"Thank you, sir, for bringing my team member back." Ye Shijie immediately saluted him.
Zong Ruoan's secretary was also a Major, fully deserving of the title "sir."
He nodded calmly and said with his hands behind his back, "Ms. Xia has suffered a great deal of unfair treatment at the hands of the Mulan City Punishment Department. Our Special Security Bureau has obtained all the evidence. Once you return, do not leave Mulan City for the time being. Wait for word from the Special Security Bureau."
Ye Shijie hurriedly stood at attention. "Yes, sir!"
Once Zong Ruoan's secretary had left, Ye Shijie immediately said, "Back to the flying vehicle. We need to leave at once and return to the Association station."
Only after all five of them had boarded the flying vehicle did Xia Chujian collapse into a seat and say weakly, "Do we have any medicine for external injuries left?"
"You really got hurt?! Those bastards hit you?" Ping Qiong grew anxious, muttering as she went to fetch their medical kit.
Xia Chujian said nothing and followed Ping Qiong to the small ammunition depot aboard the flying vehicle.
It was a separate room where she could clean her wounds.
Xia Chujian first took off her outer coat, then the black uniform coat beneath it, revealing an upper body clad only in a bandeau.
Ping Qiong's gaze was instantly drawn to her left shoulder and arm.
There were countless wounds there, with blood congealed into dark red streaks.
Her entire arm had turned a blackish red.
The rest of her body, however, was flawless, so pale it seemed to glow.
That only made the state of her left shoulder and arm look even more horrifying.
Tears welled in Ping Qiong's eyes. "Little Chujian, did those animals torture you?"
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