Chapter 196 I Can’t Hear Anything
Su Wan nodded, but couldn't help but shed tears.
Every time something happened to Chen Yuan, she was actually very panicked, fearing that he would never come back.
The political commissar opened his mouth but didn't dare tell Su Wan that the situation at that time was not just because of the leg injury, but that Chen Yuan was forced to jump into the sea after the leg injury because a little Luo Luo detonated the explosives and directly blew up the ship.
Those people were not aware of this news because it was suppressed by the higher-ups.
The current situation is not very good. The casualties are quite serious and the higher-ups are taking this matter very seriously, so they didn’t tell us everything in detail in order to prevent people from spreading rumors.
Su Wan returned to the room and collapsed on the bed. She didn't even turn on the air conditioner and stared at the ceiling with empty eyes.
Her head was buzzing and she seemed to hear nothing.
I don’t know how much time passed before the knocking on the door became louder.
After waiting for a while, Su Wan got up and opened the door. There were many sisters-in-law standing outside the door, looking at her with concern.
"Xiao Su, are you okay?"
"Sister-in-law, I'm fine."
Su Wan wanted to laugh, but she couldn't force a smile.
Her smile was uglier than crying, and the other sisters-in-law felt very uncomfortable.
We are all military wives, and we have all experienced situations where our husbands were seriously injured while on missions and almost couldn't come back. Naturally, we know how sad Su Wan is at this moment.
They helped Su Wan into the house, not even bothering to look at how nice it was. They immediately started to comfort her, "Xiao Su, Captain Chen is a very lucky man. He will be fine. Don't worry too much. The rescue work is already going on over there. We will notify you as soon as we have any news."
"Sister-in-law, I know."
As soon as Su Wan opened her mouth, her voice became particularly hoarse.
She clearly wasn't crying, but for some reason her throat was particularly hoarse.
"Chen Yuan is a lucky guy. Just relax and wait for him to come back."
"Sister-in-law, are you hiding something from me?"
Hearing this, the sisters-in-law looked at each other in surprise.
They thought Su Wan knew something, so they could only bite the bullet and say, "Xiao Su, it's not that we didn't tell you on purpose. It's just that no one knows what the situation is like on the front line, and we don't want you to worry alone."
"I know everything."
Su Wan really couldn't smile. She pulled the corners of her lips and said, "Thank you sisters-in-law for your concern for me. I'm fine now, but I'm a little tired. Can I rest for a while?"
"Xiao Su, let your sister-in-law accompany you!"
Mrs. Qiu took a deep breath and said, "We're worried about you being here alone, so let us stay here with you and talk to you. If you're hungry, we can make you some dumplings."
Sisters-in-law have never been very good at giving advice, and they only do so when something happens to a family member.
The more gently they spoke, the more uneasy Su Wan felt.
She always felt that her sisters-in-law seemed to be hiding something from her, so she asked, "Sister-in-law, I want to know where Chen Yuan is on this mission?"
“We don’t know about that…”
The other sisters-in-law really didn’t know, but Aunt Qiu definitely knew.
She held Su Wan's hand and softly comforted him, "Xiao Su, no matter where you go on this mission, it's a mission assigned by the organization. We really don't know about it. And you should also be familiar with the rules of the army. We can't disclose this."
Su Wan nodded, "Thank you, sister-in-law. I'm a little tired and want to take a nap."
After she said that, it felt awkward for others not to leave.
Only Sister Qiu held her hand and said earnestly, "Xiao Su, if you are sad, tell me, but I can assure you that Chen Yuan is missing now, but there is no other news. As long as there is news, I will tell you as soon as possible."
"Thank you, sister-in-law!"
"Then you should rest in your room first. I'll make dumplings and bring them to you later."
Regardless of whether Su Wan needed it or not, Mrs. Qiu left her home after saying this.
Lying on the bed, Su Wan felt as if all the energy in his body had been drained away.
She lay on the bed, silent, her mind full of how good Chen Yuan had been to her during this period. As she thought about it, half of her pillow became wet.
For two consecutive days, Su Wan did not go out.
Mrs. Qiu brought her some dumplings, but she was afraid of delaying others, so she forced herself to get up and cooked something to eat.
By the third day, there was still no news from Chen Yuan.
She was completely nervous. Sister Qiu happened to bring her dumplings. Before she could say anything, Su Wan spoke first: "Sister Qiu, can you tell me where Chen Yuan had the accident? I'll rent a boat to go to the sea to find him."
"It's not that my sister-in-law doesn't want to tell you, but there are too many smugglers on the ship. It's very unsafe for you to go there like this."
"Sister-in-law, I'm fine, I can..."
Before Su Wan could finish her words, thunder suddenly rumbled outside.
Su Wan's heart trembled, and he stood there in a daze as if struck by lightning, unable to utter a word for a long time.
Seeing her dazed look, Mrs. Qiu said helplessly, "Xiao Su, we're still searching here. Don't worry, we'll definitely find him."
Mrs. Qiu didn’t dare to say whether Chen Yuan was okay or not. This mission was indeed a bit dangerous, but which mission in the confidential unit was not dangerous?
If you want to move up, you naturally have to pay a price.
She patted Su Wan's hand and whispered comfortingly: "Don't think too much. I know you are upset now. How about I find a few sisters-in-law to come and talk to you?"
Su Wan shook her head. "Thank you, sister-in-law. I don't plan to stay here anymore. I want to go back to the county."
She wants to find Chen Yuan.
Seeing her like this, Mrs. Qiu didn't know what to say. She just asked, "I don't think you're fit to drive right now. How about I find someone to help you drive back to the county?"
"No, sister-in-law, I can do it myself."
"Xiao Su, this is how we military wives are. Others may think we're quite relaxed in the compound every day, but every time our husbands go out on a mission, our hearts are filled with anxiety. I understand your feelings, but no matter what, you have to protect yourself first."
"Thank you, sister-in-law!"
Only after Mrs. Qiu left did Su Wan pack up and return to the county.
The food at home had been eaten, so she had nothing to worry about. She didn't even go to find Sister Wei to tell her that she was leaving. She drove back to the county.
Su Jianguo naturally didn't know about Chen Yuan's accident.
When she returned to the store, she saw Su Jianguo, who had gone out, sorting the merchandise. Upon seeing her, he immediately smiled and asked, "Little sister, I heard you went to the army. Is your brother-in-law back?"
"Big Brother..."
As soon as Su Wan opened her mouth, her voice choked with sobs, "Chen Yuan...something happened!"
Hearing Su Wan's voice, Su Jianguo's smile froze in mid-air, and he quickly put down the goods in his hand.
"What's going on?"
Su Wan told everyone in the army what he knew, then looked at Su Jianguo, "Brother, do you think something happened to Chen Yuan?"
Su Jianguo took a deep breath and then consoled him, "Hasn't he been found yet? That doesn't mean he's alright for now. Sometimes no news is the best news. Don't overthink it. He's a lucky guy, so he'll be alright."
"But I want to find him."
"But we don't know where he got into trouble. Or do you know where he got into trouble?"
"I don't know. They didn't say, but they did say it was at sea. I think it's in the waters of Guangdong Province."
"It's not a big deal if we go out to sea during the day, but at night we often encounter smugglers on the sea, which is very dangerous..."
Su Jianguo paused, then continued, "If you really want to look for it, we can search the nearby waters. I've almost finished arranging everything, so I'll accompany you in the next few days."
He was also afraid that something might happen to Su Wan, so he had no choice but to follow her to find someone.
After agreeing, Su Jianguo drove a pickup truck and took Su Wan to the beach.
They rented a fishing boat from someone on the beach and headed out to sea.
The owner of the fishing boat is a middle-aged man in his forties. Because he is always at sea, his skin is tanned and his exposed teeth are black and yellow from years of smoking dry tobacco, but he is a nice person.
He was driving the boat while talking to Su Jianguo, while Su Wan stood beside the boat and looked at the sea, afraid of missing anything.
The fishing boat was floating on the sea, and the boss cast a net to catch fish and made lunch.
Su Wan had seafood porridge for lunch, but she had no appetite.
Su Jianguo comforted her: "Brother knows you have no appetite, but you have to eat something anyway, otherwise how will you have the energy to look for someone?"
Su Wan didn't say anything when he heard that. Instead, he drank the porridge in big gulps and finished a full bowl and a half before putting it down.
Her eyes were always on the sea, but unfortunately they didn't find anyone until evening.
The boss looked at them and said, "Our fishing boats have to go back at night. There are too many water rats here at night. It would be very dangerous if we encountered one."
Water rats are smugglers, and that's what the local fishermen call them.
Su Wan looked at the boss and said pleadingly, "Boss, can we look for another hour and then go back after an hour?"
In fact, it was really hard to find anyone in such weather, but the boss just heard from Su Jianguo that Su Wan’s husband had an accident while out at sea, so he wanted to come and look for someone.
The boss actually wanted to tell them that in this situation, there is generally no need to look for someone because the possibility of them being alive is not great.
But since the other party wanted to spend money to find someone, he didn't say anything. He thought that even if he couldn't find the person, it would be good to be able to retrieve the body.
Thinking that Su Wan was so pitiful, the boss thought that it was not completely dark yet and the water rats would not act so early, so he agreed.
They searched along the sea for more than an hour but still didn't see anyone.
After a while, the boss said, "We really can't find anyone now. We should go back. The water rats should be out later."
Even if Su Wan wanted to continue looking, there was no one on the sea, so she had no choice but to nod in agreement.
They spent the night in a guesthouse by the sea and agreed to continue looking for someone at dawn the next day.
The boss didn't mind and agreed quickly.
After returning to the B&B, Su Wan sat at the table exhausted, while Su Jianguo asked the boss to clean up the room for them and ordered some dinner.
Su Wan didn't want to eat the seafood dinner, so she heard Su Jianguo say, "We have to go find someone tomorrow, and you can't stay like this. If you don't eat well, how long can you last?"
"Brother, I really can't eat anymore."
"Even if you can't eat it, you have to eat it well. Even if you have to stuff it into your stomach, you have to eat it for me."
Su Jianguo rarely treated Su Wan so harshly, but seeing her condition over the past two days, he couldn't help but toughen his attitude.
Su Wan didn't say anything, but silently picked up the chopsticks and ate the steamed sea fish that the boss had just brought over.
The light taste does make people eat more, and the fresh and sweet seafood porridge makes people's appetite increase. Su Wan ate two bowls of porridge before putting down his chopsticks.
Su Jianguo pushed the crab towards her again and said, "Eat some crab. I heard that it is very nutritious when steamed."
He actually didn't know either, he just heard it from others.
Before her rebirth, Su Wan loved eating big crabs. She usually couldn't bear to eat such big crabs, but now, she had no appetite to eat them.
But he didn't dare to go against Su Jianguo's wishes, so he had to lower his head and eat the big crab quickly.
After eating the crabs, Su Jianguo sent her to the door of the room.
"Go to bed early tonight. I'll call you tomorrow morning so we can look for it."
After all, she is my own sister, how can I not feel sorry for her?
But looking at her dejected face, Su Jianguo couldn't hide the anger in his heart.
Is this still the little sister he knows?
Su Wan nodded softly before returning to her room.
She lay on the bed exhausted, and even though the temperature was over 30 degrees, she fell asleep right away.
She woke up early the next morning.
After taking a cold shower, she opened the door of the room and happened to see Su Jianguo standing opposite her also got up.
Looking at Su Wan, Su Jianguo asked, "Did you sleep well last night?"
"Brother, I slept well."
"Let's go down quickly and have some breakfast and then go find someone."
After they went downstairs, they ate some oyster omelets and left.
The boss was already waiting on the fishing boat. Seeing the two of them coming, he greeted them with a smile and asked them to get on board.
As soon as the two men got on, the fishing boat quickly headed towards the sea.
It was just dawn, but the visibility on the sea was very high. They kept searching on the sea. After about an hour, Su Wan suddenly saw a person on a wooden board.
She suddenly shouted, "Brother, there's someone on that wooden board."
The boss also saw it and quickly drove towards the wooden board.
After a while, a small boat on the fishing boat came over and rescued the people on the wooden board.
Su Wan moved forward excitedly, but saw a very unfamiliar face.
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