"There were difficulties back then."
Before he could finish, Mr. Qin spoke for him, looking at him with a smile and a self-deprecating look: "You had your own difficulties back then, so you just abandoned us mother and son and left us alone?"
"You have your reasons, but you don't understand what kind of person my mother is."
"Although she was a woman in that era, her thinking was no less than that of men. She told me many times that if she wasn't a woman and had to take care of me, she would definitely go to the front line."
"She wants to protect this home of Daxia for me, and for all the children like me."
"And you, were you afraid that she wouldn't agree to you going out, or were you worried that if you told us, we would become a burden to you? So, you left without looking back, without leaving any message behind."
"To be honest, I was looking forward to it so much before I met you, but after meeting you, I let it go."
"I'm looking for you not because I care about you that much, but because I promised my mother that I would find you in my lifetime."
"She was thinking about finding you until her death."
Swish——
As he finished his last sentence, Zhou Zhiqing lowered his head even lower.
Guilt almost suffocated him.
But he did not defend himself.
It seems that we have to accept everything by default.
"I'm sorry for you, and even more sorry for her." He whispered.
But his lack of explanation made Mr. Qin feel even more upset.
The self-mockery at the corners of his mouth became even stronger.
But he is also a soldier, and he can and will understand Zhou Zhiqing, a martyred soldier.
He said: "You don't have to tell me——"
"Eighty-three years ago, he left to protect you and your son."
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