She didn't dare to ask, nor did she want to. What was the point of asking so clearly? The person was right in front of her, safe and sound, and that was the best thing.
After cleaning up the mess and changing their clothes, the two of them finally came out of the living room. The poor dogs had been locked outside in the yard, and they had eaten all the buns that had fallen on the ground.
Seeing their two owners come out, the dogs gave them a resentful look before silently walking into the living room and lying down in their beds.
Li Chu and his companion ignored them and went to Aunt Ding's side first, only to find that Li Qin and Wang Ziwen were also there with Xiao Yu.
Seeing the two enter, Li Wenxuan ran over happily and grabbed his father: "Dad, tell us about the battlefield!"
Li Chu was stunned for a moment, then raised his hand and slapped his son on the back of the head.
"On the battlefield, it's a matter of life and death. There are fallen soldiers everywhere, and severed limbs everywhere. What's there to talk about? Your father came back alive, just because of my profession."
"Dad Chu, where are my mom and dad?"
"Yueyue, your parents can't come back yet, but they're staying in the rear, where it's very safe."
You could tell that Wang Yueyue breathed a sigh of relief and was relieved.
As soon as he pulled up the stool and sat down, Xiaoyu, who was sitting on his grandmother's lap, called out, "Grandpa, did you bring back a gift for Xiaoyu?"
"Uh..." This stumped Li Chu. He had gone to the battlefield, not on vacation, so where would he get any gifts?
However, Xiaoyu was too young to understand what a battlefield was.
After thinking for a moment, Li Chu said, "I do have a gift, but it's in that room over there. How about your uncle gives it to you later?"
"Okay, thank you, Uncle!"
Actually, there were no gifts, but he remembered that he had a few bullet casings in his bag, so he could give Xiaoyu a couple to play with. After all, kids these days don't see those kinds of things very often.
I chatted casually with Ding's parents, sister, and brother-in-law. Everyone consciously avoided talking about the battlefield and only talked about happy topics.
"Xiao Chu, it's been so long I'd forgotten all about it, but my old colleague keeps thanking me."
Li Chu was speechless after what his brother-in-law said; he had no idea what his brother-in-law meant.
"Oh dear, I bet you've forgotten. The young couple you went to see before you left are now pregnant. Although they haven't given birth yet, they're already six months along, which is much better than the miscarriage they had before, which occurred in less than three months. Now, their daughter-in-law stays in bed every day, afraid to move around."
Hearing this, he finally remembered who his brother-in-law was talking about. It was really not easy for that girl to have been able to stay in bed for several months. Let's wait and see. I'll go see her when I have time. The baby in her belly is bigger now, so she should be feeling better.
"Let's all eat here for lunch. Li Qin, you don't need to cook. Just make some noodles."
"Okay, Aunt Ding, we'll eat here."
After lunch, Li Chu and his family of five returned home. Wen Hui, who had been silent at her maternal grandmother's house, finally hugged her father tightly.
With Li Chu going to the battlefield, who in the family is most worried? Besides Ding Qiunan, it's Wen Hui, Wen Xuan, and Wang Yueyue.
He gently patted his daughter's back: "Alright, little girl, you're a big girl now. Aren't you ashamed to hug your dad like this?"
Li Wenhui shook her head in his arms: "No matter how old I am, I'm still your daughter. Why should I be shy in my own father's arms!"
"What a silly girl! Daddy promises, I'll never leave you again this time, okay?"
"Dad," Li Wenhui lifted her head from his arms, "At least when we're at school, we have classmates to keep us company. There are lots of people, so it's more lively, and we don't have to overthink things. But Mom, these past few days have been the hardest for her. Since you left, our mom, who used to be the most cheerful person in the family, hasn't been able to smile happily for a long time!"
"Deceiving Emperor Kangxi"
After hearing his daughter's words, Li Chu turned to look at his wife beside him and smiled apologetically at her.
Ding Qiunan shook her head slightly, then leaned on her husband's shoulder: "It's nothing, it's all in the past now, and our family is together again."
Sitting next to Li Wenxuan, Wang Yueyue looked at her future in-laws with some envy.
At that moment, she missed her parents.
Li Wenxuan seemed to sense his fiancée's emotional turmoil and held her hand tightly.
Wang Yueyue looked down at Wenxuan's hand, then looked up and gave him a sweet smile.
After a while, Wenhui got out of her father's arms and sat on the sofa next to him. She asked in a slightly coquettish tone, "Dad, did you bring us any gifts?"
Li Chu said with a wry smile, "You all know where I've been, so there are no gifts here. But I have a few bullet casings in my bag. If you want them, you can each take a few."
"Pshaw, Dad, what's so fun about bullet casings? We have plenty of those too."
"That's all. I rushed back as soon as I came down from the front, and I didn't have time to wander around there at all. I was supposed to meet Yueyue's parents, but I didn't get to because of the time constraints."
"By the way, Qiu Nan, are Uncle Wang and Aunt Wang home?"
“Dad Chu, my grandparents aren’t home. They just left the country yesterday.”
"Going abroad? Foreign affairs activities?"
"Hmm," Ding Qiunan nodded, leaning on her husband's shoulder. "I won't be able to come back for the New Year. It seems like it will be about ten days, and I'll be going to several countries in a row."
Okay, then we'll just have to wait for Uncle Wang to come back and talk to him.
He patted his wife's leg and said, "Get up first. I'm going to make a call. I need to go to headquarters to report for duty later, and then I need to go to the sanatorium."
Are you coming back today?
Ding Qiunan now has a conditioned reflex whenever she hears that her husband is going out.
"How could I not come back? Where am I supposed to go?"
She realized she had been a bit too sensitive, and smiled sheepishly, pursing her lips.
Li Wenhui, unable to bear it any longer, stood up, walked out of the living room, and went back to her room.
There were five people in the living room, two couples, and she was the only single one. The whole house was filled with the saccharine smell of love, making her want to fall in love herself.
As soon as Li Wenxuan and Wang Yueyue saw their sister leave, they held hands and walked out of the living room together, returning to Wenxuan's room.
During the day, Wang Yueyue would often go to Wenxuan's room to play, or Wenxuan would stay in her room, but at night the two of them insisted on sleeping separately.
And they've never done anything indescribable, at most just a little kiss.
He called Tian Jun to come pick him up. After seeing that the children had all gone out, Li Chu thought for a moment, then took something out of his pocket and hung it around his wife's neck.
"What? You bought me a gift?"
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