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Ruan Yu and Zhang's Deputy walked one after the other, a faint joy reflected in their narrow eyes. Although their bodies were tired, their hearts felt clear. He had always believed that his fate was to be on the battlefield, to die wrapped in horsehide. Thinking of this, he couldn't help but raise his eyes to the fiery sky and smirked.
"Ruan Shaoshuai, aren't you going to see Shangguan Shaoying execute Captain Ye?" Zhang's Deputy noticed Ruan Yu pacing back and forth and asked with curiosity.
Ruan Yu snorted, stopped in his tracks, and looked at the lingering glow of the sunset, smiling fiercely. "What's so interesting about executing someone? Someone like Ye Guanmei, who doesn't follow military discipline, deserves to die sooner or later."
Ye Guanmei had abandoned his post last night, drunk to the point of oblivion. Shangguan Shaoyi had ordered him to go to the battlefield for rescue, but he had ignored it completely. Fortunately, Ruan Yu was capable of leading troops and managed to hold off for a while. After the battle ended early in the morning, Shangguan Shaoyi rushed over to command the troops effectively, which ultimately repelled the Japanese Army.
"But Shangguan Shaoying is really ruthless; instead of executing Ye Guanmei while he's drunk, she waits until he sobers up," Ruan Yu said with a cold smile.
"That's because Shangguan Shaoying wants Ye Guanmei to understand clearly what’s happening," Zhang's Deputy replied as he turned to check his watch. "It's almost time; we should head back. Shangguan Shaoying has ordered all officers to go over for a strict enforcement of military law."
Ruan Yu decided to play coy, standing with his back to the sunset and refusing to move an inch. "You go ahead; I’ll wander around a bit. Although Ye Guanmei deserves to die, I don't want to watch this execution."
Zhang's Deputy raised an eyebrow but said nothing further and went on his way. Ruan Yu took a few steps forward when he noticed a plume of smoke rising. His narrow eyes narrowed slightly; who would be so bored as to fire a signal flare in the barracks?
A smile crept onto his lips as he prepared to return to camp for some rest but suddenly froze, recalling that he had given Ling Heng a signal flare. He frowned and quickened his pace toward the direction of the flare.
"You... where did you get that signal flare!" Xia Yixiang exclaimed in shock as she stuffed Ling Heng into a sack and tried to run away. However, being a woman and carrying a child made her slow, and she was quickly intercepted by Ruan Yu.
Ruan Yu squinted at her familiar face, searched his memory, and finally remembered. "You're Lady Ye, right?"
"I..." Xia Yixiang straightened up as Ling Heng inside the sack kicked desperately upon hearing someone outside.
Ruan Yu's eyes were filled with cold understanding as he smirked slightly. "Lady Ye, it seems you have someone in that sack."
Xia Yixiang bit her lip tightly, unsure of how to explain herself, and could only say, "I came to see my husband. This sack contains live chickens and ducks that I brought for him..."
"Oh?" Ruan Yu raised an eyebrow and stepped closer to Xia Yixiang, who retreated step by step until Ruan Yu finally stopped, allowing her to breathe a sigh of relief.
Ruan Yu stared at her intently, a hint of amusement and curiosity in her gaze. "You should give me the chickens and ducks. I'll deliver them for you. I'm afraid you won't dare to see Ye Guanmei."
"He is my husband! Why would I not dare to see him?!"
"He is your husband now, but soon he won't be. If you want to see him, it will only be in the underworld." Ruan Yu said casually, the medals on her chest shining brightly in the sunset, reflecting directly into Xia Yixiang's eyes, momentarily stunning her. After a while, she asked, "What do you mean by that?"
Ruan Yu snorted coldly, no longer looking at her but focusing on a distant point. "Ye Guanmei is drinking and having fun in the military, neglecting his duties. This behavior seriously violates military law. I estimate that right now..."
Before she could finish her sentence, a gunshot rang out from afar, startling Xia Yixiang so much that she dropped the sack. Ling Heng seized the opportunity to twist open the sack's mouth and peek out.
Ruan Yu was taken aback, her narrow eyes turning even sharper. "How did Ling Heng end up here?"
She moved forward, and Xia Yixiang hurriedly tried to grab Ling Heng, but she was no match for Ruan Yu. In just a few moments, Ling Heng was tightly held in Ruan Yu's arms, freed from his bindings and gasping for fresh air as if he had been granted amnesty.
Xia Yixiang lifted her hollow eyes. She was neither high-born nor low-born but had fallen in love with someone who could never belong to her. She had meticulously planned and calculated every step to finally enter his home, only to be driven out again. Her heart was filled with hatred and ambition, but that hatred completely blinded her eyes, turning what should have been a normal life into chaos.
"Are you Uncle Ruan?" Ling Heng asked as he looked at Ruan Yu.
Ruan Yu squinted his eyes. "You have a good memory for such a little brat." He pressed the gun's muzzle against Xia Yixiang's forehead; the coldness spread from her brow straight to her heart, causing it to beat irregularly.
"Let it go, Uncle Ruan. She hasn't done anything wrong. Look at her; she's almost gone mad. Just let her go," Ling Heng tugged at Ruan Yu's sleeve.
Ruan Yu glanced at Ling Heng and said lightly, "You are quite magnanimous. If it weren't for the fact that you happened to bring the signal flare I gave you before and I happened to see it, you still wouldn't know what this vicious woman was planning to do with you!"
Xia Yixiang glared fiercely at Ruan Yu, but the harshness in her eyes faded in the face of Ruan Yu's cold gaze, leaving only panic. "Ruan Shaoshuai, please let me go. I won't dare again. My husband is already dead; I have no one to rely on. What difference does it make whether I live or die? Just consider it a good deed..."
Ruan Yu snorted, too lazy to look at her again. He put away his gun, held Ling Heng, and turned to leave. "Alright, I don't want to kill a woman. You should hurry and get lost. Ling Heng, let's go find your dad."
Ling Heng happily responded, while Xia Yixiang raised her eyes and watched their retreating figures. The malice in her gaze became more pronounced as she fell into a frenzied state. Grabbing the knife handle beside her, she charged straight at Ling Heng. Ruan Yu heard the commotion behind him, protected Ling Heng in his arms, and turned around, only to be stabbed directly in the chest by Xia Yixiang.
He suppressed the dizziness and intense pain coursing through his body, tightly holding onto Ling Heng as he pulled out the dagger and aimed it at Xia Yixiang, but she dodged aside, tightly gripping Ling Heng.
"Ruan Yu, how ironic that after being so arrogant all your life, you end up dying like this," Xia Yixiang laughed maniacally, her vicious gaze fixed on the now stunned Ling Heng. "I will take Ling Heng's life too; as long as it causes Shangguan Shaoyi and Cheng Mosu pain, I'm willing to do anything!"
Ruan Yu struggled to maintain his increasingly blurry consciousness. The coldness in his narrow eyes remained unchanged, but his voice had lost its strength as his right hand trembled toward the Browning Pistol at his waist. However, the pain piercing through his heart was making him lose consciousness.
"Hahaha, who would have thought that the ruthless Ruan Shaoshuai would one day be so helpless!" She laughed arrogantly and recklessly, as if years of pent-up frustration had been released in an instant.
But then...
She suddenly choked on her breath; perhaps she had laughed too wildly and urgently that she couldn't catch her breath. All she felt was darkness before her eyes as she fell straight backward.
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