Fang Manping knocked on the door and went inside, her gaze falling on Li Shuyue.
Li Shuyue was actually very beautiful, pure and gentle, giving the impression of being gentle and easy to get along with. For example, at this moment, Li Shuyue was holding a cat in her arms and feeding it.
From this angle, it was a very warm and gentle scene.
Fang Manping thought, this might also be the reason why Li Shuyue was liked by so many elders in the compound, not only because of her Li Family background, but also because of the gentle facade Li Shuyue put on, which was very much in line with the standards of a mistress of a large family.
Even her picky stepfather wanted Sheng Ze Xi to marry Li Shuyue.
Fang Manping knew that although in recent years her stepfather had scolded and beaten Sheng Ze Xi, his biological son, at her mother's instigation, he still valued Sheng Ze Xi the most in his heart.
Therefore, he also wanted to choose the most suitable wife for Sheng Ze Xi.
Unexpectedly, Sheng Ze Xi got married without authorization, and his stepfather only learned about it after he filed the marriage report, and he even kept the news secret until now. Even after bringing his country wife to the Northwest Military Region to join the army, he didn't let anyone else in the family know.
Fang Manping thought that if her stepfather found out, he would definitely explode with rage.
"Mimi, here, have another bite."
Li Shuyue's voice interrupted Fang Manping's thoughts. Having come to her senses, she had already walked to Li Shuyue's side.
Her gaze fell on the brown cat in Li Shuyue's arms, then to the food Li Shuyue was picking up to feed the kitten. It was clearly meat!
Fang Manping's face twitched. In this era when people couldn't even eat their fill, let alone meat, Li Shuyue was actually feeding meat to a cat. Really, it's better to be a cat than a human.
This cat, Fang Manping remembered, was a cat Li Shuyue had raised for several years, named Mimi.
Li Shuyue loved it very much and would take it with her wherever she performed, feeding it personally.
This time to the Northwest Military Region, she brought it along as well.
"Yaoyao," Fang Manping suppressed her thoughts and called out.
Li Shuyue nonchalantly hummed, without raising her head, "You're here. Have you found out about that woman?"
Fang Manping: In Li Shuyue's eyes, is that all I'm worth? Well, it seems to be.
Fang Manping hummed and then relayed the news she had gotten from Peng Wenjing about Gu Jia Ning.
"You mean, she's very beautiful? Even more beautiful than me?" Li Shuyue's eyes coldly looked at Fang Manping, causing the latter's body to stiffen.
Fang Manping twitched the corner of her mouth, "It's not what I said, it's what Peng Wenjing and others said. But I think there's a lot of exaggeration in that. A country woman, how could she be that beautiful? I guess she hasn't seen many city girls, or the girls in our art troupe, so she's praising a country girl."
After saying this, Li Shuyue retracted her gaze, clearly very satisfied with Fang Manping's words.
That is…
"That woman has medical skills?" Li Shuyue asked again.
"Yes, I heard she performed surgery that even the hospital director couldn't do. She also has two prescriptions. The military wants to cooperate with her."
"Is that so…" Li Shuyue lowered her eyes, continuing to feed Mimi, it was unknown what she was thinking.
"Find some time to visit her in person these next few days," Li Shuyue said after a while.
Fang Manping exclaimed, wanting her to visit?
But to say nothing of her and Gu Jia Ning, even with Sheng Ze Xi, although they were nominally siblings, they weren't close.
When she was at the Sheng family home, at first, when she followed her mother, Fang Wanrong, to marry into the Sheng family, she had also tried to win over Sheng Ze Xi.
But Sheng Ze Xi had never paid her any attention; there was no hostility, but he didn't treat her as family or a sister either. It was as if she was a stranger.
"You are his sister, after all, since you came, you naturally should go and visit."
"How can you know what that woman is really like without seeing her yourself?"
Fang Manping: Okay, Li Shuyue wants her to use this as an excuse to go and find out about Gu Jia Ning.
Could she refuse? Of course not. Even though she was somewhat afraid of Sheng Ze Xi, she agreed.
Li Shuyue hugged Mimi and suddenly smiled, "Manping, my brother will have a vacation after the Spring Festival. I'll arrange for my brother to go see a movie with you then."
Fang Manping was stunned at first, then overjoyed, and quickly beamed, "Okay, Yaoyao, thank you."
Fang Manping knew that although Li Shuyue knew her intentions, she didn't look highly upon her.
Now, however, she was taking the initiative to bring her and Li Tingxuan together. Had she finally accepted her?
Although Fang Manping knew that this was largely because she helped her find out about Gu Jia Ning and Sheng Ze Xi, Fang Manping didn't mind. She knew Li Shuyue was using her.
But so what?
The process doesn't matter, as long as the result is what she wants.
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The next morning, Gu Jia Ning, who rarely had a day off from her training class, was still asleep when she vaguely heard a knock at the door.
"Who is it?" Gu Jia Ning mumbled. Unwilling to get out of bed in the winter, Gu Jia Ning didn't even open her eyes, pulling the quilt over her head, pretending not to hear.
Outside, Fang Manping had knocked on the door for a long time without hearing any response.
She couldn't help but frown. Could it be that at this time, that woman wasn't home?
Impossible.
She had specifically inquired, at this time, Sheng Ze Xi would be at training, only that woman would be at home, so she specifically chose this time to come.
Just as she was thinking about whether to continue knocking or leave, the door next door suddenly opened, and a woman came out.
The person looked her up and down, then asked, "Who are you? Who are you looking for?"
Zhang Shuwan was busy in the kitchen when she heard the continuous knocking next door. She was puzzled as to who would be looking for Jia Ning at this time. After all, those who were close to her, such as Sister-in-law Yu, Jiang Baihe, etc., all knew that Gu Jia Ning liked to sleep in, and at this time, she was probably still asleep.
Under normal circumstances, they would not choose this time to look for Gu Jia Ning.
Hearing the knocking continue for a while without stopping, Zhang Shuwan went out to see. She saw that it was a young woman, dressed like a city person, but she was a stranger. Zhang Shuwan had never seen her in the military region before.
"Hello, sister-in-law. Is this where Battalion Commander Sheng, Sheng Ze Xi, and his wife live? I'm Battalion Commander Sheng's sister. I came from Beijing with the art troupe yesterday."
Battalion Commander Sheng's sister?
Zhang Shuwan was taken aback. Did Battalion Commander Sheng have a sister?
To be honest, Zhang Shuwan wasn't sure, nor had she heard Gu Jia Ning mention it.
But since this girl said so, it must be true.
Zhang Shuwan, who was friendly with Gu Jia Ning, thought that this might be Gu Jia Ning's younger sister-in-law, and her attitude improved considerably, but she still reminded her, "Your brother is probably at training now, and your sister-in-law probably hasn't gotten up yet. Why don't you come back later?"
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