Chapter 248 Heading to Gathering Point Twelve, watching everyone leave...
After watching everyone leave, Ran Feng sighed heavily, leaned back on the sofa, and looked hesitant.
"Tap tap..." The newly installed door was knocked on again.
"Come in." Ran Feng rubbed his temples, sat up straight, and called out to the outside.
Ran Yu, the younger brother in black from the other brother, walked in with a hesitant expression.
"Brother Feng."
"Hmm, what's wrong?" Ran Feng looked at him, her previous indifferent expression gone.
"Why not let Xiaotaozi stay here? She's only four or five years old. It's really too much to ask her to go find her father alone..." His words disappeared into Ranfeng's eyes.
Ran Feng sighed softly: "I promised that person that I would protect you here."
"That doesn't prevent the peaches from staying," Ran Yu said, looking puzzled.
"She is the One of All Things."
"What?!" Ran Yu looked at him in disbelief.
Ran Feng nodded heavily: "Her mother is a descendant of the All-Knowing One, and her father possesses exceptional healing abilities."
"In the God Child Project, her grandparents used every means to unleash her mother's full potential."
"What do you think they want to unlock a person's full potential for?"
Ranfeng looked up at Ranyu.
Ran Yu was taken aback at first, then looked at him in surprise as if she had just realized something: "You mean...?!"
Ran Feng sighed and nodded: "The experiments she underwent were different from those of others. They were used to stimulate the potential of the mother body, and the ultimate goal was to create a healer who far surpassed the first All-Knowing One."
"So you mean peaches..." Ran Yu stood there, her voice slightly hoarse.
“She is the healer.” Ran Feng looked up at the ceiling helplessly. “I don’t want a child to take risks, nor do I want this person, who may be my only family member, to go…”
"But what can I do? We've been hiding for so long, I can't let you take the risk just because I'm being soft-hearted."
“As long as it’s well hidden, it’s not necessarily true…” Ran Yu quickly retorted.
Ran Feng shook his head: "That child not only met a group of very good companions, but also has contact with 325."
“If we hide her here, and those people find you, it will be too late.”
Ran Yu bit her lip, unsure how to persuade Ran Feng, since from an objective point of view, Ran Feng's choice was indeed correct.
"Go back." Ran Feng gave him a forced smile and waved for him to leave.
Ran Yu nodded silently, then turned and opened the door: "Brother Feng, how did you know she was a being of all things?"
Ran Feng was taken aback for a moment before shaking his head and saying, "Let's just consider it a bloodline connection..."
Seeing this, Ran Yu said nothing more, silently closed the door and left.
After he left, Ran Feng lowered his hand that had been covering his eyes, revealing a pair of slightly red eyes under the light.
He longed to keep his blood relatives alive, but he also swore an oath to someone to protect them with his life and prevent them from being discovered by anyone.
He couldn't selfishly put his loved ones in danger just because he cared about them, even if they were family or even if they were children; he couldn't allow himself to be soft-hearted.
The next morning, Ran Yu silently watched Sang Zhi Tao say goodbye to everyone.
Ran Feng also looked at Sang Zhitao in silence, and hung a pendant around her neck: "This was passed down from my ancestor, and I think he would be very happy to have it on you."
Sang Zhitao touched the heart-shaped pendant around her neck, nodded, and then hugged Ran Feng: "I will bring my father to see you."
Ran Feng's Adam's apple bobbed, and in the end, he simply nodded heavily to her, letting out a choked "Mmm."
Sang Zhitao pretended not to see Ran Feng's slightly red eyes, accepted the food given to her by everyone, and was carried by Ran Yue to the pipe entrance where she had first come in.
Sang Zhitao tugged at her backpack, which was now several pounds heavier, and waved goodbye to Ran Yue with a smile without hesitation before leaving.
Ran Yue looked wistfully at the pipes that were clearly divided by her superpower. After a long while, she withdrew her longing gaze, silently turned around, and walked back to 477.
The sound of the shoe sole hitting the pipe was too loud, drowning out the creaking of the screws hitting the metal pipe on the pipe wall.
"So noisy..." Ran Yue stopped and stared at her boots. After a long while, she suddenly bent down, took off her boots, and threw them into a corner.
She walked barefoot all the way back to 477 Square.
A breeze, seemingly from nowhere, swirled around the square before slowly dissipating, carrying away the joy brought by Sang Zhitao and restoring tranquility and gloom to the place.
"So the next place is..." After reaching the new intersection, Sang Zhitao quickly took out a map.
“Gathering point number twelve…?” Sang Zhitao frowned.
There were no powerful forces within twenty pipes of her, and the only place that could be considered a powerful force was a gathering place of a group.
Simply put, it's a no-man's-land.
"Let's go take a look first," Sang Zhitao couldn't help but sigh.
The advantage of such a place is that there are many people, making it easier to find one's father. The disadvantage is that it is also more difficult to hide one's identity as a healer.
But she couldn't just associate with people from the mutual aid society, and no one could guarantee that all the people in the mutual aid society were kind.
The distance between these twenty pipelines is actually not very far.
However, she has short legs and is not fast on her feet, so it took her four days to reach her destination.
"Are there children here?" The person was stopped at the gate as soon as they entered the gathering point. "Where did they come from?"
“Peach, a member of the Mutual Aid Association No. 773, come out and find your dad.” Sang Zhitao replied obediently.
"Are they recruiting such young kids for the baby team now?" The goalkeeper glanced at her in surprise.
Upon hearing the words "Baby Team," Sang Zhitao couldn't help but twitch her lips. She felt that the name 773 was definitely not as well-known in the world of pipes as the name "Baby Team."
"Hmm." To outsiders, a thousand thoughts are but a fleeting moment.
Seeing that she was well-behaved and still a little child, the gatekeeper didn't say much, after all, a child can't cause any trouble.
"Hello, if you've seen my father, please let me know. This is my communicator number." Sang Zhitao handed the gatekeeper a copy of the photo that Ran Feng and his men had printed for her overnight.
The gatekeeper looked at the photo on the register, then at the handsome man in it. He raised an eyebrow at her, pushed the photo aside, and said, "There's a bounty board inside. You can put it up there."
"Okay, thank you." Sang Zhitao's eyes swept over the photo.
Just before she was about to leave, Ranfeng found her with a photocopy of the photograph.
"Try not to show that photo to anyone else, lest you run into one or two people who know about it." He paused, without explaining what would happen if someone found out.
Sang Zhitao didn't ask any questions, but obediently accepted the photocopy. Only then did she realize that the person in the photo was wearing the same combat uniform as Ran Feng.
"I took a picture of myself. Anyway, I look exactly like your dad, so it's convenient for me to use mine. I'm not trying to take advantage of you, my little darling," Ran Feng explained with a light cough.
Sang Zhitao noticed that the tips of his ears were slightly red.
"Okay, thank you." But she didn't say much. After putting away the photocopy, she gave the family photocopy she had prepared earlier to Ranfeng. "I don't need it anymore. You can keep it to play with."
"Okay." A smile appeared on Ran Feng's face.
Awakening from her memories, Sang Zhitao surveyed the gathering place.
The gathering point at point 12 is about the size of a football field, and in addition to some rooms for rent, there are also many stalls.
Many people were walking around, and many of them were arm in arm, clearly indicating small groups.
Her small frame was like a drop of water merging into the ocean, about to blend into the crowd.
"Child!!!" A sharp scream suddenly drew everyone's attention.
"Holy shit!"
"My goodness! I haven't seen a child in so many years!"
"How old are you? Are you three yet?"
"Three years old...can he talk yet?"
"Not only can he talk, but he can also beat people up." A thirty-year-old woman couldn't help but roll her eyes at her companion.
"What are you doing here, little one? Do you need any help from your older sister?" The woman squatted down in front of Sang Zhitao and asked in a soft voice.
"I'm looking for my dad." Sang Zhitao lowered her head and was about to take out the dozen or so photocopies she had prepared in advance from her waist bag.
"Who is her father?!" Before she could hand the photocopy to the other woman, the woman suddenly stood up and shouted like a megaphone, startling her so much that she dropped the photocopy to the ground.
The others were taken aback by the woman's words before they began whispering among themselves.
"Your son?"
"No way..."
"It can't be mine, can it?"
"You couldn't give birth to someone that good-looking."
"Hey!"
"I think it looks like you; you're good-looking."
"I...I'm still a virgin..."
“This is a photo of my father!” Sang Zhitao quickly handed the photocopy to the woman.
The woman then realized what was happening and scratched her head sheepishly.
Sang Zhitao couldn't help but twitch her lips as she looked at her lively personality and expression, which were completely different from her appearance.
"I'll post it on the bulletin board for you," the woman said, pinching her nose awkwardly. "Consider it an apology from me."
Sang Zhitao didn't feel there was anything to apologize for, and quickly raised her hand to refuse, but before she could say anything, the woman stopped her.
"Alright, it's settled then." The woman said, then hurried away.
"I'm sorry, that's just how Sia is," her companion said with an embarrassed smile.
Sang Zhitao was somewhat amused and exasperated, but had nothing to say. She could only smile at them and turn to leave.
When Xiya returned and saw her friends, but didn't see Sang Zhitao, she couldn't help but ask curiously, "Where's that child?"
"They left a long time ago." Her friend put her arm around her shoulder and led her outside.
"Huh?! You're gone? Aren't you going to wait for me?" Xiya asked in surprise.
"What are you waiting for? The child is too small to go and needs to drink milk."
"A baby this big still drinks milk?"
"How do I know I don't have children?"
...
The group walked out laughing and joking, and no one noticed Xiya's soft remark: "I feel like I've seen that person in the photo before."
"Hello, I'm checking in." Sang Zhitao handed the mutual aid association badge to the other person.
"Squad 773, balance 4281 yuan." The shopkeeper checked the information using the squad emblem and read it out.
Sang Zhitao already knew from Yas that the gathering point had exclusive accommodation for the mutual aid association, and that if a team badge was provided, the cost could be deducted from the team's pre-paid amount.
"A single room, please." Sang Zhitao glanced at the price list and chose a cheaper room type.
"Go to the end of the pipe on the right, turn left and go to the third room." The other person handed her a key.
Sang Zhitao politely took the key and walked into the pipe next to her.
The receptionist behind her glanced at her and scribbled something down in a notebook with a strange expression.
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