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Chang Yin had a headache; he knew that as soon as he returned, his mother would definitely remember this matter. This was also one of the reasons why he had been unwilling to come back all these years.

"Mom, I'm not in a hurry. I'm quite busy in the army right now, and I really don't want to look for a job."

Feng Guiping rolled her eyes at him. "You really don't have a clear understanding of yourself. Do you even know how old you are? 25. It's almost September now, you'll be 26 soon."

Look around, how many people your age in this entire military compound are still unmarried? Your childhood friends all have kids old enough to run errands. You're the only one still single.

Chang Yin felt her temples throbbing. "Mom, when did Song Jiannan get married? How come I didn't know? His kids are old enough to run errands already?"

Feng Guiping gripped the shovel tightly. This brat, of all people to compare himself to, he had to compare himself to that kid from the Song family. They've both become the biggest headaches in this compound; don't they know that?

Feng Guiping ignored Chang Yin, but she had already made up her mind. After dinner, she would quickly visit a few families to ask if they had any good girls and arrange a match for her son.

He's so old and still not married; people might think there's something wrong with him.

When Chang's father, Chang Jianguo, and grandfather, Chang Xingbang, entered the house, Chang Yin was serving rice. She put down her bowl, stood up, and called out, "Grandpa, Dad, you're back."

The two looked at Chang Yin. "Yes, you're back."

The others nodded in acknowledgment, and the two went inside to wash their hands and faces.

After the meal, Chang Yin was called directly into the study by her grandfather.

"How are you feeling?" Grandpa Chang asked first.

Often hidden...

If Grandpa hadn't asked, he seemed to have forgotten about it for a long time. "It's nothing, I'm all better now."

"All healed?" Grandpa Chang looked at Chang Yin with a puzzled expression.

Chang Yin himself felt strange, but he really hadn't had nightmares for a long time.

“Yes, Grandpa, I haven’t had those dreams in a long time.”

Grandpa Chang looked at him with suspicion, "Didn't you continue with psychological counseling? You just recovered on your own?"

Chang Yin frowned and pondered for a moment, as if he hadn't dreamed in a long time. To be precise, since meeting Tang Yue, his workload had increased dramatically every day, and he also had to deal with unexpected situations that Tang Yue created from time to time. He seemed to have no time to think too much.

Seeing that his grandson seemed to be telling the truth, Grandpa Chang was relieved.

"Was your return trip smooth?"

As Chang Yin thought about what had happened along the way, a slight smile appeared on his usually stern lips. If it weren't for the little girl, they might not have been able to get out of the Qinling Mountains so smoothly.

"Yes, everything is fine."

Grandpa Chang hadn't missed the slight upturn of Chang Yin's lips just now. However, since his grandson had his own thoughts, he didn't press him for details.

When are you leaving?

"It's not certain yet, I should wait a few days. But I can't stay home for too long."

Chang Xingbang looked up. "Is there anything else?"

Chang Yin couldn't tell his grandfather about Tang Yue, and he couldn't even directly talk about his current cultivation.

"Yes, the military should still have other arrangements."

The two military regions are different, and outsiders generally don't interfere in matters within the military. Grandpa Chang nodded.

Chang Yin then asked, "Grandpa, what's the situation in Panyun County right now?"

Grandpa Chang sighed as he mentioned this, "Fortunately, you discovered the problem when you passed by, otherwise, who knows how long the people there would have been exploited."

Chang Yin and his men already knew about the situation in Panyun County when they interrogated those people. However, after Grandpa Chang finished explaining the situation there, Chang Yin felt an overwhelming surge of anger. At the same time, he felt powerless; when would this ever end?

Grandpa Chang raised an eyebrow, sensing the murderous aura emanating from his grandson. "What? Are you wavering?"

Chang Yin shook his head. Protecting China and hoping for its rise to power was his lifelong wish, and he would never abandon his beliefs. He was just somewhat powerless to do so.

"Darkness will always pass, and dawn will always come."

Chang Yin nodded. He understood what his grandfather meant, but when would dawn arrive?

"Grandpa, have you found out anything about those three children?"

Grandpa Chang was also somewhat angry when this was mentioned, "We found out. The three of them are indeed Qin Diao's grandsons. The Qin family is a prominent family in the Northwest. During the War of Resistance Against Japan, the Qin family donated a lot of money and supplies, and they were involved in every battle in the Northwest."

Many of the Qin family's sons also perished in battles against the enemy during that time. The Qin family has an ancestral precept: when the nation is in peril, the Qin family must step forward.

Hearing these ancestral precepts, Chang Yin felt his blood boil. Grandpa Chang didn't finish speaking, "Later, when the war ended, very few men remained in the Qin family. They were used to the battlefield and didn't want to continue running the family business."

The family business was directly handed over to Qin Diao, who was about to get married. Qin Diao married with the family business, which also served as a form of marriage proposal, since all the male members of the Qin family had later died in battle.

In previous years, the Qin family was labeled as capitalists. Panyun County was the Qin family's ancestral home, and after the Qin family declined, they moved back to their ancestral residence. However, those Red Army soldiers and the county magistrate never believed that the Qin family was penniless.

They devised all sorts of ways to exploit the Qin family, tearing them to pieces. Qin Diao's three sons were all killed by Hongbing, and his eldest and second sons' wives were also gone.

Finally, they threatened Qin Diao with the three children from the first and second wives, saying that if she didn't hand over all of the Qin family's assets, they would kill the three children.

Having no other choice, Qin Diao sent his three children into the Qinling Mountains.

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