"Eat, eat, eat! All you ever do is eat! You two are such a burden! If it weren't for you two, would I be living this kind of miserable life?! I would have left this godforsaken place long ago... long ago!"
The two children cried loudly and huddled together after being beaten and scolded.
The soldiers on guard frowned at the sight.
After a while, it was time for the shift change. The soldier who had stopped her earlier did not leave immediately after his shift ended. He turned around, went back to the duty room, and came out with two cold coarse flour buns and a cup of water.
He knelt down and handed it to the two children who were sobbing.
The soldier softened his voice, "Stop crying, eat something."
The two children timidly took the steamed buns and began to wolf them down.
Seeing this, Gu Siyu's eyes lit up, and she grabbed the soldier's arm tightly. "Comrade! Comrade, you're a good person! You're kind-hearted! Please help me, take me inside to find Wan Tao, okay? Please! For the sake of us being comrades in the same unit, please help me!"
The soldier abruptly pulled his hand back, stood up, and the slight gentleness on his face vanished instantly, replaced by cold contempt.
"Comrade-in-arms? Comrade Gu Siyu, don't you dare insult the word 'comrade-in-arms'. Who in our military region doesn't know what you did back then?"
Not long after Political Commissar Wan sent back the news of his sacrifice, you were in a hurry to sell your job, pocket the money, and remarry!
"You're married, fine, but you even went so far as to come back to mock Aunt Wan and curse the two orphaned children left behind by Political Commissar Wan! How dare you come back to see Political Commissar Wan now?"
Gu Siyu's face turned deathly pale. "I...I was just confused for a moment..."
The soldier interrupted her, his tone sarcastic, "Foolish? I think you're quite clever! I'm sorry, I can't help you with this, and I won't! You'd better watch yourself!"
After saying that, he didn't look at Gu Siyu again, turned around and strode back to the guard post.
Gu Siyu looked at his back and then at the cold stares from all around her. Finally, she collapsed to the ground, her face drained of all color.
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