The Gu family was a military aristocratic family, but they fully respected their children's choices. No one was forced to enlist if they didn't want to.
That was why Gu Shaozhen could still live a carefree life. Zheng Shaojin was a maternal grandson, and Zheng Shaolian had only joined the army because his big mouth had gotten him on Gu Shaofeng's bad side. Otherwise, he too could have stayed home and lived comfortably.
But just this spring, Mr. Gu had suddenly suffered a stroke and fallen into a coma. At the time, the men of the family's older generation, as well as the eldest and second grandsons, were all away at their posts. Even the second son's wife, a military doctor, couldn't return to personally care for her father-in-law. The third son's wife was also very busy. Only Granny Gu, the eldest son's wife, and a granddaughter took turns keeping vigil by his bedside. Gu Shaozhen and Zheng Shaojin, with Gu Shaoqin in tow, were responsible for running errands.
