CHAPTER 98: CHAPTER 096 WHEN DO I NEED TO NOTIFY ME

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The main reason that misled Xie Jingchen was... although Zhang Shanni appeared somewhat inexperienced, no one suspected her because the original host rarely communicated with others, and the Qingshan Team was not familiar with her.

Moreover, even though Shanglin Village and Qingfeng Village belong to the Qingshan Team, there is still a distance between them, and their village heads are different; the true nature of Zhang Shanni is not thoroughly known by either Zhou Xiuhua or Xie Jingchen.

Not to mention outsiders, even family members like Zhang Zhiguo truly do not have a deep understanding of the youngest child; the only perception is: Zhang Shanni is very obedient.

Zhou Xiuhua might know some superficial details, but when Zhang Shanni wants to hide something from her, how could Zhou Xiuhua possibly notice!

Even Xie Jingchen, who is meticulous, was deceived by Zhang Shanni, let alone his own parents!

However, although Xie Jingchen felt a bit uncomfortable at the moment, when he thought about the days and nights he had spent following Zhang Shanni recently, he still understood her temperament somewhat.

The girl is straightforward and simple, or perhaps she has some special methods, but it cannot be denied that she is still just an eighteen-year-old little girl, inexperienced in dealing with human relationships and sophistication!

Otherwise, she would not have revealed such a big loophole for him to notice!

Thinking of this, Xie Jingchen finally felt somewhat at ease.

When the train finally arrived at his military assigned area, it was already late, he managed to catch the last bus, went to the closest bus station to the military, and then carried a large backpack and wore a black cloth bag, walking for almost ten minutes before he saw the military gate.

It was already past seven in the evening, Xie Jingchen first returned to the dormitory assigned to him by the military.

As he is now the Camp Commander of the 1st Battalion of the X Battle Group Land Battle Group, the others on the same floor as him are mainly Rong Guards sergeants from the three battalions of the Land Battle Group.

In the past three years, since graduating from the Rongwei School, he was directly assigned to this X Battle Group, and had been promoted from deputy camp commander to camp commander the year before last, it was for this reason that Chief Tao forced him to go home and get married.

After all, he had been promoted to camp commander, if he did not settle down his personal life, it would become an obstacle in his future promotions. Moreover, further promotions would bring him into certain high-level military officers’ ranks, if by then he was mismated, it would truly be troubling.

Thus, he followed Chief Tao’s intentions to go home and get married, especially since Mr. Zheng, the old commander’s man, had also hinted at the same privately, he could not ignore it.

He returned just after training had finished, when everyone was having meal time, and went straight to the dormitory after meeting two Commanders from the 2nd Battalion along the way.

The dormitory is uniformly planned; a bed, a desk, a clothing cabinet, plus a washroom, simple and clear at a glance.

Xie Jingchen knew he had returned and that colleagues and subordinates from the camp would come to visit soon; he first took out his little wife’s special belongings, locked them securely, and then went to the washroom to clean himself and take a shower, feeling fresh afterwards.

Dressed up, he looked as if he was ready to go out.

As for the items conspicuously inside his backpack, he had not tended to them yet.

Every time he returned, he would first go greet the formal superiors in the regiment, then go to the administrative officer to report back [If anyone knows the actual circumstances, please correct me~].

Since he was preparing to apply for his spouse to follow him into the military, he also took their marriage certificate and local status appraisal with him, by the time he returned to the dormitory, it was already 9 p.m.

He just sat down when he heard a knock on the door.

These clever monkeys!

Xie Jingchen muttered to himself and took two steps forward to open the door.

"Old Xie, how come you didn’t let us know when you got back?" Cao Zhuangrongwei came in without bothering to close the door, letting it stay ajar.

Now that he was here, Old Du from the same Land Battle Group arrived immediately as well.

Xie Jingchen, Cao Zhuangrongwei, and Du Yueqiang were camp commanders of the three battalions in the Land Battle Group, each a mentor and friend to the others, having worked together for two or three years and thus quite familiar due to their positions.

However, Du Yueqiang was promoted just a year ago, directly assigned from above, and seeing how Cao Zhuangrongwei, commander of the second battalion had a good relationship with the first battalion commander, he, as third battalion commander, naturally couldn’t separate himself and thick-skinnedly joined in, definitely not as close as Xie Jingchen and Cao Zhuangrongwei.

"Do I need to notify?" Aren’t you here already?

As soon as Xie Jingchen opened the door, he walked back, pulling out another wooden chair at the door, signaling for him to sit, "Tsk, when did you guys ever need my notice?"

"Hey, you rascal! By the way, did you find a wife this time you went home?" Cao Dazhuang thumped his shoulder with a fist; both were about the same height, though Cao Zhuangrongwei was a bit shorter, almost 1.9 meters.

Xie Jingchen glanced at him coldly; in the military, only this guy dared to constantly brag about how good his wife and cute his daughter were...

"Hey, what are you chatting about, why not wait for me? Old Cao, you always come first at the meetings, that’s really sneaky!" Du Yueqiang barged in briskly, spotting the chatterbox mouth of the second battalion commander, he knew he was gossiping again.

The half-ajar door faced the corridor, no need for knocking anymore.

"Hehe, Old Du, I haven’t even closed the door yet, what can I say, I was just waiting for you to come!" Cao Zhuangrongwei spread his hands, indicating he had also just arrived.

"Alright, my wife prepared some hot food for me, you guys are in for a treat!" Xie Jingchen nodded to Du Yueqiang as a greeting, then moved aside to another chair with a backpack on it.

Every dorm has a standard issue of one wooden chair per room, but these two always liked to use his room for their ’discussion meetings’, so he had to pay for two more chairs from the logistics department.

"Wife?" "Wife!"

Cao Zhuangrongwei and Du Yueqiang exclaimed at the same time, thinking Xie Jingchen was just going on a matchmaking trip, who knew he got married straight away?!

"Yeah, once I liked her, we got married immediately. Come on, don’t be shy, try my wife’s cooking." Xie Jingchen said and took out three types of hot food prepared by his little wife: hand-torn rabbit jerky, spicy wild boar meat, and salty stir-fried peanuts.

"Hey, it smells good, wait, I still have half a bottle of baijiu, I’ll get it!" Du Yueqiang picked a peanut and popped it into his mouth, chewing it to savor the crispy and slightly salty taste.

"Go quick!" Cao Zhuangrongwei’s eyes brightened, he hurriedly set up a small table in the middle of the room, swiftly placed the food Xie Jingchen brought out on it, and without waiting for Xie Jingchen to speak, he went to the desk to wash the empty tea cups.

Meanwhile, Xie Jingchen just shook his head, took out the clothes from his backpack to organize them, and divided the remaining snacks into four parts: one part to share with colleagues in the office tomorrow, two parts to give to the group commander and commander, and the smallest part for himself.

Of course, in the end, the two excited guys in front of him would benefit the most!