The hospital room suddenly fell silent.
He, Gu Zheng, a comrade-in-arms only three years younger than Song Ning's grandfather, had just... tried to kiss his granddaughter.
And her grandfather had seen it with his own eyes.
How was he supposed to explain?
Song Ning was at a loss, too.
The issue everyone had deliberately avoided until now... had just been raised outright by her grandfather.
For a moment... she had no idea how to answer, either.
Lei Ming sighed deeply.
"It was one thing when I didn't know! But now... now that I know Song Ning is my granddaughter, I can't pretend I didn't see anything!
"Regimental Commander Gu! I don't know how Song Ning ended up in our era, but you and she really are a generation apart! I-I'll go have her moved to another room! The two of you sharing a room like this... isn't appropriate!"
With that, Lei Ming turned to leave.
"Regiment Commander Lei!" Gu Zheng hurriedly called after him.
"Don't... go to all that trouble! Let Song Ning stay here! With her leg... she shouldn't be moved around! Now that I'm awake, I'm fine. I can be discharged once this IV finishes!"
Lei Ming turned back and gave him a long, searching look.
For no good reason, Gu Zheng actually felt guilty, as though an elder had caught him misbehaving.
Fortunately, Lei Ming soon turned his gaze to Song Ning.
"Ning! Focus on getting better! What happened today... is no small matter! Don't tell anyone else about it! I need to... go home and take it all in, too!"
Song Ning nodded. "When you have some time, I'd like to talk to you about Uncle's condition!"
Lei Ming paused, then realized that by her uncle, she meant Lei Hongyuan.
His son, who had been sickly