Chapter 340: People hold up the sky with their backbones
During the period when Lincheng was devastated, Xia Xubai released a major announcement through his studio and all personal social media platforms:
He will donate 70% of his personal income from this global tour to the Lincheng Earthquake Reconstruction Foundation.
This resounding act of justice was like dropping a warm and positive energy bomb, instantly detonating the entire Internet and sweeping the top of all hot search lists!
Entries such as #Xia Xubai Donation##Xia Xubai Lincheng Come On# continued to dominate the screen.
The huge attention also caused the high-definition video of Xia Xubai’s concert to go viral online!
Netizens not only witnessed his outstanding stage control and infectious singing skills, but also became his fans and loyal followers because of his low-key and sincere good deeds.
"This is what a high-quality idol should be like!" "He has both talent and character, he deserves to be famous!" "It starts with talent and stays true to character!" - Similar praises flooded the comment section.
Even the usually rigorous official account of CCTV News specifically posted a Weibo post praising Xia Xubai by name: "Young singer @夏叙白 cares about the disaster area and generously donated money. His good deeds demonstrate the social responsibility and positive energy of artists. Thumbs up for this good singer and this good work! #GatherStrengthToOvercomeDifficulties#"
It also included a shocking clip of him singing passionately at a concert with thousands of people in the audience singing along, which can be called an "official certified call."
Xia Lili, who was in Lincheng, looked at everything on her mobile phone screen, seeing her brother's figure in the light, and the enthusiastic praise from the official and countless netizens.
At that moment, it seemed as if a force was surging towards her across mountains and rivers.
Although they were on different "battlefields", she clearly felt that she and her brother were working for the same land in different ways.
The warmth of being together instantly filled Xia Lili's tired body and mind.
The sun scorched the day they left Lincheng. Xia Lili looked back. The ruins remained, but new growth had broken through the rubble. The roar of cranes mingled with the sounds of people rushing by.
Natural disasters may create cracks, but people hold up the sky with their backbones.
Return to Yangcheng from Lincheng.
When Xia Lili opened the door, a familiar and warm aroma of food hit her face.
The dining table was already filled with her favorite home-cooked dishes, steaming hot and looking tempting.
"Hey, our hero is back!"
Mother Chang Yue was the first to greet them. Her eyes were slightly red, but she smiled with immense pride. She wiped her hands on her apron again and again before gently caressing Xia Lili's face. "You've lost weight and are tired... but you're doing great!"
"We've all asked Xiao Li. You were dispatching people and saving lives in Lincheng. Mom's heart aches, yet she's so proud of you!"
Although Xia Lintian didn't say much, he nodded vigorously, his eyes full of approval: "Wash your hands and eat first. Your mother has been nagging about it for several days, and she is looking forward to your return to nourish you well!"
Under the warm and bright light, the simple and sincere praise from her parents and the table full of steaming food instantly washed away Xia Lili's dust and fatigue from the journey, wrapping her from head to toe in the deep warmth of home.
During my vacation in Yangcheng, time seemed to slow down.
Xia Lili completely relaxed and enjoyed the long-lost home life.
At mealtime, Xia Lili leisurely went to check out various newly opened food stores in the city, from the internet-famous dessert house at the corner of the alley to the newly opened beef noodle restaurant on the old street.
Normally, Xia Lili would change into training clothes and return to the familiar police academy training ground.
This day finally arrived, the sniper course day that Xia Lili had been looking forward to for a long time.
With excitement and awe, Xia Lili walked towards the dedicated sniper training ground deep inside the police academy training base.
This vast area features precise targeting positions at varying distances, as well as tactical shelters simulating a variety of terrains.
Xia Lili spotted Li Qihan standing not far ahead. He was dressed only in a sharp, dark tactical training suit, standing erect, his head bent over a high-precision sniper rifle.
However, Xia Lili's attention was quickly attracted by several sets of clothing hanging on the equipment rack next to her.
That was the "ghillie suit" she had only seen in textbooks and videos, covered with camouflage strips and rags. When the sniper put it on, he looked like a savage, blending in with the grass and trees.
The ghillie suit is rough and heavy, like a pile of carefully designed "weeds", quietly displayed there.
Xia Lili couldn't help but open her eyes wide and blurted out subconsciously: "Professor Li... are we... going to wear this today?"
Li Qihan looked up when he heard the voice, and his gaze moved away from the rifle's scope and fell on the face of Xia Lili, who was obviously intimidated by the ghillie suit.
There was no expression on his face, he just replied calmly:
"No. That's for the subsequent advanced concealment course."
Li Qihan handed the heavy sniper rifle in his hand to Xia Lili.
She subconsciously reached out to take it, but underestimated its weight and her wrist sank down.
Almost at the same moment, a hand with distinct joints and warm body temperature firmly supported her wrist, bearing the weight just right.
"The sniper rifle is indeed not light." Li Qihan's voice came from behind her ear. The distance was so close that she could almost feel the airflow caused by his breath.
"So the first lesson is to learn to let its weight become a part of you, not a burden."
He did not let go of her hand immediately. Instead, he guided her fingers to the correct position one by one in this posture, how her shoulder socket should fit tightly against the butt of the gun, how her cheek should naturally fit against the cheek pad, and how to adjust her breathing to match the slight shaking of her body.
Xia Lili could clearly smell the faint scent of soapberries on Li Qihan's body, mixed with the cold scent of gun maintenance oil, a strange smell that belonged only to him.
She could even vaguely feel his body temperature on her back, which made her tense up involuntarily, and her heartbeat became uncontrollable.
"Nervous?" Li Qihan seemed to notice her stiffness, and a faint, almost inaudible smile lingered in his voice. "A sniper's first taboo is having your heartbeat louder than the gunshot."
"Never let your nervousness interfere with your judgment and execution."
Xia Lili's ears warmed at these words, and she stubbornly retorted, "...The gun is too heavy."
"Really?" Li Qihan didn't comment, but finally took a step back to give her some breathing space.
But his eyes still fell on her every subtle movement as if it were real, so strict that he could not allow any mistakes.
"Focus," he reminded her, his tone returning to the instructor's cold and serious tone. "In your world now, there is only you and your goal."
Xia Lili took a deep breath, tried to ignore the panic just now, and focused all her attention on the bull's eye in the distance.
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