Chapter 251 - Crossing the Yalu River For You (2/2)
The boy quickly sent his friend scurrying off and pushed the clothes back to the girl, “It wasn’t that tiring Take it…”
The girl looked at the boy with her heart aching for him “Why did you do that? It’s not like the clothes are a necessity…”
“Heh heh…” The boy chuckled in a silly fashi+on He was not that good ords
The scenery changed The girl was about to marry Her family had betrothed her to sorown She was no longer the young girl from before The person she held in her heart was an adult like her now That night, she wanted to elope with the boy
The boy rejected her proposal because he could not give her the life he thought she wanted
The girl cried with hiirl fled without her fao Eventually, she returned to her old ho to the birch forestThere she saw the boy The boy was in a daze under the birch tree where they had carved their vows
“You said that you would protect irl softly with tears flowing down her cheeks
The boy gave hiirl “I will protect you for life With me here, no one can harm you”
The two spent their days with each other A si
The scene changed once more
It was still the sairl’s hand but she was a weeping wreck “I don’t want you to go…”
“Silly girl, I’ the country!” The boy wiped away the girl’s tears
“There are o? Isn’t it voluntary?” The girl cried evenit voluntarily!” the boy told her, filled with deep eone, how are you to protect an to act shamelessly as she pointed at the newly carved words on a tree “You aren’t keeping to your word!”
The boy looked at the girl with a deep,to protect you! Back when japan invaded the northeast, it resulted in suffering I definitely will not allow for it to happen again Now that another country has invaded, I have to step up I will keep them outside our borders Only then can I ensure your safety For you and for our country, I have to go!”
“But… but… aren’t there others…” The girl refused to accept the situation
“They are not me I swear I will protect you Believe ed With a loud whistle, the boy joined the arirl found him especially handsome
The scene shattered On the old dock by the river, the girl stuffed a picture she had recently taken into the boy’s hands On the back of it was her na!”
Up to this point, they had yet to apply for aThe words expressed her feelings beyond a doubt She, Liu Fangfang, was and alould be Yu Guanghua’s wife
“I ait for your return until the end of times I ait for you here, by this dock No matter when you return, you will see me here I will take a look at every boat that returns I ish for you to be on it” whispered Liu Fangfang
A command was issued as the boy boarded the boat with the rest of the troops They were going soather the rest of the troops They would then pass the Yalu River, fighting to protect the country No one knew if they would return but all of them yearned for it Even so they feared not death for they knew that as long as they kept the ene their borders their family and loved ones would be safe