"Don't shoot, don't shoot!"
Bai Hongmei was so scared that her legs went weak and she almost wet her pants.
"I'm from the family compound. I'm here to see Captain Shen."
Bai Hongmei mentioned Shen Xiao, and the patrol team immediately ran to Shen Xiao to report.
At this time, Shen Xiao flashed out from the darkness. With the patrol team watching, Shen Xiao was not afraid of rumors.
"It's Sister-in-law Wei. What's the matter with you coming to see me so late?"
Hearing Shen Xiao's voice, Bai Hongmei was overjoyed. Just as she took a step forward, she heard him calling her "Sister-in-law of the Wei family".
Bai Hongmei lowered her head guiltily, not knowing how to start.
"Sister-in-law, my wife is not at home, so it is not convenient for us to entertain you. Let's talk about it tomorrow. You guys, escort sister-in-law back to Yard No. 13."
Shen Xiao gave the order, but the patrol team did not execute it immediately. The three of them were silent and the atmosphere became weird.
"What's going on?"
Shen Xiao looked at the patrol team members in surprise with a stern face.
"Reporting to the battalion commander, my sister-in-law is not living in Yard 13 now."
Shen Xiao pretended to be ignorant and looked at Bai Hongmei: "Sister-in-law, have you moved?"
Bai Hongmei was speechless. She was wearing a thick cotton-padded jacket, but she felt extremely cold.
The wind tonight is too cold, it feels like a knife scratching my face.
"Ah, I came here just to tell you this. I feel sorry for Yan Da, but I can't do anything. I couldn't keep his posthumous child. The child died, and I am also disabled."
"Although Yanda entrusted the children to you and you have been taking care of them, you are already married and will have your own children in the future. You will always dislike them after a long time."
"You don't know, right after you went to the capital to study, an investigation team came to investigate you. They were very fierce and powerful, and they looked like they wanted to find something to hold against you. They also came to interrogate me about my relationship with you, saying that someone had reported you for misconduct and wanted to send you to a military court."
Bai Hongmei's voice trembled and she looked pitiful, as if she was terrified.
"I know. It's all because of me and the children. You guessed it, someone maliciously reported me. I don't have the ability to just walk away like my brother and sister-in-law. I'm a weak woman with two young daughters. We can't run away."
"In order to prove my innocence and help you clear your name, I decided to marry myself off. As long as I get married, the organization will believe that we are innocent."
Intermittent sobbing sounds were heard in the darkness, and Bai Hongmei covered her face and cried uncontrollably.
The young soldiers of the patrol team ate watermelons on the spot, trying hard to press down the corners of their mouths for fear of bringing bad luck to the battalion commander.
"Sister-in-law, you have to believe that the organization will not wrongly accuse any good person. Moreover, taking care of the families of fallen comrades is a good tradition of our army. If you throw dirty water on the widow of a martyr, you will be sent to the military court. The members of the investigation team are very clear about this, and they will not frame you."
"Also, that report letter never mentioned you. They reported that my marriage report violated regulations and suspected that I was living with my wife illegally."
Bai Hongmei's crying stopped abruptly. She fell to the ground in despair and cried in disbelief, "No, you didn't write about me?"
"Sister-in-law's marriage is a happy event, but I wonder who she is marrying?"
Shen Xiao asked the three patrol soldiers again. The three onlookers were stunned for a moment, and someone who knew the answer immediately said, "It's the quartermaster of the first battalion."
"Old Zuo?"
Shen Xiao remembered this person, and thought that since he was the quartermaster of the first battalion, he must have been introduced by Battalion Commander Hao.
"My sister-in-law is remarrying, and I should give her a gift. When I bring my wife back, we will visit her again."
"It's getting late, you guys escort my sister-in-law home."
Shen Xiao didn't wait for Bai Hongmei to speak again. He walked away without looking back and disappeared into the dark night.
Bai Hongmei was disappointed and aggrieved, and wanted to catch up with Shen Xiao to complain about her grievances again. But there were still people from the patrol team there, so she had to give up and go home angrily.
The next morning, Shen Xiao went around the camp, explained some things, and returned to the family compound.
He was going to pick up his wife and bring her home, so he had to warm up the house.
Bai Hongmei saw smoke coming out of Shen Xiao's house and knew he was at home, so she quickly pushed the door open and went in.
"Shen Xiao, I have something important to tell you."
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