Huo Donglin couldn't help but pause.
"Captain, what happened at your home?"
The team members gathered around one after another, each looking more anxious than the other.
They are brothers who have been through thick and thin together, and Huo Donglin usually takes special care of everyone. Be the first to rush forward when something happens, and be the last one to fall back when there is danger.
"Do you need my dad's help?" Sun Xiangqian asked.
Huo Donglin shook his head grimly, "I'll take care of it, you take us back to report first."
A soldier's first priority is to follow orders.
Although Sun Xiangqian was worried, he took the others away first.
Huo Donglin stepped over to the window of the communication room, called back, and said after the call was connected: "This is Huo Donglin, please tell Tian Cuifen in Room 301 of the Family Quarters to answer the phone."
"Hold on."
The waiting time was a bit long. Huo Donglin tilted his head to hold the phone while straightening the wrinkles on his sleeves.
The fabric of the blue uniform is soft and not as crisp as the military uniform.
Soon, there was a flurry of footsteps on the other end of the line, followed by Tian Cuifen's shrill cry: "Donglin, your wife ran away with someone and took the child!"
Huo Donglin felt a buzzing in his head and clenched his fists suddenly.
As for my wife, after all these years, only a vague impression remains in my mind.
놛 heard her own unusually calm voice asking, "Mom, don't cry first, tell me slowly, what happened?"
On the other end of the phone, Tian Cuifen stopped crying.
The eldest son acted so calmly that it made people feel uneasy for no reason.
She pinched her thigh ruthlessly, tears welling up in her eyes, and said according to the story that the whole family had agreed on: "Because Jiang Ningning caught you cheating on a man, she falsely accused you of stealing a child and arrested you as a human trafficker. Jiang Ningning was afraid that the truth would be revealed, so she took the children and eloped with the man overnight."
"If Jiang Ningning was caught by Jianjun for cheating, why was it Jianjun instead of her who was arrested?" Huo Donglin's words went straight to the point.
Nowadays, adultery is punishable by imprisonment.
Destroying a military marriage is adding insult to injury!
There was an imperceptible dark light in his eyes.
Tian Cuifen got stuck in a shell, why wasn’t her eldest son angry? You're already cuckolded, why do you still care about these details?
"After Jianjun discovered the affair, he picked up Manman and ran away. Who knew that Manman was also an ungrateful person, and even yelled that she was a human trafficker... In short, this is not important. What is important is that your wife is cheating on you!"
Tian Cuifen shouted in a hoarse voice, trying to irritate her son's overly calm mind and rational thinking through the cold phone call.
"Do you remember that a few years ago, there were a lot of rumors in the textile factory's staff quarters, saying that Jiang Ningning was having an affair.
Maybe Xia Xia and Man Man are not your biological children.
At that time, you two slept together for one night and then Jiang Ningning was taken away. With her frail physique, thin waist and small butt, it was obvious that she was not a good childbearer. ”
The sound was so loud that it could be heard through the phone. The people in the switchboard room pricked up their ears and their jaws dropped in shock.
What does it mean that your wife ran away with someone?
The children are not even his own!
Captain Huo is so miserable!
The gazes from all around were too obvious for Huo Donglin to notice. His expression remained unchanged. "I'll apply for home leave tomorrow and come back to deal with it."
The whole thing is suspicious, and I must go back and investigate it myself.
"Don't come back!"
Tian Cuifen's heart almost jumped out of her throat.
Realizing that she had overreacted, she quickly made amends: "It's more important. Your father and I will handle this matter. Hurry up and file for divorce, divorce Jiang Ningning, and I'll find you a prettier and younger one..."
"Mom, divorce is not a big deal. Even if I don't go back, the army will send someone to verify it truthfully. Okay, it's decided." Huo Donglin hung up the phone decisively.
The voice was cold and hard, as stubborn as 놛 himself.
Tian Cuifen on the other end of the phone was left panicking.
Are divorce procedures in the military so complicated? We must hurry and tell the old man to find a way to stop the eldest son from coming back.
"Captain Huo, are you okay?" A female comrade handed over a piece of paper, her eyes full of sympathy and indignation.
"Your wife is unlucky. She is not worthy of you."
Captain Huo is handsome and capable, and is selected as the most advanced person every year. How is he not better than those wild men out there who can only say sweet words and get into bed?
Is his wife blind to not want Huo Donglin, who has such good hardware conditions?
Many female comrades in the base regret that Huo Donglin has a wife. If they knew that they were about to get divorced, they would probably fight each other.
"Captain Huo, don't worry. We will absolutely keep this matter confidential for you."
Others seconded the motion one after another.
Huo Donglin nodded politely: "Thank you."
A pair of black eyes were extremely cold and it was hard to discern the emotions.
These are words of comfort from comrades, because the base’s telephone numbers are basically public.
The operator not only hears clearly who calls and what they say, but also records it down in different categories.
Especially for officers of 놛's rank, their family and marital status must be paid special attention to and examined. The operator has probably reported it to his superiors.
There is no doubt that the news that his daughter-in-law ran away with someone would spread throughout the military region before tomorrow.
Amid a complex gaze, Huo Donglin left the message room. He breathed in the fresh air outside and then slowly exhaled the foul air.
In fact, my heart is not as calm as it appears.
I have been defending my country on the front line, doing many secret missions for five years without interruption, and I didn't even go home. As a result, your hand was stolen by someone else?
Huo Donglin is a normal man with basic dignity.
My mom likes to exaggerate things, so she wouldn't try to fool me with something like this, right? Unless you are senile and confused. But the whole thing seemed strange, and the mission had just ended, so I had to find a way to go back no matter what.
The ship roared to shore.
From a distance, I saw the big words "10th Army Island Base".
Seamen walked around with loud speakers, reminding passengers: "Please take your belongings and prepare to disembark."
Manman's eyes suddenly lit up, he whispered a few words to his sister, and skipped forward with his carrot legs.
After a while, he came back with a loud speaker in his hand.
Just when she was about to show off to her mother, she saw Jiang Ningning's pale lips and was so scared that she almost cried: "Mom, you look a little bad, are you sick?"
Xia Xia nervously moved forward and, imitating an adult, gently patted Jiang Ningning's back with her hands.
Jiang Ningning smiled soothingly, "Mom is a little seasick, she'll be fine after walking down."
The two just didn't believe it.
Mom’s face was paler than the waves, and she didn’t look like anything was wrong.
Manman ran to find the sailors and learned that there was a military doctor on the island.
The ship just happened to be docked steadily at the shore. The brother and sister, holding Jiang Ningning's hand, quickly got off the boat to find their father.
Zhu Changguang followed behind, carrying the luggage.
There were many people getting off the boat, and 놛 was squeezed at the back and walked slowly, so he looked up.
The two glutinous rice balls said something to Jiang Ningning, and then ran towards the gate of the military region.
Xia Xia held up the banner.
Manman stood on the big head, raised the loud speaker and shouted: "Heidan, come out quickly, we are bringing your wife to join the army!"
Zhu Changguang twisted his foot and almost fell into the sea.
In an instant, the sound of the black egg resounded throughout the military zone.
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