Su Jue pinched her arm and massaged it. "Your muscles are so stiff. How long has it been since you last trained?"
Yan Ning thought for a moment, "After graduating from university, I was always busy with work and didn't have enough time to rest. How could I remember these trainings?"
Su Jue quietly massaged her arms without saying a word.
Whenever you want to get something, you have to pay something.
Su Jue: "We haven't been in touch much since I joined the army. How have you been lately?"
Yan Ning: "That's it! Every day is work, work, work, just like you, every day is training, training, training."
The two went to the fish pond, found the two old men, and went to the restaurant to have lunch together.
The two of them caught two fish, just enough for making fish soup and braising one.
After lunch, I spent another afternoon with the two old men in the villa.
Su Jue accompanied Yan Ning to run a few laps at the racecourse.
They returned to the old house in the evening.
…
early morning.
Yan Ning woke up from the space.
I looked at the time, it was a little after eight o'clock.
Today we are going to the Martyrs' Cemetery to visit her parents' graves.
Yan Ning washed up and left the space.
She found a black long skirt to change into, left the room and went downstairs. Grandpa and Grandma Yan were having breakfast.
Grandma Yan looked at Yan Ning, "Ningning, wake up, come and have breakfast."
Yan Ning walked to the dining table and sat down. "Grandma, shall we go to the cemetery after breakfast?"
Grandma Yan: "Well, go early! Do you have to leave in the afternoon?"
Yan Ning nodded, "Let's go after dinner this afternoon."
After breakfast, Yan Ning drove his grandparents to the Martyrs' Cemetery.
I went to the flower shop on the way and bought a bunch of chrysanthemums and a bunch of baby's breath.
Baby's breath is the favorite flower of Yan Ning's mother Rong Qingyue.
Arriving at the Martyrs' Cemetery, a tall monument at the entrance gives people a solemn and dignified atmosphere.
After passing the monument and entering the cemetery, there is a stone staircase that stretches for several miles. There are shrubs and green carpets on both sides of the road.
The three of them walked up the stone steps and entered a small path. They passed by many martyrs' tombstones and finally stopped in front of two tombstones.
The tombstones of Yan Shihua and Rong Qingyue are next to each other.
Two black and white photos are inlaid on the left and right tombstones.
The photo shows handsome men and beautiful women wearing military uniforms, capturing their most beautiful looks.
Yan Ning placed the chrysanthemums in front of Yan Shihua's tombstone and bowed deeply.
She walked to Rong Qingyue's tombstone, put down the baby's breath, and bowed deeply.
Yan Ning looked at the two tombstones and said, "Dad, Mom, your daughter and grandparents are here to see you.
Don't worry, my daughter has been doing well these years and has grown up safely."
The three of them stayed in front of the tombstone for more than ten minutes and talked for a while.
Just as I was turning to leave, I saw Su Jue walking up the stone steps and along the path in the distance.
He held two bouquets of chrysanthemums in his hands.
The three of them waited in front of the tombstone for him to come over.
Su Jue placed the two bouquets of flowers in front of the two tombstones and bowed again.
He turned around and greeted Yan Ning and the other two.
Grandpa Yan and Grandma Yan gave them some space to talk and left first.
Yan Ning looked at him, "Do you still remember this day?"
Su Jue nodded, "Of course I remember, I will never forget it. In fact, I come here every year on this day, but I never run into you."
Yan Ning said "Oh".
Every time this day comes, she feels very depressed and doesn't want to talk for a while.
Su Jue looked at the whorl of hair on her head and said softly, "Although some things cannot be forgotten, those people have also received the punishment they deserve.
But we who are still alive must also look forward, and you and I must live better on behalf of our uncle and aunt."
Yan Ning's eyes were fixed on the photos of his parents on the tombstone.
My thoughts gradually drifted back to that day ten years ago.
At that time, Yan Ning was 11 years old and Su Jue was 16 years old.
It was a sunny and beautiful day.
Su Jue and Yan Ning were on their way back to the military compound after shooting at the army. When they got out of the car to buy ice cream, they were captured by the people sent by Poison Scorpion who had been following them for a long time.
Scorpion is the number one terrorist that the military has been hunting for, and Yan Shihua once led his team to fight him.
All of Scorpion's men were arrested in that operation, but Scorpion escaped half-dead with the help of an undercover agent.
From that day on, Scorpion seemed to have disappeared and no trace of him could be found anymore.
It was not until the day Yan Ning and Su Jue were kidnapped that Yan Shihua received news from Poison Scorpion.
The other party asked him to go alone to the poisonous forest near the Golden Triangle to replace his daughter Yan Ning, otherwise his daughter would be left with nothing.
Not only Yan Ning was kidnapped at that time, but also Su Jue, the grandson of the military district commander. It was naturally impossible for Yan Shihua to go there alone on his own initiative.
After reporting to superiors, the military deployed a series of rescue plans. Yan Shihua went to the poisonous forest alone in public, while the special forces cooperated in the rescue in secret.
Among those who participated in the rescue was Rong Qingyue, a member of the women’s special forces team.
The group soon arrived at the poisonous forest where a dragnet was set up.
After a life-and-death battle, the wounded and dying Yan Ning and Su Jue were rescued.
But during the operation, when Yan Shihua and Duxie were facing off, he was ambushed by Duxie's men and almost shot in the heart.
At the critical moment, Rong Qingyue blocked the bullet for him and died on the spot.
At the critical moment when the poisonous scorpion was about to attack Yan Ning and Su Jue, Yan Shihua had no choice but to fight to the death with the poisonous scorpion. Both of them were hit by the wood warehouse and eventually fell to the ground and died.
In the end, all of Poison Scorpion's men were caught, and Yan Ning and Su Jue were also rescued.
However, Yan Shihua and Rong Qingyue died in this operation.
What happened in the poisonous forest that day was forever engraved in the minds of Yan Ning and Su Jue, and could never be erased.
Yan Ning woke up from that dream countless nights and suffered from post-war stress disorder.
Normally he is no different from a normal person, but once he experiences the same scene again, he will enter self-protection mode and become uncontrollably bloodthirsty.
Su Jue told himself during countless high-intensity training sessions:
Become a little stronger.
Become a little stronger.
Only by becoming stronger can he protect the people around him.
…
Su Jue looked at the dazed Yan Ning and reached out to rub her head.
Yan Ning came back to his senses and said, "Let's go!"
The two walked down the stone steps one after the other and left the Martyrs' Cemetery.
Back in the car, Yan Ning drove his grandparents back to the old house.
Su Jue watched Yan Ning's car disappear around the corner before returning to his car and driving away.
After Yan Ning returned to the old house, he went straight back to his room to rest.
Just get some sleep when you're feeling down.
She slept until about six in the evening.
Grandma Yan prepared dinner and asked her to come down to eat.
Yan Ning washed up and went downstairs.
Grandma Yan looked at Yan Ning, "Ningning, are you feeling better?"
Yan Ning smiled and said, "Grandma, I'm fine. I was just a little tired. I'm fine now."
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