508: Instead of settling for a marriage just for the sake of family.

“Here's a pair of binoculars. Take a look around.”

Hearing her Older Brother's words and seeing the binoculars he handed over, Xiao Niannian smiled.

“Older Brother, I brought this, and I also brought some other supplies for you all.”

Hearing his sister's words, Gu Yuan's lips curled up, and he couldn't describe how happy he felt.

“Thank you, little sister.”

His sister was truly too sweet; she even brought him supplies when coming here. That was wonderful.

“Come on, I'll take you to the mess hall. We're having extra dishes today.”

After learning his sister was coming, he sent all the stored supplies to the mess hall.

Additionally, the snacks he asked someone to get would also be delivered to his sister's room later.

Xiao Niannian and Lu Jing followed Gu Yuan to the mess hall.

This was a Special Forces Brigade, but the conditions here were easily ten times worse than the Special Forces Brigade in Yangcheng.

Xiao Niannian felt a pang of distress seeing the situation here.

Although she had previously considered that the conditions here would be tough, the scene before her was much harsher than she had imagined.

Xiao Niannian thought of how the production orders for several Arms Factories had increased nearly a hundredfold, and these appliances would be sold abroad to earn foreign exchange for the country.

When she did these things before, she made one request: that one-tenth of the profit be used to subsidize injured Soldiers or the families of Soldiers who died in the line of duty... Now it seemed that besides those, the money should also be used to improve the living environment for comrades in remote Military Units... “Little sister.”

Gu Yuan saw his sister silently contemplating, so he called out to her.

Xiao Niannian snapped back to attention.

“Go sit over there. I'll get your food.”

“Okay.”

With her Older Brother getting her food, Xiao Niannian went and sat down where he pointed.

As soon as she sat down, she heard people discussing.

“Look, that's Captain Gu of the First Team's seat, and there's a Female Comrade sitting there.”

“Could that be Captain Gu's fiancée?”

“Captain Gu is already twenty-seven or twenty-eight, and he doesn't even have a partner.”

“Could she really be Captain Gu's fiancée?”

Gu Yuan finished serving the meal and carried the plates over.

“Little sister, this is cured meat, and this is fresh Wild Chicken meat.”

The conditions here were just like this; he wished he could get his sister more food, but training tasks were heavy these past few days, and it took time to bring supplies over. Driving usually took one or two days, unless supplies were transported by plane.

Here, sometimes money couldn't buy supplies, and they had to trade things instead.

He found someone to send over some cotton and other warm materials, along with other supplies.

In any case, for this month or so, he had to make sure his sister ate and lived well, and didn't freeze, starve, or lose weight.

Otherwise, he would feel guilty and upset.

If his father and his Grandfather knew his sister was having such a hard time here, they would definitely beat him with a stick.

“Thank you, Older Brother.”

Lu Jing also chimed in.

“Thank you, Older Brother.”

Hearing this, Gu Yuan glared at Lu Jing.

“Who is your Older Brother?”

Lu Jing curled his lips, his eyes full of amusement. Whether Gu Yuan admitted it or not, he and Niannian were engaged. He had actually prepared the wedding ring too, but now was not the time to bring it out.

Seeing the smile on Lu Jing's face, Gu Yuan truly wanted to drag Lu Jing out for a good spar, just to let him know that marrying his sister wouldn't be so easy.

But they were about to start training now, and they would be training in the mountains with the members of Lu Jing's First Team. If he really hit Lu Jing, or if Lu Jing hit him, his sister would definitely get angry.

He'd wait until training ended before finding trouble with Old Lu.

At that time, hmph.

After Xiao Niannian finished eating, Gu Yuan immediately picked up the bowls and chopsticks.

“Little sister, I'll go wash the dishes for you.”

“Okay.”

When Xiao Niannian was home, her Older Brothers always competed to spoil her. Seeing her Older Brother like this now, Xiao Niannian laughed.

Before, her Grandparents and father were still talking about having her call her Older Brother and Second Older Brother to ask if they had partners, and if they didn't find partners this year, they would introduce them to blind dates.

They couldn't drag it out any longer; if they did, they would soon be thirty years old.

However, in her mind, thirty was nothing. Thirty was the prime age for striving.

Of course, they definitely needed to date someone.

Thinking of this, Xiao Niannian decided to ask later.

By the time her Older Brother came out, Xiao Niannian had been waiting under the tree for a while.

“Older Brother.”

Seeing his sister standing with Lu Jing, Gu Yuan hummed in acknowledgement, a smile on his face.

“Do you have something to tell your Older Brother?”

Xiao Niannian nodded.

Gu Yuan looked at Lu Jing and lifted his chin, signaling Lu Jing to move farther away.

Lu Jing glanced at Niannian and walked towards the training grounds.

Gu Yuan was very pleased to see Lu Jing walk away.

“Whatever it is, tell your Older Brother.”

“Grandparents asked me before to inquire if you have someone you like, Older Brother, or if you are dating anyone. I don't mean to rush you.”

Hearing his sister's words, Gu Yuan smiled and ruffled her hair.

“It's fine if you rush me. Older Brother knows that I'm at the age where I should be dating now. Before, I had Old Lu and the others acting as shields.”

Gu Yuan hadn't expected that this shield would suddenly find a partner one day, and that partner would be his own sister.

He had also been thinking about this issue since last year.

Previously, he truly hadn't met anyone he liked, and he was focused on striving hard to reach a higher position.

Although his father and Second Uncle were doing very well now, their generation needed to work even harder to make the Gu Family better.

Furthermore, regarding the grudge concerning his mother and sister from back then, they had suspicions but couldn't directly take revenge.

Thinking of this, he hated those people in his heart.

He was going to rely on his true ability to seize everything from those people.

Just like his father, he would keep suppressing those people so they couldn't surpass him, as well as Uncle Lu and Uncle Shen.

As for his marriage, he had thought it through clearly: seeking revenge required paying a price. He would find someone from an equally good family background and who had a good relationship with the Gu Family. He wouldn't allow what happened to his parents to happen again.

He was the Gu Family's eldest grandson; he had to shoulder everything for the Gu Family... Seeing the resolute look in her Older Brother's eyes, Xiao Niannian recalled the things she had heard before. She felt a pang of pity.

“Older Brother, you don't need to bear so much. We will take revenge together. We will find Mom together. I believe Mom is definitely alive, and we will meet again soon...”

“You must find someone you genuinely like, don't compromise your marriage for the sake of the Gu Family...”

She hoped both of her Older Brothers could be happy and not sacrifice their marriages for the family. She knew things weren't that simple, but several couples in the Compound had divorced, and some incidents were widely publicized. Although she hadn't lived at home for long, she had heard a lot of news in the Compound.