Chapter 313
But lately, she kept having strange dreams—sometimes about Si Nian, other times about Fu Yang. In the dreams, it wasn't Si Nian and Fu Yang living sweetly together, but herself and Fu Yang.
She also dreamed that Fu Yang got into trouble during a mission, and she rushed thousands of miles to take care of him, thoroughly moving him.
Then she heard her mother say Fu Yang had gone on a mission to the northwest.
The Lin family hadn't agreed to let her visit before, so Lin Sisi thought those were just illusions and dreams caused by her strong resentment toward Si Nian.
But now, dreaming of such things again made her wonder.
After all, she was different from others—she was a person who had been reborn.
Since something like rebirth could happen, other bizarre occurrences weren't impossible to understand.
Sure enough, after some probing just now, she heard from Zhang Cuimei that there had been no news from Fu Yang for a long time.
She was in no mood to listen to Zhang Cuimei's complaints about these things.
She interrupted her and told her to go back and use her connections to ask about Fu Yang's situation.
Saying she was very worried about Fu Yang.
Si's Mother couldn't bear to tell Lin Sisi that the Fu family wanted a divorce, afraid her daughter couldn't withstand the blow.
Life here was already hard enough for her; if she found out, what if she did something drastic?
Now, seeing her still thinking of Fu Yang, Si's Mother felt a pang of bitterness in her heart.
Her Sisi had suffered far too much.
She remembered everyone, yet no one cared about her.
Heavy-hearted, she returned home, only to learn the news of Fu Yang's accident as soon as she arrived.
Si's Mother was also incredulous.
She hadn't expected her daughter to guess correctly.
Liu Dongdong had just learned about this from Si's Father. Si's Father had returned with a grim face, left again shortly after, asking where Zhang Cuimei was—it looked like a fight was brewing.
But she didn't care; these two bickering wasn't without its benefits for her anyway.
She happened to learn about this from Si's Father.
Seeing Zhang Cuimei return, she hurriedly told her that Mother Fu and Fu Qianqian had already left to take care of Fu Yang.
Zhang Cuimei hadn't expected something to really happen and panicked momentarily.
Her son-in-law was in trouble; as the mother-in-law, she couldn't just sit idly by.
Of course, the main purpose was also to worry about someone taking advantage of the situation.
After all, a man is most vulnerable when injured.
She naturally had to keep an eye out.
Although the Fu family intended to divorce, her daughter would be out of prison soon.
There might still be room for reconciliation then.
Under Liu Dongdong's persuasion, Zhang Cuimei set off for the northwest with Liu Dongdong.
The train stopped and started, and Si Nian spent most of the journey sleeping.
She didn't let the Second Child run around, as train abductions were not uncommon.
Seeing her seriousness, the Second Child didn't dare to cause trouble, amusing himself by talking to himself for hours on end.
Or playing games with Yao Yao.
Zhou Zedong spent his time either reading or playing number games. Over two days, Yu Dong hadn't beaten him once.
And so, they arrived safely at the terminal station.
The train station was still crowded, but just outside, someone was waiting for them.
It was Zhou Yueshen's orderly. Zhou Yueshen was on a mission, but this orderly wasn't qualified for that level of task, so he had stayed at the base. He was the one who had contacted Yu Dong.
Now, seeing the regiment leader's wife and several children, he stood there dumbfounded, speechless.
Yu Dong nudged him: "What are you standing there for, Lao Zhu? Call her 'sister-in-law.'"
Only then did he snap out of it, hurriedly calling out "sister-in-law" and introducing himself as Lao Zhu, Regiment Leader Zhou's orderly.
Si Nian told him not to be so formal.
But inwardly, she couldn't help but click her tongue in surprise.
Zhou Yueshen even had an orderly—quite impressive.
The three children also looked astonished.
"Is the boss back?" Yu Dong asked hurriedly as they got into the car.
Lao Zhu, who had just been stealing glances at his regiment leader's stunningly beautiful young wife in the back, thinking no wonder the leader was reluctant to come back—he wouldn't want to either if it were him—immediately straightened his face at the question, shaking his head. "A rescue team was sent in. They rescued Regiment Leader Fu a couple of days ago, but he's still unconscious. The regiment leader and Brigade Commander Wang haven't..." He suddenly realized he might have said too much and clamped his mouth shut.
Yu Dong's fists clenched involuntarily.
The three children seemed to sense something, all falling silent in unison.
The rest of the journey passed in silence.
Si Nian arrived at Zhou Yueshen's quarters.
Because arrangements had been made in advance, she got in easily.
However, before she could even finish unpacking and settling in, she saw Yu Dong rushing back in a panic, shouting excitedly, "Sister-in-law, this is amazing! As soon as you arrived, the boss is back! You really are his lucky star!"
Si Nian was surprised. "He's back? Where?"
"I just got the news, not too clear on the details yet, but he probably went straight to the hospital. I heard many people were injured by explosions."
Si Nian froze for a moment, then instructed the Eldest Child and Second Child to watch over the sleeping Yao Yao before hurriedly following Yu Dong to the hospital.
The two children, in an unfamiliar environment, were exceptionally well-behaved.
Sure enough, just as they entered the hospital, a group of medical staff rushed in pushing a number of injured people on stretchers.
Watching one bloodied person after another being wheeled in, Si Nian felt her scalp prickle. Fighting back fear, she strained to see each face clearly.
Finally, near the end, she spotted a familiar figure being helped in.
Though covered in dust and stained with blood, the tall stature and familiar outline—Si Nian recognized him at a glance.
She stood there dumbly, watching the man being helped onto a stretcher. Only when he came closer did she snap back to reality.
Zhou Yueshen, in a daze, caught sight of a familiar figure and thought he was seeing things.
He was so exhausted he was about to fall asleep, but the next second, his eyes flew open.
And indeed, he met Si Nian's familiar face.
Zhou Yueshen instantly drew a sharp breath. "Nian Nian?"
Si Nian looked at him, covered in blood—she didn't know if it was his or others'.
Because one person couldn't possibly lose that much blood and still be alive, right?
Though she had been comforting herself all along, seeing it with her own eyes still terrified her.
Her eyes reddened involuntarily, and before she knew it, tears were pattering down onto the man's body.
Zhou Yueshen immediately panicked. Forgetting for the moment how she had gotten here, he hurriedly comforted her, "I'm fine, don't worry."
Si Nian, choked with emotion and scared stiff—though her mouth remained the only hard part of her—retorted, "Who's worried about you? It'd be better if something happened to you, make it easier for me to find someone else."
Zhou Yueshen choked, coughing up a mouthful of bloody foam.
He thought, if he ever died one day, it definitely wouldn't be because of a mission.
It would be because of her.
From anger.