"I knew our motherland would never abandon us," the woman coughed and spoke with difficulty. Her eyes flamed like a torch as hope and joy gathered around her. She looked at the fully equipped operators, one of them kneeling before her.
"Stay still. Don't move," a female voice soothed her emotions. "Let me check you quickly. I heard from our snipers you're wounded very badly."
At the same time, she silently complained about the woman's trust in the government, though not too much, because she had once been just like the woman—fully trusting the government and assuming officials' statements were universal truths.
It turned out her vision and mindset broadened after working under Ling Qingyu. She had seen how her boss navigated waywardly to get to where they were today. A strong posture in Province N.
