Military region guesthouse.

After receiving the call, Zhou Wen readily agreed and turned to go upstairs, humming a little tune as he went, intending to tell the two of them the good news.

But when he entered the house, he found it empty.

We didn't see the two elders anywhere.

He called out for a long time, and just as he was about to go downstairs to look for it, he inadvertently caught a glimpse of a tiny arrow under the windowsill.

Zhou Wen was shocked for a moment, then searched the room and, sure enough, found a small cloth-wrapped purse at the foot of the bed.

He opened the small pouch, inside which was written a sentence: Please give this to my daughter-in-law, please.

Inside was a deposit slip and a bunch of small bills.

Zhou Wen's eyes widened.

He muttered a curse under his breath, then rushed out of the building, running all the way to the guard at the main gate, and asked, "Have you seen an elderly couple...?"

After asking, the soldier respectfully replied, "I saw it. The old comrade said that you should give everything in the house to his daughter-in-law. They have gone back to the countryside. Don't look for it anymore."

Zhou Wen was stunned.

He was just going downstairs to do something for Yan Lin, and in the blink of an eye, the person he had just met had already gone back to his hometown.

When he returned to the house, he saw ten bundles neatly piled on the floor, and he felt a pang of sadness.

Although I didn't know what had happened, a wave of sadness washed over me.

He hurriedly called the regimental commander.

Yan Song was completely stunned when he received the news.

"What's wrong, Commander? When will Uncle Airplane arrive?" Xiao Dingdang asked with a smile.

“Yes, yes, the military recruitment site is very close, just a few minutes’ drive away,” said Liu Jianzhong.

The young men all turned their gazes toward Yan Song.

Yan Song hung up the phone.

He said coldly, "We won't see them again this time. Commander Yan has taken his wife back to the countryside and told us not to look for them, that we won't see them."

"What?"

Why?

"What's going on? Didn't we agree before that they would go back to their hometown after Brother Yan's wedding?"

Yan Song had said this to Yan Zhouzhen before, and the old man had agreed.

It was so sudden and unexpected.

Yan Song felt not only humiliated, but also a little bit like wildfire running rampant.

"Yan Lin, what exactly happened?" He glanced at Yan Lin and couldn't help but ask.

It was his oversight.

I should have gone to pick her up myself earlier. I was just thinking of having Yan Lin take Xu Manzhi to see the old man first. I didn't expect things to happen so suddenly, and I had to "drive" her away.

Yan Lin looked completely calm.

He calmly replied, "It's nothing. If I want to leave, I can leave. Anyway, I'm an adult, and getting married is my own business. I can handle it myself."

Xu Manzhi suddenly stood up and said, "How about this, let's go look for it. It can't have gone far, and we might find it in no time."

She's good at finding people.

From the first time she met Yan Zhouzhen and Wang Cuier, she vaguely remembered their presence and could distinguish them by simply walking along the possible routes.

These are basic abilities for post-apocalyptic survivors.

"No need. They have legs; if they want to leave, we can't stop them. What else is there to say?" Yan Lin said calmly, not caring at all.

"you--"

Yan Song suddenly got a little angry.

He knew the inside story and didn't blame Yan Lin, but now so many people were coming for Yan Zhouzhen, so he didn't need to be so stubborn and embarrass everyone. How could he pave the way for his military career in the future?

They disregarded the consequences in the slightest.

His personality is exactly the same as the regimental commander back then.

"Commander—"

At this moment, Zhou Wen drove his car into the yard, opened the trunk, and started taking things out one bag after another, piling them all over the ground.

He accidentally unwrapped one of the cloth bundles, revealing taro, potatoes, and yams still covered in fresh soil...

"Oops, it's gone."

Zhou Wen went to chase after the potatoes.

They looked somewhat comical, but everyone present exchanged glances without laughing out loud; they only felt a pang of sadness in their hearts.

Carrying such heavy local specialties from so far away must be incredibly heavy.

Yan Lin turned his head away.

He remained silent, finding the dinner party utterly tasteless, as if it had become a judgment of him by everyone, and his eyes instantly dimmed.

"Brother Yan, this is what the old man asked me to give to Comrade Manzhi. You can't say no." Zhou Wen took out a small cloth bag from his inner pocket and handed it to Xu Manzhi.

This time, Xu Manzhi accepted it without hesitation.

She raised the cloth bag and said crisply, "I understand. When I marry Yan Lin, I will definitely go to pick them up and bring them to the city myself. The old folks are not used to staying in guesthouses and do not want to be a burden on their son. I understand."

A single sentence resolved Yan Lin's predicament.

He looked up, his eyes slightly moist.

It's not that he's heartless.

Memories flooded back; his parents were always either beating him or chasing him away and cursing him, never speaking kindly to him. When faced with their attempts to be kind, he felt not gratitude, but rather an uncontrollable urge to vomit.

This was not something he wanted.

But before he could speak, before he could suppress his emotions, his body moved first.

He can't turn a steel bar into soft mud.

Not only with the elderly couple, but with anyone else, he couldn't be as at ease, as relaxed... in front of Xu Manzhi.

He often felt that his heart was a dry well.

Xu Manzhi alone said that a tree had grown in his heart.

This is so shocking.

He didn't even realize it himself.

I don't think so either.

"Uncle Commander, I often hear Yan Lin praise you as a good leader who cares about his subordinates and their growth. My Yan Lin is straightforward and honest, and he's a real man, not a gossip. So, I want to thank you for taking care of me on his behalf," Xu Manzhi said with a smile.

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