"Then, my mother became very ill. I remember being terrified when I saw her lying in bed. I was afraid she would abandon us too."
"But my mom pulled through. Once, my younger brother and sister both caught a cold and had a fever. I watched as my mom braved the heavy rain late at night, carrying my brother on her back, holding my sister in her arms, and holding my hand as she ran to the hospital. I saw her trip and fall, but she still braced herself with her upper body, afraid that my brother and sister would fall. I..."
"I actually hated my dad!"
"..."
Gu Guanhai heard this: ...
My heart aches as if it's being cut by a knife.
Qin Weiguo's memories of his father are very vague, let alone Qin Xiangdong, who is two years younger than him.
His memory of his father was almost nonexistent, so he couldn't get a word in edgewise. After his older brother finished speaking, he nudged Gu Guanhai's arm and asked, "So, Uncle Gu, what exactly is the reason my mother doesn't like you? Is it because she still has feelings for my father?"
Gu Guanhai: ...
He lowered his eyes and pondered for a moment, then shook his head and nodded, saying, "Yes and no, she just doesn't want to lose it again."
Qin Xiangdong looked puzzled. "What do you mean?"
Gu Guanhai glanced at him, sighed, and said, "Do you still remember the injuries on my body?"
Qin Xiangdong exclaimed upon hearing this: "!!!"
He was taken aback for a moment, then immediately understood.
He frowned and said, "So, this is why my mom doesn't like you? My mom is afraid that you'll abandon her like my dad did?"
Gu Guanhai lowered his head and remained silent.
Qin Xiangdong panicked upon seeing this, "What's the big deal? At worst, you can just stop doing business in the black market, right? If you don't do business in the black market, you won't encounter any danger, and if you don't encounter any danger, you naturally won't end up like my dad, abandoning my mom!"
Upon hearing this, Gu Guanhai shook his head and smiled bitterly.
Everyone says he was born for the battlefield, a natural-born warrior.
He carries too much on his shoulders.
His existence is like a flag.
They either fall in the gunfire of battle or rise in the dawn of victory.
There is no third option.
Gu Guanhai lowered his eyes and stammered, "If things were really as simple as you say, do you think I would back down?"
Qin Xiangdong was speechless upon hearing this.
She glared at him angrily, then turned and pulled her older brother away.
Qin Weiguo had never seen Gu Guanhai's injuries before. As he was being led away, he looked on with a puzzled expression. "Wait, what did you mean just now? Is Uncle Gu's black market business dangerous? Weren't we here to mediate?"
Qin Xiangdong gritted his teeth: "I'm not going to try to persuade him anymore! This guy is just like our father who died young, unreliable!"
Qin Weiguo: "..."
The two brothers stormed back to the backyard, where Xue Ru, who was waiting for news, immediately came to greet them.
Gu Guanhai could hear the three of them whispering in the backyard.
But……
What can he do?
I simply cannot give it to them.
Heaven, in the end, did not favor him.
While Gu Guanhai was complaining at home, Yu Mingxiang didn't have much time to dwell on her thoughts in the clinic before she was interrupted by a patient who came to see her.
The visitor was a hunter from the next village.
In the dead of winter, I got my ankle caught in a trap I had set myself while hiking up the mountain. When I got there, my shoes were soaked with blood.
While treating his wound, Yu Mingxiang complained, "You put the clamp on yourself, don't you even remember where you put it? How could you get caught?"
The man winced in pain, looking rather embarrassed, and said, "I made a mark, but it snowed a few days ago and the snow covered the mark. I wasn't paying attention and fell for it."
Yu Mingxiang sighed, bandaged his wound, prescribed anti-inflammatory medicine, and carefully explained the precautions before seeing him off.
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