Sure enough, even within a military unit, once there are many people, it becomes a small community.
"When did you wake up? The political commissar has invited us for lunch." He Teng closed the door as he entered, his eyes settling on He Zhilan’s clothes. "Why haven’t you made yourself a new dress? You’re so talented, you can knit yourself a sweater and stop wasting time knitting for me. Take some time for yourself; I lack nothing in the army."
"I lack even less than you do, aren’t all the clothes that Lin Chan sent over during early winter enough? Why waste money on unnecessary things? It’s better to save it! As for you, I wanted to knit you a sweater, it wouldn’t be the same as the one provided by the army." He Zhilan smiled, "I will not be bothered by their small talks! Weren’t we supposed to go to the political commissar’s house for lunch? It’s about time, let’s go!"
He Zhilan had guessed a little, perhaps it was the words of those army wives that had hurt He Teng’s masculinity, but She knew that more than that, it was because He Teng cared too much for her, everyone always had something during the New Year, but she didn’t.
But He Zhilan didn’t feel wronged at all, what was the point of hiding when one’s family was poor? Money that shouldn’t be spent simply can’t be wasted.
While for He Zhilan, the night might have been sweet, but for the Gu family in the hospital, it was agony.
After a full eighteen hours, the operating room was finally opened, doctors came out, all looking exhausted.
"Finally, the patient was saved! We were fortunate to intervene in time, otherwise, he wouldn’t have made it." The doctor shook his head, even though he knew that the Lan and Gu families were present, after eighteen hours of continuous surgery, he was completely exhausted. He took a single breath, removed his mask, and hurried to rest.
And Gu En, had been transferred to the intensive care unit through a special channel, under pressure, the police launched an overnight investigation into the accident.
After all, the Gu family was no ordinary family, with Gu En involved in such a serious car accident, the first instinct of Gu and Lan families was whether this was a move by political rivals?
"You can rest assured, commander Gu, we have investigated overnight and confirmed this was an accident. We need to wait until Miss Gu wakes up to know the specifics. However, at the accident scene, we are sure there was no sabotage, even the truck driver’s background has been checked, he is a regular delivery driver and was returning from a delivery to celebrate the New Year."
This incident involved the involvement of the director himself, but after all the investigations, it was confirmed to be a mere traffic accident.
No one really knew why this had happened, perhaps due to both vehicles trying to avoid each other, Gu En’s car breached the barrier and plummeted into the river. In such frigid weather, there wasn’t even time to cry for help. Thank heavens that the truck driver immediately reported the incident and jumped into the river for rescue, otherwise, Gu En wouldn’t have survived.
"What was Gu En doing out driving alone on New Year’s Eve when she should have been at home for dinner?" Lan Li’s tone was slightly reproachful, he didn’t expect that Gu En hadn’t gone to the army base with commander Gu but was wandering outside late at night instead.
"She received a phone call in the afternoon and went out, upset. I don’t know what she was up to. She also didn’t answer her phone later. It was only when I received a call from the hospital that I learned of the accident. Our parents are still at home, unaware of everything. Dad’s health hasn’t been good recently. I made up an excuse when I left, I dare not let him notice." Gu’s mother sat down on a chair, covering her face with her hands as she wept softly.