"Change his environment? You mean I should leave the army?" In the end, Lorin was still just a kid himself, only two or three years older than Heige. Faced with this kind of situation, beyond his heartache and anger, coming up with a quick solution was by no means an easy task.
"You could bring the boy to the barracks."
"Everyone there is your trusted subordinate. It's just for a short while to look after a child."
"You're all educated people. You can't tell me you can't teach one kid?"
"Just keep his school enrollment active, and have him come back for exams when the time comes." The onlooker sees the game better than the player. Shi Li, at least, had thought of a good solution.
There were no children in the military barracks.
Xi Wen was at a perfect age—old enough to understand things without crying or fussing, yet not so old that his fear would seem like excessive weakness.
