Chapter 169 The Truth

"She won't be in the limelight for much longer."

Zhou Nuan was stunned. "Huh? What are you talking about?"

Gu Xiyue just smiled at her mysteriously, "Someone is coming."

Here, Jinianshan and Ji Huayan were standing next to Yuan Lao Hu. Jinianshan was admired by everyone for being a veteran and the man who adopted the daughter of a fallen comrade, and his face was flushed.

He asked Ji Huayan to say some nice words, and when he saw that Yuan Lao Hu had softened his attitude, he hurriedly took out a can of beautifully packaged tea.

"Commander, I know you like to drink tea. This is the fine tea I have collected for many years. It is a small gift from me. If you don't mind..."

After seeing the tea leaves that Jinianshan took out, Ji Huayan froze in place and became visibly panicked.

"Dad... why did you bring this? You can't give this to the chief uncle."

She had drugged the tea in there. She thought that Jinianshan would not touch the tea at all, so she dared to take it out and coax He Rongsheng and the others to drink it. After all, Jinianshan had kept the tea for several years and he would never even look at it. She thought he had forgotten about it, so she was not in a hurry to get rid of it.

If she had known that he was going to give it to Yuan Lao Hu, she would not have used it at all!

For a moment, Ji Huayan's back was covered with cold sweat.

"You kid!" Ji Nianshan glanced at her unhappily, "Why can't you give this to the chief? This is a good tea that I have treasured for a long time, and I have never been willing to drink it."

Ji Huayan opened his mouth, and the sweat on his forehead was about to drip down.

Just then, a soldier walked in quickly and spoke urgently in Yuan Lao Hu's ear.

After hearing this, Yuan Lao Hu's eyes widened with disbelief and excitement.

“You, what did you say?!”

He left the two of them and walked straight to the door. Ji Huayan breathed a sigh of relief but was confused at the same time. The father and daughter looked at each other, both puzzled.

Just when Ji Huayan was about to take the opportunity to persuade Jinianshan to give the tea to her, Yuan Lao Hu, who walked to the door, let out an excited cry.

“Zhiyong!!”

Ji Huayan and his daughter were both stunned.

Zhiyong? Who?

Turning his head, he saw a white-haired old man with a hunched body and only a sleeve left on his right hand walking in with the support of Gu Xiyue.

The old man's right eye was also damaged and cloudy, only his left eye was normal, and he was also very excited at this moment. He walked up tremblingly, holding Yuan Lao Hu's hand, his old face full of tears.

It was the old man at the shoe repair stall.

Zhou Nuan was surprised and couldn't help but glance at Gu Xiyue, who gave her a reassuring look.

"Zhou Zhiyong?" Chen Yan also saw his face clearly, exclaimed in disbelief, and hurried over to hold him tightly.

"You, are you still alive? Where are your hands? What happened to your eyes?" Chen Yan asked repeatedly, "Where have you been all these years? Why didn't you show up? We all thought you were dead!"

Zhou Zhiyong burst into tears, "Old Yuan... Doctor Chen... I, I really feel guilty."

The old soldier who survived held the hand of his old comrade and talked incoherently about his experiences and guilt over the years.

It turned out that he was not dead at that time, but was knocked unconscious by the explosion. When he woke up, his hands were gone and his eyes were blind. After waking up, he wanted to fight the enemy to the death, but the enemy retreated. Then he survived, but he was too ashamed to return to the army and could only live on.

"Everyone is gone, everyone is gone, the platoon leader, the squad leader, Little Stone, Lao Gen... If I go back to claim credit and live a good life, how can I live with my conscience?"

This one sentence made everyone sigh and shed tears.

Jinianshan, who was standing by, turned pale. He swallowed and glanced at Ji Huayan. The father and daughter each had their own ulterior motives and were both very nervous.

Zhou Nuan felt uncomfortable after hearing this. She sniffed and asked Gu Xiyue, "Did you find the old man? Did you find out his identity? It turns out that the old man is Zhou Zhiyong, Ji Huayan's biological father."

With such a father, Ji Huayan seems to be arrogant again.

Gu Xiyue's eyes were deep, and he pursed his lips, "Yes, and no."

Zhou Nuan looked at him puzzled.

Noticing her gaze, Gu Xiyue patted her head, his tone distressed, "You'll know soon. There's more fun to come, so just wait and see."

After the excitement, everyone calmed down a little. Chen Yan seemed to remember something and suddenly said, "No, Jinianshan said that he saw you were blown up and even your body could not be found, so he had to abandon you."

Everyone looked towards Memorial Mountain, which was frozen in place.

Jinianshan's face turned even paler. He tried to explain but no words came out.

Why is he still alive? He clearly left him behind. With so many enemies and so many shells in the sky, there is no way he could have survived! !

"Memorial Mountain!!" Yuan Lao Hu shouted majestically.

Ji Nian Shan shuddered, gritted his teeth, and knew that he could no longer hide it, so he simply stopped hiding it. "I did leave him behind, so what's the problem? I'm a human being, and I'm afraid of death. He doesn't want to leave, he doesn't want to leave, what can I do?

He's crazy, he wants to avenge those who died long ago, and he talks about sacrificing for his country. Fine, if he doesn't leave, I will leave too. I'll be a deserter. Am I wrong?"

He stared at Zhou Zhiyong intently, his whole body fell into a state of madness, with a look of dissatisfaction on his face.

Seeing him like this, Yuan Lao Hu said, "If our country was full of people like you, then our country would be gone, and we wouldn't have the good life we ​​have today. The good life we ​​have now was fought for by soldiers with lofty ideals, and people like you don't deserve to enjoy it at all."

"You don't deserve to be here. You've tarnished the sanctity of the martyrs. Lock him up. I'll report him to the court-martial."

Jinianshan was dragged away by the soldiers. He struggled unwillingly and the can of tea fell to the ground. Ji Huayan hurried forward and grabbed it in his hands.

After the shouts from Memorial Hill faded away, the venue fell silent again.

Everyone looked at Ji Huayan with sympathy, and even Chen Yan looked at her with a hint of pity.

No wonder Ji Huayan has a bad character. Following such an adoptive father, he must have led her astray.

Chen Yan waved to Ji Huayan with tears in her eyes, "Huayan, come here quickly, come and meet your biological father."

Ji Huayan stood there with a strange expression, squeezing the tea can in his hand again and again.

The most important thing for her now is not to recognize her biological father. She knows very well that the man in front of her is not her biological father at all. She just wants to get rid of the tea leaves in her hand as soon as possible.

"Good boy, don't be afraid, he is your father." Chen Yan urged, and then said to Zhou Zhiyong, "Zhiyong, she is your child, your only relative in the world."

Zhou Zhiyong was a little stunned and looked at Gu Xiyue.

No, how come this is different from what this young man said?