Xia Lan chuckled and took Qin Yu's hand.
“You are no longer the same person you were back then. You had nothing, and he wanted to take care of you. Under his care, you gradually shone and radiated warmth, which is something he is proud of.”
"He raised a good son, which makes him proud."
"But you are not related by blood, not even as adoptive father and son!"
"After you separated, you finally reunited. You were no longer the boy who was bullied by the Qin family. You got married, had a wife, and found your family. You had everything."
"You don't need him anymore..."
Xia Lan's words startled Qin Yu; they were unpleasant to hear, but they were the truth.
"He doesn't want to leave with you, and there's more than one reason! It's a combination of factors!"
Xia Lan looked at Qin Yu.
“He can still move around and doesn’t want to feel old. Of course he won’t let you ask him to stay at home doing nothing all day!”
"Wait a few more years! When he gets old and can't work anymore, will he still dare to say he can do it?"
Xia Lan's words instantly dispelled Qin Yu's worries.
Qin Yu's eyes lit up.
"Besides, we'll come visit him when we have time! I'm sure Mom and Dad will agree."
Qin Yu nodded at Xia Lan's words.
"Let's go back and eat!"
Qin Yu also figured it out. Xia Lan was right. Putting aside the complicated reasons, Qin Yu understood the simplest reason right now.
Lu Wu is still able to work, so why would he want to leave the army?
Qin Yu remembered him saying that he wanted to dedicate his life to the army.
His feelings for the military were no less than his.
Even worse.
Qin Yu brought Xia Lan back to Lu Wu's house. Lu Wu was wiping the table, which had food left for Qin Yu.
Qin Yu sat down and, without saying a word, devoured the food in a whirlwind.
Although Lu Wu didn't say anything, he gave Xia Lan a grateful look.
Xia Lan smiled at him.
Qin Yu glared at Lu Wu, snatched the rag from his hand, and cleaned up the table and lunchbox.
After the meal, Xia Lan wanted to visit Zhao Pandi, and Qin Yu saw her to the door.
Can you do it yourself?
Qin Yu looked at Xia Lan with concern.
Xia Lan chuckled softly.
"This is the safest place, what could possibly happen to me?"
Qin Yu nodded.
"Then I'll come find you in a bit!"
"good."
Xia Lan smiled and waved.
Qin Yu then turned around and went back to settle accounts with Lu Wu.
Xia Lan watched Qin Yu's angry retreating figure and chuckled softly.
Besides her, only Lu Wu could make him so energetic.
Xia Lan returned to the ward door and heard sounds coming from inside the ward.
"Pan Di, please let me take care of you..."
"Brother Tianming, it's impossible for us! You'll find a better girl to be your wife, not me..."
Zhao Pandi's voice was low and soft.
Xia Lan was stunned.
He turned and walked out, then waited outside the door for a while.
Xia Lan only entered the ward after seeing Wu Tianming emerge from Zhao Pandi's ward with a sullen face.
In the ward, Zhao Pandi's eyes were red. When she looked up and saw Xia Lan come in, she hurriedly wiped away her tears.
"Alright, stop rubbing. I just saw Wu Tianming leave with a sullen face at the door. Your eyes are all red from rubbing so much!"
Xia Lan stepped forward and took Zhao Pandi's hand. Seeing that there was a new problem, she took a towel to wash it and came back to wipe Zhao Pandi's face.
"You...you knew all along?"
Zhao Pandi said embarrassedly that Xia Lan had discovered her relationship with Wu Tianming.
"I know nothing!"
Xia Lan shook her head.
"When I heard someone was there, I went to the door to wait."
"I only came in after I saw him come out!"
Hearing Xia Lan's words, Zhao Pandi sighed.
"Say what you want to say, or I'll pretend I don't know."
Xia Lan patted her hand to reassure her that she didn't need to feel guilty.
If she doesn't want her to know about her private affairs, she'll pretend she doesn't know.
"It's nothing serious!"
Zhao Pandi glanced at Xia Lan and said quietly.
“Brother Tianming is a good man. When he came to the village as an educated youth, he saw that we girls were illiterate, so he wanted to teach us to read and tell us that women can also hold up half the sky.”
"But you know our village, they won't allow something like that!"
“Tianming got a scolding from them, and his literacy class was suspended, but I didn’t give up. I think he was right!”
"After seeing my sister's fate, I was drawn to the freedom that Brother Tianming talked about. I kept pestering him to tell me about the world outside the village, whether it was really like he said, that women could also drive tractors."
"We gradually became more and more familiar with each other, and our relationship grew stronger..."
Upon arriving here, Zhao Pandi paused, her face flushing with embarrassment.
“He knows about the situation in the village and he understands my family’s situation. He wants to marry me and then take me with him when we can return to the city! I want to marry him, so he came to my house to propose.”
"as a result of……"
As Zhao Pandi spoke, her eyes dimmed.
Xia Lan grasped Zhao Pandi's hand.
"You don't have to say you're feeling unwell!"
Zhao Pandi shook her head and said, "Since I've already said it, then I'll finish."
"The consequence was that my mother made an outrageous demand, asking Tianming for a dowry of 500 yuan!"
"Because she said that Brother Tianming has corrupted me, and I've become more and more disobedient, and I even want to study..."
Zhao Pandi deeply regretted telling her mother about these things; she had thought her mother would be happy for her.
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