Chapter 62: Abandoning His Wife and Entering the Army (3) (1/2)

Chu Lian’s big, clear eyes blinked once. What was going on? She was alive and well; why were they all looking at her like she had been suffering in silence all alone and they had just found out about it? What was there to pity her for?

“Grandmother, Eldest Brother, Eldest Sister-in-Law, Second Brother.”

Chu Lian bobbed in greeting to each senior family member.

Matriarch He waved her over. “Lian’er, come sit next to Grandmother.”

Ah? Chu Lian glanced at her eldest brother and sister-in-law sitting a tier below the matriarch. Although she was reluctant to, she could only slowly walk over to the matriarch’s side. Matriarch He’s warm hands tugged her down to sit on the sofa.

Chu Lian looked at Madam Zou and checked for any hint of jealousy on her face, but upon seeing none, she relaxed.

The matriarch kept staring at her pretty granddaughter-in-law before she inwardly sighed.

Chu Lian found it weird that everyone was staring at her. Even the matriarch was holding one of her hands, patting it gently as if to comfort her for some mysterious reason.

She innocently blinked. “Grandmother, is anything the matter?”

Matriarch He patted her head gently, absentmindedly noticing that her hair hadn’t been brushed thoroughly in her rush to get here, and sighed. “Lian’er, Grandmother has something to tell you. But first, promise Grandmother that you won’t get angry.”

Chu Lian smiled to herself. As long as it wasn’t something that concerned her safety, there wasn’t really anything in the Great Wu Dynasty that could make her angry.

Still, Matriarch He’s words had piqued her curiosity. “Grandmother, please speak freely. Granddaughter-in-Law isn’t so petty as to get angry.”

The matriarch paused for a moment, as if she didn’t believe Chu Lian’s reassurance. When she did speak, it was with some degree of guilt. “Alright, my child. Grandmother will tell you now. Sanlang has gone off to the northern border to join the army. He left this morning before dawn.”

Chu Lian froze; she hadn’t expected that at all.

Wait a minute, something was wrong here… How could that be?

The novel’s He Changdi had never thought of joining the army. This could be seen from how he had never taken up any official post despite growing up in a military official’s family. How… how could he have gone off to join the army now?!

Why did it seem like the story was changing? He Sanlang was completely ignoring the novel’s original plotline.