Chapter 166: Telephone
Shen Xun’s hand trembled as he clutched the identification documents; with his other hand, he covered his eyes. He squatted there, his shoulders shaking violently, emitting a whimpering sound akin to that of a wounded beast, unable to weep properly.
Jing Su reached out a hand, attempting to comfort him. But having never seen Shen Xun like this before, he didn’t know how to offer comfort and stiffly withdrew his hand.
Indeed, they had never seen Shen Xun in such a state, and had never even considered that Shen Xun could be like this.
After all, this was Shen Xun, a hard man among hard men. Among their group, there was no one quite like Shen Xun. Although it might not be said that they lived days of debauchery,
due to their privileged family backgrounds since childhood, they were somewhat softened by indulgence.
Out of people like them, how many were willing to endure the hardships of the military academy?
But Shen Xun was different. He seemed to have never considered any other path and had persevered through all the hardships and exhaustion.
Among their group, there was another who had gone to the military academy just like Shen Xun. And that fellow came from a genuine revolutionary background, with a family going back three generations all dressed in military uniforms.
But none of them had endured like Shen Xun, to graduate from the military academy and then join the high-pressure search and rescue team? Impossible.
That fellow abandoned his military career for a civil one right after graduating from the academy, unable to bear the hardship.
Over the years, Shen Xun had sustained countless injuries, both big and small. Not to speak of shedding tears, he had never so much as furrowed his brow. When they visited him in hospital, they always saw Shen Xun’s face with a gentle and comforting smile.