Chapter 56 The End
Gu Qiuyue couldn't help but chuckle and punched him lightly: "Nonsense, how can you praise someone like that... Besides, what if it's a boy?"
"A boy?" Xie Shiyu raised an eyebrow, imagining a small boy with eyes and eyebrows resembling Qiuyue. The corners of his mouth curved a little wider, with a bit of silly pride. "He has to look like his mother, so he's good-looking. He has to be as strong as me. I'll teach him boxing and protect his mother!"
The fire crackled, and the warm orange glow gently painted the two people hugging each other. The air was filled with the dry and warm fragrance of burning pine wood. Xie Shiyu hugged Gu Qiuyue from behind, his broad and warm chest pressed against her back, and a big hand carefully covered her bulging belly. Under his palm, the little guy was stretching his fists and feet, unwilling to be lonely, and a small, powerful bulge was pushed out through the thin fabric.
"Ouch!" Gu Qiuyue cried out softly, but a sweet smile spread across her lips. She gently tapped the naughty bulge with her fingertips, "Little guy, you're really strong. Just like his father, he's a reckless person."
Xie Shiyu rested his chin on the top of her head and laughed muffledly, the vibration of his chest transmitting to her. His voice was filled with a bit of silly pride: "It's better to be a little reckless, like his father, tough, but well..." He tilted his head, his warm lips brushed against her soft earlobe, his breath ruffling a few strands of hair, and his voice lowered with a bit of childish stubbornness, "It's better if the eyes and eyebrows are still like mom's, it's more beautiful."
Gu Qiuyue's ears instantly felt hot, but her heart felt sweet as if it were soaked in honey. She couldn't help but turn her head and glared at him in reproach, her eyes full of tenderness: "Nonsense again." Her fingers unconsciously touched her abdomen, feeling the pulse of life coming from there, as if she had seen a small doll with eyes and eyebrows that looked like both her and him.
The two of them snuggled together and whispered to each other.
Xie Shiyu was planning to build a sturdy little swing under the old locust tree in the courtyard when the weather got warmer. Gu Qiuyue was thinking about using the soft cotton cloth sent from the capital to cut some close-fitting underwear for the child.
In the warm air, the future is like a tangible, colorful painting, spread out before their eyes. The fire reflects the figures of the two people snuggling together, and it is so warm that it seems as if time has stopped.
The next day, Gu Qiuhan went to the Communications Department to answer a phone call. When he came back, he told his family with regret that his vacation had to end early and he had to return to the Northwest Military Region in three days.
"Then let's leave at that time. School is about to start and there are still a lot of things to do at school." Father Gu said to Xu Qin.
"Mom and Dad, please stay a few more days. It's only the first few days of the year and we have to go back." Gu Qiuyue hugged her mother's arm and acted coquettishly.
Xu Qin clapped her daughter's hands in amusement, "You're going to be a mother yourself, and you're still acting like a spoiled brat. Aren't you ashamed?"
"Don't be ashamed. In front of my mother, no matter how old I am, I am still a child and can act like a spoiled child." Gu Qiuyue said with a smile: "You and Dad can stay for two more days and then go back!"
"We still have to go see your Grandpa Tang. He has no children, so this New Year must be a lonely one. Your father and I plan to go and keep him company." Xu Qin said with a hint of sadness: "Not to mention that he has helped our family a lot over the years. Just think about how Tang Jin sacrificed his life to protect your father and his family when they returned to China. The other children..."
"Xiaoqin!" Father Gu interrupted his wife and turned to Gu Qiuyue and her husband, "After Yueyue is out of confinement, bring the child over to see your Grandpa Tang. He's been thinking about Yueyue all the time."
"Okay." Xie Shiyu gently put his arm around Gu Qiuyue's shoulders and nodded. Mr. Tang was also an old man he admired.
Although she knew that her parents and brother would eventually leave, Gu Qiuyue still felt bad when the time came.
At that moment, guard Xiao Liu knocked on the Xie family's door. "Deputy Regimental Officer, the division headquarters wants you and Battalion Commander Gu to come over. The disciplinary decision regarding Lin Weiwei has been announced."
As soon as these words were spoken, everyone in the room seemed to be paused.
After a while, Xie Shiyu responded to Xiao Liu, and then asked his mother to wait at home with his wife. He and Gu Qiuhan went to the division headquarters together. Gu's father and mother naturally went with them. They were Gu Qiuhan's family and of course had the right to know.
Seeing that her parents were going with her brother, Gu Qiuyue decided not to go. Not only was the wind strong these two days, but there was also some ice on the ground. To be on the safe side, she decided not to go out.
When Xie Shiyu and the others came back, Gu Qiuyue was sitting in front of the small stove knitting a small piece of clothing. She looked up and saw that Xie Shiyu was surrounded by a low pressure, and her parents and brother also looked unhappy. Her fingers unconsciously clenched the unfinished sweater on her knees, and the soft wool left a shallow mark on her palm.
"Shi Yu, Mom, Dad, Brother, what happened? Didn't we say we were going to hear about Lin Weiwei's punishment? Could it be that... we should be gentle with her?" Gu Qiuyue thought of this possibility and her mood became bad.
"No," Xie Shiyu walked up to her, covered her hand that was tightly holding the wool with his broad and warm palm, and gently wrapped it, conveying a reassuring strength. "The final decision of the division headquarters is that Lin Weiwei, due to serious violations of discipline and misconduct, especially the ice hole incident and its subsequent adverse effects, has been decided after research and decision to expel her from the military and repatriate her hometown." His voice was steady and clear, and every word carried a soothing power.
There was no unnecessary description, no emotional exaggeration, just a straightforward statement of the final verdict delivered to her ears.
Gu Qiuyue stared blankly at her husband's calm eyes, and her tense body suddenly relaxed. The foul air that had been hanging in her heart and weighing heavily on her for a long time finally came out long and silently.
Lin Weiwei's face, filled with harshness and resentment, flashed through her mind, and she immediately brushed it away. She closed her eyes, and when she opened them again, the trace of complex emotion that remained in her eyes was ultimately covered by a huge sense of relief that had finally settled.
"If that's the case, why do you all look unhappy?" Gu Qiuyue asked the question in her mind.
"Alas, that wasn't her mother. She threw a tantrum at the division headquarters, cursing a lot." Xu Qin helped her daughter sit down again. "Forget it, let's not talk about that unlucky thing."
"Right, right, right. Anyway, the division headquarters won't retract its decision just because someone makes a scene," Gu Qiuhan consoled her. "Her tactics might work in other places, but they won't work in the military district. Don't worry, Yueyue."
"Brother is right," Xie Shiyu's voice was low and firm, with an unquestionable sense of finality. His warm fingers stroked the back of her slightly cold hand, "This matter is completely over now." The invisible, unsettling wall collapsed.
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