Beacon 1937

January [-], [-], morning

Aiwen walked towards the military truck with his luggage, his gait was a little staggering, but in order to conceal the extreme discomfort in a certain part of his body, he insisted on walking with his back straight.

Seeing this, Chen Yuchen immediately grabbed the cowhide case from his hand and said, "Let me come..."

The doctor smiled and looked at him, but saw that the captain had a serious face without any smile.

Horston and several other American soldiers were saying goodbye to several Chinese soldiers including Zhao Han and Qin Wu.They also participated in several battles during the third Changsha defense war, so it is only natural for them to form friendship.

"When you get there, you must remember to eat on time... However, I think Second Lieutenant Horston will remind you if he is present." After speaking, Chen Yuchen wrapped the scarf around him tightly again, as if he was afraid of freezing.

Hearing this, Ai Wen couldn't help laughing and said: "Then I'd better remember to remind myself. John is not as careful and thoughtful as Frank. Whenever he has free time, he might sleep in a corner until the sky is dark."

Speaking of this, his smile deepened a bit, but Chen Yuchen in front of him just stared at him blankly, without the slightest smile.Seeing his expression, the American doctor immediately stopped smiling, feeling depressed.

"Evan!"

He turned his head to look at the question... Dr. Friedrich, head nurse Zhang, Yukihiko Matsumoto, and Li Ran who stopped him all came to see him off.

Li Ran, who regarded him as his elder brother, stepped forward and hugged Ai Wen.The originally skinny Chinese boy has now grown into a young man who can stand alone and is only half a head shorter than himself.

There were no extra words, just silently wishing each other all the best and peace.

Aiwen patted the opponent's back.When he moved his gaze to Matsumoto Yukihiko behind Li Ran, he realized that the Japanese boy's eyes were swollen from crying and he was still sobbing.

Dr. Friedrich told him that Ivan was leaving early this morning, which seemed to have dealt a big blow to Matsumoto Yukihiko.

"Doctor..." He still called Ivan by his honorific title, never directly calling him by his first name.

"Sorry Matsumoto, I can't take you to the Pacific Ocean, it would be safer to stay here." He stroked the back of the boy's head as always, "Do you remember what I said to you back then? Now you have integrated into this place... Although there will be a lot of helplessness in your heart, but only in this way can you get a peaceful life."

Yukihiko Matsumoto grew taller than before, but still looked very short, but his skin became fairer and fairer.There is still no flesh on his body, but the longer he grows, the more he looks like a girl.The relationship between him and Li Ran has become more and more familiar recently, and he doesn't like to cling to Ai Wen as much as before.This made the doctor feel very relieved, at least after he left, someone would be willing to continue to take care of the Japanese boy.

"I remember, I always remember." Yukihiko Matsumoto's Chinese was completely unrecognizable, and he was even better at it than Japanese. "Doctor, can I talk to you alone? Just for a while."

Ivan was taken aback for a moment, but immediately nodded in agreement.The young man took his hand and quickly walked out of the crowd, so that Chen Yuchen and the others could not hear the conversation at all.

Yukihiko Matsumoto dried up his tears and stopped crying, then took out a letter from his pocket and handed it to Ivan.

"This is..." The pure white envelope was very thick, and it felt uneven in some places, as if it contained something other than letter paper.

Ivan hesitantly opened the blank envelope and pulled out a thick stack of letter paper inside.Open it up and take a closer look. It is all written in Japanese in lower case. The font is beautiful, but Ai Wen can't understand it at all.He directly looked at the inscription on the last page, and there were four Chinese characters written there...Koji Ito.

"This is a letter from Mr. Ito..." The young man said submissively, as if he was afraid that Ai Wen would be angry.

"Where did this letter come from?" Matsumoto Yukihiko should have cut off contact with the Japanese army, so how did he get this letter?

"It was given to me by the commander's new adjutant who suddenly appeared." The boy quickly explained.

"Matsumoto, you can no longer have anything to do with them." Ai Wenyu said earnestly.

"I understand doctor... just... hope you'll take it."

The American doctor looked at the text on the letter again, and said helplessly, "But I can't understand it at all...Maybe you can translate it for me?"

He said that he was about to hand the letter to the other party, but Matsumoto Yukihiko suddenly closed his eyes tightly, took a step back and waved his hands again and again: "No, doctor, I can't read it. I promised Adjutant Endo that I will never read the contents inside."

"But I'm leaving here soon, who do you ask me to translate? It doesn't make any sense to keep things around you that you don't understand."

"I'm sorry doctor, but I can't read it for you, and you can't ask someone else to translate it. The Colonel said, 'If you ever want to know what's inside, you'll figure it out. You're so smart, you'll figure it out yourself.'"

Hearing this, Ai Wen couldn't help frowning.What is Koji Ito doing again?If he has something to say, why not use Chinese or English?But... since he doesn't want the third person to read the letter, it means that there is something in it that he doesn't want others to know.

American doctors with a strong sense of privacy decided to accept the letter.He folded the letter paper and put it back in the envelope, without looking at the things wrapped in white rice paper inside.

"Matsumoto, take good care of yourself. If you have any difficulties, I believe that Li Ran and head nurse Zhang will be willing to help you. If one day I can settle down, I will find a chance to contact you." Ai Wen strokes like a father on the boy's head.

"Yeah!" Matsumoto Yukihiko nodded again and again, with tears in his eyes.The boy suddenly hugged Ai Wen tightly and buried his head on his chest, like a child who was acting like a baby, looking very reluctant.

Ivan smiled and patted the back of his head, thankful that he pulled the child out of the quagmire.

"Ivan! We should go!"

At this time, his friend Halston suddenly called out to him.

When Ai Wen walked back to the original place, Chen Yuchen kept staring at him intently.

"...Goodbye...Chen Yuchen."

The beautiful rays of sunshine in the morning brushed away the winter clouds and mists, sprinkled on their bodies like a layer of gold leaf.His blue eyes were beautiful through the lenses.

Chen Yuchen hugged him suddenly, looking like a Westerner's etiquette, but in fact his lips were sticking to the ear of the American doctor and whispered: "I will definitely go to you."

"……Um."

Aiwen finally got on the truck to Chongqing.The moment the car started, he looked back at Chen Yuchen...

"Stand at attention...! Salute!"

Captain Chen's loud voice pierced the peaceful morning sky, and all the soldiers saluted them.

... Ivan will never forget that day and that scene.

He held his fists tightly and kept looking at Chen Yuchen until he could no longer see that figure.