Wang Liansheng pressed Ling Chengyan down, turned over and got out of bed: "You sleep for a while, I'll go buy."
Ling Chengyan said: "I need to go for morning exercises..."
Wang Liansheng's hand rested on her shoulder, not forcefully, yet it halted Ling Chengyan's action to rise.
He softly said: "You just finished three days of field training, it's okay to rest for a day. You're human, not a deity. For me and the kids, you need to take care of your own body too."
Ling Chengyan was stupefied, and Wang Liansheng gently pushed her back onto the bed, even pulling up the blanket for her, before he smiled at her and turned to leave.
Ling Chengyan sat silent for a moment, shedding various inexplicable emotions, and began to think about matters again.
She did not go for morning exercises that day.
