Translator: ryuxenji Editor: H2dH2mr One week after Ling Lan sent her parents away, the military held a press conference to announce the news of Ling Xiao's resurrection!
Ling Lan saw the handsome and unparalleled Ling Xiao in the video and could not help but sigh in admiration. Her father in this life was impeccable in both appearance and bearing, but of course, she admired Ling Xiao's unwavering loyalty to love and marriage even more. Whether in her past life or this life, Ling Lan's ideal man was someone as responsible as Ling Xiao.
"Daddy, can I believe that you're really back?" Ling Lan thought of that young Ling Xiao in the legacy space. After 17 years, Ling Xiao still seemed to be the same Ling Xiao from back then...
"Don't disappoint me, Daddy! You must give Mummy happiness! " Looking at the mature and gentle Ling Xiao in the video, who seemed to be infinitely accepting of everything, Ling Lan could not help but press a hand to her chest, muttering to herself with a complicated expression.
As long as... as long as I can confirm that you are still the same him from back then, I will definitely be willing to call you Daddy! Ling Lan's fatherly love for Ling Xiao was all given to that Ling Xiao who had grown up with her in the legacy space. This was also the ultimate reason why Ling Lan had never been willing to call Ling Xiao 'Daddy'.
Ling Xiao's return not only raised the spirits of the entire Federation, it also shook the nations around the Federation, whose attitudes began to change. Before Ling Xiao's return, although the Federation still had 11 god-class operators, five of them had already officially reached old age, their condition deteriorating greatly. Three of them had even reached the stage of Knowing Destiny — whether they could maintain even half their combat strength was still a question mark.
The Federation only had five or six god-class operators left in their prime. Compared to the other nations, the number of god-class operators at their peak was not much higher. This was also why the Federation had been embroiled in wars for the past ten years or so. It was because it no longer had enough power to threaten the neighbouring nations.
However, with Ling Xiao's return, the Federation's battle prowess had once again increased by leaps and bounds. This was because Ling Xiao was still young enough, and his future was limitless. He might even become that legendary god-class operator. Not only that, Ling Xiao also grasped the method to advance to god-class operators. It was very likely that the Federation would use this method to nurture many young god-class operators. Of course, god-class operators were not so easy to nurture — it might take ten to twenty years or even longer. However, it was believed that there would definitely be many high-level operators, such as ace operators, appearing. This was something that the other nations did not want to see the most.
This caused the Federation's deterrent force to once again return to the state it had been before Ling Xiao's sacrifice. The attitudes of the other nations became extremely friendly, and they all sent ambassadors to congratulate the Federation. The attitudes of the various ambassadors had clearly become much more respectful. This made the Federation government very happy. Mind you, for the past seventeen years after Ling Xiao's "death", they had been extremely frustrated. Now, they had finally made a comeback.
Ling Xiao's popularity and high status also caused the originally neglected and desolate Ling family mansion to once again become lively. Ling Lan was not in the mood to deal with these people who only wanted to add flowers to the brocade. Thus, she simply announced that she would be going into closed-door training, and the Ling family mansion officially closed its doors to outsiders.
During this time, Ling Lan also received calls from Zilong and the others to congratulate her. They were all happy for their boss, and at the same time, excited that their idol was still alive. If they were not currently teaming up with some adventure team to go on an interstellar adventure, they would definitely have rushed over to the Ling family at the first opportunity to visit Ling Lan and find out the truth of the matter.
Their calls put Ling Lan in a good mood. Of course, she did not forget to remind them to be careful when they were outside. Originally, Ling Lan had wanted to tell them that she would be enrolling in the First Men's Military Academy like them this year, but she swallowed the words just as they were at the tip of her tongue.
Ling Lan wanted to give them a surprise! Of course, Ling Lan would never admit that what she wanted to see was their jaws dropping in shock... she was such a good boss, how could she be so evil?
Finally, another twenty days passed, and it was time to enroll at the First Men's Military Academy. Although Lan Luofeng had contacted Ling Lan a few days ago to say that she wanted to rush back with Ling Xiao to send her to enroll, Ling Lan had vehemently stopped her. This was because the enrolment notice stated that the rendezvous point was at the interstellar spaceport in Doha. In other words, she only needed to get on the special train at the spaceport and she would be there. For such a short journey, why bother the busy Ling Xiao to come back?
Lan Luofeng had originally not wanted to agree to Ling Lan's suggestion, but Ling Xiao had unexpectedly supported Ling Lan's decision. At that time, Ling Lan had even heard Ling Xiao agree, and Lan Luofeng had roared like a lioness from Hedong. Although Lan Luofeng had agreed to the father and daughter's decision in the end, she believed that Ling Lan would have to pay a painful price for this. As for what that price would be, Ling Lan had no idea.
The night before departure, after Ling Lan and Lan Luofeng had chatted for a while as usual, Ling Xiao had unexpectedly appeared by Lan Luofeng's side and asked to speak to her.
In the video, Ling Xiao was still wearing his general's uniform, unable to hide the fatigue between his brows. His gentle voice rang out, causing Ling Lan's heart to skip a beat. "Lan'er, I've arranged everything. In the first year, other than the theory classes, I haven't arranged for you to attend any physical training classes. You've also received special permission to be exempted from all the tests and assessments. However, I can only deal with the official school classes. You'll have to deal with the private combat training among the students on your own... be careful! "
"I know, Father!" Ling Lan said gratefully, but Ling Lan's voice had not been very flat all this while, making Ling Xiao still feel as cold as ever. He sighed — when would his daughter be able to call him 'Daddy'? To be able to act coquettishly like a girl...
In Ling Xiao's mind, Ling Lan's coquettish expression appeared. A shy expression appeared on that icy face, and he felt uneasy. Alright, Ling Lan was still the best this way. Ling Xiao teared up. Could it be that in his life, he was destined not to have a daughter who was like a daughter? At this moment, hatred began to rise in his heart. The ones who had caused this terrible outcome were definitely those who had framed him. He definitely would not let them off.
Ling Lan only felt a flash of killing intent pass over Ling Xiao's body, and then return to normal in the blink of an eye. If not for the learning space, which had allowed her to understand killing intent like the back of her hand, she might have been fooled by Ling Xiao as well. She was a little confused. What exactly had caused Ling Xiao to suddenly be filled with killing intent?
Having returned to normal, Ling Xiao looked at the resolute and calm expression of the youth in the video feed. He knew that his 17 years of absence had taught Ling Lan to take responsibility for herself, and the guilt in his heart grew stronger.
No, he had to shoulder the responsibility of a father. He had to let Ling Lan know that from now on, there was someone who could shelter her from the wind and rain. "Ling Lan, when you get to the military academy, you don't have to worry about anything. Do whatever you want to do. Daddy will take care of everything!" Ling Xiao said to Ling Xiao domineeringly.
Ling Lan's forehead was instantly filled with black lines. Ling Xiao's words reminded her of a well-known saying from her past life: My dad is Li Gang!
A scene immediately appeared in Ling Lan's mind. The arrogant her would lead a group of arrogant lackeys (Zilong's team members would make a cameo appearance). Whenever she saw anyone who displeased her, she would tyrannically order her lackeys to go up and beat them up. When someone stepped forward to question her, she would throw down a bold line: My dad is Ling Xiao. If you have the guts, go ahead and sue me! Idiot!
Good, as expected, she had the domineering air of a military second generation! Ling Lan instantly sent this scene flying. This scene was too familiar — this was definitely a villain character from a novel, an early mini-boss for the main character to level up and fight monsters. From the looks of it, wasn't Ling Xiao the final big boss? Damn, the more she looked at it, the more similar it seemed! Ling Lan could not help but shudder. Could it be that she had not transmigrated into the future, but into a novel? She did not want to become this kind of obviously cannon fodder second generation.
"Got it!" The rational Ling Lan of course would not do that. Right now, not only did she have to be responsible for herself, she also had to be responsible for her dad. Father and daughter could not become that mysterious main character's mini-boss for leveling up.
Although Ling Lan thought so, a wave of warmth washed over her heart. Ling Xiao's behaviour had made it clear to her that this Ling Xiao before her had absolutely no morals in front of his own child...
Early the next morning, Ling Lan, who was preparing to leave, was once again stunned by the exaggerated actions of the Ling Qin couple. Looking at the countless bags that took up almost half of the living room, even the usually calm Ling Lan's icy face could not help but twitch a few times. "What are these?"
"These are all the things you need, Young Master!" The slow-witted Ling Nanyi tugged on Ling Lan's hand and introduced the contents of the bags one by one. There were two large bags of clothes, one bag of shoes, two large bags of food, three large bags of various medicines, and four large bags of miscellaneous items. And this was the result of her laborious efforts to cut down.
Ling Lan could not help but facepalm — she was going to school, not moving...
"Just bring two sets of clothes, two pairs of shoes, a week's supply of underwear, and just bring our special secret medicine. Everything else is waived." Ling Lan no longer had the energy to correct the Ling Qin couple's actions, so she directly stated the things she wanted to bring.
"But, how can this be enough..." Ling Nanyi was still worried. Even the silent Ling Qin could not help but frown in disagreement when he heard Ling Lan's words.
Ling Lan said helplessly, "The other things can be solved with money. Is there a need to bring so much?"
Ling Nanyi was enlightened, and nodded repeatedly. "Right, right, right, why didn't I think of that? Young Master, you're still the smartest. "Saying so, she happily packed up the things Ling Lan wanted to bring.
However, she had packed too many things — it was really difficult to find what Ling Lan wanted in such a short amount of time. Even so, Ling Nanyi did not forget to remind Ling Qin, "Husband, hurry up and contact Master. Ask him to give Young Master more credits to spend..."
Ling Qin agreed with her, and immediately acted. Not caring whether Ling Xiao was busy or not, he immediately connected to Ling Xiao's communicator and relayed his request to his master.
Within a few seconds, on Ling Lan's communicator, two eye-blinding amounts of credits were successfully transferred to her account. Ling Lan did not need to ask to know that this was definitely the handiwork of Ling Xiao and Lan Luofeng. It looked like this couple was trying their best to raise her on the path of a spoiled brat...
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