Qi Taiguo sat on the hospital bench, holding his head with both hands, his eyes fixed on a spot beneath his feet. In his mind, Gao Linbing’s last words kept echoing incessantly.
He was really foolish, truly foolish!
"Deputy Battalion Commander Qi, your leg, let me take you for a bandage..." Cheng Jiasheng was pushed over by the crowd, speaking anxiously, with no other choice, since he was more familiar with Qi Taiguo.
Qi Taiguo’s gaze fell on his own leg, and his eyes suddenly darkened, his lips tightened even further.
This leg wound, it was Gao Linbing who inflicted it, only hitting the side of the thigh. The bullet penetrated the flesh, but it wouldn’t cause any major problems and definitely wouldn’t be disabling because it didn’t hit the arteries or tendons, those deadly places. Otherwise, it might have been crippling.
And Gao Linbing, though his marksmanship couldn’t be called that of a sharpshooter, was nonetheless very precise; he only hit the leg, making mobility temporarily inconvenient.
He did it on purpose!
Perhaps at that moment, he had already abandoned his identity as an agent, given up on returning to his homeland, only a little insistence in his heart and the principles he bore compelled him to make a statement.
In the end, he forced his brothers to shoot, fulfilling both loyalty and duty.
He honored his identity and the brotherhood he’d had for years.
Qi Taiguo’s eyes were slightly moist.
This outcome made him feel very uncomfortable. Gao Linbing should have either betrayed thoroughly or, rather, remained loyal to his country from start to finish!
"Deputy Battalion Commander Qi, someone’s coming!" Someone else stepped forward, accompanied by two men in military uniforms.
Qi Taiguo glanced at the insignias on their shoulders, stood up, and saluted.


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