Chapter 52

He endured for two days, resisting the urge to hold Jiang Nian in his arms.

There were many gossipers in the hospital, and back in the army, due to their uncle-sister-in-law status, he could only restrain himself and endure.

Jiang Nian's hands left the cabinet and hung at her side. Her fingers trembled, and she wanted to raise her hands to hug Lu Yu, but she couldn't raise her hands in the air. The man's heartbeat was shaking in her ears, hitting her earlobes again and again.

Jiang Nian couldn't tell what she felt in her heart.

Just like Ge Mei said, let her ask herself, is there a brother-in-law like Lu Yu?

She didn't know what kind of feelings Lu Yu had for her. If there was a sense of gratitude towards the Xu family, she would rather not have such feelings. She lowered her eyes and looked at the ground, wondering how she felt about Lu Yu.

She had never thought about these things carefully, but now everything was in front of her, forcing her to think about it carefully.

"Jiang Nian."

The man's deep and magnetic voice sounded above her head, with a hoarseness that could not be detected in the dark night.

Jiang Nian's eyelashes trembled: "Hmm?"

The man didn't say anything else, but tightened his arms around her a little bit, and reluctantly let go after a while.

Jiang Nian kept her head down, and her hands hanging at her sides were always half curled up.

She wanted to ask Lu Yu what he meant at the moment, what kind of attitude and feelings he had towards her, but she was afraid that if she asked, she would be expressing her gratitude to the Xu family. She was also very confused. From the beginning to the end, she had never thought that her relationship with Lu Yu would develop to this point.

"What do you want to eat tonight? I'll make it."

Jiang Nian lowered her head: "Anything is fine."

After Lu Yu left, Jiang Nian raised her head, looked at the figure disappearing at the door, and leaned against the cabinet to exhale.

She stayed in the room for a while and went to the stove to help Lu Yu.

The lights in the yard were on. Jiang Nian saw Lu Yu cutting vegetables in the kitchen through the window. She pursed her lips, walked into the kitchen and sat in front of the stove to light a fire. Lu Yu paused while cutting vegetables and glanced at the petite Jiang Nian with a smile in his eyes.

There were two stir-fried dishes for dinner, boiled porridge and hot white flour steamed buns. Song Bai came as soon as the rice was ready. He brought a fish in and said openly, "I'm here to eat again."

Lu Yu sideways glanced at the shameless Song Bai. Song Bai walked out with the rice: "You Don't glare at me, I'm not a freeloader."

Lu Yu: ...

Jiang Nian stood up and walked to the yard to sit down. Lu Yu added a piece of meat to Jiang Nian and put it in the bowl: "Eat more."

Jiang Nian's hand holding the chopsticks was stunned. This was the first time that Lu Yu had served her food in the year they had been together.

Song Bai also said, "Yes, sister-in-law, you should eat more, you look so thin."

Jiang Nian smiled and said, "Yeah."

She picked up the piece of meat that Lu Yu picked for her and put it into her mouth. Lu Yu raised his eyes to look at her, with a smile on his lips, and talked to Song Bai about the group. This meal was the one that Jiang Nian ate the most, because Lu Yu added meat to her several times during the meal, and she had no room to refuse.

After the meal, her stomach felt swollen, and Feng Mei's voice suddenly came from the wall: "Song Bai, your brother brought back the letter sent by your father for you, come and have a look."

The three people turned their heads and saw Feng Mei's head.

Jiang Nian: ...

If I hadn't heard Feng Mei's voice, I would have been scared to death if I had turned my head to look at her in the middle of the night.

Song Bai finished the last mouthful of porridge: "I know."

Feng Mei stood on tiptoe and glanced at her again, and chuckled.

She was happy for Song Bai to go to Vice Tuan Lu's house every day, and it was okay to eat there. At most, they could send more things to Vice Tuan Lu's house. If Song Bai and Jiang Nian stayed there for a long time, maybe they would really fall in love with each other?

After dinner, Song Bai returned to the Song family. Lu Yu washed the pots and bowls, and boiled water for Jiang Nian to take a bath.

Jiang Nian was full and walked back and forth in the yard. Lu Yu brought the bath water and asked, "What's wrong?"

Jiang Nian touched her stomach and said, "I ate too much."

She really ate a lot tonight. She drank a bowl of porridge, one and a half white steamed buns, and a lot of meat that Lu Yu picked up. It was enough for her two meals. Lu Yu's eyes fell on Jiang Nian's hand touching her stomach. His eyes deepened. He coughed lightly and said, "Then take a walk to digest the food."

"Yeah."

Jiang Nian walked around the wall seven or eight times before she felt better. Lu Yu went to the Song family next door, and came back after a while. He glanced at Jiang Nian who was sitting in the yard and said, "Sister-in-law."

Jiang Nian raised her head and looked at Lu Yu with bright eyes, "Are you going back to the dormitory?"

"Yes."

Lu Yu grabbed the gate and said, "Come and lock it. I'll come early tomorrow morning."

Jiang Nian nodded, stood up and walked to the door. Looking at Lu Yu's cold and handsome face, he smiled and said, "Go slowly on the way back."

"Okay."

Lu Yu closed the gate. After Jiang Nian locked the bolt, he listened to the conversation between Lu Yu and Song Bai, which became increasingly distant.

Jiang Nian returned to the house, took a shower, and fell asleep in a daze on the bed. The next morning, he heard footsteps outside. He leaned on the window and saw that it was Lu Yu who came back. He had already prepared breakfast and had just put it on the table.

Jiang Nian got up instantly, combed her hair casually, and then walked out of the yard.

Lu Yu saw the scabs on Jiang Nian's face and neck, and frowned: "Did you apply medicine last night?"

Jiang Nian was stunned for a moment. She went to bed after taking a shower last night and forgot about it.

Seeing Lu Yu's frowned eyebrows, Jiang Nian hurriedly said: "I applied it!"

Her hesitation and desire to hide were all caught in Lu Yu's eyes. The man didn't say anything and went to the kitchen to get chopsticks.

Jiang Nian went to the well to wash up, sat on the bench, glanced at Lu Yu who lowered his brows, and thought that he must have known that she was lying, so she whispered: "I'll apply the medicine after dinner."

Lu Yu then looked up: "Okay."

After the horn sounded, Lu Yu had just finished his meal. He cleaned up the pots and bowls, and before leaving, he instructed: "Remember to apply the medicine."

Jiang Nian nodded quickly: "Remember."

She went back to the house, took out the ointment, faced the mirror hanging on the wall, squeezed out a little bit of the ointment and applied it to the wound, and then continued to embroider. This embroidery was large in size and would be completed in two months.

Jiang Nian worked on the embroidery until noon. When she finished lunch, Lu Yu came back and looked at the wound on her neck. Jiang Nian quickly said, "I applied medicine."

There was something going on in the group this afternoon, so Lu Yu left after lunch.

Jiang Nian put the pots and bowls in the kitchen. Feng Mei came just after she washed the dishes and asked Jiang Nian, "Are you going to pick reed leaves later?"

Jiang Nian was stunned for a moment: "What do you want to do with reed leaves?"

Feng Mei said, "It's the Dragon Boat Festival the day after tomorrow. Pick some reed leaves to make rice dumplings."

Jiang Nian finally reacted and walked out of the kitchen: "Go."

The Dragon Boat Festival is coming, and she doesn't know whether Captain Song will move up the Dragon Boat Festival this year or next year. Now the plot of the book is all messed up, and she can't guess it.

Jiang Nian changed clothes and called Xu Yan and Feng Mei to go to the riverside of the next village to pick reed leaves. When they arrived at the riverside, they saw the wives of soldiers from the next village also picking reed leaves. There were only so many reed leaves, and if anyone went too late, there would be none left.

The river was flowing fast, but fortunately the reed leaves were all on the riverside. If they went further in, they would have stepped into the river. People who were picking reed leaves tried to stand on the shore.

Jiang Nian picked a few more, and when she wanted to pick more, she met Chen Fang, Hou Lian, and Hou Meng who were coming over here. The three of them were talking and laughing. When they saw Jiang Nian, Hou Lian didn't say anything, and Hou Meng didn't even look at her. They were all angry about not getting along with Deputy Colonel Lu.

Chen Fang did say a few words. Hou Lian took Hou Meng to find Feng Mei, trying to get close to her and talk about Song Bai. Hou Lian said, "Sister Feng, are you picking reed leaves?"

Feng Mei glanced at her and said, "Didn't you see that my basket is full of reed leaves?" She felt

a little strange. Wasn't this person asking nonsense?

Hou Lian smiled and said, "Sister Feng, I have something to ask you."

Feng Mei picked some more reed leaves and said, "Ask me." Hou

Meng stood by and stretched out her hand to pull the reed leaves. Feng Mei saw it and turned her head and said, "Don't pull it. There are not many reed leaves to begin with. If you pull them until they rot, there will be one less leaf."

Hou Meng: ...

She quickly withdrew her hand and stood behind Hou Lian, looking pitiful for doing something wrong and being criticized but not daring to talk back. Seeing this, Feng Mei's anger rose all of a sudden. She didn't say anything. Ah, why? Are you still feeling wronged? Let others see it as if she scolded her.

Feng Mei felt unlucky and walked towards Jiang Nian. She felt that what Old Song said was right.

This little girl is really no good.

Hou Lian glanced at Hou Meng and walked to a patch of reed leaves next to Feng Mei. Feng Mei's eyes twitched. She felt that the two sisters were deliberately going against her today? One destroyed the reed leaves, and the other snatched the reed leaves from her.

Hou Lian said, "I heard that Deputy Head Song hasn't found a partner yet?"

Feng Mei was stunned for a moment, turned her head to look at Hou Lian, then looked at Hou Meng, and reacted instantly. Did they want to come to see her Song Bai?

Feng Mei didn't want to offend anyone, so she said, "Song Bai did, but it just didn't spread."

"Ah?" Hou Lian came back to her senses: "I remember that Deputy Colonel Song didn't have a date?"

Hou Meng, who was standing by, was also anxious. Her mother sent her here because she wanted her to marry someone with a high position, like her sister, whose husband was the deputy colonel. Now there were only Deputy Colonel Lu and Deputy Colonel Song who were not much older than her in the army. It was estimated that there was no hope for Deputy Colonel Lu, and now there was no hope for Deputy Colonel Song either?

The news that her mother married Yao to the deputy colonel had spread throughout the village. If it didn't work out, how could she have the face to go back?

She had high hopes. She was the only beautiful girl in the village. After coming to her sister's place, some people in the regiment also wanted to date her, but she just wanted to find someone like Deputy Colonel Lu and Deputy Colonel Song.

Chen Fang also came over and asked, "I asked Song Bai half a month ago, and Song Bai said he didn't have a date."

Feng Mei said, "Are you his sister-in-law or am I his sister-in-law?"

Chen Fang: ...

Chen Fang and Hou Lian didn't talk anymore. After a while, Chen Fang glanced at Jiang Nian and suddenly came to her senses. She remembered that when she and Old Tang went to Captain Song's house to discuss things last year, Feng Mei said that she wanted Song Bai and Jiang Nian to meet each other. She and Feng Mei had a few arguments about this.

Feng Mei thought about her brother-in-law Song Bai, and she thought about her brother-in-law Tang Ze.

Clearly, they didn't have a date half a month ago, so why did they suddenly have one now?

The news of what happened to Jiang Nian in the city spread all over the family compound. Deputy Colonel Lu was running around because Jiang Nian was his sister-in-law, but why was Song Bai running around? Chen Fang looked at Jiang Nian with a bit more weirdness in her eyes.

Could it be that the person Song Bai was talking about was Jiang Nian?

Jiang Nian frowned, feeling a little uncomfortable with Chen Fang's look. She walked to the side and continued to pick reed leaves.

"Mom, we're back!"

Song Xiangdong, Liu Jianye and Lu Zhijun ran over together. The three of them were carrying schoolbags, and Song Xiangdong was still carrying the little boy in military uniform that Jiang Nian had embroidered for him before.

Feng Mei asked, "Why did you come back so early?"

Song Xiangdong said, "The day after tomorrow is the Dragon Boat Festival, and the teacher has given us a day off. Mom, I'll help you pick some reed leaves."

When Song Xiangdong saw Jiang Nian not far away, his eyes lit up, "Aunt Jiang."

Liu Jianye also called out, "Aunt Jiang." Lu Zhijun

, who was standing next to them, glanced at Jiang Nian, then at Feng Mei, and followed suit, "Aunt Feng, Aunt Jiang."

Feng Mei and Jiang Nian both responded.

Lu Zhijun is different now. As the saying goes, parents are the first teachers of their children. Women like Zheng Hong led Lu Zhijun astray. After Lu Zhijun's mother came, after more than half a year, she finally corrected many of the child's problems. Now he knows to call her "Auntie" when he sees people, and takes the initiative to find Song Xiangdong and others to play, and no longer steals other people's things.

"Grandma."

Lu Zhijun saw the old lady in the distance, it was Lu Zhijun's mother.

The old lady waved her hand: "Come and pick reed leaves with grandma."

Hou Lian wanted to talk to Hou Meng and Song Bai about marriage, but it was ruined again. She immediately lost the intention to get close to Feng Mei. They were not from the same group. Even if she wanted to curry favor with her, she would curry favor with Chen Fang. So she wanted to take Hou Meng away.

Hou Meng reluctantly broke away from Hou Lian's hand and said to Hou Lian with red eyes: "Mother told you to find me a man with a high position. Sister, go and talk to Sister Feng."

Hou Lian glared at her in embarrassment and said, "Didn't you hear that Deputy Headmaster Song has found a girlfriend?"

Chen Fang saw the two sisters arguing in a low voice. Not wanting to embarrass the Third Group, she pulled Hou Meng aside and whispered, "Let's go back and talk about it."

Hou Meng pursed her lips unwillingly. Hou Lian asked curiously, "Sister-in-law Chen, Deputy Headmaster Song is in the group every day. Where do you think he found a girlfriend?"

Chen Fang pinched her two hands. After picking up a reed leaf, he hesitated for a moment and looked at Jiang Nian who was standing by the river and reaching for a reed leaf: "I think it's probably her. Last year, Feng Mei said that she wanted Song Bai and Jiang Nian to meet each other. Think about it again. Song Bai has been running around the city with Deputy Commander Lu every day to take care of Jiang Nian's affairs. Deputy Commander Lu is her brother-in-law, so it's nothing for him to run around for Jiang Nian. What is Song Bai to her?"

As soon as these words came out, Hou Lian and Hou Meng were stunned.

The two of them looked at Jiang Nian who was standing by the river. Hou Lian was a little confused. Although Jiang Nian was beautiful, she was a widow, and she was not a bit inferior to her sister. What did Deputy Commander Song like about her?

Hou Meng stared at Jiang Nian with resentment and followed Hou Lian and Chen Fang angrily.

"Auntie Jiang, that reed has big leaves."

Song Xiangdong pointed to the tall reeds in front of him. He was too tall to reach them, but Jiang Nian was not that tall either.

She put down the basket and saw Chen Fang and the other two coming over from the corner of her eye. Her eyes met Hou Meng's resentful look and she wrinkled her eyebrows. She ignored them and tiptoed to grab the reed, trying to pull it down and tear the reed leaves.

"Xiao Nian, let's go."

Chen Fang said.

Jiang Nian heard this and just turned to look at Chen Fang. Out of the corner of her eye, she saw Hou Meng quickly reaching out his hand to her. Jiang Nian's face changed color. She grabbed the reed and used it to move two steps to the side, just enough to avoid Hou Meng's rejection and make him fall into the river.

But who knew that Song Xiangdong saw her grab the reed and ran over happily: "Auntie Jiang--ah"

"Xiangdong!"

"Song Xiangdong!"

Adults and children shouted. Feng Mei heard the sound of splashing water and turned her head to see Song Xiangdong fall into the river. It was not winter now. The river was rushing. They were all standing by the river grabbing reed leaves. No one dared to move forward.

"Ahhhh, Xiangdong, Xiangdong!"

Feng Mei knelt down by the river and crawled into the river. She could not swim. Looking at Song Xiangdong being washed farther and farther by the river, she screamed heartbreakingly: "Who can swim? Call someone! Call someone!"

Xu Yan was so scared that she dropped the basket: "I'll go call someone!"

Chen Fang and Hou Lian were also scared. They looked at Hou Meng in disbelief. Hou Lian slapped her angrily: "How could you do such a thing! If anything happens to Xiangdong, we The Hou family will be implicated by you, even your brother-in-law will be implicated by you!"

Hou Meng covered her face and cried, apologizing continuously: "Sister, I just wanted to push Jiang Nian, who knew she dodged, and I don't know why Song Xiangdong ran over. I didn't do it on purpose. I just wanted to scare her, but I didn't expect such a big thing to happen."

Good guy, this time he pushed all the responsibility to Jiang Nian, making everyone think that if Jiang Nian hadn't dodged, Song Xiangdong would not have fallen into the river.

When everyone was at a loss and their eyes turned to Jiang Nian, they saw the woman dive into the water and swim towards Song Xiangdong who was washed away by the river. Feng Mei climbed to the river bank and shouted: "Jiang Nian, save my Xiangdong, save my son!"

The current was strong, and Jiang Nian jumped into the water and was washed forward by the rapids of the river. She jumped over the water and only saw a part of Song Xiangdong's arm stretched high.

It was several kilometers from the bridge to the troops, and several families living by the river ran to the brigade to call for people who could swim to come and save the child.

Xu Yan ran to the troop, grabbed any passing soldier and shouted, "Song Xiangdong fell into the river and was washed away. Anyone who can swim, hurry up and save him!"

The news reached Captain Song's ears almost instantly. Captain Song and his men were at the training ground. When they saw the soldiers running over, they shouted, "What are you doing so rashly?"

The soldier took a breath and said, "Captain Song, Song Xiangdong fell into the river and was washed away. Someone has already rushed over to save him. Sister Feng, "She fainted from crying. I hurried to tell you something."

Captain Song and Lu Yu's faces changed. They rushed to the bridge in the next village at the same time. Lu Guosheng was also startled and said in a deep voice: "Hurry, let's go save people!"

The river was at its largest in this season. The snow on the northern mountains had melted. In addition, it had been raining in the mountains for some time, and the rain had rushed down along the river. So many people were worried when such a small child was washed away by the river.

After all, it was hard to say whether he could survive in such a big river.

Outside the troops, soldiers from several battalions of the Second Regiment rushed out in a swarm. Song Bai and Tang Ze were stunned when they saw this scene, thinking that the Second Regiment was going to hold some kind of competition. Song Bai saw Captain He and shouted, "Captain He, do you have any competition?"

Captain He said seriously, "Song Xiangdong was washed away by the river."

When Song Bai heard this, he turned around and ran away immediately. When Tang Ze reacted, Song Bai had disappeared.

There were many people gathered on the bridge. Chen Fang sat on the ground and let Feng Mei rest her head on her legs. Even though Feng Mei fainted, she kept shouting Xiang Dong's name. Hou Lian glared at Hou Meng angrily: "Look at what you have done. Why are you so vicious? Why did you push Jiang Nian?"

Hou Meng didn't dare to say anything. She lowered her head and cried hard.

Half of the people in the second regiment ran out. They looked back and saw a group of soldiers in military uniforms running over. Lu Yu was the one running in the front, followed by Captain Lu, Captain Song and Captain He. Seeing Lu Yu and Captain Song, Hou Lian felt guilty and wanted to beat Hou Meng again.

There were several men in the river. They were people from the brigade in the neighboring village who could swim. They swam around and shouted to the people on the shore, "We didn't find anyone!"

Chen Fang shouted to Captain Song and them, "Jiang Nian jumped in to rescue Xiang Dong, and now both of them are missing."

"Plop, plop--"

The first to jump into the water was Lu Yu, followed by Captain Song, Battalion Commander Lu, Zhu Jun, and Company Commander He. After them, all those who could swim dived into the water. Hou Lian and Chen Fang saw Song Bai also dive into the water.

Hou Lian kicked Hou Meng and said, "Look at what you have done! I shouldn't have promised my mother to let you come over!"

Downstream of this river were every commune and brigade. Some soldiers ran all the way downstream to inform everyone in each commune who could swim to look for them in the river, thinking that maybe they could stop the two people who were washed away.

Lu Yu and his team swam in the water for three hours, going downstream. Captain Song couldn't stand it anymore and was taken up by Zhu Jun. He grabbed Zhu Jun's hand and burst into tears: "Find Xiang Dong, find Xiang Dong quickly..."

Zhu Jun said: "Don't worry, Captain Song, we will find him."

After saying that, he jumped into the water again.

The river was full of people, waiting to see if they could rescue the person. Everyone had an anxious look on their faces. When Xu Yan ran over, Liu Jianye and Lu Zhijun were squatting next to Feng Mei. Feng Mei had already woken up and sat paralyzed on the ground, her voice hoarse from crying.

As the afternoon was about to pass and dusk was approaching, the person was still not found.

Lu Yu surfaced and looked at the rushing water, his eyes were bloodshot. Soldiers would occasionally come out of the water to breathe, then dive back into the water. They had already passed several communes on the way, but there was no sign of Jiang Nian and Song Xiangdong. Everyone had almost given up hope.

The water was so strong, and the two had been missing for a long time. They might not be found.

"Jiang Nian!"

"Jiang Nian!"

"Song Xiangdong!"

Lu Yu roared at the water, completely losing his mind.

"Lu Yu!"

Song Bai surfaced and shouted, "Look down there, maybe we can find him!"

After passing a few communes, there were no more inhabited places. This commune was thirty kilometers away from the next one. If there was no one here, they might be washed down. The soldiers kept running down the river to see if they could be lucky enough to run into the two people washed up by the river.

"Xiang Dong, don't scare Dad, you're back."

Captain Song ran along the roadside, shouting as he ran.

Feng Mei was still paralyzed on the shore, and she had lost all her energy. Seeing Hou Meng standing not far away, Xu Yan finally couldn't help but stood up and rushed to tear Hou Meng and started beating her: "You bastard, you stinky woman! Why are your hands so dirty! Did Jiang Nian and Xiang Yudong provoke you, and you are so hurtful to others!"

Hou Meng was beaten by her sister, and she was angry and scared. As a result, Xu Yan rushed over to beat her. She couldn't bear it anymore and wrestled with Xu Yan. After all, Hou Meng was also a member of the Hou family and her sister. Seeing her sister being beaten, Hou Lian couldn't bear it and pulled Xu Yan, and Xu Yan was slapped twice by Hou Meng.

Seeing this, Chen Fang stood up, walked over, pushed Hou Lian away, dragged Xu Yan to the side, and glared at Hou Lian and Hou Meng with a cold face: "If Jiang Nian and Song Xiangdong really have something bad happen, you can wait to be punished!"

If she had known that Hou Lian's sister was such a person, she should not have brought the two sisters to find Feng Mei. Now that such a big mess has been made, her old Tang will probably have a hard time explaining it!

The people around pointed at Hou Meng and Hou Lian, and Hou Lian was so angry that

he had a heart attack. The soldiers who jumped into the water changed in waves. They had left the surrounding communes and went to another commune thirty kilometers away. Some swam in the river, and some ran along the shore to search.

When it was pitch black, the voices of soldiers finally came from the lower reaches of the river: "There is a figure over there!"

Lu Yu and several others who had plunged into the water heard the voices from a distance. In the twilight, several soldiers ran forward. Lu Yu and Song Bai quickly went ashore. Zhu Jun and Captain Lu also climbed ashore. Several people's clothes were soaked, and long strings of water stains were left where they ran.

"Jiang Nian!"

"Sister-in-law!"

"Sister-in-law!"

Without seeing clearly who the person in front was, several people started shouting, all holding on to the only hope, hoping that the shadow in the dark night was Jiang Nian, it was Song Xiangdong.

Jiang Nian heard the sound from a distance, looked up and saw a group of people running towards her in the dark night. She saw Lu Yu rushing over the group of people. Jiang Nian's tense emotions seemed to have found an outlet. She shook the dazed Song Xiangdong on her back and cried, "Xiangdong, you're okay. Your uncle Lu and his friends are here."

Song Xiangdong's face was flushed and he was dizzy.

"Xiangdong!"

"Jiang Nian!"

Song Bai and his friends all ran over. When they saw Jiang Nian carrying Song Xiangdong and they were both safe and sound, they shouted to the sky and finally felt relieved.

Everyone was about to give up, but they didn't expect that the two people who were washed away by the river would come back safe and sound.

Song Bai ran over and took Song Xiangdong from Jiang Nian's back. Jiang Nian's body softened and was supported by Lu Yu's arm. The man held Jiang Nian's forearm tightly and held Jiang Nian's cold face with one hand. Looking at the lively and breathing Jiang Nian in front of him, he truly experienced what it meant to lose and then find again!

Jiang Nian looked up at Lu Yu who was so close. The man's hands were very cold and moist. His body was full of water, not a single dry spot.

"Lu Yu..."

Jiang Nian cried, "I'm so tired..." She

collapsed after she finished speaking. Lu Yu grabbed Jiang Nian and held her horizontally in his arms, holding her tightly and tightly. He lowered his head and rubbed his thin lips against Jiang Nian's cold forehead affectionately: "I'm here, I'm fine, I'm fine."

"Deputy Regiment Lu, how are they?"

Captain Lu and his men ran over. Lu Yu's Adam's apple rolled a few times, and he suppressed the impulse in his blood. He turned around holding the unconscious Jiang Nian and said, "Let's go to the hospital."

Song Bai held Song Xiangdong and ran quickly towards the county hospital.

They didn't know how Jiang Nian and Song Xiangdong got ashore, nor did they know how the thin and petite woman walked up the road carrying the unconscious Song Xiangdong on her back.

It's more than 40 kilometers from here to the county hospital. Zhu Jun said, "Deputy Colonel Lu, I'll run back to the military district to borrow a car."

After saying that, he ran away quickly.

Song Xiangdong is now running a fever, and his condition cannot be delayed. Jiang Nian is unconscious, and no one knows how he is doing. Regarding

the people found here, some soldiers ran back to report the news.

It was already dark, and there were still many people gathered by the river along the road. Everyone was worried and wanted to know whether the woman and the child were rescued. Colonel Song was running halfway and saw Zhu Jun running back. Before he opened his mouth, Zhu Jun said, "Colonel Song, the person has been found. We met my sister-in-law carrying Song Xiangdong on her back and walking here. She is now with Deputy Colonel Song and others."

When he heard that Song Xiangdong was fine, Colonel Song knelt on the ground, covering his face and crying.

"It's good that everything is fine, it's good that everything is fine, God, thank you, thank you for saving my child's life--"

Several soldiers helped Captain Song to pick up Song Xiangdong and others.

Soldiers along the way passed on the message one by one, and the news soon reached the bridge.

"The person has been found, everything is fine!"

"Sister Feng, Song Xiangdong is fine!"

Waves of high-pitched voices came one after another, Feng Mei came back to her senses from her trance, and her pupils took a while to focus. Xu Yan squatted down and grabbed her shoulders and shook her: "Did you hear it, Xiangdong is fine, Xiangdong is fine."

"Xiangdong, Xiangdong, my son, my son is fine?"

"It's okay!"

Xu Yan also cried and pulled Feng Mei up. Feng Mei's body was still limp. After stumbling a few times, she saw the soldier running over and grabbed his arm and asked, "Is he okay?"

The soldier nodded, panting, "It was Deputy Colonel Lu and his sister-in-law who carried Song Xiangdong back. Both of them are fine. Deputy Colonel Lu and his men are taking people to the county hospital now. Song Xiangdong has a fever, and Deputy Colonel Lu and his sister-in-law fainted."

"I knew Jiang Nian was a man of his word."

Feng Mei finally smiled. She turned around and grabbed Xu Yan and kept smiling: "Xiang Dong is fine, Xiang Dong is fine, Jiang Nian brought Xiang Dong back!"

Xu Yan said: "Sister Feng, let's go home and put the child away first, and then go to the county hospital together."

Feng Mei listened to Xu Yan's words and did what she said. Liu Jianye followed them back.

When Chen Fang left, she said to Hou Lian: "Fortunately Jiang Nian and Xiang Dong are fine, otherwise you will all be in trouble."

Hou Lian breathed a sigh of relief and glared at Hou Meng: "What are you still doing here? Are you waiting for others' spit to drown you?"

After the person was found, the crowd dispersed, and the bustling riverside gradually became quiet.

When Captain Song saw Song Xiangdong, Song Xiangdong was being held by Song Bai, feeling dizzy from fever. Captain Song took Song Xiangdong and held him in his arms, kissing him on the head: "Xiangdong, Daddy is here." Song

Xiangdong opened his eyes in a daze, not knowing if he saw the person clearly: "Dad..."

"Hey!"

This was the most beautiful voice Captain Song had ever heard, and he ran towards the county town holding Song Xiangdong.

Song Bai saw Lu Yu holding Jiang Nian and walked forward, walked over to take a look at the unconscious Jiang Nian, frowned and said: "Give it to me, I'll do it for you."

"No need."

Lu Yu held Jiang Nian tightly and strode forward.

Captain Lu followed behind. He had just asked Deputy Colonel Lu to let him carry his sister-in-law so that Deputy Colonel Lu could have a rest, but Deputy Colonel Lu said no, and just carried them one by one.

When they were halfway there, they finally met Zhu Jun who was driving a car. Several people squeezed into the car and rushed to the county hospital. The cold river water flooded over their heads, making it hard for them to breathe

.

Jiang Nian struggled hard, grabbed Song Xiang's hand that was about to sink, and held him to swim to the shore, but the rapids were too strong, and she couldn't hold on to gravity, and was washed downstream by the river.

Jiang Nian didn't know how long she was washed, until her body was exhausted, and she was blocked by a tree trunk that crossed the river bank.

She grabbed the trunk and dragged Song Xiangdong to the river. She tried hard to make Song Xiangdong spit out the water before she fainted.

Later, she didn't know how long she had walked with Song Xiangdong on her back. She only knew that the road in front of her was so long, and it seemed that she could never reach it no matter how hard she walked. The sound of the river was in her ears, and the unconscious Song Xiangdong was behind her. Jiang Nian felt desperate and helpless, but she still walked forward with determination.

"Cough cough..."

The dazzling light hit her eyes, and Jiang Nian coughed hard for a few times before she came back to her senses. She frowned and slowly opened her eyes. What caught her eyes was the dazzling sunlight shining through the glass. Her arms tightened and a hoarse voice came to her ears.

"Awake?"

Jiang Nian looked over following the sound and saw Lu Yu sitting beside the bed. His cold and handsome face looked a little haggard, with blue stubble on his face. There was blood in his dark eyes. He looked not in good condition. The strength in his arm seemed to be giving her strength, making her drowsy consciousness gradually clear.

"Awake."

Jiang Nian coughed twice again. Lu Yu stood up, put his hand through her neck and picked her up. He picked up the enamel pot on the table and handed it to Jiang Nian: "Drink some hot water to moisten your throat."

"I'll do it myself."

Jiang Nian tried to sit up straight and wanted to take the quilt in his hand, but was stopped by Lu Yu: "I'll feed you."

Jiang Nian pursed her lips and did not refuse again.

She drank half a cup of water in one breath. After the hot water went down her throat, she felt that her cold and uncomfortable stomach was much better. Lu Yu held Jiang Nian's thin shoulders, not willing to let her go. He wanted her to stay in his arms. Seeing that Jiang Nian stopped drinking, he lowered his head and asked, "Do you want to eat something?"

He was very close to her, his chin almost touching her forehead, rubbing her skin intentionally or unintentionally. Jiang Nian

felt a strange numbness on her forehead. Her eyelashes trembled. She subconsciously raised her head and suddenly bumped into a pair of dark and warm eyes. The two were very close, their noses were almost touching each other, and their breaths were entangled. Jiang Nian could even see her pale and haggard face from the other's eyes.

Lu Yu's eyes were fixed on Jiang Nian. He pursed his thin lips slightly, and his Adam's apple moved several times. Gradually, but impatiently, he tried to restrain himself from getting closer to Jiang Nian.

"Jiang Nian..."

Lu Yu couldn't suppress the impulse in his blood. The hand holding Jiang Nian's shoulder suddenly tightened. Following his heart, he moved down an inch and kissed Jiang Nian's lips. He seemed to have never tasted anything fresh before, and it was as if there was an addictive poison on Jiang Nian's lips.

The soft touch on her lips made Lu Yu crazy and fascinated.

The man clasped her shoulders, trying to push open the teeth and explore deeper.