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In life, every step involves making choices, some choices startling, some mundane.
When Yan Jinsu saw her husband again and learned about the decision he had made for her, the horror on her face lasted for a very long time; her almond-shaped eyes widened immensely, as if she couldn’t accept this ’choice’ her husband had now made.
"Silly wife, it’s okay, this step I chose is very deliberate. Currently, the military situation is fine, the kids don’t need me to pave the way for them, they can choose their own paths.
We, should take advantage of my body not yet failing, I should accompany you wherever you want to go before it’s too late, in a couple more years, even if willing, I might not have the strength."
Xie Jingchen cupped his wife’s rough little hand in his coarse palm and said in a calm manner, then, before his beloved wife could react, quickly added:
"Yeah~ So, wife, get better quickly. Without your medicine, my old back will start hurting again."
The gunshot wound at the time was very precise, if it weren’t for the great elixir from Yan Jinsu, and the previous enhancement of his body, Xie Jingchen might have become paralyzed long ago.
"You’re just humoring me!" Yan Jinsu’s eyes brimmed red as she looked at her husband.
"Little girl, don’t blame yourself, this is a decision I made myself. You’ve silently supported a big family for me, an old man. Even if I retire for you this time, I’ve gained a lot! Besides, I’m really tired. And, I’m not completely leaving the military, just shifting to logistics.
Be a good wife, your body is still overworking, don’t make me worry, alright?"
"Okay." Yan Jinsu nodded.
Perhaps for her husband, stepping back from the rushing currents isn’t a bad thing.
Being his confidante and from a medical background, how could she not know that her husband’s health was deteriorating?
Even the back pain he mentioned might actually be real. Otherwise, if there was medicine for the injury, why would the military allow such a reason for retirement?
This is why her husband is so honest with her.
Fortunately, she still has some treasured good medicine privately stored. She’ll take it out later to properly nourish her husband’s health; he should improve a bit...
With her husband retiring, it’s also a good time for her to wash her hands of it. After all, for the greater good, she had trained many alchemists; there will always be someone to take over.
Even her husband could let go of his career, for Yan Jinsu it was even simpler.
But as for fame and status? Hah, not brought by birth, nor taken in death, she had already let go.
Right now, Yan Jinsu didn’t care about all these, she just thought about how, in the future, she wouldn’t need to constantly worry about her husband’s safety due to his career!
The couple can live like ordinary people, accompanying each other day and night, her heart filled with anticipation—
Let her be selfish just this once.
Yan Jinsu cherished these current days deeply, perhaps by a karmic cycle, she always felt that she didn’t have much time left.
In fact, Yan Jinsu is only thirty-five and her husband merely forty-five. In others’ eyes, they are in their prime.
However, while outsiders may not notice, family members can see that although the spirit of the couple seems fine, their bodies are visibly aging rapidly.
When Xie Yuyue first impulsively left home, causing Yan Jinsu to have heart palpitations and shortness of breath leading to hospitalization, it seemed to have triggered Yan Jinsu’s hidden disease, causing it to proliferate. In half a year, Yan Jinsu had been hospitalized twice.
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