When Su Niannian first returned to the village, the villagers murmured a lot, thinking that she was abandoned by her man and returned home. It was not until this phone call that everyone understood Su Niannian's status.
Su Shijie changed his initial indifference towards her and almost took her to the village committee. Wang Guifen took the negligible candies and twisted dough sticks from her granddaughter and said with a smile: "Xiao Gu must be very worried. Go call her back and let her know you are safe."
Calculating the time, Gu Zhiye is almost reaching the South China Sea.
Although the two had an unpleasant parting, Su Niannian couldn't do anything to turn her head in front of everyone. She followed Su Shijie closely, watched him walk into the house, turn the phone around, and dial the number back. The "beep" sound seemed to knock on her heart.
Soon, a bright smile appeared on Su Shijie's honest face.
"Nian Nian, come here."
Su Niannian gritted her teeth and took the phone.
The next second,
Gu Zhiye's voice came through the cold telephone line, with a gentle tone: "Did you arrive at Xiangyang Village last night? My brother said that you get dizzy easily when riding the train. Is it better to ride the jeep?"
She caught a glimpse of Su Shijie closing the door, and then she answered patiently.
"Yeah, I'm not dizzy."
It was a perfunctory response that anyone with a discerning eye could hear. Gu Zhiye on the other end of the phone was slightly choking. Soon, he deliberately bit the words, and his voice became a little hoarse, as if he was laughing... coaxing: "Are you angry? Comrade Su Niannian, I now formally apologize to you for my irrational behavior and excessive attitude that day. You can beat and scold me as you like next time we meet, okay?"
"No need." Su Niannian was a little annoyed. She couldn't understand why this man's attitude was so hot and cold. Was it because distance created beauty, or was it because he had done something wrong, so he was shamelessly trying to coax her? If it was the latter, Su Niannian would rather maintain a stagnant relationship. Somehow, she just felt unhappy.
"..."
"Then... do you want to leave the art troupe?" Gu Zhiye's voice became a little more serious, and just one sentence was enough to grip her heart.
Su Niannian answered instinctively: "Of course not."
But this is not for her to decide.
Sometimes fate plays tricks on her and doesn't give her the chance to choose.
"That proves that my choice was not wrong." Gu Zhiye seemed to smile, and his belated explanation came over the phone line: "As early as when we received the transfer, the organization intended for my husband and I to go to the South China Sea together. On the surface, it seems to be beneficial to family harmony.
But I know what you care about most in your heart. The efforts you have made for the art troupe cannot be ignored. Please forgive my indifference that day. Only in this way can our relationship reach a freezing point. In that case, your coming to Nanhai will be a burden to me, and the leaders will not force you to do so. "
"You..." Su Niannian's eyes were moved.
Regardless of whether Gu Zhiye is a good man, at least, his move touched Su Niannian's heart. Her grandmother was right. The most important reason why she did not tell Gu Zhiye that the child was saved was that she did not trust him. She was afraid that the man would value the child more than herself and would fall into a vicious circle like Jin Chuan, and completely control her freedom.
But Gu Zhiye's behavior made her feel ashamed to the extreme. After a while, she was a little annoyed: "I misunderstood you."
"Give me half a year, I will work hard." Gu Zhiye's voice became lighter, with a vision for the future.
perhaps,
He is the kind of man that would be a good father.
Su Niannian subconsciously touched her belly and said in a gentle voice, "Actually, the baby is still in my belly. I shouldn't have hidden it from you. Whether you want to continue living with me or not, I am determined to keep it."
“What?! Hey…”
The biting wind blew open the door of the message room, and the wind brought the rain in. Gu Zhiye was wearing army green pants and a white sweatshirt. The rain-soaked clothes were propped up by his chest muscles. He frowned and kept calling out in the storm: "Niannian?! Su Niannian! Can you hear me?!"
"Wife?!~" he called out tentatively.
A soldier in a raincoat rushed in from the door, holding up a piece of electric wire with tears in his eyes: "Deputy regiment commander, the power is out!"
Gu Zhiye's ears turned red and he decisively hung up the phone. He changed his gentle attitude and asked sternly, "What's the situation?"
"Not good! Some fishermen are unwilling to evacuate. Even as the tide comes in, they are still trying to protect their boats! It seems like they want to hold on till the end."
“Nonsense!”
As soon as Gu Zhiye arrived on the island, he encountered a typhoon that occurred once in a century. Most of the islanders in the South China Sea make a living by fishing. Even though the government arranged troops to organize the evacuation, there were still many people who stayed at home, waiting for a miracle.
The signalman who was in charge of taking care of Gu Zhiye handed him a raincoat he had found at a fellow villager's house and said hastily, "Deputy regiment commander, put on your clothes. You can't fall down. The villagers on the island are counting on you."
"Let Captain Yang take people to evacuate the fishermen. As for you, follow me to relocate the fishing boats." Gu Zhiye was born with a hot temper. He was not wearing a raincoat, which was only draped over his arm. As soon as he stepped out of the office door, a hurricane carrying fallen leaves blew over, making his face feel as painful as a bayonet scraping his bones. Fishing boats are the foundation of the fishermen's survival and the reason why they would rather die than leave.
Gu Zhiye headed towards the coast without hesitation.
The signalman was so frightened that he trembled violently.
"Deputy Captain! You can't go! You can't go!"
"If you don't want to go, don't follow me, go back." Gu Zhiye is a practical man who does what he says. Since he came to the South China Sea, he knew that this place is difficult, but it doesn't matter, he is fearless.
Because his only weakness is in a very safe place.
…
That day, Gu Zhiye suddenly lost the call, and even when she called back there was no response. Su Niannian felt uneasy.
She didn't even sleep well for two days in a row. Even Wang Guifen noticed that something was wrong with her. Although her granddaughter's beauty was a nuisance in the village, for her own good mood, Wang Guifen still took her granddaughter with her when she went to the field to dig sweet potatoes that day.
Even just sitting next to her and smelling the muddy smell in the air was a relief for Su Niannian. As a pregnant woman, she couldn't always be depressed.
Wang Guifen used a hoe to pull out the sweet potatoes. Her rough hands pulled out the sweet potatoes, which were as big as fists, wiped off the mud on them, and handed them to her granddaughter.
Su Niannian handed it into the basket. After a while, she smiled and said, "Grandma, just keep digging. I'll help you wipe the dirt off."
It had just rained, the ground was slippery, and the sweet potatoes were covered in mud. If they were not wiped clean, they would only add weight. This job was useless, but someone had to do it.
Seeing the dark brown soil leaving marks on Su Niannian's fair palms, Wang Guifen felt a little uncomfortable. She said bluntly, "Silly child! You don't need to learn these farm work."
"I'm just killing time and helping you."
"Niannian, you are a very honest child. Grandma doesn't know what you talked about with Xiao Gu that day, but there is one thing grandma must tell you. Xiao Gu is the father of your child. If you want to live a good life with him, you must learn to accept him and trust him just like you accepted your brother. People can't always rely on themselves. Showing weakness is a woman's natural instinct and an ability that you must learn to use..."
Su Niannian felt a little guilty: "I have always used him. Sometimes I feel that I am quite shameful. Maybe the down-to-earth and hardworking Chen Niannian is more suitable for him."
"Impossible, Nian Nian doesn't like Xiao Gu." Wang Guifang changed the subject directly: "Nian Nian, do you want to hear the story of your parents?!"
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