The Fifth Fleet Volume 1: Hometown Clouds Chapter 2: Past Events Like Wind

  Lei Zheng's son is a wolf that, if standing upright, would be taller than an adult human. Its eyes are marked with the bone of fury! Anyone who understands dogs knows that owning such a furious dog means being brave enough to confront even the most ferocious wild wolves head-on. Yet this very wolf, with its eyes marked by the bone of fury, is now staring blankly at its mother wolf, whose neck artery it had bitten through with its own mouth. In its eyes, apart from large tears, there is only deep regret and apology.

  If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, even if he was beaten to death by thunder, he wouldn't have dared to believe that his son would actually go crazy and bite his "daughter-in-law" to death!

  Even from a human perspective, it is still a stunningly beautiful wolf. Its entire coat is white, which is extremely rare, and paired with its bright and piercing eyes that make one's heart skip a beat, the strong contrast between black and white creates a harmonious visual effect, exuding a breathtaking beauty.

  This overly beautiful, yet still successfully surviving mother wolf in the great mountains is certainly robust. Even if she squats there honestly, her elegant and smooth-lined body still proudly shows anyone the wild charm of nature.

  Lei Zhen's first reaction was to laugh and slap his son on the head twice, praising him for inheriting his father's glory. It was truly "if not for a moment of surprise, then a moment of astonishment", either don't look or find an extraordinary "beautiful wolf"!

  After rolling on the battlefield for so many years, he had long been accustomed to injuries and deaths. Lei Zhen could judge at a glance that this female wolf was really finished! Fresh blood flowed continuously from its severed artery, now it could only lie on the ground, staring blankly with its big eyes at the male wolf lying in front of the door, still with a few strands of blood in its mouth.

  Lei Zhen really didn't understand, his own son had run out of the army camp alone for more than a year, wandered outside for so long, and finally found a suitable companion and brought it into the army camp. Was it just to have a crazy outbreak one day and bite it to death?

  Lei Zheng still clearly remembers the female wolf that lived in the wilderness and mountains, after being brought back to the military camp by his son and living among humans, showing signs of unease. At that time, no matter who she saw, she would growl softly and show off her sharp teeth, Lei Zheng's son was always guarding her side, often stretching out his tongue to lick her body, using what could be called a warm "comfort" to ease the wolf's anxiety.

  Lei Zheng didn't see the gentle side of his "son" until then.

  It must have liked this she-wolf, otherwise how could it bring the she-wolf to the military camp and in front of Lei Zheng?

  But as soon as Lei Zheng appears in this small courtyard, once the mother wolf dares to growl at him, dares to show its sharp teeth, his son will certainly not hesitate to swing his front paws and slap the mother wolf heavily, even showing off its overly sharp teeth that dare to fight alone against tigers and wild boars, biting the mother wolf's spine and throwing it to the ground to roll a few times. After several rounds of this, the mother wolf finally becomes honest when seeing Lei Zheng again.

  After several months, it often ate delicious food in Lei Zheng's hands and got used to the man with a wolf-like smell on his body. It even learned to lie down like a tame little cat at Lei Zheng's leg, rubbing against his military pants. Before long, Lei Zheng found that he had grown fond of this female wolf, and he really treated it as his own daughter and daughter-in-law!

  Lei Zhen really couldn't imagine, if his wife, who was known as "Female Lü Bu" for her bravery on the battlefield and left all men stunned, were to find out that their son had gone crazy and bitten their daughter-in-law to death, wouldn't she first kick him out with a few dozen kicks, then grab an assault rifle and shoot him into a pile of minced meat?!

  Lei Zheng couldn't understand what was wrong with his own son. His wife was already pregnant, carrying their flesh and blood!

  When Lei Zheng's gaze unconsciously swept towards the mother wolf's increasingly bulging lower abdomen, a surge of absolute coldness suddenly rose from the bottom of his heart and instantly spread throughout his body.

  The mother wolf's high and swollen belly has gone down, her cubs have been born!

  Lei Zheng stood outside the courtyard, holding cleaning tools and a first-aid kit, but because his son was showing off his sharp teeth to the soldiers who had been demonstrating against them, he didn't dare make any sudden movements. One of the soldiers stretched out a finger and placed it on his lips, making a "silence" gesture. When everything finally quieted down, Lei Zheng carefully pricked up his ears.

  In the room that "son" had been guarding, a faint low whimper came through. Lei Zhen, who had an inexplicable bond with wolves since childhood, understood this sound. It was a group of wolf cubs that had just left their mother and were making low whimpers due to hunger.

  It wasn't until then that Lei Zhen suddenly understood why the mother wolf would gaze at her son with an expression so familiar, yet so sorrowful. She was staring blankly at him, staring blankly at the wooden door that, though not thick, had separated her from her maternal instincts and cut off all hope for her children's survival.

  I understand now, everything is clear!

  Lei Zhen stood up, his eyes fixed on his son with a complex gaze, still with big tears in his eyes. He walked step by step towards the wooden door, and when he put his hand on it, ready to push it open, his pant leg was bitten by his son.

  Lei Zhen lowered his head, and his gaze met that of his son. The gazes of the two men were deep and sorrowful, filled with a sense of loss that no one else could understand. Lei Zhen's movements suddenly froze, and he stood there, motionless, still holding onto the door handle, silent for a long time before asking in a low voice: "Not even I am allowed to enter?"

  Lei Zheng's son was a wolf, and of course he couldn't answer Lei Zheng's question, but he suddenly bit down even harder.

  Through the glass window on the door, Lei Zhen could clearly see that in a room already arranged like a wolf's lair, in a nest made of straw, firewood and soft rabbit hair, several small wolves whose eyes had not yet opened were scrambling and pushing against each other. They vainly raised their heads, as if to find the warmth of their mother wolf and her sweet-smelling milk in the cold air.

  Lei Zhen let out a soft sigh and sat down at the door with his son.

  "I know what's in your heart, and I also know you're doing all this for me, an unworthy old father. But... why bother? Why must you? Don't you know that you've already done more than enough for me, and done it well?"

  Lei Zhen picked up his son and placed the child's head in his own lap, gently stroking it as he also rested his chin on the soft fur of his son's head. He gazed at the she-wolf lying in a pool of blood, her eyes already filled with despair and a hint of grayish white, and whispered: "You didn't like him very much, did you? Although you couldn't tell me yourself, but since you brought him back from the deep mountains, I felt that my son was truly alive, living a happy life! Until then, I thought you were just a tool for war, always following me to battlefields, and had long forgotten what death and pain meant!"