Lin Qingping and Gu Juncheng

Chapter 373 Lighthouse

"Hmm..." I really didn't know, so I didn't tell him, nor did I want to notify him in advance.

"Then, how did Uncle Xiaotian know?" Zhiyuan asked.

Lin Qingping smiled and said, "Silly Zhiyuan, do you think this island is so easy to get to? You need to write an application to come and visit relatives. You can't come without approval."

Actually, I applied a long time ago, and I asked Wu Tianjiao to convey that it should be kept secret from Gu Juncheng.

Old Wu liked Gu Juncheng and was very willing to give him this surprise. He kept it a secret all the way, achieving the effect that the leaders knew and Xiao Tian knew, but Gu Juncheng himself didn't know.

"Oh..." Zhiyuan suddenly realized, but then fell into even greater confusion, "But, Mom, I thought you two wouldn't make up. You always seemed so..."

Zhiyuan seemed afraid of upsetting his mother, so he didn't dare to continue and secretly glanced at her.

Lin Qingping looked out the door. In the pitch-black night, the scattered lights were like beacons flickering on a desolate, boundless ocean. "Zhiyuan, what did the sea look like when you came by boat?"

Zhiyuan thought for a moment, "It's very wide and vast, and we have no idea where the edge or the shore is."

"What if we sail at night?" Lin Qingping asked again.

Zhiyuan imagined it again, but since he had never experienced it, he wasn't sure. "Then... it must have been pitch black everywhere, and you wouldn't know where to go, right?"

“There are lighthouses…” Lin Qingping said softly, “For ships sailing in the dark, lighthouses will guide their way.”

"Mom, I don't understand." Zhiyuan felt that his mother was talking about the boat, but not really talking about the boat. Whatever she was talking about, she had confused the question he wanted to ask in the first place.

"If you don't understand, go to sleep! You're exhausted today!" Lin Qingping closed the door and sent Zhiyuan to sleep.

Zhiyuan slept in Gu Juncheng's bed, while she went to sleep in another room.

The bed was a new one that Xiaotian had delivered today. The quilt and mattress were both new, military green, and exuded a fresh smell. Lin Qingping was exhausted after a long day and fell asleep the moment her head hit the pillow.

The next day, another busy day began.

After working continuously for a week, Lin Qingping finally finished making the sofa.

The sofa frame is made of wood, with thick sponge and cotton used for the cushions, backrest, and throw pillows. The color is consistent with the rest of the room, using military green, but she added flowers.

She framed the white wall behind the sofa with wooden strips, and filled it with fabric collages.

Xiao Tian brought over another table, which Lin Qingping placed in the middle of the small hall. She used a cloth of the same color, trimmed with the same floral pattern, to cover the table as a tablecloth.

There is a wild gardenia on the island that blooms beautifully. She dug up some, planted them in a ceramic pot, and placed them on the table.

The room suddenly became different.

Throughout the entire process, Zhiyuan worked with her and even learned from her how to sew a pillow with a needle and thread.

During that week, she and Zhiyuan spent New Year's Eve and New Year's Day together with the soldiers and their wives on the island.

It was quite lively.

However, one person was never able to make it back.

During this week, she made many new friends, neighbors, and military spouses. Everyone was very welcoming and invited each other to their homes.

On the sixth day of the Lunar New Year, Lin Qingping tidied up the house. On the seventh day, she invited other military wives to her home.

She showed off her culinary skills, making all sorts of Chinese and Western pastries and desserts. In the afternoon, she invited them to her home for tea and a chat. Of course, she also prepared ingredients for dinner. Just like at the homes of other military wives, everyone would work together to prepare a meal. The men would also come over, and they would happily enjoy a sumptuous dinner.

Just as the military wives were admiring the new house that Lin Qingping had decorated and tasting desserts they had never eaten before, a tall figure appeared at their doorstep.

The military wives turned around and froze, dropping the snacks they were holding to the ground...