The couple both sighed.
Aunt Zhong poured her husband a cup of tea.
The son and daughter-in-law went home after dinner, and the youngest daughter went out to play with her classmates. The huge house was empty except for the couple.
The two sat close together and talked, just like they did when they were young.
Zhong Bo sighed softly: "If I hadn't been affected by things back home and couldn't take the test flight back then, the team wouldn't have called Zhou Cheng'an back. If he hadn't taken my place, he wouldn't have sacrificed himself... If I had known earlier that the fighter jets the Soviet Union sold us had problems, I would have insisted on going myself... Wife, I was the one who should have sacrificed myself that day."
Aunt Zhong hugged him.
When Zhou Chengan had the accident, her husband almost collapsed and couldn't even do normal training. The team provided him with psychological counseling for half a year before his condition improved. However, it was impossible for him to fly a fighter jet. The team asked him to stay and be responsible for selecting good candidates who were suitable for learning to fly.
But at this time, news came that Zhou Cheng'an's wife, Jiang Qiutang, had died in a fight with the hijackers.
The husband had another emotional breakdown. Despite the advice of his superiors, he resolutely moved to Jiangcheng and, with great effort, took over a department store outside the Jiangcheng Airport residential area.
Aunt Zhong knew that her husband wanted to take care of and protect Zhou Yue, this poor orphan, in order to reduce his guilt.
However, they were from the north, and after arriving in the south, they faced the challenge of not being able to adapt to the new environment. In addition, she had just given birth to her youngest daughter, who had to stay in the hospital for three months due to the sudden change in environment.
Her husband was taciturn and always felt that he was the one who killed Zhou Cheng'an. He would often break down and cry at night and was completely unable to face Zhou Yue. Therefore, his concern for Zhou Yue fell on her.
She has three children. Her eldest and second eldest are at the most mischievous and difficult to teach age. She also has to take care of her youngest daughter and do housework. She simply doesn't have much energy to pay attention to Zhou Yue. She can only glance at Zhou Yue every few days. Every time she sees Zhou Yue, Zhou Yue is obediently reading and drawing.
Seeing that the nanny in Zhou Yue's home was found by her aunt, and that the person was always smiling and very friendly, she felt relieved. She thought that when the child was older and she was free to help, and her husband's mood was better, they would visit Zhou Yue more often.
Little did they know that Zhou Yue would run away every time she saw them and even spat at them several times. The couple suffered from not having any opportunity to get close to each other, and so they got through the years like this.
Unexpectedly, due to their negligence and incompetence, Zhou Yue suffered such abuse. If Liang Guiying hadn't accidentally exposed it later, Zhou Xiaonian would have followed in Zhou Yue's footsteps.
Aunt Zhong advised, "Captain Zhou won't blame you, so let it go."
Let yourself go?
Uncle Zhong didn't say anything; he would never let himself off the hook in his lifetime.
The couple embraced quietly for a while, then Aunt Zhong suddenly remembered something: "I remember not seeing Xiaonian's father for a while. Is the boiler factory that busy?"
“There aren’t many holidays after the Dragon Boat Festival, and the boiler factory operates on three shifts. Buses are hard to catch, so it’s inconvenient to go out… Didn’t Zhou Yue rest for two or three days before she went to the army? She must have gone to the boiler factory to reunite with her family then,” Uncle Zhong said. “Tomorrow, Grandma Niannian won’t be setting up her stall, so she should take Niannian to the boiler factory to see her father.”
Aunt Zhong felt something was off: "Could it be that Xiao Nian's father didn't agree to Zhou Yue going to the army for training? Otherwise, no matter how busy he is, he should at least come back to see Nian Nian, right?"
Zhong Bo thought about it and agreed: "Then I'll go to the boiler factory in a couple of days and have a good talk with him."
“You have to be careful with your approach. Don’t lecture him like an elder. You have to let him know what benefits Zhou Yue’s joining the army will bring to Zhou Yue and his family. He is…” Aunt Zhong carefully chose her words, “He’s a high school graduate, so he understands some things. If you talk to him nicely, he’ll definitely come to his senses.”
"good."
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