I was reborn after my cousin stole my life.

Chapter 192: Visiting

Yuan Xiu and Jiang Zhou, a married couple, didn't find out who was hosting the dinner until they were on their way to the event.

The reason she was able to know a little bit in advance was not for any other reason than that Ms. An Hui didn't know the way.

"...You're going to Commander Ye's house? So he's treating you to dinner?"

An Hui held up a finger and waved it in front of him. "No, no, no, it's true that we're going to his house, but the person who's treating us to dinner is his wife, your Aunt Gu."

Jiang Zhou was somewhat surprised. How come he didn't know he had such an "aunt"?

He thought the person who "told his mother the news" was his father's old comrade-in-arms or someone Uncle Chen knew, but now he realizes that's not the case at all.

"Your Aunt Gu and I went to the same girls' school back then, and we've kept in touch all these years. I'm so relieved that she wrote to me to tell me how you're doing here. Otherwise, how could I be so at ease?" An Hui said.

Since Jiang Zhou joined the army and left home, he rarely returned to visit his family. After his father passed away, he returned even less often. An Hui could hardly see her son all year round. After she remarried, Jiang Zhou rarely wrote letters. If it weren't for this classmate here, An Hui probably wouldn't even know when her son got married.

Commander Ye's house was a three-story building, much larger than usual. When they arrived, Chairman Gu was standing at the door waiting for them.

When the old classmates met, they embraced each other excitedly.

"An Hui, it's been so long! I've missed you so much!" Chairman Gu held An Hui's hand, looking her up and down. "Still so beautiful! No wonder..."

The two exchanged a knowing wink.

An Hui proudly raised her chin: "Of course!"

"I wasn't in the compound when you arrived yesterday. If I had been, I would have personally gone to the gate to greet you. By the way, did the security guard give you any trouble?"

"No, they said you had given prior notice. They let me in after checking my ID. The young soldier was going to take me to my doorstep, but he saw my daughter-in-law on the way and pointed her out to me, so I let him go."

Chairman Gu then looked at Jiang Zhou and Yuan Xiu and said, "Let's go inside."

Apart from a soldier who was responsible for cooking and all kinds of daily chores, only Commander Ye and his wife were at home.

After entering the room, Commander Ye greeted them first, then beckoned Jiang Zhou to go to the study to talk.

In the living room, Chairman Gu and An Hui had endless things to talk about.

"...It's been ten years since we last met, hasn't it? Time flies, we're almost fifty now."

An Hui raised her hand and said, "Stop it! You know I don't like people asking me my age, yet you keep bringing it up."

Chairman Gu laughed and said, "You're still the same as before, so vain!"

The two talked about their experiences over the years and their time at the girls' high school. Even though some of the topics had been discussed repeatedly in their letters, they were still brought up again and again.

During the conversation, President Gu didn't neglect Yuan Xiu. Every now and then, he would bring up a topic related to Anhui and involve Yuan Xiu in it.

"...Your mother-in-law was a star at our girls' high school! Whatever clothes she wore or what hairstyle she had, within two days, a whole bunch of girls in the school would copy her."

Yuan Xiu smiled and said, "I can roughly imagine that scene."

"She's loved beauty since she was little, especially back in middle school..."

At this point, Chairman Gu paused and then smiled, "We all asked her to be simple and plain. I was thinking, what will happen to An Hui? She hates drab clothes the most. But then I thought, even if she doesn't have nice clothes, she can still iron them flat and neat. Even if we can't do her hair, she can still put it up neatly."

At this point, she chuckled and lifted a strand of An Hui's hair, "Were you lying to people again and saying you have naturally curly hair?"

An Hui: "Those who truly understand me are those who understand autumn!"

President Gu snorted: "Fortunately, you've been doing quite well all these years, which means your choice was right. You have no idea how worried I was about you back then, afraid that you would stubbornly refuse to change."

An Hui laughed and said, "I'm still quite pragmatic, I'm not that stupid."

They spoke cryptically, but Yuan Xiu understood the general meaning.

The orderly quickly prepared the meal, and Commander Ye led Jiang Zhou out of the study. Both of them had smiles on their faces, and it seemed that they had a very good conversation.

The meal was enjoyed by both host and guests, and they didn't get up to leave until 8 p.m.

On the way back, An Hui was very happy. She hummed a little tune to herself as she walked. The tune was one that Yuan Xiu had never heard before. It didn't sound like a modern tune; it sounded like it was from many years ago.

This is what is now commonly referred to as "decadent music".

Yuan Xiu became increasingly curious about her mother-in-law's identity—no, she should say, her social class.

After arriving home, An Hui sat downstairs for a while before going upstairs. Before going up, she asked Jiang Zhou to bring her bathwater up.

"...I boiled the water on the stove this afternoon. Can you carry it up for me?" An Hui stood at the top of the stairs and turned to ask her 'unfilial son'.

Jiang Zhou glanced at her: "Wait a minute."

An Hui happily went upstairs.

By the time Yuan Xiu finished washing up and lay in bed, it was already ten o'clock at night.

Jiang Zhou bent down, pressed his ear against her belly, and listened carefully to the movements inside.

"That's impressive! The bigger one is probably a son!"

Yuan Xiu stroked his hair, "What do you mean by big or small? Size is determined by birth order, not by height."

"He's so energetic, he might rush out first. I think the smaller one is the younger sister."

"What if it's my younger brother?"

"A younger brother is fine too, then the older one will be the older sister."

"You're dreaming! You want twins, a boy and a girl."

"Thinking about it is still possible. If I really had twins, a boy and a girl, they would be so envious of me. They would definitely come to ask me how I got twins."

"again?"

Yuan Xiu pushed his head away. "They already asked that before? And what was your answer?"

Don't say anything irrelevant, or she won't be able to face anyone.

I've heard that men can be quite inappropriate when they talk about sex.

Jiang Zhou glanced at her sideways. "I said, just beat me up!"

Yuan Xiu laughed and punched him on the shoulder!