One strike after another, making a dull sound in the darkness.
Tears mingled with blood, swept away by the ever-surging seawater, all being pulled into the bottomless darkness of the ocean...
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The stars twinkled under the night sky.
A tall figure wearing an apron was stirring the food with a spatula by the stove.
The swirling smoke made the man's cold, hard features appear gentler and more serene.
Ling Huanwu, holding a kerosene lamp, reached out to snatch the spatula from his hand, saying, "I'll cook. It'll be a laughing stock if people see a regimental commander like you cooking."
"Don't pity me just because of what I just said, or treat me like royalty. I can still do this little job."
Zhou Jiuzhen stood ramrod straight with his head held high, a rare look of emotion appearing on his face. "What exactly are you saying? How could I possibly sympathize with you? You've eaten more rice than I've eaten salt over the years. Why would I sympathize with you?"
"What?"
Ling Huanwu, holding a kerosene lamp, stared wide-eyed at Zhou Jiuzhen, hardly believing her ears.
The Zhou Jiuzhen she knew was usually not one to say more than a few words, but he had just spoken such a long sentence in one breath!
Wang Guihua covered her mouth and chuckled, then pulled Ling Huanwu into the house.
"Don't mind him. He was a great cook when he was little. This kid, the more he cares about something, the more stubborn he becomes."
Ling Huanwu took the flatbread her mother-in-law handed her and started eating it, her eyes filled with admiration and curiosity. "Mother-in-law, were you the chief physician at which hospital back then?"
"besides……"
She glanced at Zhou Jiuzhen standing by the door, then lowered her voice and asked her mother-in-law, "Is Jiuzhen really not your biological son?"
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