Shen Man rested her head on Lin Zhilan's shoulder. "Auntie, after I graduate, will you take me as your apprentice?"

Lin Zhilan poked her forehead with her finger. "Don't rush to talk about this. Let's wait until you graduate."

Shen Man was among the second cohort of university students after the resumption of the college entrance examination, and she attended a prestigious university like Capital Medical College. She had many options after graduation.

Lin Zhilan wasn't saying that the island military hospital was bad, she just didn't want her child to make a decision so early.

Shen Man smiled and nodded, her body gradually relaxing.

The bus stopped near the compound, and several people got off.

Lin Zhilan led her two children to the gate to register. When she came out after completing the formalities, she saw a row of people standing at the gate of the compound.

Jiang Chengzhou and Yan Yuan were waiting by the door with their bicycles. When Linlin and Su Li saw her, they immediately ran over and jumped into her arms from either side.

"Mother!"

Lin Zhilan hugged them and said a few words of comfort.

She looked up at Jiang Chengzhou, about to say something, but her gaze passed over him and landed on a strange girl next to her.

The girl, about seventeen or eighteen years old, had her hair in a ponytail and was wearing a floral dress. She was standing half a step to the side of Jiang Chengzhou, her eyes filled with undisguised curiosity and scrutiny as she looked Lin Zhilan up and down.

Lin Zhilan led the child over and looked at Jiang Chengzhou, "Is this your new friend?"

Jiang Chengzhou's face fell. "No, I'm not familiar with her."

Wen Miao's smile froze for a moment, and she introduced herself to Lin Zhilan, "Hello Auntie, my name is Wen Miao, and I'm Jiang Chengzhou's good friend."

Linlin grabbed her mother's hand, "She's not my brother's good friend, and he doesn't like her."

Wen Miao wasn't embarrassed at all. "Little sister is ignorant, don't talk nonsense."

"Comrade Wen," Jiang Chengzhou said unhappily, "my sister is right, I don't like you, and I don't like your clinging to me. Please have some self-respect."

Wen Miao's smile faltered slightly, and she said to Lin Zhilan in a coquettish tone, "Auntie, look at Cheng Zhou. I offended him once before, and he's been holding a grudge ever since. He's always giving me the cold shoulder."

Lin Zhilan smiled faintly and said to Jiang Chengzhou, "Chengzhou, we're all exhausted from the train journey, let's hurry back."

Wen Miao was taken aback, not expecting Lin Zhilan to completely ignore her.

"Auntie, wait a minute!"

"Aunt," Jiang Chengzhou glanced back at Wen Miao, a hint of coldness flashing in his eyes, before turning back with a smile, "Don't mind her, she's mentally ill!"

"Jiang Chengzhou!"

Wen Miao was furious when she heard this.

Linlin was also unhappy and disliked Wen Miao. She tugged at her mother's hand and said, "She's so annoying."

Su Li was even angrier and tried to push Wen Miao, but Yan Yuan stopped her.

Lin Zhilan doesn't understand Wen Miao, but she understands her own child.

Jiang Chengzhou wouldn't be so rude to a stranger, and Linlin wouldn't say someone is annoying to their face.

Although Su Li is mischievous, she would not lay a hand on others casually.

Lin Zhilan suddenly looked at Wen Miao with new respect because she knew that all three of her children disliked him.

Lin Zhilan stopped and whispered to Jiang Chengzhou, "Trouble?"

"Hmm." Jiang Chengzhou gave his aunt a wry smile.

Lin Zhilan released Linlin and Su Li's hands, "Why don't you take your older brother and sister back first? My brother and I have something to take care of."

Su Li puffed out her chest, "I'm not going back, I'll fight for you here!"

Lin Zhilan gave him a light tap, annoyed. "Who wants to fight?"

Su Li pouted, gave Wen Miao a warning look, and was pulled away by Yan Yuan.

Shen Man watched silently from the side, not feeling that she had anything to do with it.

Wen Miao grabbed her arm, "Who are you? What's your relationship to Jiang Chengzhou?"

Jiang Chengzhou had reached his limit.

These past few days, Wen Miao has been using all sorts of tricks to harass and block him. He felt that he had been quite gracious and hadn't said anything too harsh.

But now she's even dragging his friends into this, and Jiang Chengzhou's long-suppressed anger finally explodes.

He brushed Wen Miao's hand away, his face ashen. "Is it any of your business? Who she is is none of your concern!"

Wen Miao was taken aback by his shout, but then her stubbornness returned.

Instead of backing down, she looked Shen Man up and down.

Shen Man's clothes seemed a bit dowdy to her, but her face was strikingly beautiful and cold, with a natural aloofness in her eyes. Just standing there, she was impossible to ignore.

A warning bell rang in Wen Miao's mind.

She has already set her sights on Jiang Chengzhou, so there can't be any other girls around him.

Shen Man was bewildered by the fiery look in her eyes. She didn't even glance at Jiang Chengzhou and went straight to Lin Zhilan's side. "Auntie, I'll go in first."

"Go ahead," Lin Zhilan said gently.

Shen Man responded and left decisively.

Wen Miao watched her retreating figure, raised her leg to try and grab her, but was blocked by Jiang Chengzhou.

Jiang Chengzhou's patience had completely run out. "Wen Miao, if you keep this up, I really won't be polite anymore."

Wen Miao had been spoiled and pampered by her family since childhood, and no one had ever spoken to her in such a tone before. Jiang Chengzhou threatened her, but she wasn't afraid at all; instead, she retorted, "You're not polite? How can you be impolite to me?"

Jiang Chengzhou gritted his teeth.

Having seen this far, Lin Zhilan could guess what was going on.

She pulled Jiang Chengzhou behind her and asked softly, "Wen Miao? Whose child is she?"

"My grandfather's comrade-in-arms's granddaughter."

"You don't like her?"

"dislike."

Lin Zhilan turned to look at Wen Miao, "Did you hear that? Chengzhou doesn't like you."

"It's okay," Wen Miao raised her chin, "It's enough that I like him."

Lin Zhilan laughed, "Wen, this is the new China now, there are no princesses."

Linlin was also a girl who was spoiled by her family when she was young, but Lin Zhilan and Su Lang both knew how to teach her the right principles.

No one is born to give way to anyone else, and no one is born to be given way to by anyone else.

Although Wen Miao is a girl, Lin Zhilan had already shown her respect by letting the others go back first, despite her "bully" behavior.

Wen Miao blushed. "Auntie, I'm from the capital. My grandfather and Jiang Chengzhou's grandfather were comrades-in-arms. I'm also pretty, and many people pursue me. Jiang Chengzhou just hasn't seen how good I am yet."

Jiang Chengzhou frowned and complained to Lin Zhilan, "She really has something wrong with her head. She's always talking to herself. Aunt, let's ignore her and go."

Lin Zhilan glared at him, "You think you can hide forever? Besides, you haven't done anything wrong, so why should you hide?"

After speaking, Lin Zhilan looked at Wen Miao and asked, "Are you very outstanding?"

"Yes."

Lin Zhilan smiled and said, "Unfortunately, I don't think so."

Wen Miao bit her lip. "Why?"

"Hmm..." Lin Zhilan pondered for a moment, "Because being from the capital is just a place of origin, not an advantage. Your grandfather was Chengzhou's grandfather's comrade-in-arms, so that should be considered an advantage for him. As for being good-looking..."

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