"No, it's too much trouble to tidy up. Your dad and I will stay in the west wing of the front yard. I've always stayed there when I come here before. The house has everything, it's just a little small."
Li Qiaoyun shook her head and refused her daughter's arrangement.
"Alright then, whatever you want. Anyway, there are plenty of houses. I'll go tidy up the house."
"Yueyue, change all the bed sheets and duvet covers in that house, and there will be clean ones in the closet."
"Understood, Father Chu."
"Uncle, Aunt, will you two stay here too?"
"We won't stay here anymore; we're planning to stay at a sanatorium for a while," Uncle Wang shook his head.
"You're here just in time. I was originally going to have you come over to talk tomorrow, but you don't need to. Come on, let's go to the study."
...
Uncle Li
After a lively dinner, just as the old man and woman were about to rest for a while before leaving, Zhang Jianshe came running over to find Li Chu.
"Jianshe, have you eaten?"
"Uncle, I've had my fill. I'd like to tell you something."
"What's wrong? Tell me."
"The commander talked to me that day, meaning he wanted me to transfer to civilian work and arranged a good job for me, but I don't want to leave him. Could you help me talk to the commander?"
"What? Don't you want to change careers?"
"Uncle, to put it bluntly, I don't trust anyone else to stay by the leader's side."
Ever since the incident of the special nurse stealing medicine, Zhang Jianshe was severely beaten by his father, and since then, he has begun to doubt everything.
Even the special caregivers sent by the Health Bureau have no access to the medications that Li Chu usually provides for the elderly couple.
Not only that, but he was worried that he might sometimes make mistakes, so he borrowed books from Li Chu to learn those Chinese medicines on his own. He really put in a lot of effort.
Moreover, ever since he moved from Dongshan to Beijing with his mother more than 20 years ago, started training with his father, and later joined the army, he has only one goal: to be his father's bodyguard.
After achieving that goal, he changed it to the same one as his father, determined to keep working until the day he could no longer do it.
The Cycle of Reincarnation
Now, suddenly forcing him to change careers is tantamount to shattering his second goal, which is hard for him to accept.
Li Chu thought for a moment and nodded: "I understand, I will let the commander know."
"Thank you, Uncle!" Upon hearing Uncle Li's agreement, Zhang Jianshe's face beamed with a childlike, innocent smile.
He was well aware of the importance of this Uncle Li in the leader's heart, and he also knew that if Uncle Li was willing to say a word, it would be more effective than the leader's son.
"Take good care of the two elders!" Li Chu raised his hand and patted Zhang Jianshe's arm.
"Don't worry, Uncle, I'm here."
He turned around and went into the living room to call Uncle Wang out, and told him about it.
"Uncle, Jianshe just called me."
"What? You've been sent here to act as a mediator? This little brat." The old man shook his head with a chuckle.
He helped Uncle Wang sit on the stone bench in the courtyard, and Uncle Wang sat down beside him.
"I think it's best not to change your staff for the next few years. I don't trust anyone else. If you insist on changing them, then I'll have to take over myself."
Upon hearing his words, the old man's originally cloudy eyes immediately sharpened.
"Xiao Chu, do you know something?"
"Uncle, I don't know anything. All I know is that I want the people around me, those who love me, and those I love, to be well."
Li Chu faced Uncle Wang calmly, a faint smile always on his face.
"They've grown wings and are now starting to make arrangements for me."
"Uncle, what are you saying? Anyway, there are only two paths, you can choose one."
"You think you're better than those guards?"
"Should I call Jianshe over so we can practice in front of you?"
Uncle Wang suddenly laughed and pointed at his nephew.
“Okay, I’ll listen to you. Let Jianshe stay. Actually, I just talked to him that day to see if he had any plans to leave. I didn’t really ask him to change careers right now.”
“Jianshe’s health is better than Meng’s. After all, he doesn’t have the hidden injuries from the war like Meng. He can continue to serve you for another twenty or thirty years without any problem.”
"Twenty or thirty years? You're really talking a big game. I'm not even sure if I can talk about it until then."
"Isn't it because I'm here? I don't agree to you leaving. Even if the King of Hell came, it wouldn't make a difference."
"You're just bragging. As long as I live past 1997, I can go over there and see for myself."
"Your requirements are too low; it makes me seem like I'm incompetent."
"Stop joking with me," Uncle Wang said with a laugh, scolding Li Chu.
"I'm counting on you, Xiao Chu, this time to help Qiaoyun."
"Uncle, you're treating me like an outsider. Do you really need to say such things?"
"Okay, that's enough. By the way, will Qiaoyun's unexpected pregnancy affect your trip to the grasslands in July?"
"I'll adjust my schedule according to her health condition. Uncle, does that old man have any plans to go out recently?"
Li Chu gestured towards the west.
"How am I supposed to ask you that? They don't report their work plans to me. But normally, they wouldn't during this period."
"That's fine. These two months are crucial for Qiaoyun, so it's best if I don't leave."
"Yes, if a mission comes down, you should prioritize that mission. This is all personal business for us," Uncle Wang said with some concern.
"Uncle, I understand. I'll arrange my time accordingly."
...
In the room where Li Qiaoyun lived in the front yard, Wang Yueyue sat on the edge of the bed, looking at her mother who was already lying on the bed, and asked cautiously, "Mom, have you and Dad always wanted a boy?"
"Yueyue, how could you have such a thought?" Li Qiaoyun asked her daughter in surprise.
“If that’s not the case, I really can’t understand why you insisted on having this child when you knew that there was a high chance of an accident.”
"I..." For a moment, Li Qiaoyun didn't know how to answer her daughter's question.
"Yueyue, don't talk nonsense." Ding Qiunan lifted the curtain and walked in.
“Qiu Nan’s mother, I…”
“Let’s talk outside later, mother and daughter. Let your mother rest first. Qiaoyun, I know what you’re thinking. Don’t worry, I’ll explain everything to Yueyue.”
"Qiu Nan, I'll leave it to you then."
"Okay, don't worry. Don't overthink it. Your current task is to eat well, sleep well, and take good care of yourself. Leave the rest to us."
Ding Qiunan walked to the bedside, took Li Qiaoyun's hand, patted it, and then gently put it down. She then took Wang Yueyue's arm and walked out.
"Yueyue, your mother's desire to have this child has absolutely nothing to do with whether she wants a boy or a girl."
Wang Yueyue didn't speak, but stood in the yard, her big eyes blinking as she looked at her mother-in-law, waiting for her to continue.
"Do you love Wenxuan, Yueyue?"
"certainly"
"Do you still want to have another child with him?"
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