Chapter 16

Revealed

Gu Yunzhou glanced at Xu Sui, seemingly surprised. After a long while, he finally spoke, "Okay, but time is a bit tight. Some of the furniture may not be ready in a short time."

Xu Sui shook her head, "There's no problem, no rush."

"By the way, have you been in the military all this time?"

Gu Yunzhou didn't answer. "Why are you asking this?"

Some missions are classified and cannot be discussed.

Xu Sui pursed her lips. "I had a dream. I dreamt that after we got married, you broke your leg on a mission. It was very serious, and you almost died. You had to go home to recuperate."

"If you're going on a mission, you'd better be careful."

In that historical fiction, Gu Yunzhou was not the main character. He was only mentioned when the author was writing about the original owner of Qin Shu's beloved character, or when the author was writing about Qin Shu's good brother who had betrayed him.

As for Gu Yunzhou's leg injury during a mission after his marriage, the book only mentions it briefly.

That's all Xu Sui can do. After all, the two of them will be together in the future, and if something happens to him, she will also be affected.

"Did you hear something from someone?" Gu Yunzhou scrutinized the woman in front of him with dark eyes.

He doesn't have any urgent missions for the time being, but judging from the timing, he will definitely have a mission shortly after the wedding.

However, that mission wasn't very dangerous, and it was unlikely that he would lose a leg.

Xu Sui shook her head, "No, I just kept having this same dream over and over again."

"You should still keep it in mind."

"It wouldn't be good if something really happened."

Gu Yunzhou saw that she looked serious, her previous deliberate pretense had disappeared, her eyes were clear like autumn water, her skin was fair and delicate, and she was even more dazzling and beautiful.

He wasn't planning to say anything; dreams and such are all just illusions.

However, he still nodded in the face of such a gaze.

Xu Sui breathed a sigh of relief, her eyes crinkling with a smile, "Then remember to be careful when you go on missions in the future."

She thought Gu Yunzhou would take her words as a joke, but she didn't expect him to actually listen to them.

"Yes, you too."

Gu Yunzhou took out three two-jin grain coupons from his pocket, totaling six jin, and two large ten-yuan bills, and handed them to Xu Sui, "Here you go."

"For me?" Xu Sui was slightly taken aback. She really didn't expect this person to be so thoughtful. Even though they weren't married yet and he didn't like her, he still considered these small details.

She really had run out of food stamps.

All I have is money.

But in those days, money alone wasn't enough; many things were rationed and had to be purchased with coupons.

"Hmm." Gu Yunzhou didn't say anything more, as if it were a trivial matter.

However, Xu Sui did not forget that there was still a great famine, and these six catties of grain coupons would be enough for a family to barely survive for more than half a month if left outside.

She thought for a moment, then took out two grain coupons. "These two are enough for me."

Now that Gu Yunzhou has left the Gu family, he must be finding it very difficult to adjust to the sudden loss of subsidies from his family.

"Take them all. I'll come find you the day after tomorrow." Gu Yunzhou didn't even glance at the grain coupons, giving them all to Xu Sui before turning and leaving, not giving her a chance to refuse.

Previously, Qin Shu would send one-third of his monthly stipend to Xu Sui.

He knew.

He also knew that Xu Sui spent almost all her money on clothes and shoes.

Now that Xu Sui has broken up with Qin Shu, she probably doesn't have much money to eat, given her personality.

Gu Yunzhou had just left not long ago.

Soon after, news of their private date spread.

"Hey, Xu Sui, what's your relationship with my brother?"

"You actually asked him for money and food stamps? Have you no shame? Don't forget, you just broke off your engagement."

Upon hearing the news, Gu Shuang immediately came over and questioned the person in public.

It attracted a large crowd of onlookers.

Everyone loves gossip, and they were very curious about this.

Xu Sui looked at the person rushing towards her aggressively and asked in confusion, "Your brother?"

"Which brother of yours?"

Gu Shuang sneered and subconsciously said, "Nonsense, you just took my brother's money and food coupons, you're not going to deny it to the death, are you?"

Xu Sui understood. She said "Oh," and added, "You mean Qin Yunzhou, right? But he's not your brother. Your brother's name is Gu Shu."

"If I had to describe my relationship with your brother, it would be something like a peaceful separation between former engaged couples."

"As for Qin Yunzhou and me, our families have a marriage agreement, the marriage application has been submitted, and we will be getting married in a few days. As my partner, it is normal for him to give me things."

"On the contrary, it's you, Comrade Gu Shuang, who has repeatedly come to cause me trouble. Do you think I'm easy to bully?"

These words were spoken.

The previously lively crowd suddenly fell silent, their eyes wide with surprise.

What?

They're getting married? Didn't the rumors start circulating just a couple of days ago? How come they've already signed the marriage certificate all of a sudden?

That's Political Commissar Gu, who's already in this position at a young age. He's not only capable but also handsome. There are quite a few people in the cultural troupe who want to get close to him, but he's not interested in women and never gets close to any female comrades.

No, we should call him Political Commissar Qin now.

Xu Sui is so lucky; she managed to hook up with the two most promising young officers in the army.

One is her ex-fiancé, and the other is her current fiancé.

They used to be good brothers, but after she came, they all turned against each other for her sake, and now the two are more distant than strangers.

"Impossible! You're talking nonsense! Brother Yunzhou would never be interested in a fickle woman like you!" Gu Shuang was the first to react. She seemed furious, her face turning ugly. She rushed forward and raised her hand, slapping Xu Sui hard across the face.

However, the next second.

Xu Sui quickly stepped back to the side to avoid the slap, and then slapped Gu Shuang hard with her own hands.

Snapped--

The surroundings fell silent instantly.

Everyone was completely dumbfounded.

Qiu Ju, standing in the crowd, stared wide-eyed and couldn't help but mutter under her breath, "She...she really dared to hit me."

That's Gu Shuang, Chief Gu's own niece. Their art troupe's head, Shen, clearly has a close relationship with the Gu family and usually shows Gu Shuang a lot of favoritism.

Du Yue was also stunned. She looked at Gu Shuang, who had just been slapped and was still in shock.

"...Xu Sui is probably leaving the performing arts troupe."

She had only been in the army for a month when she caused so much trouble. Not only was she entangled with two men, ruining her reputation, but she also physically assaulted Commander Gu's niece, completely offending the head of the cultural troupe and the Gu family.

Now, no matter how good Xu Sui's dancing skills are, the performing arts troupe won't keep her.

Qiu Ju fell silent.

To be honest, she really felt sorry for Xu Sui.

I've been targeted ever since I joined the army.

"Xu Sui, you hit me! How dare you hit me?" A slap landed hard, and Gu Shuang's face instantly swelled up like a pig's head, burning with intense pain.

She covered her face, then suddenly looked up and stared intently at Xu Sui, as if she wanted to devour her whole.