“Ahao, don’t worry. I will join you at the military with our child when the time comes.” Meng Yunhan didn’t mention when, she merely said she would bring the child with her to the military.
Yet, to Yun Hao, this made him excited – thinking that Meng Yunhan would come to the army right after giving birth. Little did he know, this event would occur several years later. When he found about this, you cannot imagine how disappointed he felt. But that’s a story for later.
“Alright.”
Their reunion was brief – it was already the 21st, and Meng Yunhan planned to go back the next day.
“Ahao, I’m leaving tomorrow.” Meng Yunhan was also somewhat reluctant to part with Yun Hao. In this one month they spent together, even though he was a stoic guy, he had shown her much tenderness.
“I’ll send you off.” No way Yun Hao would let Meng Yunhan depart alone, especially now as she was pregnant. If something happened to her on the road, he would be worried.
“Ahao, I don’t need you to send me off. I’ll catch the train on my own. You keep your leave for coming back to visit us during the New Year, okay?” Meng Yunhan asked, with a hint of coquetry in her voice.
Yun Hao did not respond.
Meng Yunhan continued to coax him by shaking his arm, “Ahao, is it okay? Is it okay?”
But Yun Hao still said nothing.
“Ahao, I’m not asking you to come back when I give birth, I just hope you’ll come back during the New Year.” As she spoke, Meng Yunhan’s eyes began to well up with tears, picturing herself alone with a big belly while her elder brothers’ families would be celebrating with joy.
Emotions of a pregnant woman fluctuate rapidly.
Yun Hao, who was calm before, became flustered all of a sudden and quickly wiped away her tears, “I’ll definitely come back during the New Year, don’t cry.”
Meng Yunhan, feeling the sadness of separation, burst into a more poignant sob.
This was the first time Yun Hao had seen Meng Yunhan cry in the past month. Despite his attempts to console her, she burst into tears, leaving him feeling anxious and helpless, “Hanhan, don’t cry. Please don’t cry.”
Yun Hao really didn’t know how to comfort her at all.
Meng Yunhan sobbed for a while before she finally stopped crying, but her eyes were still red. Seeing this, Yun Hao’s heart ached even more, and he kissed her eyes.
“I’ll definitely come back during the New Year.” He made a promise to her.
But he still missed his wife deeply.
“Hanhan….”
“Ahao, I’ll miss you.” If it were in the past, Meng Yunhan wouldn’t have been able to express her feelings, but now she managed to voice them aloud.
Yun Hao also missed his wife terribly, but he did not express it in words. His silence communicated his reluctance.
Meng Yunhan knew asking this man to utter sweet words was impossible.
But she could sense his reluctance in his actions.
No matter how reluctant they were, how hard parting was, they eventually had to say their goodbyes.
After taking half a day off, Yun Hao saw Meng Yunhan off to her car.
Right before she got on the train, Meng Yunhan turned around, disregarding everything else, and embraced Yun Hao. Some onlookers were pointing and whispering, yet when they saw Yun Hao’s military uniform and realized Meng Yunhan was his wife, they immediately stopped.
Yun Hao reciprocated her hug tightly until the train’s horn blared again. With great difficulty, Yun Hao pushed Meng Yunhan away.
“Get on the train now!”
No matter how reluctant, Meng Yunhan had to leave because the train was about to depart.