Su Shizhong widened his eyes, pretended to be angry, and raised his voice, saying, "You think too highly of me. Jiang Huaidong was out wandering around in the middle of the night and stepped on a metal trap. What does that have to do with me?"
Tang Jianguo: "I was just asking casually, why are you getting so worked up?"
Although Su Shizhong felt a little uneasy, he still forced himself to say, "What you mean is not just a casual question."
Tang Jianguo waved his hand helplessly, as if admitting defeat, and said, "Fine, I misspoke. Go back to sleep. Jiang Huaidong's affairs have nothing to do with you."
Su Shizhong persisted, "There was never any connection between us. Don't you know my character? If anyone makes me angry, go find that person and settle the score with them..."
Tang Jianguo couldn't stand Su Shizhong's incessant nagging any longer, so he pushed him into the house and thoughtfully closed the door for him.
Once inside, Su Yue and Fu Shen heard that there was no more noise outside, so they quietly lay down as well.
A moment later, Fu Shen suddenly said out of the blue, "Father is more upright and honest than I am."
Su Yue didn't immediately understand what he meant, but after she realized it, she couldn't help but chuckle softly: "Dad said that on purpose just now. The fact that he cooperated with you in burying the iron traps proves that he thinks the same way you do. There's nothing honorable about it. Besides, you can't use honorability to deal with someone like Jiang Huaidong."
Fu Shen turned his head, looked at Su Yue, and asked, "Is that really what you think?"
Su Yue: "Of course."
Fu Shen reached out and hugged Su Yue tightly, a relieved smile on his face, and said, "Then I have no psychological burden at all."
Fu Shen originally planned to postpone his return by staying to help Su Shizhong finish building the house, but was summoned back by an urgent phone call from Yang Guohua, who said there was an important mission.
Fortunately, Jiang Huaidong's incident didn't raise suspicion against him.
Of course, Su Yue and Ping An also went back together.
On the day of their return journey, Su Yue, with a hint of reluctance on her face, asked her father again, as if to symbolically ask, "Dad, are you sure you don't want to come back with us?"
As early as when Yang Guohua called to inform Fu Shen to return, Su Yue had repeatedly asked Su Shizhong whether he wanted to leave with them.
Su Shizhong lovingly held Ping An and said, "We're not going back. I want to finish building the house so that you'll have a spacious place to live when you come back."
If he hadn't been so nosy, his daughter and son-in-law wouldn't have had to stay at someone else's house when they came to visit.
Su Yue said with concern, "Alright, remember to call if anything happens. Also, make sure you eat on time every meal. Don't wait until breakfast time is over and then eat lunch together. I'll ask Uncle Tang to keep an eye on you. If you don't listen, I'll bring Ping An back to stay with you and won't go anywhere else."
Fu Shen and Su Shizhong: "..."
Seeing the slightly awkward and helpless expressions on their faces, Tang Jianguo smiled and tried to smooth things over: "Yueyue, don't worry, I guarantee I can complete the task of watching your dad eat properly, so you can just stay in the army with peace of mind."
As he spoke, he turned to Su Shizhong and said, half-jokingly and half-seriously, "Did you hear that? In order to prevent Yueyue and Fu Shen from being separated, you'd better eat well."
Tang Jianguo learned from Fu Shen about the hardships his old friend had suffered, and his heart was filled with heartache and pity.
After Su Shizhong lost his memory, he became dull and listless. When others assigned him to herd sheep, he would usually herd sheep during the day and the flock would return in an orderly fashion at night.
But he was different. He herded sheep during the day and searched for them all over the mountains at night, which made him so hungry that he ruined his stomach.
He could have eaten dinner before going to look for sheep, but he was very stubborn. As soon as he found that the sheep were missing, he immediately went back up the mountain. Even a stomach of iron couldn't withstand his torment.
Su Shizhong felt a little awkward listening to his brother and daughter's nagging. He awkwardly handed Ping An to Fu Shen and said, "It's getting late, let's set off quickly. The oxcart has been waiting for you over there for a while. Dad will definitely remember to eat on time, so you don't need to worry about that."
Having received her father's promise, Su Yue finally smiled with relief, picked up her luggage, and walked side by side with Fu Shen toward the oxcart.
Other villagers were also riding in the oxcart with them. After they were settled, one of the women secretly glanced at Fu Shen, who was holding Ping An, and then leaned closer to Su Yue, whispering mysteriously, "It's a good thing you didn't marry Jiang Huaidong. That man is really unreliable. Not only did he cause Su Xiaomei to go to a labor camp, but he also brought back another woman from outside. What's worse, that woman ran away after she got pregnant..."
“You can’t be like Jiang Huaidong. You don’t know, a few days ago he was chasing after his wife and accidentally stepped on a metal trap, ruining one hand and one foot. I heard the doctor suggested amputating the injured hand and foot, otherwise the wound would get infected and endanger other places, but Jiang Huaidong and his mother can’t bear to do it.”
Su Yue waited patiently for her aunt to finish speaking before hurriedly asking, "Was the leg ultimately amputated?"
Since Jiang Huaidong went to the hospital, she hadn't paid any attention to his condition and had no idea that there was such a thing as amputation.
Upon hearing this, the auntie instantly became agitated: "Chop it up!"
Her loud voice drew the attention of everyone on the oxcart.
The auntie cleared her throat awkwardly, then lowered her head and continued in a low voice, "We have no choice but to cut him. There's too much rust in the wound, and he's developed a high fever. If the fever continues, he'll go crazy. Even if he survives, if the wound gets infected, he'll really be dead."
"When Jiang Huaidong's mother heard that her son would die if he wasn't cut, she didn't care whether Jiang Huaidong was willing or not, and immediately told the doctor that she agreed to cut him."
Su Yue couldn't help but laugh as she listened to her aunt repeatedly muttering "chop it down, chop it down."
The thought of Jiang Huaidong ending up with broken arms and legs was indeed very satisfying.
Although he doesn't have to die in this life, he will have to spend the rest of his life like a useless person, which sounds quite satisfying.
I couldn't help but think of my past life. I was dead, but I wandered by the river for decades, in unclear circumstances, and nothing happened.
Jiang Huaidong is different; he has memories.
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