After receiving the telegram and seeing the content, Li Chengxi's face did not look good.

If Li Mingcheng was next to him, Li Chengxi would definitely kick him twice.

He had never been on good terms with that side, and had not been in contact for several years. After Lin Tao gave birth to a daughter, he never thought of telling that side. He also didn't want them to come to the island. Neither he nor Lin Tao needed the so-called "kindness" to visit them.

But things have come to this point. According to the time mentioned in Li Mingcheng's telegram, they are estimated to arrive in the next two days. It is too late to say anything.

After returning home, Li Chengxi told Lin Tao about this.

Lin Tao was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "It's okay, come on."

If Li Guodong and Zhang Sufen really want to come, they can't send them back, right?

After taking a shower at night, Yueyue fell asleep. Lin Tao lay in Li Chengqi's arms and said, "If you feel uncomfortable, just tell me. When they really come, we will just keep up appearances and send them away in two days."

After all, this is a military area, and not everyone knows about Li Chengxi's situation. And Li Guodong's identity would not be good if it got to the ears of thousands of people.

Li Chengxi understood what Lin Tao meant, hugged her tighter, and kissed her forehead: "I've gotten used to it over the years, but I'm afraid they'll make you uncomfortable."

His father Li Guodong and stepmother Zhang Sufen are not easy to get along with.

Li Guodong is a stubborn and self-righteous person. Having been the leader of the army for a long time, he feels that the people at home should obey his orders like his subordinates. He is the one who has the final say at home.

Zhang Sufen said one thing in public and another in private. She would go to Li Guodong and cry at any time. If this man talked about her again, no one would listen to her.

Lin Tao shook her head: "When the enemy comes, we will fight him with our soldiers; when the water comes, we will block it with earth. And have you forgotten? I also have a job, so it's okay if I don't have to work overtime at school."

Lin Tao smiled, and a hint of cunning flashed in her bright crescent-shaped eyes.

After listening to this, Li Chengxi's face flashed a smile, and the irritation caused by Li Guodong and Zhang Sufen's coming dissipated a little.

He praised Lin Tao: "You are so smart, it's a waste of your talent to be a primary school teacher."

"That's right. If I were a soldier, I would at least become a chief of staff." Lin Tao also joked.

On the third day after receiving the telegram, Li Guodong and Zhang Sufen went to the island.

However, as an important figure, Li Guodong was received by Commander Yan himself. As soon as Li Guodong and Zhang Sufen got off the boat, they were picked up by Commander Yan's guards.

Li Guodong is 62 years old this year. Normally, it is not time for him to retire at this age, but because of previous factional disputes, he retired early and is currently in the Shanghai Military Region’s retirement home.

Commander Yan received them. Commander Yan and Li Guodong were from the Navy and the Army respectively, but they also had other origins.

Li Guodong chatted in Commander Yan's office for more than two hours, talking about the past, what happened after Li Guodong retired, the current situation of the navy, and Li Chengxi.

Li Guodong: "This brat has been stubborn since he was young. He doesn't listen to anyone, not even me. When he was a kid, I tied him up and whipped him without him making a sound. If he refuses to obey your discipline, you should criticize him harshly. This kid has had smooth sailing since he was young and has never suffered any setbacks. He is too arrogant."

Commander Yan waved his hands and said, "Old Commander, please don't say that. Cheng Xi is still very good. He is very capable in all aspects and is considered the best of his generation."

"Well, I know him, but he's not as amazing as you say." Li Guodong waved his hands. "At his age, it's easy for him to get carried away after achieving some success. If he wants to go far in the future, he needs to learn more."

After chatting for a while, Li Guodong decided to leave: "Okay, I won't bother you anymore. I'll go over there and take a look first."

Commander Yan asked, "Old Chief, would you like me to arrange some accommodation for you?"

When Li Chengxi had just been on the island for more than a year, Li Guodong came once. However, at that time, Li Chengxi had not yet started a family and was still living in the dormitory, and had not been allocated a house.

Now that they have been allocated houses, Li Guodong said, "No need, they have already been allocated houses, right? I will live with them."

After the conversation, Commander Yan asked the guards to drive Li Guodong and his wife to Li Chengqi's home, but Li Guodong refused: "No need to drive me. I haven't been here for many years. I also want to take this opportunity to take a good walk and have a look."

Zhang Sufen felt a little seasick and was not feeling well. She originally wanted to take a car, but Li Guodong said they had to walk, so she had to follow him.

Whenever Li Guodong talked about what had changed and what remained the same, she would always agree with him.

The houses here are not complicated. Following the directions given by the guard, the two easily found Li Chengxi's home. However, when they arrived, the gate was locked from the outside.

Apparently, neither of them was at home.

Li Chengxi must still be in the group at this time, but why is Lin Tao not here?

Zhang Sufen immediately looked unhappy and complained, "Why aren't they at home? Don't they know we're going to the island today? Could they have done this on purpose..."

Before he could finish his words, Li Guodong glared at him and he swallowed the rest of his words.

A little boy about four or five years old happened to come out from next door. Seeing them here, he looked at them and asked, "Who are you looking for?"

Li Guodong asked: "Young comrade, we are relatives of this family, we are looking for this family."

Zheng Hongxing said: "Auntie Lin went to work, she is a school teacher!"

After saying this, Chen Shuifen from the courtyard called him and he hurried in.

"Can she take good care of her child while working?" Zhang Sufen muttered. Seeing Li Guodong looking at her, she quickly said, "I'm just worried that she's too busy at work and can't take good care of our granddaughter."

Li Guodong said: "Let's go to the school and look for it."

Although I have never met this daughter-in-law, it is only the daughter-in-law who is afraid of meeting her parents-in-law since ancient times, but it is not reasonable for parents-in-law to be afraid of meeting their daughter-in-law. At least for Li Guobin, there is no word of "fear".

If Lin Tao came back home, what she did in front of them might just be fake and not real. They had to launch a surprise attack and catch her off guard, so that they could see the true face of their daughter-in-law.

Going to school is a good opportunity to see what this daughter-in-law that Li Chengxi found for him is like.

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At school, Lin Tao only had two classes in the morning today, but it was already three o'clock in the afternoon and she hadn't left yet.

Yueyue had just peed, so Lin Tao changed her diaper and fed her some milk. Now she was having fun playing with Xiao Qingming.

Yueyue was still young and couldn't sit up yet, so she lay in the small rocking bed, but Xiaoqingming could already sit up. The two little guys stared at each other, chatting back and forth, and no one knew what they were talking about, but they were chatting quite enthusiastically.

Xu Yuting is afraid that Qingming will bully Yueyue when he grows up.

But after a while it was Xiao Qingming who started crying. Xu Yuting and Lin Tao put down their work and took a look. It turned out that Xiao Qingming was fond of this little sister. He couldn't sleep so he wanted to reach out and touch the little sister. As a result, as soon as his hand touched the little sister, the little sister grabbed it and put it in her mouth as if it was food.

Lin Tao rushed over to "persuade them to stop fighting". Fortunately, Yueyue was still young and had not grown any teeth yet, so it was just a gum injury and nothing serious.

"Kid, why do you eat everything?" Lin Tao was helpless and looked at Yueyue fiercely.

Xu Yuting smiled and said, "What do kids know? I think Qingming is just too spoiled. What's wrong with letting his sister bite him? His sister hasn't even grown teeth yet. Is this worth crying for?"

In fact, little Qingming was also scared. He just wanted to touch the little girl's face, but his hand was eaten. It didn't hurt at all.

After being held in Xu Yuting's arms for a while, she stopped crying.

Seeing that Lin Tao was still making up questions, Xu Yuting said, "It's not long since the midterm exam and the final exam hasn't come yet. Why did you think of making exam questions for students at this time?"

The reason why Lin Tao was still in school in the afternoon was to give test papers to the students.

Lin Tao smiled and said, "They will be taking the junior high school entrance exam next year, so there's no harm in doing more questions."

She still didn't intend to tell Xu Yuting the real reason why she did it. This matter was like a thorn in Li Chengqi's heart. Not many people knew about it, and Lin Tao was not willing to tell others about it.

Xu Yuting believed what Lin Tao said, so she didn't say anything else. She just muttered, "I think you are born to be an educator. You only think about students."

"You're not?" Lin Tao said with a smile.

Xu Yuting shook her head: "I don't think I am."

Lin Tao: "If you don't have these students in your heart, why do you keep a note in your notebook about which students don't have enough knowledge and which areas they need more training in? Yuting, you have a sharp tongue but a soft heart. You may be harsh in words, but you have a kind heart."

Xu Yuting blushed: "Don't compliment me like that. I feel embarrassed. I'm not as good as you say."

"You're just being stubborn." Lin Tao said, "I've got the questions ready. I'm going to the classroom now. Please help me look after Yueyue for a while."

"Okay, go ahead." Xu Yuting said.

She is preparing for tomorrow's lessons now. She also has an art class later and can go back after that.

Although it was an exam, Lin Tao did not prepare a test paper. Instead, she made a set of test questions and copied them on the blackboard. She asked the students to copy down the questions themselves and then do the exercises, which was equivalent to an exam.

Although it was already Xinhua Country at that time, printed papers were generally only used during the middle school entrance examination and final examinations.

This is because even though this school is on an island, it is a military elementary school after all. Most of the students there are children of military personnel, so the resources are pretty good.

If we go to some backward mountainous areas, it is common to see several students sharing one book.

In the office, Xu Yuting suddenly wanted to go to the restroom. She glanced at the two children beside her and told Qingming: "Qingming, Mommy is going to the restroom and will be back soon. Please take good care of the little sister."

Little Qingming, who was only eight months old, looked at his mother and then at his little sister.

In fact, children of this age can understand some words, but it is not known whether they can truly comprehend them.

But there was no one else in the school. There was a guard room at the school gate, and this was a military area with military patrols all the time, so there were really no outsiders.

Yueyue is still young and can't even sit up. Nothing will happen to her, but we have to be careful that Qingming doesn't fall off the cot.

Xu Yuting just went to pee and will be back in a few minutes.

But when she came back, she saw two unfamiliar elderly men in the office. One was wearing a military uniform, and the other was also dressed very decently and did not look like a bad person.

When Li Guodong and Zhang Sufen arrived, they happened to see Xu Yuting going to the toilet.

The two saw two children in the office through the window, so they walked in to take a look. They found out that Li Chengxi had a daughter. In addition, Yueyue looked like Li Chengxi, so Li Guodong recognized her as his granddaughter at a glance.

Li Guodong: "Is this the child?"

Zhang Sufen said, "It's strange to leave these two children here without an adult to look after them. What if something happens to them?"

Li Guodong's face also darkened.

Xu Yuting walked in and asked them, "Who are you?"

Li Guodong glanced at her, and Zhang Sufen said, "Are you a teacher here? We are the grandparents of this child."

"Are you Captain Li's parents? Hello, uncle and aunt. A Tao is in class and I happen to have no class, so I'm helping to look after two children. The older one is my son. I just happened to be out for a while, less than five minutes." Xu Yuting explained.

Zhang Sufen smiled and said, "So that's what happened. I was wondering why there was no one to look after the child."

Xu Yuting said, "Uncle, aunt, please sit here for a while. I'll go see how Ah Tao is doing. If she's fine, ask her to come over."

As Xu Yuting was talking, she walked out of the office. Lin Tao had just finished her last question. Seeing Xu Yuting outside, she walked out and asked, "What's wrong?"

Xu Yuting said, "Your parents-in-law are coming, didn't you know? Didn't they write to you in advance?"

"I know. It's okay. I'll go take a look." Lin Tao said.

When we arrived at the office, Li Guodong was teasing Yueyue and was bending over to hug her.

But what happened was that Yueyue, who was usually not shy, started crying and her little face turned red after being held in Li Guodong's arms.

Li Guodong was not really good at holding a child. He had never even held Li Chengxi because he was at war when Lu Xiangchun was born. When he returned, Li Chengxi could already walk. The father and son were rarely together from the beginning, and their relationship was estranged, not to mention what happened later.

Lin Tao walked in quickly, took the child from Li Guodong's arms, and explained, "This child is shy and will cry easily if someone he doesn't know holds him."

Zhang Sufen quickly said, "This is the child's biological grandfather. How could he be someone he doesn't know?"

Lin Tao smiled and said, "Yes, he is my grandpa, but this is the first time for the child to see him. I have been very busy at school these days, so I will go and talk to the students now. We will go home first."

Lin Tao really didn't expect that Li Guodong and Zhang Sufen would come to the school. She didn't show anything in front of Xu Yuting.

Lin Tao told everyone to grade each other after the test, and to ask classmates who knew the answers to any questions they got wrong, and then go back.

Although Lin Tao didn't have a good impression of Li Guodong and Zhang Sufen, if they really came, there was no reason to refuse them entry.

No matter what, we still have to do a good job of superficial work.

Along the way, Yueyue became happy in Lin Tao's arms, looking around and dancing all the way. Although Li Guodong didn't say anything and looked very serious with a stern face, his expression softened as soon as he looked at Yueyue.

When they got home, Lin Tao opened the door.

When Li Guodong saw the vegetables planted in the yard, his expression relaxed a lot.

The yard was well maintained, and it seemed that the daughter-in-law was also a hardworking and capable person. When he first saw her, he thought she was a delicate girl because of her slender figure and fair skin. In addition, she was not as respectful and enthusiastic as he had imagined, so Li Guodong immediately had a bad impression of her.

I feel better now.

Lin Tao went into the house to put the child down and put Yueyue on the crib.

It's already past four o'clock. Li Chengxi came back around five o'clock, and it's almost time for him to get busy making dinner.

Zhang Sufen followed Lin Tao into the house, while Li Guodong stayed in the yard to look at the vegetables. He was also born into a peasant family and was a good farmer when he was young. Later, he joined the revolution and became a military officer, and he never farmed again.

Seeing these dishes now, I feel very familiar.

Inside the house, Zhang Sufen looked at Lin Tao who was busy changing Yueyue's diaper, and acted like a mother-in-law, saying, "It happened just now in front of outsiders at school. I wanted to save some face for you, so I held back from saying anything. You're really stupid. Why do you still go to work when you have children? When your father and I arrived just now, there was no adult in the office, only two children. What do you think we should do if something happens? This is the first child in our Li family."

Lin Tao guessed that Xu Yuting might have gone to the toilet at that time. Sometimes she would also have to go to the toilet urgently when taking care of the child. How could anyone watch the child all the time, every minute and every second?

Just like every other day when she has to cook dinner and Li Chengxi hasn't come back yet, doesn't she have to put Yueyue on the crib, give her a doll to play with, and cook by herself?

And she was not a careless person. She wrapped the edges of the crib with cloth and stuffed a thin layer of cotton inside. Even though Yueyue could turn over now, she would not get hurt by bumping into the corners of the crib.

From birth to now, Yueyue has never been hurt.

To be honest, if someone else said these words to Lin Tao, she might just laugh it off and not be so angry.

But when Zhang Sufen said this, she felt very upset.

Lin Tao glanced at Zhang Sufen and saw that the clothes she was wearing were neat and bright, and she looked meticulous. It was obvious that she lived a good life and had never suffered hardship.

When she thought of Li Chengxi's mother, her mother-in-law, Lin Tao felt depressed.

The tone of her voice was not so good. Lin Tao stopped calling her mom and said directly: "Look at what you said. Usually when I am in class, there are other teachers to help look after Yueyue. Today, Teacher Xu just went to the toilet for a few minutes. What could go wrong?"

"Everyone is having a hard time these days. Many mothers have to take care of children and work at the same time. Not everyone can be like you. So what should they do? Can't they just live? Or should they just stop eating, stop farming, and not go to the toilet all day, and just stay at home and look after the children?"

Zhang Sufen originally wanted to give Lin Tao a warning, but she didn't expect that the wife Li Chengxi found was so sharp-tongued. A few words from her made her very angry.

Zhang Sufen said with a stern expression: "Other people's family is other people's family, and our family is our family. Cheng Qi is also the head of the group now. Could it be that his allowance can't afford to support you and a child? Even if he can't afford it, isn't it still possible? At home? If you are in trouble, just ask. As parents, how can we help you?"

"To be honest, Chengxi is just too stubborn. He has been stubborn since he was young. He refuses to tell his family when he encounters problems. When outsiders find out, he still thinks that his family doesn't care about him. Isn't it unfair for his father and I? You can't learn from him. If you have difficulties in the future and need money, just write to your family. Your family will treat you and Mingcheng equally."

"When I got pregnant with Mingcheng, I stayed at home to take care of the children. You don't know that a man needs a good wife who can take care of the family so that he can focus on his career. Look at Chengxi's father, how successful he is in his career."

After hearing what Zhang Sufen said, Lin Tao finally understood why Li Chengxi knew that Li Guodong and Zhang Sufen were coming, and why he was worried that she was not feeling well.

I also understand why Li Guodong chose Zhang Sufen and ignored his son Li Chengxi.

Zhang Sufen is really good at putting the blame on someone else. She said all the good things. They ignored Li Chengxi and didn't care enough about him, but now it seems that Li Chengxi is stubborn and unwilling to accept their help?

Why do you have to pretend to be nice to them? Who are you showing this to?

Lin Tao bit her lip. Even though she had a good temper, she was very angry at this moment.

She sneered and said, "I don't know whether Cheng Xi has a stubborn temper or not, but I do know one thing, you can't just talk about things. I've been a teacher in school for so long, and what I fear most is people who talk a lot but do nothing. When you work with such a person, you're really just letting her talk."

"Also, Cheng Xi's allowance is certainly enough to support me and the child. We are not short of money, but I don't go to work just for the money. Women should stay at home to take care of children in the old society. Now it is a new society. Women should have their own careers and live their own lives, instead of giving up everything to stay at home to 'take care of their husbands and children' and be complacent. Cheng Xi has worked hard for his career, and he will not let me give up my career because of this. Moreover, my work does not interfere with my family. We run the family together. Cheng Xi understands this better than you. He has always supported me in going to work."

Lin Tao spoke with reason and evidence, neither humble nor arrogant, and her speech was very organized. She refuted all the long words that Zhang Sufen had said before.

Zhang Sufen was speechless, but she couldn't argue with Lin Tao.

She was very angry and her face turned ugly. She was no longer as dignified as before.

Zhang Sufen gritted her teeth and said, "I think you've been with Chengxi for too long and you've even learned his temper. You're so disrespectful that you even talk to your mother-in-law like this." Then she went to the yard to find Li Guodong to complain.

Zhang Sufen said, "Guodong, if I had known I would not have come with you this time. I came to see Chengxi's child out of kindness, but this daughter-in-law is so amazing that she doesn't even take me, the mother-in-law, seriously. People told me that being a stepmother is hard, but I still became one for love. Chengxi didn't respect me as a stepmother from the beginning, and I didn't expect that even this daughter-in-law is like this now."

In fact, Li Guodong heard everything Zhang Sufen and Lin Tao said in the room.

At this time, Zhang Sufen came to complain. Li Guodong looked at her and said, "I heard everything you said. That girl is a little sharp-tongued and her words are not very pleasing, but she is right in some ways. It is good for women to have jobs. And I think she is also a capable person. Look at how well these vegetables are grown."

Zhang Sufen is a city dweller. In order to take good care of the family, she quit her job at the hospital and stayed at home to take care of the children, making sure the father and son were well cared for.

But as Li Guodong got older, Zhang Sufen found that he seemed to start liking women like Lu Xiangchun, that is, career-oriented women. Such women are fierce and tough, and will not easily admit defeat. When arguing with men, they will not consider that the other party is a man, and will not give them face or give them a chance.

In fact, Zhang Sufen understood that during the years since Lu Xiangchun's death, Li Guodong had always had Lu Xiangchun in his heart, but there was no need for her to compete with a dead person.

But she found that in recent years Li Guodong liked women like Lu Xiangchun more and more. She seemed to have lost her charm in Li Guodong's eyes, and she still felt a little crisis in her heart.

Fortunately, Li Guodong is in his sixties, and she is only fifty years old, still young.

Li Guodong fought many battles, suffered many injuries, and shed a lot of blood before he reached the top. In his heart, he preferred women like Zhang Sufen. Lu Xiangchun was too hot-tempered, and he asked to see her several times, but she always rejected him.

In addition, Lu Xiangchun's health was too poor at the end, and he could not hold on and died early.

In fact, if it weren't for this, Zhang Sufen really felt that she might not be able to compare with Lu Xiangchun. After all, Lu Xiangchun and Li Guodong were young couples, so their feelings were still deeper.

I remember that when Zhang Sufen first started, she also had a job as a nurse.

That's how she got to know Li Guodong. At that time, Li Guodong was seriously injured and almost lost his life. The army clinic was unable to perform such a major operation, so he was transferred to the city hospital, and Zhang Sufen was a nurse in the city hospital.

In fact, she had just started working not long ago, and logically she was not qualified to take care of such a high-ranking officer. It just happened that the hospital was short of staff at the time, and the head nurse asked her to take over for a few days, so she got the opportunity.

Her patience and meticulousness touched Li Guodong, and the two fell in love.

At that time, Lu Xiangchun's whereabouts had been unknown for several years. The organization also tried to find her everywhere, but they could not find her. Everyone thought that Lu Xiangchun was dead.

At that time, Li Guodong had been single for several years. He met Zhang Sufen, and the two got along well. Zhang Sufen didn't mind being a stepmother, so they got married and started a family.

Who knew that Lu Xiangchun would come back alive not long after!

At that time, Zhang Sufen was in an awkward position. In ancient times, she was Li Guodong's later wife. Now that his original wife has returned, she can only be considered a concubine at best.

God was helping her. As soon as Lu Xiangchun returned, Zhang Sufen found out that she was pregnant.

However, Lu Xiangchun was too hot-tempered. When she learned that she had been captured by the enemy for several years, in order to protect Li Guodong, she was tortured but did not betray Li Guodong or say anything harmful to the party. As a result, when she finally returned, she saw that Li Guodong had remarried another woman...

And that woman even had Li Guodong's child!

Upon learning about this, Lu Xiangchun vomited blood on the spot. Her health had been severely damaged over the years, and she was covered in wounds. She didn't expect to live long.

Li Guodong wanted to come and see her, but was turned away by Lu Xiangchun. She didn't know how to face it all.

She even thought that she should die at the hands of the enemy and should not come back. But when she saw Li Chengxi grow up, she realized that she came back not only for Li Guodong, but also for her son and her family.

Her health condition was so bad that even though she went to the hospital five days out of seven, and even though she was reluctant to undergo so many tests and take so many medicines every day, she was still struggling to hold on for the sake of her family.

But even so, Lu Xiangchun's health continued to deteriorate.

But she couldn't hold on any longer and was rushed to the hospital after fainting, her life was very bad.

She looked at the people in front of her, her son Li Chengxi. The child was growing so fast. He was not even ten years old, but he was already as tall as her shoulders. He should be taller than her soon, right?

She remembered that Chengxi was very lively when he was young, and loved to laugh and make noises. At that time, Li Guodong was fighting outside, and there were only Chengxi and her at home, but life was not hard at all. If Chengxi asked her why other people's fathers were at home but his father was not, she would tell him that it was because his father was a great hero and was fighting outside.

Why can his classmates study well in school?

That's because there are many great heroes like his father who sacrificed their bodies and blood to get it back.

She was no longer afraid of raising her children alone through hard times. She felt proud of her husband who was sacrificing his life for the peace of his motherland.

Later, she was captured by the enemy, whipped, burned with red-hot iron, and poured with cold water when she fainted. But she gritted her teeth and refused to reveal any useful information.

She is not afraid of death and is always ready to sacrifice herself for her motherland.

But she couldn't accept it. When she came back, she saw the husband she tried so hard to protect married another woman...

Lu Xiangchun looked at her brother and sister, and her mother. Her body was covered with wounds, and her mother cried to her many times after she came back, feeling sorry for the suffering she had endured over the years...

But she felt at ease knowing that her family members were safe.

Lu Xiangchun knew that she was about to die, but before she died, she suddenly wanted to see Li Guodong.

After she came back, she refused to see Li Guodong because she couldn't face it. But as she was about to die, she couldn't help but think of her youth. She thought of the time when she met Li Guodong, when they fell in love, got married, and had a son...

"Li Guodong, ask Li Guodong to come over..." Lu Xiangchun spoke weakly.

She saw Li Chengxi beside her, and after hearing what she said clearly, he ran out. She knew that her son had gone to find Li Guodong for her.

Lu Xiangchun smiled. Her son was no longer as cheerful and noisy as he was when he was a child, and he didn't talk much anymore.

She knew that his personality had changed a lot because she had been captured by the enemy all those years and had not been able to be with him, but this child had always been a sensible and good child.

Li Chengxi ran all the way to Li Guodong's house, but no one was there. He heard from his teacher uncle that Zhang Sufen was about to give birth, so Li Guodong accompanied her to the hospital.

He ran to the hospital again and saw Li Guodong waiting anxiously in the corridor. He wondered if Li Guodong was also so anxious when he was born?

Probably not. My mother told me that Li Guodong was not with them when he was born.

But the mother never said a bad word about Li Guodong, and never blamed him for not being able to stay with them. It was the mother who used her tenacity to take good care of him and make their life prosperous.

I heard from the mother-in-law who lived next door in the compound that her mother had a stomachache in the middle of the night, so she got up and walked to the clinic on her own. With the help of the doctor on duty, she gave birth to the baby.

Li Chengxi asked Li Guodong to go with him to see his mother for the last time.

But the doctor came out and said that the woman was bleeding heavily and was in danger, and the fetus was in an abnormal position, so there was a high possibility of losing both the baby and the mother. He asked Li Guodong to consider whether to perform a Caesarean section on the woman. If a Caesarean section was required, he would have to sign a letter of responsibility stating that if the woman and the baby died, it would not be the hospital's fault.

On one side was Zhang Sufen and her unborn child, and on the other side was Lu Xiangchun who wanted to see him for the last time.

Li Chengxi knelt down and kowtowed to Li Guodong: "Accompany me to see my mother for the last time. She is dying!"

But Li Guodong still asked Li Chengxi to go back first, saying that he would go to see his mother as soon as Zhang Sufen gave birth and was confirmed to be safe.

Li Chengxi understood Li Guodong's choice, looked at him hatefully, said "I don't have a father like you", turned around and ran away.

Zhang Sufen and Lu Xiangchun were not in the same hospital, one was in a military hospital and the other in a municipal hospital.

Lu Xiangchun dragged his last breath and waited and waited, and finally the door of the ward was pushed open again, but what he saw was Li Chengxi, whose hair and clothes were soaked with sweat and whose face was covered with tears.

Lu Xiangchun knew that Li Guodong would not come.

In fact, Li Guodong finally came, but it was too late.

Perhaps the outcome was determined from the moment Li Guodong chose to start a new family with Zhang Sufen.

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At this moment, the gate was pushed open and Li Chengxi came back.

Li Chengxi was not surprised to see the two men in the yard. The day after he received Li Mingcheng's telegram, Commander Yan had told him the exact date Li Guodong would come, and he happened to have a meeting today, so he had an excuse not to go to the dock to pick them up.

Zhang Sufen's face was not looking very good at first, but when she saw Li Chengxi coming back, she smiled and said, "Chengxi is back."

Li Chengxi ignored it.

Li Guodong glanced at Li Chengxi. After not seeing him for a few years, the boy had become much stronger. He must have become a father now. He also looked much more stable than he was a few years ago.

He said, "I'm back."

Li Chengxi said "hmm" and went straight into the house.

Li Guodong looked unhappy at Li Chengxi's attitude. Zhang Sufen muttered softly, "Look, it's been so many years, and it's still like this..."

Inside the house, after a heated argument with Zhang Sufen, Lin Tao went to work on dinner. Today, they cooked scallops with vermicelli and garlic sauce, steamed fish, eggplant with fish sauce, and sour beans with minced meat.

Seeing Li Chengxi coming in, Lin Tao smiled at him from the window and said, "I'm going to stir-fry some pickled beans with minced meat later. Go pick some beans for me."

Li Chengxi nodded and asked in a low voice, "They didn't cause any trouble, did they?"

"I found them." Lin Tao snorted, then laughed, "But I made you speechless. Okay, go pick the beans quickly. Pick the older ones. I'll save the tender ones for pickling."

"I got the instructions." Li Chengxi knew that his wife had not suffered any loss, so his expression was not so ugly.

But when I walked into the yard and saw those two people, I felt unhappy the whole time.

At this time, Yueyue in the room hummed and moaned. Lin Tao was cooking and was about to take the food out of the pot. She said to the outside, "Yueyue, be good. Mom is cooking and will be right there."

Zhang Sufen walked over quickly and said, "Okay, go ahead and do your thing. I'll go see what's wrong with the child. People say you can't raise a child like this, but you don't believe me. It makes it seem like I'm trying to harm you, so I..."

Before she finished speaking, Zhang Sufen, who was about to pick up Yueyue to see why she was crying, smelled a slightly sour odor. When she looked again, she saw a large yellow and smelly spot on her clothes.

"Oh, kid, how come you pooped on grandma..." Zhang Sufen howled, and hurriedly put Yueyue back on the bed to deal with her clothes.

Yueyue was howled by Zhang Sufen