Blue Star, Ming Family.
Ming Suifeng, clad in silver armor, entered with a silver helmet in his left hand and a thin, tiny child of about four or five in his right arm.
He was covered in travel dust and carried the scent of blood. His handsome face looked thinner than usual, but his golden eyes shone even brighter.
War could stain his clothes red and leave wounds on his body, but it could also temper his soul and make him stronger with each passing day.
He was only nineteen this year, yet he was already Blue Star's youngest major general.
He stepped into the front hall, poured himself a glass of water, set down his helmet, and tipped his head back to gulp it down. Only after emptying an entire pot did he lower his head to look at the child in his arms. "Are you hungry?"
The child said nothing, merely staring at him in silence.
Ming Suifeng turned to look for his mother. "Mother, come help me. I really have no experience taking care of children."
Ming Biezhi and Ming Qiuxue had just returned from school. Upon learning that their eldest brother was back, they hurried over.
"Hmm, whose little child is this?"
Ming Suifeng sighed. "He's Vice General Yan's child. We finally found him, but he'd been locked up all this time. He seems unable to speak. He's been like this ever since we found him."
Ming Suifeng had enlisted early, and Vice General Yan had always followed him, serving as both teacher and friend. A few years ago, Vice General Yan married, but who could have expected malicious revenge from an enemy? They disguised themselves as a nurse during his wife's delivery, killed her, and stole his child.
Afterward, Vice General Yan resigned and spent