Chapter 14
Lian remained silent for a while and the man was about to repeat the question. She was in the middle of a conflict of loyalties and finally made up her mind. She could not keep the man she loved and whose life she was endangering in ignorance of her personality and what was actually happening. Suddenly she began to speak.
"As I told you the day we met, I am Dr. Zhou Lian, a graduate in Anthropology by the University of Beijing. All the fieldwork I've told you about is also true ... "The woman paused as she looking for the right words to face the difficult part of her explanation." I have not lied to you in anything I said ... " She was silent for a moment.” ... but I am also Lieutenant Zhou Lian of the People's Liberation Army, which as you know is the name of the Chinese army
