Chu Ningyi raised his brow. “What’re you thinking about?”
“Why is he saluting you? Does he have to salute everyone that comes here?” Shui Anluo asked curiously.
Chu Ningyi turned around and carried his son as he continued to walk forward. “I was a lieutenant colonel before I left and he’s a first-class sergeant. This is a rule.”
“What rank is a first-class sergeant in the army?” Shui Anluo jumped to his side, still as curious as a child.
Chu Ningyi helped her with one hand on her arm. “Watch where you’re walking, these are all steps. Aren’t you scared of falling over?”
“Don’t I have you?” Shui Anluo grinned. She knew the right things to say to please Director Chu. She continued, “You haven’t explained it to me.”
“It’s about the same rank as a soldier, officer, and warrant officer,” Chu Ningyi replied calmly.
Shui Anluo gently tapped her chin, “I remembered someone saying that there’s a university for soldiers. Why don’t I try it out too?”
“You should stop now, we’re arriving soon,” Chu Ningyi said and did not let go of her arm. Instead, he dragged his happily chirping wife along as he carried his gurgling son. These two have never stopped making him worry.
Shui Anluo pursed her lips and started to focus on walking.
Yuan Jiayi’s father’s grave was in the same tomb as Yuan Jiayi’s mother. Shui Anluo stood in front of the tombstone and stared at the black and white pictures on it. The man was dressed in an army uniform and was a lieutenant colonel.
Shui Anluo looked at Chu Ningyi. She remembered that Chu Ningyi was only a few years older than Yuan Jiayi and he was already a lieutenant colonel when he left. Shui Anluo’s lips twitched. “Did you sit on a rocket to go up the ranks?”
Chu Ningyi glanced at her and did not reply.
Shui Anluo lost interest and placed the lilies in her hand in front of the tombstone. She stared seriously at the people in the photos on the tombstone. However, the more she looked at them, the more she felt like she had seen them before.
“Papa, Papa, Papa, look, Mama bought me a storybook.” A tiny little Shui Anluo ran in from outside. Unexpectedly, she slammed into someone. “Ow…” Little Shui Anluo cried out and fell on her bum.
“Luoluo.” Shui Moyun rushed over to scoop Shui Anluo into his arms and gently patted the dust from her little bum. He asked worriedly, “Are you hurt?”
Little Shui Anluo shook her head and looked up at the person she had bumped into. He was so tall. That person only nodded at her father and then left.
“Papa, who is he?” Shui Anluo asked curiously.
“A friend of mine. Let me see if you’re hurt?”
Shui Anluo’s body shivered as her eyes focused on the picture again.
“What is it?” Chu Ningyi sensed that something was off about her and asked worriedly.
Shui Anluo shook her head. “I just think that he looks a lot like an uncle I’ve met before,” Shui Anluo replied calmly.
Chu Ningyi nodded and did not seem to mind.
Shui Anluo put her attention on the picture again. ‘Was that him? That man who had caused Mother and Father’s first fight?’
Just as Shui Anluo was in a daze, An Fengyang brought Wen Xin over.
Wen Xin’s belly was huge so An Fengyang had to lead her over very slowly.
Shui Anluo turned around to look. Wen Xin was five months pregnant and it looked very obvious. As a result, Shui Anluo made conversation by remarking that she could be having twins.
“If it’s twins, I’ll give you a huge red packet.” An Fengyang smiled.
Shui Anluo immediately leaned on Wen Xin’s belly and softly said, “You must be twins. Whether I drink water or soup in the future, it’s all in your hands now.”