“Ye girl.” When Ye Jian finally walked to the bed, Political Commissar Yan stroked her hair lightly, and said earnestly: “You mustn’t forget what Old Gen had taught you.”
“Strong and brave. This is the first lesson Old Gen taught you. You have to keep it in your heart all the time. No matter what you face, you must be strong and brave, you understand?”
Hearing his advice, Ye Jian’s lips trembled slightly, tears reached the corner of her eyes, but she held them back once more. The teardrops popped out when she nodded her head, “I understand, don’t worry.”
She was obviously very heartbroken now, and yet she still reassured the people that cared for her, telling them that she was fine.
Xia Jinyuan’s Little Fox’s innocent heart made him feel sad too.
Sitting down, Ye Jian held Old Uncle Gen’s thin right hand and lowered her head, letting tears flow down her face.
The ward was very quiet, everyone’s breathing was soft and inaudible. After speaking softly, they stood aside, quietly watching the old man, who was fast asleep, his chest was only slightly undulating. They were afraid to make too much movement for fear that they might wake him up.
In fact, everyone knew that he was not in a light sleep but a lethargic sleep.
Regiment Commander Liu made a phone gesture and quietly left the ward. He wanted to call Principal Chen, who had gone back to change his clothes.
It takes six hours to drive 60 yards per hour from Anyang to the town. But these two only took three hours. The two of them had moved on the inter-provincial highway as if they were driving on a highway. Ye Jian arrived at 12:30 a.m. …
“I’ll go with you.” Political Commissar Yan said lightly, then he said to Xia Jinyuan: “Major, stand with us outside.”
Give some space for Ye Jian. She must be too sad now.
Xia Jinyuan had the same thought as well, so he nodded lightly, and then went out with Regiment Commander Liu and Political Commissar Yan.
Political Commissar Yan sighed, his sad voice was hard to hide, as he spoke softly: “We’ll leave it to you to take care of Ye girl. Uncle Gen’s funeral affairs will be handed over to the army. Please help us take care of Ye girl.”
“Why didn’t you send him to the Provincial Hospital? The doctor there has no way to treat him?” Xia Jinyuan spoke while continually turning his head back to the ward, for fear that Ye Jian could hear him speak. His voice became softer as he continued, “How can we keep him here in the town?”
“Old uncle has not been in good health for the past six months. During Chinese New Year, we actually hid from Ye girl and stayed in the Provincial Hospital for more than 20 days. At the end of May, we stayed in Anyang for more than 10 days. Old Uncle Gen told us not to tell Jian girl.”
“This time he suddenly fainted. We used a helicopter to send him to the city…. We have no choice. The old man’s life has entered a countdown. Before that, he has strictly ordered us not to disturb Ye girl’s training. He woke up at around nine p.m. last night for about fifteen minutes. He told us that he wants Ye Jian to take a return in a big ship after her training is over.”
“Old Uncle said that he wanted to see Ye girl, said he wanted to talk to her, and he also said he wanted to see her in her military uniform and pay him a military salute.”
As Political Commissar Yan spoke, the corners of his eyes became red, “…Old Chen immediately contacted Major General Yang of the Army. At 9:30 p.m. we knew that Ye girl’s training was really over, and you went to pick her up.”
“Unexpectedly, the dream that the old uncle had… turned out to be true. Ye girl really finished her navy training and returned home in a big ship.”
He cared too much; that’s why he has such a dream.
