Chapter 207: Second row, fifth from the left
Du Shuang couldn't help but think about this surname and this face.
Wasn't there two lives lost in the beginning?
Why still...
Du Shuang stared at the newspaper, trying to find some clues, but this was not a personal topic, and Gu Qingye's content only occupied a part of the space.
"Have you seen him? Does he look like the one in the photo?" Du Shuang grabbed her daughter's arm. "Where is he from? How old is he?"
“It hurts, it hurts—” Gu Hongying struggled to free herself and replied with a frown, “I’m not checking household registration, how do I know so much!”
I know but I don’t want to say it, huh!
Du Shuang clutched the newspaper tightly, her fingertips were pinched so hard that they hurt. The memories of more than 20 years ago had already been thrown into a deep pool by her. Now when she recalled them, she felt a chill all over her body.
"I have to go out for a while, let Mrs. Zhang cook noodles for you."
Du Shuang didn't even care about her beloved son anymore. She wanted to go and discuss things with her eldest brother immediately.
Gu Yuanzheng was not hungry in the first place, so he threw the orange into the fruit bowl. He was too lazy to pick it up when it rolled to the ground. He just put his hands in his pockets and walked out to find someone to drink with.
Gu Hongying had lost her appetite due to the series of "accidents" one after another. No matter what kind of noodles it was, she would not eat them if they were not prepared for her!
The newspapers she brought back for collection were gone, and she couldn't help but blame Du Shuang.
Her good-for-nothing elder brother was treated like a treasure, and she couldn't do anything she wanted. If it weren't for her father's support, she wouldn't even be able to fulfill her dream of joining the army.
My mother always talks about finding a partner, saying that the art troupe has a lot of free time and is respectable. It seems that she has chosen the daughter of the troupe leader for Gu Yuanzheng and wants her to get close to her.
Oh, you like that person, but can that person like Gu Yuanzheng?
Apart from his decent face and having a father who is a general, what else does Gu Yuanzheng have to show off?
Gu Hongying was lying on the bed sulking. When Mrs. Zhang came and knocked on the door, she just said she was not hungry and she just didn't want to go out.
A while later.
Dongdong——
"Mrs. Zhang, I don't want to eat. I said I'm not hungry!" Gu Hongying buried her face in the pillow and shouted in a muffled voice.
"Red tassel?"
Hearing the voice, Gu Hongying immediately sat up and ran out in her slippers.
"Dad, you're back!"
The middle-aged man stood by the door. The neat military uniform he wore gave him an inexplicable sense of elegance and grace.
Gu Bohuai smiled gently: "What's wrong, Mrs. Zhang said you didn't have dinner?"
Gu Hongying has been close to her father since she was a child. Upon hearing this, she pouted and complained, "It's about that matter again. I want to go to the front line, but my mother doesn't agree."
As she spoke, she couldn't wait to talk about what she had seen and heard today, and praised Gu Qingye highly again.
Suddenly, as if she discovered something, she walked around Gu Bohuai, holding her chin with one hand, looking thoughtful.
"Why, you don't recognize dad after not seeing him for a few days?"
"Don't mention it, that comrade Gu looks a bit like you, even more like you than Gu Yuanzheng."
Her brother only inherited his nose from Gu Bohuai, his facial features and face shape are more like Du Shuang.
Gu Bohuai didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "There are so many people in the world, it's not surprising that they look similar."
"But his last name is Gu, and he is also from Jiang Province. The upper half of his face looks very similar to yours, except that he is taller than you."
Gu Hongying held his arm and swung back and forth: "Dad, I want to go to the front line. If I meet the requirements, can I join the special operations team?"
Gu Bohuai told the truth: "The special forces currently do not accept female soldiers, and you are still a long way from meeting the standards, right?"
He didn't mean to discourage his daughter. Gu Hongying did work hard, but her physical fitness did not meet the recruitment standards for first-tier personnel.
He would not be reluctant to send his own child to the front line just because he was his own child, but if the hardware was not up to standard, he would not fulfill his daughter's wish simply because he doted on her.
Gu Hongying knew this was the truth, and her excitement was half extinguished but soon rekindled.
"I will try my best. No matter if I can win glory for my country like a combat hero, I will try my best. I will not join the art troupe no matter what!"
Gu Bohuai smiled and said, "Your mother brought it up again? If you don't want to go, then don't go. Dad will make the decision for you."
Gu Hongying immediately put on a bright smile: "Dad is so nice!"
Gu Bohuai tapped her forehead: "Are you willing to eat now? You also said you want to train hard, are you going to train on an empty stomach?"
After a simple meal, Gu Bohuai did not stay at home for long. He had just returned from an inspection and had some work that needed his urgent attention.
Newspapers that had accumulated in the office for several days were neatly placed on the corner of the table, and the top one was today's military newspaper.
Gu Bohuai just glanced at it quickly at first, but his gaze turned back in just a second.
He stared at a certain spot in the group photo, the fifth from the left in the second row. The name that Gu Hongying had mentioned many times emerged in his mind - Gu Qingye.
The sharp eyes and face that even the blurry photo couldn't hide, Gu Bohuai seemed to see his younger self.
It’s just that when he was young, he was not as sharp as this young man. He was like a sword that had been honed and was sharp and intimidating.
He took the newspaper and read it through, recalling the battle reports and summary reports he had read before, and finally matched Gu Qingye's name with the five victory reports from the coastal front.
If he hadn't gone to the front line to inspect, he would definitely have attended today's commendation meeting and met this young man named Gu.
He suddenly smiled. Gu Hongying had seen countless combat heroes since she was a child, but none of them could make her admire him so much. This Gu Qingye made him a little curious.
Gu Bohuai put down the newspaper and put the trivial matters aside for the time being, but what he didn't expect was that he heard the same name from his old comrade-in-arms the next day.
Gu Bohuai and Qin Changling walked out of the meeting room side by side.
"Old Gu, your Jiang Province is really a place of outstanding people. You have emerged, and now there is Gu Qingye. When I first saw him, I almost thought he was your son. He really looks like you when you were young."
Qin Changling joked: "Are you sure there is no such relative in your hometown?"
Gu Bohuai was stunned for a moment, but soon calmed down: "You know I only have one brother. We got separated in the war, and I couldn't find him later."
Qin Changling heard this and said, "You can meet her when you have a chance. She may be related to you. Your Hongying admires her very much."
Gu Bohuai also smiled when talking about his daughter: "That girl went back and lectured me for a long time, saying that she wanted to learn from the war heroes. I couldn't do anything about her."
"You have great ambition. Maybe Hongying will be the one to inherit your legacy in the future."
Qin Changling didn't mention Gu Yuanzheng, he also knew that his old friend's son was a hopeless person.
They are soldiers by nature and like to send their children to military camps. It is hard to say whether they can succeed or not, but they have to go in and be polished anyway.
Only Gu Yuanzheng was an oddity. He actually became a deserter and asked to quit the army as soon as he entered the army. That kid ruined all of Gu Bohuai's reputation for the rest of his life.
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