Chapter 156: What, am I not allowed to come here?

Fu Mingxue was afraid her mother would worry, so she immediately raised her voice and called out, “Mom, it’s me, I’m back!”

Then, as she pushed open the main gate, she shot a fierce glare at the man standing beside her before stepping into the courtyard.

Qin Wenhuo’s lips curled up slightly.

He didn’t mind her glare at all.

His eyesight was good—even in just the moonlight, he could make out the expression on her face.

Still, he was a bit surprised to find himself standing behind her just now.

He’d thought he’d seen a shadow sneaking around his front door and wanted to check out what was going on, so he’d quietly approached.

By the time he got behind her, he realized it was his little wife.

He was just about to back away and say something when she suddenly turned around.

But—why was his wife at the army base?

Shouldn’t she be in Beijing, attending university right now?

And she just called out “Mom,” so—her mother is here too?

Suppressing his questions, he walked into the courtyard and closed the main gate behind him.

“Keep it down, my mom—” Fu Mingxue started to say to Qin Wenhuo, but before she could finish, her mother had already come out of her room.

“Sweetheart, who were you just talking to—” Before she could finish the sentence, she caught sight of her son-in-law, who was supposed to be out on a mission.

She was instantly delighted. “Son-in-law, you’re back too?”

Qin Wenhuo nodded. “Mom, I’m back.”

“Oh, that’s wonderful, just wonderful! By the way, son-in-law, are you hurt at all?”

Qin Wenhuo was genuinely touched by his mother-in-law’s heartfelt concern.

“Mom, I’m not hurt. By the way, when did you two get here?”

“We just arrived the day before yesterday. It’s a long story, let Mingxue tell you. I’ll go make you something to eat first.”

Qin Wenhuo wanted to tell his mother-in-law not to trouble herself, but before he could say anything, his stomach started growling loudly.

He felt a little embarrassed, his ears turning slightly red.

When he turned around, he met Fu Mingxue’s slightly teasing gaze.

He cleared his throat to ease the awkwardness, then asked, “So—why are you here?”

Fu Mingxue couldn’t help but retort, “What, am I not allowed to come here?”

“Of course you can. But you didn’t come here as a military spouse, did you?”

Qin Wenhuo wasn’t stupid.

If she’d come as a military spouse, she wouldn’t have shown up at the base before he got back.

Besides, wasn’t she supposed to be attending university in Beijing?

Could it be that someone spread rumors he was badly injured?

Fu Mingxue didn’t bother with small talk and got straight to the point: “I was transferred here for work. I’m working at the engine factory now—as an engineer.”

Qin Wenhuo: …?

He couldn’t quite wrap his head around what she meant.

“You’re saying you got transferred to the engine factory to work as an engineer?”

It sounded like something out of a fairy tale.

He was having trouble processing it.

“Yes,” Fu Mingxue nodded, a hint of pride on her face.

“I’m even the team leader of their new R&D group.”

At this moment, her mentality was no different from a seventeen- or eighteen-year-old—being reborn had made her childish again.

Qin Wenhuo: …?

He was having a hard time digesting this information.

Her, an engineer? And an R&D team leader?

What on earth was going on?

“Weren’t you supposed to go to university? Now that you’re working, what about your studies?”

He wasn’t so self-absorbed as to think she’d come here just for him.

From the moment he met her, to when she suddenly proposed marriage—he’d never seen any sign of affection for him in her eyes."