The 60s Island: The Daily Life of a Capitalist Young Lady with the Army - Chapter 90: Feeling Her Entire World Explode

Chapter 90: Feeling Her Entire World Explode

At this moment, Li Hong had completely given up hope.

Long Peiye’s heartless words were like a poisoned dagger, shattering the last shred of affection in her heart.

Affection? Admiration?

All gone.

Now, she didn’t care about anything anymore.

She didn’t care if it would implicate Long Peiye, nor did she care about what would happen to herself.

She just wanted revenge!

Revenge against Xu Xiangsi who had humiliated her!

And revenge against Long Peiye who had turned her into a laughingstock!

If she couldn’t have peace, neither of them would!

Long Peiye finally looked directly at her.

In his eyes, there was no anger, no disgust, not even the slightest fluctuation.

Only a dead, frozen wasteland.

His thin lips parted, his voice not loud but like an ice-cold awl that brutally pierced Li Hong’s heart.

“What do you think you are?”

Boom—!

Li Hong felt her entire world explode.

The man she had once admired and looked up to the most.

Was now asking her, in such a contemptuous, disdainful tone, what she thought she was.

Her heart felt like it was being gripped by an invisible hand, then brutally crushed.

Blood, drop by drop, seeped from the broken cracks, cold and painful.

She laughed hysterically, the sound sharp and mournful.

“What am I?”

“Long Peiye! Don’t forget! You’re a battalion commander! A Party cadre!”

“You’re openly protecting a woman with problematic background! This shows unclear political stance! Ideological problems!”

“I’m going to report you! I’ll go to the military district! Report you to the political commissar!”

Long Peiye didn’t even lift an eyelid.

He couldn’t even be bothered to speak again.

He just casually raised his chin toward the door, making a “go ahead” gesture.

This… this identical indifference!

Xu Xiangsi’s mocking laughter, Long Peiye’s disregard.

This couple were truly a match made in heaven—both bastards!

Li Hong’s last thread of rationality completely snapped.

“Fine! Fine! Fine!” She turned and rushed toward the door. “Long Peiye! Since you show me no mercy, don’t expect me to leave you any room either!”

Just as she reached the doorway, a faint, derisive chuckle came from behind her.

The sound was filled with undisguised mockery.

“Show you mercy?”

“So you’re saying whether you report someone depends on whether they’re someone you like?”

“It seems your revolutionary comrade’s awareness isn’t very high either.”

He paused, his voice growing colder and more cutting: “Then why are you putting on this righteous act here?”

Li Hong’s steps abruptly halted.

It was as if she had been doused with a bucket of ice water, chilled from head to toe.

Yes…

Her own words had just admitted that her “reporting” was motivated by personal revenge, not some bullshit “revolutionary stance.”

She had dug herself into a huge pit!

Her face instantly shifted from flushed red to deathly pale, then from pale to ashen green—a spectacular display.

Not far away, Bai Rumeng was trembling with rage.

She gritted her back teeth, cursing inwardly ten thousand times.

Idiot! Such a useless idiot who only messes things up!

Time and again, always managing to precisely hand the knife handle to others!

But Long Peiye didn’t look at them again.

He lowered his head, the icy ferocity that had enveloped him moments earlier instantly dissipating, his voice carrying an unprecedented tenderness.

“Were you frightened?”

“How are you feeling? Should we go to the hospital now?”

Xu Xiangsi nuzzled against his chest, finding a more comfortable position.

She lifted her gaze to the female soldiers who were already scared out of their wits, a meaningful smile curling at the corners of her lips.

“I’m fine.”

“But this matter… should be handled according to proper procedure.”

“After all, we can’t just privately resolve contradictions among the people ourselves, can we? Think how bad it would look if word got out.”

Long Peiye understood immediately.

Settle privately? That would be letting these people off too easily.

He raised his head, his gaze returning to the female soldiers trembling like sieves, his tone restoring the authority of a battalion commander.

“Let’s go.”

“All of you, come with me to see the political commissar.”

“From kicking down the door, to slandering military family members, to threatening a superior—I will report every detail truthfully to the organization and request a thorough investigation by the leadership.”

“Not a single one of you will escape this.”

Boom!

Fang Jie and the others felt as if the sky were collapsing!

See the political commissar?! And an investigation?!

It’s over! Everything is ruined now!

Their legs turned as weak as freshly cooked noodles, barely able to support them.

Not far away, Bai Rumeng’s face alternated between shades of green and white.

She regretted it—she shouldn’t have rushed over so impulsively today.

She should have waited until Shanghai sent over Xu Xiangsi’s stamped archival documents.

With ironclad evidence in hand, let’s see how Long Peiye could still protect this woman!

But now… everything was ruined!

Li Hong, however, resembled a lone wolf backed to the edge of a cliff, her eyes blazing with a nearly insane ferocity.

She wiped the blood from her face and actually laughed: “Fine! Let’s see the political commissar!”

“I want to see whether, faced with ironclad class principles, a political commissar would dare openly shield a remnant of Capitalism like you!”

She had reached the point of desperation.

Since they had already torn off all pretenses, she might as well turn everything upside down!

Long Peiye couldn’t be bothered to respond to her ranting, using only one hand to steadily support Xu Xiangsi’s waist: “Let’s go.”

His voice was low, yet carried an indisputable command.

The group, each with their own hidden agendas, moved in a tense, nearly explosive atmosphere, marching in a grand procession toward the Military Compound.

Held snugly against him, Xu Xiangsi breathed in his familiar, masculine scent tinged with the faint aroma of soap and sunshine.

Quietly, in a voice only the two of them could hear, she asked: “How did you suddenly return?”

Long Peiye kept his eyes forward, his lips barely moving: “Someone from the Arts Troupe ran to the training ground to report that you were being harassed.”

Xu Xiangsi’s eyes immediately narrowed like a cat sensing danger.

She deliberately drew out her tone, lacing it with a hint of melancholy: “Oh—”

“This comrade who reported to you… after this incident, you must have developed quite a favorable impression of her, haven’t you?”

Long Peiye nearly laughed at her words.

What timing—this little thing’s jealousy could flare up at any moment.

Torn between amusement and exasperation, he lowered his voice: “She’s been married for years, her child is old enough to run errands.”Don’t overthink.””

Though he said this, Long Peiye’s heart felt as if filled with a spoonful of honey, overwhelmingly sweet.

His wife—she did care about him.

As the strange procession made its way along the dirt road through the residential compound, it immediately drew the attention of neighbors from all sides.

“Hey, isn’t that Battalion Commander Long?”

“Why is he walking with those female soldiers from the Arts Troupe?”

“Look, look! That Li Hong—why is her forehead covered in blood?”