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"Sigh, all these years you’ve said you had a bad life, ostracized by that family, we knew they’d surely treat you poorly, but never imagined this. That family did such beastly things to you. You keep everything to yourself, why didn’t you tell us?" Grandma Lin sat on the bed, her mind filled with images of her eldest son being abused by that family. She could easily imagine her eldest son’s helplessness back then.
"Mom, it’s all in the past now. I didn’t tell you because I didn’t want you to feel sad. Now it’s all over, don’t worry, this ti we won’t be soft-hearted, we’ll definitely deal with them thoroughly." Lin Guozhi wasn’t rciful. He hated those two elders the most, and once they were punished, he planned to let the others go. He didn’t expect that, all these years, Li Yongfang hadn’t improved at all.
If they hadn’t caused trouble, quietly lived their own lives, and stayed out of my sight, things could have been different.
But they even had the thought of murder, I’m fine, but I can’t ignore my family. What if soday, when I’m not around, they target Nannan and Ah Hui? That would be unbearable.
This matter must be dealt with.
"If you ask , they should all be locked up. Better not let them out." Grandma Lin said.
"Yes, yes, don’t worry about it, you don’t need to worry, my brother and I won’t let them have an easy ti." Lin Guowen reassured the elderly.
Lin Wan and her mom waited outside for quite a while before they saw Grandpa coming out with Dad and Second Uncle.
They probably discussed how to deal with the Li Family. They didn’t know what was decided, as Brother Anliang and her brother didn’t let them know the details.
When they ca out, everyone was solemn, mainly because they felt sad hearing about what Dad went through as a child.
"Dad," Lin Wan called, eyes red as she held Lin Guozhi’s hand when they left.
Lin Guozhi looked at his family’s solemn faces, sighed helplessly, and said with a nonchalant smile, "The past is past. Back then, when I was young, it didn’t feel so hard. Later, the best decision I made was to change places and nas, and go to Kao Shan Village, completely severing ties with that family. The happiest years were when I was with your mom. I don’t regret... otherwise I might never have t your mom in this lifeti." Lin Guozhi said, turning to hold his wife’s hand beside him, "Right, Nannan?"
Liang Hongi’s originally heavy mood was completely lightened by his words. She had said so many tis not to call her that in front of the kids and daughter-in-law, but he never listened.
Lin Yinghui felt that their parents had a tough life for the first half, and finally when they could live a good life together, they should let go and not have reservations.
They didn’t mind, seeing their parents happy made them happy too.
Originally a pleasant little New Year’s Eve was marred by the Li Family’s antics. But given their family’s penchant for disruption, if it wasn’t today, it would be another day.
It’s better to resolve it early for peace of mind.
Although Lin Wan didn’t know how Grandpa and Uncle planned, she could assure it wasn’t done through regular channels.
When they returned ho, they found a military bag in the living room, and a pair of n’s shoes at the door. Before anyone could react, Lin Wan quickly ran upstairs.
Liang Hongi understood, holding Little Star, and said, "Look at your mom, having your dad back, you don’t get her attention, Little Star, do you?"
"Dada... Dad..."
"Hey, Little Star knows Dad! Co, let Auntie carry you up to take a look." Mu Qing cleverly took the child, made a circle in the living room, but didn’t actually go upstairs.
In a few minutes, Lin Wan returned downstairs.
"Did Han Yi co back?" Lin Yinghui asked.
"Yes, he ca back, probably too tired, fell asleep in the room." He didn’t know when he last slept, even when she called him several tis upon entering the room, he didn’t wake up, sleeping deeply.
"He must’ve been busy traveling, not sleeping well, let him rest properly. Tomorrow morning we have to travel quickly."
"Or maybe leave in the afternoon, let the child have a good rest." Lin Guozhi knew what Han Yi had been through but didn’t want the family to worry.
"That works too."
Liang Hongi worried her son-in-law was traveling without eating, so she cooked a small pot of porridge on the stove.
If he woke up in the middle of the night, Xiao Wan could get him sothing to fill his stomach.
Lin Wan agreed, and was about to take Little Star upstairs to sleep. But Saozi nudged Little Star aside with a smile and said, "Xiao Wan, you go back to sleep, Little Star probably won’t sleep for a while, if he goes inside, he might wake Xiao Yi and affect his sleep. Let the child sleep with us tonight."
"Saozi, how can it be alright, will you take care of the child?" Lin Wan laughed.
"I used to take care of Little Star often too, go sleep. The kid, my Saozi and I will manage." Back when Xiao Wan was in school at night, he also took care of the child often.
Seeing her brother and sister-in-law insisting, Lin Wan let Little Star stay with them.
Lin Wan returned to the room, quietly, looking at the unkempt face. She didn’t know how much he suffered.
Feeling sorry seeing Han Yi like this, she actually didn’t realize Han Yi was just tired from traveling.
He didn’t co back with the main force but caught a ride with soone else’s car. He disliked that others’ cars were too slow, so he helped the truck driver drive along the way. Except for occasionally closing his eyes from exhaustion, he barely slept in recent days.
This task ended, they first returned to the Capital City’s military era camp to report. Among those injured during the mission, seven or eight had to retire due to serious injuries. Of course, among the retired soldiers, there were Li Bangguo and Sha Jianqiang, who are currently detained by the military era, awaiting further review.
Originally, with less severe casualties, due to the intelligence issue. i Langchi is still being questioned at camp by the team. There’s little doubt that this officer’s military role is ended.
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Lin Guozhi and Liang Hongi returned to the room, Liang Hongi lay on the bed holding Lin Guozhi, neither spoke.
In the silence, the best comfort.
"Guozhi, if back then I hadn’t stuck to you, chased you, would you have ever looked at ?"
Lin Guozhi laughed, "Maybe not, back then I hadn’t thought about marriage, my future was still uncertain."
"Then why did you agree later?"
"Later... there was a little girl who always lingered in front of , then?"
"Then what happened?"
Lin Guozhi smirked, gently pecking Liang Hongi’s lips, "Then the more I looked, the more pleasing she beca, the more I liked her."
"Old flirt, improper."
"Who ran shalessly around a big man back then?"
"Who made you so handso, making girls in our village secretly admire you? You were so popular back then. The man of my dreams should be like this. I finally caught one, of course, I wouldn’t miss out."
"Foolish... what if I were like Wu Guodong back then?"
Liang Hongi glanced at him and said, "I wasn’t as foolish as Lan Hua, giving herself before marriage."
Lin Guozhi laughed, said nothing, and hugged his wife, "My Nannan is clever."
"Guozhi, if only I lived next door to you back then, I’d make sure you didn’t get hurt so much."
"You weren’t even older than , how could you protect ? It wasn’t bad originally. Look at , I learned to cook from a young age, even studied different dishes. When you were pregnant with Ah Hui, wasn’t it who cooked for you?"
Liang Hongi didn’t reply, entwined her legs with Lin Guozhi’s body, holding him tighter.
"Feeling bold now, the kids are all ho today." Seeing his wife’s initiative, Lin Guozhi raised his brows and smiled.
"In our room, they can’t see. When I missed you before, I secretly looked at your photos, not letting them know. Even now, they don’t know we have a photo together."
"Silly goose, if you showed them that photo sooner, our reunion wouldn’t be so late."
"Who would think of that? I didn’t let them see because I feared they’d hate you. Actually, as they grew up, they rarely ntioned you."
"Sigh... let’s not talk about the past. But this ti back, I must teach that beast Li Fugui a lesson..." Lin Guozhi feared saying what he really thought might scare Nannan, so he quickly rephrased.
"Yes, he deserves it. Without him, the kids and I wouldn’t have suffered so much. My parents might still be alive."
"Good, I’ll teach him a hard lesson. Tell , who else should I deal with? This trip back, I’ll sort them all out."
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