When Zhao Sue mentioned about the battlefield, Bai Zhi saw her facial expression changed. Her face showed a trace of panic as if she had personally experienced such a dark time.

“Sister-in-law, have you ever had family members who worked on the battlefield?” When Bai Zhi asked this, she stared at Zhao Sue’s eyes. Thinking about it, Awu knows martial arts. The scar on his face, and the uneven scars on some part of his body, that casually reveal itself while working on the fields, all of them looked like sword wounds.

Awu never mentioned his past to her, so she didn’t ask, but it doesn’t mean she didn’t get curious.

Zhao Sue was somewhat hesitant. Those memories in the past that she forcefully tried to forget shouldn’t be mentioned again, right?

Seeing that Zhao Sue hesitating, Bai Zhi didn’t want to embarrass her, so she simply said: “If it is not convenient to say it, no need to say it. I was abrupt, I shouldn’t have asked.”

Seeing Bai Zhi got up, Zhao Sue hurriedly grabbed Bai Zhi’s hand: “Zhi’er, you sit down first.”

Bai Zhi sat back again.

Zhao Sue got up and went to the small table and pour herself a bowl of water. After drinking, she put down the bowl. She seemed to have calmed a bit.

She turned and faced Bai Zhi, then said: “Some words should have rotten inside my stomach and shouldn’t be mentioned again.”

She paused and then continued to said: “But you and Aunt Lan cared so much about us. We should no longer hide things from you. The past cannot be said to anyone, but to you, I think we should be more honest.”

Zhao Sue walked to the side of Bai Zhi and sat down slowly.

“3 years ago, I and Ru’er lived in Tongzhou, that is where our hometown is. Awu is a small leader in the Black Battalion of Chu Army. We can rely on Awu’s salary, so our days were peaceful. And because Tongzhou is close to the border camp, Awu visited us whenever they don’t have work to do. Although we can’t always be together, we are very satisfied. Until that day has come, Awu suddenly came back home covered with blood. As soon as he got back home, he fled with me and Ru’er. Since then, we lived on a run, we couldn’t settle down until we met you.”

Zhao Sue held Bai Zhi’s hand and said: “So don’t let Hu Feng go to the battlefield. You’re still so young, how can you endure being separated to your husband and live day by day with fear?”

Bai Zhi curved her lips with an empty smile: “Some things, although we can’t, we have to accept it. Everyone has their own goals, have own responsibilities and obligations. Hu Feng has his own life, and, I just want to take care of my niang. If it’s about something else, let’s talk about it later.”

Bai Zhi then looked at Zhao Sue who has red eyes and asked: “ What happened to Awu Dage 3 years ago? Why did he suddenly come back covered with blood? Why did he escape with you and Ru’er?”

Zhao Sue shook her head: “I don’t know, Awu never said anything about it to me. Even when I asked, he refused to say it.”

Bai Zhi suddenly remembered Hu Feng also had an accident 3 years ago: What is the connection between the two?

Could it be Hu Feng and Awu were on the same military camp? But the two of them don’t seem to know each other.

Bai Zhi asked: “Sister-in-law, you said that Awu Dage is a small leader in the Black Battalion. Who is his big boss?”

Zhao Sue thought for a moment but then said with uncertainty. “He seems like a prince, what is his name again? I heard Awu say it a couple of times, he also said that this prince is good in martial arts and he is good in his men. But because Awu’s identity is low and he is in a different camp, he had never seen his face.”

 

 

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