"Captain Lu, was that your wife?" A comrade sitting next to him asked curiously after Lu Xingzhi ended his phone call. "I can see she cares a lot about you."
There was obviously envy in his tone. After all, many soldiers in the platoon were still bachelors.
There were also quite a few married men in the platoon but their wives were not with them but back home instead. Truthfully, the relationship between these husbands and wives was cordial at best, as the long-distance was not helpful in nurturing a loving relationship.
Yet, any man would want a tender and loving wife, someone who cared for them deeply.
Lu Xingzhi acknowledged with a soft "Hm". But he sat there cross-legged and curled his lips into a smile, obviously feeling pleased with himself.
She was his wife, if it were not him, who else?
If it were not forbidden, she would have personally followed him to the selection process.
The thought of Jiang Yao had Lu Xingzhi feeling giddy as he gently touched the few things given to him by her in his suitcase.
Yes, after the first round of selection was over, he would visit his wife at Nanjiang City. She would be so happy to see him!
Jiang Yao entered the hospital after hanging up the call.
As for his leg, he was not too worried about it.
He was already crippled from the start, if it turned out bad, it would not be worse than before.
Moreover, Wu Zhong knew that Jiang Yao would never agree to perform the surgery if she had doubts about the outcome.
When the surgery was first mentioned, Jiang Yao only said she would give it a try. But ever since she returned, her stance became firm. She was very confident because she must have gone somewhere and improved her skills, Wu Zhong thought. If that was the case, he trusted her.
After the surgery, Wu Zhong had never felt better. All he did every day was to eat and sleep. He talked to people around him whenever he was awake. Since he worked as a security guard here at the hospital, his co-workers would come to visit him from time to time. Plus, he had a caretaker to look after him, thus he never felt alone.
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