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"Alright, stop crying." Her voice softened. "We can talk about it when we get back. It's so dark in the mountains, and there are snakes. Aren't you scared being here alone?"

"I...I don't want to go back." Liang Ping couldn't stop sobbing.

"You're not going back? You want to live like a savage in the mountains? Stealing money is wrong, but wrong is wrong. You're still young, everyone will give you a chance to correct your mistakes. Will you dare to steal money again next time?"

"No..." Liang Ping hiccuped, "I won't do it again."

"That's fine then, come back with me."

"I...I won't go back, my dad will beat me again." Liang Ping kept sobbing and couldn't stop.

"No, Auntie promises you."

Lin Zhilan patted Liang Ping on the shoulder and shouted towards the crowd, "Here it is! Found it!"

"Found it, found it..."

People passed messages to each other, and the beams of flashlights began to converge in this direction.

Liang Ping grew increasingly nervous and hid behind Lin Zhilan.

Commander Han ran over, panting. When he saw Liang Ping, his lips moved a few times, but he didn't say anything.

Wang Xiuzhi followed closely behind, and as soon as she saw Liang Ping, she rushed over, hugged him tightly, and cried and scolded, "You troublesome thing! Why did you run away! You almost scared me to death!"

Liang Ping finally couldn't hold back anymore and burst into tears, sobbing uncontrollably.

Wang Xiuzhi was also frightened by the child and dared not scold him anymore. She could only pat his back and mutter, "It's alright, it's good that you're back, it's good that you're back..."

Su Lang patted Commander Han on the shoulder. "Commander Han, don't be so serious. It's good that the child has been found. We can talk about it when we get back."

Commander Han frowned deeply, and finally just gave a deep "hmm".

Su Lang walked to Lin Zhilan's side, reached out and touched her arm. His fingertips touched something slightly cool, and his brows furrowed.

He took off his coat, shook it out, and draped it over Lin Zhilan's shoulders.

Seeing that he was only wearing a white vest, Lin Zhilan quietly slipped a hand over and squeezed his palm.

It was dark and no one could see, so Su Lang held her hand tightly and didn't let go.

Once they found the person, everyone started moving down the mountain.

Wang Xiuzhi pulled Liang Ping along behind the main group.

Before they had taken more than a few steps, Liang Ping suddenly stopped, turned around and said to Su Lang with a thick nasal voice, "Uncle Su, remember to support Doctor Lin, she sprained her ankle."

Su Lang was slightly taken aback and subconsciously looked down at Lin Zhilan's ankle.

Lin Zhilan pinched his arm quietly and whispered, "It's nothing, I was just lying to the child."

Just as Su Lang was about to laugh, Liang Ping added another sentence.

"Dr. Lin is pregnant; we absolutely mustn't let her fall."

The mountain road suddenly became quiet.

For a few seconds, Su Lang doubted whether he had misheard. He slowly turned to look at Lin Zhilan, a stiff smile on his face. "What is this child saying?"

"Hmm," Lin Zhilan said casually, "He wasn't wrong, I'm pregnant."

Su Lang was shaken, his foot slipped, and with a "thump," he knelt on one knee in front of Lin Zhilan.

The couple looked at each other, both somewhat bewildered.

After a long while, Lin Zhilan finally couldn't help but cover her face and laugh.

Her smile made everyone else smile too.

"Old Su," Li Jiang laughed the loudest, "Doctor Lin is pregnant, is such a grand gesture necessary?"

Everyone burst into laughter.

Even Commander Han's brow relaxed.

Su Lang didn't care and just grinned foolishly.

He stood up from the ground, patted the dirt off his knees, and a rare blush rose to his face.

Lin Zhilan looked at him, tears welling up in her eyes from smiling.

Su Lang couldn't even smile anymore, and the hand supporting her was trembling slightly.

On the way down the mountain, Su Lang was even more attentive and considerate than Li Lianying was to the Empress Dowager.

If his legs weren't still weak, Su Lang would have loved to carry Lin Zhilan back with him.

Back at the family compound, Commander Han and Wang Xiuzhi came to pick up Han Mei.

Thinking of her promise to Liang Ping, Lin Zhilan couldn't help but say to Commander Han, "Commander Han, the child isn't just Sister Xiuzhi's problem. He should be properly educated when he makes a mistake, but he can't just be beaten and scolded."

Lin Zhilan could tell that neither of the children was very close to Commander Han.

Commander Han is the kind of old-fashioned patriarch, a representative of widowed parenting.

Within the family, his only responsibility was to earn money.

The children felt more awe than affection for him.

Liang Ping is 13 years old now, which is exactly the stage of adolescence, a time when he seeks recognition and personal independence.

If Commander Han tries to discipline him using intimidation, it might backfire.

Commander Han glanced at Han Mei, who was hiding behind Wang Xiuzhi, and said, "I understand. Thank you, Dr. Lin."

Lin Zhilan shook her head and was helped back into the house by Su Lang.

Commander Han and Wang Xiuzhi took their two children home.

Commander Han sat down and noticed that three people were standing next to him.

He sighed. "Sit down, everyone."

Only then did Wang Xiuzhi sit down with her two children.

Commander Han let out a breath and asked Liang Ping, "Why did you steal the money? What were you going to do with it?"

Liang Ping lowered his head and remained silent.

Han Mei glanced at her brother and her lips moved slightly.

Commander Han looked at her and said, "Go on."

Han Mei pursed her lips, tears streaming down her face, and whispered, "Jiang Chengzhou and his sister can eat popsicles every day... My brother and I have never had them."

Han Mei and Liang Ping have lived in cave dwellings on the Loess Plateau since they were young.

Before joining the army, they had no concept of the word "popsicle".

The island has a hot climate, and popsicles are the most popular snack in summer.

Jiang Chengzhou has a fixed allowance, and Deng Jing also buys snacks for the children.

Han Mei and Liang Ping always hid in a corner and watched them eat popsicles.

The brother and sister both had the same thought in their minds: they wanted to know what the popsicle tasted like.

Han Mei said something, and Liang Ping picked up where she left off.

"I passed by Dr. Lin's house this morning and saw that their door wasn't closed properly..." Liang Ping lowered his head even further, "I just wanted to get some money to buy an ice pop."

Commander Han frowned, asking suspiciously, "Twelve yuan? What kind of popsicles do you need that much for?"

Liang Ping picked at his fingers. "I don't know how much a popsicle costs, I'm afraid it won't be enough..."

Lin Zhilan's family didn't hide their money very well; it was just in a drawer of the living room cabinet.

There were several tens of yuan inside, and Liang Ping originally planned to take two yuan.

But then he remembered he didn't know how much an ice pop cost, so he took out another ten-yuan note.

Looking back now, Liang Ping doesn't know what he was thinking at the time; it seems like all he could think about was that popsicle.

Commander Han was stunned by the brother and sister's answer.

Wang Xiuzhi licked her lips. "What are you comparing yourselves to them for? They're rich, so of course they can buy whatever they want. How can our family be like them?"

"Xiuzhi..."

"Hmm?" Wang Xiuzhi looked at Commander Han nervously.