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Chapter 519: Chapter 519: Father and Two Sons Meet
"I didn’t tell you beforehand because I wanted you to decide for yourself,"
Wei Junhao explained when Liang Jiuhui "invited" him the next day.
"Good, I’ve already decided, so what’s the situation over there in B city now?"
Liang Jiuhui didn’t bother to argue with Wei Junhao any further; he only cared about what he wanted to know.
"The situation isn’t very good. Our Wei Family is currently... in a state of isolation?"
Wei Junhao thought of a term to describe it.
"But you don’t look like someone who’s isolated,"
Liang Jiuhui said, observing Wei Junhao who didn’t have a trace of worry on his face; he knew Wei Junhao well enough to guess that he was not bothered by the situation given his cheerful demeanor.
"Because... it’s snowing,"
We Junhao laughed.
Liang Jiuhui immediately understood.
The blizzard had already been raging for nearly ten days with no signs of stopping. After the heavy snow, the demand for supplies would increase significantly, and even the many high-rank Special Ability Users of the Han Family wouldn’t be able to help.
"Are you so confident that those supplies are safe with you?"
Liang Jiuhui asked.
"You don’t need to worry about that. Also, I’ve brought along a mission on behalf of someone, and I want to see if the Heart Talk Team would like to take it,"
Wei Junhao said. The person who had asked him to bring the mission was a Base Leader known by his uncle. Although the mission wasn’t urgent at the moment, it seemed his uncle was eager to convince the Heart Talk Team to take it.
However, whether they accepted or not would depend on Su Jin and Lu Hao’s decision.
"What exactly is the mission?" 𝒏𝒐𝙫𝙥𝙪𝙗.𝒄𝙤𝙢
Wei Junhao sighed before answering, "In a small village near N city, there’s a nest of Zombie Cockroaches. The Base Leader of N city wants to hire the Heart Talk Team to eliminate it."
The small village was not under N city’s jurisdiction, but its proximity to N city worried the Base Leader about the possible spread of the Zombie Cockroaches.
It’s known that a nearby small base in the West City district had also been infected by Zombie Cockroaches, and it had become a Dead City in just half a month.
N city had sent teams to the village several times to exterminate the Zombie Cockroaches, but none returned alive, which worried the people of N city greatly.
"N city is so close to you, and your base isn’t without S-class. Why not hire other teams?"
Liang Jiuhui was somewhat speechless; N city was much farther than E city base, and he had heard about the horrific nature of the Zombie Cockroaches, so he didn’t want Su Jin and others to undertake such a dangerous mission.
"No one will accept it..."
Wei Junhao said, and it was only for 100,000 Crystal Cores.
Liang Jiuhui sighed and said, "I’ll ask them."
Although he felt that Su Jin and the others were likely to accept the mission...
"There’s another matter concerning the Heart Talk Team,"
Wei Junhao thought of Lian Zongren and felt a headache coming on as that old man was constantly pushing him.
Liang Jiuhui was even more speechless. First Lian Jiyue’s brother, and now Lian Jiyue’s father?
Were this father and sons trio planning to gather at their S city base?
"You’re saying... the Lian family’s eldest son is also at your base?"
Wei Junhao felt that the father and sons trio had quite the fate to end up at the same place.
Although Liang Jiuhui was worried that revealing this might affect Lian Ze’s research, after all, the three were father and sons, and he thought it best to let them decide.
"Yes, but I hope Han Yue doesn’t find out about this,"
Knowing it would only cause trouble.
"I understand, but I can’t guarantee it; after all, Han Yue seems quite concerned about Uncle Lian’s matters,"
Wei Junhao couldn’t promise anything major; he felt it was a matter of time before the secret would out.
At last, Liang Jiuhui decided to directly arrange a meeting for the father and two sons, but he chose to have it at the Weapon Research Institute.
...
In the past two days, the task of cleaning up zombies around the base perimeter had the guard squad deploying only 150 people each day, plus the Heart Talk Team and a high-ranking team, which resulted in very few casualties.
Rong Yuan had not participated in the tasks for two days, as Lian Ze needed him to make something using his Metal Element Ability.
However, what made Su Jin curious was the fact that Lian Ze had the ability to attract Rong Yuan, making him willingly stay at the base to help him make things?
Moreover, according to Ban Xiaopo and others, Rong Yuan would return home very excited every day, claiming that Lian Ze had made something very impressive, which made everyone worry if he was being brainwashed by Lian Ze, the "Research Maniac".
When Song Sibo came to deliver the Crystal Core on the third day, Liang Jiuhui also came along and told them about Lian Zongren’s situation.
...
Su Jin looked toward Jiyue, wondering if this guy actually had so many people caring about him?
Back in his previous life, why had he always seemed like a forlorn star?
"Is Xiao Yue’s dad also here?"
Mao Qiqi, however, was overjoyed, as this meant everyone could celebrate New Year together soon. New Year was supposed to be about family reunions.
Dad?
Jiyue frowned, but this time he seemed not to dislike the term.
"No need to ask him, just arrange the meeting directly,"
Though Lu Hao hadn’t met Lian Zongren, he knew that it was Jiyue’s father who had initially placed Jiyue in the military, and such a father should not harm him.
"Alright, good, I will arrange it then,"
Liang Jiuhui chatted with Lu Hao for a while longer, then stood up and went back with Song Sibo.
Lu Hao told him not to worry about Lian Ze’s research being interrupted, arguing that, even if they took ten thousand steps back, with the current blizzard, Father Lian would need to consider whether it was even possible to travel outside.
However, the outcome of the meeting between the father and the two sons greatly exceeded Liang Jiuhui’s expectations.
Lian Zongren was furious, but the objects of his anger were Han Wan and Han Yizhou.
Lian Ze was clueless, but he was no fool. What did it mean to say that Jiyue’s nanny and son conspired to poison Jiyue?
The two of them had no reason or motive whatsoever!
While Han Wan had always opposed Jiyue, he had appointed Jiyue as the mayor of City E’s base and had allocated the authority to Lian Ze as well, hoping to maintain a balance between the two and thereby indirectly ease the relationship between the two sides.
But, unexpectedly, such an incident occurred.
"But that’s what they told me,"
Lian Ze’s cough and the wounds on his face had already fully healed. Lian Zongren thought that Lian Ze now looked even more spirited than when he was in City E.
And Yueer...
Seeing Jiyue staring at him, Lian Zongren couldn’t help but feel a swelling in his nose.
He kept looking at him - did he still remember him?
"Yueer, I’m dad,"
Lian Zongren stood up and walked toward Jiyue.
"Uncle, Xiao Yue is asking if you’d like to celebrate the New Year with us?"
Mao Qiqi asked on behalf of Jiyue from the side.
Lian Zongren was stunned.
New Year?
Yes, it seemed that the time to celebrate the New Year was almost here.
"How did you know what he wanted to express?"
Lian Ze looked at Mao Qiqi, feeling that there had always been communication between these two.
