My Happy Daily Life After Being Reborn
Chapter 141 - 42 Tranquility

Chapter 141: Chapter 42 Tranquility

Chen Han looked at Wen Wen, actually a very pragmatic person. The reason he had agreed to this blind date was not only because Su Qianqian’s temperament happened to meet his expectations but also because of Mr. Su’s influence in the Military Department.

Although he had climbed to his current position by relying on his abilities and tactics, he knew that to continue ascending, simply relying on his past methods would not be enough; he needed someone to support him from behind.

After meeting Su Qianqian, he became even more satisfied. After all, every man hopes that their wife is a little prettier, even prettier if possible; the prettier, the better. It’s a common sentiment no one can escape.

Shen Chi felt somewhat resigned. Everyone had their own thoughts. Since Chen Han thought it was good, Shen Chi naturally had no objections, but there were still some things he needed to clarify, "Since you’ve decided, then you can’t keep harping on someone else’s past."

"You can count on that. Do I look like that kind of person?" Chen Han wasn’t just paying lip service. After all, he was a man who had been married once before; whether his bride was a virgin or not didn’t matter to him, let alone someone like Su Qianqian who had a slightly tarnished reputation?

"That’s good. I won’t say more, I need to get back. My sister-in-law is waiting," Shen Chi patted his shoulder and pushed the door open to leave.

"The head of the household is not assertive..." Seeing Shen Chi’s demeanor, Chen Han muttered softly to himself.

By the time Shen Chi got home, Lin Xiaoguai had indeed finished her bath and was waiting for him. He had planned to take a shower first to keep her waiting, but her gaze merely swept over him indifferently. He touched his nose and obediently complied.

"Tell me, what’s the deal with Chen Han? You only mentioned he was a comrade-in-arms, but what specifically is your relationship?" Lin Xiaoguai asked with an indifferent expression.

She didn’t like Shen Chi’s behavior of making decisions without so much as a heads-up, especially when it wasn’t work-related.

"I really didn’t mean to hide it from you." Shen Chi knew what she was struggling with, but other than this he couldn’t come up with any other persuasive words. Could he say he felt somewhat ashamed that, as a man, he was playing matchmaker?

"Really!" He coughed softly and said, "Chen Han is one of my closest brothers. When I first entered the battlefield, if it weren’t for him saving me, I might not have all my limbs intact now. He was originally a scout and later suffered some hearing loss, so he returned to manage the logistics in the troop. He’s smart and has the means. Now he’s already a Captain with the rank of deputy battalion commander."

"The most critical thing is his personal circumstances." Shen Chi’s eyebrows furrowed slightly, "Chen Han’s father was the head of their village, and the family was well-off. Having only two elder sisters, he was the only son. At the age of twenty, he enlisted in the military without telling his parents. When they found out, they were almost faint with shock, crying and forcing him to take a wife at home."

He paused, "His wife was a renowned beauty from their area. Aside from her family’s poor conditions, she was beautiful, well-educated, and nothing was bad about her character. Although Chen Han’s marriage lasted less than half a month before he left, he had already lost his heart to her."

"Later, Chen Han was unable to return from the battlefield for several years, and it was only with great difficulty that he finally managed to return, only to receive the devastating news—his parents had passed away a year before, and his wife had disappeared with all the family’s property."

Although Lin Xiaoguai was somewhat surprised, she wasn’t shocked; such things were rare but not unheard of.

"It’s not just that." Guessing her thoughts, Shen Chi let out a wry smile, "After Chen Han returned, he learned from his two sisters that his father had indeed died in an accident, but his mother had been killed by a heavy blow to the temple."

Lin Xiaoguai’s eyes widened, "No way?" She wasn’t surprised that people were capable of murder for money in this era; what surprised her was that, from what Shen Chi described, the woman should have grown up in a very ordinary environment. To be capable of such ruthlessness, her true nature...

Shen Chi nodded, "The incident caused quite a stir, and the police from above came down to investigate. The results showed that his mother had indeed argued with someone before she died. It’s suspected that his mother found out when that woman was taking the family’s assets; they got into an argument, which ended with her being silenced."

"As for whether the other party did it on purpose or by accident, that’s unknown."

"So that woman just got away with it?" Lin Xiaoguai asked.

"There was no way to catch her; she was too smart, deciding to flee all the way to Hong Kong," Shen Chi said with a clenched tone.

Lin Xiaoguai stroked her chin, "When she left, was it by herself, or... with another man?"

"If it was with another man, that would have been better," Shen Chi understood what she meant, "A more thorough investigation later revealed that the reason why that woman did what she did was that her brother on her mother’s side had contracted a strange illness, and during that time, he constantly came over to borrow money. Chen Han’s parents lent them quite a lot, being in-laws, but then medical expenses were like a bottomless pit; the old debts weren’t cleared, and new debts piled up. Seeing a significant amount of the family savings lent out and the in-laws having no way to repay, Chen Han’s father naturally wouldn’t allow it to continue. However, after his father passed away, his mother, a tenderhearted person, still lent them money, and watching ’her own money’ go into someone else’s pocket, as a daughter, she couldn’t say much and so she entertained the thought of taking the money and fleeing."