Their fingers accidentally touched. Li Lanfeng turned around and looked at Ling Lan. He smiled. His smile almost made Ling Lan dizzy.
Ling Lan's face was cold. She reminded him calmly, "Even if you're in front of someone you trust, don't smile for no reason. This will make you develop a bad habit."
Ling Lan thought about it seriously and continued, "This will be very dangerous."
F * ck, I can't hold it anymore. Please don't have a nosebleed! In order to protect Boss's glorious image, she must stop this demon from smiling.
Ling Lan was a little worried about her self-control when it came to beauty. She decisively sealed the culprit that was shaking her self-control.
Ling Lan's words that were filled with concern made Li Lanfeng's heart feel like it was poured into a warm spring. It warmed up his cold heart. Of course, only Ling Lan could make him feel warm again and again. It was this warmth that made Li Lanfeng not want to let go. He wanted to have more and more of it. He had a desire to monopolize this warmth.
However, Li Lanfeng knew that if he really did that, Ling Lan would definitely distance herself from him. Damn it. He knew very well that he might be Ling Lan's most important friend and confidante. However, Ling Lan still had her family, friends, and brothers. Every one of them was more important than him.
Why couldn't he be satisfied? Li Lanfeng despised his selfishness before. However, no matter how much he tried to convince himself, this selfishness didn't disappear. Instead, it became more and more serious. This was also the reason why he insisted on following Ling Lan regardless of how angry Ling Lan was. He just wanted to increase his status in Ling Lan's heart. He wanted to become the most important person in her heart.
Even though he didn't know to what extent he would be satisfied, Li Lanfeng was very clear that it definitely wouldn't be the kind of relationship he had with Ling Lan right now. This wasn't enough, not enough, far from enough … Perhaps one day, when their friendship had accumulated to a certain extent, then perhaps he would be satisfied.
Li Lanfeng restrained the emotions in his eyes and took a deep breath to calm himself down. Li Lanfeng knew that Rabbit didn't like it. If his companions' emotions fluctuated too much, they would lose their cool and make the wrong decision. He knew Ling Lan very well. Of course, he wouldn't make such a low-level mistake and make himself less popular in Ling Lan's heart.
Li Lanfeng put aside the emotions in his heart and said calmly, "It seems that our opinions are very unified. We all think that there is a problem with this mission."
"The other missions shouldn't be able to touch on the higher-ups of the military or the core issues. Only this mission might be related to them." Ling Lan replied, "This time, the one who accepted the investigation mission is Long Xiang. At first, I thought that the military found something fishy about the annihilation of the Magic Fantasy Regiment. In order to prevent the higher-ups from manipulating things from afar, they specially sent Long Xiang to investigate. Now it seems that this isn't the case. "
"Long Xiang's investigation is very likely just a smokescreen …" Li Lanfeng fell into deep thought.
Ling Lan laughed coldly. "It's not just a smokescreen. It could also be a thief pretending to be a thief."
Li Lanfeng's long and narrow red phoenix eyes instantly narrowed. "You're saying that Long Xiang has a problem? But, this is Long Xiang! "
Although Long Xiang belonged to the military, the command wasn't in the hands of the military but in the hands of the three marshals. Not only that, Long Xiang also had the right to monitor the various corps commanders. Once they found that there was a problem with a corps commander, as long as they had a warrant from one of the marshals, they could arrest the corps commander.
It should be said that Long Xiang's brigade commander definitely couldn't be in the faction of the three marshals. He had to be an independent army, stick to his beliefs, and remain neutral. Only then could he effectively complete the mission of establishing Long Xiang.
If even Long Xiang had a problem … Li Lanfeng felt a chill in his heart. He raised his head and looked at Ling Lan. With a serious expression, he said, "Rabbit, we can't interfere in this matter." They couldn't stir up this pot. If they were unlucky, they would all be implicated. They might not even have a corpse left.
Ling Lan also felt that this matter was a little troublesome. Originally, she thought that it was just a higher-up in the military. At most, it would be a corps commander like her father. Now, it seemed that the water behind this matter was too deep. It might really drown the father and son.
Ling Lan clenched her fists and paced back and forth in Li Lanfeng's room. Her mind was calculating quickly. If this pot was stirred up, would it bring more danger or more opportunities for the father and son?
"This also explains why Tang Ningyu Mu Chaoran was targeted by Mairfa the moment he came to Mairfa. It's because they were abandoned by Long Xiang from the very beginning." Ling Lan gritted her teeth and said hatefully.
Although Tang Ningyu Mu Chaoran and she were just passers-by, Ling Lan had a good impression of them after interacting with them for more than a month. She knew that they were extremely loyal to the Federation and were the most outstanding soldiers of the Federation's new generation.
In Ling Lan's opinion, such a person would definitely be a pillar of the Federation's future and a leader once he grew up. Every one of these talents was very precious. They needed to be carefully nurtured by the Federation's military. But now, these people who did nothing in their positions had heartlessly abandoned and sacrificed these outstanding talents because of various selfish desires. Ling Lan felt that it was not worth it for them.
"You're saying that Tang Ningyu Mu Chaoran was betrayed to Mairfa as soon as he accepted the mission?" Although Li Lanfeng thought that the situation was very bad, he did not expect it to be this bad.
"Based on Tang Ningyu Mu Chaoran's ability to conceal himself, even if Mairfa knew that someone was coming to investigate the Magic Ace Mansion's old incident, it would not be so easy for him to find the people who were on the mission from Long Xiang in such a short period of time. Unless, from the beginning, they knew that the people who were coming were Tang Ningyu and Mu Chaoran. As long as they compared the two of them, it would be much easier." Ling Lan explained, "From the beginning, I couldn't figure it out. You accepted the mission before Long Xiang's people, but Mairfa could not find you, but could easily find out that Long Xiang's people were coming. Now, this problem can be explained. "
Li Lanfeng nodded in agreement. It seemed that he was still a little inexperienced. He did not think too deeply about the dark side. He looked admiringly at Ling Lan, who was deciphering all of this, and once again felt the gap between him and Rabbit in seeing through the essence of the matter. He still had a lot to learn.
"However, why didn't Mairfa directly get rid of Tang Ningyu Mu Chaoran if they were really in cahoots with Long Xiang?" Although Li Lanfeng agreed with Ling Lan's inference, a qualified adviser must come up with all kinds of possibilities and loopholes.
"This is also why I didn't have any suspicions at the start. Logically speaking, they sent Tang Ningyu Mu Chaoran to Mairfa with the intention of abandoning him. In other words, no matter how Mairfa wanted to treat them, those people would not have any objections …" Ling Lan frowned. She kept feeling that there must be something she had not seen through in all of this, and this thing might be the key.
"However, what we should be thankful for is that Mairfa has no intention of killing Tang Ningyu Mu Chaoran. I'm talking about the present, not the future. No one knows what will happen in the future." Ling Lan said this and was secretly thankful for those two people. Otherwise, last night, she would not have had to make a move. They might have died at the hands of the Sword Monarch.
"Do you think that Mairfa felt pity for their mecha piloting skills, so he forced them to participate in the mecha gambling tournament? He wanted to make use of trash and increase the popularity of the mecha gambling tournament?" Li Lanfeng proposed a new theory.
"Make use of trash?" These four words made Ling Lan's heart skip a beat. She seemed to have thought of something and repeated herself, "Make use of trash?"
There were many ways to increase the popularity of the gambling tournament. Making two pawns who could threaten their safety operate mecha and participate in the gambling tournament was not a good idea in Ling Lan's opinion. Unless, there was a deeper meaning …
To be able to become a leading figure of the new generation, one's mecha piloting skills had to be at pseudo imperial level. Although they might not be a match for those experienced and sly peak ace operators, their mecha piloting skills and combat style were indeed the best whetstones for the rising stars.
Whetstones! When Ling Lan thought of the whetstones, it was as if a veil had been completely lifted …
"Little Four, pick out the name list of the rising stars participating in the mecha gambling tournament for me." She had finally found a clue. Although this clue might not be useful, Ling Lan still hoped that she could find something.
"Understood!" Little Four quickly searched for information. Soon, he had compiled a list of the outstanding young mecha operators from each country and handed it to Ling Lan.
"These are the rising stars that the various countries and factions have groomed for this gambling tournament. Can you help me take a look and see which ones are most likely to be from Mairfa's faction?" Ling Lan handed the list to Li Lanfeng. Ling Lan trusted Li Lanfeng's judgement.
Li Lanfeng looked through the list and frowned. He couldn't find anything from this list.
Because of Xiao Yiqiu, Su Pei and the others had used other people's identities to participate in the mecha gambling tournament. However, no matter if it was their photos or information, it had nothing to do with their real identities.
"If there really are people from Mairfa, with Mairfa's level of caution and the fact that they are the organizer, the information of the other members might not be a problem. However, this might not be the case for them." Li Lanfeng thought of this possibility.
Hearing this, Ling Lan nodded. She sighed softly and said, "Although I had the same thought, I was still holding on to the possibility that they might lose Jingzhou due to carelessness … looks like I was still too optimistic."
"Boss, don't worry. There might be problems with the information, but the real person will eventually appear. I will keep an eye on the gambling arena." Little Four saw Ling Lan sigh and quickly spoke up to help his boss.
"Okay, then I'll leave it to Little Four." Seeing Little Four rubbing his hands together, Ling Lan naturally wouldn't pour cold water on Little Four. Although she didn't think that Little Four would be able to gain anything, Ling Lan also had the intention of casting a wide net. What if Little Four managed to gain something?
Little Four heard that his boss had entrusted him with an important task and was very excited. He eagerly went to set up his control over the gambling arena. Of course, he didn't forget to avoid that damned god-class hacker. He couldn't be as fearless as before, and this also caused the area he could set up to be much smaller. He couldn't control the entire situation like he used to.
Li Lanfeng looked again. Indeed, there was nothing to be gained from the information, so he asked Ling Lan in a low voice, "We can't find any useful clues. What should we do now?"
"Then let's temporarily give up on Tang Ningyu and Mu Chaoran." Ling Lan realized that there was no way to gain anything from Tang Ningyu's side, so she decisively let go of it.
"Let's look at the mission of the Magic Ace Mecha Clan. At that time, they accepted the mission to cover the retreat of Long Xiang. It is very likely that something happened while they were covering the retreat of Long Xiang. Or rather, they discovered something that caused the upper management of the Magic Ace Mecha Clan to be unable to eat or sleep in peace. One month later, they even used Mairfa's hand to wipe out the Magic Ace Mecha Clan."
"This can also be inferred. At that time, the upper management of Long Xiang had already colluded with Mairfa." Li Lanfeng understood what Ling Lan didn't say.
"Not only that, they also successfully sent Huang Yaobin out and handed him over to Mairfa. The annihilation of the Magic Ace Mecha Clan perfectly made Huang Yaobin disappear. It even created the phenomenon of death." Ling Lan's expression was grave as she said, "I suspect that the Son of God Project didn't stop at all. It just continued in a different place."
Ling Lan then asked Little Four to check the final results of Huang Yaobin's investigation. As expected, they found that he was suspected to be dead.
When he saw the death conclusion of Huang Yaobin that Ling Lan sent to him, Li Lanfeng more or less deduced the truth of what happened that year …
"Killing two birds with one stone! The person who set this up is very good. If we hadn't looked into the annihilation of the Magic Ace Mecha Clan again, I'm afraid we would have been fooled by them. " Li Lanfeng deeply felt that there were many experts who were good at scheming in this world. He still needed to continue to grow and work hard.
"Think about it. If Tang Ningyu and Mu Chaoran died at Mairfa's hands while they were investigating the Magic Ace Mecha Clan, how would the Army deal with it?" Ling Lan suddenly asked Li Lanfeng.
"You're talking about a simulated response?" Li Lanfeng had an epiphany. He thought about it seriously and then replied, "There might be two responses. One is to be angry and completely fall out with Mairfa and become enemies with each other. The other is to think that Mairfa's hands are too deep and temporarily give up on the investigation. "
"Actually, being enemies on the surface is the best collusion," Ling Lan said thoughtfully.
"You're saying that they would be very angry?" Li Lanfeng's eyes lit up. He seemed to have thought of something.
"Only then can they be cleared of suspicion …" Ling Lan said softly.
Ling Lan paced back and forth in the room again. Finally, she made up her mind. "I'll inform my father to investigate the higher-ups of Long Xiang."
"Captain!" Li Lanfeng stood up in shock. Although he and Ling Lan were guessing the truth behind the Magic Ace Mecha Clan, he definitely didn't support Ling Lan to uncover the truth behind the Magic Ace Mecha Clan.
"Lanfeng, I have to do it even if I don't want to. I can't go against my own heart." Ling Lan's eyes were bright. "This is my path!"
The determination in Ling Lan's eyes made Li Lanfeng unable to say the words he wanted to say to stop her. He knew very well that Ling Lan would either not make a decision, or once she made a decision, she would complete it even if it meant risking her life. For example, the battle on Planet Haijiao.
"I understand. I support you!" Li Lanfeng said seriously. Since Ling Lan had made a decision, he would follow her even if he had to go through fire and water.
"Thank you, Lanfeng!" Ling Lan smiled at Li Lanfeng. That smile stunned Li Lanfeng. He suddenly realized that when Ling Lan smiled, she was actually as beautiful as him. Even if her face was filled with scars, it couldn't block her charm.
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