Chapter 351 She's still here, he must live.
The urgent red telegram was delivered directly to the Lu family compound.
The guard, pale-faced, rushed into the study, clutching the thin sheet of paper.
Lu Zhenguo is looking at a map.
Hearing footsteps, he didn't even look up: "What is it?"
"General Lu, an urgent telegram from the Northwest Military Region." The guard's voice trembled.
Lu Zhenguo paused for a moment, his pencil still in his hand.
He looked up, took the telegram, and opened it.
After just one glance, the iron-willed general swayed.
"Old Lu"
Meng Wan brought in the tea and immediately noticed something was wrong.
She put down the tea tray, walked quickly over, and snatched the paper from her husband's hand.
"Comrade Gao Jianjun heroically sacrificed his life to cover his comrades while on a mission in Northwest China. Comrade Lu Jingyan led his team to cover the rear, but was ambushed and his whereabouts and fate are unknown."
Just a few lines.
Meng Wan stared at the eight words "missing, life or death unknown" and suddenly everything went black.
He fell straight backward.
"Wanwan!" Lu Zhenguo reached out to take her, but almost lost his balance.
The guards rushed over and helped the two of them up.
Grandpa Lu walked in from outside, leaning on his cane. Hearing the noise, he tapped his cane on the floor with a loud thud: "What's wrong?"
Lu Zhenguo, supporting his wife, said in a hoarse voice, "Jingyan, he..."
Before she could finish speaking, Meng Wan had already woken up.
She clutched Lu Zhenguo's collar, her whole body trembling: "My child...my child..."
"mom!"
Old Master Lu snatched the telegram, and after reading it, the veins on his hand holding his cane bulged.
When Wang Ma heard the noise in the kitchen, she ran in and was so frightened that she almost lost her soul.
"Master, Madam, what's going on...?"
"Go and call Wan Tang over," Old Master Lu said in a deep voice.
Wang Ma was stunned for a moment, then turned around and ran outside.
In the bedroom of Courtyard No. 1, Su Wantang was looking at the account books left by her mother.
The baby in her belly kicked her. She rubbed her belly and said with a smile, "Don't be naughty, Mommy is working."
Hurried footsteps came from outside the door.
Wang Ma didn't even knock; she just pushed the door open and came in.
"Young Miss, the master and the others want you to come over."
Su Wantang looked up and saw Wang Ma's pale face, and her heart skipped a beat.
"What happened?"
Wang Ma opened her mouth, but couldn't say anything.
Su Wantang stood up, supporting her waist as she walked out.
Just as she reached the door, the baby in her belly suddenly kicked her again.
This time the force was terrifying.
She groaned, grabbed the door frame, and took a few deep breaths to calm down.
When she arrived at the Lu family's living room, she saw Meng Wan being helped to sit on the sofa by Lu Zhenguo.
The old lady's eyes were red and swollen, and her whole body was trembling.
Old Master Lu stood by the window, his back to everyone, his back ramrod straight, yet he inexplicably gave off a feeling of being frail and old.
Lu Zhenguo stood beside the sofa, still holding the thin telegram in his hand.
Su Wantang walked over.
Step by step.
Every step was steady.
"Dad, Mom, what's up?"
Her voice was calm.
Lu Zhenguo looked at her, his Adam's apple bobbing a few times.
"Wantang..."
He handed over the telegram.
Su Wantang took it.
The paper is very light, almost floating.
She looked down.
Line by line.
"Comrade Gao Jianjun heroically sacrificed his life to cover his comrades while carrying out a mission in Northwest China."
"Comrade Lu Jingyan led his troops to cover the rear, but they were ambushed and their whereabouts and fate are unknown."
"Whereabouts unknown."
"His fate is unknown."
She stared at those eight characters for a long time.
It took so long that Meng Wan couldn't help but stand up and try to help her up.
"Wantang..."
Su Wantang suddenly raised her head.
She smiled at Meng Wan.
"Mom, I'm fine."
Her voice remained calm.
But when Meng Wan saw her face, it was completely bloodless.
"Wantang, you..."
Su Wantang returned the telegram to Lu Zhenguo.
"Dad, is this news accurate?"
Lu Zhenguo nodded: "It was sent directly from the Northwest Military Region."
"Then it's true."
She nodded and turned to walk out.
Meng Wan tried to stop her, but Lu Zhenguo held her back.
"Let her have some peace and quiet."
Su Wantang walked back to Courtyard No. 1.
Wang Ma followed behind her, not daring to speak.
She returned to her bedroom and closed the door.
I stood behind the door, quietly for a long time.
The baby in her belly kicked her again.
She didn't laugh this time.
She slowly walked to the bedside and sat down.
Gently place your hand on your stomach.
"Baby."
She said in a low voice.
"Your father... may not be coming back."
The baby in my belly moved.
Su Wantang closed her eyes.
My mind is filled with Lu Jingyan's face.
When he smiles.
When he frowns.
When he hugged her and said "I'm here for you".
He hung the amulet around her neck.
That man said it.
"I will come back."
"wait for me."
But now.
Whereabouts unknown.
Their fate is unknown.
Su Wantang opened her eyes.
She stood up, walked to the wardrobe, and opened it.
Lu Jingyan's military uniform was hanging at the very back.
She reached out and touched it.
My fingertips touched the rough fabric, and suddenly my whole body went limp.
He knelt down on the ground.
She held onto the wardrobe, trying to stand up.
I tried several times, but I couldn't stand up.
There was a knock on the door.
"Miss, are you alright?"
Wang Ma's voice came through the door.
Su Wantang took a deep breath.
"I'm fine."
She used the wardrobe as a support to stand up and closed the door.
I walked back to the bed and lay down.
Staring at the ceiling.
Not moving at all.
This is the scene that Meng Wan saw when she brought in the soup.
She put down the soup bowl and sat on the edge of the bed.
"Wantang, have some soup."
Su Wantang didn't move.
"Late-blooming Tang"
Meng Wan reached out to pull her.
Su Wantang suddenly spoke up: "Mom, I want to be alone."
Meng Wan's hand froze in mid-air.
"Wantang..."
"Mom, please."
Su Wantang kept staring at the ceiling, without blinking.
Meng Wan looked at her, and tears fell from her eyes.
"Okay, Mom will go out."
She stood up, walked to the door, and looked back one last time.
Su Wantang remained in the same position.
Not moving at all.
Meng Wan closed the door, leaned against it, and covered her mouth as she cried.
Wang Ma came over and helped her up.
"Madam, Miss, she..."
Meng Wan shook her head.
"She's pregnant; nothing can happen to her."
"But she's like this..."
Meng Wan wiped away her tears.
"I'll stay here."
"You need to rest too."
"I'm not sleepy."
The two of them sat down outside the door.
It's late at night.
The lights in Courtyard No. 1 are still on.
Su Wantang sat up in bed.
She got out of bed barefoot and walked to the window.
Open the window.
A cold wind blew in.
She crossed her arms and looked northwest.
It was pitch black there.
I can't see anything.
The baby in my belly is moving again.
Su Wantang lowered her head and placed her hand on her stomach.
“Baby, your father said he would come back.”
"Then he will definitely come back."
Her voice was very soft.
So softly that even I could barely hear it.
Even breathing could be heard from outside the door.
Meng Wan and Wang Ma were both asleep.
Su Wantang turned around and walked to the bedside.
She wiped it off with her finger and walked to the telephone.
Pick up the microphone.
"Connect me to the switchboard."
"This is the switchboard."
"Turning to Qin Zheng."
Her voice changed.
It was no longer the gentle tone of Su Wantang.
Cold.
It was piercingly cold.
It carried a murderous aura.
There was a few seconds of silence on the other end of the phone.
"Please wait a moment."
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