章 232: Comparing People (3)

Huo Shaoheng finished speaking. He quietly sat beside Song Jinning and crossed his arms, his eyes looking straight ahead. His mind was going through the measures he he would need to take in order to protect Song Jinning and prevent Bai Jinyi from sinking her teeth into her. He needed to remove Bai Jinyi's name from the authorization in the classified military document.

Song Jinning had just awoken. Time seemed to have cast a spell on her—she was the unfortunate Sleeping Beauty who had woken up to find neither a beloved prince nor the world she had known; she was part of a twisted nightmare. Song Jinning's eyes were dim as she sluggishly raised her hand to rub at her temples, then slowly closed her eyes again. She didn't say anything either. The room was so quiet that one could have heard a pin drop: the air seemed to grow heavy.