Chapter 189 Understanding Him
These extremely real photos stung Ye Ying's eyes.
At this time, Ji Xingguo pointed to a photo that Ye Ying was very familiar with.
“This is Tiananmen Square in 1949, when the People’s Republic of China was founded.”
"I'm going to the scene!"
When talking about this, Ji Xingguo's eyes lit up instantly. This should be something that makes him very proud.
But the next second, his eyes welled up with tears again, and he began to choke up while speaking:
"Having participated in the war for so many years, I have seen my brothers die or get injured. This is a historic moment that was achieved at the cost of countless lives."
“If it weren’t for this group of people…”
Ye Ying's gaze followed Ji Xingguo to the last black-and-white photo.
"These are brothers from our company. We fought through life and death together to defeat the Japanese."
"But none of them lived to see the founding of New China."
The study fell into a deathly silence.
After a long while, Ji Xingguo's voice, which was extremely old, came: "Do you know how it feels to be the only one left alive in the entire company?"
Ye Ying's chest felt as if it had been hit by a blunt object, and the corners of her eyes became slightly moist.
She really wanted to say a few words to commemorate the martyrs of the War of Resistance, but when the words came to her lips, she couldn't say a word.
"Ah!" Ji Xingguo sighed again and wiped away his tears: "At least in my dream, all the people in our company are together. That's enough."
Ye Ying knew very well that every photo on the wall was part of Ji Xingguo's experience.
So why did he bring me in to see all this? Ye Ying was a little confused.
As if he could see through Ye Ying's thoughts, Ji Xingguo explained in a deep voice:
"Due to his special status, Lian Qi shoulders the heavy responsibility of protecting his country."
"He doesn't tell you some things because he's afraid you'll worry. Don't blame him."
"As for where he went and what mission he carried out, I have no idea. This information must be kept confidential."
"But don't worry, he will return safely."
Ye Ying opened her mouth and immediately understood Ji Xingguo's intention.
He was afraid that he would fail to understand Ji Lianqi like Wang Qiuhong.
"I, I understand." Ye Ying bit her lip and nodded, "I understand him."
Of course she would understand him.
"This is for you." Ji Xingguo suddenly took out two copper-nickel alloy commemorative coins and said, "One for each of you."
"I forgot to give it to him when he came back this time. I don't know when I might die."
"So, when you see him, please pass it to him for me."
Ye Ying took the coin and took a look. It was a one-dollar commemorative coin for the 35th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China.
The reverse side of the coin depicts the announcement of the founding of New China.
She put away the two coins, looked at Ji Xingguo, and comforted him, "You will be fine."
Ji Xingguo smiled and shook his head, then under Ye Ying's gaze, he slowly pulled up his trouser legs.
Ye Ying took a breath of cold air.
The two legs below the trousers have shrunk to the point where only the bones are visible.
"Is there no cure?" Even though she already knew the result, Ye Ying couldn't help but ask a self-deceiving question.
Ji Xingguo still shook his head: "There is no cure."
"It's okay. I'm an old man and I'm very open-minded."
Ye Ying was silent again for a while.
At this time, there was a knock on the door, and then Wang Qiuhong walked in without waiting for an answer.
Seeing the two people inside, he frowned slightly: "What are you two doing in there? No one responded when I called you, so hurry up and go out for breakfast."
Having said that, Wang Qiuhong pushed Ji Xingguo out.
Ye Ying took a deep look at those old photos which were blurry but extremely real, and followed him out of the study.
Upon learning that Ji Lianqi was urgently summoned to a mission early in the morning, Wang Yong and his family of three were very surprised. They didn't hear anything.
Without Ji Lianqi, Wang Qiuhong suddenly felt that the New Year atmosphere was gone and she just cooked a few dishes casually.
Although there was only one person missing, Ye Ying still felt that the place was much quieter.
No one knew where that man had gone. He called her over to celebrate the New Year, but he ran away halfway.
Especially when she went to bed at night, Ye Ying was not used to the fact that the person who usually lay next to her suddenly disappeared.
Since Ji Lianqi has already left, she should also plan her departure time.
According to her thinking as a worker, she usually takes a holiday on New Year's Eve and returns to work on the seventh day, so she decided to run away on the sixth day.
On the third day of the Lunar New Year, people started to come to pay New Year's greetings.
When neighbors who came to pay New Year's greetings asked about her, they learned that Ji Lianqi had passed away on the morning of the first day of the New Year, and then they began to comfort Wang Qiuhong.
Around noon, Chen Meili came to the door with gifts.
Seeing her, Wang Qiuhong's face darkened and she pointed at the door: "Chen Meili, get out."
Seeing that Wang Qiuhong still had this attitude, Chen Meili took the initiative to make peace: "Hey, Wang Qiuhong, Wang Qiuhong, you are already old, you don't need to hold a grudge like this, right?"
"Besides, your daughter-in-law is not that fat girl anymore. Why are you embarrassed? People are praising you for having a good daughter-in-law!"
"Hmph!" Wang Qiuhong snorted coldly, and then said pretentiously: "Chen Meili, don't think I will forgive you just because you say a few nice words."
"I'm telling you, there's no way we can make peace!"
"You!" Seeing Wang Qiuhong's stubborn look, Chen Meili was also very angry. She was about to leave with the gifts she brought, but suddenly she remembered that she came to make peace, and walked back in despair.
Chen Meili saw Ye Ying sitting in the corner watching a show, so she turned her attention to her.
"Ye Ying, please help Aunt Chen to say a few words to your mother-in-law. This woman won't listen to anyone no matter what!"
"I really didn't mean to tell others that Lian Qi married a fat wife..."
As soon as she said this, Chen Meili realized that she had said the wrong thing and quickly changed her words: "Well, I really didn't mean to tell others that Lian Qi had married a wife..."
"And look, you've changed completely and become so beautiful now. Even if those people want to make fun of you, they can't. You say no, then go and help talk about yourself..."
"Okay, Aunt Chen." Ye Ying interrupted her ruthlessly, "You know that the relationship between us is like fire and water. My words don't carry any weight."
Seeing Ye Ying reject her, Chen Meili touched her nose awkwardly, turned around and walked back to Wang Qiuhong:
"Old woman, I'm asking you again, will you make peace with me?"
"If you don't want to make peace, leave now, bitch."
Phew!
Ye Ying was amused by this very simple question.
"Look, your daughter-in-law is laughing at you." Chen Meili curled her lips at Wang Qiuhong who had a stubborn look on her face.
Wang Qiuhong glanced at Ye Ying unhappily, and crossed her arms over her chest: "I don't admit that she is my daughter-in-law."
"Tsk!" Chen Meili rolled her eyes. "I bought you a big gold chain, but you still don't recognize me. Really."
Seeing that the two of them started arguing again, Ye Ying simply went back to her room to sleep.
When she woke up, she found Aunt Chen was still there and it seemed that they had reconciled.
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