Chapter 477: Villains at the Door
Fang Pingying saw Luo Zhiyong speaking as if everything was obvious, she pouted, teasing with a smirk, "Right, didn't you openly confess your love for her back then?"
"Don't change the subject." Talking about Bai Jing made Luo Zhiyong slightly embarrassed; he coughed dryly and quickly changed the topic, "You just mentioned something about regretting, what did she mean by that?"
Fang Pingying was troubled by this issue and shook her head, "I don't know, if I did, why would I ask you?"
Luo Zhiyong thought for a moment and came up with a possibility, "Do you think she might know about Fang Xiu and Zhou Guangsheng being together? Maybe she's upset about it, so she's causing trouble on purpose."
Fang Pingying also thought it was possible and pondered, "It's not surprising she knows. People in your battalion and our acquaintances all know about Fang Xiu and Zhou Guangsheng; she just needed to inquire a little to find out."
Luo Zhiyong said, "If she knows, maybe she's just unhappy about Fang Xiu and Zhou Guangsheng being together and is making alarming statements on purpose?"
Fang Pingying thought that was possible, but something still didn't make sense, "Then why wouldn't she speak to Fang Xiu directly, why tell me?"
Remembering the things Bai Jing had done in the past, Luo Zhiyong shook his head, "Bai Jing is crazy, you can't view her in the same way as normal people."
Fang Pingying felt the same, not quite understanding either; perhaps Bai Jing was just trying to keep them on edge for no reason.
Fang Pingying shook her head, spread out the quilt, and said, "Forget it, let her be, we haven't done anything wrong. I don't believe she can stir up any trouble."
Luo Zhiyong watched Fang Pingying come to bed, squinted with a smile, extended his arms to embrace her and whispered, "Alright, let's sleep."
As he spoke, he switched off the light, his hands fumbling under the blanket.
Fang Pingying, annoyed, slapped him lightly, whispering, "What are you doing with your hands?"
Luo Zhiyong held her hand, his voice slightly hoarse as he whispered in her ear, "Keep it down, don't wake Ruirui and Yaoyao."
"Who is being loud…" Fang Pingying's words were interrupted as her lips were suddenly kissed.
A romantic night ensued.
After a restless night, Fang Pingying got up the next day with a sore back.
She lay in bed for a while, quietly resenting the man, then got up and dressed.
Today, Fang Pingying planned to go to the supermarket because Zeng Weiguo mentioned that the land purchase was progressing, asking her and Juzi to come together for a small meeting.
After getting up, Fang Pingying saw that the kids were still asleep, and Luo Honglan was making breakfast.
Fang Pingying went to the kitchen and asked, "Your elder brother went to work so early?"
Luo Honglan nodded, "Yes, he said there was something at the battalion, so he left a bit early."
Fang Pingying glanced at the kitchen where Luo Honglan was just cooking some porridge, and asked, "What are we having for breakfast?"
Luo Honglan lifted the lid of a hot pot and smiled, "I made some pancakes, let's just make do with these."
Fang Pingying saw there were several pancakes, enough for all, and immediately nodded, "Okay, after breakfast I need to run to the supermarket. Can you manage the kids by yourself?"
Luo Honglan nodded, "Yes, you go ahead, Aunt Yuchun and Haohao might come over soon too."
After breakfast, Fang Pingying tidied up then called Juzi, who lived in the next building, asking her to wait downstairs so they could go to the supermarket together.
Juzi had moved, now living here with Huang Lin's mother, while Huang Lin only managed to come home on weekends. However, Huang Lin was also trying to transfer back to the city.
Initially, everyone thought that Juzi living alone with her mother-in-law would lead to endless quarrels, but strangely, the old lady had stopped causing trouble after moving in.
In Juzi's words, the old lady felt embarrassed to make a fuss now. Now she earned more than Huang Lin, and everything like the house was bought with her money. In the old lady's heart, she felt her son was no match for her daughter-in-law, so she naturally dared not to make trouble.
In the past, the old lady, like Zhou Yunmei, always thought highly of her son being a soldier with a secure job, now she totally couldn't mention it anymore.
Fang Pingying came downstairs, and Juzi was already waiting at the staircase.
Seeing Fang Pingying, Juzi handed her some buns, "Have you had breakfast? I brought you some buns."
"I've eaten already." Fang Pingying smiled and took the buns from Juzi's hands, "But I can still eat these."
They ate the buns at the staircase, planning to leave afterward.
Suddenly, out of nowhere, a few menacing figures appeared. They approached Fang Pingying and Juzi, asking fiercely, "Do you know if there's a family nearby with the surname Luo?"
"The Luo family?" Fang Pingying's heart sank, knowing that besides their family, there seemed to be no other Luo families nearby. She immediately asked, "What's the name?"
One of the leaders glanced at her and said, "Luo Zhiyong, a military guy."
Upon hearing this, Juzi couldn't help but exclaim, "Luo…"
Fang Pingying gave her a look, stopping her, then turned to the men, "What do you want with him?"
The leader frowned upon hearing this, looking at Fang Pingying, "Do you know Luo Zhiyong?"
Fang Pingying neither confirmed nor denied, just casually replied, "Just asking."
"Don't ask if you don't know." A man in his twenties or thirties behind the leader shouted at Fang Pingying, then looked around and pointed not far ahead, "Big brother, let's ask over there, surely someone knows."
After the group had left, Juzi immediately pulled Fang Pingying into the staircase, whispering, "Sister-in-law, what's going on? Why are these kinds of people looking for Battalion Commander Luo? They clearly don't look like good people."
Fang Pingying also found it strange, but she needed to ask Luo Zhiyong to understand the situation. She instructed Juzi, "Go upstairs, ask Honglan to call her brother urgently, tell him to take a leave and come back right away. I'll keep watch here, can't let those people go to my house, it might scare the kids."
Juzi hurried upstairs, shouting as she went, "Okay, okay, I'll tell Honglan right away then come down to stay with you immediately."
Fang Pingying waited downstairs for a while and saw the burly men return, apparently having asked nearby residents and confirmed their home address.
As the men approached the staircase, intending to go upstairs, Fang Pingying stretched out her hand to stop them, "What exactly do you want with Luo Zhiyong?"
Previously feeling skeptics about Fang Pingying, seeing her reaction now, the lead man immediately realized, his face turning hostile as he stared at Fang Pingying, "So anxious, it seems you really are Luo Zhiyong's family?"