Guagua: [Yes.]
By then, her eldest uncle, Ning Yuancheng, had already been pulled away.
Maternal Grandfather Ning looked at Song Yaoyao and said,
"Yaoyao, we owe this to you. If you have nothing else to do, hurry back to your tent."
Song Yaoyao: "Yes."
Maternal Grandfather Ning left as well. Song Yaoyao hurried off to the latrine before returning to her tent.
Living in a tent, Song Yaoyao worried that someone might come in at any moment. Even when she needed the toilet, she dared not enter her space and could only go outside.
Oh, this poor girl really had it hard!
Back in her tent, Song Yaoyao asked about what had just happened:
[What exactly happened between Eldest Uncle and Lin Xunhua?]
As soon as Song Yaoyao finished speaking, the screen above her head split in two, displaying images of Ning Yuancheng and Lin Xunhua.
Guagua: [Since you want to know, Host, let me tell you the whole story.
When your eldest uncle first joined the army, no one knew his identity. He started out as a soldier at the very bottom.
That was when he met Lin Xunhua. Your eldest uncle was only twelve then.
Lin Xunhua came from a farming family. His parents died one after the other, leaving him an orphan. To survive, he begged his way to the border and enlisted.
He was only eleven when he joined the army.
And so, your eldest uncle and Lin Xunhua were assigned to the same squad.]
In the video, Ning Yuancheng's and Lin Xunhua's faces were still strikingly young...
Song Yaoyao: [And then?]
Guagua: [At first, neither could stand the sight of the other. Neither held back during sparring, and they often left each other with bruised noses and swollen faces.
But fight after fight, they became