Capítulo 796: Chapter 537: Seeking Help
As New Year’s Eve approaches, everyone’s mood brightens, whether they’re locals or from out of town, a trace of joy lingers in their eyes, even the greetings are a bit more cheerful.
In the corridor, Chuxia stopped when she met Yun Doudou, and before she could say anything, Yun Doudou hugged her and gave her a big kiss on the cheek.
“Why are you so excited?” Chuxia looked her up and down, full of doubts, “Don’t tell me, Instructor Zhou proposed to you.”
“Not so fast…” Yun Doudou blushed slightly, “Yesterday, I went to his house, met his parents, his sister was there too, they all treated me very well.”
“Of course, they would, such a beautiful daughter-in-law is hard to find even with a lantern…” Chuxia said while chuckling, “Especially now that he’s tanned even darker.”
“Ugh…” She gave Chuxia a push, but Yun Doudou couldn’t help but joke, “Every time I look at him, I almost think there’s something wrong with my eyes, I mean, isn’t that how it goes with African people?”
Chuxia shook her head with amusement: “You’re exaggerating, but, Zhou’s parents should be eager for you two to get married, right?”
Yun Doudou glanced at the time, seeing that there were still over ten minutes before work, she pulled Chuxia to a corner, and once they stopped, she looked distressed: “That’s exactly what I’m worried about, you know what my mom thinks, she wants us to wait until Zhou Hanliang’s dangerous missions are completely over before we get married, but his parents want us to get married soon because he’s getting older, they want to have grandchildren early.
Of course, they aren’t totally ignoring my future, since they don’t know about the dangers Zhou Hanliang is going to face next, I feel uneasy seeing them trying to please me.
Yesterday, when Zhou Hanliang was taking me home, I discussed with him whether we should just secretly get married without telling my mom, but he firmly refused.
He said that he promised my mom he wouldn’t do such a thing, and besides, marrying me while knowing about the potential dangers in the future would be irresponsible, no matter what I said, he remained steadfast, he said he’d persuade his parents.
But I just feel like his parents will definitely think it’s my issue, do you think they might dislike me because of this?”
Chuxia didn’t answer rashly, after thinking for a while, she looked seriously at Yun Doudou: “To regard the matter as it stands, if Instructor Zhou suggests delaying the marriage, his parents’ first reaction would definitely be that you don’t want to get married early.
Although I haven’t met them, from Zhou Mikang’s descriptions, they seem like honest and tolerant elders, they probably wouldn’t get mad because of this, but Instructor Zhou definitely doesn’t dare to tell them about your mom’s disapproval of your marriage, so in the future when you meet, they will likely still urge marriage.”
“Yeah.” Yun Doudou nodded helplessly, “Zhou Hanliang definitely wouldn’t dare to tell his parents about my mom’s disapproval, how worrying would that be?”
“By the way, do they know about your family’s background?”
“They probably don’t know much, Zhou Hanliang told them that my dad is an officer, and my mom takes care of the family, so they’d likely think our family is similar to theirs.” Yun Doudou sighed and continued, “Actually, I want to marry Zhou Hanliang soon, it might sound a little shameless, but in front of you, I don’t want to hide my true feelings, you know, if something were to really happen to him, if I’m married to him, I could face it calmly without any regrets, and having a child or two would be even better, otherwise I’d definitely regret it my whole life.”
Chuxia looked at her, exasperated: “Can we not be this pessimistic?”
“I don’t want to think this way either, but as you said, guns and cannons have no eyes, injuries and deaths are common for soldiers in battle, not wanting to face it doesn’t make it go away.
Like my grandfather, who achieved everything he has today by risking his life, he has a total of nineteen scars, all from the battlefield.
The most serious time, a bullet grazed near his heart, he was in a coma for three days and nights post-surgery, the doctors issued critical condition notices three times, yet he managed to pull through.
The other smaller injuries like fractures don’t even count, so when I learned Zhou Hanliang might have to go to the battlefield, I mentally prepared for everything.
Another reason why I am so eager to marry him is that I fear if he’s seriously injured, he’d worry about dragging me down and might not marry me, I want to block any escape route for him in advance.