Chapter 170 The state of mind ten years ago and ten years later
Looking out the window at the vast sky, a flash of pain flashed in Wen Shimo's black eyes.
Ten years ago, one month after he rescued the Qiao Ran siblings, in such a dark night, he and a group of soldiers were on a plane bound for Judah.
Ten years later, he again took a plane with a group of soldiers to the Kingdom of Judah.
But beside him was the little girl he had rescued from the bottom of the well.
Ten years later, the little girl, whose face was stained and looked extremely weak, still clutched her brother who was twice her weight with both hands.
He unexpectedly grew into a world-class miracle doctor and a killer known as the Ghost Faced Flower, which is feared in the world of killers.
What exactly did she go through?
Will there be such huge progress and changes?
Qiao Ran, who fell into a deep sleep, felt uncomfortable being squeezed into a small place, and his eyes were covered with discomfort.
She took off the blindfold from her face and began to find a comfortable position.
When she touched Wen Shimo's arm with her little hand, it felt like a warm pillow. She rested her head on Wen Shimo's shoulder and fell asleep peacefully.
Looking at Qiao Ran's sleeping face as defenseless as a child, Wen Shimo suddenly felt as if his heart was surrounded by a pool of spring water and could not help but soften.
Ten years ago, he hoped that the plane would fly faster and faster.
Go to Judah as soon as possible to catch those drug dealers and bring peace to the drug world.
But ten years later, he selfishly hoped that the plane would fly slower and slower.
Because he is afraid that what awaits them ahead is a terrible repetition of history.
I don't know if it was the fear of dying, but the three years when he and Qiao Ran were married appeared in Wen Shimo's mind.
As the two got along, he had already fallen in love with her unconsciously.
It was just because he was burdened with responsibility for Song Wanqing that he did not dare to face his own heart and treated Qiao Ran unfavorably.
Every time he sees Qiao Ran's aggrieved look, he actually feels very painful inside.
He never understood why Qiao Ran tolerated his bad temper and didn't take the initiative to divorce when he clearly had the initiative in marriage.
Until the night they were together for the second time, the words she said to him before she fell into coma.
He finally understood.
It turned out that she was the little girl he rescued from the bottom of an abandoned well ten years ago when he was on a mission to chase fugitives into the mountains.
She married him and brought happiness to his mother in order to repay his life-saving grace.
The day Song Wanqing woke up was the time for her to withdraw.
Wen Shimo looked at Qiao Ran's peaceful sleeping face with a bitter smile on his lips.
After three years of marriage, you walked away gracefully and neatly, leaving him struggling in that marriage and not even daring to step into the marital home where they once lived.
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Time is the fairest thing in the world and never stops for anyone.
Although Wen Shimo didn't want to do anything anymore, the plane landed safely at the Yishi International Airport in the capital of the Kingdom of Judah.
When they got off the plane, everyone changed into ordinary casual clothes and went to different hotels to distract themselves.
As the backbone of the team, Qiao Ran, Wen Shimo, and the captain of the No. 27 Eagle Team, Jiang Rui, and six other team members stayed at the Crane Bay Hotel.
As soon as he got into the bus, Qiao Ran felt a sharp gaze coming towards him.
She was prepared to say that the sharp gaze was directed at Wen Shimo behind her.
"I really don't know what General Jiang is thinking. He actually recalled an incompetent deserter. It's really unlucky."
A man wearing a dark green sportswear, whose facial features were not particularly delicate but whose brows were resolute and who looked very military-like, said with a mocking tone.
Qiao Ran knew that ten years ago, Wen Shimo failed to bring back the 27th Lion Battalion, which earned him a reputation of being looked down upon in the military.
But the situation at that time was beyond human control.
She understood Wen Shimo's helplessness and pain of being helpless.
"As a soldier, you must speak openly and aboveboard. This comrade is criticizing Sang and Huai, and is so arrogant. Doesn't he lose the spirit of a soldier?" Qiao Ran looked at the man who was mocking Wen Shimo with cold eyes.
"My name is Jiang Rui, and I am the captain of the No. 27 Eagle Team. I don't criticize others, and I don't have any ulterior motives.
I am just stating the facts. As the captain, my duty is to protect the safety of the entire team with my own body and soldiers.
Ten years ago, Wen Shimo watched helplessly as his team members were killed by lions, making the No. 27 Lion Battalion a laughing stock.
He came back unscathed and was a leader in the business world, living a cool life, while his team members were lying in the ground with their bodies incomplete.
Why is he not incompetent? What qualifications does a man like him who sacrificed the whole team and saved him have to come back to participate in the Battle of Thunder Lion?" Jiang Rui glared at Wen Shimo with red eyes, with uncontrollable hostility in his eyes.
"You are not him, how do you know he lives a cool life? What's more, if he doesn't live a cool life, you still want him to die?
Before you went on the expedition, you should have seen the video of Lei Zhen provoking us. What were those team members defending?
The military soul they protect, and Wen Shimo, as the captain, is the military soul they would rather lose their lives to protect.
Do you want to see the news of the death of the person they are sworn to protect and make the sacrifice of 29 lives in vain?
Then they have souls in heaven, and how disappointed and sad they must be to see Wen Shimo not cherishing their sacrifice and protection?
In my opinion, it is painful for the person who died, but it is even more painful for the person who watched his teammates die tragically and was unable to save them.
When the Battle of Thunder and Lion starts again, Wen Shimo is definitely the first person to participate, because only the Battle of Thunder and Lion can be won in his hands.
Only then can we comfort the souls of those 29 soldiers who died tragically, and only then can we relieve the regrets of those 29 people, because Wen Shimo lives well, not only on behalf of himself, but also on behalf of the hopes of those 29 comrades."
Qiao Ran's sonorous and powerful voice made several comrades in the bus change their expressions.
Especially Jiang Rui's face changed from the initial indignation to silence and a flash of sadness.
Wen Shimo looked at Qiao Ran standing in front of him, feeling indescribably shocked and moved in his heart.
She didn't expect that he would treat her so badly, and that she would defend him when others disdained him.
On the other hand, when a problem arises, he will immediately mock Qiao Ran, regardless of whether he is right or not.
Just because he misunderstood that she was treating him as a pawn for revenge, and just because she was too mysterious and powerful, he wanted to try to see how far he could go to defeat her.
See the helpless side begging for mercy.
Compared with Qiao Ran's broad-mindedness, Wen Shimo felt that what he did in the past was petty and shameless.
The soldier closest to Qiao Ran retorted: "What qualifications do you have to refute Captain Su? You are a notorious woman who has been involved in several murder cases. I really don't know why the organization allowed a useless woman like you to participate in the Lei...
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Qiao Ran waved his hand in front of the man, and the man's next words were stuck in his throat.
The spicy, itchy and sore throat and the indescribable severe discomfort made the man cover his throat unable to utter a single word or sound, and his body felt like it was being pressed by a thousand kilograms of weight, making him unable to exert any strength.
"Qiao Ran, what did you do to Xie Sheng?" Su Rui stood up suddenly and looked at Qiao Ran with hostile eyes.