to sleep inside!"

"Hey, the stool is too narrow and hard, it's hurting me!"

"Rere, can't you be reasonable? I didn't mean to leave you behind. Give me another chance, and I'll definitely do my best!"

Outside the window, the excited comrades who were peeking through the peephole were laughing so hard they were doubled over.

It wasn't until He Yingying rushed out from the side room next door, her face full of anger and gloom.

"Xiao Re, that's enough."

"Even Brother Zheng is being so humble, what are you so smug about!"

"If you don't open the door, don't blame me for dragging Brother Zheng to sleep here!"

He Yingying thought that Xiao Re would be provoked by her words, but the people inside didn't care at all.

A gentle, generous, and understanding voice came from the inner room.

"Sure! If you like it, take it."

"You two sleep well. You'd better make a lot of noise, I like to eavesdrop."

The cat ears eavesdropping outside the wall looked at each other, completely dumbfounded.

I feel like I've been subtly insulted.

What's going on here?

Shouldn't two women sharing one husband be irreconcilable? Why are they being so polite and courteous?

He Yingying looked at Lu Yanzheng with a mixture of shame and anger, her eyes filled with resentment.

She really wanted to.

Lu Yanzheng was so frightened that his soul almost left his body. He quickly backed away and fled, his steps so hurried that he almost staggered, afraid that the woman in the room would misunderstand.

"Yingying, you should get some rest."

"I'll sleep on the bench!"

The crowd watching the commotion outside the wall burst into laughter again.

"Ugh, what a letdown. After all that fuss, he's still sleeping on a bench. Our Commander Lu—his authority as a husband is waning!"

"Hahaha! Looks like Lu Ban Deng's back is going to hurt again tomorrow."

After a night of wind and rain, the morning breeze rustled through the treetops in the family compound, and all was quiet except for a faint trace of cooking smoke.

The next morning, I heard that Lu Yanzheng had given Hao Xiangdong's three chickens to die.

He didn't die a natural death; he was strangled to death by Zhou Meiyu.

She herself failed to hang herself, but the three chickens suffered a tragic and pitiful death.

After being repeatedly attacked by Xiao Re, she locked herself in her room and didn't go out for five consecutive days.

Fortunately, it was the National Day holiday, and schools were closed. Otherwise, in this era of strict discipline and a rigorous atmosphere, a teacher who skipped five consecutive days of class would be dismissed.

On the sixth day, Zhou Meiyu went out wearing a cloak and a veil, trying to conceal her identity, and never returned.

It is said that she suffered from panic disorder, and Hao Xiangdong rented a house for her to live in.

Xiao Re, on the other hand, remained single, carefree and happy as ever. He spent most of his time indoors reading, occasionally venturing out for a walk to digest his food, or swinging on a swing under the old locust tree in the courtyard.

The place where she was still avoided by people and animals, and kept away by the old and young.

He Yingying, on the other hand, has started to become a bit smarter. She has figured out Xiao Re's temper.

As long as you don't provoke her, she won't cause you any big trouble.

Of course—the minor troubles are countless.

For example, if a towel suddenly gets a hole, if two drops of ink suddenly appear on a skirt, or if a leafhopper suddenly appears in a meal... she's already numb with anger.

Anyway, complaining was useless; Lu Yanzheng simply ignored her, or he would try to smooth things over, and even told her...

"Fine, just bear with it. It's your own fault for burning down their clinic."

He Yingying was so angry she wanted to cry. She had burned down Xiao Re's family clinic, but she hadn't dug up her family's ancestral graves.

Isn't losing her fiancé, all her savings and dowry enough?

Am I supposed to let her bully me for the rest of my life?

When she felt frustrated, she would go out into the family compound to chat with the military wives, aunties, and grandmothers.

Unlike Xiao Re, who was unapproachable, she became a hot commodity in the family compound.

Because she has a gentle personality, is a bit dim-witted, and is also someone from Lu Yanzheng's household.

Everyone liked her very much, and even invited her to visit.

There's no way around it, women love gossip. Especially this kind of melodramatic gossip about two women fighting over one man.

No one dared to approach Xiao Re, so they could only get information from her.

The most frequently asked question is...

"Commander Lu, are you sleeping on the bench again tonight?"