Shortly after returning from Songshan Island, Jiang Weidong received orders to go to the front lines.
A real war, after being tempered and honed, quickly transformed him into a true warrior.
When Jiang Weidong woke up in the hospital and saw Lin Wangshu, he felt that his suppressed and tense heart finally relaxed a little.
Touching the soft hair of the sleeping Lin Wangshu, Jiang Weidong thought, everything is over. After walking alone in the darkness for so long, he has finally seen the light again.
Looking into Lin Wangshu's clear eyes, Jiang Weidong buried the guns and bloodshed deep in his heart. In their daily interactions, he still laughed and joked with her as usual, without revealing any hint of his true feelings.
Lin Wangshu also pressed his head while tentatively asking him about the time he was missing.
Upon hearing this, Jiang Weidong's hand tightened in a corner where she couldn't see him, but he still smiled and said, "Why did you suddenly ask this? I'm afraid you won't be able to eat if I tell you."
Lin Wangshu bent down and kissed his forehead. "I'm not afraid. Tell me, I want to make things easier for you."
“Okay.” Jiang Weidong curled his lips, looking somewhat mischievous. “I didn’t have any food on me at the time, so in order to fill my stomach and maintain my strength, I could only find some small animals in the jungle to eat.”
"Things like centipedes and scorpions, although they are a bit fishy, taste pretty good, they're crunchy when you chew them."
"And to supplement protein, rats are a must-eat. Sometimes, in a rush, they don't even have time to remove their fur..."
Lin Wangshu's face grew paler and paler as she listened. When he mentioned rats, she couldn't hold back any longer. She pushed him away, covered her mouth, and rushed to the toilet.
Jiang Weidong panicked, stopped laughing, and quickly followed her, patting her back, asking with regret and guilt, "Little Moon, are you alright?"
Lin Wangshu angrily slapped his hand aside, "If you don't want to talk, then don't. Why are you deliberately trying to disgust me?"
As she spoke, her stomach churned again, and she vomited a mouthful of bile into the toilet.
Jiang Weidong frowned with heartache, then gently patted her back, "It's not that I didn't want to tell you, it's that I..."
He tightened his chin and sighed softly with difficulty.
Jiang Weidong knew what Lin Wangshu wanted to hear, but he didn't want her to know such dark things.
Therefore, in order to dissuade her from this idea, Jiang Weidong could only tell her some disgusting things.
When it was time to go to bed that night, Lin Wangshu was still angry. She turned over and left him with only a cold back view.
Jiang Weidong reached out and, amidst her struggle, pulled her tightly into his arms.
Feeling the warm breath on her neck, Lin Wangshu turned her head away and snorted, "You've eaten so many rats, don't come and kiss me."
Jiang Weidong missed his target, looking somewhat bewildered, and stammered, "Little Moon..."
Lin Wangshu softened, sighed inwardly, and finally turned over, hugged his neck, and said in a muffled voice, "Fine, if you don't want to talk about it, then don't."
These past few nights, Jiang Weidong has been talking in his sleep, his voice panicked. When Lin Wangshu is woken up by him, she sees him covered in cold sweat, his lips pale and trembling.
Whenever this happened, Lin Wangshu would call him but couldn't wake him, so she would hold him tightly, her eyes filled with tears of heartache.
Therefore, Lin Wangshu knew that there was another wound in his heart, hidden and tragic.
After Lin Wangshu found out she was pregnant, Jiang Weidong was overjoyed and took meticulous care of her, but he never touched her stomach.
Lin Wangshu didn't notice at first, until she felt a movement in her belly. She excitedly waved to Jiang Weidong, "Weidong, come quick, they've moved!"
Jiang Weidong had just returned home and had only changed one shoe. After hearing this, he ran over with a limp, looked at her stomach, and wanted to touch it but dared not.
Lin Wangshu took his hand and wanted to place it on her stomach, smiling as she said, "Feel it, the babies are greeting their father!"
Upon hearing this, Jiang Weidong's face flashed with panic. He withdrew his hand as if he had been electrocuted and shook his head repeatedly, saying, "No, for their own good, I can't touch them."
"Why?!" Lin Wangshu's expression changed, and she looked up at him. "Don't you like them?"
"How could that be!" Jiang Weidong quickly denied, and seeing that Lin Wangshu was a little sad, he said in a hurry, "I, I have the children's blood on my hands, I can't touch them! It will get dirty."
After saying that, Jiang Weidong lowered his head dejectedly, afraid to see the disappointment in Lin Wangshu's eyes.
Lin Wangshu was stunned when he heard this. His first reaction was, "So that's why he's having nightmares? What an idiot."
“It’s not dirty at all!” Lin Wangshu blinked, suppressing her sourness, and said earnestly, word by word.
Pulling him to sit down beside her, Lin Wangshu carefully opened his tightly clenched hand. "You are a hero, protecting your country and its people. Your hands are stained with the enemy's blood. This is your glory, and it is also our honor!"
Jiang Weidong looked up at her, his eyes a little red. "But he was still a child, not even as tall as my leg. I can never forget the look in his eyes before he died."
"But I didn't mean to. He tried to raise his gun at me, and I instinctively threw my dagger at him, and then..."
As he spoke, he unconsciously tightened his grip on Lin Wangshu's hand, saying with some pain, "This makes me feel, I feel, as if I don't deserve to have children!"
"Don't talk nonsense!" Lin Wangshu covered his mouth, tears streaming down her face. "This isn't your fault, it's the fault of the person who gave him the weapon."
"A bullet fired from a five-year-old's gun is more deadly than an adult's. You made the right choice. Do you really want me to never see you again?"
“Besides,” Lin Wangshu said, taking his hand and placing it on her stomach, her eyes red and pitiful, “if you do this, they’ll think you don’t like them.”
"No!" Jiang Weidong denied repeatedly, his eyes carefully falling on her stomach. He pursed his lips and said, "I... I'm afraid they won't like me."
Lin Wangshu burst into laughter after hearing this, tilting her head to look at him, "How could that be? Our brother is so good, how could the child not like you!"
"Little Moon, can I listen to this?" Jiang Weidong carefully touched the tip of her belly and looked at her expectantly.
Lin Wangshu smiled, pushed her clothes up a bit, and beckoned to him, "Come and listen, they might have something to tell you."
Jiang Weidong squatted down, put his ear close, and seemed to hear something. His face showed both surprise and joy.
Looking at his dark hair, Lin Wangshu couldn't help but reach out and touch it, saying softly, "Brother, forget about all that. You're home now, and I'm here with you."
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