He Xiaohua lay on the ground.
She was among the first batch to be executed by firing squad, and because of her unique identity, she was deliberately placed in the very center of the line, the most conspicuous position among the condemned.
The camera lens had focused on her face several times, broadcasting her pitiful state to every corner of the world.
"Death to traitors!"
"There's no good ending for betrayers!"
The reason she lay on the ground was that she could no longer "kneel."
She had endured the most brutal interrogation and the most inhumane torture; her spirit had long dissipated.
The reason she was still alive was that the higher-ups wanted her to, to undergo a public trial and execution.
She was prepared to die.
More precisely, she was already dead.
"It's just a pity for those children,"
He Xiaohua thought to herself.
"They should have played a bigger role... They haven't truly taken their revenge..."
"That child... he surely won't disappoint, right?"
