Chapter 224 Spending the Night Together
"Grandma, how about this? I'll sleep in the same room as you, and it'll be more convenient and spacious for him to sleep here!" Wen Ni earnestly proposed a solution.
"Hmm... but I've been sleeping alone all these years. I'm not used to having someone next to me all of a sudden, and I can't sleep..." The old lady was a little embarrassed, but she still said, "But if you really feel it's inconvenient, then we can only do as you wish!"
“No need, Grandma.” Lu Jinye suddenly spoke up. “I’ve already bothered you enough. I can’t trouble you with these little things.”
As he spoke, he walked to the corner of the room and pulled over an iron armchair.
"I'll sleep here tonight. Wen Ni, you sleep in the bed. You don't need to go to another room."
"He's well-mannered and polite, young lady. This young man is really good!" The old lady smiled broadly and praised him highly.
"Yes, thank you for your trouble, Grandma."
Wen Ni finally gave in; when you're under someone's roof, you have no choice but to bow your head!
After all the lights in the room were turned off
Wen Ni lay on the wide, long bed, her head resting on a floral pillow, covered with a warm quilt.
It's very comfortable.
But she couldn't sleep!
Even someone who can sleep soundly in the most dangerous places has the opportunity to experience insomnia for the first time in their life.
The stillness of the night amplified the pattering rain outside the window.
Also magnified are the slightest movements of someone tossing and turning in bed due to insomnia while leaning back in their chair!
"Is it because the chair is uncomfortable to sleep in?" Wen Ni listened for a while, and finally couldn't help but sit up with the blanket.
Lu Jinye still has a back injury, and sleeping like this for a night might make him feel even more uncomfortable.
"I'm fine. How about you? Can't sleep?" He didn't say anything, just asked her in return.
"Yeah, I'm having a bit of insomnia."
As Wen Ni spoke, she blinked hard, her eyes gradually adjusting to the darkness, and she could finally vaguely see the figure sitting by the door.
"Lu Jinye, why don't you come up and sleep with me?"
"Isn't this a bit inappropriate?" he said, becoming rather reserved.
Wen Ni shrugged casually, "Thinking about it carefully, there's nothing wrong with it. In the past, when I was on missions, I often shared a sleeping bed with Feng Sui and the other guys!"
That's how she convinced herself.
She treated Fengsui and Longren like brothers, eating and sleeping together! Why was she being so coy with Lu Jinye? She should be open and natural, instead of subconsciously differentiating him from the others!
“Often?” Lu Jinye caught the word and his tone became somewhat intriguing.
"Yeah, the conditions in combat are tough. Sometimes we don't even have a place to shelter from the wind and rain, so why would we care about the differences between men and women? Anyway... are you coming up to sleep or not? If not, then forget it!"
Wen Ni lowered her voice slightly, afraid of disturbing the old lady next door's sleep, and asked one last time.
After asking the question, she lay back down on her own.
A short while later
Then you hear the rustling sound of Lu Jinye getting up from the chair and then turning over onto the bed!
Wen Ni closed her eyes, then suddenly remembered that he was only wearing that floral cotton-padded jacket, and had nothing else to keep warm.
"I'll lend you a little bit of the blanket." She turned over and accurately tossed a corner of the blanket over his stomach.
He seemed to prop himself up and lean closer to her, draping the edge of the blanket over his waist and abdomen, which would keep him much warmer!
"Besides often sleeping in the same bed, do you and your comrades also often share a quilt?" Lu Jinye asked in a deep voice.
"In the middle of nowhere, in a tropical jungle, where would we get blankets?" Wen Ni slowly opened her eyes, then frowned and turned her face to look in his direction. "Besides, we're all wearing combat uniforms. Combat uniforms can keep you warm. What nonsense are you thinking?"
"I didn't mean it, don't overthink it." Lu Jinye looked quite innocent.
"I wonder who's overthinking this!"
Wen Ni shut up after she finished speaking.
I don't know why I had to explain so much to him!
However, on the other hand...
The feeling of lying in the same bed with Lu Jinye is different from the feeling of lying in the same bed with Feng Sui Du Ya and the others...?
The more I think about it, the more inspired I become.
Wen Ni was now completely wide awake!
"Lu Jinye".
"Um?"
A single word, conveying a weary, hoarse tone, also appears infinitely gentle in the darkness.
"I can't sleep." Wen Ni turned over again, facing him. "Tell me about Grandpa Lu and his wife!"
"Grandpa and the others? Hmm..."
Lu Jinye's tone became clear, and the lingering drowsiness was swept away.
He clasped his hands behind his head, his voice deep and resonant as he spoke.
"My grandfather's hometown was a remote mountain village in the north. His parents died early, and after he came of age, he left home alone to make a living. By chance, he came to Liangxing Village and met my grandmother's father, who was my great-grandfather. It was through this opportunity that he met my grandmother, who was still a minor at the time. They fell in love and secretly pledged their lives to each other."
"What kind of person was your great-grandfather?" Wen Ni asked curiously.
“My great-grandfather had already passed away when I was born, so I never got to see him. I only know that he was one of the few intellectuals in the city at the time. Later, he was sent to the countryside as a doctor to provide support. He stayed in the village for a long time and got to know my great-grandmother. They got married and had children, including my grandmother and my great-aunt.”
"You have a great-aunt? Where does your great-aunt live now?" Wen Ni was a little sleepy, yawned, and murmured, "What about her children? Have they also joined the army?"
Listening to her series of questions and yawns.
Lu Jinye paused for a moment, considerately lowering his tone, and continued speaking in a gentle voice as if telling a bedtime story.
"You know that my grandmother is a renowned surgeon in China, but you don't know that my great-aunt also dedicated her life to medicine and benefited the people."
"Although she didn't have the same renowned name or achievements as my grandmother, everyone in the surrounding area knew her. This was because she constantly traveled between villages, treating the difficult and complicated illnesses of villagers who suffered from poor transportation, and never accepted a penny..."
"Unfortunately, life is not a glamorous play. She lived a kind life, but all three of her children died during the war, killed by enemy bayonets! The eldest was only ten years old, and the youngest was only two..."
"How could this be..."
Wen Ni felt a pang of pain in her heart.
She unconsciously clenched her fists!
yes.
During times of war, the lives of Chinese people were truly as insignificant as ants. It was through the selfless struggle of several generations that China has achieved its current prosperity!
As a soldier in the new era, her mission is to safeguard this hard-won peace!
"Go to sleep. If you talk too much, you'll start overthinking," Lu Jinye said softly.
"Um!"
Wen Ni responded.
Feeling the silence of the room plunging into darkness, and listening to the steady breathing beside her, her mind gradually calmed down. Her eyelids began to droop until they were almost impossible to open...
In my sleep, I vaguely felt someone tucking the blanket around me.
She thought it must be Lu Jinye, so she relaxed and continued to sleep soundly.
As dawn approached, the sky began to lighten.
Wen Ni woke up from her deep sleep.
While still half asleep, I discovered that a whole quilt had been wrapped around my body!
Lu Jinye, who was beside her, was only wrapped in that big floral coat, and lay there on his side with his arms crossed and slightly curled up!
His brow was furrowed tightly, as if he had been having some indescribable nightmare.
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