Chapter 232 Guilt

Gu Lanting's eyes were red, and veins on his forehead were prominent, as if he was trying very hard to endure it.

"I'm sorry, Sister Su Ding."

Su Ding smiled bitterly and shook her head, "This matter has nothing to do with you. I was just upset and wanted to talk to you. Lanting, I may have misunderstood my feelings for you before. Later, I married Xiaoguang and I took my heart back. In my heart, you are my brother, the same as my relatives..."

Gu Lanting hummed, "Are you really determined not to divorce?"

Su Ding sighed, "Divorce, then what? After the divorce, I will be alone again. I finally have a family."

Gu Lanting's heart was rarely filled with guilt.

He couldn't help wondering if it would have been better to let it go, why did he introduce someone to her?

"Besides, if I were single and still in contact with you, Yuan Xiao would inevitably be unhappy if he knew about it."

Gu Lanting frowned, feeling a little uncomfortable, but thinking about what she had experienced, she rarely refuted him.

Yuan Xiao was not such a stingy person, not to mention that he would keep a distance from women other than Yuan Xiao.

Su Ding stopped talking, wiped her tears and said, "I'll go back first. It will have a bad impact if someone sees us talking together."

Gu Lanting nodded and watched her leave.

The next day, Yuan Xiao learned about this from Gu Lanting and was shocked.

Yuan Xiao looked at him suspiciously: "Why didn't Sister Su Ding sleep in the same bedroom with Han Xiaoguang, but slept in the guest room?"

Gu Lanting didn't answer her, but looked at her with a heavy look in his eyes: "Xiaoxiao, not everything needs to be speculated from a suspicious perspective."

Yuan Xiao looked at him strangely, "I'm just asking casually, don't you think it's strange?"

"They didn't sleep in the same room to begin with, it's normal for them to sleep separately."

Yuan Xiao was even more surprised. They haven't slept in the same room after being married for so long?

She didn't ask any more.

Gu Lanting sat down, covered his face with his slender fingers, and sighed: "Back then, the Soviet army and we received a special mission. We hid in the rainforest for half a month. When the mission was about to be completed, we encountered savages... No, they are not human! They are much taller than adult men, as strong as bulls, and most importantly, they eat people! I saw it with my own eyes... The Soviet army was eaten by them! There were more than a dozen of us, and only I walked out."

"And they, no bones were left!"

Yuan Xiao covered his mouth, suppressing the scream in his throat.

"So... So you left the capital and went to Qushui County."

Gu Lanting lowered his head, closed his eyes, and a tear fell to the ground.

"There was no way. I had nightmares every day during that period. I dreamed that my captain and my teammates were..."

What he saw was a hundred times more horrifying than what he said.

After he came back, he was sent to the military district for psychological counseling.

However, it was completely useless.

What he didn't say was that before Su died, he shouted a few words, asking them to help take care of Su Ding.

Then, he used his special authority to transfer Su Ding to the military district hospital.

Yuan Xiao felt heavy in his heart. The life-saving grace was such a profound scene, it would never be forgotten, right?

She put her hand gently on his shoulder, silently comforting him.

Gu Lanting wiped his face, "Xiaoxiao, I don't want you to be wronged, so the favor is mine, and I will slowly repay it..."

Yuan Xiao felt mixed emotions, "You feel guilty towards Su Ding."

Because he was the one who introduced Han Xiaoguang to Su Ding.

Yuan Xiao didn't know how to react. Su Ding's move was really smart.

No wonder she didn't like Han Xiaoguang and was willing to marry him.

Retreat to advance?

But she wouldn't say these words in front of Gu Lanting.

Gu Lanting hugged her and buried his face in her belly, "Did I do something wrong?"

Yuan Xiao felt aggrieved. Su Ding was calculating and spared no effort.

"What do you think you did wrong? Shouldn't you have introduced Han Xiaoguang to her? But we are not pimps. Marriage is a matter of mutual consent. If she had shown a little reluctance at the beginning, we would not have forced her to get married, right? Lanting, you are being too picky. This is not your fault."

But the matter of Captain Su was like a heavy stone, weighing on Gu Lanting's heart for many years.

It was not something that Yuanxiao could solve with just a few words.

Gu Lanting was a little depressed at first, but after talking to Yuanxiao for a while, he felt much better.

"I'm fine. I'll go back first."

Yuanxiao held him, "Does Sister Su Ding plan to divorce?"

Gu Lanting shook his head.

"After all this happened, why doesn't Sister Su Ding get a divorce?"

Yuan Xiao really couldn't figure out what Su Ding wanted to do.

She successfully gained Gu Lanting's sympathy and guilt. Wouldn't it be best to get a divorce at this time?

"We don't have to worry about it. She can do whatever she wants."

Yuan Xiao nodded, suppressing the bad feeling in her heart.

...

In July, the weather was getting hotter and hotter.

After the final exams, Yuan Xiao officially finished her sophomore courses and entered summer vacation.

At the same time, a week was up, and she went to school to pick up the wood carving.

What surprised her was that although there were only three people, their efficiency was quite good.

There were three sizes of small, medium and large, the Great Wall, Tiananmen Square and the palace, which were portrayed vividly, and the details were very delicate.

They made more than 20 of them. Yuan Xiao paid for the labor and asked them to help move these things to the store.

More than 20 pieces were not a lot. As soon as they were put on the shelf, customers found them novel and bought several of them.

"Your things are quite practical. If you can make them smaller, it would be interesting to make them into small pendants."

His words gave Yuan Xiao an idea, and he thought about going back to add a smaller size later.

After a short while, more than twenty wood carvings were sold out.

Yuan Xiao was about to leave when he saw several middle-aged men and women approaching. "Excuse me, is your boss here?"

Yuan Xiao stepped forward. "Yes, I am."

The leading man was a little surprised. "It's such a young girl?"

He took out several picture albums from his pocket. "Did you make this?"

Yuan Xiao smiled and said, "It's from our store, but the drawings were made by students from the Academy of Fine Arts."

The man stretched out his hand to Yuan Xiao. "Hello, young comrade. My name is Ruan Guohua, and I'm also the principal of the Elementary School Affiliated to the Normal University. The people around me are all principals of various elementary schools in Beijing."

Yuan Xiao greeted them one by one. "What can I do for you?"

Ruan Guohua flipped through the picture album. "We think this picture album is very good and would like to order it from you."

Yuan Xiao was stunned. "Of course you are welcome. Do you only need the collector's edition to be placed in the library, or do you want each student to have a copy?"

"Of course, every student will have one set." Ruan Guohua said with a smile.

Yuan Xiao was a little surprised. A set costs ten yuan, so it would cost at least several thousand yuan for the first to fifth grade.

Ruan Guohua seemed to see her doubts and said with a smile: "Little comrade, you may not know that your travel notes have been designated as a must-read extracurricular series for students by the Ministry of Education. We came to order this time because it was required by the Ministry of Education."