Chapter 641: Mom, Mother

"I'll take you to a place, Boss, you come along too," Zhang Qian said immediately.

An Yinan and Chen Xun exchanged a glance, knowing this was for reporting on the mission.

An Yinan turned back to look at the people behind her.

"Don't worry, I will settle them in. You go first; I'll take them back to Beijing University first," Zhang Cheng smiled, holding Li Zai with one arm and carrying a briefcase in his other hand.

Inside the bag were the materials from his time there.

In the year and a half, everything he had learned was in this briefcase.

An Yinan nodded, "I'll leave it to you."

Afterward, she got into the car arranged by Zhang Qian without looking back.

The car swayed constantly, but the direction it was heading was actually not the Military District Headquarters; she didn't ask, though, since they were already in Beijing, Zhang Qian wouldn't sell them out.

"Are you tired?" Zhang Qian looked at the two people behind him.

An Yinan nodded, "Tired, but it's alright, just a bit thrilling."

Only in these last few days had her heart slowly begun to steady.

Zhang Qian nodded in agreement, "It wasn't just thrilling for you; the entire top leadership was playing a game of heart-stopping tension."

"Huh?" An Yinan looked at him, not understanding what he meant.

Zhang Qian shook his head, "You might not know, but I was also in Pengcheng a few days ago."

"Along with many brothers."

"Our mission had only one goal: if something happened in Hong Kong, we were to risk our lives to bring you home."

For a moment, An Yinan was stunned, and then her gaze became even more resolute.

Isn't this just a mutual dash toward each other?

If Zhang Qian knew her train of thought, he would definitely kowtow to her right then and there!

The road was bumpy, and the car speed was neither fast nor slow, but it still took two hours.

Until...

"An Yinan!" A sharp shout came, and an old man with graying hair walked down from a high platform.

An Yinan saw him; a year and a half had passed, and he seemed even older, his hair whiter, and even Feng Zhong behind him had a few strands of white hair.

"Report, An Yinan has returned to the team, mission accomplished." At this moment, An Yinan gave a military salute, a salute that was exceptionally standard.

Her gaze was solemn as she looked at the red flag on the high platform; it was the color dyed by the blood of soldiers.

Today, standing under the red flag, she shouted loudly, "Mission accomplished!"

Her heart was surging, and her soul was surging even more.

At this moment, she didn't know what to say, nor did she know what she should do.

Hearing Zhang Qian's words just now, knowing that Huaxia was waiting for her to come home, nothing could make her feel more comforted than that.

"Well done."

The old man's emotions were somewhat stirred as he looked at the person before him; she had gone from a twenty-year-old girl to someone now nearly thirty.

She had been fighting for the country the whole time, and her footsteps had never once faltered.

"You've worked hard," the old man patted her shoulder.

An Yinan shook her head, "It wasn't hard."

Compared to those soldiers who died on the battlefield, how could she be suffering?

Compared to those doctors fighting on the medical frontline, how could she be suffering?

Compared to those scholars silently struggling for the country's education, she should not suffer.

Compared to those busy scientific researchers, she would not suffer.

Who does not suffer?

Who can suffer?

Is our country not exactly like that sentence she said when she gave a speech representing the new students?

Huaxia,

Mother,

Your future,

We are creating.

She was acting on this sentence with her own body and her own everything.

"Comrade An Yinan, your name will one day be known by everyone," the old man said firmly.

But for now...

"Currently, out of protection for you and other considerations, your merits can only be recorded in your file."

The old man felt a bit guilty.

But for her sake, and for the sake of this era, he had no other choice.

An Yinan smiled, "I do not seek glory, only peace of mind."

Not seeking glory, only peace of mind.

She...

Was still that same An Yinan who had just arrived in this era.

"Good!"

The old man was extremely gratified and handed a red velvet box to An Yinan.

Inside was a medal—a medal that, for her, could not even be officially recorded because she had no military status; it could only represent a token of honor.

Right now, all Huaxia could give her was a medal, an unknown glory.

And she used her own life to fight for the rapid development of Huaxia.

That's right!

Development requires a massive amount of wealth, and An Yinan's mission this time took a year and a half, yet it bought Huaxia at least three years.

What Huaxia needs is time.

An Yinan took it with both hands, a gentle smile appearing on her face.

"Nan Nan, you've finally returned; let Grandma take a look at you."

An Yinan let her grandmother pull her along and look her up and down, and only after seeing that she was uninjured did she feel relieved.

Things were in chaos over in Hong Kong City, with many, many people jumping off buildings; the news of the suicides directly suppressed the news of the Eagle Country people chasing them.

"Grandma, I'm perfectly fine," An Yinan said with a smile to soothe her.

Her grandmother took her hand and walked over to the sofa, and then they saw the two children wobbling as they held onto things and walked over.

"Ma!"

"Mommy!"

The two children spoke while shuffling their little legs, walking over slowly and leisurely.

An Yinan had just sat down, but she immediately stood up, crouched on the floor, and opened her arms in a gesture of embrace.

Seeing their mother like this, the two children shuffled their little legs even faster, especially Dabao, who stopped holding onto the things at the side and tentatively walked over, step by step by step.

He reached An Yinan's arms first, and upon turning back to see his sister still halfway there, he turned around again to go pull his sister.

Xiaobao was waiting right there, her big eyes blinking, waiting for her brother to arrive.

The whole family watched and burst into laughter.

An Yinan also found it interesting; Dabao completely doted on Xiaobao, and her own Xiaobao still had that look of being spoiled and proud.

"These two little rascals," Liu Xicai said, smiling helplessly as she saw the children's behavior.

When Yun Qi got married in Pengcheng, after Nan Nan left, these two children cried until they were out of breath, which made people's hearts ache terribly.

Now that she saw Nan Nan and the others had returned safely, her right eyelid had been twitching for the past few days, but today it suddenly stopped.

"You two should spend more time with the children; don't always be running out every single day."

Liu Xicai nagged a bit; although she knew it was for the country, the children were so small, and surely there was someone else who could handle the country's affairs.

It really wasn't that her political awareness wasn't high, but there were quite a few children in the family, yet look, how many people were actually at home?

Either they had gone off on missions or they had gone off to train; trying to find anyone was harder than ascending to heaven.

She was a mother, and she missed her children.