The duo got down the car.
Sole Wolf said to a female soldier, “Send the person in the car to the nearest hostel.”
The female soldier saluted him, jumped into the car, and left.
Immediately after, thousands of soldiers knelt and greeted, “Welcome, Great Marshal!”
Their voices boomed loudly in an imposing manner.
In the car, Nancy Hinton was jolted awake by the boom of the greeting.
The pain in her body subsided, and she became more conscious of her surroundings.
Within a short moment, she recalled everything that had happened.
Mance Raider had passed off as the hero and attempted to force himself on her.
At that crucial moment, she remembered someone rushing in and saving her!
She then fainted and had no idea what transpired after.
She was on high alert now; her gaze darted to the chauffeur driving the car. Her eyes flashed when she saw that the driver was a military soldier.
A military soldier!
It was the military who saved her!
Could it be...him?
My real hero!
She thought about the noise that had jolted her awake and turned her head back quickly.
It was just a glance, but the scene made tears stream down her cheeks continuously.
A figure stood tall as domineering amidst the thousands of soldiers knelt around him.
He was valiant, formidable-looking, composed, imposing, mighty and majestic!
The commanding aura he possessed would make anyone hold their breaths as he walked past.
It’s the hero, the hero who saved me!
Suddenly, she thought of something and quickly opened the car door before attempting to jump down to look for her hero.
The two of them stood far apart. Furthermore, the ‘hero’ had his back facing her, and hence, she did not recognize him as Zeke Williams.
The female soldier who was driving was shocked when Nancy tried to leap off the vehicle.
The car was moving at close to a hundred miles per hour. If she jumped now, she would definitely break a bone or two or maybe even lose her life!
With quick reflexes, she pulled Nancy back and stepped on the brakes.
The car finally rolled to a stop, and Nancy pulled herself away from the female soldier. She hopped off the car and dashed in the direction of her hero.
“Hero, please wait for me!”
“Thank you for saving me again...”
However, since they were so far apart, it was as though the ‘hero’ could not hear her as he entered the Provincial Military District without turning back.
Nancy panted heavily as she arrived at the entrance of the Military District.
However, she could not care less about her fatigue and wanted to force her way in.
Needless to say, the guards blocked her path and announced, “This is a restricted military area. Unauthorized personnel are not allowed to enter. Please leave.”
However, Nancy was persistent. “I want to meet my hero. Please let me meet him!”
Naturally, the guard did not know who the ‘hero’ she referred to was, so he did let her pass.
After a while, Nancy began to panic. She yelled at the top of her lungs, “Hero! I will wait for you outside!”
“I will wait as long as you need! No matter whether it is a day or a year! I will even wait for you for a lifetime if need be!” She continued.
She plonked onto the bench beside her in a stubborn manner; her eyes affixed on the gates with a fiery passion.
Zeke was vexed after he got wind of this.
What even is love? Why were people willing to die for it?
This stubborn and unreasonable woman is no exception.
Of course, he would not meet her...
What if she clings to me? I will never let that happen!
At the end of the day, he could only scurry out of the district via the back entrance.
The next morning, he received a call from Sole Wolf.
“Bro, please just go and meet the girl. If you don’t step in, she might just die at the entrance of the Military District,” the latter said.
Zeke Williams inhaled deeply as he exclaimed, “Don’t tell me Nancy is still waiting at the entrance.”
Sole Wolf informed him, “Yes, she was there the entire night.”
“I tried to get food and water for her, but she refused to take anything. She even said that if she didn’t meet her hero, she would neither eat nor drink.”
Zeke was rather overwhelmed and distressed when he heard this.
I guess I have no other choice but to get Lacey here.
Hence, he revealed everything that happened yesterday to her.
He even told her how Mance tried to pass off as him and took advantage of Nancy.
Luckily, a ‘hero’ saved Nancy at the crucial minute.
Nancy stood outside the Provincial Military District for a night to meet her savior.
Of course, he did not mention that he was, in fact, the ‘hero’ in Nancy’s situation.
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