Ming Chuyan spoke every word, venting his dissatisfaction.
He was also making excuses for the sordid thoughts in his heart.
Ming Chuyan's questioning.
Made the six people, who had been moved by seeing Ming Zheng, gradually calm down.
Yes.
Where was this place?
This was the territory of underground forces.
If they could save them.
How could the country bear to abandon them?
Enough.
It was already enough.
Knowing that the country had always remembered them and had not given up on them.
That was enough.
Their goals and dreams had been achieved.
Next…
It was up to the teacher.
The six people smiled faintly.
Tears rolled down their cheeks as they smiled.
But they had no regrets.
Yuan Da was choked with emotion, he had wanted to rush back to his students countless times, to advance and retreat with them.
But, this C-team captain…
Was not wrong.
Ultimately, it was for the greater good of the country, which prevented him from only caring about his own feelings.
The hope that had just risen because of Ming Zheng, was once again extinguished bit by bit.
It was not that he didn't trust the woman who said, "If we save, not a single one shall be left behind," and "Xia Country will never abandon any of its citizens."
But rather… he dared not take the risk.
He dared not risk this chance of bringing Yuan Da back home alive.
In this somber atmosphere.
That cold, elegant, and aloof woman spoke again.
"That's why I say you're useless, you're incompetent."
Her meticulously drawn eyebrows and eyes raised, and with a flick of her finger.
The chains of the iron cages holding the six people broke with a "clatter."
"If you can't save them, I can."
She curved her fiery red lips, confident and unrestrained: "Not a single citizen of Xia Country shall be left behind, I will take you home!"
Home…
Go home.
Return to their… home.
Since going to the International Institute of Research.
How long had it been since they had returned to Xia Country, their home?
They had originally thought.
They would die in a foreign land.
Until death, not even their ashes could return to their homeland, to their "home."
But this girl said…
She would take them home.
The six people sat in the iron cages, still in a daze.
Looking at the fallen chains before them.
Their hearts pounded uncontrollably.
Could they…
Truly go home?
"Yes."
As if sensing the hopeful question in their hearts.
Ming Zheng gave a firm answer.
She tilted her dark eyes, her gaze wild and arrogant, unrestrained and proud!
So noble, so imperious!
But, it completely ignited their hope.
"Believe! I believe you!"
"Please take us home!"
"Whatever the requirements, we will cooperate 100%, please… take us home!"
Their voices were one by one firmer, one by one more ardent.
They wanted to go home!
Back to their homeland!
Back to their home!
"You, you…" Ming Chuyan's always clear and refined face couldn't help but twist slightly.
Had these people gone mad?
Believing a woman.
A heavily made-up woman at that!
Something even he, the head of the security forces, couldn't do.
How could she think she could do it?
And she wanted to lead everyone away from the cruise ship?
What a joke!
"Miss, thank you… thank you…"
Yuan Da broke free from Ming Chuyan's hand, his eyes red.
He trembled and walked towards Ming Zheng: "Please, Miss, take us home, we, not a single one shall be left behind."
"Yuan Da!" Why was even he like this? Didn't he worry that such a decision would get him killed here?
He had painstakingly infiltrated the underground forces.
He had finally reached this point.
He had finally been given the mission to rescue the researchers from the International Institute of Research.
He was about to receive the title of hero.
But, because of this woman.
All his plans were ruined.
"Who exactly are you? Do you think the General Command will allow you to be so willful?" Ming Chuyan suppressed his anger, questioning her with a stern tone.
How did he not know that the security forces had also dispatched other teams to complete the mission together?
If the security forces had indeed sent people.
They would have informed him in advance.
This woman had appeared out of nowhere!
With the face of a Xia Country person.
Did she truly belong to Xia Country?
"Who I am is not for you to know." Ming Zheng raised her wrist and gently tapped her watch, her bright eyes radiating a sharp cold glint. "You only need to be clear about your mission and be ready to assist me at any time."
"Assist?" He, the dignified captain of team C, to assist a woman?
Did she deserve it?
Ming Chuyan's expression immediately turned cold, his eyes chilling as he looked at Yuan Da: "Yuan Da, she doesn't even dare to reveal her identity, there must be a trick! Most likely, she's with the underground forces!"
"She possesses the righteousness of a Xia Country person."
Yuan Da's eyes were red, he looked deeply at the beautiful and radiant woman before him.
Her confidence, her arrogance, emanated from her bones.
It was definitely not empty boasting.
The director grinned, smiling bit by bit: "I, believe her."
"We believe her too!" The other six researchers also spoke with certainty.
These people were all crazy!
Ming Chuyan's eyes became increasingly gloomy and fierce: "Fine! If you can save them! Then I'll see how you save them!"
He was supposed to assist?
Impossible!
An unknown nobody.
A woman.
Deserved his assistance as captain of team C?
Wasn't she very smug?
Didn't she think she was very strong?
Didn't she say so arrogantly that not a single one would be left behind?
Fine!
If she was so good at bragging.
Then she should save them herself!
He wanted to see how this woman would save them without him!
"The surveillance data outside has been modified, now is the best opportunity to leave."
Mo Qingchuan walked out from the shadows, his hand resting on the black-rimmed glasses on his nose: "Ah…"
Before he could finish the word "Zheng," his gaze fell on Ming Chuyan, and he swallowed it back.
"Junior sister, we can go now."
Ming Zheng nodded, then looked seriously at the seven researchers: "You follow my senior brother now, leave this place to me!"
"Take good care of Yuan Da, don't be too nervous, I'll handle everything."
That cold and elegant voice was clear, yet every word instilled faith.
"I'll handle everything," "I'll take care of everything," these words.
Were like a warm sun, dispelling the coldness around them and enveloping them in warmth.
Making them tear up.
They nodded vigorously.
Stepped forward and supported Yuan Da.
One by one, they quietly and obediently followed behind Mo Qingchuan.
Ming Chuyan, who had been ignored, let out a cold laugh: "In the end, isn't it still relying on a man?"
He had thought this woman truly had some ability.
So it turned out she had someone behind her.
She had spoken so nobly just now.
"Slap!"
Suddenly, a loud slap resounded, deafening in the quiet space.
Ming Chuyan only felt a burning pain on his cheek.
The next second.
His abdomen hurt.
His body was instantly sent flying backward, crashing heavily into the wide-open iron cage.
His light gray suit was instantly stained red with blood from within the iron cage.