It was the first time that Jiang Yue heard Gu Ye mention Ningning's biological father, but she didn't expect it to be in such an occasion and in such a way.
"Squad leader, how long have we known each other? It's been ten years already! I remember the first time we met, I was sixteen and you were only eighteen. This year I'm twenty-six! The same age as you!"
Jiang Yue suddenly realized that Ningning's father was 26 years old when he died, and he would always stay at 26 years old.
She felt depressed, as if something was blocked.
"At that time, I was naughty and did not do my job properly. My father was furious and threw me into the army. You were the one who took care of me at that time! I still remember that you beat me up on my first night in the army."
Gu Ye started laughing as he spoke. "He beat me so hard. Apart from my old man, this was the first time in my life that I was beaten so badly that I couldn't even get up. After he beat me, he threatened me that if I dared to complain, he would beat me every day!"
Jiang Yue blinked her eyes. Listening to Gu Ye's words, she also felt like laughing. She simply couldn't imagine what the mischievous young Gu Ye was like. When she knew him, he always looked upright and mature.
"Have you filed a complaint?" Jiang Yue asked curiously when she saw Gu Ye stopped.
"No!" Gu Ye continued, "At that time, I thought I was very capable. I was careless when I got beaten up, so I waited for an opportunity to take revenge. If I had complained, I wouldn't have been able to take revenge."
"What happened next? Did you get your revenge?" Jiang Yue couldn't help laughing as she imagined the rebellious and troubled image of the young Gu Ye, who challenged the class monitor who was two years older than him every day.
Gu Ye held the wine glass and stared at the tombstone. "The squad leader said that if I wanted revenge, I had to train hard to defeat him, and he would wait for me. I got my revenge, but it was only a year later."
"Then you trained hard to make yourself stronger, and finally defeated him?" Jiang Yue asked.
"That's about right!" Gu Ye poured the wine in the glass in front of the tombstone again. "Half a year later, I went to the military academy. Before I went to the academy, I had a fight with the squad leader and finally beat him down."
Jiang Yue saw that Gu Ye was quite proud when he talked about this matter. However, it was quite proud that a sixteen-year-old recruit defeated the old squad leader in half a year.
Gu Ye: "After graduating from the military academy, I was assigned to a company. He was still the squad leader and I was the deputy company commander."
Jiang Yue: "Did you guys fight again?"
Gu Ye smiled: "Well, we fight whenever we have time, but we call that a competition."
Jiang Yue: "Is he no longer able to beat you?"
Jiang Yue asked this because she was very clear about Gu Ye's strength. Not everyone can be called the strongest individual soldier. He was only 20 years old when he graduated from the military academy. In just six years, he was able to rise from deputy company commander to regiment commander. He truly risked his life to achieve that.
In fact, Jiang Yue was more curious about why Gu Ye, who had such a strong family background, chose to fight on such a path where life and death were unpredictable.
She must ask Gu Ye when she gets a chance!
The original book only describes Gu Ye in great detail, introducing how tall and handsome he is and how doting he is on the heroine. As for his efforts, there is no mention of them at all. His achievements are only mentioned briefly with words like "the strongest individual soldier", "special combat hero" and "first-class merit".
In the later period, Gu Ye's achievements were described in detail, but it was only to pave the way for the pampering of the heroine, and there was no development of Gu Ye's career.
For Yu Jiangyue, the more she understood Gu Ye, the more she felt sorry for him.
From the time Jiang Yue knew Gu Ye until now, she had never seen him talk so much. He had been chatting with the old squad leader in a very normal tone, which made Jiang Yue have the illusion that the old squad leader was sitting in front of them, smiling and drinking while listening to Gu Ye talking about the past.
They sat down too.
"Are you scared?" Gu Ye felt Jiang Yue leaning against his arm, thinking that she was afraid, so he reached out and hugged her. His eyes were gentle and his movements were even gentler, as if he was treating a treasure.
"No, I'm not afraid!" Jiang Yue shook her head. How could she be afraid of Ningning's father? She just felt sorry for Gu Ye.
The calmer his tone, the more distressed she felt.
She couldn't imagine what Gu Ye had been through over the years. He could still tell the old squad leader in such a calm tone how they went to the battlefield together, how they killed the enemy, how they escaped unscathed, how they drank and ate meat together, how they trained together, and how the last time he watched the old squad leader being blown to death in the trench in front of him during the charge...
"Stop talking! Gu Ye, stop talking!" Jiang Yue hugged Gu Ye, her face full of tears. She felt heartbroken just by listening to it. She couldn't imagine how Gu Ye could bear the scene of his old squad leader, who had fought side by side with him, being blown to death in front of him.
Moreover, there were more than one person who went to the battlefield with him but did not come back alive!
Every soldier sleeping in the Martyrs' Cemetery is a hero.
Jiang Yue suddenly understood why Gu Ye had been so tolerant of Chen Baozhu before. Since he could take in the orphan of the old squad leader, he would naturally take special care of the relatives of the martyr.
Unfortunately, Chen Baozhu was too greedy and took Gu Ye's care for granted. He even repaid kindness with evil, which made Gu Ye feel disappointed.
Gu Ye has always been clear about what he loves and hates. He would rather demote himself than protect Chen Baozhu anymore.
Jiang Yue felt Gu Ye crying. He leaned on her shoulder and cried silently.
Men cry differently from women. Women can sob and cry loudly, but men usually cry silently and suppressedly. It is a cry of extreme pain.
Jiang Yue hugged Gu Ye tightly, feeling so heartbroken that she couldn't breathe.
She didn't ask Gu Ye to stop crying. Sometimes it is not good to keep the pain in your heart, as it will become a long-lasting injury. Venting it out will help you heal faster.
Gu Ye knew that Jiang Yue understood him. For the first time, he cried in front of her without any reservation. She did not laugh at him, but just hugged him gently. When he looked up, she gently kissed away the tears on his face.
"Jiang Yue," Gu Ye's Adam's apple rolled and he called Jiang Yue's name in a low and hoarse voice.
"I'm here!" Jiang Yue stroked Gu Ye's face, her almond eyes full of affection and her chest swelled. At this moment, he was all in her heart and eyes.
Jiang Yue had some misunderstandings in the past, but after seeing another side of Gu Ye today, she has a greater respect for soldiers. In addition to love, she also has more respect for Gu Ye in her heart.
It is because of them that we have a stable country and ordinary people can have a stable life.
In front of the old squad leader's grave, Gu Ye held Jiang Yue in his arms and whispered, "I promised the old squad leader that when I get married, I will bring my wife to him to see."
Jiang Yue looked up at Gu Ye, her big eyes sparkling, "He will definitely be happy for you, finding such a beautiful wife!"
Gu Ye smiled with red eyes, "Yes! My wife is the most beautiful! The old squad leader will definitely be happy!"
The couple toasted the old squad leader with a glass of wine, poured it in front of the grave, and then bowed together hand in hand.
Although Jiang Yue had never seen the old squad leader, she vaguely seemed to see a man who looked very similar to Ningning standing in front of the pine and cypress trees and smiling at her.
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