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Chapter 181: Chapter 133: A Heart-to-Heart Between Father-in-Law and Son-in-Law
After I turned 16 and seriously thought about life ahead, I suddenly realized one day that if I wanted to hold on to her, to be with her forever, it would be incredibly difficult. She was too reserved, and intrinsically proud. She treated me just like a friend, never shy like the little wife in jokes. I tried hard to change that but found there was no way. She never invested emotions in anyone else, treating me as a brother was already quite rare. Her life consisted of her grandmother and reading books, occasionally chatting casually with me.
When I heard that there was a recruitment spot for soldiers with my name on it, I felt I absolutely couldn’t leave. If I left, Jiao Jiao would drift even further away from my life. So I refused the spot. I rushed to find Jiao Jiao in the small room in the ancestral hall. She was squatting alone in the corner, arms crossed around herself, staring blankly without expression. Seeing her like that, I felt even more that my choice was correct. I didn’t ask her what was wrong, knowing it would be pointless as she wouldn’t tell the truth. When she realized it was me, she relaxed, and I told her I’d given up the soldier spot. She got very angry and said a lot about the advantages of being a soldier. It was the first time I saw her angry, which made me very happy. Her being angry meant she cared about me too. I couldn’t help but tell her I didn’t want to enlist because if I left like her, who would care for her, be by her side?
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