Rufus' POV:

"Of course, I don't want you to live such a kind of life." Sylvia held my hand and looked at me with her bright eyes. "Just as you said, I used to have nothing to be concerned about in the past. But now I have you, and I will never leave you alone."

She paused for a while, and her pretty face twisted again. "But I don't think there is any conflictbetween that and me servingmy country."

I knocked her head helplessly. "You still don't get it. When you become a real soldier in the future, you will have not only me and your friends, but the citizens who trust and respect you, and the responsibility to defend the land." S~ᴇaʀᴄh the FindNʘᴠᴇl.nᴇt website on Gøøglᴇ to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.

She nodded and said, "That's right. But to protect all these we care about, we must pay with blood."

"But you have to understand that losing once is not terrible. What is terrible is that you will never have a chance to win again. There are many games in life, but you must never gamble with your own life," I said in an unprecedentedly heavy tone, putting my hands on Sylvia's shoulders. "Otherwise, I can't accept the possible consequences, Sylvia."

Sylvia fell silent. Then after a while, she raised her head and looked at me. This time, she no longer looked confused. "I understand, Rufus. I now have the ability to love and the man I love. But before that, I have to learn to love myself first, so I won't joke about my own life anymore."

me that before you do anything

I promise." After saying this, Sylvia tiptoed and kissed me on my lips. "Nothing is more important than you. Without you, all the things I pursue

my arms. My heart was overflowing with

same as her. Without her, my

Leonard tomorrow," Sylvia said in a low voice, then buried

fierce, he is softhearted. Communicate with him more

headache. "I guess every time I communicate with Leonard, he will only

help but laugh. "Don't worry, honey. I'll talk to him next time and

after all." Sylvia was afraid of Leonard. It was as if she was a mouse afraid of a cat.

do whatever I want then?" This time, Sylvia smiled, and the deep dimples beside her lips showed. She looked at me with her bright and beautiful eyes, her face flushed like

the tip of her nose and looked at her dotingly. "Yes, you can do whatever you

she popped her head out and looked in another direction. "What's that over there? There seem to be a

for a moment. Then I explained, "Those are the tombs chosen in advance by many generals who are still

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