Reborn in the 1970s, the cold soldier is a bit sweet

After seeing Aunt Zhang off, Wang Xiaoxiao stood at the entrance of the courtyard, looking up at the sky. The setting sun was like blood, reflecting the sunset on the horizon red.

After a long time, she sighed and turned back to the house.

Sitting on the sofa, Wang Xiaoxiao thought about what Aunt Zhang said just now.

Li Guoliang's death was a bit unexpected, and what made her even more unexpected was the cause of his death.

Aunt Zhang said, "Commissar Zhang was afraid that Chu Xingchen would feel uncomfortable, so he asked her to comfort him." But she didn't know how to comfort him, and she felt that comforting him would only make him feel worse.

After being in a daze for a long time, Wang Xiaoxiao got up and decided to cook first.

There were a lot of dry goods that her mother-in-law brought when she came before. Mushrooms, fungus, and shiitake mushrooms were all Chu Xingchen's favorite foods. She soaked some of them and used them for cooking.

Chu Xingchen was busy until about nine o'clock in the evening before he finished what he was doing. He rubbed his temples, took out a pack of cigarettes from the drawer, smoked one, lit it, and smoked slowly.

When the cigarette burned out, he threw it under his feet and stamped it out. He stood up and bent over to pick it up, threw it into the garbage dustpan nearby, turned and walked out the door.

Wang Xiaoxiao was still sitting on the steps in front of the door, waiting. When she heard the familiar footsteps approaching from far outside the courtyard, she rubbed her numb and weak legs, got up and limped towards the entrance of the courtyard.

Chu Xingchen stretched out his hand to open the door when someone opened the courtyard door from inside.

Wang Xiaoxiao had a smile on his face as always: "Chu Xingchen, you are back."

"Ah."

Chu Xingchen walked in, closed the courtyard door, took her hand and walked into the house: "Have you been waiting for a long time?"

Wang Xiaoxiao followed his steps: "No, just came out."

Chu Xingchen lowered his head and glanced at her somewhat unsteady steps, his heart as clear as a mirror.

There was a faint smell of smoke in his nose, and Wang Xiaoxiao guessed that he might be in a bad mood, otherwise why would someone who doesn't usually smoke smoke smoke.

She tried to act casual, as usual, to make it easier for him.

After returning to the house, Wang Xiaoxiao twitched the hand he held: "Wash your hands and eat."

"it is good."

Chu Xingchen let go of her hand and turned to walk to the bathroom.

At the dinner table, Wang Xiaoxiao was still sharing his daily life with him as usual. Chu Xingchen listened and replied with a sentence or two from time to time, but today he was a little absent-minded.

Wang Xiaoxiao sighed silently in his heart. It seemed that Li Guoliang's incident had a great impact on him.

After the meal, the two of them leaned on the sofa to eat.

Chu Xingchen held her waist with one hand and put the other hand casually on the sofa.

Wang Xiaoxiao leaned on his shoulder with half-closed eyes.

Suddenly he asked: "Are you going to work tomorrow?"

"Well, the holidays go by so fast. A few days go by in the blink of an eye. What should I do if I don't want to go to work?"

Wang Xiaoxiao pouted as if acting coquettishly or complaining.

A faint smile appeared on Chu Xingchen's lips: "Then I won't go."

Wang Xiaoxiao pursed his lips: "No, I won't have money to spend if I don't go to work."

Chu Xingchen rubbed the top of her hair: "Don't be afraid, I will support you."

At this point, Wang Xiaoxiao almost couldn't help but complain: "I don't want to be a canary."

She wants to be an eagle spreading its wings and flying.

Chu Xingchen's hand on her waist tightened: "Do you know everything about Li Guoliang?"

This topic was a bit too much, and Wang Xiaoxiao was stunned for a few seconds before he responded: "Yeah, I understand."

She sat up straight, put her hands around his neck, kissed the corner of his mouth, hesitated for a moment and then asked: "Are you okay?"

Chu Xingchen shook his head, lowered his eyes, and said in a low voice, "I wanted to push him away, but I didn't have time."

The speed of the bullet was so fast that it was too late for him to notice that Li Guoliang was coming.

He would rather that shot hit himself.

Chu Xingchen told Wang Xiaoxiao what happened at that time in a slow voice.

Wang Xiaoxiao leaned against his chest, listening to his heartbeat and his words of self-blame, feeling very uncomfortable.

This emotion lasted until the next morning, when she finally couldn't help but explode.

Early in the morning, Chu Xingchen went out after breakfast. He had been quite busy these two days.

Wang Xiaoxiao ate breakfast slowly and cleaned up the kitchen before setting off. Not long after leaving the house, he saw many military wives gathering together and talking.

"Do you all know about the sacrifice of Captain Li Guoliang?"

"Of course we know about such a big thing. I heard that he died blocking the gun for Captain Chu."

"Yes, yes, that bullet was originally aimed at Commander Chu, Commander Li...sigh."

"Isn't that right? If Captain Li hadn't been here, the one who was brought back would have been... Alas, this Captain Li died..."

"That's right, this is a human life, Commander Chu...sigh."

The more Wang Xiaoxiao listened, the angrier she became. She shouted loudly: "What do you know? Why do you say that?"

Li Guoliang died, but the team saved the last bit of dignity for him and did not announce his treason.

As for what happened yesterday, if Li Guoliang had not acted impulsively, Chu Xingchen would have been injured, but the serious injury would have healed sooner or later.

And when he blocked that shot, he lost his life, making others mistakenly think that he had exchanged his own life for Chu Xingchen's.

Chu Xingchen was obviously not wrong, so why should he bear the debt of these lives?

Wang Xiaoxiao felt a little resentful towards Li Guoliang at this time. He had died a hundred times, leaving this mess for others to bear.

The military wives didn't notice Wang Xiaoxiao's arrival. They were embarrassed when they looked at her. They smiled at Wang Xiaoxiao with a somewhat embarrassed look on their lips, and then quickly evacuated.

"Well...I have to go back home beforehand."

"Oh, I suddenly remembered something."

"..."

In an instant, everyone who was talking was gone.

Wang Xiaoxiao stood there, her chest rising and falling rapidly. She took a deep breath and tried to calm down her emotions.

After getting in the car, she said to Wu Jianguo who was driving: "Comrade Wu, please go to the team first."

Wu Jianguo responded: "Okay."

The car stopped at the entrance of the team. Wang Xiaoxiao opened the door and got out of the car, then walked straight to Chu Xingchen's office.

She didn't know what to say or do when she saw him, but she just wanted to see him.

In the office, Chu Xingchen lit a cigarette and smoked it, and couldn't help but think of some things from the past.

When he first joined the team, he was only sixteen, young and energetic, and he was inevitably a little frivolous. When he performed his first mission, he was almost arrested by the enemy for underestimating the enemy. At that time, Li Guoliang even helped him.

In fact, when he first joined the army, his relationship with Li Guoliang was pretty good. But at some point, he hated himself so much that he went astray.

He wasn't sad, he just felt it was a pity...

"Cough cough..."

Suddenly there was a coughing sound in the office. Chu Xingchen came back to his senses and saw Wang Xiaoxiao a few steps away from him.

He quickly put out the cigarette in his hand and stepped forward: "Daughter-in-law, why are you here?"

Wang Xiaoxiao stretched out his hands towards him: "Give me a hug."

Chu Xingchen paused for a moment, then hugged her into his arms.

He asked softly in her ear: "What's going on?"