Tang Xiaohua stood up, her gaze fixed straight on Qu Yu...
After staring for two seconds, she rose and walked away to a slightly elevated patch of ground on the other side of the tent entrance, clearly intending to avoid Qu Yu’s questioning.
In her heart, Qu Yu and Wen Nian were in cahoots.
She didn’t understand why Qu Yu would say these things to her, that tone that clearly seemed to be making excuses for Wen Nian...
She was just an ordinary person, a whole country’s President, the Secretary General of the President’s Secretariat—was it necessary to weave so many excuses and lies?
Tang Xiaohua couldn’t understand it, Wen Nian was a mystery, and now even Qu Yu had become a mystery.
From what she remembered, Qu Yu was a very capable person, straightforward but also cunning at times, his personality quite endearing, and he was fiercely loyal to Wen Nian.
Maybe she just hadn’t seen the depth of his cunning.
They had already been in the disaster area for over two hours, during which there were several aftershocks, but none was very powerful.
The rescue operation was going very smoothly, with all departments on high alert due to the President’s arrival! No one dared let any mistakes occur.
The news that Wen Nian had rescued a brother and sister was also magnified in front of the whole nation.
Before Wen Nian’s rescue, Qu Yu had sealed off the news about the President personally rescuing the siblings, and the journalists in the disaster area didn’t dare report it at will.
After Wen Nian was rescued, the news of the President personally saving the siblings was broadcast nationwide.
From his ignoring objections to enter a half-collapsed house to comfort the young siblings, to the aftershock arriving and the house completely collapsing, with Mr. President’s life hanging in the balance, until finally, Mr. President and the siblings were all successfully rescued—almost all the footage was released without reservation.
Instantly, a storm erupted online!
A nationwide earthquake relief activity surged.
There were those moved by Mr. President’s actions, but also those who were angry or even doubtful... but these could not hide the people’s admiration and affection for this young President.
Of course, there were also claims that the footage was fabricated, hinting that Mr. President was using a "martyr’s scheme" simply to gather votes for the election.
Opinions were varied, and Tang Xiaohua had witnessed it all...
Two aftershocks had been enough to leave Wen Nian without a burial place.
She initially shared the same doubts as those critics, but after witnessing it herself, she couldn’t help but bitterly despise those who started the rumors!
The doctors and nurses had been sent away by Wen Nian to take care of the injured victims.
The soldier’s spirit tempted her to join the grassroots rescue efforts, but... she hadn’t forgotten that she was here to personally protect the President.
Each person had their role, their duty, which allowed everything to proceed in an orderly fashion.
She knew this well and also knew that she... had actually failed in her duty.
Not because the soldier’s spirit had misplaced her responsibility, but because of her own narrow desires to an extent that she couldn’t stand herself!
Qu Yu was still compiling statistics, busy with his own matters.
The President had spent a significant amount of time in the disaster area, and with the exposure from live media broadcasts, this wasn’t safe for Wen Nian.
Tang Xiaohua was originally stationed outside the tent, along with a small team dispatched from the Dongheng Military District.
The medical staff who came out conveyed the President’s instructions for her to stay inside the tent.
She frowned, somewhat reluctant...
"What happened to staying ’within five meters’?"
As soon as she entered, she heard Wen Nian speak, his tone light, while he leaned on a simple single bed.
Tang Xiaohua gauged the distance and walked to the so-called "five steps" mark and stopped.