Lu Zhiquan watched the tears slide down Nie Xiaoxing's eyes, and his heart surged with a sharp pain!
Nie Xiaoxing lightly pressed her lips together, brushed the moisture off her face with both hands, looked at the man on the hospital bed who had unbeknownst to her opened his eyes and was weakly staring at her, "I never thought I'd become such a great person."
"I just want to live an ordinary life, strive for those trivial matters like firewood, rice, oil, and salt, things that might even seem vulgar to mention, and meticulously plan!"
"But I truly admire all of you who selflessly dedicate yourselves as heroes, taking on risks and dangers for the ordinary life that we might often disdain! I also wish to be like you all, to be someone with great courage and a sense of righteousness! But I know clearly, I am not!"
"I know I should feel ashamed and embarrassed for such selfish thoughts! Especially in front of a colleague like you!"
