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Su Lang lowered his eyes and tucked her messy hair behind her ear. "I just can't bear to part with you."

Lin Zhilan probably doesn't even remember.

Song Fang and Zhou Jianjun had targeted her before, and Su Lang had sent people to investigate Zhou Jianjun's affairs.

Zhou Jianjun and Zhou Chen enlisted together.

In the same unit, in the same company.

Zhou Jianjun was with Zhou Chen on the mission in which he sacrificed his life.

The Haihe River basin experienced a massive flood, affecting more than 100 counties and cities.

Four cities were flooded, 357 million hectares of farmland were submerged, and 1265 million houses collapsed.

At the time, the death toll from the flood was over 5000.

Over a hundred soldiers sacrificed their lives in the disaster relief efforts, including 11 soldiers from Zhou Chen's company.

Therefore, although Zhou Chen's sacrifice saddened his comrades, they did not find it particularly unusual.

Su Lang investigated carefully and discovered something unusual.

The biggest point of contention is that Zhou Chen's body was never identified.

Three days after the flood peak passed, the troops found a body that had been washed away in the mudflats outside Thirty Miles.

The life jacket on the body was exactly the same style as the newly issued ones, and the equipment number on it was also the same as Zhou Chen's.

The body was severely damaged, and these are the only things that can be used to identify it.

The flood came with tremendous force, sweeping away people and supplies in the blink of an eye.

Many civilians and soldiers who perished in the flood were swept away without a trace.

This was actually quite normal.

But Zhou Jianjun was the last person to see Zhou Chen.

Perhaps Su Lang was prejudiced against this person; in his view, Zhou Jianjun's testimony seemed deliberately contrived.

Upon returning to his unit after the disaster, Zhou Jianjun was moved to tears and spoke earnestly.

Yan said that he and Zhou Chen were guarding that section of the dike when the flood breached it, and Zhou Chen slipped.

Zhou Jianjun tried to turn back to save him, but he couldn't even grab the hem of his clothes and could only watch helplessly as he was swept away.

What he said was reasonable and perfectly matched the chaotic scene of the raging flood at the time.

After the search for Zhou Chen's "remains" yielded no results, Zhou Chen was naturally included in the list of those who sacrificed their lives in the fight against the flood and posthumously awarded the title of martyr.

Zhou Jianjun distinguished himself in the disaster relief efforts and was given the opportunity for further education and promotion.

Su Lang met him during this training program, where he served as an instructor.

Su Lang had investigated Zhou Jianjun and Zhou Chen's former comrades-in-arms, and almost everyone who mentioned Zhou Chen expressed regret and pity.

They also praised Zhou Chen for his ability, loyalty, and reliability, saying that if he hadn't sacrificed himself, Zhou Chen would have been the one promoted.

As for Zhou Jianjun, his superiors and comrades-in-arms had a rather mediocre opinion of him.

Although it didn't say anything bad about him, it was clearly different from the evaluation of Zhou Chen.

More importantly, everyone knows that although Zhou Jianjun and Zhou Chen are cousins, they are not close.

Similarly, there's something everyone already knows.

That is, Zhou Jianjun is a person with a strong sense of purpose, but in various training sessions and competitions, Zhou Chen always outperforms him.

Zhou Jianjun thus became the company's perennial runner-up.

It is said that Zhou Jianjun and Zhou Chen had a big argument because of this nickname.

Then I encountered the disaster relief effort.

Su Lang expressed doubt about Zhou Jianjun's statement that "he wanted to turn back to save Zhou Chen, but it was too late."

More importantly, Su Lang was thinking...

Was that unrecognizable body, dressed in Zhou Chen's clothes, actually Zhou Chen himself?

If not, where is Zhou Chen now?

Why doesn't he come back?

Su Lang has ordered the investigation to continue, with a focus on identifying those who went missing and those who survived the flood.

I've already gotten a little bit of news since I returned to the island.

Su Lang wasn't sure if the "Dajiang" in the information was actually Zhou Chen.

in the case of……

What will Zhilan choose?

When investigating Zhou Chen's background, besides his abilities, character, popularity, and reputation, almost everyone who knew him knew that Zhou Chen had a very beautiful wife and daughter.

Moreover, the couple had a very good relationship and were just waiting for Zhou Chen to get promoted so that they could bring their mother and daughter to live with him at the military base.

Su Lang understood this even better.

His wife originally didn't want to marry him.

She only chose him because of the circumstances and for her daughter's sake.

Oh, and my daughter too.

He and his wife were married to military personnel and were protected by the state.

He does not agree to a divorce.

He also disagreed with returning his daughter to Zhou Chen.

But he didn't know what his wife was thinking.

This was the first time Su Lang, who was over 30 years old, had ever experienced the feeling of being anxious and uncertain about gains and losses.

He looked down, but his wife had already fallen asleep against his chest.

Su Lang gazed at the peaceful sleeping face of the person in his arms.

He gently placed his palm on the back of her neck, his fingertips delicately caressing her fair neck, and then carefully pulled her tightly into his arms.

The sea breeze outside the window, carrying a salty and damp scent, stirred the curtains.

The moonlight streamed in, landing precisely on his wife's slightly furrowed brow.

Su Lang lowered his head, his warm lips, with restrained tenderness, gently pressed against her forehead.

"do not leave Me."

He nuzzled the top of her head with his chin, his gaze unfathomable.

His fingers slowly slid down her back, straightening her disheveled clothes, his movements full of tenderness.

The person in his arms seemed to feel the comforting warmth, unconsciously snuggling closer to him, finding a more comfortable position, and falling into a deep sleep.

When Lin Zhilan woke up the next day, the bed next to her was already cold.

When I went downstairs, breakfast was already on the table.

Xu Yueyun is braiding her daughter's hair.

"You're up? Hurry up and wash up and eat something, you have to go to work later, right?" Xu Yueyun said with a smile.

"Good morning, Mom." Lin Zhilan glanced outside. "Where are Dad and Chengzhou?"

Xu Yueyun: "Didn't the kids say they wanted to eat seafood yesterday? Chengzhou took your dad to the supply and marketing cooperative."

"Okay, fine."

After quickly finishing her breakfast, Lin Zhilan kissed her daughter and rode her bicycle to work at the hospital.

When they returned in the afternoon, Su Lang was already shucking oysters with the children.

Lin Zhilan put down her things and suddenly realized that the shoes she was going to give to Yan Yuan were still on the shoe rack.

"Chengzhou, did you forget to bring your shoelaces?"

Jiang Chengzhou looked up, raised his hands, and ran over. "I went to the supply and marketing cooperative today, but I didn't see Yan Yuan."

"Didn't you see it?"

Lin Zhilan frowned. Yan Yuan's family made a living by fishing.

The price offered by outsiders to buy seafood is low, while the price offered by the supply and marketing cooperative is slightly higher. Whenever Yan Yuan is not in school, he takes seafood to the supply and marketing cooperative to sell.

"Is he sick?" Lin Zhilan asked with some concern. "It's alright. I'll go to his house after dinner and bring him the shoes."

"I want to see Brother Xiaoyuan too!" Linlin ran over and grabbed her mother's pants.

"It's too late today. Let your brother take you to play with Brother Xiaoyuan tomorrow, okay?" Lin Zhilan squatted down and coaxed.