Zhang Shanni briskly left, leaving only three men in the living room, looking at each other.
Xie Jingchen coldly said "Sit down," then turned his gaze towards Yan Jinchang, his eyes fierce as storm clouds, showing his intense anger at this moment.
"Uh, uh!" Startled by the intense scrutiny of the camp commander, Yan Jinchang realized he had foolishly done something stupid yet again!
Hu Zhengjie, very tactfully, took his cup of tea and squeezed himself into the corner of the sofa, looking down at his military boots.
Hmm, these military boots are really cool!
If one ignored his ears sticking up from the special effects makeup, and his leisurely manner of holding the teacup, it clearly showed his upbeat mood, as if he was waiting to ’watch a good show’!
"Commander Yan, are you not satisfied with me?" So dissatisfied that you came to steal my wife?
Thinking this, Xie Jingchen’s eyes darkened with a lethal glint, as if ready to devour Yan Jinchang if he couldn’t give a satisfactory response.
He would never let go of anyone who tried to take his wife!
"No, not at all, boss, I admire you! How could I be dissatisfied..."
Listening, Yan Jinchang hurriedly shook his head, directly denying it.
Seeing that the other party simply didn’t believe him, he shivered sharply, and immediately, he thought of Xie Luocha’s recent heroic deeds.
He quickly took out his wallet, pulled out a laminated old black and white photo, and pointing at the noticeable woman in it, he said:
"Boss, I really have no complaints against you. Look, doesn’t the woman in this photo resemble your wife?"
Xie Jingchen, upon hearing this, actually closely examined the only woman in the photo.
This lady, in the old black and white photo, was beautifully elegant, truly captivating, especially her big almond eyes, sparkling, looking forward as if gazing at him with ’deep affection,’ instantly making him empathetic.
"This is...?" The photo was obviously very old, possibly from before the liberation, given that the lady was wearing a cheongsam, a very stylish and luxurious cheongsam, accentuating her lovely figure and making her look extremely radiant.
The smile on the lady’s face was very appropriate — a smile without showing her teeth, and clear, honest eyes that seemed to show a fondness towards you, giving people a natural sense of affinity.
This simple black and white photo revealed her unique aura so distinctly that anyone could instantly ’understand’ the nobility and elegance of this lady.
"Boss, do you see this beauty? Doesn’t she resemble your wife? Look at those large almond eyes, don’t they also look like your wife’s? And they also look like mine, right?" Saying this, Yan Jinchang mischievously leaned close to Xie Jingchen, pointing at his own eyes and blinking, hoping the other could see the resemblance.
"..." Suddenly, having a man come up close to his face and blink excessively was enough to make Xie Jingchen want to punch him away.
"Boss, I’m not making things up. When I saw your wife, I felt a warm familiarity, like a blood resonance, making me want to protect and care for her, afraid that she’d feel cold, hungry, or hurt..."
Yan Jinchang gesticulated to express his feelings towards Zhang Shanni, but he failed to notice that the more explicitly he spoke, the worse Xie Jingchen’s expression became!
"Shut up, she is my wife. It’s not your place to care, nor can you manage!"
"Ah, no, commander, I did not mean any inappropriate thoughts towards your wife, I just wanted to express the natural instinct in me to care for and protect her because of our blood connection — definitely not in any romantic way! Really, if there is any, it’s probably more like sibling affection!"
Upon seeing Xie Jingchen’s expression finally soften a bit after mentioning sibling affection, he followed up opportunely, leaning closer to Xie Jingchen and pointing to the lady in the photo:
"Don’t you truly think that your wife resembles my Beautiful Grandmother a lot?"
"Your grandmother?" Xie Jingchen originally thought Yan Jinchang had just found some old photo somewhere, but it turned out they actually had a blood connection!
"Yes, this is the only old photo of my grandmother when she was young. At home, almost everyone has a copy. After all, my grandmother was naturally beautiful and gorgeous!" Yan Jinchang jubilantly bragged.
Carefully examining the lady in the photo, according to Xie Jingchen, in terms of temperament, she was different from his wife, but if talking about the delicacy of features, although they might not completely resemble each other, there was at least a ninety percent similarity.
This puzzled Xie Jingchen.
The data on Zhang Shanni was personally checked by him, so it was hundred percent accurate. The information also mentioned that his wife, named Zhang Shanni, is a village girl who grew up in the village, even the small red mole shaped like a flower on the back of her right ear was identical!
This confirmed that Zhang Shanni indeed grew up in the village.
Nevertheless, hearing his subordinate’s words unexpectedly made him think of the Zhang Family’s complete ’hostile’ attitude towards Zhang Shanni, their youngest daughter or sister—Could it mean that Zhang Shanni might not actually be a child of the Zhang Family?
Not to mention anything else, considering Lin Zhaodi, the so-called mother-in-law, the behavior she exhibited lacked any ’maternal’ nature. If there was any misfortune, being her daughter-in-law’s mother, she would definitely be the clearest about it.
It could only be her biased behaviors that made the siblings of the wife oppress her out of habit!
This could also explain why the wife’s status in the Zhang Family was so awkward. After all, Zhang Shanni was not the only daughter, nor was she a lazy and deceitful village girl; she always showed filial piety, obedience, hardworking, and simplicity.
Such a child, even if not favored by the parents, wouldn’t be driven to the extent of committing suicide by jumping into a lake to express her inner protests, right?
If considering Yan Jinchang’s urgent statement, he didn’t know how to choose.
The most important thing is, his wife is already over four months pregnant, and he did not wish to agitate her with such matters, especially given all the troublesome issues with the Zhang Family, which his wife had already managed to disregard and not worry about.
His wife had already come to terms with it herself; now to say that she might not be a person from the Zhang Family...
Wouldn’t that make her feel even worse if she ultimately found out she was not from the Zhang Family, but from another family?