Ai Xi said aggrievedly: "Why am I disobedient?"

Bai Yuan's eyebrows trembled in anger, "I asked you to stay at home and evacuate if anything happens. Why did you come here by yourself?"

At this time, the adjutant came over and said, "It's time for you to leave, Commander. If you don't leave, it will be too late."

Bai Yuan wanted to scold Aiqi again, but when he thought that he wasted time by scolding her here, what would happen if his daughter didn't have time to run away?

Several people carried Bai Yuan into the car together, and Ai Qian sat next to Bai Yuan to take care of him. The car was a little bumpy on the road, and blood began to ooze from Bai Yuan's body. Ai Xi felt uncomfortable looking at her and almost wanted to cry. Bai Yuan originally wanted to say a few words to her, but when he saw her like this, he sighed and said, "Why are you here? Where is Lu Ange?"

"I secretly came out without telling him." Ai Xi said, "Dad, do you know? After you left, those people knew you were in danger but did not come to support them, and withdrew their troops long ago. And Lu Ange, dad, do you know ? He is actually our enemy, his parents..."

Essie Balabala told everything about Lu Ange, and finally she said: "I sent you a note after hearing their conversation in the western restaurant that day. Dad, did you receive it?"

Bai Yuan actually didn't receive the note, but he was happy that his daughter cared about him so much. He reached out and touched Ai Xi's hand, and said in a weak voice: "Gua Wazi, dad actually knows about this. Lu Ange told dad a long time ago."

Essie's eyes widened, meaning you know how you can still be like this?

Bai Yuan knew what she was thinking. He said: "But dad can't help it. The battle will have to be fought. If dad doesn't fight, who will fight? Dad just wants to repel the enemy so that the good girl can stay at home peacefully and be a happy bride. ”

"As for Lu Ange..." Bai Yuan said: "It's not easy for him either. He has never harmed dad. Haven't you always wanted to go to the United States? If you like him, go with him, but dad can't help you now..."

Jia Renlu said from the side: "Uncle, don't say that, you are still fine."

Bai Yuan looked at Ai Qian and then at Jia Renlu, with a helpless emotion in his eyes.

When night fell, Bai Yuan started to feel hot. The accompanying military doctor looked at the situation and said: "The shrapnel in the commander's body cannot be removed. Now he is infected and has a fever."

Essie quickly took out the antibiotics from her bag and said, "Is this useful?"

The military doctor looked a little happy, but still said: "Not necessarily, just leave it to fate."

Ai Qian leaned next to Bai Yuan weakly, feeling severe pain in her chest.

Jia Renlu saw it and said, "My cousin was hit by the bomb when she came here. She feels uncomfortable now. Please show her."

The military doctor asked: "Where do you feel uncomfortable?"

Elsie pointed to her chest, and the military doctor listened to her with a stethoscope. After hearing this, the military doctor said with a solemn expression: "It's not very good."

Jia Renlu asked anxiously: "Can it be cured?"

"You may need surgery, but we don't have the conditions now." The military doctor thought for a while and said, "Either go to a big city or go abroad. The lady said before that she wanted to go to the United States? The medical technology in the United States is very advanced, and maybe it can be cured."

Essie blinked and said nothing.

The military doctor immediately gave Bai Yuan a shot of antibiotics, and then another shot in the middle of the night, but there was still no improvement.

"Commander, he has too much blood, and there is no condition for blood transfusion here. I don't know if he can make it home." The military doctor's eyes were red, and after thinking for a while, he said to Ai Xi: "These two injections are enough for the commander, and the remaining Can you give it to me? There are other brothers out there who need antibiotics."

Essie nodded, "Take it, take it..."

"Thank you, miss." The military doctor quickly went out with antibiotics.

Jia Renlu's dirty face was full of worry, "Cousin, your face is so pale, please rest."

Elsie couldn't sleep, not only because she was worried, but also because she felt uncomfortable. She asked Jia Renlu, "How have you considered the matter that I asked you before?"

Jia Renlu looked confused and said, "What's the matter?"

"It's about going to the United States, are you going?"

"Of course I want to go if I can." Jia Renlu said: "It's only been two days, but I've had enough of these days of fear."

"Yes." Essie nodded and said, "I have saved a lot of money in the Bank of the United States, which should be enough for us there."

Jia Renlu said embarrassedly: "How can I be so embarrassed to use your money?"

"Let's just say we are going to the United States to get married." Ai Xi reached out and touched Bai Yuan's forehead, "Didn't you always say you wanted to marry me?"

Jia Renlu's dirty face turned red, and he lowered his head not knowing what he was thinking. After a while, he smiled and said, "This trip is so worth it. It turns out that cousin, you like men who are heroes and save beauties."

By daybreak, Bai Yuan was even worse. The high fever made him start talking nonsense. He talked a lot in a daze and mentioned many people's names. Some of them were known to Elsie, and some of them had never heard of them.

After a while, Bai Yuan started calling Bai Xunmei's name. Ai Xi held his hand and said, "Dad, I'm here."

"Good girl...good girl...good girl..."

Ai Xi couldn't help crying, and Bai Yuan's lips began to crack and bleed due to excessive blood loss. Ai Qian gave him water with red eyes. Bai Yuan had already aged much after not seeing him for more than a month. Ai Xi kept holding him, and Bai Yuan woke up at noon when the sun was strongest.

He woke up and looked at Essie, then at Jia Renlu. Without saying a word, he just reached out and touched Essie's head. Ai Xi couldn't help but cry after seeing that look. Bai Yuan also cried. He still had a lot to say and a lot of things he wanted to do, but it was too late.

His head slowly tilted in Essie's arms and he closed his eyes.

Jia Renlu cried loudly, and all the soldiers present cried. The military doctor was pulling his hair hard, and the few hairs that were already there were even less. Ai Xi was very calm. Bai Yuan had been her father for only a few months, but he gave her the same feeling as her biological father.

Essie blinked and looked at the horizon outside the car.

Lu Ange finally came after him with his men, and what he saw when he came over was such a scene. The remaining soldiers were defeated, and Ai Xi was holding Bai Yuan's body and was covered in dirt. Lu Ange opened the car door in a panic, and Ai Xi looked up at him.

Lu Ange said: "You believe me...I didn't want to kill the commander."

Essie nodded, "I understand."

So both of them fell silent for a while. After a while, Lu Ange said, "When did the commander leave?"

"Just now."

"I'll take him home with you."

"good."

The long motorcade drove back to the city and back to Baifu. Because the entire Bai Mansion was in a hurry to evacuate, Bai Yuan's funeral was not organized and he was buried quickly.

Jia Renlu was beaten severely by his mother when he returned home. He said a lot of sweet words to coax his parents into agreeing to go to the United States with him.

Ai Qian asked Xiao Xing if she would like to go to the United States with her, and Xiao Xing agreed. She had no relatives and had always followed Bai Xunmei.

On the day of departure, Lu Ange came to see Elsie off. He looked much haggard and looked more mature than before. He asked Elsie if she would come back.

Essie looked at him and finally said no nonsense about marrying her cousin. She said: "When the disease is cured and the situation in the country gets better, I will come back."

Lu Ange lowered his head and said nothing. Ai Xi smiled and said, "Then I'm leaving."

"Can I go with you?" Lu Ange looked up into Ai Xi's eyes.

Ai Xi said: "It's better not to do it anymore. You said you wanted to do something for the country. You can't do anything if you leave with me."

So Lu Ange just stood there and watched Ai Xi leave, the morning sun shining coolly on his body. The car kicked up dust as it passed by, and he still held Elsie's photo in his hand. He never had the chance to give the photo to her. Now he keeps the photo in the breast pocket of his shirt, where it is closest to his heart.

Lu Ange stood there for a long time without leaving. The leaves treated him as a pillar and fell on his head.

Forty years have passed.

The world is changing very fast. Sometimes when I close my eyes, I can still see the panic expressions on the faces of people on the battlefield.

Jia Renlu was amazed when he got off the plane. He had seen the current state of the country on TV and online before, but seeing it with his own eyes was still particularly shocking. He left back then to escape the war. Unexpectedly, so many years had passed, he had grown older, and the place had become completely unrecognizable.

He held the hand of his favorite little granddaughter, who had very beautiful golden hair. The child ran forward in such a hurry that even Jia Renlu couldn't catch up.

His wife said to him: "Kristin is a very smart child and doesn't need to be taken too seriously."

Jia Renlu said: "That's different. This is not the United States. No matter how smart the children are, it's useless."

His wife was helpless. After so many years, they always had differences in their ideas about educating children. But Jia has been wanting to return to China for so many years. Now that he is finally back, he must be in a good mood, right?

Jia Renlu finally caught his granddaughter. He took his wife and granddaughter on a strange road home. The house back then had been demolished long ago, and the area between Jia's house and Bai's house had been transformed into a park, where an old man with snow-white hair was feeding pigeons.

For some reason, Jia Renlu suddenly stopped. He stood there and stared for a while, then suddenly said to the old man feeding the pigeons: "Hey, is it Lu Ange?"

The old man feeding the pigeons paused for a moment, raised his head and squinted at Jia Renlu for a while, "Who are you?"

"I am Jia Renlu." Jia Renlu said, "You don't recognize me."

"Oh, it's you!" The white-haired Lu Ange stood up tremblingly, walked up to Jia Renlu and said, "Have you returned to China?"

"I've returned to China." Jia Renlu said, "When people get old, they miss home. No, I'm bringing my wife and granddaughter back to visit."

"Oh, welcome back, welcome back." Lu Ange looked at Jia Renlu's wife and said, "Is this your wife?"

"Yes, my wife, isn't she beautiful?"

Jia Renlu's wife greeted Lu Ange with a smile. Lu Ange looked left and right with a confused expression. He said, "Where is Xunmei? Didn't Xunmei come back together?"

"You said my cousin passed away." Jia Renlu said.

Lu Ange was stunned, "How could..."

"She passed away that year." Jia Renlu said: "She was seriously ill and left within half a year after arriving in the United States."

"Oh." Lu Ange just said oh, and then couldn't speak anymore.

Jia Renlu said: "Why are you feeding the pigeons here alone? Where is your wife?"

"No." Lu Ange waved his hand, "I don't have a wife."

Jia Renlu was surprised: "You haven't gotten married in all these years?"

Lu Ange still waved his hand, "No..."

Jia Renlu was shocked for a while. He patted Lu Ange on the shoulder and said, "Actually, my cousin likes you. She already knew that she was not in good health, but she just didn't want you to know."

Lu Ange was speechless and just nodded.

When Jia Renlu left, his wife asked him who the old man was. Jia Renlu wiped away his tears and said, "Oh, it was a friend back then. I told you about my cousin. He was my cousin's fiancé. My cousin died. After all these years, he has never married."

Then the lady exclaimed, "What an infatuated person."

Lu Ange didn't know how he got home. He was a revolutionary veteran and had been a political commissar back then. After being alone for so many years, the state arranged his life well and even sent people to take care of him three meals a day.

He returned to his room that day, his mind was empty, and he kept thinking about Jia Renlu's words. She passed away, she passed away that year, and she didn’t last more than half a year after going to the United States...

He just thought, why did he leave so early? Didn't he say that he would come back when he got better? Why did he just leave?

He sat like this until dark.

There are always lots of showers in summer, and at night there are thunder and lightning. A bolt of lightning struck, instantly lighting up the entire room.

Lu Ange saw himself in the mirror, with wrinkles on his face and white hair on his head.

I want to turn the night into white hair, but the years don’t know the infatuated person.

It turns out that she has been gone for a long time. He has waited for so many years and has lived to this age.

He took out a very old photo from his shirt pocket. He had not dared to touch it for so many years for fear that the photo would be damaged. Singer Lu An lay on the bed clutching the photo and had a deep dream.

In the dream, he still had black hair, and he was waiting on the street in front of the Bai Mansion. A girl came back, wearing a beautiful cheongsam, holding a sun umbrella, and she had a very pretty smile.

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