Chapter 1929 The Lost Past
Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
Opening the folder, she saw a photo of a young woman in an old-fas.h.i.+oned military uniform. She was very familiar with this person. ‘This was… her mother. Even though she had only been with her for less than four years, she would always remember how gentle she looked when she told her stories.
Even after another lifetime, her memories were still vivid.
‘The lounge room was so quiet that no one seemed to exist. Not even the sound of breathing could be heard.
looked at Ye Jian, who was flipping through the book carefully. When she flipped to the second page, he said in a low voice, *… The mission back then was indeed a mission with no return. Someone used their position to collude with the dark forces. It was easy to open the country’s borders and gain profits
from it.
“When your mother received the mission, she probably knew that the odds were against her. Before she left, she told us that she had a daughter in her hometown. If she didn’t come back, she asked us to take care of her.
“Back then, we had no way of finding out who exactly used their position to open up the country’s borders and partic.i.p.ate in smuggling and drug trafficking. With our capabilities,
were executed secretly.”
we couldn’t find out who the other party was. Family scandals couldn’t be made public. It’s the same for national scandals. Most of these activities
‘That era was when everything started to evolve. Some people couldn’t keep true to their principles and couldn’t resist the temptation of money. They started to violate their vows and walked step by step toward sin.
“Look at what your mother’s comrade said. He said that your mother used her hometown dialect to shout someone’s name before she died. Then, she was ambushed and shot in the chest.
“She was sacrificed just like this…” Commissioner Cai suddenly stopped talking. He silently took out a brown envelope from the other compartment of his briefcase. He placed it on the coffee table and slowly pushed it to Ye Jian. “…Ye Jian, take a look.”
As if she knew what it was, Ye Jian retracted her hand suddenly. She glanced at Commissioner Cai, whos sion was dark, and clenched her fis
expr When she unclenched her hand, she quickly picked up the envelope as if she had made up her mind.
‘There was a photo inside. Even after more than ten years, the colors were still so bright. It was a bright red flag with some blue leaves. Ye Jian’s eyes were filled with tears. She moved her lips. “…’This is the photo of my mother when she was sacrificed, right? She’s the one lying under the flag, right?”
“Yes, child. The person lying under the flag is Martyr Sun Xueqing. This was taken after she was
Commissioner Cai’s voice was filled with sorrow. It had been more than ten years since he last mentioned his comrade who had saved his life. The mention of her sacrifice still made him feel sad.
‘Tears slowly rolled down from her eyes. Ye Jian stared at the photo and sobbed.
‘The entire flag was over her mother, covering her from head to toe. Only the faint outline of her body was visible.
She couldn’t see her mother’s face or her mother’s body, but she could see… the blood on the red flag.
“Martyr Sun Xueging’s comrade who was on a mission with her said that she shouted something in her hometown dialect. It was very short, and it sounded like she was shouting someone’s name. Unfortunately, there were so many bullets being fired at that time, so he couldn’t replicate what your mother said.
“Look at the second photo… The second photo is a little b.l.o.o.d.y. It’s a blood-stained combat dagger. When I retrieved the tissue on the combat dagger, | realized that it’s tissue from the human eye.
“Which means your mother used this combat dagger to stab a criminal in the eye before she was sacrificed.”.