Your promise, my sea

Chapter 12 Highest Respect
On the day of the New Year's Eve, the training of the troops finally stopped. All units of Division A got up and went out for exercises and started cleaning after breakfast. They greeted the Lunar New Year with great vigor, and everyone was beaming with joy.

This year, the family building of Division A has many more people than before. In the words of Liu Xiangdong's family, Chu Yao, it's like going to a market, and they all gather together.

Yan Zhen put on the scarf and went to the canteen of the division to make dumplings with Chu Yao.Because there are many military wives this year, the division organizes family members to celebrate the New Year with officers and soldiers.Walking on the road, there will always be a few soldiers who will pay attention to Yan Zhen, which makes Yan Zhen lose his pace.Thinking of what happened that night, she still couldn't help but feel embarrassed, so she walked a few steps quickly and entered the cafeteria.

Chu Yao also heard about what happened that night, but it was also rumored to be mysterious, only that the wife of the chief of staff had a drunken quarrel with the chief of staff, which was probably quite violent, and the wound on her mouth was unclear?As for how it came about, everyone is tacitly aware.

Thinking about it, Chu Yao kneaded her dough and asked, "Xiaozhen, is this your first time in the army to celebrate the New Year?"

Yan Zhen was making dumplings. She pinched both sides of the dumpling skin and squeezed her hands to the middle, and a beautiful and plump dumpling came out.Hearing Chu Yao's question, she smiled and said, "No."

Yan Zhen left the army when she was 11 years old. Since she came to the army at the age of six, she would go to the canteen of the camp with her father to celebrate the New Year with the soldiers every New Year's Eve.She will never forget that lively atmosphere, because the smile on her father's face is always the brightest at this time.

Chu Yao sighed: "Your father is also a soldier? You are really destined to be with the army. My Xiaowei is going to take the college entrance examination this year, and he is determined to enroll in the military academy. I can't pull this stubborn donkey back. Tell me, his father I have dedicated my whole life to the army, how can I bear to send another one in.”

"Let him sign up if he wants to. It's always good for young people to have some ideals."

After finishing speaking, before Chu Yao could open her mouth, the little friend Gu who had been playing with her noodles next to her yelled, "Auntie, I want to be a soldier when I grow up! My grandfather said that this is a good quality passed down from generation to generation! "

The two adults laughed involuntarily, and Yan Zhen couldn't help pinching the little guy's face: "You're a big kid."

Before the dumplings were cooked, the division commander Liu Xiangdong and the political commissar Gao Xiang walked in. These leaders are used to going to the grassroots to spend the New Year with the soldiers every year, which is so lively.

Gu Huaiyue also walked in after him, his eyes fell on Yan Zhen, and he smiled slightly.Yan Zhen lowered her head, and Chu Yao pushed her from behind, and she blushed and walked to his side.

"Is it cold?" He said, shaking her hand.Yan Zhen shook her head, but his hand was so cold that she clenched it subconsciously.

Liu Xiangdong bent down to play with Jiaming. The more he watched the kid, the more he liked it. He looked at the dough kneaded in the kid's hands: "Jiaming, what are you kneading? Uncle, how does it look like our Kuli?" Parked car?"

He was teasing him, the dough has been kneaded out of shape by him!But the kid took it seriously, and pouted his hands and pouted his mouth: "Uncle, this is a tank, not a car!"

Liu Xiangdong stared at that thing for a long time, and finally smiled heartily, and looked at Gu Huaiyue: "Your little guy is not funny."

The kid Gu Jiaming pouted and rubbed his lips in front of Chief Gu, his big sharp eyes swept back and forth between the two adults in front of him.The kid Gu Jiaming came back after staying at Xi Shaofeng's house for one night. He found it boring, because the two kids from Grandma Zhong's house were not on the same level as him at all, and they only knew how to read fairy tales all day long.When the kid was sent home, he felt something was wrong. He stood at the door with his schoolbag on his back, pointed at the lips of his father who opened the door for him, and asked, "Chief, why are you injured?"

Gu Huaiyue squinted at him, but he didn't sleep well that night and didn't have much deterrent effect, so he flicked his head with his fingers, and slipped him in by the collar of his back.After Gu Huaiyue had breakfast and went out to the office building, Yan Zhen immediately began to face severe organizational questions.At that time Yan Zhen was still in the midst of chaos, with walnut eyes swollen from crying, he didn't know what to say.Seeing her hesitating appearance, the child pursed his mouth: These two people must be tricky!
The kid continued to pout, and looked up at the two adults: "You don't play with me anymore, you, you bully the small; you, you ignore me!"

Yan Zhen lowered his head at his impassioned accusation, but a smile curled up at the corner of his mouth.Gu Huaiyue leaned down, patted his head, pinched the child's puffed bun face and said, "Who can ignore you, you're fifty watts bright."

The kid immediately glared at him, and the people present laughed happily when they heard the two men making jokes, but Yan Zhen turned his head and blushed.

After a while, the dumplings were served, and Liu Xiangdong and the others should leave too, and had to go to the canteens of the various units of the division headquarters.Before leaving, Yan Zhen grabbed Gu Huaiyue and told him, "Drink less."

"Understood." Gu Huaiyue smiled lightly and squeezed her hand, "Wait for me to go home."

Yan Zhen hummed with a blushing face, looked at his back, and was in a daze for a while, until the kid tugged at the corner of her clothes, she came back to her senses and ate dumplings with him.

After the New Year's Eve dinner, Yan Zhen dragged Gu Jiaming's little friend to call Gu Yuan and grandma. No matter which one they called, it was always lively, but it seemed that the two of them were lonely.Grandma told her on the other end of the phone: "It's New Year's Eve, everyone should be happy."

The old man heard from her that Gu Huaiyue was not at home on New Year's Eve, thought she was unhappy, and was planning to enlighten her.Yan Zhen smiled slightly, how could she be so fragile.But it would be endless to say this, so she could only obediently respond: "I know."

New Year's Eve is supposed to keep the year old, but the kid started yawning before ten o'clock: "Sleepy."

The little guy looked at Yan Zhen pitifully.Yan Zhen pinched his steamed bun face and smiled: "Didn't you say you're waiting for Dad?"

The little guy had tears in his eyes: "Sleepy!"

Well, seeing him like this, Yan Zhen deeply felt that it would be a heinous crime not to let him sleep.Anyway, he is also a little guy, so he doesn't have to keep his age.

The little guy was probably very sleepy. As soon as he got into the warm bed, he yawned a little and fell asleep.The little guy slept soundly, and he didn't forget to smack his lips in his sleep, probably because he dreamed of delicious food.

Yan Zhen just sat in front of the bed and looked at him quietly for a while, smoothed his short hair, covered him with a quilt, turned off the light and left.When he walked to the living room, Yan Zhen heard movement outside the door.She stopped and stood there listening for a while before she could hear the rustling of keys.

Should someone be back?She smiled slightly.But I haven't seen him open the door for a long time, must I drink too much?Yan Zhen paced over and opened the door to find out.

Sure enough, someone was holding a key with his head down, wondering which one could open the door of his house.The sudden warm light made him startled for a moment, he raised his head, saw the pretty woman standing opposite him, and smiled slightly.

Gu Huaiyue can drink a lot, but this is in the army. When it's the Chinese New Year's turn, who remembers your military rank, just one word - drink!Even Gu Huaiyue was given a lot of alcohol.Thinking of this, Chief of Staff Gu scolded in a low voice: "These bastards."

Yan Zhen raised his eyes and stared at him for a long time, then smiled involuntarily, and quickly pulled him in, not to let this man stand there.

After entering the house, she went to the kitchen to make a glass of honey water, and served it to him when the temperature was just right.Gu Huaiyue was reclining on the sofa with his eyes closed, when Yan Zhen handed him honey water, and he took it, took a sip, then lowered his head and played with the water glass.Yan Zhen sat down beside him and urged him to drink quickly.

He smiled, turned his head, and grabbed her hand: "I just remembered something."

"what's up?"

"I remember one time last year, Huaining and I went to a liquor store together. Huaining drank a lot. I drove him home. After I helped him in, Liang He immediately made a glass of honey water. You know What was I thinking at that time?" He stared at her and said slowly, "I was thinking, it's nice to have a wife."

Yan Zhen was stunned for a moment, and asked in a low voice: "You didn't ask He He to make you a drink, and you just drove back by yourself?"

"There is a driver to take it." He replied with a smile.

"That's not the point!"

Gu Huaiyue closed his eyes and leaned against the sofa pillow, his voice was a little tired: "Actually, once this person is put on the rack, he can't get off. It's not that he can't justify it with others, but he can't justify it with himself." In other words, a big man, how can he be ashamed? Show timidity to younger siblings.

Hearing what he said, Yan Zhen suddenly felt a slight pain in his heart from being pricked by a needle.

For a man like him, perhaps only when he was in a daze after drinking alcohol would he allow himself to show a little bit of fragility and think about things that he didn't dare to think about before.When I came back, I fell asleep and opened my eyes again. I saw another invulnerable person who has been tempered into steel.She even admired herself a little, because her unintentional words before made him lose control like that.But even so, she still felt a little distressed: "This is not allowed in the future."

Yan Zhen reprimanded him in a low voice, but she didn't expect the chief to be very cooperative. He held her hand tightly and responded.After a while, he sighed softly again: "Anyway, I am also a man with a wife."

Yan Zhen suddenly found out that it's good for him to be drunk, but when he's drunk, he won't be like a stand-up, he's indifferent to everything, and he can still find her well, not bad!She was enjoying herself, not noticing that his deep eyes had been staring at her, and when she found out, those eyes were already full of smiles.

"what happened?"

"It's nothing, I just found something in your hair." He pinched a small piece of duck down and handed it to her.Yan Zhen stretched out his hand to pick it up, but unexpectedly, the world turned upside down, she was carried into his arms by the sky, and before she could react, his kiss had already been suppressed.

It wasn't the first time he kissed her, but the first kiss was quite different from this one.There was a hot and suffocating feeling covering her whole body, which made her almost overwhelmed, and she hugged his neck in panic.

Gu Huaiyue parted her long hair, and the faint fragrance made him involuntarily deepen the kiss. For some reason, he suddenly wanted to kiss her, just kiss her once, but the kiss couldn't stop.His sanity was running low, and he didn't let go of her until her eyes were covered with a layer of water vapor, and pressed against her forehead to calm his breath.She was still a little nervous, and he could feel it.

"Go and rest."

Yan Zhen looked up at him immediately, but gasped slightly, unable to speak.He smiled, but it was a wry smile.

"You drank too much." After a long time, Yan Zhen mumbled.

"Well, I know." He said, that's why he was so impulsive, so hard to contain.

"But I'm not drunk," she said quickly, "so I know."

"Huh?" He raised his eyebrows and looked at her.

Yan Zhen almost buried her head in his arms: "I mean, yes, Huai Yue."

Gu Huaiyue was still in disbelief at first.But the increasingly suspicious blush on the face of the woman in his arms made him overjoyed, so he hugged her tightly and walked towards the bedroom.Yan Zhen buried her head in his arms, enjoying the tranquility and tenderness of this moment.

There are many ways for troops to celebrate Chinese New Year.

Not to mention the fighting between each company, the upper-level art troupe will send a small art team down to perform from time to time, and the leaders sometimes like to join in the fun, and go down to the grassroots to condolences to the officers and soldiers.In short, how lively it is.

In the morning, Yan Zhen was awakened by the sound of the trumpet.

Not long after the trumpet sounded, there was an uproar of human voices coming from the playground. Yan Zhen guessed which company was holding activities in the playground while getting dressed.

The door of the room was suddenly pushed open, and the little girl Gu Jiaming walked in from the living room with her hands behind her back, with a very serious expression on her face: "Mr. Yan, why are you sleeping late again! You are so unmotivated!"

Gu Xiaoling was very dissatisfied with her recent behavior of waking up late every day.But Yan Zhen blushed, and cleverly changed the subject: "Jia Ming, why is it so noisy outside?"

While taking out an apple and gnawing on it, the child said vaguely: "I heard from my dad that there is an event in the building in front. If I hadn't had to wait for you to eat, I would have gone to see the fun!" Wrinkled out a bun Face.

Yan Zhen felt a little guilty, and hurriedly got out of bed to cook, so as not to miss the important matter of the little commander.Gu Huaiyue was not at home, so she dragged herself to the dining table, only seeing a note left by Gu Huaiyue.A thin piece of paper is lined with his vigorous and powerful words: Today is on duty, you and Jia Ming get up and remember to have some breakfast.

She finished reading in silence, the corners of her mouth slightly curved.

Yan Zhen cooked the dumplings that had already been made, and greeted the children for breakfast: "Jia Ming, was it interesting to celebrate the New Year in the army?"

Gu Jiaming stuffed his mouth with shrimp dumplings: "It's boring!"

"why?"

"Dad doesn't have time to play with me." The child complained, "The only outing is to visit the grave, it's so boring!"

"Tomb sweeping?"

The little girl also realized that she had slipped her mouth, so she quickly covered her mouth, and she didn't forget to chew the dumplings in her mouth a few times. She was amused by him and said, "Okay, let's eat quickly."

The child obediently picked up another dumpling, but Yan Zhen stared at the exquisite dumpling on the plate and started to be in a daze.

For Lin Ke, it was completely impossible for her not to mind.It's just that she knows better that it is impossible to ask him to forget.It was a monument erected in his heart, even if it wasn't love, there were debts and regrets.

She wouldn't, couldn't ask him to do something like that.The only thing she can do is to stop herself from being so obsessed with it.An unbalanced mind makes it easy to be jealous, and she doesn't want to be jealous of a dead person, she wants to be happy.Thinking of this, Yan Zhen finally showed a smile.

In the army, leisure time is always luxurious and short.

A few days after the Spring Festival, with the release of the General Staff's instructions on the new year's military training, Division A resumed its daily training.Even Yan Zhen has a deep feeling for this kind of busyness in "normal times and wartime". Often in her sleep, she hears the whistle of emergency assembly, the sound of armored vehicles and tanks running over, and he gets up to get dressed. The slight sound of washing.Not only because of her light sleep, but also because most of the place was not warm after he left.

Chu Yao is a member of the old army, and she is not surprised by the busyness of these men: "Let me tell you, every time I come, the time that Lao Liu stays with me is not enough to make up a day!"

Yan Zhen was curious while supporting her with wool: "Don't Lao Liu go home to rest?"

"Hey, sleep like a dead pig, it's not bad if you can hear him snort after speaking ten words!"

After speaking, I heard a burst of laughter coming from the door, followed by Old Liu's characteristic loud voice: "I said, is this a group to criticize me? I don't want to do the revolutionary cause."

Chu Yao glared at him: "You came back early today?"

Old Liu smiled: "If you don't come back, you have to take my life first."

Seeing that the two finally had time to talk, Yan Zhen got up to say goodbye, and before he reached the entrance of the corridor, he saw Gu Huaiyue approaching him.Gu Huaiyue was wearing a training uniform, and his whole body seemed to smell like gunpowder smoke, as if he just came back from the battlefield, not the training ground.He took off his hat and fiddled with his hair as he walked, looking a little careless.When they raised their heads and met their eyes, they were startled.

In the end, Yan Zhen couldn't hold back, and burst out laughing.With the beginning of training, she saw less time for him. Today, she finally had a chance, but she didn't expect someone to appear on the screen with such a handsome appearance.Gu Huaiyue was a little embarrassed by her smile, and stretched out his hand to scratch her nose: "Don't laugh."

"Yes!" She blinked, but her smile became even wider. Gu Huaiyue had no choice but to narrow her eyes, but the corners of her mouth curled up unconsciously.

When I got home, the child was lying on the table copying idioms.Don't ask, I must have made a mistake.But the difference is that this time the one who punished him was Teacher Yan who always protected his shortcomings.

This morning Yan Zhen took him to pay New Year's greetings to Xi Shaofeng and Zhong Liying, and it happened that those two children were also there.Yan Zhen asked Jia Ming to play with the two of them, but after a while, he provoked him to cry, asked the reason, and said that the kid had taken a fancy to his gun and wanted to play with it, but Gu Xiaoling said Life or death do not give!

"My dad said that a soldier who can't take good care of his weapons is not a good soldier, and he can't even be a soldier. How can I be a general!"

As soon as the words were finished, Xi Shaofeng, who was reading the newspaper in the living room, burst out laughing, and praised the kid for his ambition.Zhong Liying and the mothers of the two children said that it was fine, but Gu Jiaming bullied the other children after all, so Yan Zhen couldn't be bothered, so he said on the spot that he would go back and punish him for copying idioms.Unexpectedly, as soon as he entered the house, the kid turned his buttocks and lay on the table, and he really started copying!
Gu Huaiyue squinted at him, and after hearing the reason, he said, "You should be punished."

The child was very angry at the chief's behavior of "applying and indulging" Teacher Yan, turned around, and vigorously scratched out the next idiom on the paper-"Wolf is a traitor".

Feeling rustic all over, Gu Huaiyue took a shower before dinner was ready.

Before today's training, Liu Xiangdong called the army to listen to what the military commissar Jia said. This time, the army still has quite a disagreement on which division to participate in the exercise after the year. After all, the army wants to be on the exercise ground. He is not the only one who has emerged, and he is not the only one who is capable.Liu Xiangdong naturally understood, and hung up the phone very worried.

Gu Huaiyue comforted him, even if they did not prepare for the exercise, the training of the troops could not be left behind, and they all knew in their hearts what Shen Mengchuan was up to.

"You really think so?" Liu Xiangdong teased him, "Huaiyue, to be honest, I have nothing to hope for. I'm a big bastard, and the green smoke on the ancestral grave has blessed me to this point. But you are different, you You're still young, deputy division chief of staff, don't you want to go any further?"

"It's a lie to say that I don't want to." Gu Huaiyue put down his pen and sat on the swivel chair thoughtfully, "But Lao Liu, you also know the relationship between me and Shen Mengchuan. As long as we are in the same territory, we have to fight tit for tat."

Lao Liu expressed his understanding of this, who can be convinced in a place where great people gather?
"That's why I think this is a good opportunity."

Gu Huaiyue pondered slightly: "That's true, but this opportunity may be more important to Shen Mengchuan. I don't want to be unable to find a comparable opponent when the needle tip faces Maimang in the future."

After saying this, Lao Liu really admired him.Needless to say, this person is sometimes so proud of himself!

When Gu Huaiyue came out of the battle bath, Yan Zhen had already served the rice, and by the way, fried the children's favorite soft-boiled eggs.Gu Xiaoling was hungry all afternoon, and he forgot all his hatred and hatred when he saw what he was eating.Even his father couldn't stand this dish, and flicked his head.

After finishing the meal, Yan Zhen suddenly thought of a question when he was seated.Jia Ming is about to start school in a few days, and he hasn't mentioned going to visit Lin Ke's grave yet. Is it because he cares about her?
Thinking of this, Yan Zhen put down his chopsticks and asked tentatively, "Huai Yue, aren't you going to visit the grave this year?"

Gu Huaiyue paused with the chopsticks in his hand, and looked at her in surprise.Yan Zhen tried his best to put on a standard smile: "I heard from Jia Ming that you all go to visit Lin Ke's grave every year. This year, aren't you going?"

"Go." After a long time, Gu Huaiyue said.

Yan Zhen hummed, lowered his head to eat, and the meal was tasteless.When she was washing the dishes, she was very depressed. She had already thought about it, but after hearing what he said, she still struggled and struggled. It was too useless!Thinking of this, her hands suddenly became empty, and someone picked up the dishes she was washing.Yan Zhen was startled, turned his head to see Gu Huaiyue, and immediately felt relieved: "You surprised me, I thought I dropped the bowl."

He smiled and listened to her reproach: "That's because you think too seriously."

Yan Zhen, who was poked at the center of the matter, remained silent. For a while, he could only hear the sound of rushing water. After a while, Gu Huaiyue broke the silence: "Don't think about it, let's go together."

"Huh?" This time it was her turn to be surprised.

He washed his hands, wiped them dry, and put his arms around her shoulders: "I don't want you to have troubles, so let's go together." He didn't want her to think about things at home when he took Jia Ming to visit Lin Ke's grave Xi, she doesn't like to think wildly, which makes her feel unhappy, so he won't let her think about it, and he will help her untie this knot with his own hands.The so-called untie the bell must tie the bell, he understands.

Yan Zhen was slightly moved, with a faint smile on his face: "Okay."

On Saturday, Gu Huaiyue found time to take Yan Zhen and the children to Jingshan.

Lin Ke's tomb is in a cemetery in Jingshan Mountain. Because of the heavy snowfall, it was difficult to drive up to the foot of Jingshan Mountain.So Gu Huaiyue simply parked the car below and walked all the way up.

Yan Zhen has never been to Jingshan, and now looking at the snowy scenery all over the mountain, apart from being slightly colder, he feels extraordinarily peaceful in his heart.

Yan Zhen knew very little about Lin Ke.

At the time when the certificate was obtained in such a hurry, it can be said that she hardly thought of this person.After marriage, perhaps because of deliberately avoiding the taboo, members of the Gu family never mentioned Lin Ke in front of her.So let alone understand, she has never seen a single photo.

Later, the words of a child reminded her that besides herself, there was another person in this world who had an intimate relationship with the man around her.

Thinking of this, she subconsciously looked at Gu Huaiyue, just as he turned his head and smiled at her: "Here we are."

There are only three rows of tombstones.Lin Ke is buried here.

Yan Zhen took a deep breath, followed behind Gu Huaiyue, and walked slowly inside.

In fact, on the way here, Yan Zhen had imagined Lin Ke's appearance in his mind.Because Gu Huaiyue said that she is a little princess who is loved by others, so in her mind, she should be the kind of sunny and youthful, even if she smiles arrogantly, she will not be annoying, just like Shen Mengjiao.With a good background and a good family background, she is destined to be the darling of everyone.

But when you see it, you will feel different.

Yan Zhen stood still in front of Lin Ke's tombstone, looking at the photo embedded on the tombstone, he was surprised for a moment.Because she has an indelible sadness in the photo, which is so clear that she can hardly pretend not to see it.But soon she was relieved again. In fact, even though God gave Lin Ke so much, she was still a poor person, because what she wanted most never belonged to her.

At this moment, Yan Zhen suddenly thought of herself. When she was young, she was still riding on her father's shoulder and smiling like a little fool, but in a blink of an eye, she was holding a framed photo. Grandma said that it was called a posthumous photo.Only after the person has passed away can the photos be called posthumous photos.

It seems that there is never a shortage of things that can turn your world upside down in this world, the important thing is whether you can bear it.She was carrying it alone, but what about this woman?She found the smartest and dumbest person to accompany her.This made her both unhappy and a little envious.

Gu Huaiyue stood upright in front of the tombstone, and silently looked at the photo on the tombstone. In the photo, her eyes were as calm as water, with a faint smile and deep sadness.In fact, she looks good when she smiles, but she doesn't smile often when facing him.He knew that she often saw another person through him, because the eyes she looked at him were empty and distant, as if they had been hollowed out, and neither pair of eyes showed any expression.

He actually didn't understand, he spent his youth in pride, he didn't understand why she would look at another person through him, his pride was challenged.It wasn't until a long time later that he realized that they all loved her, but because of different people, the meaning of love was different.

He is indeed different from Huaining.Huaining's greatest love for her is to let her go and leave without giving her any hope if she doesn't love her.And the way he loves her is to marry her, love her and pet her, let her live happily as before, until one day she tells herself that it is not love.This made him laugh and cry, and at the same time made him confused.

"Father!" The clear voice of the child brought back the minds of both of them at the same time.Gu Huaiyue turned around, touched his head, and took the lily in his hand.Glancing at Yan Zhen again, the two smiled at each other, he turned around and bent over to put the flower on the ground.

After getting up, there was another standard military salute.

After finishing all this, he turned to look at Yan Zhen and Gu Jiaming, and said, "Let's go."

Yan Zhen looked at him and smiled faintly: "Okay."

The way back was easier than when we came, and the little girl Gu Jiaming walked ahead cheerfully, turning her head and waving to them from time to time.A child's sorrow is always short-lived, and when he leaves, his face clears up.Gu Huaiyue looked at his back, smiled, and said, "Yan Zhen, sometimes I wonder if it's not good to bring Jia Ming here every year."

Yan Zhen was a little surprised when he heard his words: "Why?"

"I've always been very glad that Jia Ming was a lively and cheerful child. He didn't have any memory of his mother's death, so he didn't feel sad. But I always remind him of this, will it be bad for him? "

He turned his head to look at her, asking for her opinion.But Yan Zhen looked at him quietly without speaking.Gu Huai understood that it was his own question that made things difficult for her, so he stopped asking and held her hand hidden in his pocket. The warm feeling made him squeeze tightly: "Got it, it won't happen in the future." .”

Yan Zhen didn't expect him to come up with the answer so quickly, so he tugged at his hand and said, "Actually, a more democratic way is to ask the children for their opinions before coming here."

He smiled softly: "After Lin Ke was cremated, my family asked me where I was buried, and said that a cemetery had been selected. But later I brought her here. I thought, it's better not to let her feel It's good to be lonely. Later, I often brought Jiaming to see her, the little guy was not so obedient when he was very young, crying and complaining that he didn't want to." He walked over an uneven step, and stretched out his hand in front of her to help her. She came over: "Now I understand that it's actually not his fault, but mine. Any feelings, including longing, should not be forced."

This was a question he had just thought about while standing in front of the tombstone.

It may be because love is the biggest mystery, especially for his professional soldier logic who is used to thinking in a straight line, so he is still looking for the answer.It's just that he suddenly wants to relax a little bit, for others and himself.

Yan Zhen was stunned because of his series of words, until he could clearly see his outstretched hand and face with a peaceful smile.For a moment, she seemed to be infected by his emotions, and slowly handed him her hand with relief.

It's been a few days since I came back from the cemetery, but little Gu has been immersed in listless emotions.Chu Yao looked at his puffed up face, couldn't help poking him, seeing that he didn't respond, she smiled and asked Yan Zhen: "What's the matter with this little guy?"

Yan Zhen was busy packing his clothes, took time to look at the little guy, and smiled: "School will start soon, I haven't finished my homework, and I'm worried."

"I can't see it all." Chu Yao continued to tease the little guy, "It's probably because I'm going home soon, and I have to be separated from my father again, sad, isn't it?"

The child was poked at the sore spot, flattened his mouth, and lay aside again.Yan Zhen looked at him and shook his head with a faint smile.

Chu Yao silently watched Yan Zhen tidy up for a while, and then said: "Yan Zhen, if you ask me, the conditions in Huaiyue are already enough, why do you still live in two places like this? Although the conditions here are not good, But City B is still better than City C. And the resettlement policy for the family members of the troops is there, so it’s not a problem to resettle you.”

"We haven't thought about it that much."

Chu Yao laughed: "This little guy is too old to think about it, it's time to think about it!"

When Yan Zhen heard the words, he smiled lightly, but his thoughts gradually drifted away.Yeah, it's time to think about it.Whether it's going to City B with the army, or Gu Huaiyue being transferred back, the most important thing is that the family can stay together.

"What do you think?"

Suddenly a hand reached out to her face and picked up her suitcase. Yan Zhen was taken aback. She recovered her senses and glared at the silent person: "Where is sister-in-law, why are you here?"

"Sister-in-law brought Jiaming downstairs." Gu Huaiyue glanced at her with a smile in his eyes, "I'm so stupid in a daze."

Being teased, Yan Zhen blushed slightly, raised her head and glared at him again, but he stretched out his arms and said, "Let's go, I'll go downstairs with you."

"Ah."

Today is the day they return to City C. It has been snowing in City B some time ago, but today's weather is surprisingly good, the sun is so bright that people can't keep their eyes open.When Yan Zhen came downstairs, he saw the little guy standing beside Chu Yao, with a very pitiful expression on his aggrieved expression.But there is no way, even if you decide to go to City B with the army, you still have to go home this time, so Yan Zhen pretended to be relaxed and smiled, leaned over and rubbed the little boy's head, and said: "It's okay, let's come back next year. "

After the [-]th day of the first lunar month, the training of the troops began in full swing, but Gu Huaiyue took time to drive them to the airport in person.The plane at eleven o'clock in the morning is only nine o'clock now, so there is plenty of time, so he slowed down the speed of the car.

Yan Zhen sat in the passenger seat, occasionally looking at him from the corner of his eye.Gu Huaiyue has another meeting this afternoon, which is about the army's next year's combat readiness training plan.Yan Zhen also said that they can leave by themselves so that he doesn't have to send them off, but Gu Huaiyue is very persistent on this point.

She understood his thoughts, he was afraid that they would feel wronged, but Yan Zhen didn't want to and would not complain, because she knew that he was both her husband and a soldier.She is also getting used to being a soldier's wife, getting used to such a peaceful parting scene.

The car slid steadily into the parking lot. Gu Huaiyue took out all the luggage from the trunk, and when he turned around, he saw Yan Zhen and Xiao Huanzhao, both wearing identical scarves and gloves, standing quietly behind him.He suddenly realized that this farewell was different from the past, because it was the first time he had sent off his wife and children.

Gu Huaiyue was silent for a moment, rubbed Jia Ming's head, and said, "Let's go."

After queuing up and changing the boarding pass, the three of them stood in the waiting hall.Gu Huaiyue lowered his head and told Gu Xiaofriend to listen to Yan Zhen's words on the plane, but the child nodded his head lazily.The more Gu Huai looked at his appearance, the more forceful the chestnuts falling on his little head became softer.This little guy has grown up so much, what he dislikes the most is parting.He looked up at Yan Zhen and handed her the plane ticket.

Yan Zhen took it, looked down at his watch, and said to him: "If you are busy, go first, I will take him home safely."

Gu Huaiyue smiled, and raised the brim of his hat: "Remember to call when you get home."

"Ah."

Yan Zhen nodded, trying to squeeze out a smile.

And he just helped her by the shoulder, wanted to say something, but swallowed it back: "Then I'll go first." It takes at least an hour to go back to the division from here, and it's time to have a meeting after going back to eat , he is really busy.He hugged the little friend, and hugged her too. He didn't control the strength well enough and it was short. Before she could feel the warmth of this hug, he had already turned and left.

Looking at his back, the child couldn't help muttering: "Why do you feel that the chief is a little different today?"

After hearing this sentence, Yan Zhen suddenly felt that someone had grabbed his heart, and it hurt.She smiled, grabbed the child with one hand and prepared to check in for the plane with the other, and tried hard to control herself not to look behind or follow his back.It wasn't long before she turned her head uncontrollably and saw him standing not far away, watching them go.

Seeing her looking over, Gu Huaiyue smiled, raised his right hand, and slowly gave a military salute.That was the highest respect a soldier could express, and he gave her.But Yan Zhen quickly turned his head away, and tears fell like rain in an instant.

(End of this chapter)