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Chapter 541 Sacrificing one’s life for the country

The Qin family and the Bai family have been friends since the old man's generation, and on weekdays, it is mainly the two old men who frequently interact with each other.

On the contrary, the children's generation is busy with work and career. They travel between workplaces and companies all year round and live in different places. They only see their parents a few times a year. They can hardly come back to their own home, let alone visit.

That is, when Bai Yuan was a child and was studying in Beijing, he had closer contacts with Qin's father and mother because of Qin Lingzheng.

After all, everyone can see how lawless Qin Lingzheng is at home. As a naughty child who has been playing naughty since he was young, he doesn't stay at home but always goes to his neighbors' homes. It is really unacceptable if his family doesn't show some expression.

After Qin Lingzheng went to military school, Bai Yuan also left Beijing and went to Haiqi to attend high school. The ties with the younger generations were gone, and the two elders of the Bai family were too old to visit and disturb them too often.

Qin's father and mother reduced the number of visits accordingly. They could not see each other on weekdays. They only visited during banquets at the two families and during festivals.

It would be good if Bai Yuan could catch up with me once out of ten times.

Therefore, seeing Qin Lingzheng's mother in his own home was indeed a rare visitor for Bai Yuan.

Before Bai Yuan came back, Qin's mother had already stayed in the Bai family for a while. Looking at her formal attire, it was not difficult to judge that she was discussing some serious matter with old lady Bai.

Since it was serious business, Bai Yuan didn't want to stay any longer, nor did he have any intention of prying into the adults' work. After politely greeting them, he prepared to take Pei Jin back to the room to avoid suspicion.

But when Qin's mother saw Bai Yuan, she stood up from the sofa with a smile, "Xiao Yuan, you're back."

According to education and etiquette, when younger people meet elders, they should naturally take the initiative to step forward and greet them.

But now Qin's mother acted the opposite, as if she had been waiting for Bai Yuan for a long time and finally waited for her to come back. She stood up and walked towards her, holding her hand and saying a few words of concern.

Then, Mother Pei looked at Pei Jin behind Bai Yuan, her eyes fell on his beautiful and delicate face, and said with a smile:

"Xiao Yuan brought her boyfriend back?"

"Yes, his last name is Pei, Pei Jin." Bai Yuan responded and introduced Pei Jin, "Aunt Qin and my family are old friends. You should follow my example and call her Aunt Qin."

Qin...

The moment he heard this surname from Bai Yuan's mouth, Pei Jin's heart suddenly tightened reflexively due to alertness, and he had a bad premonition.

After confirming the identity of the elder in front of him through Bai Yuan's introduction, Pei Jin's uneasiness was further confirmed.

Looking at the young, beautiful woman in front of him, with a gentle and soft smile and even a soft and sweet voice, no matter from which angle he looked at her, she perfectly matched the image of an "ideal mother" in his mind, which was different from the strict and old-fashioned image of his own mother.

Pei Jin suddenly felt a pang of bitterness in his heart, and began to feel jealous of Qin Lingzheng and ashamed of himself.

"Hello, Aunt Qin." Pei Jin lowered his eyes and suppressed the complicated emotions in his eyes. He first followed Bai Yuan's polite greeting, and then secretly clenched his fists where no one else could see, his nails digging into the flesh, using the pain to prevent himself from getting jealous and losing his composure at this time.

Why can Qin Lingzheng always easily get what he has always desired but cannot get no matter what?

Pei Jin thought about it and began to perfect his profile of Qin Lingzheng, whom he had never met before.

The image of a person who has been spoiled by his family since childhood, has both parents and a happy family, is in high spirits, has someone to offer him whatever he wants, always gets support, understanding and recognition for any decision he makes, has a smooth journey, has never experienced setbacks, is positive and optimistic, and is free and unrestrained, gradually overlaps with the image of Qin Lingzheng in the photos in memory.

Perhaps only such a person could attract Bai Yuan's attention, leave an indelible impression on her, and be qualified to become the white moonlight that she would always think about.

Thinking of this, Pei Jin felt sad for no reason.

He thought, If only I could have a perfect family and perfect parents like Qin Lingzheng, meet Bai Yuan at the right age, and have a perfect life like him.

"If I had all of this, I wouldn't necessarily be any worse than Qin Lingzheng. How could Bai Yuan use me as Qin Lingzheng's substitute?!"

"My family of origin misled me!!!"

"Hello, Xiao Pei, welcome to Beijing."

Mother Qin maintained her gentle smile and looked at Bai Yuan again, "Time flies so fast. You've come back with your boyfriend. It seems like the days when our Ling Zheng went to and from school with you just happened yesterday."

In front of Pei Jin, Qin's mother was too embarrassed to say that her own boy was unilaterally following the little girl. It was too embarrassing.

We can only vaguely say that the two of them are playing together. At first glance, it sounds like a mutual agreement, a childhood sweetheart, and a mutual affection.

Pei Jin felt even worse after hearing this.

An uneasy premonition filled his heart, and Pei Jin felt more and more that Qin Lingzheng's mother's appearance in the Bai family did not seem to be a good thing.

Sure enough, Mrs. Bai’s next words confirmed his premonition and guess.

"Xiao Yuan, you're back just in time. Your Aunt Qin has something to discuss with you. Please come to the study room as soon as you put your things down. Don't let your Aunt Qin wait too long."

Without waiting for Bai Yuan to answer, Bai Ou, who had just greeted Qin's mother, pricked up his ears and leaned over to join in, "What's the matter? Aunt Qin, tell me too, I can help!"

Mother Qin: "...Thank you, thank you, Dayu." Goodbye?

Although she could indeed help, she still wanted to discuss it with Bai Yuan alone.

Something that can be explained in just a few words, you can't finish it even if you have another three hours!

Qin's mother was in a dilemma. After all, Bai Ou meant well and it would not be nice to refuse him rashly. But Bai Ou's reputation as a chatterbox was really scary!

Upon seeing this, Mr. Bai went up and slapped Bai Ou on the head, then pushed him back with his head.

"Go away, why are you making trouble?"

Bai Ou grinned again and pushed his younger brother, sister and future brother-in-law upstairs.

Bai Yuan was thinking about the reasons behind Qin's mother's visit and roughly deducing the purpose of her visit, and therefore temporarily ignored Pei Jin beside him.

Just before she pushed the door open and entered the room, she suddenly felt someone pulling her. She looked up and saw Pei Jin hesitantly, looking troubled. She thought he hadn't been to the Bai family for a long time and had forgotten where the room he used to live in was.

Then he turned his gaze around Pei Jin and looked at Bai Xuan who had already entered the room:

"Hayabusa!"

"What's wrong, sis?" the child poked his head out.

"Take him back to his room."

"……Oh."

"You're not asking my eldest cousin to take me to talk about something... running errands is fine!"

After Bai Yuan returned to his room, the middle school student put his hands in his pockets and nodded to Pei Jin with a cold expression, "Follow me."

Seeing that Bai Yuan was ignoring him because of the people related to Qin Lingzheng, Pei Jin's eyes showed a hint of displeasure, which then turned into irritation and worry.

There is no way to get any useful information from Bai Yuan.

After thinking about it, Pei Jin decided to start with the children.

Following Bai Xuan back to his room in the Bai family, Pei Jin pretended to chat while the child was still there:

"Does Aunt Qin come to see your sister often?" She was blocking the door before she even entered the house. Why was she so anxious?

Although Bai Xuan is face-blind and cannot recognize people, he still knows whether there are people visiting him.

"No, this time it's probably something urgent."

Pei Jin: That means you don’t socialize often. If something is unusual, there must be something wrong!

Pei Jin nodded, as if he had just remembered it, and mentioned casually, "Her son Qin... uh, has a good relationship with your sister?"

When he came to Beijing before, others only dared to talk behind his back, and no one came to him to talk about anything related to Qin Lingzheng.

It doesn't count when they were forced to drink to get information. People were so drunk that they had no memory of what they had said. How could they remember what they had said in a daze?

Therefore, all in all, this was the first time he officially heard the name "Qin Lingzheng".

Not being able to name it is a normal reaction.

Considering the indifferent attitude of his sister when Qin Lingzheng was obsessed with her, Bai Xun thought for a moment and took a middle value:

“…Not bad.”

"How successful is that?" Pei Jin asked persistently, "Why have I never heard your sister mention him, nor have I seen your sister introduce him to me?"

Bai Falcon: "..."

"Hayabusa."

The child shuddered at the evil voice and thought something was wrong. He was about to slip away, but Pei Jin grabbed him by the neck and pinned him down.

"Your sister and I are about to get engaged. In half a year, I will be your brother-in-law for sure..." Pei Jin Xiao appealed to his feelings and reason, a threatening light flashed in his deep blue eyes, "Be good, tell your brother-in-law the truth. He will remember your kindness in the future, otherwise..."

Bai Falcon: "..."

Help! Discussing my ex-brother-in-law with my future brother-in-law is such a hellish situation!

……

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After temporarily bidding farewell to Qin's mother and returning to the room, Bai Yuan put down his belongings, changed his clothes, and tidied his appearance until there was nothing wrong with his appearance. This was considered the proper etiquette for receiving guests.

When I arrived at the study, only Qin's mother was there.

As usual, I listened patiently to a few polite words from the other party. After being asked about his health, studies, future plans and upcoming birthday in turn, I finally got to the main topic of the day.

"Xiao Yuan, Auntie came here this time to ask for a favor."

"Can you do Auntie a favor and go to the border to bring Xiao Zheng back?"

Without waiting for Bai Yuan's response, Mother Qin sighed and said bitterly:

"Auntie knows that this shouldn't have troubled you, but there's really nothing I can do. Xiao Zheng is as stubborn as a donkey, kicking everyone he sees. I asked him to come back a long time ago, but he just wouldn't. He insisted on staying at the border for the country..."

Bai Yuan comforted him, "It's good to serve the country. Ling Zheng is now very promising, all thanks to your good teaching, Auntie."

After hearing this, Qin's mother looked even more worried. "Oh, it would be great if it were so, but now he keeps shouting that he wants to sacrifice his life for the country. How can this child be so stubborn..."

Bai Yuan: "..."

"I didn't agree with him going to the border in the first place, and I didn't expect him to achieve anything great. It would be nice for him to live a peaceful and happy life as an ordinary person. I would be very satisfied if he had the ambition to study in a military academy. But the border is so dangerous. Those who escape there are all vicious criminals. There are bullets and gunfire every day. If he is not careful, he will get injured. Last time..."

At this point, Qin's mother suddenly choked up, her eyes slightly red, and her voice was filled with genuine concern, "Which mother doesn't want her child to be safe? Being lucky once doesn't mean he will be lucky every time. I don't know what evil he has done to him that he has to rush forward. Even if he wants to make achievements, the Qin family doesn't need him to risk his life!"

Although Qin's mother didn't say it explicitly, it was enough for Bai Yuan to hear that Qin Lingzheng must have been seriously injured while on a mission at the border.

Military district information is confidential and will not be leaked at will within the effective time limit. I am in Haiqi, so it is normal that the news does not reach my ears.

Qin's mother is feeling sad right now, so Bai Yuan doesn't want to ask any more questions at this time and stir up her bad memories. All he can do is pretend to listen carefully and continue to act as Qin's mother's listener.

Realizing her own loss of composure, Mother Qin calmed herself down, used the tissue that Bai Yuan handed over at the right time to wipe away the tears at the end of her eyes, and said:

"I'm sorry to have embarrassed you, Xiao Yuan. I'm just, well, I'm just worried about his safety. He's my only child. What if something happens to him... His grandfather is old and his heart has been bad in the past two years. I didn't dare let him know about what happened last time, and I still haven't told him about it until now. I've kept it a secret this time, but what if the next time someone sends me..."

Perhaps because she felt it was unlucky, Qin's mother stopped talking and changed her words:

"Even if he's injured again, we as parents feel bad for him. We asked people to pass on messages to him several times, but he just refused to come back. If he continues like this, it's only a matter of time before something bad happens..."

"He has always had his own ideas. Now that he has grown up, he is even more unwilling to listen to us. Xiao Yuan, I think you two had the best relationship when you were young, and he won't listen to others. Maybe it will be helpful if you persuade him, even if you coax him back first? Tell him that you invite him to your birthday party, and he will definitely be willing to come back! Auntie is begging you to do me a favor and make this trip for me..."

"Aunt Qin, you're too kind." Bai Yuan said, "You've taken good care of me since I was a child. Now that you've spoken, how can I refuse? But I haven't seen Ling Zheng for four or five years. I don't know how he is doing now. He may not listen to me..."

"Good child." Hearing that Bai Yuan was relenting, Mother Qin quickly seized her hand and said in a gentle voice, "Whether it succeeds or not is another matter. If you are willing to go on this journey, I will remember your kindness for the rest of my life. Just go ahead. If he doesn't listen to you and makes a fool of himself, you can beat him like you did when you were little... You are familiar with him, so you know where it hurts the most..."

"And I've never fought with a kid before. This kid has thick skin and tough flesh. I don't know where to attack him. Hitting him is the same as not hitting him at all. This is ineffective output..."