"Just sit here and I'll get some water to give you your medicine, okay?"
She didn't say anything, just looked at me with her big eyes.
"Oh, all right, you come with me. Let's go."
She grabbed my clothes and followed me to the kitchen.
"Haha, Qin Chengrui, you've found yourself a young wife. Okay, your kid is capable."
The soldiers around were all joking and laughing.
My face turned red instantly and I glanced at her secretly. Fortunately, I didn't get angry.
Turning to the head cook, he said, "This is Captain Yin's daughter, now in our company. She hasn't graduated yet..."
"Captain Yin? Daddy, Daddy, no, don't die, let me out, I want to fight the enemy, I want revenge, I want revenge! Daddy, Daddy~~~"
“Wow~~Ah~~~~~~”
She knelt on the ground and burst into tears, while the soldiers stood there at a loss as to what to do.
Seeing her crying so sadly, I squatted beside her and looked at her, feeling helpless.
The company commander ran over and asked us, "What happened? Who offended her? Qin Chengrui, how did you take care of her? How did you make her cry? You little brat, you can't even complete such a mission, you you."
"It's not his fault. I just thought of my dad and started crying. Hiccup, Captain, hiccup, don't criticize him, hiccup."
The company commander laughed heartily. "You're still protecting me. Okay, stop crying. I won't talk about Qin Chengrui anymore. How are you doing now?"
"I, I'm fine. I remember everything. Commander, can I stay in your company? I have nowhere to go." She looked at our company commander with pleading eyes.
As if remembering something, he quickly said, "I can run fast and shoot accurately. My dad said I'm a good shot."
When she talked about her father, she wiped away her tears again.
The company commander said to her, "Take good care of yourself. I will report your situation to the organization. If the superiors agree, you can stay in our company. Then you will follow Qin Chengrui, the squad leader. It was he who carried you back from the battlefield."
She looked at me, nodded, and said to the company commander, "Yes, I understand."
I knew the higher-ups would agree because she was the daughter of Commander Yin and would be a soldier in my squad in our company.
Since she came with us, she drank the medicine in the kitchen, and then we walked back to the company's rest area.
"Qin Chengrui, Yin Yun."
"Here." She and I agreed in unison and stood up to look at the company commander.
The company commander walked up to us with a gun in hand, looked at her, and said, "Yin Yun, after discussion and decision by the regiment headquarters, you are now a soldier in the first squad of the second company of the third regiment. I give you this gun, and it will be your weapon from now on."
"Yes, Captain, this is Soldier Yin Yun reporting to you."
The company commander raised his hand and handed her a satchel, saying in a deep voice, "This is Captain Yin's belonging. We found it and our superiors decided to give it to you for safekeeping."
She stretched out her hands to take her father's shoulder bag and held it tightly in her arms.
The company commander patted me on the shoulder and left.
From then on, she and I were always together.
After a battle, while cleaning up the battlefield, I found a two-meter-square tarpaulin. When I turned in my spoils, I told the company commander I wanted to leave it for Yin Yun. The company commander made a note next to it in the register. The next day at noon, he handed the tarpaulin to me, asking me to keep it safe.
I quickly brushed the tarpaulin clean, rolled it up, tied it to my luggage and carried it on my back. The tarpaulin is still in my suitcase, with her belongings.
This tarpaulin has protected her from snowstorms, heavy rain, and even...
That year, she was 16 years old. We marched quickly at night, and at dawn we had to cross the river with the main force.
When they reached the river bank, the company commander ordered them to rest there.
The soldiers immediately lay down on the spot and fell asleep in seconds.
Most of the time, we rest like this, and she still lies down next to me and falls asleep.
"Beep, beep."
The rally call sounded, and the soldiers immediately woke up, dressed, and set off. A rope was pulled across the river by the troops ahead, and the following troops followed closely, each holding the rope in one hand and their rifles in the other, as they slowly crossed the river.
She walked ahead, the bright sunlight shining down on her. A military cap graced her neatly cropped hair. Her grass-green uniform had been washed to a grayish hue. Her belt was tied around her waist, and her left shoulder bag and water bottle were folded across her body.
Suddenly, a small stream of red blood drifted around her. Oh, is she injured? How could I not know?
"Yin Yun, when were you injured?" I said to the back of her head.
"What? Injured? No." She turned her head and asked in confusion.
"But, look, there's blood around you, so the wound shouldn't be serious. If you're hurt, you must tell me, I..."
"Shut up and don't say anything."
Yin Yun blushed and glared at me as she shouted at me in a low voice.
After walking a few more steps, she whispered to me again, "You, when you get ashore, help me cover up from behind."
I was baffled, but I still agreed and said, "I understand."
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