Translator: H2dH2mr Editor: H2dH2mr Ling Xiao believed that Lan Luofeng would definitely tell Ling Lan about how they had met and fallen in love, and about his mecha. (He had made a mistake on this point. Lan Luofeng had not told Ling Lan about this, because Lan Luofeng felt that it was still too early for Ling Lan to talk about mecha.)
Fortunately, Lan Luofeng had once revealed that the place she wanted to go the most was the world of Belief, and had asked Little Four to record it down. Thus, Little Four was able to find the correct answer. It had to be said that Ling Lan had passed this test by a hair's breadth. However, even if Ling Lan had failed, she could still go back and ask Lan Luofeng about the correct answer, and then enter the test again.
Ling Xiao had not set a limit of one chance for each person. Ling Xiao was also afraid that his questions would be too obscure, and even Lan Luofeng would forget.
Ling Xiao was also afraid that someone would accidentally reveal the name of his mecha, so he had set up another obstacle. If one was in the main hall, they could enter any room outside, and Ling Xiao would teach them the cultivation method of the Ling family. If they trained hard, they could also reach ace level. His father had learned this method all those years ago, and it was not a bad cultivation method.
This way, he could deceive everyone and continue waiting for his child to come in for the test. This was because only his child would know that the Ling family mansion had a front and back courtyard, and only then would he be able to find the real room.
The bedroom and study in the back courtyard were not as complicated as Ling Lan had imagined. Ling Xiao only existed in the study. In other words, if Ling Lan went to the other rooms first, there would be no one there. She could only enter the study to see the image that Ling Xiao had left behind.
But in the end, Ling Xiao was still worried. After all, the military was too powerful — he could not be sure whether those loyalists of the Ling family mansion would betray him and leak the secrets of the Ling family mansion to the military. Thus, he decided to set up a final test. This test was a secret that only belonged to him and Lan Luofeng.
It should be known that Ling Xiao and Lan Luofeng's unique Duomo code had never been used to outsiders. In other words, this code had always been circulating between the two of them. Therefore, the only person who could answer this test could only be Lan Luofeng. The other person, of course, was the person who had been personally taught the Duomo code by Lan Luofeng. Without a doubt, this person could only be his child.
Just as Ling Xiao had predicted, Ling Lan used the Domo code to decipher Ling Xiao's final test.
With the answer in mind, Ling Lan left the study decisively and went to the master bedroom. She walked to the dressing table and found her mother's jewelry box.
The jewelry box was filled with exquisite and luxurious jewelry. Ling Lan casually fiddled with it, but she didn't find the target, so she threw it aside and changed her direction. She walked to the side of the only large bed in the master bedroom. Ling Lan was very familiar with this bed. Ever since she was born, she had slept on it. It was only when she was old enough to ask to be alone in a room that she said goodbye to it.
During that time, she knew very well where Lan Luofeng kept her important items. It was on this bed. Ling Lan touched the edge of the bed and saw a small LCD screen suddenly appear on the smooth panel at the head of the bed. There was a selection of ten numbers. Ling Lan didn't think too much about it and immediately keyed in the numbers she knew by heart. As long as Lan Luofeng had never changed it, there shouldn't be any mistakes.
After keying in the password, less than five seconds later, the panel suddenly popped up. A drawer about 30 centimeters wide and 50 centimeters long appeared before Ling Lan.
Sure enough, this secret drawer had been there for a long time! It was empty inside. There was nothing inside except for an extremely exquisite little box. Ling Lan took out the box and opened it to take a look. A large, sparkling and translucent diamond ring appeared before Ling Lan's eyes. It was her mom's precious wedding ring.
The corner of Ling Lan's lips curled into a slight smile. She knew she had found her target. She closed the box and held it in her hand, then returned to Ling Xiao's study.
When Ling Xiao saw her return, he asked with a half-smile, "You found what I wanted?"
Ling Lan directly opened her right hand and displayed the box before Ling Xiao's eyes. She didn't say anything, but she looked at Ling Xiao with a serious expression.
The smile on Ling Xiao's face deepened. "This is what I want?"
Ling Lan still didn't answer. She only opened the box to reveal the large diamond ring hidden inside.
"This is your answer?" Ling Xiao raised his brows and waited for Ling Lan's answer.
"Lan Luofeng's wedding ring. You gave it to her," Ling Lan calmly replied.
Ling Xiao laughed loudly. His face was full of praise. "Not bad. You actually found the answer. Can you tell me how you determined that this diamond ring is the answer to my mission? "
"I only said that this is a wedding ring. I didn't say it was the answer to the mission." Ling Lan's words caused Ling Xiao's laughter to abruptly stop. His entire body froze. He didn't expect Ling Lan to say that.
This time, it was Ling Lan's turn to laugh. Damn it, she finally got to pay back her unscrupulous father. She had always been played by her father.
Ling Xiao's embarrassment only lasted for an instant. He quickly recovered and asked with amusement, "If that's the case, why did you bring it here for me to see?"
"Because you need it to open the door." Ling Lan took out the diamond ring and waved it at Ling Xiao.
"Oh? I actually didn't know that other than this ring, there was something else I needed? I'm sorry, but you failed the mission. "Ling Xiao's smile faded. He coldly announced that Ling Lan had failed the test. His disappointed expression clearly told Ling Lan that she had really made a mistake.
"This is only a marriage proposal ring, but it's not a marriage proposal token. Although it's only a difference of two words, it's still not. Am I right? My dad? " Ling Lan mercilessly exposed Ling Xiao's lie. "You can stop acting. If you really choose this ring as the answer, then the mission will truly fail."
Ling Xiao was completely unmoved. He only sighed in a low voice. "You've already come this far. If I let you fail like this, you definitely won't accept it. How about this, I'll give you a chance. I hope you can convince me."
Ling Lan knew that this was probably her dad's test, so she didn't stand on ceremony. She walked directly behind her father and poked him with her finger. "Dad, please move aside."
Ling Xiao stood up with a helpless expression and cooperatively moved aside the desk. Since he was willing to give her a chance, she let him do whatever he wanted.
Ling Lan sat on the chair that Ling Xiao had just sat on. She directly pulled open the drawer in the middle. She spread out her palm and reached into the drawer. However, her palm moved forward and pressed against the bottom of the desk. After waiting for three seconds, she realized that there was no movement. She suddenly realized that her fingerprints hadn't been recorded in Ling Xiao's memory and the Ling family's safety deposit box from eight years ago.
Ling Lan stood up gloomily and said to Ling Xiao, "Dad, let me borrow your palm print."
After saying this, she directly pulled her father's palm and pressed it against the bottom of the desk. After holding it for three seconds, she heard a soft, almost inaudible click coming from the side of the bookcase.
Ling Lan walked directly to the front of the fourth bookcase. The bookcase was already stuffed with all kinds of paper books. This kind of ancient reading method was already very rare in this era. The paper books that existed in this world were ancient books that had been passed down for hundreds or even thousands of years. When ordinary people saw these ancient books appear, they would be filled with respect and wouldn't dare to act rashly, let alone touch these precious cultural relics.
However, Ling Lan's actions were very barbaric. If ancient book enthusiasts saw this, they would definitely attack her and criticize her to the end.
Ling Lan swiftly and fiercely grabbed one of the books and pulled it out forcefully. The book was pulled out, revealing a polygonal circular hole with many angles.
It turned out that Ling Lan had only pulled out a back cover. Of course, if she hadn't opened the lock with her palm print, even if Ling Lan used all her strength, she still wouldn't have been able to pull out this cover cover.
Ling Lan aimed the face of the diamond ring in her hand at the circular hole with countless water caltrops. There were no gaps, and the diamond fit seamlessly with the hole. This time, the wait was even longer. After about six seconds of waiting, she heard another click coming from the bookcase.
This time, Ling Lan grabbed a book next to the circular hole. This time, Ling Lan didn't pull it out. Instead, she pressed down. Then, she saw the row of books suddenly disappear, and a square safe about 30 centimeters in size appeared.
It turned out that the diamond ring was only the key to opening the safe. However, this diamond ring was also a kind of test. If she randomly found it and tried her luck, she would be fooled by Ling Xiao's words and think that the diamond ring was Ling Xiao's answer. In the end, she would still end up with the Ling family's cultivation method and not Ling Xiao's legacy.
Of course, if this was the real world, Ling Lan wouldn't have taken the extra step of looking for the diamond ring. Many times, when Lan Luofeng wasn't around, Ling Lan would just let Little Four 'communicate' with the optical computer in the safe. Then, she would open the safe as she pleased.
However, now that she was in a mission world, Ling Lan had to be careful. She didn't know what the consequences of skipping this step would be. If her father was stubborn and insisted on following the prescribed procedures, then her opportunistic approach would definitely be courting death. Ling Lan decided to play it safe. She was willing to spend a little more time to complete this mission properly.
Ling Lan skillfully entered the password and opened the safe. Lan Luofeng hadn't changed the password before, so the password should be the same as the one before.
There were many precious antiques in the safe, as well as many strange and rare items. They were all collected by the heads of the Ling family through the generations. Some of them were also good things that Ling Xiao had obtained. For example, the exquisite writing brush that Ling Lan had once used was also in the safe.
Ling Lan casually rummaged through the safe and picked out three items. Then, she placed them in front of Ling Xiao and said, "Dad, these are your marriage proposal tokens. All three of them."
These three items all looked very ordinary. A piece of white paper that could be bought anywhere on the street, an ordinary chip that couldn't be more ordinary, and a mecha-shaped key ring.
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