Traveling through the Sixties with the Male God (Completed BL)

Chapter 8: Corn Porridge. Why should I eat this?

Translator: dapotaturs

Release Date: 10/23/2023

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Xu Hengzhou sat in the office specially vacated by the director, listening with a wooden face as the newly recognized uncle, Mr. Song Wenbin, recounted the story of his "biological father" Xu Dashan.

According to Mr. Song Wenbin, he and Xu Dashan were comrades-in-arms with an extremely close relationship, an unbreakable bond. The scar on Xu Dashan's body was left behind to save him.

It was quite a coincidence that the two met at the boot camp. They shared a dormitory and later joined the same squad. Despite their different personalities, they had always gotten along, wishing they could become sworn brothers.

Due to certain circumstances, Song Wenbin had never married, so he regarded Xu Dashan's son as no different from his own. Despite not having met him due to military discipline and other reasons, Song Wenbin still had a good understanding of Xu Dashan's family situation.

On one mission, Song Wenbin was unexpectedly injured and developed a high fever. Xu Dashan carried him to escape the pursuit of the enemy, but it was too difficult with a wounded comrade. Song Wenbin asked Xu Dashan to leave him, but Xu Dashan refused. They were surrounded by the enemy.

They were eventually rescued, but Xu Dashan's injuries were too severe. He lost his life on the way back.

Witnessing Xu Dashan's death in front of him was a significant blow to Song Wenbin. However, he remembered Xu Dashan speaking about his wife and children before he passed, speculating whether his wife had given birth and whether it was a boy or a girl. Their eldest son was supposed to start school this year, and Xu Dashan had bought him a new school bag. Xu Dashan entrusted Song Wenbin to take care of his family, and of course, Song Wenbin agreed.

After recovering from his injury, Song Wenbin took leave to visit Xu Dashan's hometown, but he didn't find Xu Dashan's wife and children.

Xu Dashan's biological father had passed away long ago. His stepmother had mistreated him since she entered the family, so he had separated from them early on. However, when Song Wenbin went, he found Xu Dashan's stepmother and his half-brother's family living in Xu Dashan's house.

Seeing the evasive glances of those people, Song Wenbin knew something was amiss. After pressing them for answers, he learned that Xu Dashan's wife had known about his death and died in childbirth. The child she gave birth to was abandoned by this group of people, using the excuse of being weak and unable to be fed. In the harsh winter weather, for a baby, surviving was nearly impossible. Even Xu Dashan's eldest son was driven away by them, his whereabouts unknown.

A villager secretly told Song Wenbin that they had seen Xu Gouzi's shoes in the mountains, with bloodstains on them. With wolves in the mountains, the child was likely no longer alive.

How could Song Wenbin believe it? Coming all this way, he was met with news of his brother's family being destroyed. Although he knew the villager was telling the truth, it was because of his military uniform that they secretly informed him. Yet, Song Wenbin still clung to a thread of hope. Hadn't they seen the body? Perhaps the child was still alive...

With this faint hope, Song Wenbin searched for four years. He transitioned to a civilian position within the military and used all his spare time to find the child, but there was never any news.

This year, Song Wenbin decided to retire from the military. He was assigned to the position of deputy director at the First Machinery Factory in Qingjiang City, Huaisheng Province.