Lu Jiang didn’t take his wife’s words seriously because there are quite a number of people named Anbang, and there are several in the military with the same name and surname, "He’s our fellow townsman. I promised him I’d ask around, this time when I got back, if his family might have returned to their hometown. His father is an old revolutionary who was sent down to rural areas years ago. His family used to live in the Capital, but they’ve been out of touch."
Feng Qingxue suddenly raised her hand and patted his shoulder," Wait! Wait!"
Lu Jiang became alert and opened his eyes, "What is it, wife?"
"I remember who Zhao Anbang is now. He’s Anbang from Anbang ’creating peace for the country’ right?" Seeing Lu Jiang nodding, Feng Qingxue clapped her hands together, "That’s right, isn’t he Tianqi’s uncle? I remember Tianqi saying that his grandfather was sent down, his uncle was a soldier in the northwest. He hasn’t seen him much since he was a child. When did he get mixed up with you? You are in the southwest military district."
"Anbang got transferred to our place at the beginning of this year, he’s my deputy." Lu Jiang elated, "Wife, do you know his family? What a coincidence. His elder sister is named Zhao Guohong, his nephew is Tianqi, I can’t remember if his surname is Ren or something else."
"Tianqi’s surname is Zhao now. After Grandpa Zhao was sent down, Sister Guohong got divorced and Tianqi has been living with her."
Hearing this, Lu Jiang’s face darkened.
Standing behind him, Feng Qingxue could not see his face clearly, but she could guess that he was angry at Zhao Guohong’s husband’s mercilessness, and she sighed softly, "These days, from top to bottom everything is in chaos, and there will be more chaotic days ahead. For personal gain, who still cares about conjugal and filial affections?"
Wasn’t this the case during the ten-year tumult?
"Anbang didn’t know about this in the army, I only heard him mention that his brother-in-law is the son of some old revolutionary, having origins as red as he can be, the two families were of equal social status." Lu Jiang sighed, "Well, if one is unfeeling then so be it, who can’t survive without whom? In the future, his nephew will be his heir, and the Zhao Family will indeed have household successors."
Feng Qingxue gave a non-committal hmm, "Let’s go to Tianqi’s house tomorrow."
Zhao Anbang was injured and is still in the hospital, now missing an arm which will certainly cause anguish to Mrs. Zhao.
After waiting for quite a while, Feng Qingxue didn’t get a response from Lu Jiang. She turned around to look and found that he had fallen asleep.
Instantly knocked out, he was fine just a second ago and fell asleep the next.
Looking at the dark circles under his eyes, it seemed as if he hasn’t slept for days and nights. Feng Qingxue suddenly felt very sympathetic. She quickly massaged his shoulders, arms, and legs, then woke him up, "Ajiang, wake up, wipe your body dry, put on your clothes and go to bed."
Yesterday afternoon, the train broke down at the previous station. Even after working overtime, the railway workers needed a whole day and night to fix it, and it would take half a day from that station to their home. Lu Jiang couldn’t wait any longer, so he got off the train early and rushed back home. He used a flashlight to light the way, day and night, and walked for a total of twenty hours. At first, the joy of seeing his family supported him to interact with them. But now, while taking a hot bath, fatigue covered his body and his head was muzzy, he was too exhausted to stay awake anymore.
Upon hearing his wife’s call, he was startled awake and forced his heavy eyelids open. He quickly jumped out of the bathtub, wiped his body dry and put on underwear and autumn clothes, then flopped on the bed and fell into a deep sleep.
..I’m an innocent kid, don’t get the wrong idea.