"Big brother! Are you okay?"
A tall, thin man hurried over to Duan Shen.
Duan Shen waved his hand and said firmly,
"Everyone head to Xiao Liu’s place, we have a tough battle ahead, and everyone must follow my orders!"
After finishing his command, only two people stayed behind to watch her, while the others consistently moved deeper into the tunnel.
Song Lili had lost a lot of blood, felt a bit dizzy, and her vision was also a bit shaky; she barely leaned against the cold, damp wall.
When the two men spoke to her and she didn’t respond, they kicked her twice.
She didn’t struggle either, afraid of tearing the wound on her neck—dying from blood loss before rescue could arrive would truly be unfair.
Speaking of rescue...
Song Lili leaned against the cold wall, the scene of Lu Ziqing shouting "Retreat, make way," still vivid before her eyes.
She saw the hesitation on the faces of the officers around Lu Ziqing, and faintly heard his communicator urging him to give orders...
She had thought... that Lu Ziqing was no different, thinking that Lu Ziqing, like that person, would prioritize the greater good.
Fortunately, Chief Lu, with his somewhat harsh mouth and flamboyant personality, truly placed the lives of every innocent citizen at heart.
Amidst her grogginess, the noise around Song Lili suddenly grew louder, then she heard,
"Use water to wake her up!"
"Big brother, this woman is useless, let’s kill her."
"I told you to do what I said! Why all this nonsense?"
Duan Shen said irritably!
He had escaped, but Duan Shen felt he was in a sorry state today.
He could have fought a great battle, plunged all of Xilin into fear, made Lu Ziqing unable to sleep at night, and sent those foolish, ignorant students who tried to enroll at Xilin Military Academy to hell.
But this woman ruined everything!
"Cough—! Sputter... cough cough!"
A bucket of cold water was thrown directly onto Song Lili’s face, making her foggy mind somewhat clearer.
Opening her eyes, Duan Shen was sitting in front of her, one hand supporting his thigh, bending down to look at her,
"Now, I ask, you answer. No talking or lying, equals one beating. It won’t take three beatings to take your life."
In Song Lili’s peripheral vision, a burly man held a mallet.
"How do you know I’m not Duan Chen."
"The temperament is different."
Who knew that just as she finished speaking, the mallet smashed onto her back! She clenched her teeth and didn’t cry out, only endured with veins bulging on her forehead.
Duan Shen raised his eyebrows, not making a sound, that one hit was enough to make her shoulder swell badly!
"Speak up; I can’t hear you."
"I said the temperament is different!"
"Just by temperament? You can distinguish between identical twins?" Duan Shen was skeptical.
"At first, it was just a suspicion, but later I confirmed that Company Commander Duan was not in the campus area, then I was sure you were not Company Commander Duan."
"The Xilin Military Region has always seen me as a disgrace to the school and, to protect Duan Chen, has never disclosed my information. Apart from the high-ranking officials in the Military Department, no one knows I share the same face as Duan Chen. Who are you? What’s your background?"
"A prospective student at Xilin Military Academy."
Another blow landed directly on Song Lili’s thigh, immediately causing such pain that tears sprang from her eyes, and her pretty face was covered in sweat from the agony.
"A prospect from Xilin Military Academy could soften the heart of that decisive, cold-faced killer Lu Ziqing?"
"I don’t know Chief Lu, and I don’t understand what you are talking about."