Chapter 823: Extra 12

"Chen Anhua."

"Present!"

A firm voice. Mo Yunshen looked at the person before him; one generation of newcomers replaces the old. He was getting older and there would be new people to take his place, but he hadn't expected to meet him.

He began navigating obstacle courses at three, started handling guns at four, and carried out a mission at five, becoming the youngest mission operative in the military.

At ten, he broke up a group of human traffickers and helped the police raid their den.

At fifteen, with his super-high IQ and excellent grades, he graduated from military academy.

At sixteen, he arrived here, at the Northeast Military Region.

Without relying on his parents' names, without relying on the power of the Yun Family, he traveled thousands of miles alone to arrive here.

"Return to your unit." Mo Yunshen glanced at him, not exposing him, not breaking the secret.

A day ago, An Jie had called him to tell him to let Chen Anhua walk his own path.

And he, too, would not let down Anhua's own choice.

In the New Recruit Training Camp, he became the New Recruit King with excellent results.

"Mo Shu, why didn't you expose our relationship?" Now that the New Recruit Training Camp was over, he was leaving to go to a new place and start a new challenge.

Mo Yunshen looked at him. "Expose it? Wouldn't you be disappointed then?"

Chen Anhua thought for a moment, then laughed. "I truly would."

Growing up, countless people envied him; his mother was An Yinan, and his father was Chen Xun.

Yet he had seen his parents' hardships since he was small—the exhaustion every time they returned, every injury they sustained, and the words they spoke every time they left, which sounded like a final farewell.

He had been sensible since he was young and understood many principles from an early age; his IQ far exceeded others, and his physique had long reached the standards of a special forces soldier.

He came to the New Recruit Training Camp because the person in charge was Mo Yunshen.

He bet that Mo Shu would not go easy on him, and he had won that bet.

"Mo Shu, you really didn't go easy on me at all."

His training was even the same as everyone else's on the surface, but in secret, he was always getting extra portions.

"The paths you walked, your mother walked them all. This training path, these obstacles, that dense forest where you graduated—all of them are sprinkled with her sweat and her blood."

Mo Yunshen looked at Chen Anhua. "You came to the Northeast Military Region instead of somewhere else, isn't it because you wanted to walk the path she walked?"

"And I chose this place for the same reason."

Chen Anhua chuckled. "Mo Shu, you saw right through me."

"But, is my mother really as amazing as people say?" People around him all said his mother was amazing, and many who knew his mother was An Yinan would let him win.

Yet...

When his mother was at home, she was just an elegant and gentle woman, and even a bit delicate; when she cut her hand while chopping vegetables, she would cry and complain to Old Chen.

When his younger sister was naughty and angered her, she would also feel aggrieved.

She seemed like a very ordinary person; although she was always busy, she was always trying hard to accompany them.

"Ordinary?"

Mo Yunshen smiled. "When you have time, take my badge and go to the second floor of the Military Library to take a look."

"I think you can find the answer you want there."

"So mysterious?" The second floor of the Military Library.

He had always wanted to go; he had even tried to sneak into the library at night several times, only to be beaten back by Mo Shu and even receive severe punishment.

But this time, Mo Shu was letting him go.

"Yes, you are qualified to go up there." Mo Yunshen patted his shoulder and then left.

Chen Anhua went to the library and read many sealed files—there were those of Uncle Zhang Qian, his father, and his mother. Their files were numerous and thick; in this empty second floor, they stood out so uniquely.

"Those qualified to have their files stored on the second floor are all people who have made great contributions to the military region." Without knowing when, Mo Yunshen had also walked up to the second floor, looking at those files with a fervent expression.

"These are all files of the military region, but there is only one person who is not from the military region, has no military ID, yet is worthy of everyone's reverence."

"She is your mother, An Yinan."

When Mo Yunshen spoke, his face was full of reverence.

Whenever one is lost, she is a path to follow, leading a generation to forge ahead.

"Master, I will work hard to reach my mother's achievements." Chen Anhua suddenly realized that the mother who would act spoiled with him, complain to his father, and be gentle and soft, was guarding a bottomless abyss behind her back.

And she gave her love to Huaxia.

And she gave her warmth to her children.

At home, she was an ordinary woman, an ordinary mother who would wash her hands to make soup, accompany them as they grew, apologize when they were naughty and caused trouble, and stand in front of them when they were bullied.

"Your mother said she is Huaxia's An Yinan, and also your mother, An Yinan. She only had one wish for you." Mo Yunshen looked at Chen Anhua, seemingly understanding the state of mind she had when she looked at him back then.

"What is it?"

Chen Anhua looked at Mo Yunshen with an expectant expression.

But Mo Yunshen just smiled. "Why don't you guess?"

"Master, that's not like your personality!" Chen Anhua's expectant expression turned to disdain in a second.

"Is it the hope that we guard Huaxia?"

"Is it the hope that we take over the things she didn't finish?"

He kept guessing; he hadn't understood before, but now, looking at his mother's files, he seemed to understand her burning passion for Huaxia.

"Neither." Mo Yunshen shook his head. He raised his eyes and looked deeply at Chen Anhua. "She hopes you walk your own path."

"She is just your mother, and you are Chen Anhua, not anyone's accessory. Do what you want to do, walk the path you want to walk."

"As long as you have a clear conscience, that is enough."

Chen Anhua suddenly raised his head, looking at Mo Yunshen's face, wanting to find something, but he failed.

He knew, these were his mother's words.

So that was it...

The high expectations he had assumed were all just his own assumptions.

Do what you want to do, walk the path you want to walk.

Have no shame in your heart!