Immediately, Lin Xing disregarded everything else, paused his training, and ran to the Communications Office.
"This is Lin Xing."
The moment he received the telephone, his wife's voice of collapsing sobs came from the other end.
"Lin Xing, what to do, Guo Guo is gone, she's gone…"
Lin Xing's heart skipped a beat, and he hurriedly asked, "How could she be gone!"
"Tell me everything carefully."
Quickly, Lin Xing roughly understood the situation from his wife's crying and sobbing narration.
The moment he understood, even though he was a tough guy who wouldn't shed a tear on the battlefield, Lin Xing's eyes reddened.
"Awan, you've encountered human traffickers," Lin Xing painfully stated his analysis.
He understood that his wife had encountered human traffickers, and Guo Guo had most likely been abducted by the couple who disguised themselves as elderly people.
Lin Xing regretted it. Knowing that his wife was rather naive and inexperienced, how could he have been so careless as to let her take Guo Guo alone from his hometown by train to join the army?
Lin Xing is a country person, the second child in his family, and he and his brothers were not favored by their parents.
Therefore, Lin Xing left that disappointing home early and joined the army.
His wife, Zhang Shuwan, was introduced to him by a neighbor's grandmother. During a rare visit home, his parents wanted him to marry the daughter of a textile factory director in exchange for two job positions for his older and younger brothers; he resisted, leading to the neighbor's grandmother's intervention and the introduction of Awan.
Awan is a city person, and her parents only have one daughter, whom they love dearly.
When Awan reached the age of marriage and needed to be introduced to potential partners, they only had one requirement, which was that the person must treat Awan well.
Before Lin Xing was introduced to them, Awan had already met several people, but none of them were suitable.
When Lin Xing appeared, Zhang's parents were very satisfied with him, and he and Awan also hit it off.
So, soon, the two got married.
Unexpectedly, just one year after their marriage, Awan's parents died in a factory accident, leaving Awan as a martyr's child without parents.
At that time, many of Awan's relatives wanted to take advantage of the situation and even Lin Xing's parents and older brother and sister-in-law had such thoughts.
Lin Xing protected Awan with forceful measures.
Lin Xing's decisive and even ruthless actions prevented others from having any further ideas.
Lin Xing knew that his wife, Awan, was a simple person, so he had to protect her well.
Now, they have been married for 7 years.
They only have one daughter, Guo Guo, and despite trying, they haven't had any other children.
Both he and his wife treat Guo Guo like a precious jewel.
Previously, Awan and Guo Guo had joined him at the army.
But a few months ago, he was transferred to the Northwest Military Region, and because they hadn't adapted yet, the mother and daughter temporarily didn't join him.
Now, he has settled down here, and he dared to let them join him.
Originally, he planned to take leave to go back to his hometown's county town and personally pick up Awan and Guo Guo.
Unfortunately, he couldn't get leave, and his training was intense.
When Awan said she could take Guo Guo by train, Lin Xing hesitated for a moment, but still agreed.
At this moment, Lin Xing wanted to slap himself.
Knowing his wife's personality, how could he let her travel alone with Guo Guo?
It was his fault, he was overly optimistic.
On the other end of the phone, after confirming that Guo Guo had been abducted, Zhang Shuwan was stunned for a moment, then burst into tears.
She thought that she had lost Guo Guo, and if Guo Guo could not be found, she would go with her.
At this point, Lin Xing didn't care about training anymore. He knew the urgency of finding someone, so after briefly comforting his wife, he hung up the phone, quickly asked his leader for leave, and prepared to leave the military region to search for his daughter.
Unexpectedly, as his car was about to leave the military region, he heard a young soldier shouting from behind: "Battalion Commander Lin, Battalion Commander Lin, your daughter has been found!"
Found?!
Lin Xing almost jumped out of the car, grabbed the young soldier's arm and asked. Then, under the soldier's guidance, he came to the Communications Office again and received a call from Sheng Ze Xi.
Lin Xing knew who Sheng Ze Xi was, the famous Military King of the Northwest Military Region.
He had recently filed a marriage report, brought his family member to join the army, and applied for housing. Lin Xing knew this because he had also applied for housing.
Their houses were next to each other.
On the phone, Sheng Ze Xi said that he and his wife were traveling by train and his wife had noticed something strange about an elderly couple. She smelled medicine on a child and guessed they were human traffickers.
Eventually, he cooperated with the train staff to catch the human traffickers.
And saved the child.
"That girl named Guo Guo, who looks about 4 years old, looks quite like you. Is she your daughter?"
"Yes, yes, that's my Guo Guo…" Lin Xing was so excited that tears almost fell, and he immediately told Sheng Ze Xi about his wife's call about Guo Guo being abducted.
"Guo Guo is with me. My spouse and I will take her to the military region, and we should arrive tomorrow." Sheng Ze Xi said.
"Okay, thank you, Battalion Commander Sheng, thank you and your spouse." Lin Xing was not good with words, and this was all he could say in gratitude.
But he knew that this was a life-saving grace from Battalion Commander Sheng and his spouse, and he would definitely repay this kindness in the future.
Thinking that Guo Guo was safe, Lin Xing felt relieved and immediately called his wife to tell her the news.
He told his wife not to stay there waiting for him but to take the car directly to the military region.
After hearing that Guo Guo was rescued, Zhang Shuwan wept with joy, and her heart was filled with gratitude for Sheng Ze Xi and his spouse whom she hadn't met yet.
Thinking that their houses were connected, that they were neighbors, Zhang Shuwan decided not only to thank Battalion Commander Sheng and his spouse properly but also to get closer to Sheng Ze Xi's spouse.
After confirming the call, Sheng Ze Xi immediately returned to the train and told Gu Jia Ning the news.
Gu Jia Ning didn't expect that Guo Guo, the child she saved, was actually her neighbor's child. The fate is indeed amazing.
Soon, the train started again.
As the train headed northwest, the temperature dropped rapidly. Sheng Ze Xi quickly put a thicker cotton-padded jacket on Gu Jia Ning, afraid that she would catch a cold.
In the afternoon, Gu Jia Ning inadvertently looked up and saw white snowflakes falling outside the window.
"It's snowing," Gu Jia Ning said as she looked at the snow falling from the window.
Sheng Ze Xi sat beside her, looking outside together.
"Yeah, the snow will be even thicker when we get to the military region."
After some time, heavy snow will seal the mountains. Then, it will be almost impossible for people to move around, they won't be able to hunt in the mountains, and even transporting supplies will be difficult.
At that time, whatever supplies the military region's Supply and Marketing Cooperative has will be bought up immediately.
Meat will be especially scarce.
Sheng Ze Xi was fortunate that the Gu Family had prepared so many supplies and food for Ningning.
They should have no problem getting through the two months of heavy snow sealing the mountains.
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