The captain is cruel to his wife: the wife comes first

Chapter 290 The Calm Pillar
Li Li has been waiting for his mother to come over. During this period, he called Susan a few times, but nothing came out, so she gave up.

Chu Xi despised Mo Li for this matter. With her small IQ, she would be thankful that she didn't get caught up in Susan's words. It was simply wishful thinking for her to try to make up for Susan's words.

Wen Yueran called Mo Li a few times, but each time she was twitchy, and Mo Li had been there, so she could understand why Wen Yueran was twitching.

Every time she finished the phone call, she felt a new knot in her heart. It's not that she didn't think about calling Ainil, but thinking that she had nothing to do with Wen Yueran, she didn't have the position to make this call, did she?

After waiting for several days for Wenqing to come, Mo Li went to pick her up at the airport, and Doudou insisted on following her, so Mo Li took her along.

Wen Qing brought a lot of snacks, all for the two children, Li Li stretched out his hand to take them, and curled his lips slightly: "Mom has never been so nice to me."

Wen Qing hugged her granddaughter and cast a glance at her. She cares about how old she is like a child. She got into the car with Doudou in her arms, and Mo left the car and left the airport.

After buying some daily necessities in the city, he went back to the army. Mo Li tidied up Chu Xi and came back with Xiaozhuzi. Xiaozhuzi saw grandma making out for a while.

Mo Li chatted with Wen Qing, Chu Xi went to cook, and seeing the two women and two children in the living room, his mood improved a lot.

Leaning against the door of the kitchen to peel the onions, looking at the little Zhuzhu who was arguing with grandma: "Mom, what is my father busy with, there is no one in sight."

Wen Qing hugged her grandson, and said helplessly: "Old man Lin came to look for your father some time ago, who knows what good things will happen to that old thing with top secret written on his head."

"Grandpa Lin? What does he want to do with Dad even after he has retired?" Chu Xi asked in confusion, with her own thoughts in mind.

"Who knows, you will use two words to prevaricate us in matters in the army. That old man Lin has retired for more than ten years, and now he is suddenly looking for your father mysteriously. I am still worried."

Chu Xi looked at the worry on her mother's face, and felt that it was not a wise choice for her to ask this question, and said in a voice of relief: "Mom, you also said that Grandpa Lin has retired for decades, and I guess he is bored and wants to talk to Dad. Chatting, it's not as serious as you think." After speaking, he turned and went back to the kitchen to cook.

Li Li also nodded, leaning on the sofa and watching his daughter sitting on the floor eating her snacks, while Xiao Zhuzi was reading his book to grandma, "Mom, what will happen, don't think so much."

Wen Qing didn't want to think too much, but with decades of experience stored there, how could she really not think about anything.

Chu Xi cooked four meals, one soup, and steamed rice, but Doudou had to drink noodles, so Chu Xi ordered noodles for her alone, and Mo Li rolled his eyes, just pamper her, and see who can go to her specially in the future Cook.

Wen Qing didn't take it seriously, she hugged her granddaughter and looked at her affectionately, "This girl needs to be pampered."

Mo Li couldn't help but smile bitterly: "Mom, don't you see how this girl has been raised by her father."

Wen Qing patted her granddaughter on the back, watching her eat by herself, warmed her heart, much better than her own in that home.

"Girls, in the end, they can always find a man who treats her sincerely. At that time, they will be handed over from one man to another. Dad and husband are the two most important men in a woman's life. "

Mo Li and Chu Xi listened, not talking, taking care of the children to eat, dad, in a military family, that is a superhuman existence, maybe it is there one second, and the next second it has disappeared.Husband, in a military marriage, that is someone who is even more superhuman than a superman. If a woman is born in a military family, grows up in a military family, and is marrying a soldier, I really don’t know whether it is luck or misfortune.

At night, Doudou shared a room with grandma, and Xiao Zhuzi also passed by hugging the pillow. He missed grandma, so Wenqing was naturally very happy, and took his grandchildren to sleep.

Mo Li leaned on the glazed table and watched Chu Xi wash the dishes, and wiped the dishes Chu Xi had washed in his hands: "Grandpa Lin has been at his daughter's house in Hainan, why did he suddenly return to BJ?"

Chu Xi was still thinking about this question. Grandpa Lin used to be a member of the National Security Bureau, just like what his mother said, he was the one with the words "Top Secret" written on his forehead, and it was definitely not as simple as chatting with his father all of a sudden.

"Ask Dad, is it possible to know the answer?"

Chu Xi despises her: "Believe it or not, when I ask, Ba can also throw me the word top secret. Forget it, Dad is busy with his work, and we are busy with ours, so don't interfere."

Li Li nodded, okay, if it doesn't hinder her, then I don't care, in the eyes of my father, they are the little brats, and it is best to take care of themselves.

After tidying up, Chu Xi went to check the room, and Mo Li went to take a shower. He probably wouldn't be back before midnight. He took his mobile phone to play games, chatted with them in the group for a while, and then planned to go to bed.

Just after turning off the lights and lying down, she heard the phone ringing. She got up and picked up the phone. After looking at the caller ID, she frowned slightly and picked it up.

Anil is standing by the sea right now, and Li Li can feel the sea breeze blowing.

It was so quiet that Li Li thought he just wanted to let him hear the sound of the waves, and Anil spoke with endless exhaustion in his voice: "Little Li, am I really not qualified to be loved?"

When he said being loved, he didn't mean his fans, but a real love, just like Mo Li was to Chu Xi, and Wen Yueran was to himself.

Li Li is not a fool either, she can hear the exhaustion in Anil's voice, now she wants to say harsh words but can't say a word, she sighed: "As long as you let go of everything you are going to do now, pure If you want to be an actor, you can do it.”

"Xiao Li'er, there are some things that I can't let go of if I want to. I don't want to think about it, but I'm not allowed."

"Then you take Wen Yueran away, take her incognito, this world is so big, can't you still survive?" Mo Li was a little anxious, and her voice became a little louder, she really hoped Anil can let go now, even if he misses it, but as long as he disappears now, maybe everything will be fine.

Anil smiled lowly, he left, and then, let Su Xinran be alone, so he can concentrate on dealing with them?

"Xiao Li'er, the three legs stand together, don't you understand?"

"What are you talking about?" Mo Li suddenly became quiet because of this sentence, she vaguely felt that there was another meaning in Anil's words.

"No, Xiao Li'er, do you still remember the first time we met?" He suddenly changed the subject, and his tone became brisk.

Don't leave the black line, the topic changed, not so quickly, the first time we met, she really didn't want to think about what she had to think about being kidnapped.

Ainil knew she remembered, and said with a slight smile: "Actually, the first time I saw you, I wanted to see what kind of woman Chu Xi was like. I thought he would like a capable woman like Lin Jinfeng, no I thought it was you who saw it."

Mo Li listened to his words, and snorted: "Why, very disappointed?" What's wrong with her, Lin Jinfeng is so capable, what she needs is not a man at all, okay?

"No, it's amazing. You like that are the first woman to surprise me." Ainil said honestly.

Mo Liqie let out a sound, leaned on the bed and took the cell phone. It looked like it was going to die, so it was better to play for a while, "Hey, Wei, I said you have a very high evaluation."

Anil smiled, holding the small pendant in his hand: "To be honest, I didn't expect you to run away from me, nor did I expect you to only hurt me when you could kill me arm, I never thought that you would save me..."

Li Li was playing the game and listening to him, did he say a single syllable to tell him that he was listening.

Time passed by little by little, Li Li didn't expect that he would remember everything between them so clearly, gradually she couldn't play the game anymore, and she heard a farewell sound from his voice.

"Aniel?"

Anil finally finished speaking, as if he had accomplished something important, he took a breath: "Xiao Li'er, I want to be loved by someone."

Before Mo Li could say anything, he hung up the phone over there. Mo Li was a little puzzled, did he just want to recall the past with himself?

Before putting down the phone, it rang again, and she picked it up directly: "Ainil, you never finish, can't you speak clearly at once?"

"Sister Mo Li..."

Li Li heard some aggrieved voices over there, and realized that he had said the wrong person, "Yueran?"

"Sister Mo Li, did Anil call you? Why is he ignoring me recently?"

Li Li paused slightly, thinking about what happened to Anil just now, and finally said slowly: "Well, he called me just now, and he should call you after a while."

"really?"

Li Li couldn't laugh at Wen Yueran's excitement, how could she congratulate her for getting the chance to love Anil, this is not a good thing, is it?

"Yueran, do you still remember what you said to me before, you said, maybe many people in this world will change, but you won't be right?"

"I am who I am, why should I change, what's wrong with you, Sister Mo Li?"

"No, he might be calling you soon, so let's hang up first." Mo Li waited for an agreement over there, and she hung up the phone after she hung up, but her heart was burdened with things, which prevented her from falling asleep.

Mo Li put on a piece of clothing and went out to pour a glass of water. As soon as she reached the door of the bedroom, she heard the door knock. She turned her head and saw Chu Xi coming in. Chu Xi was also obviously a little surprised. He closed the door and asked her, "What's the matter?" Haven't slept yet?"

Mo Li shrugged slightly: "I received two unexpected calls, you go take a shower first, I'll talk to you later." Mo Li went back to the room after speaking, and Chu Xi also took her clothes to take a shower.

When Chu Xi came out, Mo Li was still sitting by the bed thinking about something, he went over to wipe her hair, sat by the bed and pinched her little face: "What are you thinking, you just answered the phone call?"

"One Ainil, one Wen Yueran." Mo Li tilted his head to look at him, reached out and took a towel to wipe his hair, "These two are together."

Chu Xi raised her eyebrows, isn't this expected, what's so strange about it.

"You can't sleep because of this?"

"Not really." Mo Li collected the towels and put them in the bathroom, Chu Xi rolled onto the bed, and when Mo Li came out, he went straight to the bed, "Aside from this matter, Ainil also said a lot to me today. The feeling of saying goodbye."

Chu Xi pulled her into her arms and pinched her face: "I said little soap, you are wrong, why does it smell sour?"

"Sick your sister, let's be serious." Li Li opened his hand and continued to speak: "Jueran's tone is saying that Ainil hasn't looked for her recently, I think Ainil is also struggling, you said he Does that kind of person think about others?"

Chu Xi reached out to turn off the light, a little tired, lay down and closed her eyes after thinking for a while, and then said: "Maybe, in fact, he is not so bad that both humans and gods are angry."

"And what he said about the Three Kingdoms, this..." When Mo Li looked at him sideways, he was already asleep, forget it, he was also tired, let him sleep.

Li Li also lay down and fell asleep in his arms.

When Anil arrived at the downstairs of the hotel, Wen Yueran was already waiting there. When he saw him coming, he ran over happily. Anil opened the car door for her. Wen Yueran went up and smiled: "You have been very busy these days profound."

Anil reached out and touched her head: "Well, there have been too many announcements these days, and I didn't even answer your phone. I'm sorry."

Wen Yueran was a little dazed, not knowing what was wrong with him, she knew he was kind to her, but he had never been so intimate with her.

"Aniel..." She shrank her neck and looked at her puzzled.

Anil curled his lips and looked at her all the time, "However, the man in front of you may not be good enough, he may even be a bad person, would you like to be with him?"

"Ah?" Wen Yueran was in a daze, what's the situation now?Is Anil confessing to himself?She twitched the corner of her mouth, still in a daze.

Anil has been patiently waiting for her to react, her reaction is really cute, so cute that he wants to go up and kiss him, and he really did, gently imprinting on her slightly parted lips A kiss, not wild, not menglang, just a light kiss.

Wen Yueran blushed in a daze, her mouth was conditioned to helplessness, and she looked at Ai Nier in disbelief, Ai Nier smiled lowly: "You can go back and think about it, you won't go to work during the day tomorrow, right? I'll pick you up."

Wen Yueran was sent off the car by Ainil, and returned to the hotel in a fluttering manner. In short, everything was fluttering.

Anil watched her float back, and the throbbing in his heart was the same as that of the boy who just fell in love.Seeing her disappear, he started the car and looked down at the vibrating cell phone. He frowned slightly and picked up the cell phone: "Hello..."

"Don't forget your mission." The voice over there was deep and hoarse, like an old man in his dying years.

Anil frowned even tighter: "I know what I'm doing, and I have the right to decide my own feelings." He gritted his teeth a little bit, he just wanted to like someone, it's not fair.

"Ai, other women are fine, but this woman is not."

Anil's hand on the steering wheel was slightly clenched: "I don't need you to point fingers at my feelings." He hung up the phone while talking, threw the phone on the passenger seat, and drove out of the car.

Early in the morning, when the sun was shining in the room, Li Li opened his eyes and covered the sun with his hands. Every time Chu Xi left, she would open the curtains for her. I hate this to death.

Get up to wash, and when you come out, Xiao Zhuzi is playing with Doudou, they are all dressed, Wen Qing is cooking in the kitchen, Mo Li went over and hugged him: "A child with a mother is like a treasure, mother Why don't you get more sleep?"

Wen Qing scrambled eggs and patted Mo Li's hand: "When you get old, you will feel less."

"Mom is not old." When Mo Li was talking, he saw the white hair around his mother's ear, and felt a little sore in his heart. Unknowingly, his mother was really old, with gray hair, and he hugged him tighter. People say to raise children to guard against old age, and parents have worked hard all their lives, but in the end they still can't fulfill their filial piety in front of them.

How unfilial this is, and it is a debt they will never repay.

Wen Qing also knew what Mo Li was thinking, filled the eggs, patted Mo Li's hand, and looked back at her: "Silly girl, why are you crying so well?"

Li Li didn't let Wen Qing see her face, and buried her on her shoulder, tears fell uncontrollably: "Mom, I'm sorry."

With a smile on Wen Qing's face, she patted her on the back one after another: "There's nothing to be sorry for. Cheng Huan's knee is what we want, but what parents want most is that you can live a good life." She knew Mo Li still feels guilty in his heart, and he is really old. The older they are, the more guilty their children will be. Because of reality, they can't be by their side, so they will feel even more guilty.

"Mom?" Doudou ran over, looked at her mother and grandma puzzled, and wanted to cry with her little mouth curled up.

Wen Qing pushed Mo Li away, and went to hug Doudou up. Mo Li wiped his tears with his back to her, not letting Doudou see him crying.

Xiao Zhuzi also came over and looked at his mother and grandma: "Grandma, do you want to eat?" Today he ran twice and was called back by his grandma, who was reluctant to run so much by himself.

"For dinner, Xiao Zhuzi and his sister go out first, and we can eat right away." Putting down Doudou, Wen Qing turned around and patted Mo Li on the back: "Go out and wait, we'll be eating right away."

Li Li nodded and went back to the bedroom to wash his face and adjust his emotions. Xiao Zhuzi looked at his mother and scratched his head. He didn't know what was wrong, but grandma always loved her very much, so grandma would not bully her. Point him not worried at all.

When the food was served, Chu Xi just came back, went in to wash her hands, and came out to eat. Seeing that Mo Li's eyes were red, she was slightly startled, said nothing, and continued to sit down to eat.

When Doudou was eating, her big eyes kept rolling on her mother's body. The food was not good, so she only took one bite when Chu Xi fed her.

Chapter 210 Six

Li Li knew that children were still sensitive animals. When she was young, every time her mother cried, she would carefully stand at the door and watch.

Patted his daughter's little head: "Eat obediently, otherwise you won't grow taller, and your brother Yu will not want you."

"Doudou Gao." The little girl protested unhappily, brother Yu would not want to abandon herself.

"Well, if you want to be tall, eat well." Mo Li picked up an egg for her, and Doudou finally took the small spoon by herself and put something in her mouth.

Doudou had his mother watching, and Mo Li went back to the bedroom to surf the Internet by himself. Anyway, mother didn't want to accompany her. The key is that Doudou was naughty. If she said a word, her mother would get angry, so she didn't care about it.

Seeing Qiao Qiao online, she was very surprised, and sent a question mark in the group.

Silent Aunt Liang: Well, post a symbol for someone to guess.

Colonel Chu's main artery: I just want to see if you are here, are you pregnant, and why are you still playing with your mobile phone.

Silent little aunt Liang: Damn, don't mention this to my sister, I'm still angry, I won't be allowed to touch the computer, as expected, his child is more important.

Colonel Cheng's head: I said that you don't know your blessings because you are in the blessings, but they still care about their children's mothers.

Colonel Cheng’s head: Lili, where did you buy the mask you gave me last time? Give me a link, and I’ll go buy some more.

Colonel Chu's main artery: Wait a minute, I'll find a link for you, it's easy to use.

Chief of Colonel Cheng: Yes, Ning Yuan said that my skin has improved, wow haha...

Mo Li rolled his eyes, how could there be such a quick effect, Cheng Ningyuan must have been bored and found something nice to say.

Colonel Chu's main artery: I can't find the link, you can go to a certain treasure to search, a certain treasure is omnipotent, you can find Dongdong 2008, I remember this one.

Chief of Colonel Cheng: OK, I'll take a look.

Silent Aunt Liang: So easy to use?I also tried that day, by the way, what happened to Qianzi these days, I sent her a message but didn't reply.

Colonel Chu's main artery: There is something at home, if you try it now, there are pregnant women available.

Mo Li is still chatting, Chu Xi will come back and stand behind her and direct the black line. It really is a topic among women, and cosmetics can never be separated.

Li Li sensed someone behind him, turned to look at him and continued chatting: "Why are you back, aren't you busy today?"

Chu Xi went to the bed and lay down directly: "I'm not busy today. The second child has gone to the office. I'll leave the matter to him. I'll come back for a rest."

"Qiao Qiao said that the second brother blocked all his computers. You were not so kind to me back then."

Chu Xi closed her eyes and didn't intend to answer this idiot question. When she was pregnant, he was not around her so how could he care about her? Besides, when he was pregnant with Doudou, he locked her computer all day long. He untied.

Li Li continued to chat with them, and looked back at Chu Xi: "Yesterday, you slept with me before I finished speaking, why are you so tired?"

"Can you not be tired? Recently, I have been doing the work of two people by myself. What did you say that Ainil told you last night?" Chu Xi closed her eyes and rested her mind, talking with Mo Li.

"Dad." Doudou ran in and threw herself on the bed. Chu Xi reached out and hugged her on her body. Wen Qing came in with Doudou's little clothes. The little guy couldn't get up on top of her father. She didn't want to wear thick clothes. clothes.

Chu Xi felt a little cold on her body, and frowned, pulled the quilt over to wrap her up, and took the clothes over: "Mom, you go to rest for a while, I will cook later."

Wen Qing looked at her granddaughter and said, "You can get used to other things, but you can't let her do things about your body. If you don't want to wear them, you can't just wear them."

"Well, I got it, mom, go and have a break." Chu Xi said as she hugged her daughter and put on a small coat for her. It was getting colder, and she couldn't let this girl's temper go.

Doudou is still struggling, but she is no match for her father at all. In the end, she put on a bear coat. She is fat and cute.

Seeing that her granddaughter was wearing clothes, Wen Qing went to the room to rest for a while, Doudou was not happy, she didn't want to wear so many clothes, Chu Xi sat on the bed to discuss with her: "Daddy will take it off for you, but you want Can you play obediently under the covers?"

Doudou nodded, nodded solemnly, and Mo Li cut it off, believing her would be a ghost, but this 24-filial father believed it.

Chu Xi took off Doudou's coat and stuffed her into the bed. Who knew that the little girl got in and crawled out from the other side, looking at her father with a smile.

Mo Li raised his eyebrows and looked at Chu Xi, looking like he was enjoying the show. Chu Xi also raised his eyebrows, and reached out to grab his daughter. Who knew that the little girl ran fast enough, and he didn't catch her after several attempts.

Mo Li chatted and watched, and reminded with a cold voice: "Doudo, you still need to get an injection after falling out of bed."

Ga?Doudou stood there motionless, and was immediately hugged by her father, and kept calling her mother bad, and her mother did it on purpose.

Chu Xi raced her in, this time directly suppressing her small body, seeing how she was still running around, Doudou struggled in the bed for a while, and stopped struggling when she felt tired, and lay down obediently I'm going to sleep.

Chu Xi dared to let her go after watching her fall asleep, she was sweating all over, this little thing was definitely sent by heaven to repair herself.

Li Li smiled unkindly, he really thought that the child was so good-looking, Chu Xi got up and went to the bathroom to wash his face, the strength of such a small child is not ordinary.

When Chu Xi came out, Mo Li had already turned off the computer. She sat by the bed and wiped the sweat from Doudou's forehead. The little girl was also tired from playing.

Chu Xi sat by the bed and looked at her daughter. Mo Li covered her with a quilt again, just in case she would catch a cold. Chu Xi patted her small body and looked at her flushed face: "You were not so difficult when you were young. Well, this is your upgraded version."

Mo Liheixian, what is this talking about? Of course her daughter is an upgraded version of her, but can she say it without the example that she doesn't care about it?
"Tell me, what did Anil say yesterday?"

It was only then that Li Li remembered what they had just said, "I said he could quit, but he said something about three-legged confrontation, and then changed the subject. What does that mean?"

Chu Xi stopped Mo Li's words, he could understand the three-legged confrontation, but why did Ainil say such a thing?
"Now it's Ainil, us, and the mysterious power you mentioned. Now we are mutually restricted. If she withdraws, what do you think will be the end?" Then there will be two tigers Fighting will only make the situation more severe.

"Ah?" Chu Xi finally figured it out after talking about Mo Li, "Why did Ainil tell me this?"

"I'm also thinking about this, why did Anil tell you this." Anil said this to put himself on the position that he continued for the sake of stability, but in his opinion, it was not like this at all .

After thinking about it, Li Li felt that his head was too big. Forget it, don't think about it.

Chu Xi looked at the time, it was time to make lunch, and his mother was here, so he also planned to cook more meals.

Mo Li accompanied his daughter, while Chu Xi got up to cook.

When Mo Li was with Doudou, her phone rang, she reached out to take it, looked at the caller ID and raised her eyebrows slightly: "Yueran, what's wrong?"

"Sister Mo Li, Anil confessed to me, he really confessed to me." Standing in Anil's house, she still couldn't believe it, she had been in a daze since last night, and she just realized it.

Li Li smiled lowly: "This is a good thing, don't you like him, just Yueran, he is a star, if you think about it carefully, maybe you will be shameless in the future."

"I know, but I just want to be by his side. I think he's so lonely and heartbreaking." Wen Yueran wasn't worried at all about what Li Li said, she only had love for Ainil in her eyes.

Distressed, Li Li thought, once upon a time, she also felt this kind of feeling, but after that incident, she no longer found the feeling of distress in Ainil's body.

Loneliness, Anil's loneliness is something she knew from the very beginning, but she never connected loneliness with heartache. Wen Yueran's ability to think this way proves that she is really thinking about Anil with all her heart. It's not a good phenomenon, but why do I feel happy.

"Then treat him well, but you also need to protect yourself, you know?" From the beginning to the end, she still didn't want Wen Yueran to go to Lin Jinfeng's last step.

Anil listened behind the door after changing his clothes. Seeing the woman's eyes becoming more and more gentle, he went over and hugged her gently, and whispered in her ear: "Of course, I won't let you be my secret partner." Lover, are you afraid to face everything in the future with me?"

Li Li hadn't hung up the phone yet, just in time to hear his words, and Wen Yueran's low cry, and then hung up the phone. She never knew that in Anil's life, there were two things, tenderness and gentleness. The word, the word Chengruo, and the word solicitation, at this moment, Li Li really realized that Ainil was also a person.

Chu Xi called Mo Li outside, there was no soy sauce at home, and asked her to go out and buy some soy sauce.

Li Li covered her daughter with a quilt, got up and floated out, she was killed by a dozen soy sauce.

Chu Xi smiled lowly, she was killed by a dozen of soy sauce, she was cutting vegetables with her head down, but she kept thinking about Ainil in her head, whether it was the woman he was talking about, or the current three-legged confrontation, he understood all these reasons, but why? But he couldn't figure out what exactly Anil wanted to express?He told Li Qiye that he just wanted to tell himself through Mo Li's mouth that this is a riddle, but now there are only two hints. He wondered if Anil would continue to give him other hints?

When Mo Li came back, he gave him the soy sauce, and bought a lot of kitchen ingredients along the way, so as not to have to buy it in a few days, Chu Xi directly despised her: "You are just lazy."

Li Li made a face, she was just lazy, so if you have the ability, come and beat her up.

Chu Xi lifted her foot and kicked her calf: "Go out and see if Zhu Zi is back, isn't today just a morning class?"

Mo Li nodded and floated out, just as he arrived at the door, he saw his son come back, with another glorious bruise on his head, Mo Li twitched the corner of his mouth: "What's the matter?"

Xiao Zhuzi was calm, his mother took off his schoolbag, he went over to take a sip of the water on the table, looked at his parents calmly and said, "Mom and Dad, you are going to school this afternoon."

Mo Li and Chu Xi looked at each other, son, why don't you be so calm, you beat him up again.

(End of this chapter)