"Why do you say I'm fine?"
Lu Xin was a little caught off guard by Chen Jing's hug.
Clearly, my clothes are tattered, and I still have so many wounds that haven't healed.
...Huh? They've already healed.
Although those thoughts rose in his mind, he still felt something strange.
Chen Jing's hug had not contained any personal feelings, and certainly hadn't been intimate.
She had merely placed both hands on his shoulders for a moment.
Yet that simple embrace made Lu Xin understand something.
They had come over not because of the mission, but because they were genuinely worried about whether he was all right.
He didn't know what to say, so he could only smile at Chen Jing.
"What are they doing?"
In a sight invisible to others, Lu Xin, whose face had reddened slightly after Chen Jing hugged him, saw Father, Mom, and Sister standing not far away beside him. They stood amid the corpses, quietly watching the scene in front of the helicopter. Sister looked puzzled.
"Just some disgusting lovey-dovey nonsense."
Father sneered. "The relationship between people is inherently cruel."
"When they're full, they throw their arms over each other's shoulders. When they're warm enough, they exchange flirtatious glances."
"But in truth, who are you to him, and who is he to you? There isn't the slightest connection between you."
"That woman is overestimating herself. She really treats him like a subordinate. Hah, does she even deserve to?"
"They know he's a man-eating lion, yet they pretend not to be afraid and embrace him. They know cats and dogs are docile only because of their nature, yet they deceive themselves into believing they've formed an emotional bond with animals. These people... the longer they live, the more hypocritical they become..."
"..."
Sister listened seriously and seemed