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Song Shou saluted and was about to leave when he remembered his intention and hesitated. After a few seconds, he said, “Your wife has sacrificed a lot for you. Even if you do not agree with her methods, you shouldn’t ignore her efforts entirely. At the very least… Sir, I think you should part on good terms.”
“…”
Huo Chen did not even look at his subordinate when he was done talking, as though he did not hear the man at all.
Song Shou shook his head, sighed, and then left the operations room.
After he was gone, Huo Chen sat down slowly and looked dispirited.
He could not accept that Wen He would leave him, even if it was for his own good.
Sometimes, a lack of trust is worse than not loving the other person.
She promised him before…
No matter what obstacles stand in their way, they would face them together and never be apart.
However, she broke her promise so quickly. If she could not trust him, then even if he forgives her this time…
It would happen again, and again. She would always make the same decision.
He could not survive her repeated betrayal toward him.
…
At the same time, Wen He felt similarly dejected.
“You were right, Gu Jinzhi. Perhaps, I should not have come.”
She had travelled from so far away to see him, and yet it was for nothing.
Gu Jinzhi understood what she was going through. “If you can at least realize that, then you are not beyond saving yet.”
Wen He inhaled deeply. “I’ve said this before, but it was my decision to come here.”
She lay in bed with her hands as a pillow. Her eyes gazed lifelessly at the ceiling.
“In any case, I am not leaving. I don’t mind waiting in this room until the war is over. Only until then will we return home together, get our divorce, and go our separate ways.”
Gu Jinzhi admired her steadfastness.
She did not back down, even when faced with her current situation.
“As you wish.”
Wen He could not sleep that night.
The ambush that Huo Chen anticipated did not happen. At approximately six in the morning, it was time for the guards on patrol to hand over to the next shift. The soldiers relaxed slightly since they were in their base and protected by layers of security around them.
Even if the enemy came, they would have enough time to respond.
Suddenly, a long and sharp alarm interrupted the peaceful morning!
It was the signal that the enemy had attacked!
“What’s going on?”
Everyone in the encampment was startled.
Then, messengers started coming from all directions to report to their leader.
“Sir, the enemy’s army is spotted in the East!”
“Sir, we have roughly fifty thousand enemy soldiers in the West!”
“Sir, we saw the same in the South!”
In fact, these were all manageable news. They had merely initiated the final battle between both sides earlier than expected.
However, the last messenger’s intel shocked everyone in the base.
“Sir, we lost our escape route in the North. The captain of the seventh squad turned his back on us and killed his subordinates. He worked with the enemy forces and let them in!”
Everyone was appalled by the news!
All army bases would have an escape route designed for emergency retreats. It would also allow the army to bypass enemy forces and attack them from behind.
However, the squad captain in charge of defending the escape route had betrayed them. Moreover, the enemy soldiers were attacking from all sides.
Everyone in the case was trapped in the center with nowhere to go.
They could only react to attacks and defend themselves or attempt to break through the hostile forces around them. However, the latter would lead to unimaginable casualty numbers.
“Sir!!”
