Gu Yusheng kept staring at the night sky, but after he directed his question to her, his look became extraordinarily solemn. He continued to say in a particularly clear, low, and powerful voice, "I have a patriotic dream."
He brought the cigarette to his mouth, sucked it very slowly, and blew out a smoke ring, then repeated with a very serious look, "A dream to defend every inch of this land with my flesh and blood."
After a pause, for he was probably afraid that she could not understand, he changed his explanation. "That is, to safeguard our country with my life."
When Gu Yusheng asked Qin Zhi'ai if she knew his dream, various kinds of dreams had flashed through her mind.
To study at Harvard, to be a great scientist, or to be the youngest and most promising figure in the business field… but she had never thought that his dream would be to defend every inch of the land with his flesh and blood and to safeguard the country with his life.
