Chapter 282 Crushed to Ashes
Changing the dressings all over her body was a huge undertaking; it took two or three nurses more than an hour to finish bandaging her up.
Despite the nurses' repeated warnings to Qin Lanlan to stop causing trouble, she still desperately reached out her hand to Jiang Ruzhen, wanting Jiang Ruzhen to come over.
The nurses hesitated, looked at Jiang Ruzhen, and opened their mouths as if to say a few words of persuasion.
Jiang Ruzhen spoke first, "Judging from her condition, she still has a long way to go, so I won't disturb your work here."
Although she did many terrible things to me and my family in the past, you can still let me know after she dies, and I can come and collect her body.
After saying these words, Jiang Ruzhen turned to leave.
"Mom—ho ho—don't...go—"
Qin Lanlan suddenly broke down and shouted those words. Jiang Ruzhen turned to look at her, and Qin Lanlan's eyes were full of deep affection and deep regret.
Jiang Ruzhen paused for a moment, then gave a self-deprecating sneer, and turned to leave without saying a word.
Qin Lanlan's outstretched arm suddenly lost its strength, and she fell onto the hospital bed.
She turned her head and stared blankly at the ceiling, tears streaming down her face.
She regretted it, she really regretted it...
Her mind raced as she recalled the first time she met Jiang Ruzhen when she was a child.
Her smile was so warm, and the way her hands gently stroked her face was so tender and loving.
She gave her the best food in the family and the best upbringing, but what did she do?
She actually listened to her wicked mother who never liked her and her brother who beat her since she was a child, and took it for granted that she could steal all the good things from her adoptive mother's family.
She has no one to blame but herself for being foolish enough to not cherish the most genuine family affection around her.
She was so unwilling to accept it. She longed to start over and live a different life, to properly care for her adoptive mother and her family.
Unfortunately, she no longer had time...
The nurses left hastily without giving her painkillers, and her numb nerves gradually awakened, tormented by the burning pain all night.
She writhed in pain on the bed, trying to call for help, but could only manage a series of "hoarse" sounds.
It wasn't until the next morning when the doctor made rounds that they discovered Qin Lanlan had passed away silently, lying on the floor in a painful, contorted position.
Where she lay, there were a few words she had written with her bleeding fingers.
[Mom...please...choose a grave for me...so I can be buried...and rest in peace...]
This was Qin Lanlan's last request to Jiang Ruzhen; she hoped that Jiang Ruzhen would consider that she was already dead and that the dead should be respected.
Choose a beautiful burial site for her, so she can rest in peace.
The nurses called Jiang Ruzhen and told her to come over to handle Qin Lanlan's funeral arrangements.
He also made a point of showing Jiang Ruzhen Qin Lanlan's last words.
Jiang Ruzhen simply smiled mockingly and then sent Qin Lanlan's body to the crematorium.
They burned it together with Old Hu's body.
Qin Lanlan wanted to be a clean ghost, to be reincarnated without any regrets.
impossible.
She wanted Qin Lanlan and Old Hu to continue their entanglement underground, never to be separated again.
The ashes of the two were quickly sent out, and Jiang Ruzhen simply put them in a very ordinary black jar.
She brought the jar to the seaside of Liancheng, rented a fishing boat, and went out to sea.
He personally scattered their ashes one by one.
To truly crush the enemy to dust.
"Qin Lanlan, let our feud end here. I hope you are condemned to eternal hell, and that we will never meet again..."
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Outside the train window, snowflakes drifted down one by one.
As Jiang Ruzhen gradually removed her clothes, by the time she reached the final stop, the weather outside was already warm as spring.
Winters in the South are indeed not cold.
Jiang Ruzhen got out of the car and saw a military vehicle coming to pick her up.
She quickly got into the car with the people who came and arrived at the command post on the border of Ningnan City.
"Oh, Comrade Jiang, it's so great that you've come to help us..."
Zheng Xin greeted her warmly, grasping Jiang Ruzhen's hand tightly with great excitement.
“You’re welcome, Chief Zheng. Even without the leader’s instructions, this is what we in the Ninth Bureau should do,” Jiang Ruzhen said sincerely. “How is the situation now?”
Zheng Xin frowned and said, "This time, the South Vietnamese army has returned to the vicinity of the border. They mostly operate in a dispersed manner, occupy advantageous terrain, and fire sniper shots at our border. After firing, they quickly retreat."
Or they might sneak into our country at night, lay landmines, and rob our border residents of their food and money, making it impossible for many border residents to live a normal life and forcing them to move away from the area.
What's even more infuriating is that despite our army's repeated concessions, the South Vietnamese army became increasingly arrogant and even directly occupied several high points on our border.
Their behavior was even more outrageous and despicable than it had been a few years ago.
Upon hearing this, Jiang Ruzhen pondered for a moment, carefully recalling some information she had read in later generations about the 1983 counterattack against South Vietnam.
It was indeed because of repeated provocations by South Vietnam that our country decided to mobilize troops to launch a counterattack.
Unwilling to accept defeat, South Vietnam once again amassed a million-strong army and continued to harass our border.
Moreover, South Vietnam not only caused trouble on their borders, but also invaded Cambodia and Laos, and even invaded Thai territory, clashing with Thai troops several times, revealing its ambitions.
Therefore, starting from the end of 1983, Chinese troops began to continuously gather in the border areas of Guangxi and Yunnan provinces, and at the same time, a large number of militia forces were deployed.
"Chief Zheng, this is a confidential letter from the leadership. Please take a look."
Jiang Ruzhen handed over the confidential letter entrusted to her by her superior, and Zheng Xin carefully opened it and read it over and over again.
The inscription contains only a few simple words: "Reclaim the borders and defend the territory."
Zheng Xin carefully put the letter away and bowed to Jiang Ruzhen.
"Please rest assured, sir, I guarantee that the task will be completed."
"Oh, right, Old Deng also gave one more instruction: the more high-profile, the better," Jiang Ruzhen said with a smile to Zheng Xin.
Zheng Xin exclaimed, "High-profile?"
“Yes, high-profile.” Jiang Ruzhen nodded again to confirm.
After thinking for a while, Zheng Xin suddenly understood. "I understand. Please rest assured, leader, I will issue the order right away. Xiao Lin, go and invite all the leaders over for a meeting."
"Yes." Kobayashi received the order and hurriedly left.
Before long, several officers in military uniforms filed in.
Among the group of middle-aged men, one young and handsome face stood out.
This man has broad shoulders and a narrow waist, and is handsome, especially with his pair of charming fox-like eyes. Despite his serious and rugged face, he inexplicably gives people an invisible sense of oppression and coldness.
He seemed to be enveloped in a layer of ice, keeping people at a distance.
When he entered the command post tent, he froze on the spot upon seeing Jiang Ruzhen.
Immediately afterwards, her icy face transformed as if spring had returned to the earth, instantly becoming as radiant as the sun.
"Ah Zhen, what brings you here?"
Lu Mingzheng strode over and pulled Jiang Ruzhen into his arms.
The other leaders looked at each other, wondering what was going on.
How can family members be allowed to visit freely when there's fighting on the front lines?
Jiang Ruzhen was also very excited, but she still gently patted Lu Mingzheng on the back to remind him, "You've lost your composure."
Lu Mingzheng then realized that he was still in the command post. He reluctantly let go of Jiang Ruzhen and turned around to introduce her.
“This is my fiancée, Jiang Ruzhen.”
The leaders nodded, still feeling puzzled.
Zheng Xin then explained, "This Comrade Jiang is from the Ninth Special Operations Bureau. He is here to support us on orders from his superiors."
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