Lyra's POV
Early in the morning, I started packing my things. The train ticket was for 12:30 at noon, so I needed to leave early. From our village to An County's train station took more than an hour, and the ox cart also took about an hour, so I had to be ready ahead of time.
"Lyra, on the road you must be careful. Don't bump into things, and don't sleep too deeply. You are traveling alone, so you must be careful.
These two days on the train, you must also pay attention to safety."
"I know, Mom. You and Dad don't have to worry about me.
You two should also take good care of yourselves. If anything happens, please call me and Shawn. Don't hide things from us, alright?"
"Yes, we know. You two don't need to worry about us. Everything here is fine.
As long as you and Shawn are well, we won't worry about anything."
I heard Father Qin say, "Wife, are you ready yet? The ox cart is ready, waiting at the village entrance.
Don't worry, I already called our son. He will come to pick up his wife. You just stay home, I'll go send her off."
Mother Qin answered, "Alright, alright, why are you rushing me? I'm done now. You go send her, I'll stay home."
I said, "Mom, then I'll go now. When Shawn gets a break, we'll come back to visit you both.
Please take care of yourselves."
"Yes, we know. Go now, walk slowly, be safe."
When we reached the station, I got on the train and said goodbye to Father Qin.
As soon as we separated, I already started missing them. I thought to myself, feelings really come from spending time together. I didn't know what Shawn looked like, was he handsome?
"System, is Shawn handsome?"
"Oh, I thought you forgot about your mission. You didn't call me for so long, and now you remember me."
"Come on, System, don't be so petty.
Didn't I just remember you now? And I haven't forgotten my mission. I just wanted to enjoy the feeling of being cared for by parents.
Can't you let me enjoy that for a little while?"
"Alright, alright, I know. I didn't say anything."
"Tell me quickly, is Shawn handsome or not?
Is his position high in the army? I don't want to go there and see an ugly man. Otherwise, I won't be able to kiss him."
"Shawn is very handsome. His position is high too. He is the commander of the whole troop, the entire army is under him.
What do you think, is that good enough?"
"That's good. Then I won't have a problem kissing him."
"System, I want to ask, how many points can I get for having one child?
What can I exchange with the points? I still don't really understand, please tell me clearly."
"Host, having one child gives you 100 points. Points can be exchanged for any item in the system shop.
As long as you have enough points, you can exchange them."
"Then how many points do I have now, and what can I exchange?"
"Host, right now you only have ten points.
You can only exchange for the disguise pill. Everything else requires more points. So host, you must work hard to have children.
The more children you have, the more points you get."
"Mm, mm, I understand. I'm already going to him to have children, right? It's not like I won't.
What about this easy-to-conceive physique? That doesn't need points to exchange, right?"
"Host, that one doesn't need points. It was included in the beginner's gift pack.
It's a benefit given to you for free."
"Then give it to me now. With this easy-to-conceive physique, having children will be easy."
"Alright, host, it has already been given to you."
While I was talking with the system, the train arrived at the station.
"Attention passengers, this is the final stop, Shuidao. Passengers getting off here, please take your belongings and bags, and exit in order."
I followed the crowd and got off. At the exit, I saw a board with my name written on it. Holding the board was a man with sharp, handsome features.
He stood tall and straight, wearing a neat military uniform that made him look even more dignified and serious, making people not dare to approach easily.
Third-Person POV
Lyra stood there looking at the man. His eyes moved across everyone's faces without stopping, until they landed on her standing not far away. That was when his gaze finally stayed.
In Shawn's eyes, she was truly a beautiful girl. Her skin was very fair, her big eyes bright and lovely, her eyebrows shaped like willow leaves, and her lips were soft and red, making people want to kiss them. Her body was curvy, her long hair flowed in the wind, and even though she had been on the train for two days, she didn't look messy at all, just her clothes were a little wrinkled.
At this moment, she was smiling at him, and when he noticed it, he guessed that this must be the wife he had never met. Shawn walked forward a few steps and stood in front of her. He asked, "Excuse me, are you Lyra?" Lyra looked at him and answered, "Yes! Are you Shawn?"
"Yes, I am! Let's go! The car is waiting outside." Without waiting for Lyra to react, he carried the luggage bag and walked away. During the whole time, he did not say another word to her. To Lyra, Shawn seemed hard to get along with.
But in Shawn's heart, such a good girl marrying someone like him felt like torture for her. He thought she deserved a better and complete marriage, not to marry someone who could not have children. At that moment, Shawn felt helpless and insecure.
Two days ago, his father had called and told him that a marriage had been arranged for him back in their hometown. He refused right away, because with his situation, he would only harm the girl. But when his father said the girl was coming to the army to find him, he planned to wait until she arrived, talk to her, and since they had not yet reported the marriage, maybe pretend it never happened.
Then he would arrange for her to work at the base as a way to make up for it. But now, he no longer wanted to do what he had planned before. If he really carried it out, he would regret it.
Now he wanted to stay with her, to always be with her. Lyra followed behind Shawn to the car. It was a military car, and a young soldier was driving.
Shawn put the luggage bag into the trunk, then walked to her side. "Get in the car. It takes an hour to reach the base, you can rest on the way." "Okay, thank you!"
After she got into the car, the young soldier greeted her, "Hello, sister-in-law!" "Hello!" she replied. "Sister-in-law, my name is Soldier Huang. I am the commander's driver."
At this time, Shawn also got into the car and sat beside Lyra. He said, "Alright, let's drive back now." After that, Soldier Huang started the car and slowly drove out.
Lyra looked at the man beside her, her mind slowly relaxing, and soon she fell asleep. On the train she never dared to sleep too deeply or too long. But now, with such a reliable and safe person beside her, she let down her guard and fell asleep.
Shawn looked at the girl sleeping next to him, and his heart was filled with many thoughts. He thought such a beautiful girl should not suffer with him. As he kept looking, he noticed that Lyra did not sleep comfortably in the car.
So he gently moved her to lean on his shoulder, making her body relax more, so she could sleep better. From the rearview mirror, Soldier Huang secretly watched his commander's face, which he had never seen so soft before. He felt happy, because he knew how hard and tiring his commander's life had been.
Now that sister-in-law had come, the commander could finally relax a little, instead of always exhausting himself. With these thoughts, the car slowly drove through the base gate and stopped under the family housing building.
Lyra woke up and saw that it was almost dark. She noticed she was still in the car, so she asked Shawn, who was sitting beside her, "What time is it now? How long have we been here? Why didn't you wake me up?"
Shawn replied, "It's almost seven o'clock now. I saw you were sleeping so well, so I didn't wake you. We haven't been here long, just a little while. Since you're awake, let's go to the cafeteria to eat. No one cooked at home today. Tomorrow I'll go buy everything we need."
Lyra said, "Alright, I'll go with you tomorrow. I also want to buy some things." Shawn nodded, "Okay, once I finish my tasks tomorrow, I'll come pick you up. Let's go now, otherwise if we're late, there will be no food left in the cafeteria."
Lyra agreed, "Okay, let's go!" When they reached the cafeteria, many soldiers had already almost finished eating. They were curious when they saw their commander walking in with a beautiful woman.
"Hey, look! Isn't that our commander? Who is that with him? Could she be his wife?" another soldier whispered. "Hey, Soldier Huang, didn't you go with the commander today to pick someone up? Tell us, is that our sister-in-law?" Soldier Huang smiled and answered quietly, "Of course it is. You guys don't know how gentle the commander is with her.
You've never seen him like that before. If you were there, you'd think he was a completely different person." "Hey, Soldier Huang, what are you talking about? Why aren't you eating properly and still gossiping? Do you want to run fifty kilometers?" Shawn's voice suddenly came from behind them.
He had guessed correctly that they were talking about him and Lyra. The soldiers quickly stood up, "Hello, Commander! We're leaving now. You and sister-in-law should go get your food.
We've already finished." They turned to Lyra and said politely, "Hello, sister-in-law. We'll leave first. You two enjoy your meal slowly." Then Soldier Huang and the others ran away.
Shawn told Lyra, "Sit here and wait for me. I'll go get the food. Do you want anything special?" Lyra shook her head, "It's fine. I can eat anything. I'm not picky."
Shawn nodded, "Alright." He went to the food counter, pointed at one meat dish and one vegetable dish, and took five steamed buns before coming back. He placed the food in front of her and said, "The cafeteria doesn't have many good dishes today.
Just make do with this. Tomorrow we'll buy something better." Lyra smiled, "This is already very good, thank you. I can eat all of this, no need for anything special."
At that moment, another person entered. He looked seven or eight years older than Shawn. He laughed, "Hey, Old Qin! Who is this? Is she your wife?
I knew it! So many young women in the army like you, but you never cared about them. Turns out you already had someone you like!" He walked closer and said warmly, "This must be your wife.
Hello, sister-in-law! I am Old Qin's political commissar, my surname is Feng." Lyra quickly greeted him, "Hello, Commissar Feng! My name is Lyra. I'm Shawn's wife."
Commissar Feng laughed, "That's wonderful! Now that you're by his side, Old Qin won't treat the office like his home anymore. Right, Old Qin?"
"Why don't you quickly go get the food? If you don't, there will be none left."
"Okay! I'll go now, I won't bother you two eating together!" After saying that, he left, but before going he even winked at Shawn.
Lyra saw this and almost laughed. "The atmosphere in your troop is really nice!"
"Mm! It's okay. Let's eat. After we finish, you should go back and rest early."
After eating, they returned to the family housing area. "I used to live alone, so I only asked for a single room. The house I applied for hasn't been approved yet. Once it's ready, we'll move there. For now, I'll carry everything upstairs, you just follow me. Don't carry anything, I'll take it all."
Lyra and Shawn carried the things inside his current place. When they opened the door, they saw it was very clean, with no signs of a woman's presence at all, which made her very happy.
"You can tidy up here at home, I'll go return the car."
"Mm! Alright!"
Lyra took a comfortable bath and cleaned herself up. As soon as she came out of the bathroom, she saw Shawn had returned and was sitting at the desk.
"You're back!" Lyra said while wiping her hair.
"Mm, I'm back!" Shawn turned his head and saw a charming woman. Even though her clothes were loose, they couldn't hide her graceful figure. As he looked at her, a strange feeling woke inside him, making his eyes grow darker.
"Lyra, come here, let's talk."
"Alright, what do you want to talk about?" Lyra actually knew what he wanted to say. Wasn't it about infertility? That's nothing serious. I came here exactly to have a child for you, didn't I? She thought this in her heart but still kept a smile on her face.
Shawn looked serious and spoke carefully. "Actually, I didn't know my parents arranged this marriage. It was only two days before you came that they called me. I don't know if they told you some things about me. I want to tell you clearly. If you can't accept it, then we can cancel this marriage. That way, it won't delay your life. We haven't submitted the marriage report yet, so no one will gossip."
Lyra looked at his serious face and almost laughed. Wasn't this man a little too proper?
Shawn continued when she didn't answer. "I'm infertile. That means in this life, I probably won't have children. If you want to be with me, we won't be able to have our own child. I don't know if you can accept that. If you can, I'll go file the marriage report tomorrow. If you can't, then I'll arrange a job for you in the troop, this house will be yours, and I'll move into the office."