The Chosen Sons of the Capital Break Their Vows for Her, 1976

The day she returned and was acknowledged by her birth family, the military compound, quiet for years, was thrown into chaos.

No one could have imagined that all those favored young men in the compound, raised to believe they were destined for greatness and looking down on everyone else, would fall for this country girl who had just come back from the countryside.

They competed with each other, and none was willing to admit defeat.

"Whatever he can give her, I'll give her twice as much. If he protects her for a while, I'll protect her for a lifetime." Those hard-hearted men who had always stood at the top of their era gave every bit of tenderness and affection they had to the same Su Duoduo.

And she quietly changed every one of them.

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The man who never smiled learned to smile for the first time. The man who only knew how to charge into battle dared to say, "I'm afraid," for the first time. The man who was always calm lost his composure for the first time. The man who believed only in profit acted without regard for the consequences for the first time. The man who strictly followed the rules made an exception for her for the first time. The man of few words, for the first time, wanted to say enough to fill a lifetime.

She made each of them a better version of himself.

The era made their love forbidden, she was the one they cherished, and those broken hearts were the ones she saved.

Rumors spread through the compound, one cruel remark after another. But all those men did the same thing without a word of coordination: they spoke up for her, while secretly competing to see who could do the most.

The elders couldn't make sense of it. "What kind of behavior is this?"

She didn't argue. She just smiled.

Later, they understood one another without needing to speak, each keeping his place and protecting the same home.

They became whole because of her, and she found her happy ending because of them.

Let people say what they will.