CHAPTER 565: CHAPTER 560: AWKWARDNESS

Luo Zhiyong glanced at Fang Pingying, remained silent, and now he had no right to ask Fang Pingying to always accompany him in public, if she really didn’t want to go, he couldn’t force her.

But as soon as Luo Honglan heard, she immediately reached out and pulled Fang Pingying, whispering, "Sister-in-law, my parents aren’t going, it will just be my elder brother alone, people would definitely think that I don’t just lack parents, but a sister-in-law as well, what kind of family would that seem like?"

After hearing this, Fang Pingying twitched the corner of her mouth, everyone already knew about her and Luo Zhiyong’s divorce, and gradually accepted it, but only this silly girl wouldn’t give up and was always thinking about pairing them up, even coming up with such lame excuses.

So she mercilessly exposed Luo Honglan, "You never had a sister-in-law in the first place, it’s not what others think."

"..." Luo Zhiyong also twitched the corner of his mouth, indeed he no longer had a wife, and Luo Honglan obviously had no sister-in-law.

But Luo Honglan still persisted, stretching her hand and playfully shaking Fang Pingying’s arm, "Sister-in-law..."

Upon hearing this, Fang Pingying reached out and slapped her lightly, "I’m not going, and also, you need to change how you address me, you should call me ’big sister’ just like Fang Xiu from now on."

Luo Honglan pouted but still pleaded, "Sister-in-law, please go."

Seeing this, Luo Zhiyong also spoke softly, persuading, "Since Honglan wishes for you to go, just go. Our matters are known to us; there is no need to explain to others."

If Luo Zhiyong hadn’t spoken, it would be fine, but once he spoke, Fang Pingying directly refused, "Not going."

Fang Pingying didn’t know what she was angry at Luo Zhiyong for, it was just that she felt a bit off inside.

After saying that, Fang Pingying closed her eyes, and ignored the siblings.

Luo Zhiyong couldn’t stand it anymore and said to Fang Pingying, "You go tomorrow, I won’t go. I just so happen to have something in the military unit; I won’t be going tomorrow."

"Elder brother." Luo Honglan softly called out to Luo Zhiyong, she merely wanted the two of them to go together, to give them time to be together.

But upon hearing Luo Zhiyong wouldn’t go, Fang Pingying immediately said, "Alright, if your elder brother really doesn’t have time to go, I will take a look."

Luo Zhiyong’s expression dimmed, but he still replied, "Okay."

Then, the group returned home in silence.

Once they got off the car, Luo Honglan promptly ran upstairs, leaving Fang Pingying and Luo Zhiyong standing downstairs.

Fang Pingying looked at Luo Zhiyong and said, "Go back, it’s getting late."

After saying that, she turned around to go upstairs, but Luo Zhiyong grabbed her arm, "Wait, your bag."

Fang Pingying then realized, her bag had been held by Luo Zhiyong the whole time, she clearly saw him holding her bag at the train station earlier, but she didn’t think there was anything wrong with it.

Perhaps she was accustomed to this from before, anytime they went out, seeing her tired from wearing high heels, Luo Zhiyong would naturally take everything from her hands, including her bag, sometimes he would even casually sling it over his shoulder.

Fang Pingying remembered teasing him in the past, "You, a grown man carrying a woman’s purse, aren’t you afraid of being laughed at?"

Luo Zhiyong laughed nonchalantly, "What does it matter if others laugh at me, as long as my wife isn’t tired, it’s worth it."

In the past, Fang Pingying always felt sweet in her heart every time she recalled his words, but now it felt somewhat melancholic.

Perhaps, they could never return to that time with the Luo family.

She didn’t know what would happen if she went back, not knowing if Zhou Yunmei would target her.

Thinking thus, the irritation and depression she felt towards the Luo family instantly overwhelmed her, just the thought made her feel exhausted.

Yet, for Luo Zhiyong, thinking of the word ’forever’, Fang Pingying’s heart ached fiercely.

She didn’t speak, took her bag, and turned to go upstairs.

But just then, she ran into Chen Jie and Luo Honglan coming down from upstairs, Chen Jie saw them and called out, "Elder brother, sister-in-law."

Upon seeing Chen Jie, Luo Zhiyong’s face turned strict like he was facing his own subordinates, "What are you doing here at this time?"

Chen Jie said, "I came over in the afternoon to discuss tomorrow’s plans, heard that sister-in-law and Honglan had gone out and hadn’t returned, I was worried and waited at home."

Fang Pingying nodded, seeing that the two seemed ready to go out, she asked, "Where to now, are you going back to the unit so late?"

Chen Jie said, "I’m staying at the guesthouse up front."

Upon hearing this, Luo Zhiyong sternly turned to Luo Honglan, "You going too?"

"Elder brother." Luo Honglan understood the implication in Luo Zhiyong’s words, her face flushed instantaneously, and she softly said, "I’m just sending him down."

"Yes, Camp Chief Luo, Honglan is sending me down, said she was just about to fetch sister-in-law upstairs," Chen Jie, questioned by Luo Zhiyong, was also somewhat nervous, even changing how he addressed him, looking utterly embarrassed.

This kind of matter, if it were twenty years later, would be too normal, but at this time, and for two naive young people, it was still embarrassing.

Seeing the young people’s awkwardness, Fang Pingying couldn’t help but find it somewhat amusing and glared at Luo Zhiyong, they were both adults now, could you really control them?

Luo Zhiyong knew he was being over-sensitive, coughed lightly, and told Chen Jie, "Alright, safe travels."

Chen Jie quickly said, "Okay, elder brother, I actually have some matters to discuss with you as well."

After Chen Jie spoke, he also quietly instructed Honglan, "Discuss that matter with sister-in-law as well."

Watching Chen Jie and Luo Zhiyong leave, Fang Pingying and Luo Honglan went upstairs to return home.

While walking, Fang Pingying asked, "What matter?"

Luo Honglan hesitated for a moment, then said, "It’s about Chen Jie’s family, they don’t agree to casually hold an engagement party here, they insist it has to be done back in their hometown, his parents didn’t come today, they want us to go there tomorrow."

"Go to their home?" Fang Pingying frowned.

Although Chen Jie’s family lived in a county in the city here, not too far, it would still take two to three hours by car, it seemed a bit exaggerated to have such a large gathering there.

"Yes." Luo Honglan held Fang Pingying, her expression pleasing as she coaxed, "Sister-in-law, I want you, Yu’er, and Brother Cheng Fei to go, you’re practically my family."

"What about your elder brother?" If it was such a grand event, Luo Zhiyong would surely attend.

Luo Honglan looked at Fang Pingying, a flash of guilt in her eyes, but quickly suppressed it, she said, "Didn’t elder brother mention he has military duties tomorrow? He probably won’t go."

She paused, then added, "Sister-in-law, if we go to their house, we will definitely face many elders, you must accompany me, otherwise, I will be scared."