That night, everyone gathered around the dining table to eat, but the atmosphere was quite different from the joyful one before.
The fighting on the front lines is intense, and I don't know how long we can hold out. Perhaps they'll reach Rongcheng soon. Martial law has been imposed in the city, and food prices have risen significantly.
As the commander-in-chief, Sheng Mingfu naturally could not retreat.
The Sheng family is a benchmark family in this city. With its presence, the people feel more at ease and they will not leave.
Sheng Mingfu's eyes fell on Yu Huan.
That night
Yu Huan touched Sheng Mingfu's eyebrows, smoothed out the fine lines on his frown, and comforted him: "Don't think too much, just have a good sleep."
Sheng Mingfu held her hand and kissed it on his lips.
"If they really reach Rongcheng..." Sheng Mingfu said.
Yu Huan listened to him.
"I will send you away, to a safe place. You live well and wait for me. Are you willing?" Sheng Mingfu said slowly.
"That's it." Yu Huan blinked. "I thought you were going to tell me not to leave, to live and die with you, and to go to the next grave after I die."
Sheng Mingfu chuckled softly, and put his arm around Yu Huan's waist, the two of them pressed tightly together.
"Yes," he said. "Even after I die, I will certainly not let you go."
"But I don't want to see you suffer while you're alive."
He sits in this high position, and it is his mission to protect Rongcheng. The Sheng family must advance and retreat with Rongcheng and cannot do without it.
But she is different.
He had taken her away by force in the first place, so she could leave.
He couldn't imagine what would happen to her if the city fell and she fell into the hands of the enemy because of him.
cannot.
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Life became more and more anxious. There were rarely any vendors selling things on the streets and alleys. The only bustling place was the grain store.
A newspaper boy passed by the Sheng family's door. Lin He went out to buy a newspaper and brought it in for people to read. It wasn't good news. This place had fallen, and that piece of land had also been lost.
A cloud of sorrow hangs over the heads of every Rongcheng citizen.
That day, subordinates reported that traces of the enemy were found outside the city.
Sheng Mingfu was busy until very late before returning home.
The servants had all rested. Yu Huan finished washing up and went to bed, but he was not asleep yet.
She sat up when she heard the sound, only to see him looking deeply into her eyes, unbuttoning his collar while staring at her.
His chest was open, and the undulating muscles stretched out to where they could not be seen.
Why is it so hot today...
Yu Huan looked at him with bright eyes. Sheng Mingfu snorted and chuckled, and his tall figure came down to block the light.
Lips and teeth intertwined, licking, biting and sucking, a very deep kiss, the numb and sinking soul is about to float out of the body.
And then, it wasn't just a kiss...
All his actions were more profound than ever before, and he seemed to want to keep this memory forever.
It was comfortable, but a little too comfortable. In the end, Yu Huan was so dazed that he could hardly tell the direction. He could only grab the corner of the pillow and sob softly.
Sheng Mingfu insisted on pulling her over and licking away her tears.
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Day 2
Yu Huan opened her eyes and let Sheng Mingfu help her put on her clothes. When she walked out of the inner room, she saw Lin He and Sheng Minglang waiting for her, each carrying a package.
Sheng Mingfu wanted to send them to Dingcheng, which was in the rear and much safer than Rongcheng.
Sheng Mingfu had already packed her things, including some personal belongings, clothes, jewelry, and a large amount of banknotes.
Silver notes may not be usable all the time, so I have some gold and silver, and I have prepared a lot of them.
The adjutant will deliver the food and drinks in due time, and a house has been found. Everything is arranged very well.
"If Rongcheng falls, I'll die, and you won't have to collect my body."
Sheng Mingfu stood at the door to see her off and brushed the hair by her ear, which reminded people of the time when he had snatched her into the Sheng family sedan chair and brushed her hair in the same way, but at that time he was more proud and complacent.
"But you have to live well." Sheng Mingfu held her hand tightly, and said, as if the voice came from deep within his bones, "You must, you must live well."
"Wait till I find you."
He said.
"Okay." Yu Huan responded.
The clenched hands slowly loosened.
The car started moving and the windows were lowered, isolating us from the outside world. We could only watch with our eyes as this once prosperous and familiar city was slowly left behind.
Sheng Minglang was sent out of the house only after being repeatedly warned by his parents and the old lady. Although he was still young, he had stopped crying and just leaned against the window, trying to remember what Rongcheng looked like.
No one knows whether this separation will last for one month or two months, one year or several years, or maybe it will be a farewell forever.
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Dingcheng
It was a heavily guarded city at the heart of the city. If it fell, there would be no escape.
The streets were bustling with people coming and going, and life had not yet been affected by the war.
The adjutant's car stopped in front of a relatively secluded courtyard. It wasn't a large yard, but it had a persimmon tree planted with only a bunch of small, green persimmons.
Adjutant Zhang showed them the cellar in the inner room, where there was rice, flour, grain and oil, enough for them to eat and drink for several years.
He also found a lame man and told Yu Huan and his friends to write letters and give them to the lame man if they had any problems. The lame man would find a way to deliver the letters to the Sheng family. The lame man would also give the letters written by Sheng Mingfu to Yu Huan.
After explaining all the matters, the adjutant drove away. Sheng Mingfu still had things he needed to do.
This place is naturally not as spacious and luxurious as the Sheng family mansion, but it is clean and no one complains.
The three of them cleaned up three rooms for living and put their things away.
In the evening, Yu Huan washed vegetables and rice, Sheng Minglang served plates and picked up chopsticks, Lin He fried a few dishes, and they had a simple meal.
Maybe it’s because I came to a new place and everything feels unfamiliar, and it always feels like time is passing very slowly.
After dinner, there was nothing to do and we couldn’t sleep, so we gathered together and sat in the yard to look at the stars.
Finally it was the second night.
Lin He learned the lesson from last night and felt that they couldn't let everyone have too much free time. When they were idle, they would easily have random thoughts and be full of worries, which was bad for their health.
She went to the street to buy seeds and arranged for Yu Huan and Sheng Minglang to hoe the land, water it and plant radishes in the yard.
This was really a big deal for the two of them. You dug the hole and I covered the soil. We were busy for the whole morning, ate half an extra bowl of rice at noon, and continued working in the afternoon before we finally planted the radish.
Towards evening, Yu Huan and Sheng Minglang drew water from the well to wash their hands together.
Just then, the lame man came to deliver the letter.
Yu Huan opened the letter, and Sheng Minglang squeezed beside him, eager to read it.
In the end, the whole article was written by Sheng Mingfu to Yu Huan, with not a single word mentioning him...
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