The siren of the escort vessel sounded.
Zhou Jiuzhen, preoccupied with his own thoughts, boarded the boat with Ling Huanwu and Wang Guihua.
Ling Huanwu wasn't annoyed at not seeing any surprise. She lay down in the cabin with him, her lips never drooping in a smile the entire time.
Fearing she would be disappointed, Zhou Jiuzhen didn't tell her about the missing marriage certificate. He simply instructed his guard, Xiao Wang, to retrieve the handwritten file from the island's civil affairs office before boarding the ship.
"Jiuzhen, how about we go to a photo studio in town to take some pictures later?"
"You look even fairer than me now, I'm a little embarrassed to take pictures with you."
"Look, your beard has grown back again. Luckily, I brought a razor. Let me shave it for you."
Ling Huanwu chattered on and on, then broke free from his embrace, took out soap and a razor from her bag, and pretended to shave him.
Zhou Jiuzhen was caught off guard when his arms suddenly felt empty. Seeing her smiling, crescent-shaped face, his heart softened, and he pulled her back into his arms.
"Don't move. Let your beard grow long, I just want to hug you a little longer..."
Ling Huanwu was held in his arms, curled up into a small ball, and listening to his strong heartbeat, she felt a strange sense of panic.
It seems he was just as anxious.
Just as the two of them worried that this warmth might suddenly vanish in an instant.
After the patrol boat docked, the three men were taken to the military hospital by a military jeep.
After a series of examinations, all the doctors who had seen him were astonished, saying it was nothing short of a medical miracle.
Zhou Jiuzhen used to have a large blood clot in his brain, but now only a little blood clot remains.
The doctor then inquired about the progress of memory recovery.
Zhou Jiuzhen told the truth, "Except for the memories before the age of eight, I have recovered all my other memories."
Ling Huanwu held his hand tightly beside her.
He immediately realized that he also remembered all the memories of his former comrades dying in front of him.
Besides feeling sorry for her, there was nothing she could do.
That night, they stayed at a guesthouse next to the hospital with the mother-in-law.
Wang Guihua and Ling Huanwu each helped Zhou Jiuzhen back to his room.
"You two should get some rest. I'm going to sleep now."
Wang Guihua seemed absent-minded, and her eyes were red.
After everyone left, Zhou Jiuzhen asked Ling Huanwu in confusion, "What's wrong with Mother? By the way, I haven't seen Shuyao since I woke up."
Ling Huanwu gets a headache whenever she mentions him, and her legs ache when she thinks of the triplets. "I heard that he secretly smuggled himself to Hong Kong yesterday morning. Maybe his mother felt sad when she thought of her three little ones."
How could I not feel bad? After all, my mother-in-law has taken care of the three children for more than a year, and we have a deep bond with her.
Zhou Jiuzhen nodded and took her hand. "If only we could call them and find out where they are, so that Mother could talk to the children."
Ling Huanwu massaged his legs, which hadn't fully recovered their strength, and said thoughtfully, "Don't worry, in a few years, we'll be able to make phone calls to Hong Kong."
"Okay, you go to sleep first, I'll draw some blueprints for a while."
She suddenly remembered that Xiao Bao disappeared as soon as she landed in Hong Kong in her previous life, and couldn't help but feel a little worried.
Although many things have changed in this life, and the triplets are no longer her children, she is still very frightened.
She tried her best not to think about it and took out the blueprints to draw several summer work clothes that saved on fabric.
Ling Huanwu was busy until midnight before she finally went back to bed, turned off the lights, and went to sleep.
She booked a room with a double bed, just in case Zhou Jiuzhen got too excited again in the middle of the night.
She had barely climbed into her own bed when Zhou Jiuzhen, who was in the next bed, slipped into the covers and tucked her feet in to warm them up.
Ling Huanwu was so sleepy that she mumbled, "Why aren't you asleep yet..."
Before she could finish speaking, this man, who was all talk and no action, kissed her lips...
The next day.
When Ling Huanwu woke up, she found herself lying face down on Zhou Jiuzhen's broad chest, having been carried there without her noticing.
She looked up and met the resentful gaze of the man below, as if he were looking at a heartless man.
Ling Huanwu was confused, thinking it was because her saliva had soaked a large area of his shirt. She said somewhat awkwardly, "Who told you to carry me to sleep on your lap? Besides, I didn't mean to get your shirt wet!"
One sentence added fuel to the fire in Zhou Jiuzhen's eyes, almost causing him to lose control on the spot.
Ling Huanwu, however, didn't feel she had done anything wrong. She just noticed his tightly furrowed brows and quickly sat up to check if there was anything she had pressed on him and hurt. "Does it hurt here? How about here?"
Her small hands groped all over Zhou Jiuzhen's body. Zhou Jiuzhen's eyes reddened, and he felt as if his whole body was being roasted on a fire by this woman. He grabbed her wandering wrist.
"Comrade Ling, did you do this on purpose?"
"ah?"
Ling Huanwu, still half asleep, didn't understand what he meant.
The next second, Zhou Jiuzhen sprang up with amazing strength, grabbed the back of her head, and kissed her again.
Ling Huanwu was completely bewildered.
She hasn't brushed her teeth yet.
Just as the room was getting warmer, there was a rapid knocking on the fragile door of the guesthouse, followed by the mother-in-law's anxious cries, "Jiuzhen, Huanwu, something bad has happened, open the door quickly!"
The two people who were originally glued together like magnets suddenly jumped up.
Ling Huanwu hurriedly got out of bed to open the door, terrified out of her wits.
Since my mother-in-law is never usually so loud and boisterous, something serious must have happened.
As soon as the door opened, she saw her mother-in-law with tears in her eyes. She immediately grabbed Ling Huanwu, her hands trembling, and whispered, "Someone just slipped a note into my room saying that Xiaobao has been kidnapped in Hong Kong. What should we do now!"
Ling Huanwu's heart skipped a beat; it was unbelievable that the events of her previous life would repeat themselves in this one.
She quickly closed the door, not wanting Zhou Jiuzhen to worry, and went back to her room with her mother-in-law.
The mother-in-law handed her the note, tears streaming down her face from the worry in her eyes. "How are we supposed to contact Shuyao? Is what's on this note true or false?"
Ling Huanwu went out and looked around in the corridor. She hugged her mother-in-law and tried to comfort her. "Mom, this news may not be true. The person who sent the note is definitely following us. They must have some purpose. Don't worry, I know people in Hong Kong. I'll use my connections to get a call to Hong Kong tomorrow. Xiao Bao will be fine!"
With Ling Huanwu's comforting words, the mother-in-law gradually calmed down and was willing to go to bed.
Looking at her mother-in-law sleeping, Ling Huanwu felt a mix of emotions.
In her previous life, her mother-in-law couldn't bear the shock of Zhou Jiuzhen's death and passed away herself.
In this life, she must protect everyone and prevent her mother-in-law from suffering any harm.
We must ensure she enjoys her remaining years in peace and comfort.
She picked up the note and looked at it again and again, and two suspicious people naturally came to mind.
Is it Zhao Jingxiang, the one who secretly wanted to destroy the cooperative?
Is it still Qin Jinshen, who was released back to Hong Kong a while ago?
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