“You don’t think what I did was wrong?” Xie Huaizheng raised an eyebrow at Su Zhaozhao.

The military district’s elementary school was closed for the night, and the two of them were standing at the gate.

Su Zhaozhao peered through the iron bars of the gate, looking at the athletic field and the school building inside.

To be honest, for this era, the school’s facilities looked quite good. The running track was even made of rubber.

‘It’s just like the ones from my time.’

“Of course not, honey. You were punishing the wicked and promoting the good. By bullying those bullies, you were helping the weaker students.”

“But my family always lectured me.” Xie Huaizheng couldn’t help but smile at this. “Every single one of them said I was too impulsive, that you shouldn’t fight violence with violence, that you should win people over with virtue.”

“Win people over with virtue?” Su Zhaozhao looked at Xie Huaizheng in surprise. “No, some kids are the most unreasonable people out there. Especially the ones who are used to solving things with their fists. They think you’re weak if you try to reason with them, and they’ll just keep bullying others. What you did was brilliant!”

Su Zhaozhao thought of the school bullying cases she had encountered in the past. It was just like this.

The actions of those perpetrators were often ridiculously excessive.

If the victims didn’t fight back, the bullies would only intensify their torment.

They would keep at it until they tormented their victim to death.

‘Tell a teacher?’

‘The teacher would give them a little lecture, and that would be the end of it. The bullies wouldn’t listen at all.’

Even some of the kids who were sent to juvenile detention centers continued to commit all sorts of evil deeds after they got out.

‘Back then, Su Zhaozhao even found herself wondering if it was because human nature is inherently evil.’

‘That must be why they could do such terrible things without any restraint.’

‘In fact, some of them actually improve a bit once they become adults and their personalities stabilize.’

‘So at that age, reasoning with some people is useless. You have to be like Xie Huaizheng and let your fists do the talking.’

Su Zhaozhao’s words filled Xie Huaizheng’s heart with warmth.

For so many years, he had been seen as mischievous and unruly, always getting into fights. But in truth, he never fought without reason.

But to Xie Huaizheng’s disappointment, in the eyes of the Xie Family, he was exactly that: someone who fought for no reason.

Later, the Old Master had become so disappointed in him that he sent him off to the military barracks.

And Xie Huaizheng, disappointed by his family’s lack of understanding, stopped going home as often.

And it had been that way ever since.

Now, a girl who understood him so completely had suddenly appeared by his side.

Xie Huaizheng couldn’t help but reach out and take Su Zhaozhao’s hand. “Zhaozhao, thank you for understanding me.”

Su Zhaozhao hadn’t expected to move Xie Huaizheng so much with just a few words. She couldn’t help but sigh, and she placed her other hand over his.

The man’s hand was so large that it took both of hers to hold it.

“Honey, no matter what, I will always be on your side. Even if others don’t understand, I will always understand you,” Su Zhaozhao comforted him.

She hoped her words would bring warmth to his heart.

‘His family must not have understood him at all back then, right?’

‘Otherwise, how could a few simple sentences from me move him so much?’

‘And they say Xie Huaizheng is a calm and sharp person. Look, just a couple of sentences and he’s completely touched.’

“Okay, I know.” Xie Huaizheng reached out and hugged Su Zhaozhao. If they weren’t outside, he would have wanted to give her a few kisses.

In the days that followed, after Xie Huaizheng’s father returned, Su Zhaozhao greeted him as well.

Just as Xie Huaizheng had said, his father was quite similar to Li Jian Country in some respects. It was probably that aura of authority that powerful people have.

But when he spoke to her, he did his best to keep his tone gentle.

Meanwhile, Su Zhaozhao and Xie Huaizheng had also spent the last couple of days trying on their wedding outfits.

In West State, they had only registered their marriage and hadn’t held a banquet. So here, they had to go through with all the wedding ceremonies.

Zhang Jingshu was a little shocked when she received the wedding invitation from the Xie Family.

She knew that Su Zhaozhao and Xie Huaizheng were back.

She immediately went to their home to see Su Zhaozhao.

The moment they saw each other, Zhang Jingshu rushed forward to hug Su Zhaozhao. “Zhaozhao, it’s been too long!”

Her voice was tinged with excitement.

Previously, she had just been looking for Jiang Manzhi, but she ended up being won over by Su Zhaozhao’s character.

During this period, she occasionally found herself missing Su Zhaozhao. As the New Year approached, she wondered more and more if Su Zhaozhao would come back for the holidays.

Only after hearing from Huang Jiqin that Su Zhaozhao would be coming here for the New Year did Zhang Jingshu finally feel at ease.

“Auntie, long time no see! How have you gotten even more beautiful?” Su Zhaozhao said with a smile, looking at Zhang Jingshu.

The girl’s face was as lively and bright as ever, her skin fair and smooth, and her eyes still sparkled with the same radiant light as before.

“It’s been a long time, Zhaozhao.” Zhang Jingshu smiled at her. “Why didn’t you tell me you were here? Didn’t we agree? You were supposed to come find me when you returned to Beijing.”

“It’s not that, I’ve just been so busy. I was originally planning to come see you after the wedding.” Su Zhaozhao said sheepishly. “Things are hectic here, so I wouldn’t be able to catch up with you properly. You have to forgive me.”

She pulled Zhang Jingshu by the hand to sit on the sofa, and the two began to chat.

“That’s true. Wedding banquets and all that are the most troublesome. When I got married, we didn’t even have that many tables, but I was still exhausted by the end of the day…” Zhang Jingshu said to Su Zhaozhao.

The two of them sat there chatting just like that.

They looked like friends despite their large age gap, without a hint of a generation gap between them.

Su Zhaozhao would tell Zhang Jingshu all about what happened in West State, and Zhang Jingshu would, in turn, share things from her own life.

They would burst into laughter from time to time.

Xie Huaizheng, unable to get a word in, went back to organizing things for the wedding.

When Huang Jiqin returned from outside and saw Su Zhaozhao and Zhang Jingshu chatting so happily, she felt a pang of envy for some reason.

‘Why is Su Zhaozhao’s relationship with Zhang Jingshu so good?’

Although her own relationship with Su Zhaozhao was also quite good, it was just a typical mother-in-law and daughter-in-law relationship, maintaining a certain distance.

‘But look at Su Zhaozhao and Zhang Jingshu. When Su Zhaozhao gets excited, she even pats Zhang Jingshu on the arm. It’s like two people of the same age talking to each other!’

Huang Jiqin was genuinely envious of Zhang Jingshu.

Su Zhaozhao noticed Huang Jiqin had returned and immediately called out, “Auntie.”

Huang Jiqin acknowledged her. ‘This child,’ she thought, ‘she instantly becomes so well-behaved.’

“You two are really that close?” Huang Jiqin had heard Zhang Jingshu say they had a good relationship before, but seeing it with her own eyes now… to be honest, the feeling was quite different.

“Yes, Zhaozhao and I are like friends,” Zhang Jingshu said. “Sigh, it’s all thanks to Manzhi. Otherwise, I would have never met Zhaozhao.”

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