Chapter 429: Martyr's Letter

Jia Jia's innocent eyes were cast at Gao Lili's face, full of desire.

"Mom? Are you really my mom?"

"Why didn't you come to see me for so long?"

Jia Jia's voice was very small, but it shook everyone's soul.

Yes, since you are the child’s mother, why have you never thought of looking for her in all these years?

Gao Lili's eyes flickered and she made up an excuse to prevaricate.

"I'm a little late because I have something important to do. Now, can I come and take you home?"

Jia Jia looked at the outstretched arms and wanted to go forward, but the enthusiastic crowd reminded her.

"Little girl, don't go! She's not a good mother. She didn't come to see you because she's been fooling around with other men all these years."

"Yes, yes, little girl, your mother can't have this!"

Jia Jia suddenly stopped in her tracks, turned around and threw herself into Qi Xu's arms, tears streaming down her face like falling beans.

"Sister Qiqi, I'm scared!"

Qiqi hugged her small body tightly and comforted her softly.

"Jia Jia, don't be afraid! Sister is here, and Dad Lin and I will protect you. It's okay!"

Gao Lili never expected that the person who raised her daughter would be Qi Xu. Suddenly, she became even more angry.

"She is my daughter. I carried her for ten months and gave birth to her. Now that her father is dead, I am her only immediate family member and guardian."

"So, I now request that you take my daughter back and raise her personally."

"So as to avoid being corrupted by some scheming woman with bad intentions."

Her words were obviously referring to Qi Xu.

But Lin Youqian didn't indulge her at all. He took out a letter from his pocket and announced it to everyone.

"This letter is a suicide note left by the child's biological father, Comrade Mai Dong, a deputy battalion commander in the People's Liberation Army, before he went on a mission."

"Everyone should know that when soldiers are carrying out high-risk missions, they will leave a suicide note for their families in advance."

"However, Mai Dong's parents are no longer alive. Apart from his daughter, who was less than six months old at the time, he has no other relatives. Therefore, this suicide note has not been opened to this day."

"Today, I will read the contents of the suicide note in front of the people and the martyr's orphan Jiajia, so that everyone can witness it."

"Then, we will determine who will have custody of the child."

Although the suicide note was not opened, Lin Youqian roughly knew the contents.

Because Mai Dong had given him a favor before he went on the mission.

"Master Pao, if I never come back, I'll entrust my daughter to you. Please, take good care of her and raise her to adulthood. I don't trust anyone else, I only trust you."

"Follow you, even if something bad happens to me, baby will be able to live a safe and prosperous life."

"I have a suicide note here. If that shameless woman comes back to claim the child, take out the letter. Don't give the child to that woman. She will ruin my daughter's life."

At that time, Yoga Lin even scolded him.

"What nonsense are you talking about! You must come back to me safely. Take care of your own child. If you die, I won't help you raise your child."

Who knew that departure would become a farewell forever, and his best partner Mai Dong never came back.

Lin Youqian's eyes were red as he opened the envelope and read the contents word by word.

"There's a war in our country. I, Mai Dong, volunteer to go to the battlefield to defend our homeland."

"No matter how difficult or dangerous the mission ahead, I will bravely move forward and fight to the death. Being able to sacrifice my life for my country is the most glorious mission for me as a soldier."

"Dear comrades, by the time you read this letter, I may have already died."

"My parents are dead, and I have no siblings. I only have a little girl who is less than six months old, and I am heartbroken and worried."

"As the child's father, I now entrust my comrade Lin Youqian to raise my daughter and become her sole guardian. No one is allowed to change this until my daughter reaches adulthood."

"I am willing to use all my meritorious service in exchange for the army's protection of my daughter. With the exception of my comrade Lin Youqian, no one, in any capacity, is allowed to come and compete for my daughter's custody and inheritance compensation."

"Even the child's biological mother has no right to take her daughter back."

"Because the child was abandoned by her herself."

"On XX/XX/XXXX, Gao Lili and I met through a blind date. Two months later, we got engaged, and I paid the Gao family a betrothal gift of 500,000 yuan."

"But Gao Lili disappeared three days after our engagement party, taking the 500,000 yuan betrothal gift with her and eloped with a dubious man."

"Ten months later, on a freezing, rainy day, Gao Lili abandoned her baby, less than two weeks old, under a tree stump outside the military compound. If the guards on duty hadn't found it in time, the child would have frozen to death."

"When the guard found the child, there was a note inside the blanket saying she was my daughter, Mai Dong."

"After a paternity test, the child is indeed my biological child. For my daughter's sake, I will not pursue Gao Lili's charge of fraud."

"However, my daughter will have nothing to do with her from now on."

"If she dares to come and ask for the child in the future, I implore the military to hold her accountable on my behalf and prosecute her for abandoning and murdering her baby."

"This vicious woman must be brought to justice. Don't let her continue to harm society."

"Finally, I want to tell my precious daughter: Dad loves you! Dad will protect you in heaven. I hope you grow up healthy and happy and become an outstanding girl who can contribute to our country and society."

"Goodbye, daughter! Goodbye, comrade!"

"My dear motherland, my beloved troops, goodbye!"

…

XXXX unit number XXXXXX, deputy battalion commander of the 108th Battalion of the People's Liberation Army, Mai Dong's will.

XX month XX day XXXX

The letter was heavy and sad, carrying deep sorrow. The reader choked with sobs, and the listeners shed tears. Many people at the scene had already burst into tears.

Only Gao Lili and her daughter sat on the ground with empty eyes and expressionless faces. She was usually so good at crying scenes, but at this moment, not a single tear of sadness could be shed.

Jia Jia, who was only five years old, burst into tears after hearing the contents of the letter. She threw herself into Qi Xu's arms and desperately called for her father.

"Dad, I want Dad! I miss my Dad so much!"

"Sister Qiqi, can you take me to see Dad?"

Qi Xu held the trembling child in his arms and tried his best to comfort her.

"Jia Jia, be good and don't cry. If you are sad, your father in heaven will also be sad."

"Don't worry, Sister Qiqi will take you to the Martyrs' Cemetery to see your father tomorrow, okay?"

Jia Jia didn't want to. She had already been to the Martyrs' Cemetery. It was just a cold tombstone, with no father at all.

"No, I don't want to go to the Martyrs' Cemetery. I want my real dad. Even if it's just once, let me see what my dad looks like and talk to him, that's enough!"

This person is already dead? How can he be resurrected and speak?