"This isn’t good for your body," Gao Lian said, his words tinged with a bit of mockery. "Mr. Shi, don’t take your body lightly just because you’re young. I had a colleague who kept working just three or four days after getting shot because he thought he was in good shape."
"And then?" Tang Jingming asked.
"Then, the grass over his grave is already as tall as you."
Shi i’s eyelids twitched, and Tang Jingming was also startled. "No way."
"Hahaha, just kidding!" Gao Lian glanced at Shi Lingyan. "But you really should rest properly. You were nearly vegetative, and your body functions were neglected for over a month. You need to recover properly."
"Thank you, Officer Gao," Shi Lingyan said, his voice faint and indifferent. "But I’m recovering well, so no need to worry."
Gao Lian looked at his complexion, which seed indeed acceptable. "These things can be major or minor. The elders advise you to rest for your own good. But why did you co to Imperial City from Yan City, which has a more nourishing climate?"
"Just for fun."
"So leisurely and elegant, coming out to play before you’ve fully recovered?" Gao Lian raised an eyebrow. "I rember when we wanted you for the investigation, you said you were unwell and couldn’t et anyone. It seems you just didn’t want to et with the police."
"Is it illegal not to et with the police?"
"Although it’s not illegal..."
"You’re the one breaking the law, why do you care so much?"
Gao Lian: "..."
Shi i frowned and couldn’t help but speak up: "Mr. Shi, it would be better to cooperate with the police investigation."
Shi Lingyan gave her a faint glance and said no more, turning his gaze toward the window.
At this mont, Ye Tiao had already fallen asleep in her seat, causing the atmosphere to turn sowhat eerie.
They continued in silence until they reached Tian’an Gate.
At a breakfast diner, they ate sothing casually, then queued up for the security check.
At six o’clock, the flag-raising ceremony began.
The familiar, stirring and inspiring lody started to play.
Soldiers, neatly dressed and perfectly synchronized, escorted the national flag to the flagpole.
The well-trained soldiers spread out in two rows, each one with a stern and serious face, gazing straight ahead, their military presence unmistakable.
As the national anthem played and the flag-raiser fluttered the Five-Starred Red Flag at that very mont, a soul-deep shock and reverence instinctively made everyone stand even straighter.
The Five-Starred Red Flag fluttered in the wind, bright red under the still-darkening blue sky.
The last ti she stood in this spot for the flag-raising ceremony was over a decade ago.
Her father had brought her here and told her that when he got old and retired, he would bring her grandchildren here too, to tell them they live in a strong and peaceful country.
And that their grandfather was a mber of those who guarded this country, a general who had made many contributions!
He would be proud and honored by his grandfather’s excellence and strength.
Perhaps in many years to co, the dreams Shi i had failed to fulfill for her father, her grandchildren might achieve.
They would beco outstanding soldiers, just like their grandfather.
But alas, her father’s dreams had beco impossible to fulfill three years ago.
His only daughter, the disobedient one, had left them forever three years ago.
Unconsciously, Shi i’s eyes brimd with hot tears, her expression growing more solemn as she looked up at the national flag and saluted it earnestly with a straight military salute.
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