A low-key but expensive black car, like a black ghost, silently walked on the highway in the suburbs of the capital district. A few days of low temperature and snowy weather had accumulated a thick layer of snow on the flat road. Even the slightly heated pipes at the bottom of the asphalt couldn't make the snow melt faster.
"Why did you come down?" The young woman in the back of the black car lovingly hugged the little girl who was looking out of the window in a daze. She looked at the fat captain opposite her and said with a smile, "A captain who doesn't stay on his own ship, aren't you afraid of being chased away?"
The young woman's smile was gentle and charming, which didn't match her age. The atmosphere in the car suddenly improved a lot. The fat captain looked at the young woman and said with a flattering smile, "Little sister-in-law, such a big thing happened to the miss, of course I have to come personally to apologize to you. The spaceship needs to be replenished anyway, I don't care. "
"Are you apologizing to me, or do you want me to plead with him?" The young woman looked at him with interest and asked.
The fat captain said with a bitter face, "The miss has been missing under my nose for so long. After returning to the military, the boss will definitely drill me. Little sister-in-law, you must help me say a few words. "
"Isn't Fireworks fine? Why would he blame you? We all know how mischievous Fireworks is. This time, Brother Tian brought her here. It's already troublesome for you. " The young woman smiled gently, looked at the daughter in her arms, and said softly, "Fireworks, don't run around in the future. You are an obedient child. Don't you know how anxious Uncle Zhang will be?"
Zhong Fireworks stubbornly looked at the silent cedar trees outside the window and refused to answer her mother's question. She thought in her heart, except for Brother Xu Le, no one in this world is willing to believe what she says. Even her father and mother are like this. They always don't listen to her opinion and always think that she is a child. They didn't ask for her opinion and wanted to send her to this cold and snowy place to study.
As if guessing what the child was thinking, a trace of sadness and regret flashed across the young woman's face. She turned her head and said to the fat captain, "This child just doesn't want to leave home. It seems that I have no choice but to stay here with her for a few more years."
The fat captain surnamed Tian immediately understood the underlying meaning of this sentence. He smiled and said, "Don't worry, little sister-in-law. I'll keep a close eye on the boss." In the blink of an eye, his expression became heavy. He said, "The Commander has asked us to seal off the news of Miss's disappearance. I've also told that child called Xu Le, so he shouldn't have leaked the news … I just don't understand. If Miss isn't sent to the capital, could it be that those old members of the Management Committee dare to do anything?"
The young woman laughed. "The Federation isn't the Empire, so there's no such thing as a hostage. It's just that our Zhong family has been stationed in the West Woods for too long, and the people in the capital are always worried. Sending Fireworks back to the Federation to study isn't necessarily a bad idea. They probably want the descendants of the Zhong family to have a greater sense of belonging to the Federation from a young age. "
After saying this, she suddenly frowned slightly and asked, "Does that little guy called Xu Le know Fireworks' identity?"
"That kid looks honest and reliable, but he's actually very shrewd. I'm afraid he's already guessed it, but he didn't say it out loud. He probably also knows that some things are better to pretend not to know." The fat captain shrugged his shoulders, and the fat on his body began to tremble again.
Little Watermelon, who had been staring out the window, suddenly turned his head and looked at the two adults in the car. With all his strength, he said loudly, "Big brother Xu Le is a good person!"
The young woman laughed and said, "Of course he's a good person. He obviously knows that we're from the Zhong family, but he didn't ask for anything just because you like him. Instead, he hid far away. The key is that he hid very cutely, not that kind of hypocritical pretentiousness … Fireworks, Mother believes in your judgment of people."
Little Watermelon proudly turned his head away. The young woman looked at the fat captain and said calmly, "Since that little guy doesn't want to have anything to do with us, then forget it. I've left him a Military District Office card. If he needs it in the future, we can help him."
The fat captain nodded and then said, "The company's energy quota was reduced by half in one shot. I've already sent the report. The key is the Management Committee's Energy Committee. The other ministries should be easy to run to, but the Energy Committee needs to be personally talked to by the chairman."
The fat captain had changed the way he addressed her. When it came to business, the young woman's expression became slightly more serious, but her tone was still gentle. "Leave this matter to me. But you really wasted so much of the quota in one shot. As a result, the Donglin garrison district reimbursed an entire formation of special forces soldiers. There will be a lawsuit, and even Lake and the others were injured by you … When you return to the military district, you'll have to answer to them yourself. "
The fat captain's expression was unchanged, and he calmly replied, "The commander shouldn't make things difficult for me in this regard."
"Hmm? That traitorous mechanic is a big enemy of the 4th Military District. After hearing this news, his mood will definitely be much better … "The young woman's eyebrows slightly furrowed, and she curiously asked," But the problem is, is that mechanic really so powerful? Even the special forces team led by Lake couldn't deal with it, so why did they have to do it from space? Next month, we must ask the Department of Defense to come forward and take over the Ancient Bell, otherwise, we can't explain this problem. "
"That mechanic is very powerful." The fat captain closed his eyes and recalled the strange jump of the black mecha on the thermal imaging device and satellite images that day. After a moment of silence, he opened his eyes and said, "He's much stronger than me. Lake and the others are no match for him at all. The Federation's mission this time is not easy to take over. No wonder the Department of Defense gave this credit to us."
The young woman's expression became serious, and she asked, "How is he compared to him?"
The fat captain knew that the 'him' the chairman was referring to was the head, the commander of the 4th Military District. After thinking for a while, he objectively replied, "If it was a field battle, and they both used mechas, the head wouldn't be his opponent … But don't worry, the chairman, that guy can't be any more dead. More than 10 years ago, more than 10,000 lives in the military district were finally recovered."
The young woman nodded, looked at the wind and snow outside the window, and lowered her head to look at her daughter who was sleeping soundly. Suddenly, she softly said, "That … how strong is that mechanic?"
"Other people definitely wouldn't understand, but I spent some time in the Li family's training hall when I was young." The fat man lowered his voice and said very seriously, "I always felt that the mechanic was related to the Lees of Philadelphia."
Hearing the Lees of Philadelphia, the young woman couldn't help but be a little moved. She knew that Fatty Tian was a rare expert in the 4th Military District, and his judgment was especially sharp, so the conclusion he came up with should be somewhat credible. After thinking for a moment, she softly said, "Since mechanic Yu Feng is already dead, this matter ends here. Don't tell the commander either. The Li family definitely wouldn't betray the Federation. If those politicians find out, there will definitely be some commotion. As soldiers, of course we can't let Old Li get into trouble. "
As a soldier, the fat captain also had incomparable respect for that old man surnamed Li in his heart, so he nodded seriously in agreement.
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The seven great families of the Federation were a privileged class with no special privileges. Countless years of history and countless great achievements made these seven families become the pillars of the Federation. In a modern society where the laws of the Federation were the cornerstone, these somewhat ancient families only quietly lurked in the shadows, rarely showing their true identities for the general public to see. The citizens of the Federation all knew about the seven great families, but they would never know why the seven great families were so strong, or what kind of power and influence they had.
With the status and position of the seven great families, it was naturally impossible for them to bully an ordinary citizen of the Federation. It was even possible that there would never be any relationship between the two. For ordinary citizens, the seven great families were like distant existences above the clouds. They existed in the idle conversations after a meal, in the illegally sold literature and publications, but they would never exist in their own lives.
Six of the seven great families lived on the three administrative planets of the capital ring, and the only one not in the Upper Forest area was the Zhong family of the West Woods.
There was only one Zhong family in the West Woods. Compared to the other families, the Zhong family was more transparent in the eyes of the people because since the founding of the Federation countless years ago, the Zhong family's 4th Military District had taken on the responsibility of guarding the border of the Federation. Other than that accident in the Eastwood area, the 4th Military District had never let down the expectations of the Federation people.
Xu Le finished buttoning up his windbreaker and stood in the wind and snow, waiting for the bus to arrive. From time to time, he would raise his head to look at the snowy sky, feeling rather baffled.
He was just a fugitive — who would have thought that he would actually be able to meet a legendary figure of the Zhong family, and even spend so many days with the young lady of the Zhong family? Moreover, he even saw the madam of the Zhong family at the airport. That was the wife of the commander of the 4th Military District … It turned out that there was nothing strange about the legendary figure after all, and she actually looked quite gentle.
At this time, Xu Le did not know that little watermelon's mother was not only the wife of the commander of the 4th Military District, but also the chairman of a large company. Otherwise, he would have been even more shocked. Squinting his eyes at the snow falling from the sky, the young man's heart had long since calmed down. He only felt slightly regretful. That broken M02 would probably continue to drift in space until one day it would be thrown into the endless void and become trash …
After mourning for the first time he had intimate contact with a broken mecha, the first time he had personally repaired it, Xu Le looked at the time of the bus. After thinking for a while, he turned back to the airport and bought a pack of Shang Lin's specialty dog biscuits. A happy smile instantly appeared on his face.
Back when he was in Eastwood, he already knew about Shang Lin's dog biscuits. He had seen the advertisements on Channel 23 quite a few times, but had never had the chance to try them for himself. After all, the two administrative districts were too far apart, and not all commercial companies were willing to do such a low-margin business like selling biscuits. The dog biscuits were very crispy, and Xu Le ate them happily. He thought to himself, I really am a country bumpkin.
In fact, everything in the airport was very expensive, but he did not care about that. Throughout the journey, he had been using his credit card to pay for everything. He had been using the Sanlin United Bank Card that the boss uncle had left for him. He did not know how much money was in the card, but it seemed like there was no end to it no matter how much he swiped.
When the bus arrived, Xu Le followed a large leather suitcase onto the bus. After finding a seat with much difficulty, he took off his windbreaker and sat down. He placed the entire bag of dog biscuits on the food rack beside him and was about to slowly and happily eat them for the rest of the journey. Suddenly, his fingers brushed against two cold, slender fingers, giving him a fright!
Xu Le turned his head in shock and saw a girl wearing a hat reaching into the bag, unceremoniously preparing to take the biscuits.
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