B5SB -Chapter 123 Ghostly Wails and Wolf Howls

In the small courtyard, Lu Huailin was stirring millet porridge while loudly singing “My Motherland”: “A wide river flows… this is our beautiful motherland.”

Gu Yihan sat on the wooden sofa in the living room, feeling her head throb.

If he sang well, she could consider it prenatal education. But Lu Huailin’s singing was more like ghostly wails and wolf howls.

If the baby in her belly was a girl, wouldn’t she be born tone-deaf?

At first, Gu Yihan thought Lu Huailin would just sing once, and she could endure it.

But who knew? The man was on loop. She couldn’t bear it any longer.

She got up and walked to the kitchen, shouting at him: “Husband, stop singing! You’re teaching the baby all wrong!”

Lu Huailin was stirring the porridge. Hearing her shout, he loosened his grip, and the spoon fell into the pot.

Frowning, he glanced at Gu Yihan’s still-flat belly and said: “My child needs to hear more! When she grows up, she’ll serve the country as a soldier.”

Gu Yihan: “….”

Communication was clearly impossible.

She had no choice but to try another approach: “Now that I’m pregnant, I especially like a quiet environment. Your singing gives me a headache. Why don’t we do this—after the baby is born and can hear your voice, you can sing to her every day.”

Lu Huailin scooped the porridge into a bowl. Her words comforted him greatly.

Feeling overjoyed, he shouted: “Alright! Go back to your room. The millet porridge will be ready soon.”

At Deputy Battalion Commander Wang’s house, Deputy Commander Wang had cotton in his ears. Standing in the yard, he listened carefully for a while. When nothing happened, he sighed:
“Finally, Colonel Lu stopped singing. That song—ordinary people can’t endure it.”

His mother scolded him: “His wife is pregnant! How could he not be happy?”

“What’s wrong with singing a few times? If you could get your wife pregnant, I could sing every day too.”

Deputy Wang’s face fell. “Mother, the doctor said neither Lan Cao nor I have any problems. It’s just that fate hasn’t come yet.”

His mother, feeling embarrassed by his retort, glared at him and went back to her room in a huff.

Lan Cao, having just finished washing clothes, sat down heavily on a stool in the living room.

Her stomach growled—she was so hungry. These days, she always felt hungry so quickly.

Weakly, she asked Deputy Wang: “Husband, is there any food at home? I’m starving.”

Before he could answer, a crackling sound came from the bedroom.

Soon, his mother’s crying rang out: “Heaven! Are you going to let our Wang family die out? That’s just a greedy ghost reincarnating! She hasn’t laid an egg yet, and still wants fancy food all the time.”

Deputy Wang kicked over the stool. “Every day with nagging! It’s not like I don’t want children.”

He grabbed Lan Cao and stormed out of the house. Angry, he said: “Nothing is peaceful at home with her around.”

Turning to Lan Cao, he added: “Let’s eat out today and let Mother cry all she wants.”

Elsewhere, After finishing her meal, Gu Yihan lay in the courtyard rocking chair, basking in the sun.

Lu Huailin had planned to stay home with his wife, but now that she was pregnant, he needed to go to the city to buy everything the household needed.

“Wife, stay home. I’m going to the city to get some supplements for you and settle the bills.”

Gu Yihan, half-asleep in the sun, murmured: “Got it.”

Lu Huailin pushed his bicycle out of the courtyard.

Not long after, there was a knock at the gate: “Knock, knock, knock.”

Gu Yihan, woken from her nap, got up in curiosity.

Opening the door, she saw Yu Shanyue. Gu Yihan had a very good impression of her and stepped aside: “Come in quickly.”

Yu Shanyue smiled at her: “I don’t know anyone in Kun City, so I could only come disturb you while you were resting.”

Gu Yihan waved her off: “Not a disturbance! I like it when you come to chat.”

She led Yu Shanyue into the living room, had her sit on the sofa, and poured her a cup of tea.

“How did you get into the family housing area?” Gu Yihan asked curiously.

Yu Shanyue sipped her tea: “At the entrance, I ran into Lu Huailin. He spoke to the soldier at the gate, and they let me in.”

Gu Yihan looked at Yu Shanyue—what a beauty. She herself enjoyed looking at beautiful women; it was eye candy.

Yu Shanyue was used to such admiring looks.

She looked at Gu Yihan and smiled lightly: “I came today to share some joy with you.”

Gu Yihan’s eyes lit up: “What joy?”

Yu Shanyue began recounting how she had beaten up Shen Yujie.

Gu Yihan was impressed—she actually managed to subdue Shen Yujie.

Yu Shanyue scoffed: “In the end, he, with his face swollen from my beating, still wanted to escort Qiao Shuhui home. Do you think I could agree?”

Gu Yihan’s eyes sparkled as she anxiously asked: “What did you do?”

Yu Shanyue straightened her back and cleared her throat, narrating vividly: “I grabbed Shen Yujie by the collar, slapped him, and asked, ‘Are you coming home with me or not?’ I thought he would resist, but after just two slaps, he obediently came home with me.”

Seeing the regretful look on Yu Shanyue’s face, Gu Yihan burst out laughing.

Only then did she notice how tall Yu Shanyue really was.

Not much shorter than Shen Yujie, grabbing his collar and slapping him—it must have felt satisfying.

The two laughed and chatted, and time flew by until Yu Shanyue said goodbye.

Gu Yihan felt reluctant to see her go, reminding her to visit often.