Looking at Song Yan's rounded earlobe, Wei Aiguo couldn't resist giving it a kiss. After the first kiss, he couldn't help but give it a second.

Especially since Wei Aiguo's body was already aroused. He was still holding Song Yan so tightly... Song Yan's face and neck turned pink from shyness, which made her even more alluring.

Wei Aiguo once again realized how deadly the docile Song Yan could be! He wanted her…

But at the last moment, he held back. Wei Aiguo ran to another bed and looked up at the ceiling. "I asked Lao Han, and he said you're too weak to have children so early. I said I'll keep my word when you grow up."

She was somewhat disappointed when Wei Aiguo suddenly let go of her. But his last words made Song Yan happy again.

"Are you sure? How old will you be by then? You're 21 this year, next year..." Wei Aiguo is about the same age, and his kids are already running around.

"I'm not that old, I'll only be 21 after tomorrow." Tomorrow is New Year's Day, and I'll be a year older in the new year.

"You're talking nonsense. You're 22 years old by Chinese reckoning and 21 by Western reckoning. Tomorrow is the new year, and you'll be a year older. You'll be 22 years old."

“No, I’ll only be 21 tomorrow,” Wei Aiguo said confidently.

Song Yan laughed: "People get older as they get older, but you're getting younger and younger."

“The age limit for joining the army is 20 years old. If that’s the case, I can’t join the army either!” Wei Aiguo said.

"It's Wu Changsheng's doing again! I'm underage, so he raises my age; you're overage, so he lowers it." Song Yan leaned forward in surprise. "He's really getting better and better at it!"

Wei Aiguo turned around at Song Yan's sudden exclamation. Song Yan's outstretched body offered no cover, and Wei Aiguo saw a vast expanse of white. Startled, Wei Aiguo turned away again. "Put your clothes back on!"

Song Yan was speechless. Who stripped her naked?

…

In the morning, Song Yan realized that he hadn't told Xiao Xiao's family that he was leaving. He wondered if Xiao Xiao's family wanted to bring him anything.

Just then, Mr. and Mrs. Song arrived. "Mom, I forgot to tell Xiaoxiao's family I was leaving..."

"I told you, this is a letter for Xiaoxiao!" Song Ma said lovingly, holding Song Yan's hand.

Song's father borrowed a bicycle and pushed Song Yan's things, saying with concern, "You have so much stuff, how are you going to carry it all after you get off the train?" Song's father's honest and simple face was full of worry.

Song Yan's second aunt's husband brought her some food to eat on the way.

Song Yan's train was at 9 o'clock, while the comrades in the army had to take the 11 o'clock train. Wei Aiguo still had time to see his wife off. Shi Quan even specially arranged a car to take them to the station, and Song's father simply left his bicycle at the police station…

At the train station, everyone was reluctant to part with Song Yan. Song Yan waved goodbye nonchalantly, for life is full of gatherings and separations.

Song Yan wasn't that sad; as long as you were all doing well, that was enough...

In his mud-brick house in the countryside, Cao Zhang slowly sipped his tea. Gangzi returned from gathering news, "The police have raided all the old gangs in the city. I heard some of them had a lot of drugs; they'll probably get a lot of sentences. Apparently, they found Chu Shaowei's body..."

Cao Zhang knew that Chu Shaowei was in trouble, so Gangzi could come back.

Cao Zhang put down his tea. "Chu Shaowei is such a scoundrel. He'll get what's coming to him sooner or later."

"We all evacuated, and everyone's fine. Bro, there was a city-wide search the day before yesterday. I think they arrested some people too."

Those who had been squatting by the stove, warming their hands, were still a little shaken. If their boss hadn't ordered everyone to evacuate, they would have been caught too. Everyone thought their boss had been incredibly prescient. Only Cao Zhang's two trusted confidants knew why their boss had ordered everyone to hide.