After a period of retching, Mei Ruojun only felt that the world was spinning, leaning on the pillow and closing her eyes to recuperate.

Ryan limped and poured a glass of water, walked to the window, and said softly, "Would you like a glass of water?" ”

Ruojun slowly opened her eyes and shook her head, she would vomit even drinking water now, so it was not necessary, she tried not to drink, looked up and saw Ryan's worried eyes, the corners of her mouth raised a smile and comforted: "I'm fine, don't worry." ”

Rui An'an shook his head painfully and said, "If I knew that pregnancy was so painful, I wouldn't be like that." ”

Ruojun smiled silently, but Ryan still couldn't suppress his curiosity, opened a pair of pure eyes, and asked cautiously, "I...... Can...... Touch him? ”

Ruojun saw his cramped and worried appearance, and couldn't help but feel pity, took the initiative to hold his hand, lifted the quilt corner, and put his hand on his stomach.

Although in fact, Ruojun was only two months pregnant at this time and couldn't touch anything at all, but Ryan seemed to feel the growth of a little life, smiled happily like a child, looked at Ruojun gratefully and said: "If it's a girl, I want her to be as beautiful as you, and if it's a boy, I want to ...... He looks as strong as Ruikang. ”

As soon as he heard Ruikang's name, Ruojun's face changed slightly, and he said, "Silly, your child, of course, is like you." ”

Ryan shook his head again and again: "No, no, no, don't...... Don't be like me...... I'm not good ......."

Ruojun touched his face in distress, Ryan lowered his head, and after a while, Ryan seemed to hesitate and slowly took out a folded square handkerchief from his arms and handed it to Ruojun.

Ruojun looked down, the word "Kang" embroidered with gold thread jumped into his eyes, and when he opened it, he saw that there was a bunch of messy threads sewn crookedly on it, just like a crooked centipede, Ruojun recognized that this was the handkerchief that was cut by Mrs. Zhou's scissors.

She couldn't help but feel a pop in her heart, she didn't know why Ryan had this handkerchief, and she didn't know why Ryan was showing her this handkerchief, she looked at Ryan in panic.

Ryan had an embarrassed and shy smile on his face, and said in a very soft voice, "I don't know how to sew, it's ugly." ”

She sat up straight in shock, staring at the handkerchief in a daze. He sewed? How is it possible, he only has his right hand to move freely, how does he thread the needle? How do you hold the cloth surface of the soft and slippery hands? Her tears were dripping down and the teardrops were watermarks on the handkerchief, and the answers to these questions didn't matter anymore, because all of them came together to the fact that his love was so deep, so delicate, so wide.

"Why?" She asked in a choked voice, her lips trembling, and tears falling uncontrollably like broken pearls.

"You embroider very hard, this is your hard work." He lowered his head and said, "Mother shouldn't have cut it......"

"Ryan, Ryan......." she held his face, he felt inferior and wanted to turn his head, she didn't follow, held his face again, she wanted to look at him carefully, look at her husband carefully, he was not ugly at all, he was the best in the world, the most gentle and considerate man, oh, her heart churned a thousand feet, involuntarily kissed his lips gently, this was the first time she took the initiative to kiss his lips, tightly, tightly climbed his neck, kissed him, he was surprised and excited to kiss her back.

After a long time, he reluctantly left her lips, looked at her nervously, and asked with moist eyes: "Ruojun, ...... you You...... Like mine too, don't you? ”

"Yes, yes, yes. Ryan, I like you, oh maybe more than like, I love you. She repeated, "Forgive me, forgive me." I made everything so bad. She repented.

Ah, how excited he was, she said she loved him, she loved him, he took her into his arms, and the two hugged each other deeply.

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The Japanese artillery came, the armored vehicles came, dozens of planes rumbled through the sky, obscuring the sun, the blue sky, and the hearts of the people. Flowers bloom, clouds gather and disperse, what is the sorrow of life, and why is it bitter to die? It's just that behind every life, how much love is gathered, how much affection? These famous, nameless beings, accompanied by the severe pain and destruction of their bodies in the flames of war, pushed the brilliance of their souls to the highest point of humanity, devotion and sacrifice!

Wanping was lost, Nanyuan was lost, Beiyuan was lost, and Xiyuan was also lost. Although the 29th Army struggled to resist, due to the disparity in military strength, the 29th Army was forced to retreat to Beiping City not long after.

The air was filled with black gunsmoke, nearby residents dragged their families and ran in the direction of Beiping City in a panic, and the medical staff in the medical shed had to start using all possible means of transportation to transfer the wounded and sick.

Ruikang was still sweating profusely to stop the bleeding of a young soldier, this young soldier was only seventeen or eighteen years old at most, a childish face was covered with blood, his left forehead was hit by a bullet, blood kept gushing out of the wound, Ruikang tried to cover his wound with a towel, while kept shouting for the doctor, but at this time there were too many wounded, and the doctors in the army were not enough at all, Ruikang watched the young soldier twitch in the crook of his arm, and his heart was sad. He didn't know what to do to save him, and the corners of his mouth were spitting blood, but a pair of black and white eyes stared at Ruikang tightly, and stammered, "I...... Am I ....... going to die? ”

Ruikang held back tears and comforted: "No, no, I'll go to the doctor." Ruikang was just about to stand up, but the young soldier grabbed his hand and said, "Don't go, I'm afraid that no one will know who I am if I die......"

Ruikang lamented in his heart, yes, in this cruel and merciless battlefield, how many young lives have passed away in obscurity, no one knows their origins, no one remembers their names, their lives are like catkins drifting in the wind, disappearing without a trace.

Ruikang knew that his injuries were too serious, his short, youthful life was about to end, Ruikang couldn't help but feel sad from it, and couldn't help but shed tears, and the young soldier said intermittently: "I...... I...... Call...... Zhao Yong, a native of Jinzhou......" After finishing speaking, a mouthful of blood spurted out.

In the past few days, Ruikang has faced many injuries and deaths, and there has been a sense of grief and anger in his heart, he can only do his best to reduce their suffering and save their lives, but now the defeat of the large army makes him feel more sad and desperate in his chest, he can see the flags of the Japanese devils not far away, their machine guns, artillery are facing our homes and relatives, and their armored vehicles are crushing our land and dignity.

Zhao Yong took out a photo from his jacket pocket with trembling hands and said, "She is...... My daughter-in-law who has not passed through the door, Wang Yan'er. ”

Ruikang sobbed and nodded, Zhao Yong held his last breath, held Ruikang's hand tightly, widened his eyes, pointed to the ground on the side, and said tremblingly: "Knife, my knife ......"

Ruikang looked to the ground, and a large iron sword was lying on the ground, this was a weapon in the hands of the soldiers of the 29th Army, and compared with the machine guns of the Japanese, their weapons and equipment were like scrap old goods. Ruikang picked up the heavy knife and put it in his hand, Zhao Yong's face twitched, revealing a sense of perseverance, and he gritted his teeth and said, "I...... Play tricks...... I want to hack those Japanese devils to death......" After all, his life came to an end, his neck was stiff, his body was straight, he convulsed a few times, and he collapsed on the bed with his eyes open.

Ruikang bowed down, buried his face in his palms, and couldn't stop crying, not so much that he was crying for Zhao Yong, but for the loss of a young life, for the love between him and Ruojun, for the thousands of lives sacrificed in the war, and for this era of suffering. The sound of Japanese artillery fire was deafening, and his heart was full of despair, and he just cried in despair.

"Ruikang!" Cheng Jiaqi ran up, pulled him up, and said hurriedly: "Hurry up, the big army is about to start retreating, let's go first, otherwise it will be very chaotic." ”

Zhou Ruikang was still immersed in grief and despair, and Cheng Jiaqi shouted loudly: "Zhou Ruikang, do you want to die? Okay, I'll die with you, and we'll sit here and wait for the Japanese to kill us. ”

"No, I'm going to go to the battlefield and kill the enemy." He took a breath, wiped away his tears, picked up the big knife on Zhao Yong's body, and was about to rush out.

Cheng Jiaqi pulled him hard, and finally she said loudly and desperately: "Are you crazy? You take a knife to fight the enemy's guns, this is to send to death, it is meaningless. Listen to me, Ruikang, you are educated, don't sacrifice in vain, you have to go to the military school first, and I will accompany you. Then we went to war together. ”

"No, Jiaqi, let me go alone. I've already killed Xu Manlin, Mei Ruoli, I can't kill you anymore. He pushed her away.

"I do" She looked at him fixedly and calmed down, "It's Ruojun who asked me to be with you." ”

Ruikang was stunned when he heard Ruojun's name, and Jiaqi raised a wry smile: "I know that you love Mei Ruojun in your heart, and I know that you are bitter in your heart." ”

Ruikang looked up at her in surprise, Cheng Jiaqi hurriedly said: "You don't care how I know, I just want to tell you, you look at what these Japanese are doing in the three eastern provinces, burning, killing, abducting, raping women, and now seeing that they are about to enter Beiping, even if you can't serve the country, you should protect your family and your lover!" ”

"Think about it, if the Japanese see Ruojun, how they will spoil her, have you ever thought about it?" Jiaqi said.

As soon as she said this, Ruikang was violently excited, oh my God, yes, why didn't he expect this, Jiaqi said again: "Let's go, go back and protect your family, to protect your beloved woman." ”

Ruikang stood up at this time, bowed to Zhao Yong's corpse, and pulled Cheng Jiaqi and the two to run towards Beiping City together.