"Woo~" I rubbed my sleepy eyes. "Uh… what time is it?" I looked at my watch. "Oh~" I yawned long, "it's already afternoon…"
"Naruko? You're awake. Are you going to eat?" Mom asked with concern.
"Oh, mom, not eating, I'm going out to play."
"Then come back early! Ah, this kid…"
I quickly ran out before Mom changed her mind. As soon as I got to the little forest, I saw Hǔzi and Xiaofei. I walked over and saw that they were actually playing chess.
"Hey, Chen Ming? Long time no see, what have you been up to lately?"
"Me? Lately I feel like giving you a good beating."
"Eh~ Eh~ Brother Ming, stop, it hurts!" Xiaofei said.
Xiaofei has been doing pretty well recently.
Xiaofei covered her ears and grinned, saying, "Brother Ming, you're not doing that well."
"By the way, Brother Ming! This guy was still teasing me this morning! Help me deal with him."
At this moment, seeing Xiaofei losing momentum, Hǔzi took the opportunity.
"Qin Hu!…" Xiaofei said softly, grinning.
"Alright, alright, we're all good friends, don't try to stir up brotherly feelings." I quickly tried to smooth things over when I noticed something was off.
Xiaofei then interjected: "Right, Brother Ming's right, unlike Hǔzi." Xiaofei didn't forget to glare at Hǔzi.
"Alright, what are we playing today?" someone started.
"Let's go up the mountain!…"
"Ugh, so tired," drenched in sweat, I felt quite miserable.
When I walked through the doorway, I smelled the aroma of food. Like a hungry dog, I rushed inside, sat on a stool, and asked Mom, "What's for dinner? Smells so good!"
I sniffed a couple of times, "Wow, it smells amazing!"
Mom just put a plate of pork ribs on the table. I quickly devoured them. Mom then asked me, "What did you see in that warehouse?"
When I heard this, I froze, my heart sank.
"Mom, I'm sorry…"
"Are you sorry to me? It was your own doing! Although there weren't many dangerous things inside, what if…"
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, Mom, I was wrong."
Seeing Mom's eyes a bit teary, I quickly apologized.
"Huh? Mom, do you know what's inside? Then do you know what that letter means?"
"Mm-hm."
"Then can you tell me?" I asked urgently. Mom was momentarily speechless.
"Alright, since you've already seen it, I'll tell you this secret."That was on a wolf mountain on the border of Sichuan. Your father, Chen Zheng, was deployed in a certain city in Sichuan as the company commander. At that time, your father was ordered to take Leishan because a smuggling gang passed through there and they needed to eliminate the enemy.\Leishan was full of mines, dangerous everywhere, life-threatening at every step. At that moment, a mine detector suddenly failed, missing one mine, causing a new soldier behind to step on it. This new soldier didn't even realize he stepped on a mine and continued forward…\At this point, your mother paused for a moment, then continued: “That new soldier triggered that mine. It turned out that the mine was a chain mine, causing the other mines to explode as well… Later, in the entire company, only your father and some other new soldiers survived. I couldn't help but marvel at how brutal it must have been at that time!” “Then what does that flower in the mother's envelope mean?” “Flower? I don't know. Anyway, Ninko, you can't tell anyone, understand?” “Okay.” Later, I remained immersed in that war.
