“Don’t put your sadness in your heart. You have me. I am just standing right in front of you.” Xia Jinyuan was a bad kisser, but he knew that their lips must be red now, and there must be some pain feeling from the kiss. He spoke slowly: “Don’t cry alone. My shoulders, my arms, and me, we are all here. You can rely on me.”
“I’m here. You just need to look up to see me. Just call me and I will immediately answer you.” Shrinking into a corner and crying quietly alone, as if she had been abandoned by everyone. That sight made him feel very, very painful.
“I can understand your hard work and your joy. Similarly, I also want to understand your sorrow. You have me here, you don’t have to suppress your sorrow and cry alone, don’t be afraid to show me your sorrow.”
“Who am I? I am your boyfriend. I will be your support for the rest of your life, and I will even more be your comrade-in-arms who will fight side by side with you. Little fox, remember this, I will always be your support, forever.”
Ye Jian, who had been looking up at him, blinked twice. Tears dripped from her eyes. He felt sorry for her again.
“Xia Jinyuan…” She whispered softly, slowly wrapping his waist and burying her head in his arms. The tears that she had finally managed to hold in came rolling out again, wetting his shirt.
Last time in Shui Kou Village, she saw Old Uncle Gen’s increasingly slumped back, and his hands were so thin and bulging. Listening to his suppressed cough, she was already a little worried at that time, but she held on to her hope, thinking that he would be fine.
However, hope was not with her this time. If anything happened, all those self-righteous words would just become a joke.
“I thought he would be fine. I thought we still had a lot of time. I thought Grandpa Gen could continue to accompany me, and I can continue to accompany him. Every holiday, I didn’t go back, and I didn’t stay long enough to accompany him.”
“Now I want to accompany him, Captain Xia. I really want to accompany him.” She spoke intermittently; every word from her was as if it contained blood beads. She wept until the surrounding air was stained with sadness.
Xia Jinyuan only dared to hug her waist as he quietly listened to her crying. He occasionally raised his hand to caress her back gently, smoothing her rapid breathing, or lowered his head to kiss her head, quietly giving her support.
Listening to her crying, his deep and gloomy eyes showed the warmest and softest gaze as he stared at the girl in his arms, “Let’s go back to accompany Old Uncle Gen. Don’t worry. Let’s go back now.”
“Old Uncle Gen will not blame you. He will only feel relieved, seeing that the child he raised had finally grown up and become a soldier who can defend her family and our country. Uncle Gen will be proud.”
“His biggest wish is to watch you walk towards the barracks and pick up a steel gun. And you did it! You see, you’ve become a student in the military academy. In a few days time, you will have your own uniform. You’ve made Uncle Gen’s wishes come true.”
Yeah, Old Uncle Gen, who dedicated his life to the army, will only be proud of her. The cowardly child, who once made him feel hopeless, had become sensible. She had stood up and become a special soldier who could defend her country and fight on the front line.
He is very happy, really, very happy.
At this moment, Old Uncle Gen, with a breathing tube stuffed in his nostrils, smiled slightly. He lay quietly on the bed with his wise eyes closed. His face had become pale. If it weren’t for the slight ups and downs of his chest and the instrument that monitored his heartbeat, displaying a wavy line, one would think that the old man had passed away.
