A young boy from the 1970s, separated from his family, fled famine and led his younger brother into

Su Nianci stood straight and tall, like a sapling rooted in ice and snow, with a resolute and tragic air, opposite the military region gate.

If you don't let me in, I won't leave.

If you don't admit it, I'll stand here until you do.

This was the dumbest and most desperate method. But for Su Nianci, who had nothing at this moment, it was the only resistance she could mount.

With her small, frail body, she fought against this massive, cold state machine.

Both sentries in the guard post noticed this unusual behavior.

"Hey, look at those two kids, why aren't they leaving yet?" the sentry on the left said to his companion in a low voice.

"Who knows? Probably just too shocked and lost his mind." The sentry on the right curled his lip. "I just heard from Officer Li that the envelope was yellowed and brittle, probably an old letter from some year ago. Even if the person she was talking about really existed before, who knows where he's been transferred to by now."

"That's true. Poor thing, standing here in this cold weather, you're bound to catch a cold."

"Who cares? We'll just stand our posts. As long as they don't cause trouble or cross the cordon, let them be."

Su Nianci couldn't hear their conversation. All her attention was focused on the tightly closed iron gate.

She was like a most devout believer, waiting for a miracle to happen.

Time passed by, second by second.

The sun slowly rose from the east to its zenith, and then slowly slid back to the west.

After a brief warming up in the afternoon, the temperature began to drop sharply again.

Su Nianci and Xiao Shitou have been standing here for six or seven hours since morning. They haven't eaten or drunk anything.

Little Stone was already exhausted. He leaned against Su Nianci's legs, his little head nodding as he drifted off to sleep.

Su Nianci's own body had reached its limit. Her legs, like two icicles, had long since lost all feeling. Her lips were dry and cracked, and her face was as white as a sheet of paper.

Cold and hunger, like two venomous snakes, were frantically gnawing at her will.

She wanted to give up several times.

Let's go back.

Back to that shack with hot soup and a stove.

Aunt Wang and Uncle Zhou are still waiting for them.

However, when she thought of her parents' blurry faces, when she thought of Xiao Shitou's difficult life, and when she thought of the dragon-shaped jade pendant that could bring about her death, she fiercely nipped that cowardly thought in the bud!

No refunds!

If she backs out today, she'll never have the courage to stand here again!

Just then, the gate of the military region slowly opened.

A black Volga sedan with military license plates on the front drove out smoothly.

Su Nianci's eyes lit up instantly!

It's a car! A car is coming out!

The person sitting in the car must be a high-ranking official!

This is her only chance!

She no longer cared about strategy or plan! Her body reacted faster than her brain!

She pulled up the dazed little stone, and with the last bit of strength in her body, she rushed towards the black car that was driving out of the gate!

"parking!!"

She spread her arms wide, like a little praying mantis overestimating its own strength, and stood directly in front of the majestic car!

"Squeak—creak—!"

A piercing sound of tires screeching against the ground echoed throughout the empty square!

The driver was clearly not expecting two children to suddenly dart out from the roadside! He was terrified and slammed on the brakes, hitting the floor!

The black Volga sedan stopped just half a meter away from Su Nianci!

The two sentries in the guard post were so startled by this sudden scene that their hearts almost jumped out of their chests!

"Danger! Get out of the way!"

They shouted and rushed out of the guard post, trying to pull Su Nianci away.

Su Nianci ignored it all! Her eyes were fixed on the back seat of the car, separated by tinted glass!

She knew that only the person in the car could hear her and could possibly help her.

She can't be taken away!

Before the sentries rushed over, she used all her lung capacity to shout out the most grief-stricken, aggrieved, and heart-wrenching slogans that had been suppressed in her heart, at the top of her lungs!

"I'm looking for someone! My father is Su Weiguo!"

"He was a war hero! He sacrificed his life!"

"My name is Su Nianci! I've come to seek justice for my father!"

She didn't mention the denied "Lu Zhenhua" again. She changed her strategy! Instead of begging for help, she cried out for justice!

In this special era, the words "combat hero," "sacrifice," and "seeking justice" combined possess an unparalleled and deeply moving power!

Sure enough, her heart-wrenching screams caused the two sentries who had rushed to her side to pause in their actions!

The back door of the black sedan, which had already come to a stop, was pushed open from the inside with a "click".

A middle-aged man, who looked to be in his fifties, with a square face, large ears, and an imposing presence, wearing a crisp woolen military overcoat and carrying two bars of four-star (senior colonel) military rank on his shoulders, stepped out of the car.

His gaze immediately fell on the little girl who had spread her arms to block the car, her face streaked with tears, but her eyes were stubborn.

His brows furrowed tightly.

"What's going on?!" he asked in a deep voice, his tone carrying the authority of someone who had long held a high position.

"Reporting, sir!" A sentry immediately ran forward, gave a standard military salute, and then quickly gave a brief report on what had happened that day.

"...She said she was looking for a division commander named 'Lu Zhenhua,' claiming to be an orphan of a martyr. Officer Li checked, and there is no such person in our division."

The senior colonel's expression remained unchanged after hearing the report. He simply stared silently at Su Nianci, his gaze seemingly piercing through to the heart.

Su Nianci's heart was in her throat.

She knew that success or failure hinged on this one move!

She looked at the senior colonel, at his imposing face, took a deep breath, and prepared to repeat the speech she had already prepared.

However, just a second before she opened her mouth, her brain, due to extreme fatigue and tension, experienced a momentary...short circuit.

What was the name of the person she was looking for?

Lu...Lu...

What was the name of the honorary president of the military medical university that Zhou Wenqian mentioned?

Lu Zhenhua!

Yes, it's Lu Zhenhua!

However, the captain denied the existence of "Lu Zhenhua".

So... who should she call?

In a flash, a name she had only glimpsed briefly on Zhou Wenqian's younger brother's military officer's ID card, a name with the same surname Lu, a name that, for some reason, was deeply imprinted in her mind, uncontrollably slipped out!

With her last ounce of strength, she raised her head and, facing the senior colonel, called out a name that even she herself found unfamiliar—in a voice almost like crying blood.

"Sir! I'm looking for Uncle Lu Zhenguo!"

"My father was Su Weiguo! He sacrificed his life! I've come to seek justice for him!"