Lu Jingchuan came back an hour later. This time he went in through the door. He knocked and came in and asked softly, "Linglong, is Auntie awake?"
"I'm awake. You woke up when I brought you the chicken soup. Come in."
Bai Linglong called him in. He looked outside and saw that no one was watching him in the corridor. He closed the door and asked him, "Is that person gone?"
"I asked Taozi to check on him before and found out his background. I just asked the police to cooperate and scared him away."
Lu Jingchuan walked into the house and saw the elder looking at him with his eyes wide open. He hurried over to greet her, "Auntie, hello, my name is Lu Jingchuan."
Bai Shuixian looked him up and down. He was indeed a very outstanding gay man in terms of appearance and temperament. The corners of her mouth curled slightly, "Hello, Xiao Lu. I was just talking about you with Linglong. I also heard about your acquaintance. I really appreciate you paying the medical expenses in time yesterday."
"Auntie, it's just a small favor, you're welcome."
Lu Jingchuan handed the lunch box to Bai Linglong and changed the subject: "Linglong, is Auntie ready to eat? Do you want to feed her?"
"The doctor said to try to eat soft liquid food today. I just fed him chicken soup and chicken."
"Xiao Lu, I just ate. I'm not hungry anymore." Bai Shuixian continued, and then said to her daughter: "Linglong, you should eat quickly. I want to talk to Xiao Lu."
"good."
Bai Linglong pointed to the bench beside the bed and motioned Lu Jingchuan to sit over there. She stood beside him with her lunch box and ate.
"Xiao Lu, I heard everything about your blind date with Linglong yesterday."
"Linglong is my only daughter. She is a sensible child. I will not interfere in her marriage and love affairs. I respect her own choice."
Seeing his elders so open-minded, Lu Jingchuan glanced at Bai Linglong with a smile in his eyes. "Auntie, although the process of Linglong and I meeting each other was a bit dramatic, I believe this is a marriage destined by heaven. I am a soldier, and I can assure you in the name of a soldier that as long as Linglong agrees, I will treat her well for the rest of my life."
Bai Linglong, who was standing next to him eating, had a slightly stiff expression. Was he too proactive?
Or maybe, are all marriages nowadays so positive and fast?
Bai Shuixian was not particularly moved by his words. She stared at the ceiling, as if recalling something. She was silent for several seconds before speaking: "Xiao Lu, you are a soldier, a special profession. Auntie also knows that being a soldier is a sacred and inviolable profession, but profession and morality are two different things."
"Having lived and grown up in the military, you should have some understanding of the people around you. Your comrades, colleagues, and leaders are undoubtedly heroes who stand for national justice, but how much have they sacrificed for their families and marriages?"
"Not everyone in this world has noble morals, including soldiers. I believe that among your comrades, there are certainly some with problematic thoughts and work styles."
"So, you don't need to promise me anything in the name of a soldier, nor do you need to make a promise or swear an oath."
"Things like vows of love may sound beautiful and touching, but as time passes, they may become a shackle, or even a label of ridicule left on the road of life."
Her voice was as gentle and clean as mountain spring water. She spoke slowly and had a unique charm, but her words were like a textbook, leaving Lu Jingchuan at a loss as to how to respond.
Looking into her eyes and capturing the inextricable complexity in them, Lu Jingchuan was certain at that moment that she was a person with a story.
Bai Linglong was also listening quietly, and every word her mother said fell clearly into her ears.
She agreed with what her mother said. She felt that her mother was really clear-headed when it came to love and marriage. The military profession was a sacred one, but there were also some morally corrupt scum among them.
In my previous life, I have seen many such cases on the Internet, and many military wives who are glorious in front of others but suffer behind their backs.
"Auntie, what you said is correct. Occupation and morality are two different things and should not be confused. I was not thoughtful enough."
"Although this blind date with Linglong turned out to be a big mistake, I believe this was a meeting destined by heaven."
"We had never met or known each other before, and I knew it was too hasty to talk about marriage all of a sudden, but I trust my intuition, and I knew at first sight that she was the one I was looking for."
"Actually, I won't make any promises or anything fancy. The only thing I can be sure of is that I will be true to my heart and absolutely loyal to my marriage."
At this point, Lu Jingchuan paused briefly, his expression even more serious than before. "I've told Linglong before that my family situation is a bit complicated. My parents are divorced, and the main reason for the divorce is my father's infidelity. To be honest, my parents' divorce had a profound impact on me. I extremely hate people who are unfaithful in their marriages and those who are irresponsible to their families."
Bai Shuixian listened quietly, and when he finished, she sighed, "When a marriage is unhappy and the family is not harmonious and happy, the ones who suffer the most are the children."
Lu Jingchuan agreed with her. He and Bai Linglong were of the same kind in this respect.
Compared with their fathers, although his father made mistakes in marriage, he was decent to them and his brothers and tried his best to make up for it in life. This is a thousand times better than Bai Jianren.
"Xiao Lu, Auntie has seen your determination. I still say the same thing. I respect Linglong's own choice, and I also respect the pursuit of ideas of you young people."
"I only have one request. If you both recognize each other and are together, please give Linglong enough respect and trust while you are in love, and protect her as well as you can. If you no longer love each other and can no longer walk hand in hand, please also respect Linglong and give her face, and don't let today's beauty become a mockery."
Bai Linglong's heart trembled when she heard her mother's words. She was not sentimental at the moment, but her eyes became hot and her voice choked up a little: "Mom."
Bai Shuixian said this to Lu Jingchuan, speaking from the heart. Her gentle voice was tinged with complex emotions. "Linglong, Mom doesn't want you to follow in my footsteps and walk the same path I walked."
"Mom, no."
Bai Linglong put down the dishes in her hands, walked over and held her hand tightly, her eyes red: "There are thousands of scumbags in the world, but we mother and daughter may not be so unlucky to meet one."
"Although this bastard at home is hateful, we can't assume that all men in the world are scum just because of this one bad apple. If we use a magnifying glass to search, we can always find a few good ones."
Bai Shuixian was amused by her words, and the discomfort suppressed in her heart dissipated a little. The corners of her mouth raised: "You are right."
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