Transmigration: I Have Storage Space in the Apocalypse
Chapter 160 - 157: Believing in Zhang Shanni

Chapter 160: Chapter 157: Believing in Zhang Shanni

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Xie Jingchen did indeed trust Zhang Shanni.

Perhaps their union was an accident, but it has become a reality.

Besides, he may not have been part of Zhang Shanni’s previous life experiences, but how could he fail to find out about them when he really put his mind to it?

After all, Qing Mountain Team is his homegrown hometown, whether it’s the village, the team, the commune, or the county town, he has his people there.

As a grown man who has been in the military for over a decade, how could he not have his own network and informants? It’s just that he was extremely discreet, and didn’t let too many people know, except for those involved in the investigation and him, the appointer.

This was also the only time Xie Jingchen, behind his wife’s back, got to understand 80 to 90 percent of Zhang Shanni’s life experiences before her attempted suicide by jumping into the lake.

In fact, the ’Zhang Shanni’ shown in the documents and his young wife in person could only be said to share the same name and look alike. However, the essence of the soul expressed after evaluating the literacy, etiquette, and overall performance of the same person was completely that of two different individuals.

And the one he married is only the current ’Zhang Shanni’.

He didn’t want to know what changed her ’temperament’; he only knew that the little woman sleeping by his side, bearing his children, was the one next to him.

She trusted him immensely and tried to maintain and stabilize their new family together. Likewise, he allowed her to have her little secrets, and her actions showed her recognition of him as her husband. Since she never intended to hide anything from him, he would certainly trust her essence, her true heart, and her ’desire’ to maintain their marital relationship.

Based on trust, she was willing to expose her little secrets to him for the sake of his safety and health! In their short ten-day marriage, he left her side without hesitation, leaving her to live alone in the countryside while he ventured to distant lands for his future.

Even more heartwarming for him was that she could understand his ambitions and was willing to support him. Moreover, she was dutifully filial on his behalf to his parents.

Such a little woman, he was indeed moved.

His initial consideration of marriage was to fulfill the ’life mission’ given by his parents and the military. His union with Zhang Shanni was a confluence of unexpected events and coincidences.

Originally, he and she were just two fellow countrymen who were strangers to each other.

But fate is so magical that it brought them together, he saved her, and all her actions met his requirements for a wife.

Yes, the initial choice was simply because Zhang Shanni met his basic needs for a wife. He wanted his wife to be understanding, filial, hardworking, and virtuous; in short, a good wife and mother.

Otherwise, why would he, a promising Rong Wei, return to his hometown to marry a lowly woman within a year when he could be promoted again? The biggest reason was that being a Rong Wei’s wife is not an easy role.

If he had married a girl from the city, especially a supervisor’s daughter, his life would be under the Yue Family’s thumb forever. That kind of life is not the ideal he seeks through striving and ambition.

Marrying beneath him, he aimed for a wife who could meet his demands and blend into his parent’s life.

He brought a wife home as a life mission, to continue the family lineage; the other side was to provide filial piety to his parents on his behalf. Only if the woman met his scrutiny would he consider integrating her into military life.

Otherwise, an ignorant woman brought into the military would not only fail to handle ’lady diplomacy’ for him, but also offend colleagues or superiors’ wives, which would be a direct obstacle to his career progress!

Xie Jingchen is a rational, astute man with great ambition. In every matter, he strives to hold a favorable and dominant position, control the progression of events, and promote the maximum benefit for himself.

Not to mention a thoughtful man like Xie Jingchen, even marrying a wife in the countryside, mostly sought after ’practical’ women who could help with household duties – someone who could shoulder the other half of the household chores.

Just like Xie Jingchen selflessly assisted his siblings in securing a future, even repeatedly postponing his own marriage. What he considered was ’settling the family and stabilizing the country’.

They say ’If you don’t sweep a room, how can you sweep the world?’ and ’To cultivate oneself, to order the family, to govern the country, and then to bring peace to the world.’ These sayings of the ancients are not empty words. Xie Jingchen understands clearly: learning from history, one can foresee the rise and fall; by comparing oneself to others, one can discern one’s gains and losses. He is sure that only a harmonious family is the way to prosperity.

It was only after Xie Jingchen returned to military life that he found out Zhang Shanni had joined. The Rong Department does not spread such ’minor matters’ to soldiers engaged in combat, no matter the rank. Although he is truly anxious about his wife, he still has to abide by military regulations, conducting routine checks at the Rong Medical Office. However, he can still receive personal correspondence.

After all, there have been no major wars, but small battles have been fought. With casualties, the military side must pay attention to every soldier’s mental and psychological state.

Over these years, Xie Jingchen has participated in numerous bloody battles, and his psychological quality is tough enough that he was able to complete the procedures in the shortest night and day, returning home before the New Year’s Eve dinner.

Despite his calm exterior, his heart is like tumultuous waves.

He believes his wife has no ill intentions toward him, and to the Xie Family, she may not be wholly devoted but definitely harbors no malice. After all, who could understand his own family’s virtues better than him? Moreover, this brother actually looks down on his own family’s in-laws and siblings.

How can he expect his little wife, who is still in a ’strange’ situation, to treat these relatives with the same fairness as he does?

The wife of Fifth once behaved unscrupulously, and he had said that the family would eventually split. His wife need only take good care of his parents; as for the sisters-in-law, if they get along, they can talk more; if not, then interact less.

His wife, ultimately, only has to face him and his parents directly; others are just ’relatives’.

He can only carve out a path to give his siblings a footing. How they walk it is their choice. But just because these people share his blood, this is why he is being ’selfless’ this time.

After all, once each has their own family, brotherhood has to come after the spouse and children, and he is unequivocal about this.

Therefore, the people he cares about most have always been his parents. The performance of his wife during the two months at home has been excellent, which is a delightful and gratifying surprise for Xie Jingchen.