Chapter 1261 - 1134: Any Injuries

Chapter 1261: Chapter 1134: Any Injuries

Zhou Jiao would never forget to check if her three sons were injured.

After dinner, before they even opened their mouths, she took out their change of clothes to wait.

This time because Ping’an had previously sneaked away with some dishonest behavior.

Zhou Jiao’s gaze was directly fixed on him, watching her eldest son with a half-smile, "Da Bao, do you choose to confess for leniency or resist for severity?"

Ping’an laughed and walked to her, "Mom, I won’t hide from you. I just got bitten on the arm, it’s long healed. Dad applied medicine for me at the time."

Zhou Jiao’s heart tightened, "Bitten by what?"

Ping’an straightforwardly took off his shirt, pointing to a wound on his right arm, "Just this. Look, now it doesn’t affect anything."

Zhou Jiao leaned in close, touched it with concern, "How could you be so careless?" Even as she spoke, she understood in her heart that achieving various military merits was already fortunate amidst the misfortune.

"At that time, to avoid vital parts, I didn’t notice getting bitten. When I got back, Dad took off the bandage and replaced it with your medicine; it was fine in two days."

Zhou Jiao circled behind him, compared to her youngest son’s back, it wasn’t much better either. The scabs had fallen off, and there wasn’t much point in saying more.

"Mom, it was just the first mission, later we became much more clever. Really, I’m not hiding this time; Dad privately said if there’s another injury, he’ll join us."

Zhou Jiao scoffed with a "humph," "The major general shifted his focus to your dad. You must have done something major to provoke him, that’s why he said that."

Ping’an winked at Liu Yi.

"Heh heh, Mom, it’s my turn."

Zhou Jiao happily patted Liu Yi, squeezing Ping’an away, "You three brothers are covering for each other, playing quite skillfully, huh."

"Isn’t it because you taught us well?"

Liu Yi took off his clothes and even spun around, "How about it? Apart from a few insect bites, your son looks like he’s been on a trip."

Zhou Jiao laughed, patting his behind, "You’re just teasing your mom!"

"Mom, you don’t know; I didn’t dare to take off my clothes in front of my comrades. Others either have this wound or that wound; does that make me a ’hate magnet’?"

Zhou Jiao was quite curious about how her son could earn merits and return unharmed, couldn’t help but ask, "What on earth happened?"

Liu Yi smiled, "The three of us are fluent in the local language, can disguise ourselves, and probe for news without revealing any flaws, blending in easily."

Zhou Jiao suspiciously glanced at him, is it that easy?

"Twice, I teamed up with May 1st, and we led a small unit through the woods; guess what? Never encountered a single enemy."

Zhou Jiao’s pupils shrunk, "Nobody noticed abnormalities?"

"How could they! Later, the three of us brothers took turns. But even taking turns was fine; relying on hearing, we could hear movements from afar in the woods."

Zhou Jiao sighed with relief, "That’s good. Rest peacefully for a few days now, I’ll prepare medicinal meals for you to replenish yourselves properly. When the holidays end, you’ll have to go back to school without such conditions."

Liu Yi seriously nodded, "Don’t worry, we won’t play with our lives."

Zhou Jiao appreciatively patted her three sons on their shoulders.

The three brothers exchanged smiles, knowing they’d passed this hurdle.

May 1st immediately relaxed and urged his brothers to go shower while he snuggled up next to his mom, starting to gossip about something he’d just heard.

"Mom, what’s going on with Uncle Ning? Really sent back to Beijing for emergency treatment? My granduncle and others are at the frontline hospital; their medical skills aren’t lacking."

Thinking of Cheng Shao Ning, Zhou Jiao deliberately patted her heart in front of her sons, saying with relief, "At the time, I was so scared I almost fainted. You didn’t see Uncle Ning wrapped up like a mummy being wheeled out of the OR; my heart stopped for quite a while."

May 1st quickly patted her back, "Don’t be afraid, don’t be afraid."

"How could I not be afraid? Your seventh uncle said after surgery that if he didn’t wake within 24 hours, there’d be no help. At the time, we, including your great-grandmother, waited outside the ward all night; your seventh uncle even gave me IV drips, otherwise, I wouldn’t have lasted. If a good person just leaves like that..."

Zhou Jiao didn’t have the interest to exaggerate in front of her sons.

Such a bright young man hadn’t started a family yet; if he really became a martyr, the old lady might follow the little grandson.

Don’t be fooled by her calm demeanour at the OR door.

That was the dignity of an old revolutionary; she couldn’t cry or make a scene. She had to be calm and collected, preserving the soldiers’ honor.

May 1st paused his movements while patting his mom’s back, then resumed gently. In truth, they didn’t dare tell mom many things.

Someone like Cheng Shao Ning was already lucky, at least still having chances for rescue, many comrades lost their young lives on the spot.

Especially many new recruits, only seventeen or eighteen. The battlefield was red as far as the eye could see, limbs scattered everywhere.

These things can’t be said, nor dared to be spoken.

"Son, this challenge was a success, you probably wouldn’t enlist, right? Your two brothers already entered military school, mom can’t stop them, but shouldn’t you calm down?"

"You don’t know the newspaper reported that the day war started, your grandmother fainted at the door home. Fear of your grandfather worrying and missing news about you returning home, she didn’t dare go to the hospital."

"That night your grandmother cried a pillowcase wet. Did you ever think if something happened to you, how would she react? The incident with your grandfather made her scared."

May 1st continued patting his mom’s now sharp-boned back, noting her emaciated frame and sharp chin, his nose stung.

"Mom isn’t trying to force you. Soldiers are indeed great, without them defending our country, where would our nation be? But I already have two sons serving; I don’t want my last son to follow his brothers."

It’s too tiring, especially heart-breaking, every time the phone rings, I panic, fearing bad news..."

May 1st pressed his head against her shoulder, "Mom, I won’t go anymore, nowhere else, I will stay with you."

Zhou Jiao secretly wiped her tears, "Am I being selfish? I thought I could let you walk your paths, but I can’t bear it, truly can’t."

If something happens, I’d rather it be me. Your dad left with you; I’m alone at home waiting, I’m scared too."

"Don’t be afraid, don’t be afraid. Not only me, my brothers won’t see the frontline again; the war’s done. Next, we’ll obediently study, return home every weekend to be with you."

When summer vacation comes, I’ll take you traveling. Mom, don’t you love jade? We’ve secretly got loads this time, you’ll love it."