Chapter 802
Chapter 802: Story 047 - Sleeping with Flossie (4)_1
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Flossie Wright watched her leave, quite intrigued.
It was interesting.
It was just that she was somewhat tired and didn’t have much energy to spare.
"You rest well."
It wasn’t long before Glenn Hutchinson lowered his gaze towards Flossie Wright and instructed her with a few words, then he too prepared to leave.
Ordinarily, he would stay by Flossie Wright’s side.
But now, that wasn’t possible.
He bore a mission on his shoulders, a sense of duty, and the lives of others; as he delayed, perhaps there were people suffering, desperately waiting for rescue.
In his position, he could avoid participating in the actual rescue, even stay here to command the overall situation, and arrange manpower without having to face the ever-present danger of collapse.
He was Glenn Hutchinson.
If he didn’t act, he would have no responsibilities, yet he would feel uneasy.
It was precisely because his hands were stained with blood that he worked even harder to save lives.
A trade of lives for lives might bring back some peace of mind.
Inside the Tent.
"Erina Taylor."
Sitting down beside Flossie Wright, Perry Reed looked at her, his voice quite somber.
After a pause, Perry Reed, rather displeased, said, "You’re starting to act like a soldier."
That scene just now, where she obeyed Glenn Hutchinson, as well as the salute and her steps, all deeply pricked him.
The former Erina Taylor would definitely not have yielded to command, and might have even found such blind obedience to orders quite boring, quite childish.
She would be disdainful.
But now, she had become one of them.
She had learned to obey.
"Isn’t that good?" Looking up, Flossie Wright saw him, a faint smile gracing her lips.
"It’s not good."
Word by word, Perry Reed spoke very seriously.
How could his Erina Taylor suffer indignities, how could she obey others?
"But I think..." she drawled, Flossie Wright laughed softly, her voice lowered, "it’s not bad."
Perry Reed fell silent, his expression stern, and he did not continue the conversation.
He was thinking.
Earlier, Glenn Hutchinson had argued about registering their marriage, but just as he said, as long as Flossie Wright was in the Forces, their relationship would have no legal recognition.
He didn’t care about that.
But he thought that Flossie Wright should have it.
He had never valued Flossie Wright’s current identity so much, as if as soon as Flossie Wright left the military, everything could go back to how it was before.
Was that possible?
Clearly, it was not.
The life in the Forces would inevitably influence her, living people never remain stagnant in time; they would always be changing due to their environment.
Especially her, who was best at adapting to her circumstances.
"The Forces are quite good," after a while, Flossie Wright glanced at the back of her hand where the needle had been, and slowly began, "Having lived through complicated times, that place is indeed quite decent, quite clean. From some aspects, it really is quite clean."
Where there are people, disorder and filth are never lacking.
But, one’s belief is never tainted.
Belief.
𝕗𝕣𝐞𝐞𝘄𝐞𝚋𝚗𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗹.𝚌𝕠𝚖
She had never had one, even though she’d come face-to-face with death countless times. She had never desired to have a belief.
Just like Perry Reed.
They had always only believed in themselves, because the world of war and strife had long stripped them of the capability to hold any beliefs.
No one would consider them clean, not even themselves would believe they were clean.
But there, so many people had their beliefs, people and the country as their creeds; no matter how bitter or tired, they would not be defeated, because there was a force supporting them.
— End of Chapter 802 —