Chapter 1444
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1441 What Do You Want to Know?
Night fell. Elder Father sat alone beside a fire and slowly roasted the meat on the metal stick in his hand.
"Tsk …" The oil fell into the fire and made an ear-piercing sound.
"You're here. The meat is cooked," Elder Father suddenly said.
Suddenly, something flew out from the darkness and shot towards Elder Father.
Elder Father caught it. It was a bottle of liquor. It was even the Federation's special supply.
"Thanks!" Elder Father's eyes lit up. He opened the bottle and took a big gulp.
"How nostalgic." Elder Father wiped his mouth and reminisced.
"It's been a few decades." Following this voice, Ling Lan slowly walked out from the darkness.
"Heh, why do you think so?" Elder Father laughed.
"Before I came here, I met Lord Qian." Ling Lan casually found a seat beside Elder Father and sat down.
Elder Father paused for a moment. He took another big gulp of liquor and then slowly put it down. "Did he ask you to come here?"
"No, he didn't tell me." Ling Lan calmly took the metal stick from Elder Father's other hand and put it away. She blew at the fragrant barbecued meat on the stick.
"Then how did you find him? Especially when the signal was blocked." Elder Father didn't understand.
"As expected, you know what Lord Qian has …" Ling Lan raised her head and looked at him with a faint smile.
Elder Father didn't reply. He looked at the fire silently. He seemed to be thinking about something and also seemed to be recalling something.
Ling Lan wasn't in a hurry. She continued to blow at the meat in her hand. When she felt that it wasn't hot anymore, she took a bite to taste it.
Hmm, not bad. It's quite delicious. Ling Lan's eyes lit up. Within a few seconds, she finished the 2.5 kilograms of meat in her hand.
Hmm, the previous battle and bandaging Li Lanfeng's wounds exhausted her. Thus, her appetite improved.
Elder Father felt that his barbecued meat was liked by the young man beside him. He took a few more skewers of meat and roasted them over the fire.
One of them was focused on roasting, while the other was focused on watching. Although they were silent, the atmosphere was quite harmonious.
Old Man felt that the heat was about right, so he reluctantly put down the jug of wine in his hand. His finger scratched the meat a few times, and a few deep scratches appeared on the meat. Then, Old Man flicked his finger, and seasoning was sprinkled on the meat. Soon, an aroma assailed the nostrils, and the delicious barbecued meat was officially out of the oven.
Dad passed the barbecued meat to Ling Lan, picked up the wine pot beside him, and gulped it down again.
He wiped the corner of his mouth and said, "Ask away. What do you want to know?"
Ling Lan took a bite of the meat and slowly chewed it. Then, she said, "You came to the Lawless Lands with Lord Qian, right?"
Dad looked at Ling Lan in surprise. "Why do you say that?"
"No matter how much the Federation trusts a person, they will still have a backup plan. Besides, the Lawless Lands is a piece of land. No matter who it is, they won't be at ease," Ling Lan said calmly.
"You were indeed sent by the Federation. They are already suspicious of the Lawless Lands, right?" Dad seemed to be prepared for this.
"Are you sure?" Ling Lan's lips curled up slightly.
"Only the Federation and Caesar have such capabilities and equipment in your mecha clan. As for your looks … it would be difficult for Caesar to create a mecha clan that is full of peak-level ace operators. Many of them are pseudo imperial operators or even imperial operators." Dad had sharp eyes. Once these people made a move, they wouldn't be able to hide it from him.
"So, Lord Qian really betrayed the Federation?" Ling Lan asked.
"Yes and no." Dad sighed softly.
"What do you mean?"
"If the Federation doesn't have anyone who can restrain him, he wouldn't have any worries." Dad smiled bitterly.
"I'm a little curious. Back then, the Federation sent you here with the intention of restraining him. Why are you so far behind? Now, you're even hiding here …" Ling Lan looked up at Dad.
When Dad heard this, he instantly smiled bitterly. "Trust …"
"You were betrayed." Ling Lan immediately understood. "If I'm not wrong, it should be Lord Qian who did it himself."
"Why do you think so?" Dad asked.
"Since the Federation sent you here, you definitely weren't weaker than Lord Qian back then. If not, you wouldn't be able to bear the heavy responsibility of restraining him. In that batch, the strongest people should be you and Lord Qian. The others probably don't have the ability to severely injure you. The only person who can injure you and make you unable to recover is him," Ling Lan calmly said her guess.
"I just don't understand. Since you have the heavy responsibility of restraining Lord Qian, why aren't you on guard against him?" Ling Lan couldn't understand this point.
"It's really difficult to gain a foothold in the Lawless Lands. We had a few thousand people in that batch. Up until now, the number of people who are still alive can be counted on one hand. At that time, in order to survive, who would think of anything else? We could only help each other and barely survive …" Dad thought of the past. A hint of pain flashed past his eyes. Those comrades who fought together with him all fell along the way. As for those who survived in the end, they went further and further away.
"That's why you trusted him." Ling Lan understood. "I didn't expect him to keep you alive in the end."
Dad understood the meaning behind Ling Lan's words. Originally, Lord Qian could have just killed him. He smiled bitterly and said, "Maybe he's old and misses the past. That's why he wants to keep some people or memories of the past."
"Or maybe he thinks that you aren't a threat to him, so there's no harm in keeping you alive." Ling Lan hit the nail on the head. She didn't give Dad any face.
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