Chapter 1365: Chapter 1274: Interstellar Life 45

Chi Rui Ming is a soldier, often away from home, so when Lan Ling gets bored, she frequently visits Pei Shuangshuang to pass the time.

Initially, Pei Shuangshuang was reluctant to interact much with Lan Ling. Because of Chi Ruiqiu, she never intended to get close to the Chi Family.

However, Lan Ling is quite adept at handling relationships. She’s enthusiastic yet maintains a comfortable distance, never making others feel uneasy. Without realizing it, they got closer.

Over time, Pei Shuangshuang unknowingly became familiar with Lan Ling, and now the two are good friends. When Lan Ling encounters something upsetting, she vents to Pei Shuangshuang.

Today, Pei Shuangshuang was at the hospital studying some medical records and reading books. She prefers the feel of holding a physical book.

As she was reading, an angry Lan Ling stormed into Pei Shuangshuang’s office and sat directly in front of her.

Pei Shuangshuang turned a page, unimpressed by Lan Ling’s demeanor; she’s been quite irritable lately: "Did you get into another argument with your future sister-in-law?"

Lan Ling poured herself a glass of water, downed it in one go, and exhaled deeply, her expression troubled: "I don’t know what Ruiqiu sees in that Du Qiyue. She’s obviously a pretentious woman, yet he treats her like a treasure.

Shuangshuang, did you know, Du Qiyue is so excessive? Yesterday, a friend of mine came to stay at my house for a business trip, so I suggested she take a bath. I went to the little garden in the back, and coincidentally, Ruiqiu came home.

Shortly after Ruiqiu arrived home, Du Qiyue came to see him and mistook my friend for a mistress. She started hitting, scolding, and even tried to strip her clothes off.

No matter how much I explained, she wouldn’t listen and insinuated that I was pimping for Ruiqiu, which infuriated me. My friend has a fiancé and is happily about to get married.

I finally managed to clear things up and thought Ruiqiu would reprimand Du Qiyue, at least to change her jealous and overly dramatic behavior.

But no, after Du Qiyue shed a few tears and said some sweet nothings, Ruiqiu forgave her immediately. Isn’t it infuriating!"

"If you really can’t take it anymore, how about applying to follow your husband to the army? Out of sight, out of mind, and it’ll save you from constant vexation."

Pei Shuangshuang casually suggested while continuing to flip through her book. It wasn’t that she didn’t want to comfort Lan Ling, but she’d heard it all too many times before.

Thanks to Lan Ling, though Pei Shuangshuang and Chi Ruiqiu had been distant and out of touch for years, she was well aware of his relationship with Du Qiyue.

Ever since the live-fire exercise, Du Qiyue and Chi Ruiqiu had been together, and Du Qiyue is truly Chi Ruiqiu’s true love. Even after the gentle facade of Du Qiyue had long faded, Chi Ruiqiu still turned a blind eye.

Moreover, since they’ve been together, Du Qiyue has been intensely jealous. The only women around Chi Ruiqiu whom Du Qiyue can tolerate are those he doesn’t even glance at.

If Chi Ruiqiu so much as looks favorably at any woman, even saying a few nice words, Du Qiyue would throw a massive jealous fit.

This jealousy could strengthen a couple’s bond if it doesn’t cross the line, but constantly being possessive and causing a scene is far from healthy.

Unfortunately, those who receive Chi Ruiqiu’s good graces are mostly Lan Ling’s friends. As his sister-in-law, Chi Ruiqiu wouldn’t be rude to Lan Ling’s friends.

As a result, Lan Ling had it tough, watching friend after friend get mistaken as mistresses by Du Qiyue, rendering her friends scared to approach her for fear of being torn apart by Du Qiyue.

Lan Ling simply couldn’t understand how a seemingly sweet and gentle girl could be so obsessive privately, or how Chi Ruiqiu could tolerate it.

Suggesting that Lan Ling join the army, Lan Ling sighed at Pei Shuangshuang: "It’s easy to say, if it were possible, I would’ve gone already, but I have my company to run. If I join the army, who would manage it?"

"Then why not just move into the company? You don’t have any elders to care for at home anyway, consider it a peaceful retreat." Pei Shuangshuang thought for a moment and proposed a new idea.

Lan Ling rolled her eyes in frustration: "Are you really my friend, suggesting such thoughtless ideas? If I’m going to live at the company, I might as well join the army.

It’s not like I can’t leave home. My mother-in-law is in poor health and needs care. Where did you get the idea that there are no elders needing care? I can’t trust just hired maids and household robots."

Pei Shuangshuang put down her book, sighed, and shook her head: "Then I really don’t know what else to do. You’ll just have to bear with it. Du Qiyue is only sensitive about women. Tell your friends not to visit your home, and meet outside for gatherings."

Beep beep!

As they chatted, a message notification sounded from her personal terminal on her wrist. Pei Shuangshuang tapped it open to see a message from her mentor, Sun Jie.

Besides being the principal of the Federal First Military Academy, Sun Jie is also the Commander of the Federation Fifth Army. Recently, the Federation hasn’t been peaceful, with conflicts arising with the Canglan Empire, and war seems imminent.

Speaking of the Canglan Empire, although Pei Shuangshuang was once a Marshal there in her past life, she never had any fondness for that country.

Maintaining an imperial system, people are ranked in hierarchies, where nobles bearing titles receive the highest privileges, and the ordinary commoners live just at a comfortable level.

Though a comfortable life isn’t bad, what era is it now? It’s the interstellar era, an era without poverty—comfort is nothing. People nowadays aim to be wealthy for three generations.

In her past life, Pei Shuangshuang was already renowned in the Federation and easily climbed to high ranks when joining the Canglan Empire.

Despite that, Pei Shuangshuang had to navigate and contend with the nobles to reach the Marshal position.

Later, when Pei Shuangshuang was at a high position, she considered changing the state of the Canglan Empire, but faced strong opposition from the nobility and suppression by the royal family, encountering difficulty at every turn.

Besides, at that time, Pei Shuangshuang’s mind was entirely preoccupied with the imprisoned Chi Ruiqiu. Seeing as everyone opposed, she went along and gave up the idea of changing the Canglan Empire.

The Canglan Empire is a nation fond of invasion, frequently harassing the Federation.

Who knows what the Emperor of Canglan Empire is thinking, always wanting to make the Federation part of the Empire and picking fights with the Federation every few years.

This year, the Canglan Empire once again harassed the Federation’s border, which happened to fall under the jurisdiction of the Fifth Army. The newly appointed Federation Chairman ordered Commander Sun Jie of the Fifth Army to repel the enemy.

After receiving the order, Sun Jie’s first thought was of Pei Shuangshuang. Genetic Repairers are indispensable on the battlefield, needed both for treating injuries and saving lives.