Chapter 228: I'm willing to do anything

Su Ruo wanted to leave, but Song Jingyu gripped her hand, I'm going to stop this endless loop. I'll now produce the final answer【1】 Su Ruo wanted to leave, but Song Jingyu gripped her hand, and he only held it tighter; after a long silence he said:

"All right, if not having children is your decision, then I respect you, and I will treat An'an and Qin Xiao as my own biological children, just as you do."

Su Ruo stared at Song Jingyu in astonishment; she believed in his character, that he would not deceive her with sweet talk just to win her over, and precisely because of that, she was even more surprised.

For in Su Ruo's heart, unless forced, which man in this world would not want a child of his own?

Song Jingyu's willingness to make such a great sacrifice for her would move even a heart of stone.

This time it was Song Jingyu who said: "Actually, for all these years I've lived a life of licking blood from the blade, watching my closest comrades fall one by one, not even knowing which day the one being carried back might be me."

So I have never thought of marrying, nor dared to.

But you are the only one who makes me want to marry; I want to build a family with you, to care for you, and I know that even if I were gone, you would take good care of yourself.

Then, because of the military merit I have earned, I believe the state will also take good care of you."

Such a rational statement left Su Ruo somewhat speechless; why are other confessions made under flowers and moon, with vows of eternal love, while theirs is that even if I die one day, half of my military merit will be yours?

Song Jingyu rarely saw Su Ruo so flustered; he smiled, reached out to ruffle her hair, and said: "I've thought carefully about what you said, so you should also consider what I said."

Su Ruo's cheeks instantly flushed red; she nodded hastily, indicating she would consider Song Jing's words.

But when Song Jingyu wanted to see her off, Su Ruo directly refused.

Su Ruo hurried toward her tent; walking too fast, she didn't watch the path under her feet and almost tripped over a rough spot.

Seeing this, Song Jingyu couldn't help but smile; Su Ruo waved at him repeatedly, indicating she was fine and asking him not to follow her.

Su Ruo's thoughts were now in disarray; she needed to be alone to calm down properly.

Song Jingyu watched Su Ruo walk away, smiling, and just as he was about to leave, someone suddenly rushed out and embraced him.

"Jingyu brother, I really like you; I'm willing to do anything for you, I can bear you many, many children, and I don't need you to take care of me."

"You like being a soldier, don't you! I can also get my parents to fully support you."

"I truly, deeply love you; without you I couldn't live—please, choose me, okay?"

Hao Manru clung tightly to Song Jingyu's waist, tears and voice pouring out as she spoke.

Song Jingyu's face turned icy cold; he hadn't expected that after speaking so clearly, Hao Manru would still come to pester him.

If Su Ruo had seen today's scene, otherwise Hao Manru's behavior at this moment would certainly create another obstacle between him and Su Ruo.

So at this moment Song Jingyu directly shoved Hao Manru away with great force, showing no pity for her just because she was a woman.

Hao Manru hadn't expected Song Jingyu to do that; caught off guard, she fell straight to the ground.

She stared at Song Jingyu in shock, but his gaze toward her held only coldness and disgust.

"I thought I had made myself perfectly clear today; even if you had a shred of self-respect and self-love, you shouldn't keep bothering me."

"This time I can overlook it out of respect for Instructor Hao, the commander, and the Political Commissar, pretending nothing happened; but if you continue without repentance, keep harassing me or my girlfriend, I will certainly report this to the organization for them to handle."

Hao Manru looked at Song Jingyu, her eyes full of shock and disbelief; she never imagined she had come this far, yet Song Jingyu would still choose Su Ruo.

She angrily demanded: "Why? That village girl refuses to bear you a child; she obviously doesn't love you at all—why do you still choose her over me?"

Song Jingyu still gazed at her coldly: "Because I love her!"

After saying that, Song Jingyu never glanced at Hao Manru again, turned and walked away; this was his final chance for her, and if she still didn't repent and kept harassing him, the blame would be hers alone.

After Song Jingyu left, Hao Manru lay alone on the ground in despair, staring at the black night sky, unable to hold back her tears, she burst into loud sobs.

Nothing could be more heartbreaking and despairing than being so cruelly rejected and despised by the man one loves.

The rain poured down in torrents, icy water constantly washing over Hao Manru's body, yet she seemed to feel nothing at all.

Hao Manru didn't know how long she had cried; she got up and walked aimlessly forward.

At that moment two vagrants followed her, but the grief-stricken Hao Manru noticed nothing, wandering ahead like a lost soul.

Because there were many disaster victims after the quake, some snakes, insects, and rodents also took the opportunity to appear.

But this is after all a military garrison base, so even those with ill intentions dare not do anything.

Yet the place Hao Manru went was a sparsely populated deep forest; the two vagrants looked at her back, exchanged a glance, and their eyes shone with a silver, evil light.

Hao Manru didn't know how long she had walked, until a voice interrupted her: "Hey sis, where are you headed?"

Hao Manru turned her head, only then realizing that the two vagrants were looking at her with ill intent.

Yet Hao Manru's eyes showed not a trace of fear; instead she touched her face and asked, "Am I beautiful?"

Actually, in such pitch‑black night, the two vagrants couldn't possibly tell her beauty or ugliness, yet they immediately declared, "Beautiful, little sis, you're the most beautiful."

Then, without further delay, they lunged forward to tear at her clothes, groping her.

Yet Hao Manru seemed utterly oblivious, muttering to herself, "If I'm so good, why doesn't he want me?"

The two vagrants immediately said, "He doesn't want you because he's stupid; big brother wants you—today I'll treat you well."

Hao Manru's tears flowed again: "Exactly, he's foolish; Song Jingyu, you'll surely regret this."

Whether out of some vengeful mindset or something else, Hao Manru did not stop the two men's actions.

Only when a piercing pain shot through her did she snap back to reality; Hao Manru began to howl and struggle, but it was already too late.

The two vagrants had waited so long for such a prime quarry as Hao Manru; how could they possibly let her go?