Chapter 552: Is That He

"Enlightened by his words, I forced myself to rush forward during the entire mission, and not to care
about my own life. It turned out that I succeeded. Since then, all the obstacles in my mind had been
broken through, but he..." The captain raises his hand, puts the cigarette in his mouth and takes a deep
puff. Perhaps being choked by the smoke, he coughs and leans his back on the desk. He shrugs his
shoulders twice before managing to find his voice. "He didn't come back."

Rex could catch the sadness of this great man through his trembling deep voice. He doesn't know how
to comfort him. After all, everyone has his own duty living in this world.

A peaceful and prosperous era is never formed for no reason. It's just that these great men sacrifice
themselves to protect our pure and clean land in a place where we can’t see.

"If he could see you now, he would be pleased." Rex rarely comforts people. To him, comforting is the
most useless thing, but now, he doesn't have the heart to see the captain lying on the desk being so
depressed.

The captain quickly calms himself down and thinks of Hawk's gang. He grits his teeth and says, "Don't
worry. I promise you that we will definitely save your wife."

"Actually, she's not my wife. We haven't had a wedding yet." At the thought of the bright and sweet-
smiling Lily, Rex feels sweet and happy in an instant. "They moment she comes back, I will marry her."

No one knows how painful and anxious he has been during these days without Lily. Rather, he feels
more of guilty and regretful. He has been questioning himself why he didn't look after her well, and why
only after she was missing did he begin to regret for not giving her lots of things.

Rex has almost prepared everything needed for their wedding. He swears that he would prepare the
best wedding in the world for Lily after she comes back.



Within these days, it is the first time that the captain captures a hint of tenderness in Rex's eyes. Rex
keeps a cold face in public. He is calm in most cases. Occasionally, when he thinks of something, he
might collapse but he never loses control of himself, so everyone is somewhat afraid of him. Even
some bold officers find Rex a scaring man. In their views, Rex is an indifferent man. Yet, no one can
see the passion and affection burning beneath his cold face.

The captain chuckles in a soft voice, breaking the silence. "I'm waiting for the invitation."

Without further ado, the captain promises that Lily will survive and he will strive to return alive.

Rex is moved. Seeing that the captain stands up, he follows. He reaches out to hold the captain's
hands in a way of men, so tightly and firmly that their hands slightly tremble. Looking at the
determination shown on the captain's face, Rex finally puts on a sincere smile. "Definitely."

...

The next day, by the time Lily wakes up, it is almost noon. She didn't sleep well last night, and she has
been panicking for some reason. After she gets up and freshens up, lunch is delivered to her. It is not
the cabbage today, but another kind of vegetable with green leaves. She doesn't know what it’s exactly
named, but she thinks it might be a local dish.

After having two mouthfuls of them, Lily still doesn’t see Hawk. She is sitting by the window in a daze.
After staying in the forest for so many days, she finds herself almost autistic. If she hadn't said a few
words to Hawk occasionally, she would have forgotten how to make a sound.

A loud rumble comes from the sky. In tropical regions, clouds always drift fast. In less than 10 minutes,
a large patch of dark cloud drifts from the north to the sky above the cabin.

In an instant, it rains heavily. Rains fall in big heavy drops to the ground, and some of them blow into
the window with the wind. Despite the rains falling on her face, Lily doesn't intend to close the window



at all.

It is already a blessing for her to feel cool in such a sultry weather.

She thought that the rain would only last for a while, but she doesn't expect that it would rain from
14:00 to 20:00 and has no sign to stop. The dark clouds are getting thicker and thicker. Layers upon
layers of dark clouds are heavily pressing above her head. She has an illusion that she could touch the
clouds by stretching out her hand.

Lily puts on her raincoat and walks to the toilet outside under the supervision of two guys.

It couldn’t say that it’s a toilet. In fact, it is a simple open-air wooden room. The rain falls on her plastic
raincoat. She responds the call of nature as fast as she could. After walking out of the toilet, she is
sandwiched by the two guys again.

Lily looks at the surface of the river. After being continuously watered by the rain, it is much higher than
before, and its ripples turn bigger. The yellow sand on the bottom of the river is rolled up and it flows
downwards.

She couldn't help but worry whether this cabin would be ruined if it continues to rain for a day and a
night.

Just as she is about to withdraw her gaze, she suddenly sees a bush on the other side of the river
move, as if the fate leads her to notice that. It seems to be an ordinary movement, but she finds it
somewhat different.

That bush is more than one meter tall. If someone is really squatting there, he would never be
discovered...



Her heart suddenly beats faster. Perhaps she has stayed at the spot for too long. The two locals behind
her urge impatiently, "Go! Go!"

Lily's heat beats faster and faster. She immediately withdraws her gaze, as if she didn't see anything.
She turns around and walks towards the cabin.

The moment she enters the cabin, the bush moves again, and then it falls into silence.

At 21:30, Hawk rushes over from outside. For some reason, his expression is darker than ever before.

"What's the matter?" Lily looks at the door and asks. Suddenly, the cabin sinks into darkness.

Lily frowns slightly and feels Hawk striding towards her. Her heart sinks. "What happened?"

"Nothing." In the darkness, Hawk's voice sounds even calmer. "It’s lightning outside. We must turn off
the electricity."

Even if they do have simple lightning arrestors in this deep forest, these devices can’t be comparable
by the normal ones. What's worse, there is too much lightning today, so they must cut off the electricity,
just in case.

But ... if it is just a matter of lightning, why does he look so serious?

Lily is especially panicked tonight. When Hawk walks in, she notices a goggle on his face, which
convinces her more of her conjecture. Hawk isn't short-sighted, and his eyesight is even good enough
to make him shoot the birds flying in the sky without any difficulties. Why does he need to wear a
goggle? The only explanation is that it is more than a goggle and has other functions.

The cabin is in dead silence, and the heavy rains sound from outside. Without saying anything, Lily has
stayed with Hawk face-to-face for a long time. Suddenly, Hawk takes a step forward and grabs her arm,



lifting her up.

He lowers his voice and says fiercely, "Let's go!"

Lily is puzzled and asks, "Where to?"

Hawk strides to the center of the cabin. He pushes the vertical table away, then squats down and
touches the edge of the floor with his hand. He finds a spot and forcefully lifts the floor!

Lily raises her hand to cover her mouth, being afraid that she would let out a cry. She doesn't know
what is happening outside, but the secret passage in front of her gets her panicked.

Without hesitation, Hawk pulls Lily over. Below the entrance is the surface of the river. He forcefully
pushes Lily into the secret passage and she is immediately drowned by the cold water.


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