Several children who looked about seven or eight years old were standing face to face with a three or four-year-old boy. The younger boy's face was flushed and his fists were clenched, obviously trying hard to suppress his anger.
He was a little short, wearing worn clothes with frayed edges, and tear marks on his face, but he bit his lips stubbornly and refused to show weakness.
Suddenly he ran over here, seemingly not noticing Shen Liwu, and bumped into her.
Seeing that he had bumped into someone, he looked up blankly, tears still lingering in his eyes. He took a step back timidly and whispered, "I'm sorry."
Then he ran away.
When the boys who bullied him saw the adults around, they disappeared as if they were being chased by ghosts.
Shen Liwu: Is she that scary?
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Zhou Yanjing was panicked when he found Shen Liwu missing. Then he thought of something and ran into the bedroom. He breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the suitcase and clothes.
Even if Shen Liwu didn't want him, she wouldn't want her medicine box. This medicine box was a gift from her grandfather for her 18th birthday, and she regarded it as a treasure.
Zhou Yanjing went out to look for someone and saw that pretty figure standing under the old locust tree. The hem of her red dress was blown by the wind and her jet-black hair fell on her shoulders. The sunlight filtered through the mottled leaves from the branches and shone on her fair face, as if it was coated with a layer of golden halo.
She looked up at the sky, her expression calm and peaceful.
At that moment, he felt that time had passed quietly.
He walked closer, stood behind her, and called softly, "Why are you here?"
Shen Liwu did not respond, still maintaining the same posture as before, looking at the sky.
The sunlight poured down from the branches, covering her pretty profile. Her long eyelashes cast a shadow on her eyelids, leaving a circle of light shadows on her fair skin.
"When we are old, we can sit under the old locust tree, enjoying the shade and the sun, with our children around us. How comfortable it will be!"
Shen Li looked up at him, "Do you think so?"
"Yes! Of course!" Zhou Yanjing nodded, "You have the final say."
She smiled slightly, with a clear smile in her eyes.
She caught a glimpse of the little man not far away. Driven by curiosity, she reached out and pulled Zhou Yanjing's sleeve, "What's the name of that child? I just heard those kids say that his father died and his mother ran away with a strange man. What happened?"
Zhou Yanjing frowned when he saw the boy secretly watching them from a distance.
"His name is Xu Dong. His father was my comrade-in-arms. He died two years ago. His mother disappeared. I don't know where she went. She lives with Aunt Gao now. This child is pitiful."
Shen Liwu's eyes fell on the thin figure, and a sour feeling rose in his heart. She pursed her lips and asked in a low voice: "How old are you? You look skinny."
The days of living under someone else's roof must have been hard to bear.
"Six years old." Zhou Yanjing's voice was low, with a hint of pity.
Shen Liwu was silent for a moment, his eyes fixed on the thin figure. Xu Dong stood there alone, with his head lowered and his toes rubbing the ground nervously.
"Looks like three years old."
Zhou Yanjing was also helpless. The child was not growing taller, and they guessed that it was because Aunt Gao's family did not feed him enough. But when they asked Xu Dong, he said that he was well fed and had meat once a week.
When Shen Liwu looked at the little man in the corner again, he was gone.
"Let's go, let's go home."
The two walked side by side to the house, and one or two people they met on the way greeted them.
"Captain Zhou, the commander asked you to prepare your speech at the promotion banquet tomorrow." The soldier ran over to tell Zhou Yanjing.
Zhou Yanjing nodded, indicating that he understood.
"Your promotion banquet?" she asked. "Deputy Captain?"
"Well, it's just a formality, nothing special." Zhou Yanjing answered lightly, as if this matter was not important.
Shen Liwu was shocked. He would be promoted to deputy regiment commander tomorrow, so he was still a battalion commander until his death in his previous life. Was it because she went to the north that Zhou Yanjing missed the promotion banquet?
So he knew she went to the north, and he also left in the past two days?
Shen Liwu felt even more guilty.
"You are amazing. You are already the deputy head at the age of 26. Then wouldn't I be the wife of the deputy head?" Shen Liwu praised him in a light-hearted way.
Zhou Yanjing smiled and touched her soft hair. "Then I will try harder and try to make you the leader's wife in the future?"
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