A Kind Forefather

On this day, a large number of households had their lanterns lit late into the night.

The men who were about to leave to join the military would only be spending three more nights at home, from tonight onwards.

Three days later, they would join the military, be it up north or down south, towards the east or the west!

Each one of them gazed deeply at their home and at their family members. Never had they realized that their home was this warm and beautiful, never had they felt such reluctance to leave it behind.

Their sons, who were usually mischievous and they would love very much to beat up time and again were actually adorable and vivacious. How they wished they could see them play innocently like this, forever.

They, however, could not.

If Yutang were to fall, their homes would no longer exist.

A subjugated nation meant the extinction of its people; once Yutang was gone, how could its people survive?