"Come in!"
Zhang Shuguang opened the gate and turned to walk towards the kitchen. He didn't know how to face Zhang Xiangnan.
If it weren't for Zhang Xiangnan, the original owner might have been in high school now. How could he have climbed trees and picked leaves to satisfy his hunger just to survive?
Zhang Xiangnan was undercover for three years, which directly led to the death of the original owner and also allowed Zhang Shuguang to travel through time.
So Zhang Shuguang didn't know whether he should hate Zhang Xiangnan or be grateful to Zhang Xiangnan.
"Mom, my dad is back."
Zhang Shuguang walked into the kitchen and said to Su Hong who was busy making breakfast.
"What did you say?"
Su Hong suspected that she was hallucinating.
"Mom, you heard it right, my dad is back."
Zhang Shuguang repeated it again.
Su Hong confirmed that she had heard correctly, and her legs went weak and she fell to the ground. She was firmly supported by Zhang Shuguang who was always keeping an eye on her.
"Mom, are you okay?"
"Xiao Guang, did he come back secretly?"
Su Hong's voice trembled. Although she kept saying that she believed in Zhang Xiangnan's character, she was mostly just comforting herself and her in-laws.
Three years ago, my father-in-law went to the army, and the army leader said in person that Zhang Xiangnan defected to northern Myanmar. How could such a rigorous place as the army make such a mistake!
"Xiaohong, I didn't sneak back here, I'm not a traitor.
At that time, I was about to carry out a secret mission. In order to gain the enemy's trust and for my own safety, I was given the identity of a traitor.
Now that the mission is complete, my identity can finally be revealed. Thank you for your hard work over the past three years!"
Seeing his wife collapsed in his son's arms, Zhang Xiangnan hurried to the kitchen and was about to support his wife.
"Do not touch me!"
Su Hong reacted violently. She pushed Zhang Xiangnan away, stumbled out of the kitchen and returned to the east room.
"Second brother?"
"My dear, look, is our second son back?"
When the old couple heard the noise and went out to see, the figure they had been thinking about day and night appeared in their own yard.
"Dad, Mom, I'm an unfilial son and have wronged you two."
Zhang Xiangnan fell to his knees in front of the two elders and explained again what had happened three years ago.
"I knew it, I knew my son wouldn't be a traitor. He was on a mission. He's a national hero."
"Victory, don't hide! This is your father, your real father!"
The old couple looked at their son, excited and incoherent, and pulled out Zhang Shengli who was hiding behind them.
They have endured too much in the past three years.
At this time, the door of the east room was opened. Su Hong's face was pale and her eyes were filled with anger. She was holding her little daughter in one hand and a bundle in the other.
"Zhang Xiangnan, now that you're back, I'm relieved. I want to divorce you.
The two sons are from your Zhang family, I don't want them, and I raised my daughter myself. You've never met her and haven't spent a penny of my allowance on her. I want to take her away."
Su Hong spoke very firmly, and her frail body seemed to contain enormous energy.
"Sister-in-law, our battalion commander is not a traitor, he is a national hero. Now that our battalion commander is back, the future will definitely get better and better. You can't leave!"
In order to relieve his leader's worries, Li Lixin quickly opened his arms and blocked Su Hong's way.
"Get out of the way, what do you know, you young man? Do I want a hero? I want a man.
How great he is! He went on a mission alone, won meritorious service and received awards, and he was honored with infinite glory. But how did our family survive?
Being labeled as a traitor's family member, he was ostracized and treated coldly everywhere.
No one wanted to work next to us, so Mom and Xiaoguang would stay away from people when they went up the mountain to pick wild vegetables.
The eldest son had excellent academic performance and always ranked first in every exam, but because of him he could not continue his studies.
The second son didn't dare go out for three years. Whenever he went out, the children would beat him, throw stones at him, and spit at him.
When my little girl was three years old, she had never left the house except to go to her grandmother's house.
Zhang Xiangnan, you are the man I like, and the son-in-law chosen by my parents after careful selection.
Marry a chicken, follow the chicken; marry a dog, follow the dog. Even if you really become a traitor or die outside, I will not escape. I will take care of your parents and raise your children for you.
Now that you're back, there's no need for me to live here anymore.
No matter how great your achievements are or how high your position is, I, Su Hong, don’t care.”
Su Hong turned and left, her back looking resolute.
"Daughter-in-law, you can't leave. If anyone has to leave, it should be Zhang Xiangnan. Mother knows you've been wronged.
If we really can't make ends meet, I'd rather not have Zhang Xiangnan as my son."
The old lady didn't bother to care about Zhang Xiangnan who was kneeling on the ground, and hurried over to pull Su Hong.
"Xiaohong, I know you must have been wronged in the past three years, but it's not as serious as you say, right?
I see that everyone is wearing new clothes. I just went into the kitchen and they have meat and fine grains to eat, so they can still make ends meet.
It's not that I don't care about my family. I also considered it seriously before carrying out the mission.
Team leader Zhang Xiangyang is my best friend, and with the help of my elder brother and sister-in-law, nothing should happen.
For the past three years, we have been suffering, thinking about home all the time."
Zhang Xiangnan knew he was in the wrong and explained patiently.
"Your elder brother and sister-in-law? What a great elder brother and sister-in-law! As soon as you got into trouble, your good elder brother came to you and asked you to sever ties with him.
Over the past three years, in order to show that they are irreconcilable with bad elements, they have taken the lead in bullying us, orphans and widows.
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