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The first time she stood on the majestic and mighty military ship, watching the sailors in their neat uniforms standing solemnly and straight on both sides, the ship cutting through the waves on the azure sea, Xia Yanxin felt an indescribable surge of boldness in her heart.
She briefly set aside her personal emotions and threw herself wholeheartedly into her busy work.
Those young sailors were roughly the same age as her, with the same youth and vitality. Perhaps due to their long stints at sea, their skin had tanned to a wheat color, and their arms had grown sturdy and vigorous. What surprised Xia Yanxin the most was how neatly they made their beds, their quarters tidy and spotless, not a speck of dust in sight, more assiduously than girls.
