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After returning from the cemetery that day, life seemed to have returned to normal. Jiaojiao still followed her father to the Yin family's company every day, and occasionally followed her uncle and others to the military area to play.
Of course, it wasn’t Jiaojiao who went out to play with his granddad and uncles, but his granddad and uncles who snatched him away from his father to play.
Jiaojiao often shook her head and sighed about this, thinking that her grandfather and uncles really needed her company.
Of course, Yin Zheng's stepmother Adelisa and half-brother Adenian would often show up to cause trouble for Yin Zheng, but Yin Zheng was not an easy person to get along with, and he did not care about other people's opinions at all.
Only after being nearly sent to jail by Yin Zheng did the two of them calm down.
Time flies, and another three years have passed. During these three years, the Yin family has neither shown any signs of growth nor any signs of defeat under Yin Zheng's leadership.
Yin Zheng, who has no ambition in the business world, does the most basic maintenance work step by step, trying to spare more time to accompany Jiaojiao.
Otherwise, even though it is obviously his child, due to Cloveford's various weird operations, Jiaojiao will be labeled as Marshal Clove's child in the eyes of everyone.
Yin Zheng was resentful about Cloveford's series of blatant acts of stealing the cubs.
At this time, Jiaojiao, who had just come out of the First Military District, was held by Big Daddy, holding the fifth-level purple alien core that Cloveford had tricked from the commander of the First Military District.
In the past few years, all the major military regions have had a headache whenever they saw Cloveford. Who would have known that this marshal would suddenly become childish after being calm for nearly thirty years.
As soon as they came out of the military headquarters, the sky darkened and a strong wind blew. Jiaojiao, whose eyes were squinted by the wind, turned around and buried her head in Cloverford's arms.
Seeing that it was about to rain, Cloverd turned around and carried Jiaojiao back to the military headquarters, but the rain fell very quickly and the two of them got wet on the way back to the military headquarters.
"Daddy." Jiaojiao shook the water off her head and looked up at Cloveford: "My clothes are wet."
"It's okay." Cloveford held Jiaojiao's head as he was shaking off the water, and carried him to take a shower.
Cloveford was very unfamiliar with bathing Jiaojiao as it was his first time, and the bath lasted for nearly an hour.
There were no children's clothes in the military headquarters, so after taking a bath, Jiaojiao could only put on a shirt worn inner layer in the army. The long hem dragged on the ground, and the sleeves were rolled up several times before Jiaojiao's little hands were barely exposed.
It was the first time for Jiaojiao to wear such big clothes. She shook her sleeves curiously, then raised her head and smiled at Cloveford with her eyes curved.
Jiaojiao, who looked even fairer after taking a bath, smiled so cutely that Cloveford's iris-purple eyes lit up.
The rain outside didn't last long. It was just a scorching hot day, but after the rain, the temperature dropped sharply to around 12 degrees.
Cloveford, with his thick skin, did not notice the sudden drop in temperature, but Jiaojiao, who was wearing adult clothes, rubbed her hands because she was so cold.
After staying in the military headquarters for a while, Jiaojiao returned home, had dinner with her father, and went to bed early.
At night, Yin Zheng, who felt as if he was holding a small heater in his sleep, woke up with a start. When he opened his eyes, he saw Jiaojiao's blushing face.
He suddenly sat up from the bed, called the family doctor, and touched Jiaojiao's forehead which was incredibly hot.
Jiaojiao on the bed had a red face due to fever, her thin brows were wrinkled uncomfortably, she slept very uneasily, and her slightly open mouth made the humming sounds of a little animal.
Yin Zheng looked at her feeling very uncomfortable, his brows furrowed unconsciously, and he raised his hand to gently stroke Jiaojiao's sweaty hair.
About fifteen minutes later, the family doctor arrived and took my temperature. It was 39.5 degrees Celsius. "It's a bit high. If it gets any lower, I'm afraid it might cause a seizure. I need an injection to reduce the fever."
As the doctor spoke, he lowered his head to prepare the injection. Yin Zheng held Jiaojiao in his arms and gently woke him up. It was feared that the child would be startled when given an injection while sleeping, so he needed to be woken up for the injection.
Jiaojiao woke up in a daze and felt very uncomfortable. Tears welled up in her watery eyes. She was stunned for a long time before she could see her father's face clearly.
After seeing her father clearly, Jiaojiao pursed her lips in grievance and called out in a low voice: "Dad~"
As soon as the word "Dad" came out of his mouth, big tears filled with grievance fell from the corners of his eyes.
No matter how strong and sensible a child is, he or she will unconsciously feel aggrieved when he or she is sick and uncomfortable, especially after seeing the adults in the family, the grievance will only become more intense.
Looking at Jiaojiao's big tears, Yin Zheng's heart seemed to be torn by something unknown, and his throat became inexplicably blocked.
"Dad." Jiaojiao called out to her dad in a low voice in pain, turning her face to the side and wiping her tears onto his clothes.
Yin Zheng, whose emotions gradually became richer over time, suddenly felt a little overwhelmed when he saw Jiaojiao's uncomfortable and aggrieved look. His nose felt more and more sour, so he blinked and a tear quietly slipped from the corner of his eye.
As the tear slid down, the heart that was gradually no longer silent suddenly began to ripple, spreading out in circles and spreading to the surroundings at an extremely fast speed.
When it spread to the end, it hit a barrier that had become very thin and brittle.
After preparing the medicine, I looked up and saw the father and son hugging the doctor in tears, speechless.
He had seen such scenes quite often, but usually on mothers. After having a child, a woman seemed to be made of water. When the child cried, most mothers would cry too. However, it was rare to see fathers like this.
Especially the person in front of me looks so cold that it makes people feel cold in their hearts.
The family doctor gave Jiaojiao an injection to reduce fever and then left. Before leaving, he gave her a lot of instructions, such as asking her to drink more warm water to prevent dehydration.
Keeping the doctor's instructions in mind, Yin Zheng stayed by the bed all night, occasionally reaching out to touch Jiaojiao's back to see if she was sweating.
The night gradually passed, a hint of dawn appeared on the horizon, birds were singing outside the window, and the sunlight that climbed up the sky shone through the clouds. It was like an ordinary morning.
Yin Zheng, who was sitting beside the bed, saw the child wake up, and the pair of dark and bright eyes suddenly bent when looking at him.
Jiaojiao rolled over with her eyebrows curved, and rolled to her father's side, hugged his hand, and called out sweetly, "Dad."
With the word "Dad", Yin Zheng, who had been tense all the time, suddenly felt relieved. At the same time, the barrier in his heart that had been beating all night collapsed, and countless complicated and unknown things hit Yin Zheng so hard that he was stunned.
"Dad?" Seeing her father in a daze, Jiaojiao stood up from the bed and threw herself into his arms. She raised her head and rubbed her father's chin before asking, "Dad, why are you ignoring me?"
"I'm not ignoring Jiaojiao." The stunned Yin Zheng came back to his senses. He slowly hugged Jiaojiao in his arms and rubbed her face against his furry hair. He said in a low voice, "Dad just suddenly thought of someone."
"Who is it?" Jiaojiao asked curiously.
"Your grandmother Bertha..."
My mother too...
In my childhood memories, those boring, mottled memories were suddenly painted with another color.
An embrace with the scent of roses, a pair of hands holding his as he walked, a gentle voice telling him stories to soothe him to sleep in the afternoon sunshine...
The woman named mother suddenly came alive in my memory, and even her already blurred smile and embrace became warm.
If Mother Bertha had not died, little Yin Zheng might have slowly filled the missing emotions with her care year after year.
But there are no ifs. She passed away when little Yin Zheng was almost emotionless in his childhood, leaving behind only some memories that gradually became blurred and blurred with time. Then, more than 20 years later, she suddenly came alive in Yin Zheng's memory, making him feel a brief and unfamiliar warmth, and then dissipated like bubbles.
"Dad." Jiaojiao looked up at Yin Zheng, her watery eyes misting over. "Dad, are you feeling bad?"
"Yeah." Yin Zheng raised his hand and wiped away the tears from the corners of Jiaojiao's eyes with his fingertips. His voice was low and hoarse: "A little bit."
Jiaojiao tilted her head and rubbed his hand: "Jiaojiao, coax me, Daddy is not uncomfortable."
"Yeah, it's not uncomfortable anymore."
He was not feeling uncomfortable, he was just a little sad at that moment, the sadness that a normal person should feel!
A month later, Yin Zheng took Jiaojiao to the cemetery to visit Yin Changshan and Baisha.
The setting sun casts an orange glow over the entire cemetery, giving it a gentle hue but making this unique place seem even more desolate.
Yin Zheng stood in front of the tomb for a long time without saying anything, as if he just came to take a look. Jiaojiao, who was in her father's arms, also played with her father's fingers obediently.
Yin Zheng didn't speak until he was about to leave. In a low and hoarse voice, he told them that he was going to hand over the Yin family to a man named Yin Xia from a side branch.
Yin Xia was a very sharp and business-minded person, and he possessed great ambition. The Yin family would flourish under his care, and he, on the other hand, planned to take Jiaojiao on a trip...
Yin Zheng doesn't want to be confined to the central city by the Yin family. As he is becoming more and more normal emotionally, he plans to start his life over again.
Yes, to live their lives again, whether it was him or Jiaojiao, they should go see the world and seriously enjoy the process of living, not just for the sake of existence...
However, before leaving, Yin Zheng sent Adelisa to the Supreme Court of Blue Star and sentenced his stepmother to death by firing squad.
Yin Zheng's mother, Bertha, died at the hands of Adelisa. This was something Yin Zheng, who was still five years old, overheard.
This is also the reason why Adelisa threw him to the border town, because no one thought that a five-year-old cub could survive in the environment of Sala Border Town. After all, the border town at that time did not prohibit the buying and selling and killing of children.
In fact, Adelisa didn't know that a little monster with close to zero emotions would not have the idea of revenge because of his mother's death. After all, Yin Zheng at that time didn't even have the ability to hate someone.
Luo Andeli came back from a trip to the border town and brought gifts to Yin Zheng's house, but found that Yin Zheng had already left with Jiaojiao. He ran home to pack his things immediately.
At the Hillian residence, Hillian Bull, who had received the news a day earlier, had already packed his luggage and was waiting for his stupid brother to come back and then run away.
As soon as he returned home, Luo Andeli found that his brother Hillianbul was already dressed and looked ready to go out at any time.
He stopped in his tracks warily, and when Xilianbul looked at him kindly, he turned and ran without a second thought: "Don't expect me to guard the Xilian family for you. Go out and find Jiaojiao and the others!"
The smile on Xilianbul's face froze. After realizing what was happening, he roared without caring about his image: "Father originally wanted to give you the position of head of the family. I'm just helping you temporarily! Do you understand?! Come back here!"
"Brother, stop struggling. You are the best patriarch of the Xilian family. Goodbye. I'm going to freedom!"
Behind him, Hillian Bull pounded the table in anger, and the glasses on his nose were tilted by the big movement.
At the military headquarters, Cloverd had packed his bags and was about to leave when his adjutant, who had appeared out of nowhere, grabbed him by the leg. "No, Marshal, you can't leave. Even if you submit your resignation, you still have to wait for approval, and it's not certain to be approved."
It's not that it's not certain, it's a hundred percent impossible to get it. After all these years of drastic changes, I've never heard of a marshal submitting his resignation!
Cloveford lowered his eyes and looked at him, a thought flashing in his iris-purple eyes. Just when the adjutant thought he had given up the Marshal's idea of resigning, the Marshal suddenly said something that made him feel dizzy.
Cloveford: "I'm retiring!"
The adjutant's hands were shaking. "The Marshal has never retired at forty-one! Never! The retirement age is now sixty!"
Sixty?!
Cloverd's pupils shrank: "No, I want to retire now."
"No, Marshal, this is absolutely not possible!"
"I want it!"
"Marshal, you are being unreasonable!"
Cloveford started walking out. His adjutant hugged his thigh tightly, crying heartbreakingly, "Marshal, the military can't do without you! Blue Star can't do without you!"
In the end, due to the efforts of his adjutant and the strong opposition of the military, Cloverd failed to retire successfully and his face was black for a whole month.
Especially after seeing the photos and videos posted by Luo Andeli on WeChat Moments, I became even more down-to-earth!
Yin Zheng, Jiaojiao, and Luo Andeli went to the vast, thick desert, playing among the golden sands. They went to the boundless ocean, caught several giant three-meter-long fish, and then jumped from the boat into the shimmering sea, where they were chased for three miles by the alien creatures in the water.
They went to the vast grassland, lay on the high slope, and looked at the intricate and magnificent stars in the sky. Jiaojiao learned to hum ballads, and her tender and soft voice seemed particularly healing when she hummed the ballads.
Seeing all this, Cloverd once again thought of retiring. After being stopped by the military, he called Jiaojiao and asked for comfort with a slightly aggrieved tone.
It was not known whether it was Cloverd who took the lead, but Melhos, Ji Zang, Ke Luo from the First Military District, Jiang Cha from the Second Military District, Casper from the Third Military District, Yuna Jinyu from the Fourth Military District and others all requested to retire.
Military: “…”
That’s enough!
Two years passed in a blink of an eye. Snowflakes were floating down from the sky of Jinguan City. Jiaojiao, who was wrapped in clothes and hidden in his father's arms, carefully reached out to catch the snowflakes. As soon as the cold snow fell on his hand, he retracted his hand in a flash.
After a long while, he stretched out his hand tentatively again.
At this moment, Jiaojiao was like a newborn baby, cautiously exploring the outside world, full of curiosity, but also instinctively afraid.
After trying for a long time, Jiaojiao finally bravely got down from her father's arms and stood in the snow an hour later.
Jiaojiao, carrying a bottle of milk, pulled at her father's trouser leg, stepped tentatively on the snow-covered ground, then tilted her head back and smiled at her father.
Yin Zheng squatted down and handed him his hand. Jiaojiao, holding her father's index finger, raised her little feet and stepped on the ground again. She squatted down, grabbed a handful of snow with her hand and handed it to her father.
The presence of his father filled the heart of this child who had once frozen to death in the snow with a full sense of security, and gradually he was no longer so afraid of the snow.
After a while, Jiaojiao let go of his father's hand and ran on the snow, but after running for a while he would look back at his father, as if only in this way could he feel at ease.
While running, Jiaojiao was hit by a snowball. He was so startled that he lost his balance and sat down on the snow.
Jiaojiao, who was sitting on the ground, uttered a small "ouch!" and looked up at Uncle Luo An who was hitting her with a snowball and said, "Uncle Luo An, don't throw Jiaojiao away."
Luo Andeli raised his eyebrows, threw another snowball at Jiaojiao, and said with a smile: "Hurry up and have a snowball fight."
"Okay." Jiaojiao responded and pinched a snowball from the snow. After standing up, he held the snowball with his two small hands and threw it towards Luo Andeli with force. However, his strength was too weak and he didn't even touch the corner of Luo Andeli's clothes.
Luo Andeli laughed and threw a very soft snowball at Jiaojiao: "With your little strength, just wait to turn into a little snowman."
As he said this, he threw several more snowballs at Jiaojiao.
"Uncle Luo An is bullying a child!" Jiaojiao, who was beaten and ran away in fear, shouted angrily.
"What do you mean by bullying? One on one, this is a fair fight."
"Dad, help Jiaojiao quickly."
"Hey, hey, you're cheating when you're two against one!" Luo Andeli was being hit by dense snowballs, but he didn't give up on hitting Jiaojiao.
Jiaojiao was running around holding her head with her hands, so happy that her little teeth popped out. However, when she turned her head, she bumped into a leg, took two steps back, and sat down on the ground.
Jiaojiao, who was sitting on the ground, was stunned for a moment. When she looked up to see what had knocked her down, her eyes suddenly narrowed, and her small voice was filled with joy as she shouted crisply, "Daddy!"
"It's so sad that you can only see your dad!" A voice came from behind Clovey.
Jiaojiao tilted her head to look when she heard the voices, and immediately her baby voice became louder with joy: "Uncle Moer, Uncle Keluo, Uncle Jiangcha, Uncle Guyu, Xingxing."
It was Clove, Melhos and the others who came, but Caspar and Ji Zang did not run out for the time being. However, Ji Zang sent Fang Xingqiao over.
Cloveford bent down and picked up Jiaojiao, patting the snow off his body while looking around.
Jinguan City, this place looks very familiar. It was the place where he led people to surround and kill the ninth-level alien species.
Luo Andeli, who was chasing Jiaojiao with a snowball in the distance, stopped what he was doing and hid the snowball behind him. He didn't want to be beaten up by the group.
But in the end, Luo Andeli was still beaten up by a group of people. When asked the reason, it was because he was showing off about them on his circle of friends all day long.
The day after the snowball fight, our escaped marshal and admiral took Jiaojiao to play without restraint.
They would go to the steep and dangerous snow-capped mountains and drive their mechas to leap into the sky from the top of the mountain...
They would go to the towering mountains, pick fruits in the woods, catch fish in the streams, and then play splashing water. Jiaojiao, who was splashed with water, angrily took the small scoop given by her father and splashed it back, but it didn't have much effect...
Of course, they haven't forgotten their responsibilities. They will disperse to various locations to defend the city during the attack month. The bright and tender voices in the terminal are shouting, "Come on!"
Sometimes they would also play with some particularly strange and exotic species, such as an extremely large winged gecko, or a huge blue fish in the sea. Jiaojiao would sit on their backs and play, but they had to be careful that they would snatch Jiaojiao away.
They would go to the streets of various cities to eat delicious food and celebrate festivals. Occasionally, they would see injustice and help others. Then, when they were recognized, they would carry Jiaojiao on their shoulders and run away from the crowd...
During the whole journey, Jiaojiao always carried his big bottle of milk on his back. When asked why he carried it, he turned around a little with the bottle on his back, raised his head, curved his eyes and said he liked it.
In addition to going to those particularly exciting places, they also go to various amusement parks, such as carousels, roller coasters, and thriller parks...
Occasionally, he would break into the military academy league venue, and when they were not discovered, he would hold Jiaojiao and quietly run out on tiptoe, while blaming each other. While running, he would also save two military academy students, one of whom seemed to be called Selvis.
They would drink strong liquor in the desert and sing wildly on the grassland, and of course, there would always be a soft and tender voice among them...
That is an exceptionally dazzling youth, that is the innocence that I never felt in my childhood, that is life under the scorching sun...
So unrestrained, so free, so cheerful...
They will still withdraw at any time during this journey to take up their responsibilities...
They still have heavy burdens on their shoulders, but they are no longer in a state of decadence...
They are a group of people who were destined to shoulder heavy responsibilities from birth. They had no childhood, no fun, and only wanted to become stronger, stronger, and stronger again, until one day they died on the battlefield with alien species...
But now they have made up for the childhood they lacked in their childhood, the freedom they lacked in their youth, and when facing death, they have an extra concern and nostalgia...
Because... their little friend Jiaojiao... hasn't grown up yet...
By the way, during an attack on Chengyue, Fang Xingqiao regained his sanity because he stood in front of Jiaojiao and protected her well when facing the alien species.
He protected his uncle from the aliens... The knot in his heart disappeared, and he naturally returned to normal.
After he recovered, Ji Zang sent him back to the military academy. Although he resisted strongly, he was powerless.
Time flies, and it seems that in just a blink of an eye, Marshal Clo has reached retirement age.
At the last stop, only Yin Zheng and Jiaojiao were left. The rest of the people were waiting for them in the central city. Before leaving, Yin Zheng brought Jiaojiao to the border town of Sala.
It was raining in Sala Border Town that day. On the main street of the chaotic area, a tall but elderly man was holding a black umbrella. The child walking in front of him was wiggling his butt, which was very cute.
As they were walking, Jiaojiao suddenly stopped and looked back at her father.
Yin Zheng, who was holding an umbrella, saw him leaning back further and further, and suddenly remembered the scene when he saw Jiaojiao for the second time in the chaotic area many years ago. He could not help but bend down and put his index finger on the back of Jiaojiao's head, just like he did then.
Jiaojiao, whose head was pressed against him, moved his head left and right, and found that there was still something pressing against the back of his head, so he tilted his head back to look.
Meeting Yin Zheng's gaze, Jiaojiao curved her eyes and shouted happily, "Dad."
A childish voice floated into his ears, and when he met his eyes that seemed to be mixed with starlight, Yin Zheng was no longer as nervous as when he first met him and heard him call him dad. He was no longer so nervous that his hands trembled and the child fell to the ground with a plop.
He lowered his head to look at Jiaojiao, the corners of his mouth slightly raised, and responded in a low, hoarse voice: "Yeah."
Jiaojiao stood up with his eyes bent, and rummaged through the pocket in front of his belly with his little hand. This time, what he took out was no longer a steamed bun with teeth marks on it, but a colorful candy.
Jiaojiao peeled off the candy wrapper and handed over the candy in her hand: "Dad, ah."
Yin Zheng lowered his head and took the candy from his hand.
The dark rain was drizzling down. On the wide main street, a man with a wild and fierce nature was walking on the street with a black umbrella. In order to accommodate the pace of the child, he had to stop for more than ten seconds after taking a step. However, he did not show any impatience. There was a deep tenderness in his only remaining dark right eye.
Because I will be very busy tomorrow and may not have time to update, so I updated twice yesterday and today as compensation~~
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