A young boy from the 1970s, separated from his family, fled famine and led his younger brother into

"Commander! I'm looking for Uncle Lu Zhenguo! My father was Su Weiguo! He sacrificed his life! I've come to seek justice for my father!"

Time seemed to have been paused at that moment.

The two sentries, who were about to rush forward and forcibly pull Su Nianci away, suddenly froze, their faces filled with astonishment. Their gazes darted back and forth between the slender yet resolute little girl blocking the car and the senior colonel who had just gotten out of the car, his face ashen, and they were momentarily at a loss for what to do.

The middle-aged officer whom Su Nianci referred to as "Commander," namely Lu Zhenguo, the political commissar of the Air Force Independent Division, had his pupils suddenly contract to their maximum size when he heard the names "Lu Zhenguo" and "Su Weiguo"!

Lu Zhenguo?

She actually... called out her own name?

Moreover, Su Weiguo... this name, which had been buried deep in his memory and caused him excruciating pain every time he thought of it, was being called out so clearly by a five or six-year-old girl he had never met before!

An indescribable, monstrous wave instantly swept over Lu Zhenguo's heart!

For the first time, his face, which had always been imposing and dignified due to his high position, revealed an undisguised and intense shock!

What happened?

What on earth is going on?!

"What are you two standing there for?!" The driver behind Lu Zhenguo, a young bodyguard, was the first to react. He saw someone ramming the leader's car and thought it was some madman, so he immediately tried to step forward and restrain Su Nianci.

"Stop!" Lu Zhenguo suddenly shouted, stopping the guard's actions.

His gaze, like two sharp eagle claws, was fixed on Su Nianci's tear-stained, frostbitten, yet defiant and stubborn face, while his brain raced.

He was almost certain that he did not know the girl in front of him.

But how did she know my name? And why did she mention Su Weiguo?

After Su Weiguo's sacrifice, the army only knew that his wife had also passed away, and they had never heard of their child's situation! Even if the child was born, it should have been in their hometown in Henan. How could it have come all alone to Harbin, thousands of miles away?

coincidence?

Or... is there some conspiracy hidden behind this that he doesn't know about?

In this era where the struggle remains complex, any unusual occurrence could uncover a shocking case! He couldn't help but think things through!

"You..." Lu Zhenguo took a step forward, scrutinizing Su Nianci, his voice hoarse from extreme restraint, "What did you just say? Say it again!"

Su Nianci's heart was pounding wildly!

This man named Lu Zhenguo knew his father!

Although she didn't know why her father wrote "Lu Zhenhua" in the letter, but her desperate cry of "Lu Zhenguo" elicited a response, it didn't matter anymore!

The important thing is that she grasped at this straw!

She endured the cold and weakness coursing through her body, and with her last ounce of strength, she raised her head to meet Lu Zhenguo's sharp, piercing gaze. She repeated each word clearly and distinctly: "I'll tell you! My name is Su Nianci! My father is Su Weiguo! He was your comrade-in-arms! He sacrificed his life, and my mother died too! My uncle and aunt wanted to sell me to pay for my cousin's dowry, so I escaped with my younger brother! We came from Henan to seek refuge with you! My father said you would protect us!"

Her voice trembled slightly with excitement and grief, but every word seemed to be a cry from the depths of her being!

Every word was like a bullet, precisely aimed at the softest spot in Lu Zhenguo's heart!

Comrades! Sacrificed! Orphans! Sold! Escaped! Seeked refuge!

These words, put together, paint a truly tragic picture!

Lu Zhenguo felt his temples throbbing wildly!

Su Weiguo! The brother who once fought alongside him, facing life-or-death challenges together at 10,000 meters in the air! The brother who once jokingly said to him, "Old Lu, I'll have my son recognize you as his godfather!"

His child... he actually fell to this state?!

An uncontrollable surge of anger and guilt erupted from Lu Zhenguo's chest!

However, the caution and composure he had developed over the years in the military allowed him to forcefully suppress the surging emotions in his heart.

This matter is too strange! He cannot express any opinion until it is fully confirmed.

"You said your name is Su Nianci?" Lu Zhenguo forced himself to calm down, his tone still serious and interrogative. "What evidence do you have to prove you are Su Weiguo's daughter?"

"I have it!" Su Nianci answered immediately! She knew the most crucial moment had arrived!

Trembling, she pulled two items from her innermost pocket, which was close to her body.

It was the same letter, slightly warm from her body heat, her father's "last letter".

The other item was a black and white photo that she had also protected very well, except that the edges were a little yellowed!

That photo was something she desperately snatched from her parents' belongings, which her aunt was about to burn! It was also her final and most powerful trump card in confirming her identity!

"This is a letter my father wrote to you! And... and this photo!" Su Nianci held the two items high above her head.

All eyes were focused on the small photograph that was trembling slightly in the cold wind.

The photo shows two dashing young pilots in flight jackets, arms around each other, standing confidently in front of a silver-white fighter jet.

The one on the left, with his striking eyebrows and bright eyes, and a radiant smile, is none other than Su Weiguo in his youth!

And the one on the right... When Lu Zhenguo saw the face of the person on the right clearly, his face, which remained calm even if Mount Tai collapsed in front of him, finally changed color completely at this moment!

His body suddenly stiffened, as if struck by lightning!

Because the other person in the photo is none other than...

It was... himself, twenty years younger, with the same radiant smile and high spirits!

This photo was taken by a war correspondent after he and Su Weiguo completed that extremely dangerous air combat mission, which they had risked their lives to complete, in order to celebrate their victory!

Later, he and Su Weiguo each received one, and they treasured it like a precious gem.

He never imagined that, nearly ten years later, he would see this photo again in such a way and on such a occasion!

The person holding this photo was actually a ragged little girl in dire straits who claimed to be Su Weiguo's daughter!

"This...this..." Lu Zhenguo reached out to take the photo, but his fingers were trembling violently!

He felt that even breathing had become difficult.

A huge secret and regret that had been buried for many years seemed to be torn open with a bloody gash by this small photo at this moment!

Just then, Little Stone, who had been hiding behind Su Nianci and trembling with fear at the tense atmosphere, perhaps sensing his sister's excitement, or perhaps attracted by the blurry yet familiar image of his father in the black and white photograph, timidly peeked out from behind Su Nianci.

His big, dark eyes looked curiously at the tall, imposing soldier uncle in front of him, who both frightened him and felt inexplicably kind of familiar.

When Lu Zhenguo's gaze fell from the photo to the little face of Xiao Shitou, he was completely puzzled.

It doesn't look like it anymore!

But why does this face look so familiar?