Chapter 421: Shot in Half a Month
The second day.
Under Xu Feng's expectant gaze, Lu Zhanlin took out the letter of apology he had written yesterday from his military uniform pocket.
"Captain Lu, you are my great benefactor! Don't worry, I will definitely do what I promised you yesterday. If we ever go to the battlefield again in the future, I will definitely take the bullet for you."
Xu Feng happily opened the wrinkled paper and looked at the densely written words by Lu Zhanlin. He was so happy.
Although copying was painful, it was much better than writing it by racking his brains.
After flipping through the papers in his hand for a few times, Xu Feng suddenly realized that something was wrong.
He quickly grabbed Lu Zhanlin, who was about to leave, and said, "Old Lu, this isn't right. These words don't add up to 3,000. Commander He said yesterday that it must be 3,000 words, not a single word less."
Cough cough.
Lu Zhanlin raised his hand, put it to his lips and coughed a few times. He didn't expect Xu Feng to be so meticulous and could see that the number of words was not enough.
He said, "I only have enough time to write this much in one night. You have to figure out how to write the remaining thousand words."
"That's not right... You didn't work overtime last night, and there wasn't a meeting at the military headquarters. I saw you went back to the family compound early in the morning. How could you not have enough time... Captain Lu..."
Xu Feng watched Lu Zhanlin walk away without getting the answer he wanted.
With Xu Feng's intelligence, emotional intelligence, and his fanboy-like admiration for Chu Yue, he would never have thought that the less than a thousand words in the self-criticism letter were wasted by Chu Yue.
After all, Chu Yue occupied all of Lu Zhanlin's time afterwards.
It's just... the end result was a bit tiring, but she enjoyed it~
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Three days later.
Chu Yue slightly modified the back seat of the bicycle so that the injured Lu Yuanbao could sit more steadily, and then fulfilled her promise a few days ago to take him to eat hot pot.
"Mom, are we going to the restaurant in the city to eat hot pot?" Lu Yuanbao sat on the back seat of the bicycle, hugged Chu Yue's waist, and asked loudly.
"No, there's no hot pot restaurant in the city, so mom will make it for you."
"Then why don't you eat at home?"
Lu Yuanbao was confused. His house was big and spacious, and he could pick vegetables and cucumbers in the yard at any time. How convenient!
Chu Yue smiled and replied, "Because we want to eat and watch the show at the same time."
Watch a show?
Did the city invite a troupe of actors?
Lu Yuanbao thought so.
After they entered the city that day, they did not go directly to the grocery store, but first went to the small house that Ye Zhaodi temporarily rented.
Ye Zhigang's case progressed very quickly. The people who came from the provincial government were very capable, and with Commander He keeping a close eye on it, the case, which was supposed to take at least half a year to a year to investigate, was resolved in just one month.
Ye Zhigang was sentenced to death by firing squad for embezzling huge amounts of state assets and endangering the lives of others. He will be executed in about half a month, but the specific date has not yet been determined.
During the investigation, Ding Yuqin, who was originally thought to be innocent, was also arrested.
She was convicted as an accomplice, and although she didn't have to be shot, she was sentenced to ten years in prison. She will have to spend every day in prison like a year from now on.
As for their child Ye Fugui, without parental discipline and with Ding Yuqin's favoritism, he still did not repent. His bad nature was completely exposed. He did not even go to school and spent all day hanging out with a group of little hooligans. He had learned to be violent and aggressive at a young age.
This is exactly the same as Ye Zhigang.
But he was not as lucky as Ye Zhigang.
When Ye Zhigang got into trouble, he had an older brother at home (Ye Zhaodi's father) to support him and was willing to sell everything he had to pay for his recovery.
As for Ye Fugui, when he was fighting with someone, he offended a more powerful kid.
The child's parents were even more cruel. They sent someone to break Ye Fugui's legs, but spared his life because he was still a child.
Ye Fugui had repeatedly called Ye Xiaoman a cripple, but now he was reaping the consequences of his own actions and had become a true cripple.
I heard that he was finally taken in by Ding Yuqin's parents, that is, his grandparents.
A disabled person with both legs broken, an orphan without parents, living under the care of others must have a hard time.
This is cause and effect.
Ye Fugui has completely become the same Ye Xiaoman as before.
As for his future fate, no one will care and no one will sympathize with him.
The three members of the Ye family have settled their issues and have each found their own solutions. According to this situation, Ye Zhaodi should have returned to the cannery's staff quarters and moved into the house that originally belonged to her and Ye Xiaoman.
But Ye Zhaodi was not anxious. She told Chu Yue that she wanted to wait until Ye Zhigang was actually executed, then go to her parents' grave with the good news, and then take Ye Xiaoman back home, their real home, to start their new life.
In addition, the house that Ye Zhaodi is currently renting is next to the hospital. Although it is small, only the size of a room, the kitchen, toilet, and bathroom are all shared, similar to a tube-shaped building.
But this place is close to the hospital, making it convenient for Ye Xiaoman to go there for a follow-up visit.
The house faces south, has windows and sunlight, and is particularly bright.
That ray of sunshine was something they had never dared to ask for.
This alone makes Ye Zhaodi and Ye Xiaoman feel very happy, and both siblings cherish the present days very much.
Boom boom boom.
Chu Yue knocked on the door, and Ye Zhaodi's voice immediately came from inside the room.
"Sister Yue, the door is not closed, you can come in directly."
Chu Yue took Lu Yuanbao into the small house of the Ye siblings. She had been here several times and felt refreshed every time. Ye Zhaodi was a very hardworking person. Even though it was a temporary rented house, she kept it clean and tidy.
In the small house, you can still smell the fresh fragrance of flowers.
Lu Yuanbao stood up with the support of a cane and whispered, "It smells so good."
Ye Zhaodi was pouring tea for them both and replied with a smile, "It's gardenia. Gardenias are in full bloom this time of year. I picked some and brought them back for Xiaoman to smell and see."
Gardenias are beautiful white and have a very strong fragrance. Just a small flower can fill the house with fragrance.
Ye Zhaodi put the gardenia in a bamboo tube, used the bamboo tube as a vase, and placed it in a sunny place, close to Ye Xiaoman.
Ye Xiaoman sat on the bed, looking up at Chu Yue with a brilliant smile, "Sister Yue, you came to see me again."
Every time Chu Yue came before, she was concerned about Ye Zhaodi's life, and also visited Ye Xiaoman for a follow-up check, and used acupuncture to help him recover.
Since leaving Ye Zhigang's clutches, Ye Xiaoman has been able to eat well, dress warmly, sleep well, and has hope of recovery. The once dirty and skinny child has gained a lot of weight after a period of recuperation.
Children grow up fast, especially boys of this age. Ye Xiaoman is two years older than Lu Yuanbao and gradually looks like a teenager.
After several follow-up visits with the doctor, Ye Xiaoman was given a brace, also known as a corrector, for his lower body.
Braces are very uncomfortable, and it is definitely not an easy task to bend the wrong bones back into place. It requires long-term efforts and constant endurance of suffering and pain.
But compared with the past, the hope of being able to stand up again is nothing to Ye Xiaoman.
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