Before Yu Tang could get home, he smelled the familiar aroma of food. It was engraved in the depths of his mind, only during the Spring Festival every year, the taste of memory.

It is the taste of mother's specialty dish.

Yu Tang's steps became more brisk, he ran to the door of the house, and shouted, "Mom, I'm back!" ”

"Hey!" A middle-aged woman in an apron heard this and ran out of the kitchen, her mouth in response. is Yu Tang's mother, Yu Lingping.

Hearing his mother's voice, the dam built in his heart quickly collapsed after the boy had experienced so many horrific things in just a few days.

Tears flowed uncontrollably from Yu Tang's eyes.

For the first time in so many years, Yu Tang noticed that the green silk on his mother's head had begun to gradually turn white, and his face was no longer the delicate and agile in his memory, but became haggard and aged a lot in the tempering of the years. Thinking back to the contempt and even abuse he had for his mother in those years, his heart ached as if he had been pricked by thousands of needles.

"Mom, I'm sorry for your hard work all these years." Yu Tang rushed over and hugged Yu Lingping tightly.

"I was wrong a few years ago, I ......" Yu Tang was interrupted by Yu Lingping before he finished speaking.

"Son, don't say it, it's all over. It's my mother who is incapable and can't take care of you" Yu Lingping also hugged her baby son tightly at this time and cried with relief.

Grandma and Tang Wangdao were standing at the door of the living room at the moment, and when they saw this scene, they both had happy smiles on their faces.

"Mom, I'm going to give you a hand. Your cooking is so delicious! I smell it from afar! Yu Tang wiped his eyes with the sleeve of his school uniform and said to Yu Lingping with a smile.

"You kid, you've been gluttonous since you were a child. Your dad went to buy a bag of your favorite pastrami beef when he was shopping for New Year's goods today, and I'll fry it with chili noodles later. I remember you loved this snack when you were a kid. Yu Lingping touched her son's head and said angrily.

"Yay! Long live Mom! Yu Tang happily ran to the kitchen.

"Hey, you kid, slow down!" With a smile on her face, Yu Lingping also followed into the kitchen.

This night is the happiest reunion night in Yu Tang's memory since he was born. When he was in elementary school, he was always envious of other classmates, who could have their parents by their side and protect them all the time. Every day after school, the classmates greeted their parents who were waiting at the school gate, and some talked and laughed, and walked in pairs, while Xiao Yu Tang could only walk home alone and alone.

In Yu Tang's memory, every Friday is his happiest moment, because on this day his grandmother will come to the town to buy the ingredients for the week, and then come to the school gate to pick him up. However, there were still no classmates who paid attention to him. Everyone has already formed their own fixed circle of friends, and he has always been outside each circle and is rejected by his classmates. It wasn't until he was rescued by Wang Qu when he was 10 years old, and the two met, and Yu Tang could be regarded as a friend in the true sense. But the seeds of inferiority have long taken root in his heart, so Yu Tang has been dissatisfied with his parents since he was a child, and even resentful.

After dinner, Yu Tang sat with his parents and grandmother under the tree in the yard to make tea and chat. The moon and stars are scarce, the scenery is intoxicating, and the passage of time seems to be frozen at this moment.

It was getting late, Yu Lingping and Tang Wangdao took care of their grandmother and went back to their rooms after sleeping, while Yu Tang lay on the rocking chair that his grandfather had placed in the yard before, looked at the beautiful starry sky, and gradually closed his eyes.

What no one noticed was that in the distant night, a faint fire was rising.

Early the next morning, Yu Tang said goodbye to his parents and went to school.

When Yu Tang walked into the school, he found that the atmosphere in the classroom was not quite right. The students did not talk and laugh as they did the day before yesterday, but everyone had a trace of panic and fear on their faces.

The head teacher, Lao Wu, walked in and said loudly, "Quiet! ”

The whispers in the classroom suddenly fell silent.

Lao Wu pushed his glasses with his hand, and Yu Tang noticed that his hands were also trembling slightly.

"You all know yesterday's news, right?" Lao Wu's voice actually trembled rarely. But he still restrained his emotions a little, and continued, "The war is spreading rapidly. I have been notified by my superiors that we are likely to be affected here, and I hope you will ......"

Before the words fell, a bang was heard in the distance, and the glass of the classroom was shattered in an instant.

"Ahh The students were in a mess and rushed to the outside of the classroom. "Don't panic! Follow our usual drills! Lao Wu scolded loudly, trying to stop the few classmates in front of him who were already scared and lost their minds. But with a middle-aged man over half a hundred years old, how can he stop this group of young students who are rushing out like a bison at the moment? Lao Wu was even rushed out by the crowd, and his voice was gradually drowned out in the panicked crowd.

As soon as Wang Qu wanted to run out, he was stopped by Yu Tang.

"What's the situation?" Yu Tang asked.

"Yesterday, the Eagle Falcon Kingdom declared war on the Shenzhou Continent. I heard the news that they have long controlled Maine, and secretly deployed a lot of advanced missiles on the border of Maine, we are very close to Maine here, within the range of missiles, so the explosion just now must be a missile, flee Yu Tang! Wang Qu was pulled by Yu Tang to ask at this moment, and his anxious speech speed was several times faster than before.

"Don't worry, have you forgotten our previous emergency drill? If this group of people runs down like this, it will inevitably cause a stampede. Since the missile just landed not far away, and there was no subsequent explosion, this time it may be just a test, and there is no need to panic. Yu Tang remembered that a veteran in the village had told them his story when he was a child, and he immediately grabbed Wang Qu.

The two waited in the classroom for a while before walking out, and Wang Qu realized how wise Yu Tang's decision was after seeing the scene outside—the usually clean and tidy corridor was now littered with paper, broken school uniforms and shoes, the white walls that had only been painted last month were stained red with blood, and the painful moans of the trampled people were everywhere.

The sound of an ambulance sounded in the school playground, and the rescue team rushed to the scene as soon as they received the danger. Yu Tang and Wang Qu were located on the second floor of the teaching building, and very close to the staircase, they discussed it and decided to search for the students who were not seriously injured first, and help them downstairs to receive rescue, and for those with serious injuries, they would go downstairs and report to the professionals and let them go to the rescue.

The two of them hadn't walked a few steps before they saw Lao Wu lying on the ground, already unconscious. Yu Tang hurriedly ran over to check the situation, he held Lao Wu's hand, but found that Lao Wu's fingers were cold and shivering. Yu Tang hurriedly tested his pulse, only to find that Lao Wu had been killed by this stampede.

The head teacher Wu Aiguo, died.