Chapter 247: Something has happened, return quickly

Chen Xun rubbed her cheek, "Didn't Qin Hao already say it? Rest well. You were unconscious for too long, which is why your body is weak; you will slowly recover in the future."

"Although his brain isn't great, his medical skills are still quite good," Chen Xun thought for a moment and added.

An Yinan let out a "pfft" of laughter. Thinking of the situation just now, she had actually just slept too long and her brain had short-circuited.

Seeing An Yinan laughing, Chen Xun lowered his voice and said again, "Nan Nan, I'm sorry."

An Yinan looked at him, "Why?"

Chen Xun closed his eyes; he was afraid of seeing the disappointment and loss in her eyes.

"When you went in, I clearly should have gone to pull you back, or accompanied you..."

"But I chose to take the villagers and the soldiers away."

Chen Xun buried his face in his palms; even now, when he thought of that moment, his heart still ached violently.

An Yinan had no strength right now, otherwise she would have wanted to embrace this man.

When she was with him, she knew that this man held the righteousness of the country in his heart.

She was willing to safeguard his righteousness!

Knowing full well that he always charged to the front during missions, she had never tried to dissuade him.

Knowing full well that every time he returned injured, he would first go to the Military District Hospital to clean his wounds before coming to see her, just because he was afraid she would worry, she had never pointed it out.

Because his heart contained the magnificent mountains and rivers!

Wasn't the reason she liked him precisely because of those mountains and rivers in his heart?

"Chen Xun." After drinking the porridge, An Yinan's throat felt much better, and her voice was not as hoarse, carrying a hint of seriousness.

Chen Xun raised his head, stood up, and gave a military salute, "Present."

An Yinan smiled, her face radiant; her palm-sized oval face was soft to the extreme.

Yet her temperament was completely different from her appearance; she was proud and self-reliant.

"I think, when we are old, you can proudly describe your blueprint to me." An Yinan was very calm; between emotion and reason, she always found reason first.

Rationally analyzing the pros and cons of things, rationally analyzing the possibilities.

Chen Xun, that man with a backbone of steel, fearless of wind and sand.

"Yes, I guarantee to complete the mission!"

Outside the window, snowflakes drifted down, rising and falling with the wind, tumbling over and over, yet not knowing the way home.

The news of An Yinan waking up spread throughout the entire Northeast Military Region in just half a day, and even reached the places it needed to go...

Beijing:

"Nan Nan is awake? Good, that's great!" Yun Qi was so happy that his face turned red, sweeping away his previous gloom.

"Finally awake, finally awake." Liu Xicai and Liu Jiumu were both shedding tears, their hands pressed together, not knowing what they were praying for.

Quanshui Village:

"Comrade Liu Mei, what you said is true? The Educated Youth An is awake?" The Captain confirmed again.

Liu Mei nodded firmly, "Awake, she woke up yesterday afternoon."

"That's wonderful." The Captain brought this news back to Quanshui Village.

The village, which had no festive atmosphere for the New Year, suddenly felt as if a belated New Year had arrived, with the sounds of children playing, the sounds of villagers chatting between neighbors, and the sounds of cooking in every household.

"Nan Nan, guess who's here?" Sun Chunhua walked in from outside, holding a lunch box, her face full of joy.

Ever since An Yinan woke up and her bodily functions gradually recovered, Sun Chunhua's smiling face had never faded.

An Yinan blinked, "Who's here?"

Many people had come to see her recently, including comrades from the Military and villagers.

But she never expected it to be him...

"Sister." A boy's voice, though the voice was familiar yet carried a sense of strangeness, a bit of a cracking adolescent voice?

An Yinan saw the person who arrived, and her eyes suddenly overflowed with starlight; her Beibei.

"Beibei." An Yinan smiled softly, calling out her younger brother's name.

Beibei walked up and pulled An Yinan directly into his arms, patting her head with heartache.

"Why are you so silly? Don't you know you need to protect yourself?" Beibei was in the middle of his voice-changing period, so he had a bit of a cracking voice.

But the concern in his words was undisguised, and the heartache in his eyes spread bit by bit to the tip of her heart.

Her Beibei had grown up!

That boy who used to nest in her arms, taking the wobbly train to the countryside, lost and helpless, had grown up.

"The situation was urgent," An Yinan said.

Beibei let her go and lowered his head, "Whatever you do, you must protect yourself first."

"Sister, if something happens to you, many people will go crazy!"

An Yinan raised her eyes to look directly at him, then nodded, "Okay."

Half a month later, An Yinan was finally allowed to be discharged from the hospital; she stretched her arms and kicked her legs.

"This feeling of freedom~" She took a deep breath, only to end up with a mouthful of snow.

Several people all watched her with smiles, a rare display of childishness.

Returning to the familiar Xiao Yuan, it felt like a lifetime ago.

"Sister, I'm going back to Beijing tomorrow." Beibei put his things on the table; he should have left long ago, but he was worried and insisted on waiting until his sister was discharged before bringing it up.

Classes had already started at school, and it wouldn't be right if he didn't go back.

This time he just wanted to see that his sister was safe; no matter how much others said, he wouldn't be at ease, and nothing was better than seeing her with his own eyes.

An Yinan looked at her grown-up brother; he no longer needed her protection, and he was earnest and firm, having chosen his own path.

"Tomorrow, I will go to see you off." An Yinan said nothing else; behind her calm smile lay a strong sense of reluctance to part.

In this era, carriages and horses are slow; a single word or sentence is enough to convey intense emotions.

The young man eventually left, and before boarding the train, he said to An Yinan, "Sister, I will wait for you in Beijing."

The promise between them: Beijing!

Time passed quickly; An Yinan had undergone three months of training, and she felt that her current strength was even greater than before.

"Sister-in-law, there is a letter for you." Xiaokang ran over with a grin; he had just finished his shift and happened to help deliver the letter to her.

An Yinan took the letter, a smile appearing on her face.

"Thank you."

Xiaokang blushed, then hurriedly waved his hands, "No need to thank me, Sister-in-law, you go ahead and get busy." Once he finished speaking, he had already run off.

An Yinan opened the letter; the handwriting on it had a sense of bold, unrestrained vigor.

Every time she saw the old man's handwriting, she couldn't help but admire it.

"Girl, something has happened, return quickly." A single letter, containing only six characters.

An Yinan frowned; she first sought out Yun Shu and Yun Mo to ask if the procedure for her to return to Quanshui Village was easy to handle, and also that she needed to obtain a travel permit.

"I need to contact the authorities to apply for a train ticket; the permit is easy to handle," Yun Shu replied.

An Yinan thought for a moment and said, "As fast as possible."

The old man and she rarely exchanged letters in daily life, usually just reporting that they were safe once a month; the old man's letters were even more brief, often just writing two large characters on the letter paper: "Safe."

Not a single extra word.

Why was it that when they got married, the old man was the only one missing?

Because the relationship between them was a secret, a secret that even Chen Xun did not know.

Chen Xun had given her a surprise by contacting her friends and family in advance, but he had no way to contact someone he didn't even know existed.