Cannon Fodder Husband Ch.697-698

Chapter 697 (Extra) – A Gift

Seeing this, Lu Xia also smiled.

Instead of looking any further, she took Jiang Junmo and left.

On the way back, Lu Xia didn’t speak, but seemed to be in a good mood.

Jiang Junmo also remained silent until they arrived home, went to their room, and suddenly embraced her.

Lu Xia was surprised; after all, as he grew older, he rarely showed such emotional expressions.

“What’s wrong?”

Jiang Junmo shook his head, holding her tightly, as if afraid of losing her, and after a while, he said, “Xia Xia, fortunately it’s you. Thank you for being here!”

Lu Xia fell silent. She knew Jiang Junmo had guessed.

But at that moment, she didn’t say anything, just returned his embrace.

Yes, it’s really nice!

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Regarding this matter, later on, neither of them spoke much about it. Lu Xia would check in on that side every year after that.

Knowing she had adjusted well put her mind at ease.

Several years later, hearing that she was going to get married, Lu Xia investigated her future husband.

She found that he was just an ordinary person, working in the capital after coming from another place. His parents had passed away, and he was raised by the villagers, down-to-earth and hardworking. Their life experiences were similar, and they seemed to have a mutual understanding.

After Lu Xia learned about this, she felt satisfied and relieved, so she gave her a gift on her wedding day.

It was a house.

For her current self, it’s nothing much, but for the past life of Lu Xia, a stable place to live was her ideal and goal.

At that time, as an orphan in this unfamiliar city, she yearned for a home of her own.

Of course, she didn’t gift a luxurious mansion, just a house enough for an ordinary family of three. However, even this kind of home would have taken her decades of hard work to afford on her own.

Lu Xia herself didn’t appear; she sent it through someone, a rental gift agreement. She didn’t say much, only wrote that it was a gift from Lu Xia.

She believed she would understand, though whether to accept it or not was entirely up to her.

Later, she received the news that she accepted it.

Lu Xia smiled.

It’s good this way; from then on, she stopped paying attention to her. They never met again and both led content lives of their own…

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After retiring, Lu Xia kept up with the trends of the times, adept at using smartphones and playing various games. She especially enjoyed watching short videos and adored reality shows.

At times, if she saw a handsome guy, she’d become a fan, making Jiang Junmo frequently jealous.

However, regardless of his jealousy, Lu Xia’s “colorful” habit remained unchanged, and Jiang Junmo gradually accepted it.

Gradually, when Lu Xia got bored, she started making and sharing short videos on platforms, sometimes about her travel experiences, sometimes about her leisurely life of gardening and fishing at home.

Sometimes it was about painting together with Jiang Junmo while she watched reality show videos on the side.

Slowly, the number of her followers increased, and she surprisingly amassed millions of fans.

Some of these fans were drawn to her due to her lifestyle, while others envied her and her husband’s relaxed retired life.

These followers affectionately referred to her as “Grandma Xia” because her video account’s nickname was “Xia.”

Initially, she attracted followers due to her lifestyle, later, when she was invited by her alma mater to give a lecture and the students recorded and posted it online, she gained even more attention.

They didn’t expect that such a senior lady would speak fluent English and confidently give a lecture, quite different from her usual lifestyle.

This contrast instantly intrigued everyone.

This sudden attention also led to the revelation of her and Jiang Junmo’s backgrounds.

One being a professor at a prestigious university, the other a nationally renowned architect at the National Design Institute. Once their titles were exposed, their popularity instantly soared.

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Chapter 698 (Extra) — Writing Their Story as a Book

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But what truly set them on fire was the New Year’s greeting video from the actress Jiang Yezhen.

Some observant fans noticed that the background in her video had appeared in Grandma Xia’s short videos.

This led to a lot of speculation about their relationship.

It wasn’t until an interview where the actress Jiang Yezhen admitted they were her parents that their relationship was exposed.

As netizens dug deeper, Lu Xia’s other identities gradually came to light.

People discovered that aside from being the lively and trend-following kind old lady in the videos, she was not only a professor at a prestigious university but also a shareholder and founder of several well-known enterprises.

Gradually, more and more people started paying attention to Lu Xia, and her fans quickly surpassed tens of millions.

However, Lu Xia wasn’t particularly happy about it. Initially, making short videos was a hobby for her. Now, with too much attention, she was sometimes recognized even when out with Jiang Junmo.

It bothered her a bit.

So, she stopped posting altogether and with Jiang Junmo, they moved to a countryside farmhouse, seeking some peace and quiet.

Living there, although she stopped filming videos, she remained active.

She began writing a book.

Because she noticed that internet users were curious about their experiences, Lu Xia planned to write about her life.

As she grew older, she found herself thinking more and more.

Once, somewhere, Lu Xia came across a saying: “After a person dies, they are not truly gone until the ones who remember them are gone. Only then are they completely erased from this world.”

But Lu Xia wanted to leave something behind in this world.

Even if she wasn’t as remarkable as those famous figures who leave behind enduring works, she wanted to write a book that, many years later, when someone reads it, they’ll remember their names.

Because this was about writing their own story, Lu Xia approached the task cautiously, sometimes even discussing it with Jiang Junmo.

Carefully pondering, she wrote continuously for two years before completing it.

However, after finishing, she didn’t immediately prepare for publication; she intended to wait until after their deaths.

Unexpectedly, her carefully hidden book was discovered by her grandson when he came over.

This way, everyone in the family found out…

The children immediately wanted to publish it. Lu Xia couldn’t argue against them, so she agreed, but with a clear condition: no promotion. They would print and place the books in stores, allowing only those genuinely interested to buy.

The children couldn’t argue with their mother and ultimately had to agree.

Thus, although the book was published, initially, there were very few buyers. Lu Xia had also forbidden her children from buying in large quantities.

Therefore, the sales were quite average.

Until Yezhen, feeling that there wasn’t much breakthrough left in her career as an actress and wanting to transition into directing, couldn’t find a suitable script. That’s when she remembered her mother’s book.

She decided to turn their experiences into a movie.

Initially, Lu Xia didn’t want this much attention, especially as both she and Jiang Junmo were still alive.

After completing the film, it’d be too awkward to watch it.

But Yezhen, despite her age, resorted to being cute and pleading tearfully, leaving Lu Xia no choice but to reluctantly agree.

Yezhen sought her mother’s approval but was meticulous. She understood it was her parents’ story, so she handled it with utmost care.

Before shooting, she meticulously studied the contents of the book, consulted Lu Xia herself, and even visited the village they had lived in when they first went to the countryside, locating the address of the house they once lived in, which had since been demolished.

After nearly a year of preparation, the film finally went into production.

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