Transmigrated & Triumphant: Defying Destiny's Chosen One-Chapter 468 - 32: Three Children

The train rattled dully as it rocked, the carriage packed tightly with people. Shi Suifeng stood beside his comrade, looking utterly fatigued despite his youth.

He yawned silently.

On the seats, three children sat together, drowsily leaning against the backrest. The oldest boy, Gu Ping, shifted his little brother inward a bit, taking up two seats for the three of them: "Uncle, sit for a while."

This wasn’t the first time they offered their seats. The journey was long, and this time Shi Suifeng didn’t decline: "Da Shi, you take a seat and rest for a while, switch with me in a few hours."

Having traveled together before, Da Shi didn’t hesitate. He plopped down and closed his eyes without a word, quickly falling asleep.

— The quicker he sleeps, the more he can rest and eventually relieve Captain Shi.

After all, on the train these days, you never know who you might encounter. You couldn’t be at ease without someone keeping watch.

Shi Suifeng glanced at the little boy still held in Gu Ping’s arms: "How is Gu An’s leg?"

After Sister-in-law Yun remarried, she devoted herself to her new family, ignoring her children from before.

But Old Grandma Yun was even more eager to take advantage—since their real mother had remarried, surely the kids wouldn’t lack food or drink. They could hardly be left to starve, right?

What mother wouldn’t care for her children?

They wouldn’t starve, so why waste their own food? With the breadwinner gone, the family’s future depended on other kids.

So, nine-year-old Gu Ping and seven-year-old Gu An had nothing to eat. 𝗳𝚛𝚎𝚎𝘄𝕖𝕓𝕟𝕠𝚟𝚎𝕝.𝗰𝕠𝐦

But who would have thought, their mother believed they wouldn’t starve at the Gu Family...

Gu Ping fainted from hunger at home, and when Gu An cried and fussed, no one paid attention, so he tried to pry open the kitchen cabinet, only to be caught by Gu the Second.

A single blow broke the child’s left leg.

He barely survived due to sheer luck.

It’s been over half a month since then. When Shi Suifeng found them, Gu An’s leg bone had healed improperly and was unusable. Yet in this village, there was no adequate medical care, and Shi Suifeng was determined to bring them back. Things could only stay as they were.

He planned to seek treatment once they reached the military district again. Otherwise, with all the jostling, the treatment would have been in vain.

On hearing Shi Suifeng’s question, Gu Ping hugged his brother tighter: "It’s okay, Uncle."

But he knew his brother’s leg hurt all the time.

Hatred brewed in the young boy’s heart; he clearly remembered the Gu Family’s cruelty. If not for Uncle Shi threatening to accuse them of mistreating a martyr’s offspring, they wouldn’t have let him leave...

Bah!

And there was the compensation money.

Gu Ping pressed his hand against the money pouch tied to his chest, feeling much more at ease now.

He silently swore that no matter what, he would repay Uncle Shi.

...

Gu Ping and Gu An had a boy’s courage, making it easier for Shi Suifeng to talk to them. But eight-year-old Yun Baoni who never spoke...

Shi Suifeng had a headache.

The Yun Family was not troublesome; they were willing to care for the little girl, but Sister-in-law Yun...

She just couldn’t be clear-headed!

Every day she either cried about not leaving any descendants for the Yun Family or beat and scolded, lamenting that Yun Baoni was a girl... The child’s own father wasn’t there, so how much care could she really expect from others?

Shi Suifeng came this time because Yun Baoni secretly wrote him a letter in tears, asking him to find a doctor to see Yun Baoni—a look under her clothes revealed not a patch of unmarred skin.

Marks of fire tongs, needle pricks, and whip lashes...

Shi Suifeng rubbed his forehead, feeling that the world’s absurdities defied all emotional ethics.

Clearly, other comrades’ families were entirely normal!

Yun Baoni had followed him, but since leaving, she hadn’t spoken a word. Shi Suifeng truly didn’t understand a little girl’s thoughts, so he could only rub his forehead.

In that moment, he suddenly sighed deeply—

Little He was the best after all.

Always straightforward and obedient, never picky about food. I wonder what Little He has been eating at home these days...

...

As the train passed through a long tunnel, Yun Baoni, who was sitting in the middle, suddenly stood up. Without a word, she squeezed into the aisle, pushing Shi Suifeng further in.

Shi Suifeng chuckled wryly.

He tried to use a bit of force to seat the little girl back, but to his surprise, she shook her head desperately, staring at him with watery eyes.

With no choice, Shi Suifeng sat down.

As all his muscles relaxed, a deep, inexpressible weariness enveloped him—he had been on the move for five consecutive days.

Seeing him sit down, Yun Baoni’s face finally broke into a satisfied smile, and Shi Suifeng smiled back: "Just stand here, ignore everyone else, and hold onto my arm tightly."