B5SB -Chapter 335 The Mistress Takes Over

Gu Yihan followed closely behind Haohao in the morning, watching as he toddled along on his short little legs, walking for over thirty minutes to the cafeteria.

Standing on tiptoe with all his might, he called out sweetly to the auntie serving food, “Auntie, I’d like one bowl of millet porridge and one big steamed roll.”

“Oh my, Haohao came by himself today?” the woman said with a smile.

Haohao handed over his lidded enamel mug and replied in his soft, childish voice, “Auntie, I’ve grown up.”

The cafeteria auntie chuckled and echoed, “That’s right. Our Haohao is a little man now.”

She carefully closed the lid on the mug and placed it into the special backpack beside him.

Haohao looked up at her and grinned.

“Thank you, Auntie.”

She couldn’t help smiling. She was especially fond of the commander’s child.

He was always smiling, sweet-tongued, and well-mannered.

After returning home, Haohao checked the time and hurriedly finished his breakfast.

Without even greeting Gu Yihan, he grabbed his schoolbag from the sofa and ran to Zhao Hu’s door.

He shouted loudly, “Brother Zhao Hu, hurry up! We’re going to be late for school!”

“Coming, coming!” Zhao Hu replied, stuffing a bun into his mouth as he ran out.

“Huzi, you forgot your schoolbag.”

Auntie Zhang chased after him with the bag, helped him put it on, and reminded him, “Lead your little brother carefully. Don’t let him fall.”

Zhao Hu nodded and patted his chest confidently.

“Grandma, don’t worry!”

Then the two boys held hands and skipped away together.

Auntie Zhang turned around and saw Gu Yihan sneaking after them.

Puzzled, she asked, “Xiaohan, where are you going?”

“I’m walking Haohao there.”

Auntie Zhang watched her back and scratched her head in confusion.

“It’s only a ten-minute walk. Why does he still need seeing off?”

Only after personally watching the two boys safely enter the classroom did Gu Yihan finally relax.

On her way back, she ran into Wu Meili talking to a man pushing a bicycle.

“You don’t even like me. Why did you marry me? Since you married me, why won’t you touch me?”

Gu Yihan froze. Her ears instantly perked up like radar as she held her breath and listened.

Seeing that Gao Yunlin remained silent, Wu Meili’s tears fell immediately.

She shouted in a low voice, “Say something! Are you mute?”

Gao Yunlin glanced at her indifferently.

“Before getting married, I already wrote to you and told you I had someone I loved.”

Wu Meili paused while wiping her tears, a flash of coldness passing through her eyes.

Back then, I should’ve paid some thugs to ruin that little bitch.

“If you had someone you loved, why didn’t you fight your parents to marry her?”

She lifted her head, tears glistening in her eyes, about to fall but not quite—pitiful and delicate.

Anyone would feel sorry for her.

Gu Yihan sighed inwardly. This woman was born in the wrong era—she should’ve lived in Aunt Qiong Yao’s time.

Gao Yunlin’s face suddenly turned cold.

He stared at Wu Meili and said in an icy voice, “Wasn’t it you who went to Xiaoxue’s family, using my father’s position to threaten them? You told them to control their daughter and threatened to report her to the Revolutionary Committee for immoral behavior and seducing a married man if she kept seeing me?”

Wu Meili’s heart skipped a beat. How did he know she had gone to Song Xue’s family?

Gao Yunlin looked at her pale face with mockery in his eyes.

Song Xue’s parents, afraid Wu Meili would really report them, hurried overnight to the Educated Youth Office and signed Song Xue up.

By the time he found out, she had already been forced to go to Heilongjiang to work in the countryside.

Thinking of this, Gao Yunlin said coldly, “Since you like being the chief of staff’s daughter-in-law so much, I’ll grant your wish.”

After that, without sparing her a glance, he mounted his bicycle and rode away.

Gu Yihan looked at Wu Meili standing there in a daze and shook her head.

So the mistress really schemed her way into power.

Tsk. Shameless.

Wu Meili looked up and happened to see Gu Yihan shaking her head disdainfully.

She guessed that Gu Yihan had overheard everything.

Feeling both ashamed and angry, she snapped, “Comrade Gu, do you like eavesdropping that much?”

Gu Yihan looked at her in surprise, admiring her thick skin.

Smiling, she replied, “Comrade Wu, please look around. This isn’t your home. It’s a public road in the compound.”

She glanced toward several military wives nearby.

Wu Meili followed her gaze and saw them whispering.

She wished she could crawl into a crack in the ground and disappear.

Seeing her embarrassment, Gu Yihan said leisurely, “Comrade Wu, if you don’t want people to hear you, talk under the quilt next time.”

“Pfft!”

One of the onlooking wives burst out laughing.

“The commander’s wife is really good at mocking people.”

“Gao doesn’t even like her. How could he possibly whisper to her in bed?”

…

Time Passed

Days went by.

After following Haohao for thirty days straight, Gu Yihan finally decided to let go.

She let him complete Lu Huailin’s assigned tasks independently every day.

At the courtyard gate—

“Xiaohan, you’re not walking Haohao to school today?” Auntie Zhang teased.

Gu Yihan smiled awkwardly. “Auntie, you must think I’m ridiculous.”

Auntie Zhang waved her hand. “It’s normal to worry when you first let a child go alone.”

Gu Yihan nodded.

“I’m always afraid he’ll be bullied, or that some trafficker might sneak in.”

Auntie Zhang burst out laughing.

“You’re too funny. This is a military compound. Anyone daring to cause trouble here is asking for it.”

Not to mention the guards at the gate, who kept strict records of everyone entering and leaving.

Gu Yihan covered her mouth and laughed.

“But really, Commander Lu is doing this for Haohao’s own good,” Auntie Zhang added.

“When they turn twelve, they’ll all have to undergo basic military training.”

“What?” Gu Yihan was stunned.

She hurried over and asked, “Auntie, you mean they start training with soldiers at twelve?”

Auntie Zhang looked at her in surprise. “You didn’t know? Boys in our compound usually go to training camps during winter and summer vacations.”

Gu Yihan’s face darkened.

Grinding her teeth, she said, “Huailin never told me.”

Seeing her reaction, Auntie Zhang quickly tried to smooth things over.

“It’s normal not to know. I stayed in the army for over ten years before I found out.”

Gu Yihan nodded perfunctorily, chatted a bit more, and then went home.