Although He Dongchuan wanted to relax for a few more days after the end of "The Adventures of Three Fires", he also had important things to do, so the next day he told Su Ting about the training session next week.

Su Ting was drying her hair at the time. She paused when she heard this and asked, "Which training session are we going to?"

He Dongchuan mentioned the name of an island. It was not too far away, but not too close either. We definitely couldn't go back and forth that day. The thought went around in our mind. Su Ting asked again, "How long will it take?"

"Half a month."

"What took so long?"

"This is a short time. If it's longer, it may take one or two months." He Dongchuan saw Su Ting frowning, reached out to take the towel, wiped her hair and asked with a smile, "Can't bear to leave me?"

Of course he was a little reluctant. After their relationship improved, this was the first time he had been away for such a long time, except for participating in a competition last year.

But besides being reluctant, I am more worried.

In the original novel, He Dongchuan died in these two months. Although Su Ting knew rationally that the plot would most likely change after they moved away from Pingchuan Island, she couldn't help but worry emotionally.

In the past six months, he had not traveled far away. No matter how busy he was every day, he would try his best to come back. She gradually put her mind at ease and seldom thought about it. Who knew that he said he wanted to lead the team to training when the summer vacation was only half over.

In the brief conversation just now, Su Ting had already gone over the cause of He Dongchuan's death in her mind.

He was also in the Marine Corps on Pingchuan Island. His work did not change much after he was transferred here. He had to lead the team out for training in Shanghai, and the same was true when he was on Pingchuan Island. However, in the past few years, the time he led the team out was not long, usually about a week.

Maybe in the original novel, the accident happened when he was leading the team in training.

Although the location has changed now, what if the plot still has an impact... Su Ting looked up at him and asked, "Can we not go?"

At this time, Su Ting had just finished her shower. Her hair was not completely dried and was casually scattered. She was enveloped by the warm light of the electric lamp, which made her fair skin look even more lustrous. Her pupils looked very dark against her skin, shining with a faint light, very fragile, as if she was praying.

Although he didn't understand why she was like this, the joking part of He Dongchuan's expression gradually faded. He put his hand on Su Ting's shoulder and said carefully: "The training has been notified. It can't be interrupted because of me. I am the organizer. Unless there is force majeure, I have to go."

The so-called force majeure, to put it bluntly, means being injured or seriously ill. As long as he can walk and get out of bed, he has to go to this training session, otherwise it would be a violation of military orders.

In fact, Su Ting knew in her heart that she was just panicking and said such words. She lowered her head and rubbed her face with her hands and said, "I just had a brain seizure. You think I... just think I never said such words."

He Dongchuan asked: "Why did you have a seizure just now?"

Su Ting couldn't help but twitch her lips when she heard this. Although she spoke smoothly, she was really unhappy to hear him ask her why she had a brain tic so seriously. She snorted and said, "You have a brain tic."

He Dongchuan: “…”

He was about to ask again, but Su Ting had already perked up, took the towel from his hand and said disdainfully: "Hurry up and take a shower, you smell like sweat."

He Dongchuan was silent for a moment and reminded, "It's summer now." Sweating is normal.

"So I asked you to take a shower quickly. Is there a problem?" Su Ting looked at him and asked.

"……no problem."

Seeing that Su Ting didn't want to talk, He Dongchuan had to get up, collect his clothes and prepare to take a shower.

After he finished taking a shower and rubbed off his clothes, he went to the second bedroom to check on his two children. Seeing that they were already asleep, he walked in and turned the electric fan from the highest setting to the lowest setting. Then he moved the fan from the head of the bed to the foot of the bed so that it blew diagonally towards the two children before closing the door and leaving the room.

After finishing all these and returning to the room, Su Ting's hair was almost dry, but she did not lie down. Instead, she sat cross-legged on the edge of the bed, thinking in front of the electric fan.

He Dongchuan sat over and hugged her, bent down to kiss her cheek and asked, "Are you still thinking about my training?"

He thought Su Ting would deny it, but she said, "I thought about it for a while."

"What did you think?"

"What kind of training do you want to do? Is it dangerous?"

There are many training items, some of which can be explained and some of which cannot be explained. He Dongchuan explained everything that can be explained and then answered, "It's not dangerous."

"Are you sure?"

He Dongchuan asked with amusement: "It's not like we haven't had training sessions before. Which time did you see an incident?"

Su Ting thought about it and felt the same way, but then again, if there was no danger, what happened to He Dongchuan in the original novel?

Thinking of this, Su Ting couldn't help but curse the original author in her heart. He had wasted so much time and effort writing a sequel for the original protagonist's vicious stepmother. Even a minor character like He's father, whose entire description was no more than 300 words, had his cause of death stated. Was it so difficult to just mention how the protagonist's biological father died?

In the original book, He's father died of a sudden illness. The specific illness was not mentioned, but Su Ting suspected it was a stroke or cerebral infarction.

So when they returned to Beijing to celebrate the Chinese New Year two years ago, Su Ting mentioned to He's mother that she should persuade He's father to go to the hospital for a physical examination. He's mother is a nurse and has seen many sudden illnesses. She listened to others' advice and took He's father to have a physical examination after the Chinese New Year.

At first, He's father was reluctant to go for the check-up. He thought he was in very good health and could eat three bowls of rice in one meal. But when the check-up turned out, his blood pressure was high.

After looking at the examination report, He's father had nothing to say. He had to check his blood pressure honestly every day and take antihypertensive drugs.

He's mother appeared at the beginning of the original novel, and the cause of her death was described in more detail, but when Su Ting thinks about it now, she always feels that the reason is too convincing.

In the original novel, He's mother was devastated by the successive deaths of her son and husband. She caught a cold and fell ill. She died after being bedridden for a year or so.

People who don't know Hermother's personality may think there's nothing wrong with writing like this, but if you've gotten to know her, you'll know she's not that fragile.

How could a person with a fragile character join the revolution with her husband so soon after their marriage? How could she dare to rescue the wounded on a battlefield filled with smoke?

What's more, there were only her and He Yan left in the He family at that time. Even for the sake of her grandson, she would not let her body deteriorate.

Now that it's been coiled up, it seems like the author wanted to give the hero He Yansheng a miserable childhood, so he took all the He family members away without thinking twice.

Anyway, he is just a supporting role with few scenes, so no one will care even if the logic doesn't make sense.

Although the original body hated He Dongchuan, he always behaved well when He's father and mother were alive. Even after moving out, he would take time out every week to go back to the He family to visit the two elders and He Yan.

When He's mother first fell ill, the original self mentioned that he would quit his job and go home to take care of her and He Yan with Aunt Wang, which moved the two elderly people very much.

It was because of these performances of the original body that He's mother decided to let He Yan live with the original body when Aunt Wang was unable to take care of both her and He Yan.

But she didn't expect that the original body was affectionate to He Yan in front of her, but changed her expression when she got home. He Yan wanted to complain, but the original body was fearless and said, "If you want your grandma's condition to worsen and die early, go ahead and complain."

He Yan was still young at the time and was frightened by the original body's words. He was afraid that his grandmother would worry about him, so every time he went to the hospital to visit He's mother and heard her ask how the original body treated him, his answer was: "My mother treated me very well."

Her mother believed it and distributed the property according to the original plan.

After He's father passed away, they moved out of the Navy compound, but she and He's father both had high salaries and had saved a lot of money over the years. After the reform and opening up, she saw that house prices would increase, so she used her savings to buy a courtyard house.

There were several families living in the courtyard, so the property certificates could be obtained separately. She transferred half of the property to the original owner and Aunt Wang, and the money was also split in half.

When dividing the property, she told the two of them directly that she hoped to leave the house to her grandson, but He Yan was too young and even if the house was transferred to him, he would not be able to keep it, so she transferred it to them.

She would not force them to leave the house to He Yan in the future, but she hoped that they would raise He Yan well for the sake of the house and the money.

He's mother thought that she had entrusted her grandson to two people, and as long as one of them was reliable, her grandson's future would be guaranteed.

However, less than a year after her death, Aunt Wang disappeared. Her original body said that she ran away with someone, but the police could not find any trace of her and no family members reported the case, so the matter was left unresolved.

After Aunt Wang disappeared, the original owner took the property certificate found in her room and rented out the courtyard house. She then took He Yan and her new boyfriend back to the house allocated to her by the unit.

Without Aunt Wang, the original body abused He Yan without any scruples. Her new boyfriend not only did not try to stop her, but also helped to abuse He Yan.

Just as He Yan later told Su's mother and Su Guoping, he lived like a dog during those years.

After coming out of her memories, Su Ting looked at He Dongchuan and asked, "Will you train with them?"

"It depends."

Su Ting asked again: "Do you have to train with me?"

"There are no rules for this." He Dongchuan is the organizer of the training camp, and his main job is to control the overall situation.

In fact, at his level, he doesn't have to train with the soldiers every day, but he can't sit still, so he will train with the soldiers in the regiment when he is not busy.

Just look at the military officers in the compound. Although they are not potbellied, many of them don't even have abdominal muscles when they take off their clothes. There are not many people like He Dongchuan who can maintain their physical fitness at their peak level.

Su Ting knew He Dongchuan's temper and said, "Just sit still this time and don't train with us, okay?"

"Okay, okay," He Dongchuan followed, "Didn't you just ask these questions before?"

Su Ting thought, you didn’t have the sickle of death hanging over your head before, but when the words came to her lips, they turned into: “You were not 30 years old before.”

He Dongchuan has discovered that ever since he turned 30, his wife has been particularly fond of mentioning his age.

He doesn't like to apply face cream in winter, so his face becomes dry and flaky. She would say, "You are already thirty years old, and if you don't take care of yourself, you will get old."

He stayed at her house for too long during the Chinese New Year, and he became a little unrestrained after he came back. I tormented him until the early morning for several days in a row, and she would say, "You are already thirty, take it easy."

Later, she was busy reviewing her painting lessons, and she was tense as a string. He felt sorry for her and didn't touch her for half a month. She would say that thirty was indeed the threshold, and while saying this she would always look down at him.

He was so angry that he gave her a severe beating, and he accidentally kept beating her until the early morning. She also kept nagging him that he should restrain himself since he was already thirty years old. Anyway, she would say it no matter what.

"Even if I'm thirty, those guys in their early twenties in the group are no match for me," He Dongchuan said through gritted teeth, paused for a moment, and whispered in Su Ting's ear, "I can make you cry for mercy."

Su Ting blushed, rolled her eyes at him and said, "I'm just worried that you'll get into trouble when you're thirty!"

Oh yes, this is also a new habit his wife developed after he turned 30. She is extremely superstitious and always thinks that he will be in big trouble.

He was very puzzled. She herself said that when people turn 30, some people are lucky while others are unlucky, and it all depends on their luck. So why did she think that he was the latter?

He Dongchuan thought so and asked the same question.

Su Ting answered confidently: "Good luck is the icing on the cake. Our family is living a good life now. It's a good thing if we can make further progress. It doesn't matter if we can't. But if you are unlucky, if you encounter danger and your life is in danger, how can I, a woman with two children, live?"

Without waiting for He Dongchuan to answer, Su Ting said thoughtfully, "It seems that it is not impossible. I earn a lot from drawing comics. It is no problem to support two children. Even if I stop making money one day, the worst that can happen is that I will go back to live off your parents. Or I can find another one. Anyway, I am young and look okay. Maybe I can find someone younger than you."

"Oh, right," Su Ting seemed to have just remembered, "maybe the college entrance examination will be resumed in the next few years. I am studying so hard now, I should be able to get into a good university by then. There are so many young and handsome male classmates in the university, I don't have to worry at all!"

The more Su Ting spoke, the brighter her eyes became.

The more He Dongchuan listened, the darker his face became.

He Dongchuan had heard Su Ting say something similar before deciding to transfer last year.

But at that time she said that if he didn't accompany her to register for school, the male classmates might think she was single and would want to develop a further relationship with her.

As a year passed, the topic jumped directly to what would she do if he died, facing many young and handsome male classmates and how she would develop a second spring.

He Dongchuan bit her lips in anger and said bitterly: "I am not dead yet."

Su Ting was not afraid of him getting angry, so she raised her hand to stop him from taking any further action and said, "You are fine now, but if you go out and don't know how to cherish your life, the situation will be different."

"Why don't I cherish my life?" He Dongchuan asked, "Now I always remember that I have a wife and children."

Su Ting looked hesitant when she heard this.

But she changed her mind and realized that in the original novel, He Dongchuan also had a family. Even if he had a bad relationship with his original self, when he faced danger, he would not think of his original self, but would always think of He Yan and his elderly parents, right?

But he still died.

Thinking of this, Su Ting raised her eyes, looked directly into He Dongchuan's eyes, and said seriously: "Anyway, you have to remember that if you die, I will definitely, definitely not stay with you."

Su Ting said "absolutely" twice in a row, which made He Dongchuan understand how serious she was when she said that.

But he was not angry in his heart, even though he had never thought about this issue before. Who would think about what would happen after they die when they are alive and well?

But if that day really came, he would understand Su Ting's decision to look for someone again. Life is so long, no one stipulates who has to keep someone company. Of course, it's useless for him not to understand. People are dead, and it's impossible for them to crawl out from underground to stop him.

But he should be jealous, because now when he thinks of that scene, he starts to feel jealous.

But he soon changed his mind. No, he was not in a desperate situation. Why was he so jealous? In order to make his wife give up this idea, shouldn't he work harder to live?

At this moment, Su Ting's voice rang out again: "So, you have to live well and live a long life, understand?"

Meeting Su Ting's serious gaze, He Dongchuan smiled and leaned over to kiss her again: "I will definitely live well and grow old with you."

Before Su Ting finished her words, she dodged his kiss and asked, "During the training camp, do you still want to go down and train with us?"

He Dongchuan was in a good mood and answered without hesitation: "I won't leave."

Su Ting was still not satisfied and continued to ask: "What would you do if danger occurred?"

"Try to rescue them."

"What if during the rescue process, only one person can survive between you and the person being rescued?"

This time, He Dongchuan did not hesitate and just focused on biting her. Su Ting covered his face with her hands and urged, "You haven't answered me yet."

He Dongchuan raised his head slightly, frowned and thought for a long time, then said, "This kind of situation should not happen during the training. If danger really occurs, as a leader, the most important thing I should do is to stay in the command center and arrange for rescue, rather than running out casually."

If he was not at the command center, there were only two possibilities: one was that he was irresponsible and did not abide by the regulations; the other was that what happened was not a danger but a disaster, and they were at the center of the disaster and could no longer care about the command.

He Dongchuan considers himself a responsible person and has always abided by the rules, so the first one is unlikely. In addition, Shanghai is not in an earthquake zone and there has been no earthquake in the past fifty years. They also avoid typhoon weather during their training, so normally the second one will not happen.

Su Ting really didn't understand what he said, and she fell into confusion again.

If the accident didn't happen during the training, what on earth happened to him in the original novel?

Seeing the confusion in her eyes, He Dongchuan felt a little puzzled, but he did not ask any further questions. He just pecked her lips and said, "Don't worry, I will take good care of myself during the training. If I really encounter danger, I will try my best to survive."

Su Ting put aside her confusion and came to her senses, saying, "Not only do you have to try your best to survive, you also have to not lose any limbs. I am a person who values ​​appearance..." She glanced down and said without blushing or panting, "and body shape. If you lose any limbs, I can't guarantee that I will not change my mind in the future."

He Dongchuan gritted his teeth: "You have to say this to irritate me, don't you?"

"I don't mean to make you angry. I just said this in advance so that you won't be careless when you encounter danger," Su Ting said with a smile, "You still have to pay attention even if you don't encounter danger. People say that people gain weight in middle age. You are already 30 years old and have entered the second stage of your life. If you are too lazy to exercise one day and become fat and ugly..."

He Dongchuan, whose age was poked, could no longer bear it, and lowered his head to block Su Ting's chatter with his mouth, and said in a vague voice: "I will exercise for you now!"

Trouble comes from the mouth. Su Ting, who brought trouble upon herself, was dragged by He Dongchuan to exercise for a whole night.

Su Ting was exhausted from the exercise, but He Dongchuan was still not satisfied. He pulled her hand and pressed it on her abdominal muscles, and asked maliciously: "Is the amount of exercise tonight enough? Are my abdominal muscles harder than usual? No? Then should we exercise for a while longer?"

Su Ting, who was too sleepy to say anything, could no longer hold back: "Yes, yes, your abdominal muscles are very hard now, you don't need to exercise anymore."

Who knew that after hearing this, He Dongchuan said seriously: "How can I not exercise? What if I get fat and ugly one day and you don't want me? In order to keep your heart, I must not only insist on exercising, but also work harder in the future."

Su Ting: "..." She now understood what it meant to bring disaster upon oneself.

But her original intention in saying those words was clearly to hope that he would take care of his life and live past the age of thirty!

So that night, she left a comment to He Dongchuan, "Dog bites Lu Dongbin", and fell into a deep sleep. He Dongchuan was left deep in thought, when did he lose his sense of kindness?

Wasn't he trying very hard to repay her kindness tonight?

…

Talking nonsense all night did have some effect. At least when Su Ting woke up the next day and thought about He Dongchuan going out for training, she didn't feel so anxious anymore.

But it was only somewhat relieved, and her inner worries did not completely disappear. This was specifically reflected in the fact that when she was packing luggage for He Dongchuan, she specially packed a few pairs of red underwear for him, hoping that he would have good luck.

So when He Dongchuan washed and hung up the clothes and returned to the bedroom, he saw a ball of red inside when he checked his luggage.

He Dongchuan had a headache. On his birthday a few years ago, Su Ting gave him a dozen pairs of underwear as a birthday gift. At that time, he thought that he had already bought the clothes, so he might as well wear them anyway.

Su Ting pays great attention to hygiene, and everyone in her family changes their underwear every three months. So last month He Dongchuan thought she would see the light of day, but it turned out that the new underwear she bought was still red.

This time He Dongchuan refused to do it and went out to buy a few black ones.

After buying the underwear, Su Ting said nothing, but he felt guilty and wore the red underwear obediently for a few days. Later, seeing that she didn't seem to care much, he quietly changed into black underwear.

But he didn't expect that when Su Ting packed his luggage, it was filled with only red underwear.

He Dongchuan said, "I am going to the training camp."

"I know." Su Ting nodded.

He Dongchuan continued, "The conditions at the training camp are not as good as at home. I may have to share a tent with others, and my clothes will be hung out to dry together, you know?"

Su Ting didn't know, but she said, "Now I know."

He Dongchuan thought she didn't know, so he explained, "If I wore red underwear to the training camp, everyone in the group might know what color underwear I was wearing after the training camp. When I come back, the whole garrison, including those in our compound, might know it."

Su Ting understood what he meant and said with her mouth wide open: "It shouldn't be that serious, isn't red also underwear?"

In her previous life, she had seen many people wearing red underwear. She was not just talking about girls, nor just people in their zodiac year.

Of course she knew all this, not because she had overly intimate relationships with those men. In fact, she didn't know some of them at all. She might have just bumped into them while shopping, and the waist of the other person's pants was not high enough, and he happened to be sitting or squatting, revealing the edge of his underwear.

Although she wanted to avoid looking, she had already seen it by the time she reacted. All she could do was to pretend she didn't see it and calmly look away.

After seeing it so many times, she naturally got used to it.

But He Dongchuan nodded with a heavy expression and said in a firm tone: "As for, red is not an ordinary color."

"What should I do?"

"The best way is not to bring it." He Dongchuan took out the red underwear from the backpack, put the black one in, and before Su Ting could speak, he leaned over and kissed her and said, "Don't worry, I can be fine without the red underwear. After all, if I lose my arms and legs, my wife will run away."

Su Ting, who had a stern face, couldn't help but curl up her lips when she heard this: "It's good that you know."

He Dongchuan chuckled, hugged Su Ting and whispered in her ear: "Wife, do you want to check if my abdominal muscles are hard today? See if I need to exercise?"

Su Ting coughed lightly: "I don't think it's necessary."

"But I think I need it. What if I get fat and my wife doesn't want me anymore?" He Dongchuan pulled Su Ting's hand through his clothes and asked in a gradually lowered voice, "Is it hard?"

Su Ting didn't know whether his abdominal muscles were hard or not, but there was a place that was quite hard. But she knew that no matter how she answered, he would always have something to say, so she kept silent.

Sure enough, He Dongchuan sighed: "It seems that I still need to exercise."

Although he said this, there was a smile in his voice.

…

During the first few days when He Dongchuan was away on a trip, Su Ting was a little worried.

On the one hand, she felt that they had all moved away from Pingchuan Island and should have been out of the plot, and He Dongchuan had promised her that he would return safely, so he would definitely do what he said.

But on the other hand, Su Ting was afraid that she could not escape the plot, and the He family would still be swept away by a wave like in the original novel. Even if He Dongchuan tried his best, he would still be powerless in the face of fate.

Seeing her like this, Meng Xiuzhen sighed and said, "It's still good to be young."

Su Ting came to her senses and said, "You are not old."

"I'm almost 40, how can I not look old?" Meng Xiuzhen joked with a smile, "Besides, my husband Jiang and I are not as annoying as you two. Comrade He passed away only a few days ago, and you can't eat or sleep well. Tsk tsk."

Su Ting's cheeks turned red from the teasing, and she denied, "It's not like I can't eat or sleep well."

Xu Min agreed, "Yes, you eat well during the day and sleep well at night, but your soul is not there. Do you remember what we just talked about?"

Su Ting was distracted just now and didn't listen carefully. How could she know what they just talked about? She explained: "I was just thinking about something."

"What are you thinking about?" Xu Min asked.

Meng Xiuzhen gave her a look that said, "You're asking a stupid question?" and said with a smile, "What else can I think about? Of course, it's Comrade He's business!"

After saying that, the two looked at each other and laughed out loud.

Su Ting was so annoyed by the two people's laughter that she became angry: "You two have had enough."

"That's enough," Meng Xiuzhen said, "Don't think we are laughing at you now. When I was young, I also had such a thing. At that time, I hadn't joined the army yet. He never came back. I thought it was okay, but when he came back and had to leave again, I couldn't bear it. I thought it would be better for him not to come back."

Xu Min said: "If you really don't come back, you will feel sad."

Meng Xiuzhen thought about it and smiled, "That's true, but you are much better off now than I was back then. At least Comrade He is of a higher rank, and you can come to accompany the army. No matter how long you are separated, it's only seven or eight days. It's not like when I was young, he would be gone for a year or two. Sometimes I can't even remember what Lao Jiang looks like if I don't look at his photos."

Su Ting thought that if He Dongchuan was just going to training, she certainly wouldn't be so worried as she is now, but she was worried about him... Forget it, if something really happened to him, the troops would definitely notify her as soon as they received the news.

Since there is no news until now, it means he is fine.

She had to think on the bright side.

Su Ting followed up Meng Xiuzhen's question and asked, "Did you recognize Comrade Guo Jiang?"

"No, after all, there are photos at home." Meng Xiuzhen turned the topic back to He Dongchuan and said with a smile, "But if you recognize Comrade He from your family, you definitely don't need to look at the photo. With his height and appearance, you can recognize him at a glance even if he stands in a crowd."

"That may not be the case."

Xu Min heard the inside story and asked curiously, "Did you really recognize him?"

Su Ting said vaguely, "Almost. We hadn't been married for long at that time. He came back from a mission with a big beard. I bumped into him head-on but didn't recognize him."

In fact, the main reason why she didn't recognize him was that his appearance was not included in the memories of her original body that she inherited. But now they have been together for two years, even if he has a big beard when he comes back this time, she should be able to recognize him.

At that time, she disliked the beard on his face, but now she thought that as long as it was not injured, it didn't matter how long his beard was. After all, injuries need to be healed slowly, and half an hour of shaving is more than enough.