Chapter 806 - Wang Jings thoughts (1/2)

Be it Liang Ce, Meng Nan, or Wang Jing, all of them had lived in the Wang Consortium’s strongholds. Therefore, they could not really empathize with the wars happening in the outside world.

In their world, war seemed to be just words that appeared in the newspapers. It was something that was very detached from them.

But now, they first got threatened by a deserter in the wilderness and almost had a glimpse of how tragic the war was. What made these elite soldiers unwilling to go onto the battlefield again? It was as though they were so scared out of their wits that they wanted to flee all the way to the South.

After that encounter, everyone realized the world was about to change.

Wang Jing kept lamenting to himself that a chaotic era was about to arrive.

After that, they were required to go through a spy screening by the Kong Consortium’s intelligence agency. The heavily armed troops from the 1st Military Intelligence Division looked extremely fearsome, and they pointed the barrels of their guns at them too.

All of this was very common for Ren Xiaosu and Yang Xiaojin, but it was still quite a cruel reality for the doctors who lived in the stronghold all year round.

Ren Xiaosu clearly noticed one of the doctors speaking in a trembling voice when he was answering the questions earlier. He was afraid that if he answered them wrong, he would get pulled aside and be executed.

When the convoy entered the stronghold, Wang Jing sighed in the vehicle and said, “I’m not sure now if it was right to bring you all to the Kong Consortium.”

Liang Ce said, “This isn’t your fault. Why blame yourself for other people’s mistakes?”

Wang Jing looked at Liang Ce and said with a smile, “Young man, you’ve performed very well. In the past, I only thought you had an excellent moral character. But after going through so much this time, I finally saw the bravery in you.”

Truthfully, Liang Ce had done quite well. When he encountered the deserter, he did not cry or make a fuss about wanting to go home. In fact, he even regained his composure very quickly. When he answered the questions earlier, he also remained very calm throughout.

In Wang Jing’s opinion, Liang Ce was a potential candidate to become a chief surgeon in the future.

Liang Ce was a little embarrassed by Wang Jing’s praise. He said modestly, “No, I think Ren Xiaosu performed much better than me.”

Wang Jing nodded. “Yes, he did perform better than you, but you don’t have to compare yourself with him. Just be yourself.”

These words sounded like: “Ren Xiaosu is a genius, so there’s no need for mortals to compare themselves with him. Otherwise, it will only add to their worries.”

Liang Ce did not know whether to laugh or cry. He turned around and looked at the off-road vehicle Ren Xiaosu was in. He thought to himself that Elder Wang was really good at consoling people.

Wang Jing looked at Liang Ce with a smile and continued, “He’s an anomaly. When I was his age, I was still only an intern like you. So long as you’re willing to work hard in the future, you can reach my current position too. As for him… I don’t know where he’ll end up either.”

Liang Ce smiled and said, “I’m happy if I can become a doctor like you.”

What Wang Jing did not say at this moment was that he was not even sure if Ren Xiaosu would be a doctor in the future.

Although Wang Jing was old, he was not foolish.

On the night the deserter appeared, when Ren Xiaosu had asked to see his pistol, he remembered very clearly that he had kept the firearm’s safety on so that a “novice” like Ren Xiaosu would not accidentally fire it.

But when Ren Xiaosu fired it, the safety had been switched off.

For someone who had never handled a gun before, he would probably not know how to flip off the safety, right?