Seeing Zhou Chuan leave without saying a word, the old man looked at Zhou Chuan's retreating figure with a puzzled expression and asked, "Hey, hey, young comrade, why are you leaving?"

Sister Tian walked up to him and explained what had just happened to the old man: "Sigh, they hate us now!"

His bodyguard rushed up to Zhou Chuan and said, "Comrade, our commander is calling for you."

Zhou Chuan ignored him and walked straight ahead.

The guard was completely ignored and was getting anxious when he saw Commander Xiao beckoning to him. He understood and returned.

Xiao Beichen watched her retreating figure and silently followed: "Weren't you looking for our leader? Our leader is here. You can speak your mind and settle your scores. This is a rare opportunity."

Zhou Chuan stopped and glanced at him sideways: "Forget it, I don't have the energy to waste time arguing with you guys!" She was starving and really didn't have the energy to argue with him.

However, to others, it carries a sense of despondency, as if disappointment has reached its limit and turned into despair, until despair leads to giving up.

Xiao Beichen grabbed her arm and pulled her back, saying, "Where did your courage go? Aren't you so eloquent? Didn't you want revenge? Now that your chance has come, why are you backing down? Come with me, our commander is right there, I'll take you to him..."

As he was talking, he felt the owner of the arm he was holding fall towards him. Without thinking, he pulled the person into his arms.

Zhou Chuan was suddenly pulled along, feeling dizzy and disoriented. She tried to break free several times but couldn't, and soon couldn't hold on any longer...

Political Commissar Ma and Sister Tian were talking and watching Zhou Chuan when they saw Xiao Beichen pull him away, and then Zhou Chuan fainted on the ground. They rushed over and asked, "Commander Xiao, did you use too much force?" Zhou Chuan's small frame was no match for him.

No one answered; they all ran this way, including the old man.

Xiao Beichen didn't have time to think. He picked up the person and ran towards the health center. When they bumped into each other, they didn't have time to explain and just rushed towards the health center.

They were all terrified. If anything happened to this man in their military region, their region would become infamous...

The military doctor was inside treating Zhou Chuan, while they waited outside.

Xiao Beichen paced back and forth in the corridor, glancing towards the operating room every now and then.

"Bei Chen, stop pacing back and forth. You're making us all tense!" Political Commissar Ma leaned against the wall, the noise from the corridor making him extremely irritated.

Sister Tian sat on a chair outside, feeling uneasy: "Commander Xiao, why did Comrade Zhou suddenly faint?"

Xiao Beichen scratched his head in frustration: "Maybe, maybe I pulled her!" He seemed to be quite strong at the time. That woman was so thin, how could she withstand his pull?

The old man sat there looking at his soldiers with a look of disdain: "Bei Chen, can't you change your temper?" He had heard from Xiao Ma that, in the end, it was because Bei Chen was too harsh on people; otherwise, why would things have come to this?

Xiao Beichen squatted by the wall: "Chief, sigh, sigh, who knew it would turn out like this?" If he had known her health was so poor, he would have treated her like a goddess.

Sister Tian sneered, "With your temper, if you don't cause a scene today, you'll cause a scene tomorrow. Commander Xiao, how many nannies have you gone through? Your son has only been here for less than six months, how many nannies have you changed already?"

Xiao Beichen squatted by the wall without saying a word.

Sister Tian frowned: "One problem is with the nanny, two problems are with the nanny. So many nannies have been replaced, haven't you ever considered that it might be your fault?"

Seeing his comrade's cowardly appearance, Political Commissar Ma felt a pang of pity: "Sister-in-law, let's talk about the nanny later. Comrade Zhou Chuan is still inside. What if... I mean, what if something really happens to him? What would we do then?"

Good heavens, with Comrade Zhou Chuan's health, she might have some serious illness. Plus, she'd been living a life of hardship for over a month; her body might have already collapsed. If she doesn't make it... I don't even want to think about it...

Many people witnessed this today, and who knows what rumors will spread later?

Sister Tian was also annoyed by Political Commissar Ma's reminder: "You have the nerve to say that? Look at the mess you've made! When she first came, you should have brought people to the health center for a check-up and treated her to good food and drinks. No matter what happened between Sun Jun and her, she is still a military dependent, and military dependents should be treated like military dependents."

The old man listened from the side and shook his head: "You shouldn't have let her go to the Xiao family in the first place. Everyone in our military region knows what kind of temper Bei Chen has. Letting her go was just taking advantage of her being a newcomer who didn't know the situation. What you did was not fair. No wonder people are talking behind your backs."

Political Commissar Ma lowered his head and listened obediently to the reprimand: "Commander, I know I was wrong. I thought that the previous nannies in Beichen were always skimping on Zhou Chuanzi's food rations. Comrade Zhou Chuan has no children and shouldn't do such a stupid thing, so that's why... Yesterday, I heard from Beichen that Comrade Zhou Chuan really cares about Xiao Ran and is quite diligent. I was quite happy to hear that at the time, but I didn't expect something like this to happen the next day."

He was perfectly fine yesterday, and when he heard the news, he was even a little smug. Little did he know that his happiness would end so soon, and something bad would happen today.

The old man glanced at Political Commissar Ma, sighed, and didn't say anything. What was there to say? He knew Xiao Beichen's temper, and Political Commissar Ma was only acting out of good intentions.

"This time it was my fault. Old Ma meant well. Zhou, Comrade Zhou Chuan is a very good person. She is a meticulous person. On her first day at our house, she noticed a problem that I hadn't even noticed. My Chuanzi likes her very much. Sigh, I was just in a hurry and accidentally said the wrong thing... and then we started arguing!"

After calming down and thinking about it, Xiao Beichen realized that what she said wasn't entirely wrong. If he had asked one more question back then, things wouldn't have come to this. Sigh, that woman was too temperamental, clinging to his mistakes and refusing to let go.

The old man curled his lip and said, "Forget it, do you think I don't know you? With your temper, no one can stand you. If someone argues with you, it's definitely because you provoked them first."

Sister Tian nodded in agreement: "Really, Commander Xiao, you should really tone down your temper."

Political Commissar Ma suddenly thought of something: "Um, should I inform Sun Jun? After all, they used to be a couple."

The people in the corridor were initially stunned, but then they realized that they had almost forgotten that Comrade Zhou Chuan was Sun Jun's childhood sweetheart. Even if she wasn't anymore, they were still from the same hometown. It would seem unreasonable not to let people know about it.

The old man sent his guards out to call for help, while they continued to wait there.

"Sun Jun's family is not kind..." Thinking of Zhou Chuan's thin frame and weathered face, Sister Tian had no good impression of Sun Jun's family.

The old man sighed: "Isn't that what child brides are like? Before the revolution, we were all peasants in the countryside. Don't you know what kind of life child brides in the village lived? That's why we wanted to overthrow the old society. If we hadn't, who knows how many more little girls would have suffered persecution."

"Even so, it wasn't as bad as Sun Jun's family. She's almost become inhuman," Xiao Beichen said sullenly.

Sister Tian glanced at him and said, "Heh, now you know how to speak up for others. Where were you before? You were so stubborn back then..." Back then, when Xiao Ma asked him to apologize, he was like a wooden stake, not moving an inch.

They were talking in the hallway when the emergency room door suddenly opened.

Political Commissar Ma rushed forward: "How are you? Are you out of danger?" His eyes were burning with worry.

Following Political Commissar Ma, the others also stared nervously at the military doctor, afraid of hearing any bad news.

The military doctor nodded to the old man: "He's alright!"

"It's good that he's alright, oh dear, it's good that he's alright. If something had happened to him in the military region, we would all be in trouble..." The old man's face showed a hint of lingering fear, but it was quickly replaced by a relaxed expression. "It's good that he's alright!"

The others also breathed a sigh of relief; it was good that she was alright. Xiao Beichen also felt much more relaxed. If she had died because of him, he probably wouldn't have been able to get through the rest of his life.

"However," the military doctor thought for a moment and then added, "the situation isn't good. She's extremely weak, has very low blood pressure, is anemic, and malnourished. This is a military hospital, specializing in surgery, and that's all the illness I've been able to find." He added that a thorough examination at a major hospital in the provincial capital would likely uncover many more ailments.

"Given her current condition, it's best to get her checked out." The army doctor, observing the village woman's appearance, guessed she was another pitiful soul. This wasn't the first time something like this had happened; there had been cases of people ingesting rat poison before. This woman looked even worse than those who had ingested rat poison, so he subtly offered a suggestion.

"I just gave her an IV drip of glucose, she should wake up soon."

When Xiao Beichen heard the military doctor say that Zhou Chuan was malnourished, he looked a little uncomfortable. He vaguely remembered that she hadn't eaten breakfast since morning.

Everyone fell silent again. Sister Tian sighed, "Let's wait until she wakes up!" After all, they were just outsiders. Let's see how she reacts when she wakes up.

Now that Political Commissar Ma knew the man was alright, a huge weight was lifted from his heart. Seeing the old man still there, he advised, "Commander, you go ahead and do your work. We'll take care of things here."

The old man looked around and realized he was of no use here. He gave Sister Chaotian a few instructions and then left.

Xiao Beichen watched as Zhou Chuan was wheeled into the ward. He greeted Sister Tian and prepared to leave. Sister Tian was about to curse him for leaving so readily, but then she thought it wasn't appropriate for a grown man to stay in the ward with him. So she waved him away with disdain, telling him to get lost.

Since Xiao Beichen was leaving, there was no need for Political Commissar Ma to stay any longer, so the two of them walked out together.

In the hospital corridor, Political Commissar Ma advised his comrade-in-arms: "Bei Chen, you should change your temper. We were lucky this time that Comrade Zhou Chuan is alright. If it were... your green uniform would probably have been stripped off. You should really change your bad temper."

If someone were to die, not only him, but Sun Jun as well, would all have to take off their military uniforms. If they were lucky, they could become low-level police officers in a county police station; if they were unlucky, they would have to go back to the countryside to farm.

It's such a huge loss just thinking about it.

Xiao Beichen didn't respond to Political Commissar Ma's question. Instead, he turned around and stared intently at Political Commissar Ma: "Old Ma, am I really an ungrateful person?"

Political Commissar Ma sighed: "Bei Chen, how can you still not understand? This is not about being ungrateful at all. You've been tricked by Comrade Zhou Chuan. She just feels that we've gained benefits and advantages, while she's been... dumped by Sun Jun. She's resentful and feels unbalanced."

"You happen to have a stubborn temper. Not only are you mean to people, but you also misunderstand and accuse them of mistreating your son. They're already feeling wronged, and you act like that. How can they not hate you?"

Both of them have bad tempers and are like oil and water, which is why they ended up fighting like this. Oh dear, if he had known, he wouldn't have let anyone go to Bei Chen's house.

Xiao Beichen was somewhat lost in thought: "Old Ma, I don't think that's what she meant."

Political Commissar Ma thought he was thinking about the dead, so he patted his comrade on the shoulder: "Bei Chen, don't think about it. How can there be no deaths in war? Comrade Zhou Chuan feels sorry for them, but she also feels sorry for herself. We have different positions, so it's normal for her to misunderstand us. But we have to understand that we only survived because we were lucky. We have not wronged anyone."

"However, we have indeed become a bit arrogant. What they said wasn't entirely wrong. We've only been victorious for two years, and one by one we've abandoned our wives to find city girls... But this has nothing to do with the two of us, so don't overthink it."

Xiao Beichen's eyes were still somewhat unfocused: "Old Ma, actually, many times in the middle of the night, I often dream about Erdan, Da Niu, and the others. It's like they're talking to me, but I can't hear them clearly..."

When Political Commissar Ma heard the familiar name, his nose tingled with emotion. He put his arm around his comrade and said, "Come on, let's go have a drink. I still have a bottle of Moutai."

Xiao Beichen shook his head: "No, I have to go home and cook porridge!"

Political Commissar Ma assumed he was cooking for his two young children and didn't mention drinking again. Bei Chen was pitiful; the couple had finally endured until liberation, and were finally able to live a good life without being separated, but then she encountered a difficult childbirth...

The two had just reached the entrance of the health center when they ran into Sun Jun, who had rushed over. Commissar Ma's eyes were somewhat complicated. To be honest, Sun Jun was the one who caused all of today's trouble, but he couldn't blame him. He briefly explained the situation to him and then left.

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