One hour later, Xiao Dong parked the car outside a private restaurant.
Nan XiangWan got out of the car and walked in.
Soon, Jie Chou's Mom came over to greet her: "How come you lost weight? What do you want to eat?"
Nan XiangWan: "Hello Auntie, I'd like to have hot pot."
Jie Chou's Mom smiled and nodded: "Good! Auntie will go prepare it! Jie Chou is in the private room, go find him yourself."
Nan XiangWan nodded and turned a corner to walk into the private room.
The not very big private room was decorated very elegantly, you could tell Auntie put a lot of heart into running this restaurant.
Jie Chou was already there, sitting at the dining table cracking melon seeds.
Seeing Nan XiangWan come in, Jie Chou excitedly got up to help pull out a chair for her and pour water.
After Nan XiangWan sat down, she drank some tea.
Jie Chou: "Hehe! How did you know this restaurant is owned by my mom?"
Nan XiangWan: "I've been here before, Gu Beihuai brought me here."
Jie Chou: "When was this? Why didn't you call me over!"
Nan XiangWan didn't banter with him and got straight to the point: "What happened to Gu Beihuai's eyes?"
Jie Chou was stunned, he didn't expect Nan XiangWan to specially meet up with him to ask about this.
After a long silence, Jie Chou told the whole story from the beginning.
The story was very long, spanning Gu Beihuai's entire 25 years of life.
In between, Auntie came in twice to serve dishes and added some comments when she overheard their conversation.
Nan XiangWan listened while eating, very surprised after hearing everything.
Beibei has lived such an exciting 25 years!
The youngest first-class contributor in China, the most mysterious special forces team Long Yan's former member, and a graduate of the international special forces training base Hunter School (currently only 3 Chinese military personnel have graduated from this base).
With such a rich background, it was discontinued at 16.
Because Gu Beihuai was injured and lost his eyesight during an international mission.
Nan XiangWan: "Blinded?!"
Jie Chou ate a big piece of meat: "Yeah! It was very serious at the time, took half a year of treatment before he could open his eyes again."
Nan XiangWan: "Then what?"
Jie Chou: "Then he retired from the military, because his eyes could no longer withstand the high intensity daily life of special forces. He went into singing and unexpectedly became a heavenly king, earned a lot money."
After speaking, he drank a mouthful of soup with a slurp.
Nan XiangWan also slurped a mouthful of soup, hmm this soup is so delicious.
Jie Chou: "But why did you ask about this?"
Nan XiangWan: "His eyes were irritated by an Audi's headlights, and irritated for quite a while."
Jie Chou: "Pffft cough cough cough!"
Jie Chou choked straight on the soup, very worried: "Is he alright? Did he go to the hospital?"
Nan XiangWan: "No, he went home."
Speaking of this, she fell silent again.
She had thought it was just his eyes couldn't stand strong light and nearsightedness or something. Didn't expect it to be such a serious injury.
That half year when he lost his sight, Beibei must have felt very hopeless!
Thinking of this Nan XiangWan felt even more angry, wanted to punch Tan Shen's brains out!
Jie Chou put down his chopsticks: "He was treated at an army hospital in the Imperial Capital back then. I'll contact his attending doctor, oh no, I'll contact his superior officer! I knew something was off with him covering his eyes all the time lately, this guy doesn't tell me anything. I'll get someone to drag him back for treatment!"
Nan XiangWan: "Mm mm! Can't delay, he even cried."
Jie Chou's hand paused while dialing: "Cried?"
Are you joking with me? Gu Beihuai crying?
Nan XiangWan: "Mm, tears streaming down nonstop, crying so sadly."
Jie Chou: "......"
That's not crying!
Jie Chou suddenly understood, Nan XiangWan's brain can't communicate with normal people's way of thinking, she doesn't understand at all.
Nan XiangWan continued eating while Jie Chou made his call.
He spoke very gravely on the phone, acting as if Gu Beihuai would die if he didn't get treatment soon!
Not long after, Jie Chou hung up. His mom walked in carrying a big pot of soup.
Nan XiangWan stood up to help take it but was shooed away by Jie Chou's mom: "Kids don't need to handle it, let go."
Nan XiangWan: "Oh."
After setting down the soup, Jie Chou's mom started serving her soup: "Eat more."
Nan XiangWan: "Ok, I can still eat two more bowls."
Jie Chou's mom beamed delightedly: "What an endearing child you are!"
After much difficulty finishing the meal, Jie Chou's mom happily looked upon the two children she fed, smiling from ear to ear as she saw them off at the door.
Jie Chou kept looking back after every three steps: "Mom, I'm going."
Jie Chou's mom: "Come back again sometime Xiao Wen, drive slowly and be safe!"
Xiao Dong: "Yes Auntie."
This auntie is so warm!
The GMC Yukon Denali drove out of the parking lot and soon disappeared on the road.
Jie Chou's mom also shoved her son into a car: "Hurry and go, come back when you have a girlfriend. You play games all day, why don't you just marry a game?"
Jie Chou: "I have a girlfriend."
Jie Chou's mom: "Yes yes, her name is Officer Skin City right?"
After speaking, she went 'bang' as she slammed the car door shut without looking back, walking straight into the restaurant.
Jie Chou: "......"
Dear mom?
............
Ji Mansion Room 2201.
Gu Beihuai was using an eye compress. His eyes were very uncomfortable right now. And because of the previous overuse, there were already signs of deterioration. Now with the strong light irritation several times, it became serious.
His phone next to him was vibrating with an incoming call.
Gu Beihuai picked up the phone and answered.
Because his eyes were covered, he didn't look at the caller ID, otherwise he would have definitely declined the call.
As soon as he answered, yelling blasted out from the phone: "Gu Beihuai!"
Gu Beihuai bolted upright in surprise: "Yes, Commander."
The other party: "Don't call me Commander! You retired yet still so disobedient brat!"
Gu Beihuai: "......what did I do?"
The other party: "Stay the f*ck there and wait for me, the military district has sent people to catch you. Don't you dare move!"
Gu Beihuai: "Catch me?"
The other party: "Yes! Come back for treatment! Won't let you leave until you're cured this time! Should have locked you up for a year or two, call you always worrying me!"
Gu Beihuai: "......"
Not giving him a chance to refuse, the call had already been disconnected over there.
Yelling and commanding from a superior, oh no, former superior.
He subconsciously called Commander. This habit ingrained to the bone still hasn't changed even after retiring for 9 years.
Gu Beihuai was originally planning to properly go back for treatment after little cub's 18th birthday, meeting the parents and all. Treatment where there won't be any sequelae left.
Logically, enduring it for a couple more months shouldn't be a problem.
Who knew Tan Shen would drive over and directly shine his headlights into his eyes!
Don't know how long he can still hold out now. Definitely can't last the two months, even one month is questionable.
Gu Beihuai felt somewhat sad, he's afraid he won't make little cub's coming of age ceremony.
