Chapter 410: The Story of Guo Ge

"Do you know why I agreed to come to Jingcheng?" Guo Tiexiong looked at An Yinan.

In fact, An Yinan had always had some doubts, but out of respect, she had never asked; this was someone else's private business.

Moreover, Guo Ge was introduced by Chen Xun, was a soldier, and was a warrior who had rushed to the Frontline.

She had trusted him from the start.

"I don't know!" An Yinan shook her head, "But if Guo Ge wants to talk about it, I am happy to listen."

Guo Tiexiong gestured in the air, "You!"

Sometimes she had superior intelligence and was always ahead of others.

Sometimes that tenacity of hers made him feel as if he were looking at a soldier.

But sometimes, she was like a mischievous child.

"After I was injured, I was transferred to logistics."

"But a letter came from home saying my younger brother needed money urgently, that he needed money to take a wife, and told me to retire from the Military!"

When Guo Tiexiong said this, he smiled, showing almost no emotion.

Guo Saozi sat beside Guo Tiexiong, head lowered, wiping away tears.

An Yinan knew this would not be a happy story.

"I retired! Not because I yielded to my family, but because my child died."

When Guo Tiexiong said this, he felt deep regret.

He did not regret enlisting, did not regret being a soldier, and did not regret going on that mission.

He regretted not going back sooner; if he had gone back sooner, would his son have been alright?

If he had gone back sooner, he could have taken the child to the hospital, and the child wouldn't have died!

A fragile little life.

"Tiexiong, it's not your fault!" Guo Saozi wiped her tears.

Guo Saozi usually spoke very little and was a quiet person; An Yinan had noticed many times that when the sister-in-law was dazed, she would be lost in thought.

She had thought at the time that perhaps she had suffered some major blow.

She hadn't expected it was because she had lost her child!

How many mothers could accept their child dying in their arms?

"Sigh! I went back. My parents clearly had money, but they gave the money to Lao Er for a bride price, letting your sister-in-law kneel on the ground begging them, letting the child run a fever."

"During the years I was a soldier, all my wages and subsidies were sent home. Your sister-in-law kept half, and the remaining half was all given to my father and mother."

"Heh!"

"Lao Er stole all the money in our house, just to take a wife."

"And my son had no money for medical treatment and died of illness."

When Guo Tiexiong spoke, his body trembled slightly, his teeth clenched tight!

"If I hadn't gone back, your sister-in-law would have been bullied to death by them."

"I have never understood, we were all raised by the same parents, why is the difference so great?"

"Since I was small, all the dirty and tiring work was left for me, while the good food and good clothes were all given to Lao Er."

"Even when it came to going to be a soldier, it was originally Lao Er who was supposed to go."

"It was that pair of good parents of mine who knelt and begged me to take Lao Er's place as a soldier!"

Guo Saozi grasped Guo Tiexiong's hand, "Tiexiong!"

Guo Tiexiong patted her hand, "I have let you down!"

Guo Saozi, with tears in her eyes, hurriedly shook her head.

"If it weren't for you saving me, I would have died long ago," Guo Saozi comforted him.

"Actually, I was saved by Tiexiong. My family was gone, I came to visit relatives, I had no food, no money, and no ration coupons, and I was about to starve to death. It was your Guo Ge who saved me when he returned to the village to visit relatives, and gave me a bite to eat."

Guo Saozi explained to An Yinan.

Since it had been brought up today, there was nothing left to hide!

"Later, after we spent a long time together, feelings developed, and your Guo Ge filed an application with the Military."

"After the application was approved, we got our marriage certificate."

"Later, we had our child!"

Guo Saozi basically didn't speak much in the village and was used to silence.

Her mother-in-law often took things from their courtyard, and she was too lazy to care or argue.

In the village, her mother-in-law ruined her reputation everywhere, but she always thought that this was her husband's own mother, and if she endured it, it would pass.

Her man was risking his life at the Frontline; she couldn't cause trouble for him at home.

If he had worries on his mind, that would cost him his life!

"My mother-in-law, father-in-law, and brother-in-law often asking me for money was one thing."

"But my brother-in-law stole all the money."

"That was the money I had saved for Xiaobao!"

"No matter how I asked, they wouldn't hand it over. I went to the Public Security Bureau to report it, and they chased me away."

She was afraid Guo Tiexiong would feel distressed, so she hadn't told anyone these things.

His leg was injured, and he was already feeling distressed.

"Later, Xiaobao didn't know how he found out about this, but he took advantage of the time my mother-in-law and father-in-law were not at home to go look for the money."

"Lao Er saw him and pushed him directly into the corner of the cabinet."

Guo Saozi was trembling all over; she felt that now her eyes were full of blood, bright red, and her hands were covered in it.

That was the blood of her Xiaobao!

"I carried Xiaobao to the hospital, the hospital said he needed stitches, but I had no money!"

"I begged them."

"There was a kind-hearted young doctor who stitched Xiaobao up, but there are strict regulations regarding medicine."

"Xiaobao had a fever, he was burning hot."

Guo Saozi stretched out her hands, her expression so desperate.

"I went to find my mother-in-law, I went to beg my brother-in-law, just to give us our money back."

At this moment, Guo Saozi's emotions finally reached a breaking point, and she closed her eyes.

An Yinan walked over quickly and held her in her arms.

"Guo Ge, I need to perform acupuncture," An Yinan said quickly.

"This way," Guo Tiexiong gestured toward a room.

An Yinan carried Guo Saozi into the room, then removed her top, revealing the acupoints on her back.

Her Silver Needle had all been sterilized, and even the case holding the needles had been sterilized.

She pressed on an acupoint with one hand, while her other hand quickly inserted the Silver Needle into the acupoint, adjusting the depth of the needle.

In less than three minutes, Guo Saozi's body was covered in thirty Silver Needle, densely packed.

"Saozi's emotions have been suppressed too heavily, she may need adjustment."

An Yinan looked toward Guo Tiexiong.

Guo Tiexiong nodded, "She has been suppressing it for too long, there is no one in the village she can talk to."

"She is very foolish, afraid of making me feel bad, afraid of making me feel guilty; she never tells me about her suffering."

As he spoke, he looked at the person lying on the kang, covered in Silver Needle.

"I am telling you this today because a few days ago, on my son's death anniversary, her state of mind wasn't right; she would stare in one direction in a daze every day."

"Nan Nan, I know you are a Doctor, and a very capable Doctor at that."

"I'm afraid! She is all I have left."

Guo Tiexiong buried his face in his hands; who says a man does not shed tears easily?

An Yinan was also somewhat silent at this moment; from beginning to end, she had only been a listener!

"Later, my son passed away, and only then did I receive the news; I processed my medical discharge!"

"That family didn't know I had returned; when I went to that courtyard, I heard my mother say, 'That child really is a workhorse, struggling for the Guo family; now that the young one is gone, the old one must work even harder for us!'"

Hearing this, An Yinan already had a guess in her heart.