Chapter 1698
Chapter 1698: Dedicated to True Soldiers (5)
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Janice Wood herself hadn’t had the chance to do anything.
Her intuition told her that it was thanks to Flossie Wright.
She didn’t even have the chance to thank her.
Her mood was persistently low, and this spring snowfall seemed to accentuate her feelings even more.
"Janice, the teacher’s calling you."
Suddenly, a friend beside her nudged her.
Almost instinctively, Janice Wood straightened her body and shouted loudly.
Out of pure reflex.
But, it startled the classmates around her.
Each of them looked at her quite surprisingly, as if seeing an alien creature.
Janice Wood was suddenly extremely embarrassed.
"Class president, right?" The instructor walked over, glanced at the tightly-strung Janice Wood a few times, and finally couldn’t hold back a chuckle, "Count the numbers again at the校gate, see if everyone’s here."
"Oh, okay."
She immediately relaxed, and Janice nodded.
As the class president, she was already used to such tasks.
The instructor left to instruct the other class presidents.
Janice breathed a sigh of relief.
However, as she realized, quite a few classmates around were looking at her teasingly.
It seemed to be hinting at something.
Janice pursed her lips, ignoring their gazes.
Soon, seeing she wasn’t responding, the others retracted their gazes.
Janice, with an extremely embarrassed mood, walked step by step through the crowd.
Until she reached near the校gate, Janice stepped out of the队伍 just like the other class presidents.
As soon as she finished counting the numbers, she heard sounds of sharp inhalations.
Some were even calling her name softly.
Janice was slightly startled.
She glanced up, looking towards the class’s队伍, instinctively searching for a familiar friend’s figure.
"Hiss hiss~"
"Behind you, behind you."
"Janice, look behind you."
Prompts echoed in the队伍.
Stunned, Janice clutched the roster in her hand, then, following their prompts, turned around to look back.
Behind her was the school’s main gate.
At noon, not many people were coming or going near the gate, and those who did were occasionally dressed in military uniforms.
In her confusion, Janice glimpsed an extremely familiar naval uniform.
Colors of blue and white intersecting.
Just like the vast sea and the patchwork of blue skies and white clouds.
It’s the most familiar color hidden in her memory.
This is an Army Military Academy.
Navy uniforms shouldn’t appear here.
Seven people stood neatly lined up in a row at the gate.
Seeing them clearly, Janice was slightly stunned, and the next moment, tears gradually welled up in her eyes.
And those familiar faces.
"Attention!"
The one giving the command was Rowdy Brightwill.
Word by word, he spoke powerfully and clearly, and it resounded distinctly in the ears.
At that moment, the row of seven people raised their hands in unison and solemnly gave Janice a military salute.
An extremely sacred salute.
To a retired soldier.
To a true soldier.
To a former soldier who experienced pain in the Forces but still managed to live actively.
Janice’s vision gradually blurred.
That familiar gesture.
As a soldier, it was very ordinary, yet at this moment, she was incredibly moved.
She had once worn that uniform, once been filled with passion, and once sincerely saluted others.
Tears fell uncontrollably.
Dressed in a nurse’s uniform, Janice suddenly straightened her body and stood properly.
Raising her right hand, she curved it in the air, returning the salute.
Time froze at that moment.
Snowflakes fluttering, the steadfast figures under the sky caught everyone’s attention.
In an instant, all voices within the队伍 fell silent.
The saluting people in silent manner, with what kind of feelings, and what kinds of stories among them, were things they couldn’t understand or know.
𝚏𝕣𝕖𝚎𝚠𝚎𝚋𝚗𝐨𝐯𝕖𝕝.𝕔𝐨𝕞
They knew, someone sent off by so many couldn’t have left the Forces due to negative news.
All the rumors and doubts disappeared completely at that moment.
In their place was respect for Janice, and respect for soldiers.
— End of Chapter 1698 —