Chi Mu gazed into Lixi’s resolute eyes. After a long silence, he suddenly smiled. "Forgive me, I had forgotten—you were the one who saved me in the first place."
He stood up and walked over to the bookshelves, scanning the technical volumes Lixi kept there. "Those days in Q Country taught me a great deal. I used to believe that as long as I worked hard enough, served my country with single-minded devotion, and cooperated with the arrangements from above, I could protect the people I cared about."
"But I was wrong. The only way to truly protect those around you is through the power you hold in your own hands."
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