In the winter of the 26th year of the Republic of China, Huo Zhongting, the marshal of Chengjun, published an announcement in the newspaper, announcing that Shen Nianqing was only a "concubine" and was officially married to the eldest daughter of the Cheng family.
That day, Shen Nianqing, who was pregnant, stood in the snow for three hours, waiting for him to give her an explanation. He never came.
Seven years later, she returned to Chengzhou with her five-year-old daughter Doudou. Huo Zhongting stopped her with red eyes: "Nian Qing, I've finally waited for you." She smiled and shook her head: "The person I'm waiting for died in the winter of the 26th year of the Republic of China."
Doudou looks a lot like him. Those eyes and that expression were a perfect replica of his. The little girl always asks: "Mom, where is my dad?" Shen Nianqing said: "Your dad is a hero, fighting bad guys."
On the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month, Doudou wore a red cotton-padded jacket that he was reluctant to wear during the New Year and went to the street to buy candy. A black car sped past, its small body flew up and landed in the snow.
Huo Zhongting got out of the car, took a look, turned and left - he didn't know that it was his daughter.
By the Chengjiang River, Shen Nianqing hugged Doudou's cold body and pulled out the gem-embedded Browning pistol from his sleeve - it was his love token back then.
"Zhong Ting, Doudou will be scared if he is alone there."
Gunshots fired and snow fell.
He knelt down by the river and hugged the two of them, and never stood up again.
