To make up for the debt owed to Lin Qingping and Gu Juncheng

Life on the island was uneventful.

They did the same things every day, but it was all done steadily and without any major incidents. The biggest trouble was that Zhiyuan and Chen Lei might pick some melons from the army's plantation or knock over a barrel of liquor in the canteen. Their fathers, as leaders, set an example by making them pay for what they had to pay, punish what they had to punish, and write self-criticisms when necessary.

After writing a thousand-word self-criticism last time, Zhiyuan had become quite adept at writing self-criticisms, and it was no problem for him at all.

However, Zhiyuan and the others were still thinking about Qinglang's family and tried to ask for leave to leave the island several times. They still took Xiaotian's route. Xiaotian was helpless and spread his hands, saying, "There's no way. Master Gu gave the order that if any of you want to leave the island, you need his personal approval. Without his signature, no one can let you out."

Zhiyuan sighed.

Wang Yufei even came up with another idea, "How about I get my dad to sign it?"

They all have the character "师" in their names. Even though there's a "副" in front of them, they're still effective, right?

However, unsurprisingly, Wang Yufei also failed.

Chen Lei simply gave up. "Forget it, there's no way my dad would sign it for me. Before I even sign it, I'll probably get kicked first..."

Zhiyuan's last resort was to imitate his father's signature and write "Agreed. Gu Juncheng." However, the three of them, holding their leave slips, had barely arrived at the port when Master Gu himself appeared...

He died before he could even begin...

Zhiyuan was distressed, and his father, Gu, dragged him back home again.

Then his father said, "These five characters don't look right."

After saying that, he wrote a template on a piece of paper and told him to practice by copying it. "Write it a thousand times, and it should look just like it!"

"Gu Juncheng!" Lin Qingping was very dissatisfied with his method of punishment!

As a result, Gu Juncheng said again, "Finish it by tomorrow..." Then he looked at Lin Qingping and said, "You are not allowed to write it for her!"

Gu Juncheng realized that Lin Qingping was protecting Zhiyuan to an extreme degree.

"So what if I didn't finish writing?" Lin Qingping said irritably. Was she not going to give him food? Or was he going to be punished with more arduous training?

"Ahem..." Gu Juncheng cleared his throat, "The tickets are for returning to the capital the day after tomorrow. If I don't finish writing them, I won't take him!"

"Huh?" Lin Qingping and Zhiyuan exclaimed in unison.

Gu Juncheng became even more serious, "If you're going to help him write it, then you shouldn't go. Zhangzhu and I will go together."

Lin Qingping laughed upon hearing this: "You two go? Can you soothe her and stop her from crying, or can you breastfeed her?"

"It's settled then!" Gu Juncheng had to go to the camp for some business, so he added as he left, "Qinglang's mother has been discharged from the hospital, and the two siblings were selling fish at a stall yesterday."

"Really?" Lin Qingping and Zhiyuan asked in unison again.

Gu Juncheng snorted and left.

Lin Qingping and Zhiyuan were overjoyed at the sudden news of their return to the capital.

Before they knew it, two years had passed since they came to the island. The capital was their family's first real home, where they spent a lot of time and made many memories. Although they had adapted well to life on the island, the sudden news that they were going home always made them look forward to it.

Zhiyuan began to write his father's name as punishment, while Lin Qingping started packing her things.

On the third day, Lin Qingping finished all the preparations, and Zhiyuan took the two thousand times he had written it to his father, Gu, for inspection.

Putting aside how much of his two thousand replies were genuine, we can't just leave him behind and not take him back to the capital, can we? Are we really going to just leave him alone on this island?

Gu Juncheng had sharp eyes and saw through it at a glance, but he could only keep a straight face and pretend to be blind.

Lin Qingping and Zhiyuan exchanged a smile: We passed!