As Shen Qingli spoke, he cut a piece of watermelon and put it into Aunt Liu's mouth. Aunt Liu mumbled "yes" repeatedly. When Shen Qingli fed her a bite of watermelon, her face was full of joy.
She has always wished to have a caring daughter, a sweetheart, and that the mother and daughter could get along as closely as sisters. She would buy her daughter hair ornaments, candies, and beautiful clothes.
It was precisely because she had no daughter that she had always hoped that Sang Yuan would find a wife.
What a pity, I don’t know when Sang Yuan will be able to get married.
The two of them worked hard to prepare the meal on time. After waiting for a long time, Meng Xiao still didn't come back. Shen Qingli's heart couldn't help but sink.
He always arrives home on time, but he is already half an hour late. She wondered what had happened to hold him up. When she thought of the gazes of those people, her heart immediately tightened.
"Aunt Liu, let's not wait for him. Let's eat first. Maybe something delayed him."
Shen Qingli picked up a few pieces of meat for Aunt Liu. She found that Aunt Liu didn't usually pick up meat when she ate. She would only pick up some meat when she asked her to. So Shen Qingli often picked up some meat directly and put it into Aunt Liu's bowl.
"Or let's wait a little longer." Aunt Liu looked outside.
"No need to wait, I'll leave some food for him in the pot." Shen Qingli stood up and took two empty plates and gave him half of each dish. Meng Xiao was very active and consumed a lot of energy, so his appetite was bigger than the two of them, but this was enough.
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"Found it? Who is it?" Zheng W slapped his thigh. "I found it! I found it!"
"Yes, I have just asked someone to call him over, and I'm waiting for someone to come and ask him clearly." Meng Xiao pursed his lips. When he saw the list of people who had carried out the mission together, he had a rough guess in his mind.
Now that I have the specific names, I can roughly match up what happened when I recall it.
After all, there was only one person who took Lin Lingling to the hospital, so it must be almost certain.
"Go find Xiao Zhang at the door and ask him to go to the guesthouse and bring Comrade Lin over."
After Meng Xiao turned around and went out to tell Xiao Zhang, he saw someone walking around the corner of the stairs.
The man smiled broadly: "Meng Tuan, are you looking for me?"
Meng Xiao nodded lightly, turned around and walked in, picked up the letters on the table and stuffed them all at once into his hand.
The visitor looked confused. He had not heard about what happened in the afternoon. Before he could even say hello to Zheng W, Meng Xiao stuffed several letters into his arms.
Meng Xiao sat down on the chair next to him without hesitation and raised his chin to indicate that he should read the letter.
Just read this letter. He kept silent as he read it. His face became paler and paler. Before he even finished reading, he suddenly raised his head and looked at Meng Xiao and Zheng W, his two leaders in front of him.
Meng Xiao looked at him expressionlessly, but his words were extremely sarcastic.
"Should I call you Yan Sheng or Meng Xiao?"
The pale and panic-stricken man in front of him was called Yan Sheng. He and Meng Xiao came here at the same year, but Meng Xiao had a fighting spirit that was not afraid of death. He was always at the forefront of carrying out missions and was promoted faster than him.
He is now in the platoon level, and Meng Xiao has already left him far behind.
"Zheng W, Meng Tuan, I..."
He lowered his head and stammered for a long time:
"I... don't have anything to explain. Since you asked me to come here, it means you have already checked everything out. I'm sorry, it's my fault."
"Why? Do you know this is a matter of principle? We might even have to withdraw! Do you know that girl has already come looking for us? Do you know what the consequences will be?! Huh? Sorry? Sorry is useless!"
Zheng W walked back and forth angrily, slamming the table.
Yan Sheng suddenly raised his head, a little surprised and a little panicked: "She...she's here?"
Hearing that he showed no remorse and was still paying attention to the man's visit, Meng Xiao picked up a book and threw it at him, "Explain clearly!"
Now that things have come to this, there is no way I can't explain.
He spoke slowly:
"I fell in love with that girl at first sight. Meng Tuan happened to ask me to take her to the hospital. Before I asked her for her address, I was actually hesitant. I..."
He paused and lowered his head:
"I had some low self-esteem. I wasn't good-looking, my family wasn't well-off, and my position wasn't high. I still remember how bright her eyes were when she asked if I was Meng Tuan and asked for her mailing address.
I know I'm not as good as Meng Tuan in every way, so when she asked me expectantly if the captain wanted me, I was vague and evasive.
He seemed to be immersed in his memories and didn't notice the footsteps coming from the door behind him.
"I originally thought it was just a spur of the moment thing and that maybe I would be fine once I came back, but after we returned to the team, I couldn't forget her for a long time, so I gritted my teeth and wrote the first letter to her.
I didn't want to hide it from her at first, but the letter had to be signed. I thought she might only know Meng Tuan and not Yan Sheng, so I signed Meng Tuan's name.
I didn't know if she would reply, and I was afraid that if she did, I'd send it here and it would be found by Meng Tuan. I gave her the address of the town post office in the letter, and every two weeks I'd find a chance to take the purchasing truck to pick up the mail.
I gave her the illusion that I was Meng Tuan, and she took it seriously. So we kept in touch through correspondence.
I thought, when her three-year mourning period is over, I will go pick her up, explain to her, and apologize to her. With the correspondence we've had over the years, and her being alone, she'll surely forgive me for coming with me."
What he didn't say was that he didn't expect the truth to come out one day, which was beyond his expectations.
Meng Xiao did see the person standing stupidly at the door with tears streaming down his face, but he didn't remind him.
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