Chapter 6 A vicious female supporting role and an all-around cannon fodder
It was inconvenient to go to the garage in a wheelchair, so guard Zhao Ke drove the car to the garage, while Huo Yan and Su Lingyu walked towards the gate.
The Huo family lived in a military compound. Because Huo Jianguo had a high military rank, he was assigned a small courtyard with a separate entrance and exit. There was a two-story building in the courtyard as the main building, and there were several bungalows in the back for the guards and helpers to live in.
There is a small garden in front of the main building. Roses and bougainvillea are planted around the courtyard wall. Several forsythias climbing up the wall are lush and leafy, and two osmanthus trees will bloom in two months.
The ground is paved with bluestone slabs and pebbles, and it is clean even on rainy days.
Su Lingyu sighed: [Among the military compounds, the Huo family's conditions are also considered good. If not, the original owner would not have planned to plot against Huo Yan. ]
System: [Yes, host, you are still living a good life here. ]
[Oh, it's good? My river view apartment has an area of 500 square meters, the whole house is smart, with a fresh air system and floor heating, and an infinity pool outside. I also specially built an e-sports room, a video room and a dance room... What is there here? Is there a sea for me to jump into and feed the fish? ]
The system wants to cry: [Host, stop talking, my face hurts! ]
[Hmph~]
It was midsummer, and the courtyard was deep with cicadas and birds chirping.
The sun was rising, Su Lingyu was walking in front with an umbrella, humming, while Huo Yan was following slowly in a wheelchair.
Looking at the person in front of him, he was thinking about what "whole house intelligence" and "e-sports" were, and suddenly, a line from Wang Wei's "Wangchuan Bie Ye" flashed through his mind unconsciously: "The grass in the rain is green enough to be dyed, and the peach blossoms on the water are red."
The woman's slender waist was so thin that it could hardly be grasped with one hand. She had a moon-white belt tied in a knot and hanging down behind her. Her long black hair had big lazy curls, and the ends of her hair swayed between her waist and hips as she walked, giving her a vitality as stretched and flexible as a willow branch.
The line written by Zheng Gu of the Tang Dynasty in "Willow": "Half smoke and half rain beside the river bridge, apricots and peaches are reflected on the mountain road" seems to be very appropriate.
At a certain moment he suddenly came to his senses and shook his head, as if trying to get rid of all the incoherent associations in his mind.
In the living room, several members of the Huo family looked at each other.
"My eldest brother has paid out all his allowances, but my sister-in-law is not angry at all." Huo Xiang sighed.
"She seems to admire our soldiers very much." As a child of a large military compound, Huo Lang decided to join the army early on and is currently studying in a military academy.
Su Lingyu's praise for the soldiers made him change his mind about her.
"It's not that she is unreasonable. She has her reasons for everything, like why she insisted on buying clothes. After all, the difference between people is sometimes greater than that between people and pigs," Huo Xiang said.
"Are you scolding yourself or your mother?"
"I didn't, don't talk nonsense!"
After Huo Lang finished digging a hole for his sister, he became curious again: "Do you think she came from decades or even a hundred years later? Was life better back then than it is now?"
“…”
The two of them sang in unison, occasionally showing off when talking about serious matters, which made Huo Jianguo and Chen Yuxiang, who were concerned about their country, unable to help but think about it.
What will the new situation of the country be like in a few decades or a hundred years?
Can people live and work in peace and contentment?
Will it become prosperous and strong?
…
Su Lingyu had never had the chance to be in a military camp in her previous life. As soon as the car drove into the military camp gate, her curious eyes swept out of the car window.
Just as she had imagined, this place was straight and flat everywhere, square and with a sense of uprightness and toughness, just like the feeling Huo Yan gave her.
She was concentrating on looking at the scenery outside the window and didn't notice that Huo Yan would occasionally glance at her with a thoughtful look between his brows.
A few minutes later, the car stopped in front of a three-story office building.
Zhao Ke opened the back door, and Su Lingyu got out of the car gracefully. She naturally handed the umbrella to him: "Give me the umbrella."
"...Okay." Zhao Ke was stunned for a moment, then nodded quickly.
As Huo Yan stepped out of the car with a cane, she saw a middle-aged man in a green military uniform rushing out of the office building with a surprised smile on his face. She smiled and punched him.
"It's not easy. You finally came to the army! I asked the guards to keep an eye on your license plate number. I will catch you as soon as you come. I'm not afraid that you will run away!"
Huo Yan stood up straight, a rare smile on his stern face: "How are you doing recently?"
"Not bad, but our regiment cannot do without you. You have to come back to take charge of the overall situation! Otherwise, when the new recruits are assigned to the company, the good ones will be taken away by those bastards!"
“…”
The two chatted for a while, and the visitor seemed to finally notice Su Lingyu standing there, and said with a polite smile: "My sister-in-law is here today, too, haha."
Su Lingyu was more polite and nodded coldly and reservedly.
She knew this person.
Huo Yan was the head of the Field Pioneer Regiment, and this man was the political commissar of the 52nd Division Field Pioneer Regiment, Xie Rongjun. The two had been partners for many years and had a very good relationship.
Half a year ago, Huo Yan led a team to the border to carry out a special mission. An accident happened at the last minute. Although he successfully completed the mission and brought back important information due to his desperate persistence, all the soldiers he led died and he himself was seriously injured and lost one leg. It was a tragic experience.
Afterwards, Huo Yan blamed himself for the sacrifice of his comrades and did not want to become a burden to the country. He wanted to resign from his post as regiment commander and leave the army several times, but Xie Rongjun stopped him and told him not to rush.
In the second half of the novel, the three children of the Xie family all acknowledge Huo Yan as their godfather, and the two families can be said to be old friends.
However, the two families were very close, and the Xie family became the "control group" of the Huo family.
In other words, the Xie family is a contrast group deliberately arranged by the author, just to highlight how happy Zhou Wanrou is.
She and Huo Yan lived in harmony and had a good relationship. Because she did not want to have children, Huo Yan agreed lovingly, and the two became a DINK couple in the conservative 1980s.
What about Xie Rongjun? One of his children is autistic and unable to take care of himself, one is rebellious and ran away from home, and one has had excessive plastic surgery and has ruined his life.
The couple spent the rest of their lives worrying about their three children. Their hair turned white with worry before they were fifty, and they could not close their eyes in peace until they died.
[Xiao Tongzi, you can still eat melons, right? Do you have any melons about Xie Rongjun? ]
The system immediately beeped twice, and the baby voice said: "Yes! He is too short, but he wants to show his masculinity, so when he is not training, he puts three layers of height-increasing pads in his shoes! It can be said that his height is flexible and changeable. 】
Su Lingyu: [Eh…]
System: [Eh…]
Xie Rongjun: “……?!”
What sound?
What is a system?
How did you know the secret he had kept for so many years? !
Very abruptly, two voices appeared in his ears one after another. Xie Rongjun was confused at first, thinking that he was hallucinating, and then his eyes were shocked, and he almost thought he was seeing a ghost in broad daylight.
Fortunately, he received Huo Yan's soothing look in time, realized what was going on, and forced himself to calm down.
[Forget it, I won't bother with Xie Rongjun. We have a vicious female supporting role and an all-around cannon fodder. It's too funny to see them fighting.]
System: [Host, who do you think is worse off, you or Xie Rongjun? ]
[It is Xie Rongjun who is more miserable. I will die in a few years, but he still has a lifetime to live. When I die, everything will be over. But when he dies, even as a ghost, he will have to worry about his children's misfortunes.]
System: [Indeed.]
[But his child is not hopeless. If we intervene in time while the child is still young, he won't have to live such a miserable life in the second half of his life.]
System: [His second son and youngest daughter can still be saved, but his eldest son has autism, a globally recognized intractable disease. There is no cure, right?]
[You are not a human being, you don’t understand. ]
System: [Host, I think you are scolding me! ]
Su Lingyu chuckled and explained compassionately: "Some children do not really have autism, but may just have a problem with the foster care method. As long as they are properly guided and monitored when they are still young, they will not have any problems in becoming outstanding in the future, but they will have no problem starting a family and building a career."
The system is curious: [Really? Host, please tell me in detail how to do it? ]
[Can you tell me more?] Su Lingyu raised her hand to fan the air and decisively refused, [Forget about the details. The sun is so strong that I am almost dizzy. I just want to find a cool place to sit and rest. I don’t want to waste my brain.]
Xie Rongjun: “…”
At the critical moment! Why didn't you say anything? !
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