Rebirth of the Golden Marriage

Chapter 22: Lack of Love

Author: Kun Cheng Xiong Mao

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Zhan Hong Ying wasn’t wearing a military uniform today, but was dressed up in a very normal casual attire, a common white down jacket, a pair of jeans, and a very cute wool hat, she really didn’t look at all like the 40-year-old that Zhan Yi Fei said she was, but like a college student who had just left school. Lin Yu Tong wouldn’t have recognized her if she hadn’t attracted his attention.

Zhan Hong Ying smiled and said: “It’s rare for me to wear casual clothes, so of course it makes me look younger. Okay, enough about me, auntie came to look for you to go shopping together, are you ok with that?”

Lin Yu Tong said a little hesitant: “It’s fine, but I have to ask the teacher for a leave, or skip class.”

Zhan Hong Ying waved her hand towards the parking spot where a tall young man immediately entered the school. Zhan Hong Ying said: “Let’s go, as long as you agree, don’t worry about asking for a leave.”

Lin Yu Tong got in Zhan Hong Ying’s car and the two went to the most expensive shopping place in the city, when unfastening her seat belt in the parking lot, Zhan Hong Ying said: “If my sister-in-law was still alive, she would have brought you here today, but she’s gone, so today your auntie will take you around, you can buy whatever you like later, today consider these things as having been given to you by Yi Fei’s mother.”

The locals were really fastidious about going shopping with their mother-in-law before a wedding, where the mother-in-law would buy wedding gifts for her daughter-in-law, and how many she bought indicated how much she loved her daughter-in-law. But they shouldn’t have to do this custom, right?!

Lin Yu Tong stopped for a moment, “Auntie, is it necessary? I also don’t wear any jewelries, besides, Yi Fei and I are both men, we don’t pay much attention to this.”

Zhan Hong Ying glared, “You are not a soldier, why can’t you wear jewelries? Besides, even if you don’t wear jewelry you can still buy clothes and shoes, hurry up, this is an auspicious thing, it can’t be done sloppily.”

Lin Yu Tong couldn’t stop Zhan Hong Ying at all and in the end could only passively follow, and watched as Zhan Hong Ying bought him a pair of golden jade-like ruyi(1) and a pair of valuable jade buckles! Zhan Hong Ying didn’t frown at the cost while Lin Yu Tong thumped his chest, and couldn’t help but think, is he dreaming of spending lots of money right now because of the embarrassing moment a while ago?

Later, Zhan Hong Ying was choosing a pair of exactly the same collar clip when Lin Yu Tong used an excuse to go to the toilet to call Zhan Yi Fei for help. “Yi Fei, Auntie asked me to go out shopping and bought a lot of gold and jade ornament, also pulling me here and there, what should we do?”

Zhan Yi Fei laughed on the other end, “Then just shop with her, just pick whatever you like, don’t be polite with her, she rarely goes shopping, and no one can get away from her without buying anything.”

Lin Yu Tong thought of Zhan Hong Ying’s stubbornness and also became convinced, then silently said, “Fortunately, you are not like her, a strip of reinforced steel bar that an average person can’t move.”

Zhan Yi Fei lowered his voice, “Aunt used to be a female squad leader in the male division, later, because of her outstanding shooting performance, she was referred to a special team in the field army as a guide, now she is an ace sniper instructor. By the way, her fighting skills aren’t bad too, she was the one who taught Gao Wen Liang, so even when he's close to you, you wouldn’t even know where he’s hiding.”