Bonnie took Liu Jiu back to the family compound. After the typhoon, the compound was not completely cleaned up yet, and busy figures could be seen everywhere.
When Bao Ni opened the courtyard gate, she knew that Gu Ye had not yet returned.
Liu Jiu was playing by herself in the yard, while Bao Ni leaned against the yard wall and asked, "Sister-in-law Huang, has your Battalion Commander Huang come back yet?"
"She hasn't come back, and there's been no news. How are things back at your parents' home? Are any of them at sea?"
Sister-in-law Huang knew that Bao Ni would go back to her parents' home after she finished packing.
“Our team didn’t go out to sea, and our team sent out two boats. The situation is not good. Three people are missing, two couldn’t be rescued, and the rest are seriously injured.”
When this was mentioned, Bonnie felt very down. Those who went out to sea were the family's breadwinners, and if something happened to them, the family would be in dire straits.
Families with underage children, in particular, face even greater hardship.
Bonnie was thinking about Gu Ye and the three people she hadn't found yet, and she completely forgot about the seaweed seedlings she had been looking forward to. This time, she basically didn't take anything with her.
Bonnie shook her head. She couldn't think about it anymore. Today's shock was too great. It was the first time she had faced death directly, and she was a little dazed. It felt so far away yet so close, and she could still feel the sound of crying in her ears.
Bonnie walked around the house, went to the logistics department to retrieve a pane of glass, and installed it on the window.
It was already noon, and Gu Ye still hadn't returned. Bao Ni cooked some porridge and eggs, and bought a few steamed buns and a plate of stir-fried shredded potatoes from the cafeteria. After the mother and daughter finished eating, they went to Zhao Yuan's house to check on her, helped with the final cleaning, and then took Liu Jiu, who was rubbing her eyes, home to sleep.
Bonnie didn't sleep well last night either; she fell asleep in a daze while lying on the kang (heated brick bed).
"Bonnie, wake up."
Feeling someone calling her, Bonnie opened her eyes with a start.
"Gu Ye, you're back?"
Bonnie sat up and saw that Gu Ye was only disheveled but unharmed, so she felt relieved.
"Have you eaten? There are noodles at home, so I'll make you some egg and persimmon noodles too?"
“I’ve already eaten. Bai Chaoyang is injured. Go to Zhao Yuan’s house and bring her child back. Zhao Yuan needs to go to a hospital outside the island to take care of Bai Chaoyang.”
Bonnie's heart skipped a beat. Without asking any questions, she put on her shoes, got out of bed, and had Gu Ye carry Liu Jiu as they headed towards Bai Chaoyang's house. "It's nothing, don't worry. It's just that my leg is broken, so it's inconvenient for me to move around."
"That's alright, that's alright."
When they arrived at Zhao Yuan's house, everything was already packed. "Baoni, thank you for your help. The child's things are all here."
"It's alright, you can go and take care of Bai Chaoyang without worry."
Zhao Yuan hugged each of the two trees. The white pine tree was big enough to understand that her father was injured and her mother had to go take care of him. The white poplar tree didn't understand and hugged Zhao Yuan tightly.
Bonnie took Bai Yang's things, and Zhao Yuan quickly left with her belongings, not daring to look back.
"Little poplar tree, go to Auntie's house and play with Liu Jiu. Mom will be back in a few days."
"Waaah... I want my mommy, I want my mommy..."
The little one, who is usually quiet, cries quite loudly and struggles to reach out; if you're not strong enough, you can't even hold her.
Gu Ye carried things in one hand and held his daughter in the other, while Bao Ni held Bai Yang and Bai Song walked in the middle.
After arriving home, Gu Ye had other things to do, so he left immediately.
Bonnie put the three children in the yard and let them play by themselves. Baiyang was still sobbing, but thankfully she wasn't calling for her mother anymore. Bonnie wasn't really good at taking care of children; her sixth child was quite resilient, but she had a bit of a headache with children like Baiyang who cried so much.
Leaving aside Bonnie's battles of wits with her three children at home, let's talk about Zhao Yuan, who took a boat off the island to visit Bai Chaoyang at the hospital. Although Gu Ye said it was nothing serious, she was still worried without seeing him.
At the military hospital outside the island, most of the people coming and going are soldiers or staff in military uniforms, and there are also family members, most of whom have a look of sorrow on their faces.
Zhao Yuan walked toward Bai Chaoyang's ward in a low mood; Gu Ye said it was room 205 on the second floor.
"This is 201, we still have to go further in," Zhao Yuan muttered to herself as she searched.
"We've arrived at 205," Zhao Yuan looked up and saw the black numbers, then raised her hand and knocked on the door.
"Come in."
Zhao Yuan recognized Bai Chaoyang's voice and immediately pushed open the door. Inside, Bai Chaoyang also looked up at the door, and their eyes met.
"Yuanyuan, what brings you here? Where's the child?"
“I’ll take care of you. Bonnie is helping with the baby. What happened to your face? It’s covered in wounds. Where are you hurt? How’s your leg? Does it still hurt…”
Bai Chaoyang felt a warm glow in his heart as he watched Zhao Yuan keep asking questions and occasionally lift his arm to check on him. Silly woman!
"No, just a broken leg. The rest are all external injuries, nothing serious."
"Cough cough..."
"Why is there another person here?"
Zhao Yuan's face flushed red instantly. She had gone straight for Bai Chaoyang as soon as she entered the room, not expecting there to be other people inside.
"Battalion Commander, Sister-in-law, I've been here all along. It's alright, just pretend I wasn't here, you can continue."
"Well, um, I'll go get a kettle of water."
Zhao Yuan picked up the kettle and went out to fetch water.
"Sister-in-law, that kettle... is full."
Stone swallowed his words under the battalion commander's death stare, leaving only a lingering echo.
Shi Tou's real name is Shi Lei. He is the company commander of the first company of Bai Chaoyang's battalion. This time, he went out to sea with Bai Chaoyang and encountered a typhoon. They finally returned safely, but then they met a fisherman struggling in the sea near the shore. When the two of them were rescuing the fisherman, they were swept by the waves and hit the rocks. One of them broke his leg and the other broke his arm.
Fortunately, all three fishermen were rescued without injury, suffering only minor cuts and bruises.
Zhao Yuan knew the kettle was full as soon as she picked it up, but she was in a difficult situation and had to leave the ward with a heavy heart.
The moment she opened the door, she made eye contact with Bai Chaoyang. She hadn't even noticed there was someone else there. Oh dear, her face flushed.
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