Chapter 80

Eileen was busy scheming 108 ways to pack her stuff when suddenly she felt a piercing gaze on her.

She turned her head in confusion.

It was Egbert.

She frowned and asked, “Why are you eyeballing me? Just so you know, even if I can’t fit all this stuff, I’m not sharing with you.”

Egbert chuckled softly, stood up and walked over to her.

He looked at the mess on the floor and asked, “Ever heard of the military packing method?”

Eileen was taken aback and looked up at him.

Egbert squatted down, emptied Eileen’s bag and started packing it anew.

As he was doing this, he explained, “When out on a mission, the logistics team ensures the supplies are packed to the brim and sorted

out.”

Eileen watched as he managed to fit the large items that she previously couldn’t into the bag. Her eyes widened with surprise.

A moment later, although many things still didn’t fit, her bag could now carry a third more than before.

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And thanks to his systematic packing method, retrieving items was a breeze.

Eileen was surprised, “Didn’t expect you to be so handy, did you learn this on a movie set?”

Egbert looked at her, paused for a moment, and then said, “I learned it at a military academy.”

Eileen was stunned, “You attended a military academy?”

Egbert averted his gaze, “Someone in my family did.”

Eileen looked at him for a moment, then at her bulging bag, and nodded approvingly, “Pretty good.”

It was unclear whether she was praising his packing skills or the military academy.

Egbert added, “Go get some rest. I’ll take first watch.”

Eileen scoffed, “No need, you go sleep. I’ll wait for Burton to take over later.”

Suddenly, Egbert stood up, took Eileen’s hand and helped her up.

Eileen, taken by surprise, swayed a little…

unhappily, “What are

still holding her hand, led her to the tent and

Eileen frowned.

I’ll wake you up

for a moment

Egbert’s mention of the military academy, Eileen had

a time long, long ago.

a 10-year-old girl in a red plaid dress sat

a sprightly old man called from the

little girl didn’t move. She pouted, her back to the door, refusing to

her kind old grandmother came in, stroked her hair and

birthday. How about grandma and grandpa accompany

little girl turned her head in disappointment, buried her face in her grandmother’s lap, and said, “Daddy promised.”

dear, is our little Eileen going to cry?”

at the corners of her eyes with her tiny hands and

and grandma both

window flooded in, the phone in the living room suddenly rang.

The little girl jumped up excitedly and rushed to answer

of the line, however, was not her father, but a stranger’s voice, “May I speak to the

little girl lowered her head in disappointment, but still politely replied,

looking for… Mr.

handed the phone to her grandpa who walked over.

but within moments, his

little girl didn’t go to the restaurant to celebrate her birthday with her grandpa and grandma.

little girl sat at the entrance of the empty hospital corridor,

later, she learned the

father had died while on

day, it was raining heavily.

taken by her grandparents

Their eyes were full of pity when they

this Mr. Robin’s daughter?”

girl, your dad was

to her, but she didn’t respond, just staring at the unfamiliar cemetery and the neatly

heard that soldiers who

Eileen, asleep, had tears streaming down her cheeks.

breath,

shifted at

cemetery disappeared, and so

the dream, the little girl woke up from a large white bed.

hooked up to many IV

knew it was an oxygen mask. Her grandpa was a renowned doctor and he had taught her a lot

didn’t understand why she was wearing

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