My Happy Daily Life After Being Reborn
Chapter 410 - 27: The First Fire After Awakening_2

Chapter 410: Chapter 27: The First Fire After Awakening_2

Lin Xiaoguai didn’t feel angry, just truly disgusted. She raised an eyebrow and smiled lightly, "I heard your partner will take part in the military evaluation next month?"

The other party was stunned. She said amiably, "I heard from my husband Shen Chi that he’s responsible for this evaluation? Don’t worry, I’ll remember to mention it to him."

The woman shivered at her words and stiffly said, "That, that would be too much trouble for you."

Seeing that Lin Xiaoguai remained expressionless, she cried, "Today I was gossiping unnecessarily. Mrs. Shen, please be magnanimous and don’t hold it against me."

Upon seeing this, Lin Xiaoguai didn’t intend to press further. She smiled slightly and said, "What are you talking about, Mrs. Chen? We all live in the same compound, there’s no need for such formalities."

As she watched the other woman leave, Lin Xiaoguai rubbed her temples, tiredly wondering if she had previously come across as too easy-going? To the point where even a Junior General’s wife would dare to mock her.

"Tired?" Shen Chi, seeing Lin Xiaoguai resting on the sofa with her eyes closed, tenderly embraced her and kissed her forehead, saying, "I always said I’d handle this, yet you insist on being strong."

Lin Xiaoguai shook her head. It wasn’t about her being strong, but rather that she had come to a realization.

The military compound she currently lived in was different from the old district in Shanghai in her previous life. In the old district, she could afford to be detached and kind to everyone as there were no intersecting interests. However, such an approach wouldn’t work in the military compound, where her husband and many others had mutual interests. With Shen Chi’s position in the military, she could indeed live worry-free, but only if she first intimidated those people so they wouldn’t assume she was soft, even if they made a few snide remarks in her presence.

To all those ladies constantly comparing family backgrounds, husbands, and sons, trying to gain a face and some advantage everywhere, stepping back might feel like gaining the world to you, but to them, it seemed like a free opportunity they would take even if it was just verbal.

The ladies in the compound were clever. They knew what Lin Xiaoguai’s limit was and never crossed the line.

In previous years, while she was busy studying, raising quadruplets, and managing farms and stores, she didn’t have the time or energy to understand this, so it didn’t matter that Shen Chi always defended her on all fronts. Now that she understood, things had to change.

Although it’s hard to change one’s nature, she had to at least try to learn how to interact with these people instead of letting Shen Chi deal with these trivial matters.

Shen Chi could guess her thoughts. He felt relieved yet reluctant. He stroked her smooth long hair and sighed, "Actually, it’s okay if you continue to ignore it all; I can handle these things for you."

"I know you mean well, but I hope it could be less tiring for you," Lin Xiaoguai said, leaning her head on his shoulder with her eyes closed.

Shen Chi’s eyes brightened and his lips curled with an indescribable joy.

"Fine, but if it gets too hard, tell me," his voice was as gentle as ever.

Lin Xiaoguai’s first target was Fan Quanfu since he was the original source of the rumors. After all, there’s a saying, ’capture the king first’, there was no point in troubling the lesser minions first.

When police entered the military compound, the entire place was in uproar. This was unprecedented!

In any era, police had less authority than the military, but now police were coming into the compound to make arrests, how could that not cause shock and anger?

Initially, Fan Quanfu watched with amusement, but when the officers approached him with handcuffs, he was stunned.

"What, what are you doing? I’m a retired officer!" Although his rank wasn’t high before he retired, it carried some weight.

However, the officers were unphased, seemingly well-informed, and sternly said, "The law doesn’t state retired officers are exempt from serving prison for theft and fraud!"

"Theft and fraud?" Fan Quanfu exclaimed, "When have I ever done that?"

"I’d advise you be sensible. We have solid evidence of your crimes."

Fan Quanfu’s heart sank, fearing...

"Thank you, officers," Lin Xiaoguai said to the two policemen with a polite smile.

"No need to thank us, this is our duty." One of them replied, blushing and glancing at Fan Quanfu with disdain, "It’s good that you exposed him, madam. Otherwise, he might continue to cheat and steal outside, creating a worse social impact."

The policemen felt stronger about justice than in later times. Normally, they would be cautious about offending a retired officer, but now with a Junior General’s wife backing them, they were more than happy to enforce the law to the fullest.

Whispers began among the gathered crowd in the compound; it turned out Mrs. Shen was the one who had reported Fan Quanfu. People had heard of Fan Quanfu’s recent actions, but they thought Mrs. Chen would smooth things over as usual. This time, however, she took drastic measures, even involving the police.

However, some frowned soon after. Even with deep personal grievances, was involving police to tarnish Fan Quanfu’s reputation going too far?

—Even though Fan Quanfu had always had a less than stellar reputation, no one was willing to believe he could actually stoop to cheating and stealing, given his status.

"Lin Xiaoguai, I won’t hold my father’s past complaints against you, but this is too much, even fabricating charges," Fan Gang obviously shared this sentiment, staring at Lin Xiaoguai with anger. (To be continued. If you enjoy this work, please visit Qidian (qidian.com) to cast a recommended vote or monthly ticket. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users please read at m.qidian.com.)