After Chu Dai finished hanging up the clothes and came down the stairs, he saw the woman's busy figure under the orange light and curled his lips slightly.

After going to the bathroom to put away the bucket and washing his hands, the man sat down at the dining table.

Gu Qingqing served him a bowl of rice and handed it to him, "I cooked a lot of rice tonight, so you should eat more. You seem to have lost a lot of weight recently. Can you come back for dinner tomorrow? I'll make you some soup."

Chu Dai took a steamed crab and peeled off the red shell: "It's hard to say."

Gu Qingqing nodded, sat down opposite him, and put another piece of egg into his bowl with her chopsticks: "When will the typhoon come? Tonight? Then I will go and give the fruit to Sister Anian tomorrow."

"Probably, the sea level prediction may not be accurate." The man put the peeled crab legs into her bowl and looked at her with a smile: "Don't you have more important things to do tonight?"

"What..." Gu Qingqing just opened her mouth, but she stopped talking immediately when she saw the mockery in the man's eyes.

The meal was eaten very quickly. The dishes were not cleared away, and most of the food was left. The man hugged her directly into the bedroom and told her to get up and eat when she was hungry.

The sky was dark and the wind was howling outside the window.

The man moved slowly and said, "The wind is blowing."

Gu Qingqing's thoughts were confused and her eyes were hazy.

The windows were shaken by the wind, but fortunately the man had secured them in the afternoon. Thinking of something, she pushed the man on her: "...clothes, clothes are confiscated."

"It's not on the balcony, it's in the living room upstairs." Chu Dai reached out and hooked her wet hair behind her temples, and said lazily, "Focus, my wife."

There was a strong wind outside, the leaves were rustling, and in Gu Qingqing's ears was the sound of waves crashing against the shore.

She was close to the sea and could hear every sound clearly.

There were ups and downs in her mind, and she didn't know how long it lasted. The man hugged her in his arms and kissed her forehead gently.

Nestled in the man's hot chest, she felt a little drowsy.

Chu Dai narrowed his eyes and glanced at the little woman in his arms, and couldn't help shaking his head and chuckling.

He said he couldn't bear it for a whole night, but he couldn't bear it for just a moment.

He pulled the quilt up, listened to the sounds outside the window, his eyes dark and heavy as he thought about the progress of tomorrow's project.

"Captain Chu!" Someone outside was shouting, "Something happened!! Captain!!!"

Each voice was more anxious than the last.

Chu Dai got up without hesitation, picked up the clothes that fell to the side and put them on, took the watch on the bedside, leaned over and whispered in the sleeping woman's ear: "I'll go check on her, you stay at home and don't go out."

The woman nodded randomly with dazed eyes and muttered, "Be careful." Then she turned over and fell asleep again.

The man tucked in the quilt for her, buttoned up her shirt, and strode out.

The person shouting outside the courtyard gate was a soldier named Chen Jiefang who had signed up with them from the Construction Corps.

"What's going on?" The man opened the gate and asked in a deep voice.

"Report to the battalion commander, a fishing boat has appeared on the sea. Through flag signals, we can tell that it is a fisherman from our country. The helmsman is in distress and cannot reach the shore. He is asking for help from the sentry."

The wind was getting stronger and stronger, and a white lightning suddenly exploded in the black sky. Chu Dai did not hesitate: "Let the first company gather at the dock and board the military boat to prepare for rescue."

"Yes!" Chen Jiefang ran away without even having time to salute. Chu Dai didn't care about all that. He looked up at the sky full of lightning and thunder, and felt a cool touch on the back of his hand.

It's raining.

Five minutes later, White Sand Island Pier.

Yu Cheng handed a telescope to the thin man, and Chu Dai took it. Under the light of the patrol light, he could clearly see a small boat swaying in the wind on the dark blue sea, which was in danger of capsizing at any time.

He threw the telescope into Yu Cheng's arms, and scanned the faces of the officers and soldiers with his sharp eagle eyes. He said in a fierce voice: "You all come from major corps and military regions, and most of you are field troops, not good at sea missions. Now we are the navy, and our fishermen are in danger in our territorial waters. What should we do?!"

"Help!" the soldiers shouted in unison.

Chu Dai nodded and ordered: "Get on board! Rescue people!"

"yes!"

It was storming outside. Gu Qingqing sat up, rubbing her waist. In a daze, the man seemed to say something in her ear.

The bedroom light was on. She reached out to touch the quilt next to her and found some residual heat.

She was stunned for a moment, and vaguely remembered that he said he was going out and asked her to stay at home obediently.

Putting on the black cloth shoes beside the bed, she walked to the window and looked out through the wooden bars. Thunder flashed across the sky, leaving a streak of white light, and heavy rain fell.

Gu Qingqing was a little worried. She dug her fingers into the wooden stick and felt anxious.

Did he go on a mission in such bad weather? Or did he go down to the bunker again?

She felt a little confused, so she ran to the wooden cabinet in the corner of the living room and took out a raincoat. As soon as she put it on, she remembered what the man said before he left, and took it off again.

The sound of heavy rain became more and more violent, her heart was in a knot, she raised her hand to check the time, it was 2:30 in the morning.

A twelve-year-old boy was rescued from the boat. Chu Dai carried the unconscious boy down from the military boat. He was scalded and obviously had a fever.

Yu Cheng and his men lifted another body off the boat and wiped the rain off his face. "Captain, what should we do with this person?"

"Carry it to the camp first." Chu Dai frowned, then relaxed: "Go and call Zhao Ze over."

Baisha Island Camp Headquarters.

The lights are bright no matter day or night.

Jiang Sheng walked back and forth beside the cot, propping himself up, and asked Zhao Ze, "Is this young comrade okay?"

Zhao Ze shook his head, "I have a fever and I'm a little anxious. Let's finish this bottle first and see if I can retreat."

With the corner of his eye, he glanced at the silent man sitting next to him and saw the bloody back of his hand. Zhao Ze stood up and asked anxiously, "What happened? You are injured."

"It's okay. The wire mesh on the boat was scratched." Chu Dai closed his eyes tiredly. "You guys go back to sleep. I'll stay here."

"Let me treat your wound first." Zhao Ze disinfected and applied medicine to him without saying anything, and kept muttering: "You don't pay attention to this. The wire mesh on the boat is usually rusty. Such a big cut can easily cause tetanus. You didn't say anything..."

Chu Dai had a headache and let him chatter.

After applying the medicine, Zhao Ze saw a few circles of white gauze wrapped around his palms. He stood up and said, "How about I stay here tonight? You have to go to the cave tomorrow. Go back and have a good rest."

"This storm won't stop for now, so we can't go down to the cave tomorrow." Jiang Sheng handed a cup of hot water to Chu Dai: "What should we do with the child?"

"Let's wait for him to wake up and ask him about the situation." Chu Dai held the enamel cup, feeling the warmth in his palms. "There is another person on the ship who must have been struck by lightning and is dead. Put him in the room next to your command center and see how to deal with him."

Jiang Sheng glared and said, "What shall we do if we bury him?" He sighed again and said, "Forget it, let's wait a couple of days to see if the storm stops. When the child wakes up, we'll ask him where his home is and send him back to his roots."

Chu Dai nodded without saying a word.

Jiang Sheng originally wanted to guard the place himself or ask the sentry to watch over it, but Chu Dai was adamant about not leaving. He rubbed his hair and said, "Okay, then you watch over him. If you have any questions, feel free to go find Mrs. Zhao..."

Jiang Sheng was almost led astray by his own child. He coughed and said, "Military Doctor Zhao."

Zhao Ze sighed helplessly and didn't care about it. He patted Chu Dai on the shoulder and said, "You've been out for so long, Sister Qingqing must be worried. He won't wake up for a while. I'll stay here for a while. You go back and report that you're safe before coming back."

This time Chu Dai did not refuse.

When I got home, the lights in the living room were still on. The woman was sitting on a chair with her hands on her knees, looking a little depressed.

Chu Dai slowed down and closed the living room door, his steps light and clear.

When he walked in front of her, the man held his waist tightly before he could say anything.

Chu Dai lowered his eyes to look at the little woman at his waist, and reached out to pat her back gently to comfort her: "I'm wet..."

He sighed in his heart, afraid that she would cry again later.

Sure enough, the woman didn't care about his clothes that were soaked by the rain. After asking him what he was doing, she saw the gauze in his hand and felt so distressed that tears flowed down her face.

It hit him right in the heart.

The man bent down and kissed the tip of her hair. "I'm fine. I just came back to let you know I'm safe. You go to sleep first. Zhao Ze is still in the camp, guarding for me. Xu Nian must be worried about him."

Gu Qingqing rubbed the man's waist and nodded gloomily.

He carried her back to the bedroom, covered her with the quilt, and pinched her round little face with his big hand: "Be good, have a good sleep. If you don't have any missions tomorrow, I'll come back to accompany you."

Gu Qingqing nodded, looking at his wet hair dripping with water and his soaked army green shirt, then she opened the quilt and got out of bed. Under the man's surprised gaze, she unbuttoned his shirt and took out another shirt and trousers from the closet for him.

"Put it on first, or you'll get cold."

Chu Dai did not hesitate to unbuckle his belt and was about to take off his pants when he saw the dry grey underwear in the woman's hand. He didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "I'll do it myself, you carry me."

"Chu Dai!" She said with an angry look on her face, "I have seen every part of you. I need to see if you have any other injuries that you are hiding from me."

"Okay." Chu Dai had a smile in his eyes and his Adam's apple rolled. He changed his clothes under her burning gaze.

Gu Qingqing didn't blush at all, and she took a dry towel to wipe the water droplets on his face and hair.

"Wait for me for a moment." Thinking of something, she stuffed the towel into the man's hand and rushed to the kitchen.

Hearing the sudden sound of the chopping board, Chu Dai raised his eyebrows slightly, and he knew what she was going to do.

After a while, Gu Qingqing brought a bowl of warm ginger soup and asked the man to sit down on the bed. "Drink it before going to the camp."

Chu Dai naturally accepted his daughter-in-law's concern.

After he finished drinking the ginger soup, Gu Qingqing collected the bowl and found the raincoat from the living room for him to put on. She said, "Take some time to sleep. I'll bring you food tomorrow morning. The child should be awake by then, right? How about I go with you to keep watch?"

"No, you can rest at home." Chu Dai put on his raincoat and kissed her on the forehead: "It's windy and rainy outside, it's easy to catch a cold."

Gu Qingqing was not the kind of person who would make a fuss and was ignorant. Upon hearing this, she sighed and walked him to the door.

The man's thin and tall figure disappeared in the rain. The wind was howling. The two pheasants had been brought in long ago and were now huddled in the corner of the kitchen.

When Gu Qingqing thought of the gauze in the man's hand, her heart ached, but there was nothing she could do.

He is a soldier, and it is inevitable that he will be injured and bleed.

The next morning.

It was still windy outside, but the rain had stopped.

Gu Qingqing made sweet potato porridge and egg pancakes at home, put them in an insulated box, and wanted to send them to the man.

After leaving the yard, every step was extremely difficult. Finally, Chen Jiefang saw her and called out, "Girl!"

They were all from the Construction Corps, and Gu Qingqing had a good relationship with them, so she squinted and took a look.

"Liberation brother?!"

Seeing her carrying a lunch box in one hand and hugging a bare coconut tree on the roadside with the other, Chen Jiefang was amused: "Why are you running around outside in a typhoon? Are you going to the camp to deliver food? I'll bring it to you."

"No, I'll do it myself and check on the child." Gu Qingqing refused and slowly moved forward.

Chen Jiefang originally wanted to help her, but when he thought of the sharp tongues of those sisters-in-law in the North District, he stopped awkwardly.

He didn't mind, but he was afraid that it would bring bad reputation to the girl.

There weren't many soldiers following the army in the Construction Corps before, and he had never realized that women were so amazing. But this time when he came to Baisha Island and saw how eloquent the wives of soldiers were, and how they could turn black into white, he was a little scared.

It took Gu Qingqing half an hour to walk such a short distance. Chen Jiefang walked her past the checkpoint and into the camp before leaving.

Chu Dai was sitting on a chair. Seeing her coming, he stood up and said, "Okay, Teacher Gu. How did you get here when it was so windy outside? I can just go to the cafeteria to eat by myself. Are you cold?"

As soon as he finished speaking, he handed her an army green enamel cup filled with hot water.

"It's not cold." Gu Qingqing took a sip of the water and looked at the boy lying on the bed with a pale face and closed eyes: "He hasn't woken up yet?"

"No." Chu Dai took out the porridge, sat back in his chair and took a sip slowly: "The fever has subsided, nothing serious."

Gu Qingqing finally felt relieved. She stood beside the bed and carefully looked at the little boy on the bed. He was about eleven or twelve years old, very thin, and his exposed arms had almost no flesh.

His skin was also very pale, and his features were very delicate. He did not look like the child of fishermen who had been exposed to the wind and sun.

She returned to sit next to the man, watching him slowly eat his porridge with a spoon, and asked, "Is this the child who signaled you with the flag?"

The man nodded, "Have you had breakfast?"

"No," Gu Qingqing continued, "The fishermen should also be proficient in flag language? But I still find it a little strange. Fishermen who go out to sea for a long time in stormy days should be able to notice it, and the navy will also warn in advance."

"My wife is smart." Chu Dai pulled the man onto his lap and fed her porridge. "This is a bit strange. He is probably not the fisherman's child."

Gu Qingqing took a sip of the drink, picked up an egg pancake and passed it to him: "Isn't it courting death for Tai Fengtian to go out to sea? Is he planning to drag him down with him?"

The more she thought about it, the more horrified she became. She said to the man eating the pancake, "This is premeditated murder!"

Seeing how emotional she was, Chu Dai put down the porridge in his hand, hugged her and coaxed her, "The fisherman is dead. We can only wait until he wakes up before asking. Eat something first. Did you not sleep all night? Your eyes are dark."

Gu Qingqing glanced at the breathless little boy on the bed again, leaned on his shoulder, and said in a muffled voice: "I'm worried about you. I can't sleep."