Xia Wenhua reacted quickly, pinning Pei Songbai to the bed.

"Your wound hasn't healed yet. Getting up so suddenly could aggravate it. Don't move yet."

After Pei Songbai calmed down a bit, she simply explained, "Commander Wang has already taken the things, so don't worry, everything's fine."

Even while unconscious, he still desperately protected the topographic map; what Pei Songbai wanted to know was the condition of the topographic map.

He only relaxed after Xia Wenhua told him that Commander Wang had taken the items.

This dignified seven-foot-tall man's eyes almost immediately welled up with tears.

"That was earned with my brothers' lives, we must let the higher-ups know. The promised mineral deposits haven't been found yet, I need to recover quickly, I can't let my brothers' deaths be in vain."

Pei Songbai spoke with such ferocity that if he weren't still in his hospital bed, he would have jumped up and rushed to the battlefield at any moment.

Sitting next to him, Xia Wenhua became increasingly helpless as she listened, and her expression inevitably turned ugly.

"Songbai, you woke up in the middle of your coma and even spoke to me. Don't you know that?"

Did he wake up after falling into a coma?

Pei Songbai paused for a moment after hearing Xia Wenhua's words, then shook his head.

"I didn't wake up." He quickly seemed to remember something, his expression changing. "Where was I after I fainted? Honey, where did you see me?"

Pei Songbai has always believed that no matter how tired a man is outside, he should never let his family worry.

He was aware of the conditions at the border, but he didn't want Xia Wenhua to go through them.

"The place where you go on your mission."

Xia Wenhua's short sentence brought Pei Songbai's sense of guilt to its peak.

"Wife, you've suffered so much." His heart was full of heartache, and he quickly forgot Xia Wenhua's question from earlier.

Pei Songbai can forget, but Xia Wenhua cannot.

After all, besides what she got from Pei Songbai, she added some other things as well.

After Pei Songbai woke up from his coma, he clearly told her to complete the map.

In the heat of the moment, Xia Wenhua didn't think much. After handing over the topographical map, she wondered if Pei Songbai had regained his memory or had the same strange experience as her.

Now look what's happened! He's woken up and he's saying he doesn't know anything?

Xia Wenhua's gaze was fixed on Pei Songbai, completely oblivious to his distress, as she focused intently on the question she wanted to ask.

"Songbai, who drew the topographical map you got?"

If Pei Songbai really forgot that he asked her to fill in the blanks, Xia Wenhua felt there was still some way to salvage the situation.

Perhaps Pei Songbai didn't even know how the drawing on paper looked?

She forgot how responsible this man was; such a situation was absolutely impossible for him.

Pei Songbai's voice was still very weak, but the words he spoke made Xia Wenhua feel as if she had been hit with a heavy hammer.

“I drew it myself. Apart from the fact that neither of us can read much, I only learned to draw after I took on this task, so the drawing is just average.”

With all her escape routes blocked, Xia Wenhua simply slumped into a chair.

I'm tired. Whatever, let it all end.

She thought she was carrying the dreams of two people forward, but it turns out Pei Songbai had no idea what she had done. So what was the point of all this?

The topographical map submitted is different from the one drawn by Pei Songbai. Pei Songbai has just woken up and no one has come to ask him about it yet. Once he recovers a little, someone will definitely come to confirm it. What will we do then?

Xia Wenhua's dejection was immediately apparent. Pei Songbai frowned in confusion: "Wenhua, what's wrong with you?"

He recalled Xia Wenhua's repeated questioning earlier and hesitated, "Does it really matter whether I woke up in the middle or not?"

Pei Songbai grasped the crux of the problem, and Xia Wenhua narrowed her eyes, staring intently at Pei Songbai.

"It's really important, and you can't remember anything about it?"

After Pei Songbai shook his head, a glimmer of light flashed in Xia Wenhua's mind.

"Wait for me."

She went outside to check, and after confirming that no one was coming, she closed the door.

Xia Wenhua took her luggage into the bathroom and came out a moment later, holding a topographical map that she had smuggled out of the deserted city.

Goodness, when she took it just now, it prompted her whether she wanted to use up one of her chances to take something out, which made Xia Wenhua's heart ache.

Such a large city has limited opportunities to offer things, and some things can be offered while others cannot.

What she did was take out a topographical map that had already been used; it was a complete waste!

Xia Wenhua muttered to herself for a long time before placing the topographical map on the table next to Pei Songbai.

Do you remember this?

Since he had never seen anything like it before, Pei Songbai, who didn't have any special abilities, naturally didn't remember it. He shook his head.

Xia Wenhua snapped her fingers, "If you don't remember, that'll make things easier."

She pointed to the topographic map on the table: "You suddenly woke up from your coma and said that you had a complete topographic map with you, and instructed me to draw it onto paper according to what you had drawn before."

I thought there was something going on, so I didn't bother anyone to help you draw it.

Under Pei Songbai's incredulous gaze, Xia Wenhua's pace of shifting blame quickened.

"In other words, the first half of the paper you submitted was drawn by you, and the second half was drawn by me based on the map you gave me."

Although I was also very curious about where you got such a complete topographic map, you were unconscious again, so I couldn't ask you. In order not to delay your business, I could only draw it.

Now you're saying you don't know you woke up while you were in a coma, Comrade Pei Songbai, do you realize how egregious your behavior is?

Xia Wenhua had an air of righteousness about her, and even as her words became more and more outrageous, her expression remained very serious, leaving Pei Songbai completely bewildered.

Pei Songbai had fewer bandages on his body, but his left hand was injured and he still couldn't lift it.

After digesting Xia Wenhua's words, he looked at Xia Wenhua, then at the things on the table, and swallowed hard.

"Comrade Xia Wenhua, aren't you telling me a story? I've never seen this before."

Now that things have come to this, Xia Wenhua has no other way out but to completely shift the blame.

Anyway, it's a good thing for the country and the people. It's definitely much better to reveal Pei Songbai's identity than for her to reveal it.

Having discarded what little conscience she had left, Xia Wenhua looked at the bewildered Pei Songbai and smiled kindly.

"Songbai, that's the truth. Otherwise, why would I have kept asking if you had woken up while you were unconscious? This matter is just too important."

Look at this topographic map, and think about it carefully. Do you really not have any recollection of it at all?

"You're the one who asked me to do this. What am I supposed to do if you lose your memory?"

Xia Wenhua blinked innocently, while Pei Songbai rubbed his forehead with his undamaged right hand: "Did I really do it? I have no recollection of it at all?"