B5SB -Chapter 316 An Apology

Auntie Zhang looked at the two people who were practically at each other’s throats, her head spinning in confusion. She hurriedly stepped between them to smooth things over.

“Ahem, calm down, both of you. There must be some misunderstanding. We’re all neighbors. We see each other every day. Why don’t you both take a step back?”

Then she shifted her gaze to Haohuo. “You’re arguing like this—it’s not good if you scare Haohuo.”

She really hadn’t expected Gu Yihan, who always spoke so gently, to be someone who refused to suffer losses.

“Aunt Zhang, you can’t put it like that,” Gu Yihan said seriously as she looked up at her.

“Our Haohuo was walking normally at the corner. She clearly saw him, but didn’t brake or ring the bell and just rushed straight at him. Luckily, I reacted quickly and picked him up, or he would’ve been hurt.”

At this point, Gu Yihan’s gaze turned cold as she stared at Wu Meili.

“And after that, not only did she refuse to apologize, she even spewed filthy words!”

Hearing this, Wu Meili instantly exploded. She glared fiercely at Gu Yihan and shouted, “How dare you talk like that! Aren’t you just relying on Commander Lu’s status to force me to apo—!”

“Shut up!”

Bai Yun stepped forward, a trace of disgust flashing in her eyes as she scolded sharply.

The moment Wu Meili saw her mother-in-law, her face turned pale. She quickly lowered her head, her long lashes casting a small shadow under her eyes.

To outsiders, she now looked pitiful and fragile, as if she had suffered a great injustice.

Seeing her sudden change in attitude, Gu Yihan felt a trace of doubt.

Bai Yun walked up beside Gu Yihan and tugged lightly at the corner of her lips.

In a gentle tone, she said, “Comrade Gu, Auntie knows Meili’s behavior made you unhappy. My daughter-in-law is straightforward and doesn’t think before she speaks. Let me apologize to you and…”

She glanced at Haohuo in Gu Yihan’s arms, only then realizing she didn’t know the child’s name.

Auntie Zhang smiled knowingly and stepped forward. “Sister Bai, this is Haohuo.”

Bai Yun smiled slightly at Auntie Zhang and took two steps closer.

Lowering her voice to Haohuo, she said, “Haohuo, Grandma is apologizing to you on that auntie’s behalf. Can you forgive her?”

Haohuo glanced at Gu Yihan. Seeing that she didn’t say anything, he raised his big eyes and replied softly, “Okay.”

Bai Yun smiled, raised her hand, and patted his little head. Then she turned to Gu Yihan.

“I’m sorry, Comrade Gu. This is all my daughter-in-law’s fault.”

Although Wu Meili looked calm on the surface, she was furious inside.

It wasn’t her fault at all!

That little brat was blind and didn’t watch where he was going!

Even if she had hit him, it wouldn’t have been her fault—let alone the fact that she hadn’t!

Gu Yihan glanced coldly at Wu Meili and said flatly, “I hope she won’t make the same mistake again.”

Bai Yun smiled. “Don’t worry, Comrade Gu. I won’t let her ride her bike in the alley anymore.”

Gu Yihan nodded and said nothing.

She picked up the basket she had thrown on the ground earlier, said goodbye to Auntie Zhang, and went home.

Bai Yun maintained her polite smile until Gu Yihan closed the courtyard gate. Then the smile slowly faded.

She turned around and quietly looked at Wu Meili, who was standing nearby.

Her eyes were calm, her lips pressed together in silence.

Seeing Bai Yun’s expressionless face, Wu Meili felt a surge of panic.

What she feared most was this gentle-looking, mild-tempered mother-in-law.

She never scolded or hit anyone.

But once she was displeased, she would ignore you for months without saying a word.

That feeling was worse than being slapped or cursed—it was unbearable.

Auntie Zhang felt a trace of sympathy in her eyes. She stepped forward and patted Bai Yun’s shoulder.

With a sigh, she said, “Sister Bai, you still have to say what needs to be said to your daughter-in-law. Otherwise, she’ll offend all the military families in the compound.”

After that, she turned and went home to cook lunch.

Now that only the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law remained, Wu Meili felt uneasy. She clenched her teeth and stepped forward.

Like a child who had made a mistake, she lowered her head and said softly,

“Mom, I was in a hurry to go to the hospital to cook for Yunlin, so I just…”

Seeing that she not only refused to repent but even tried to shift the blame onto her son, Bai Yun sneered.

“From now on, you don’t need to go to the hospital to cook for Yunlin anymore!”

Wu Meili’s face instantly turned pale.

To repay her father’s life-saving grace, Chief of Staff Gao had arranged for Gao Yunlin to marry her.

After marriage, Gao Yunlin rarely returned to the family compound and lived in the single dormitory at the hospital.

Later, she learned that he already had someone he liked.

In order to build a relationship with him, she rode her bicycle for over an hour every noon to cook for him.

If she even lost this chance, their relationship would be worse than that of strangers.

Ignoring her thoughts, Bai Yun pushed her bicycle, didn’t even look at her, and went straight home.

At the Zhao Family’s Home

Zhao Xu sat at the dining table and asked Auntie Zhang, who was serving rice,

“I heard Commander Lu’s wife had a dispute with Old Gao’s daughter-in-law?”

Auntie Zhang shot him a look. “Your news travels fast.”

Zhao Xu chuckled. “The compound isn’t that big. News spreads quickly. Besides, quite a few people in the unit saw it.”

Zhao Junjie raised his head and asked curiously, “Saw what?”

“Seeing what the newly transferred Commander Lu is capable of,” Luo Bi said irritably, glaring at Zhao Junjie.

So dumb—even though he grew up in the compound.

No brains at all.

Other people’s spouses were full of ‘holes’ like honeycomb coal—clever and perceptive.

But the one she carefully chose had a brain without a single hole.

Zhao Junjie scratched his head and turned to Luo Bi.

“My wife is the smart one.”

“Commander Lu’s wife handled things well today!”

After swallowing her food, Auntie Zhang looked at Zhao Xu in confusion.

“She just arrived and already had a conflict. And you think that’s good?”

Zhao Xu replied, “You don’t understand. If she had let it go quietly and didn’t make a fuss…She’d be telling everyone that she’s easy to bully. In the future, wouldn’t those families who love taking advantage come every day—borrowing this today and that tomorrow?”

Auntie Zhang thought of those relatives who were always coming to borrow money and grain.

“So you’re saying I was taken advantage of when I first moved here?”

Zhao Junjie laughed. “Mom, you only realized that now? Even during the three years of famine, people would come with their kids and act pitiful. You’d lend them our food. If Dad weren’t the political commissar with some ability, you’d probably have starved me to death!”

Luo Bi hurriedly tugged at his sleeve.

Zhao Junjie looked at her in confusion. “Why are you pulling me?”

Luo Bi was speechless.

Couldn’t he see that Auntie Zhang’s face was getting darker and darker?