Chapter 731: First Meeting!

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Right after Ling Lan returned to her own room, her already freezing cold expression became even colder. Although she knew her father wouldn’t let anything bad happen to her, she still felt uneasy by the fact that things were out of her control. She felt somewhat defeated.

As expected, she couldn’t be like her father Ling Xiao, a person able to control everything within a grasp of his hand. She circled around the small living room, seemingly in deep thought for quite a while. She then decided to still find her father to ask what was going on.

“Little Four, help me contact…” Right as Ling Lan was about to ask Little Four to contact Ling Xiao, she suddenly had a thought that maybe Ling Xiao couldn’t contact her since he would have contacted her by now.

It was clear that the Disciplinary and Investigation Committee was sent by the military, He Xuyang’s off-putting behavior also proved it was not known to the 23rd division. They came to do a private investigation, catching all of them off guard.

In the military, the disputes between the different factions were ongoing. Ling Lan thought about the havoc she had caused in Soldier City. Shouldn’t the military be in chaos because of that event? Maybe that could be why all the different factions are sending out their people in the shadows. Maybe the request to investigate her was just a smokescreen, and their actual target was actually Ling Xiao?

Ling Lan had a lot of thoughts swirling in her mind, which made her really anxious. She knew if her father had received any information about the current situation, he would have already made a move. Did her father’s enemies discover something off about her father’s movements, so they decided to test out the waters with her?

Conveniently, 250 Ace Mecha Clan appeared during this time, from being a useless mecha clan to a top 10 mecha clan in their first land clearing mission. It was indeed easy for people to formulate intricate conspiracy theories about her father situation . It seemed she needed to be more careful and shouldn’t let anyone know of her and her father’s relations.h.i.+p. Otherwise, even if she eventually took the position of regiment commander through sheer merits and achievements, it would still cause heavy damage to her father’s reputation, giving his opposition a chance to attack her father. Perhaps, her father not contacting her directly was also because of this issue.

Ling Lan had a few conclusions after minutes of circling around the living room. Currently, her relations.h.i.+p between her father must continue to be only a normal working relations.h.i.+p between a general and an ace mecha clan’s regiment commander. She should only be a normal officer working under her father. This might lessen his worries so he could make moves whenever he wanted to.

Although Ling Lan knew that the top bra.s.s of the military definitely knew the truth, but they probably had some sort of agreement, and wouldn’t actively announce the relations.h.i.+p between her and Ling Xiao. Their confidants might also know something, but would definitely not dare to let any of that information leak out.

It meant that on her side, she would just need to be careful to not let the Disciplinary and Investigation Committee find out her relations.h.i.+p with her father.

A bone-chilling breeze suddenly blew across the small living room. She predicted the reason why the higher-ups of the military had sent the Disciplinary and Investigation Committee to investigate the 23rd division privately, was to find out about her relations.h.i.+p with her relations.h.i.+p with Ling Xiao and then to publicly announce it? Of course, it didn’t eliminate the possibility that they wanted to give her father a bad name. It seemed her father’s public image had made the higher-ups envious of him.

Now, they wanted to catch her off guard and have her make mistakes to show them her weak point for them to use it to their advantage… they severely underestimated her.

With that thought in mind, Ling Lan sat on the sofa in the living room with a well-thought-out plan, her lips perked as she sneered. What could they do if she contacted her father?

“Little Four, contact mom and make sure no one discovers you.” Alright, let’s see what you can do, G.o.d of the virtual world, Little Four. Compared to Ling Xiao, Lan Luofeng was a smaller target.

“Understood, Boss.” Little Four’s expression had hints of excitement. Only at these moments, he wouldn’t feel sleepy and would be full of energy. Additionally, he could finally speak to his warm and kind mother.

“Hmph, just as Boss had predicted, these b.a.s.t.a.r.ds actually dare to monitor mother’s communicator. If I was to let you find me, then how could I still stand around Boss? This position of number one underling can only be kept if I am capable.”

The petty Little Four traveled pa.s.s the surveillance of these people while memorizing their information. After this event blows over, he planned on finding them one by one to make them pay.

Lan Luofeng, who was sitting in the office’s sofa while looking at her communicator, suddenly saw a string of small words appear on it. The words made her display a smile on her face. She stood up with grace and walked towards Ling Xiao, who was looking through doc.u.ments at the other end of the room. Then, she sat down beside him.

Ling Xiao raised his head in surprise as he saw Lan Luofeng sitting beside him. In the past few days, Lan Luofeng didn’t give him any good looks. He didn’t think that today she would actively move closer to him. Is she forgiving him? Ling Xiao knew he had done many things recently that went beyond what Lan Luofeng could endure. Thus, he didn’t dare to have any opinions about Lan Luofeng’s treatment towards him.

“Ling Xiao, I have something I need you to do. Do you have time?” She showed her communicator discretely and shook it in front of Ling Xiao. The message on it made Ling Xiao smile.

“If my wife needs me, I’ll make time even if I don’t have time!” Ling Xiao held Lan Luofeng’s hand to gesture to her that he had already sealed off his office. No one would be able to eavesdrop on them. As for hackers… since his daughter told him she would take care of it, then it wasn’t a problem he had to worry about.

Lan Luofeng glared at Ling Xiao. If it wasn’t for the fact that her daughter was looking for Ling Xiao, she wouldn’t give him the time of day. He actually agreed for those b.a.s.t.a.r.ds to investigate her baby girl. If she didn’t make him sleep on the floor for a month, she would no longer call herself Lan Luofeng.

Ling Xiao didn’t know his pitiful days hadn’t ended yet. He hugged Lan Luofeng lightly, then pushed on the connect b.u.t.ton on Lan Luofeng’s communicator. A five or six old little kid jumped out and smiled like a little doll, wearing a red outfit and was very festive. Lan Luofeng loved this little kid the moment she laid her eyes on him.

“h.e.l.lo mom and dad, allow me to introduce myself. My name is Ling Little Four. From now on, I will be your son” Little Four’s smile was cute, and his expression was sparkling with excitement. This was the first time he talked with mom and dad. He didn’t know whether they liked him or not.

Little Four, who was always full of confidence, began to doubt himself. He looked at Lan Luofeng and Ling Xiao with a sad look. Ling Xiao didn’t feel anything but Lan Luofeng thought it was very cute. If Little Four wasn’t just a virtual ent.i.ty, Lan Luofeng may have already held him in her arms and kissed him a few times before letting him go.

“So cute!” Lan Luofeng held her face with her hands and shrilled, heart shapes started forming in her eyes. As expected, Lan Luofeng couldn’t resist the charm of a cute kid.

“Where’s Ling Lan?” Only the handsome and dignified Ling Xiao was reliable and instantly went looking for the main individual in the incident.

“Boss is on the line. It’s just I wanted to say h.e.l.lo to mom and dad first.” Little Four showed a pure smile. That pure expression of a.s.s-kissing made Ling Xiao’s hairs stand up on end. He instantly had a bad feeling about Little Four. Where did his daughter find this little punk? He actually dared to lure in his wife… Ling Xiao felt sour.

It had to be said that, Little Four’s cute appearance made Lan Luofeng and Ling Xiao have two different impressions. Ling Xiao felt Little Four was too cute and didn’t have anything that was like a man. His impression of Little Four was definitely not very good.

Little Four didn’t know Ling Xiao’s thoughts at that moment. After being satisfied, he immediately moved aside. On the virtual screen, Ling Lan’s cold and calm face appeared.

“My Baby Lan” Before Ling Lan could say anything, Lan Luofeng couldn’t control her emotions as she shouted with her reddened eyes. Her daughter, who she originally could have held in her arms, must face trials and tribulations by herself because of her and Ling Xiao’s mistake. Now, she could only watch as her daughter suffer while unable to do anything to help.

“Mom, I’m fine.” Ling Lan could only comfort Lan Luofeng first. However, when Lan Luofeng wasn’t paying attention to her, she glanced towards her father. Her glance was blaming him as to why he hadn’t comforted his own wife, making her face a crying mom all the time.

Ling Xiao could only show a pained expression as he smiled bitterly. Could he tell her that he couldn’t do anything about Lan Luofeng? Wouldn’t that affect his dignity as a father?

Ling Lan was only just criticizing him and Ling Xiao still thought he had dignity? That was funny. Ling Lan already knew her father couldn’t do anything about her mother. If he could do something about her mother, would he have been kicked out of his own home and become Ling Lan’s personal bodyguard? Did he actually think that as a general, he had nothing better to do?

Some things were better not mentioned because Ling Lan still wanted her father to have some semblance of dignity left in case he needed it.

Ling Xiao was pitiful. He still didn’t know that with his daughter, his image was no longer dignified… He thought he had faked it well all this time.

Lan Luofeng knew that it wasn’t the time to be emotional. She forced herself to stop crying and smiled, “My Baby Lan, your father’s here. If you feel wronged, talk to him.” After saying that, she pulled on Ling Xiao to let him speak.

Ling Xiao actually wanted to talk with his daughter for a while, but he still coughed and said in a dignified tone, “Ask me whatever you want.”

Ling Xiao knew of his daughter’s personality. She definitely wouldn’t ask for help. She was definitely asking about things she couldn’t figure out herself.

“Have they found out anything?” As expected, Ling Lan went for the main topic right off the bat. She could only think of a way to go against the opposition if she knew what they were here for.

Ling Xiao half-smiled and glanced at Ling Lan. This made Ling Lan frown. Her father’s expression meant it was her fault that these issues occured? What mistake did she make? Ling Lan couldn’t help but think where she had made an error.

“In the 6 months’ time, you haven’t been able to subdue everyone in 250 Ace Mecha Clan. That’s a fail,” said Ling Xiao.

Ling Lan had a realization, “Did someone from my clan complain to the military?” That was the only possibility for the military to send people here and catching her father off guard.

“Do you get it now?” Asked Ling Xiao.

“The people who I took with me for the land clearing mission are probably fine. Those who could have issues are only those left in the headquarters.” Ling Lan quickly determined the list of suspects. This would explain why the Disciplinary and Investigation Committee of the military would come to 250 Ace Mecha Clan to investigate. The person who reported it to the military was definitely within 250 Ace Mecha Clan. If someone from the land clearing mission reported it, then they probably would have been kept at Soldier City to be investigated and not be able to return to their base camp.