As soon as Chu Yue turned around, Lu Zhanlin reached out to her and handed her a flashlight that he had prepared at some point.
He put the flashlight in Chu Yue's hand and reminded her, "The temperature will drop quickly after dark and it will be windy outside. Just walk a few steps with him, don't walk too far."
"Well, I'll be back soon."
Chu Yue held the flashlight tightly. The silver flashlight carried the warmth of Lu Zhanlin's palm.
Chu Yue and Xu Feng walked out of the warm house, and a cold wind blew on their bodies, instantly blowing away the heat they had accumulated while eating.
The flashlight was not very bright, illuminating only the two or three meters in front of one's eyes.
Xu Feng is tall and strong with long legs. This rough man does not know what it means to be gentle and considerate to women, nor does he know how to be considerate of women. But tonight he walked exceptionally slowly, his steps became heavy, so slow that it seemed as if he had something on his mind.
Because Xu Feng had a lot to say, he didn't know how to talk to Chu Yue.
Chu Yue knew that men like Xu Feng in the army were not good at speaking, so she did not urge him. She just followed Xu Feng with a flashlight, waiting for him to finish preparing his speech.
They were about to reach the sentry box.
Xu Feng took a deep breath of cold air and finally spoke, "Sister-in-law, did you see the wound on Lu Tuan's head?
He gestured, pointing to the scalp behind the right temple and slightly above the ear.
"Here, right here. From here... to here, it's about five centimeters. His hair has grown out, and now it's covered. Before, you could see the scar at a glance."
The open-minded and cheerful look on Xu Feng's face disappeared, and deep wrinkles appeared between his brows. A heavy aura enveloped this tall man.
He looked at the night with dark eyes, falling into a vortex of heavy memories from the past.
That past event was cruel, even for Xu Feng, who had experienced bullets and gunfire.
Chu Yue understood all this, so she listened quietly without interrupting.
Xu Feng narrated slowly, "…At that time, he and I were in the same trench. He was the captain of our company, and I was carrying a machine gun. At first, I didn't realize that something was wrong. The machine gun had run out of bullets. I turned around to get bullets, and saw him lying on the sandbags, motionless. So I pushed him."
With just that one move, Lu Zhanlin fell down into the narrow trench.
Xu Feng saw Lu Zhanlin's face covered in blood and his helmet pierced by a bullet.
"…At that time, I really thought he was going to die. His helmet was pierced, and blood was pouring from his head. His head might have exploded. I have never known what fear is in my life, but that time, I was really scared! I was afraid that his head would explode and he would die beside me."
For the first time, Xu Feng panicked. He forgot that he was on the battlefield and the machine gun in his hand. He wanted to rush over to pull up Lu Zhanlin, and he also wanted to run to the back to pull the medic over.
"I thought he was going to die, and he thought he was going to die too. With his last breath, he ordered me not to care about him and not to save him. He said I was a soldier, and a soldier's duty was to win the battle!"
At that time, Lu Zhanlin, with blood all over his face, yelled at Xu Feng, "Shoot! Keep shooting!"
Between Lu Zhanlin and the machine gun, Xu Feng chose to fight the enemy.
He loaded his bullets, and with a bloodthirsty look in his eyes, he kept shooting.
In his last moments, Lu Zhanlin took advantage of Xu Feng's inattention and stuffed his written suicide note into Xu Feng's military uniform pocket, then supported his "hole" head and weak body and continued to command the entire company to fight.
When the battle was over, Lu Zhanlin had already fainted and lay motionless on the ground.
Half of his face and half of his body were covered in blood. Everything was covered in blood...
The other soldiers looked at Lu Zhanlin and didn't even dare to touch him, for fear of the stiff and cold touch.
Finally, Xu Feng pushed everyone away and used his fingers, which were swollen and red from machine gun burns, to tremble and unbutton Lu Zhanlin's military cap.
"...This kid is so lucky! Even God didn't want him! His helmet was pierced, but his head didn't burst. He was just scratched. After being sent to the rear hospital, the doctor said that he bled too much and almost died. I was so angry..." Xu Feng still gritted his teeth when talking about the past, "If he wasn't a wounded soldier, I really wanted to catch him and scold him severely."
Chu Yue didn't expect that Lu Zhanlin's wound had such a thrilling past, and then she thought of the heavy first-class medal of honor.
She asked, "Zhan Lin received the first-class medal of honor at that time?"
"He showed you the first-class medal of honor?" Xu Feng was surprised for a moment and looked at Chu Yue.
Chu Yue didn't say that she didn't just look at it, but that the first-class medal of honor was now in her hands.
Xu Feng nodded, "That's right. The only first-class individual merit in the entire army was won by Lu Zhanlin at the cost of his life. Sister-in-law, do you want to know what was written in his suicide note?"
"I want to know."
"His suicide note was very simple, just a few lines." Because it was so short, Xu Feng remembered every word. "He said he had five dollars on him, two months' unpaid allowance from the army, and the death pension after his death. All the money was divided into three parts, one for his parents, one for his sister, and one for the engaged couple. That's all."
That was a suicide note, the last words a person left in the world, but it did not contain a single word.
Lu Zhanlin simply dealt with his remaining assets calmly and didn't say a word other than that.
But he clearly mentioned his parents, sister, fiancée... these are all his relatives, but Lu Zhanlin spoke as if they were strangers, and there was no emotion at all between the lines.
Is it really that Lu Zhanlin doesn't care about family affection? Or is there some other reason?
Xu Feng didn't know, but the Lu Zhanlin he knew was not like that.
How could a person who is willing to use his life to block bullets for a comrade he has only known for three months be a cold and emotionless person?
"Sister-in-law, I saw you guys sitting together for dinner tonight. It was so nice, so nice..." Xu Feng said with emotion, "I can see that you are a family, a real family. You will definitely grow old together and love each other for the rest of your lives."
Lu Zhanlin was finally no longer alone, and he no longer had to write a suicide note without even a word of remembrance.
Xu Feng could deeply feel that after Chu Yue appeared, Lu Zhanlin had a fresh "popularity".
Xu Feng stared at Chu Yue, his heavy expression disappeared instantly, and he returned to his previous appearance, grinning and revealing a mouthful of white teeth.
"Sister-in-law, I'm leaving. You should go back soon, otherwise I'm afraid he will worry that I have kidnapped you and chase me out to try to murder me, hahahaha..."
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