Unable to contact Jiang Chengzhou, Lin Zhilan became willful and would call Cheng Qingshan every few days.

She could only feel at ease if Cheng Qingshan said on the other end, "Chengzhou is doing well."

During Linlin's summer vacation after the second semester of her junior year of high school, the most severe typhoon in nearly ten years made landfall on the island, with gale-force winds of level 10 and gusts of level 12. Coupled with torrential rain, the storm surge rose dramatically and lasted for three whole days.

The storm was accompanied by strong winds, torrential rain, and hail. The sea was raging with huge waves, and all coastal waters were closed to navigation. All fishing boats returned to port to take shelter from the storm.

This typhoon swept across the entire island, completely cutting off maritime traffic and isolating the island from the outside world. Supply ships can only reach the island after the storm has passed.

The military region urgently mobilized troops to support disaster relief.

Lin Zhilan also joined her colleagues at the hospital in rescuing the wounded and sick.

Three days after the typhoon passed, the rain completely stopped, the sky was cloudless, and the sky was exceptionally clear and blue.

What follows is high temperature and sweltering heat, which is especially unbearable.

Lin Zhilan had been working non-stop for more than 20 hours, and her white coat was covered with mud and bloodstains.

The makeshift medical shed in the camp was crowded with wounded soldiers, mostly soldiers injured by falling trees during the rescue operation, as well as a few fishermen whose houses had collapsed.

Linlin helped by handing over gauze and bandaging the wound. Her hair was soaked with sweat and stuck to her forehead, but she didn't bother to tidy it up.

She's already a grown woman; if the policy hadn't suddenly changed high school from two years to three, she would have been going to university this fall.

A seventeen-year-old girl is in the prime of her life.

She inherited her mother's beauty, and her appearance was almost otherworldly.

If Lin Zhilan is bright and spirited, then Linlin is elegant and beautiful.

Her face shape and other features are very similar to Lin Zhilan's, except for her eyebrows and eyes.

Her eyebrows were lighter and softer, and her almond-shaped eyes were clean and clear, like a deep mountain spring.

Linlin has a pure and gentle appearance, but her gaze is upright and self-possessed, carrying an innate arrogance.

When the young soldiers met her gaze, they would instinctively lower their heads awkwardly; no one dared to meet her eyes rashly.

Lin Zhilan stitched up the soldier's arm wound and glanced at her daughter.

She wanted to take out the handkerchief from her pocket to wipe her daughter's sweat, but found that the handkerchief was already covered in mud and was unusable.

"Baby," Lin Zhilan said softly, "go home and rest. It's too hot here; you'll get heatstroke."

Her mother called her "baby" again, and Linlin could hear the doctors, nurses, and soldiers around her chuckling.

She laughed nonchalantly, "Anyway, the power's out at home, so it's just as hot. I'm fine here; I can even help you out."

Su Lang was busy with disaster relief, Lin Zhilan was also working tirelessly, and Linlin hoped she could help in any way she could.

"Baby!" Lin Zhilan's eyes held a hint of disapproval.

Linlin blinked, walked to her side, and said sweetly, "Mommy~ I just want to stay here with you."

As soon as the girl finished speaking in her soft, coquettish voice, the surrounding noise subsided, and everyone's eyes turned to her, intentionally or unintentionally.

Lin Zhilan glared at her, at a loss for what to do. "You can't force yourself to be uncomfortable. You must tell your mother if you feel unwell."

"I know," Linlin smiled sweetly at her mother.

Then the surroundings immediately fell silent, and a gasp could be heard.

When Linlin isn't smiling, her eyes and brows are cool and aloof, making people hesitant to approach her.

When she smiles, her cool demeanor instantly transforms into a captivating brightness, her clear eyes curving into two crescent moons, radiating a vibrant and lively spirit.

This contrast is particularly moving, making one wish to offer her all the best things in the world and be unwilling to refuse any of her requests.

The young soldiers were stunned for a moment, then quickly looked away, their ears turning red.

After the typhoon passed, the roads were left in a mess.

The soldiers were busy moving fallen trees that were blocking the road and clearing the road surface. Su Li was helping to pick up branches and debris with several children, so her family didn't have to worry about her.

When he came to find Lin Zhilan and Linlin, he was covered in mud.

Su Li stopped at the tent entrance, not rushing in rashly, but instead poking her head in and saying, "Mom! Sister! Guess who I saw!"

Lin Zhilan was busy, so Linlin put down what she was doing and took him outside.

"Mom's busy, who did you see?"

"elder brother!"

Linlin was startled, as if she hadn't reacted yet. "Who?"

"Your brother," Su Li whispered in Linlin's ear, standing on tiptoe, "Jiang Chengzhou!"

Linlin was almost deaf, but there was no time to discipline her bratty little brother. She grabbed his arm and asked, "Where's my brother?"

"He was right there at the dock, with the soldiers, moving sandbags." Su Li said, her voice both urgent and excited.

"Did you see clearly?"

"Sigh," Su Li sighed, "Do you believe me or not?"

The next second, Linlin turned and went into the tent. "Mom, brother's back!"

Lin Zhilan paused in her movements. "Where?"

"The dock!" Linlin said anxiously, pacing back and forth. "Mommy, I want to go see it..."

Not only did she want to go, but Lin Zhilan also wanted to go.

But she couldn't leave her work right now, so Lin Zhilan said, "Then go and check on him first. Be careful not to get hurt. If Chengzhou really comes back, tell him he absolutely has to come home."

"good!"

Linlin responded and ran off.

The situation at the dock was even more chaotic than at the camp.

Although the typhoon has passed, the sea is still surging, the nearshore waters are extremely turbid, and the dangers of underwater currents and reefs have greatly increased.

Large supply ships dare not approach the sea rashly; they must wait for the waves to subside and the silt to settle before they can navigate.

Jiang Chengzhou followed the troops aboard a small military speedboat, avoiding the area with huge waves, and landed on a temporary rocky beach.

He didn't have time to go home; he had to patrol the coastline with the troops to prevent seawater from flowing back in.

Linlin was stopped as soon as she reached the outer edge of the dock. A sentry held out his hand to block her way, saying, "Comrade, it's dangerous here. You can't come any closer."

"Okay, I won't go any closer. I'll just observe from here."

Linlin tiptoed and peered inside.

The dock was bustling with people, all dressed in military uniforms, and Linlin couldn't recognize them at all.

Jiang Chengzhou was among the first batch of students admitted to their school after the resumption of the college entrance examination.

In their second year of study, the school selected key students to participate in a closed-door defense training camp, which was set up on a remote island in the sea.

The training camp will be conducted under a closed management system, prohibiting private communication and unauthorized contact with outsiders.

As the nation constructs large-scale island defense fortifications along its coastal fortresses, higher authorities select top-performing officers from command trainees and assign them to carry out classified tasks such as coastal island defense surveying and site reconnaissance.

In other words, Jiang Chengzhou has only been away from home for a little over 100 kilometers in the past few years, but he has never been able to go home.

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