Chapter 319 Family
The uniquely shaped aircraft is completely aerodynamic, yet it is incredibly fast and can even hover in mid-air, with no visible propulsion system on the outside.
"Dad, everything is ready." Ning Yao walked to Ning Hai's side.
Ning Hai looked his daughter up and down and said with a smile, "Why are you wearing combat uniforms? We're not going to fight."
Ning Yao said, "Dad, your health isn't good, so I have to be careful. That family isn't much of a threat, but there are many Chinese combat units watching nearby."
“It’s alright,” Ning Hai waved his hand. “Our car isn’t just for show, and we have Lu Xingfeng as our bodyguard. Even if something happens, you won’t have to lift a finger. Go change into some everyday clothes.”
“Okay, Dad,” Ning Yao turned around and took a few steps, then suddenly stopped and asked, “I still don’t understand why we need to see Ning Shan’s family. They severed ties with us fifteen years ago, and for us, it’s been over a hundred years. What’s the point of seeing them?”
Ning Hai didn't answer, but just urged his daughter to hurry up.
Ning Yao had no choice but to obey.
Before long, a triangular aircraft, only the size of a fighter jet, flew out from below the pyramid-shaped aircraft and slowly landed on the wide road in front of the restaurant.
The aircraft cabin door opened, and Ning Hai, wearing a mask and a long robe, and Ning Yao, dressed in casual clothes, stepped onto the ground one after the other, with Lu Xingfeng following behind them.
Ning Yao originally wanted Ning Hai to sit in a hovering wheelchair, but Ning Hai insisted on walking, using only a golden dragon-head cane.
Inside the restaurant, Ning Jinli and her parents watched the three people walk in through the floor-to-ceiling windows.
"Could that old man wearing the golden mask be the so-called Descending Celestial Venerable?" Ning Jinli asked.
Ning Shan frowned. "The woman next to him looks more and more familiar. Zhi Qiu, Jin Li, what do you two think?"
As Ye Zhi Qiu observed, she said, "They look very familiar, and the man behind them... I recognize him too..."
"That man?" Ning Shan shook his head. "I didn't think so."
Ning Jinli stared intently at the three people who were about to enter the room. "Apart from the age difference, the woman supporting the masked old man looks almost exactly like Ning Yao, and the short-haired man in the battle uniform behind them, Mom... don't you think he looks a lot like Lu Xingfeng?"
Ye Zhi Qiu was stunned for a moment.
Meanwhile, the three people had already entered the restaurant.
The moment their eyes met, Ning Yao's expression darkened, while Lu Xingfeng's pupils instantly contracted.
"Long time no see..." Ning Hai said in a hoarse, aged voice.
Ning Jinli stepped forward, subtly shielding her parents behind her, and asked coldly, "So you are the Descending Celestial Venerable? Take off your mask and let me see what you really look like!"
"Hehehe..." Ning Hai said with a laugh, "Jinli, even if I take off my mask, you and your parents probably won't recognize me. But haven't you recognized my daughter yet?"
Ning Shan and Ye Zhi Qiu's faces froze. Although they felt they looked very familiar from the beginning, they couldn't be sure because their ages didn't match.
"You're really Ning Yao?" Ning Shan jumped to his feet. "Then you are... Ning Hai?!"
"Hmph!" Ning Yao simply snorted coldly.
Ning Hai said, "Yes, elder brother, my dear brother, it's been so long. Things have changed."
"You are the Descending Celestial Venerable? How did you get so old?" Ning Shan asked incredulously.
"It's a long story, but it's alright. I still have time to catch up with you all," Ning Hai said, slowly approaching with his cane.
"Don't come any closer!" Ning Jinli snapped. "If you have something to say, just stand there and say it. What exactly is your purpose in wanting to see us?"
"We're family, and it's been so long since we last met. Jinli, you're my niece, so there's no need for such hostility, is there?" Beneath the golden mask, a hint of heaviness flickered in Ning Hai's extremely aged eyes, and his voice sounded rather forlorn.
Before Ning Jinli could say anything, Ning Yao said coldly, "Dad, I already said there's no need to come see them. Just kill them."
Upon hearing this, Ning Jinli, Ning Shan, and Ye Zhi Qiu all tensed up, their eyes flashing with murderous intent.
"Shut up!" Ning Hai suddenly said angrily, "Don't talk nonsense!"
Ning Yao was stunned, her face filled with disbelief.
Because from childhood to adulthood, and even in the 115 years of this parallel world, her father had never spoken such harsh words to her.
What on earth is going on?
Ning Hai exhaled a breath of stale air. "Brother, sister-in-law, and Jinli, my niece, could you... please let me sit down and catch up with you? I'm getting old, and standing for too long is tiring... Besides, you must also be wondering why I want to see you, right?"
The tone of his words even carried a hint of pleading.
Ning Jinli exchanged a glance with her parents, then nodded slightly to Ning Hai.
Having received permission, Ning Hai strode over, even quickening his pace, and sat down on the other side of the dining table.
"Yaoyao, come here." Ning Hai beckoned.
Ning Yao walked over with a stern face and extremely reluctantly sat down next to him.
Lu Xingfeng followed, standing diagonally to the side of the seat, his eyes fixed on Ye Zhi Qiu the entire time.
"Can I have a cup of tea?" Ning Hai asked. "To be honest, even if I had everything in another world and could drink better things, I would still miss the tea in this world."
Ning Shan picked up the teapot, poured a cup, and pushed the teacup in front of Ning Hai. "I never expected that the person who possesses technology that surpasses the world's level and wants to rule the world would be you."
“I never expected it to turn out like this,” Ning Hai picked up his teacup, held it under his mask, and gently smelled it. “Brother, no power in this world can stop me. Soon I will become the absolute ruler of this world, and everyone will become my slave. But… you can be an exception.”
Upon hearing this, Ye Zhi Qiu and Ning Jin Li became even more vigilant.
Ning Yao was even more incredulous. She was about to ask what it meant, but remembering that she had just been scolded by her father, she swallowed the words that were on the tip of her tongue.
As for Lu Xingfeng, his face suddenly darkened.
"Can we be an exception?" Ning Shan said calmly. "From what you're saying, you're giving our family of three an extra favor? I'm starting to doubt whether you're really Ning Hai. After all, the Ning Hai I know sent assassins to kill me and Zhi Qiu twenty-five years ago."
"Then I apologize to you." Ning Hai put down his teacup, stood up with some difficulty, and bowed to Ning Shan and Ye Zhi Qiu.
This action stunned everyone else present.
Ning Yao could hardly believe her eyes.
What exactly is Father up to?
"An apology?" Ye Zhi Qiu said angrily, "Whether you're faking it or putting on an act for ulterior motives, we will not accept it! Stop beating around the bush! Tell us, what is your purpose in meeting us!"
Ning Hai sat down again, sighed, and said, "Alas... I have lived in another world for over a hundred years, which is why I look so old now. Perhaps I am truly old, or perhaps it is because besides Yao Yao, you three are the only blood relatives I have left. I hope that our Ning family can be reunited again..."
At this moment, Ning Hai did not resemble a ruler with the power to destroy the world at all, but rather a lonely old man on his deathbed.
"Dad! So that's what you really think?!" Ning Yao couldn't hold back any longer and shouted, "Are you senile? What's the point of clinging to that little bit of blood ties? I don't want to reunite with them! Have you forgotten how badly this family harmed me back then? I was treated like a pariah in China! I was attacked and cursed all over the world online!"
Even though more than a hundred years have passed, she still feels furious when she thinks about the time she was forced to go abroad to live with her father.
Ning Jinli said seriously, "Do you still think it wasn't your fault? It seems you've lived to the fullest extent of your life."
"Ning Jinli! You're asking for death!" Ning Yao stood up abruptly, ready to attack.
"Ning Yao! Sit down!" Ning Hai immediately shouted sternly.
Ning Yao stiffened, her face turned ashen, and she withdrew her fist, turning her face away as she sat down.
"Cough...cough cough cough..." Ning Hai coughed a few times and said in a gentle tone, "Big brother, sister-in-law, Jinli, I mean it. As long as you're willing, I will treat you well in the future and make up for all my past mistakes with my actions. I really, really hope...I hope to have more family members by my side..."
His attitude was almost pleading.
For over a hundred years, he had no relatives besides his daughter, not even a single person to chat with or share his innermost thoughts with.
This sense of loneliness grew stronger day by day, and for him, it was even more frightening than the physical pain and suffering.
Ning Shan pondered for a moment, staring at the pair of eyes revealed on Ning Hai's mask, and said seriously, "If our family of three is willing to live with you and fulfill your current longing for family affection, then can you give up ruling this world?"
"Impossible! These are two different things!" Ning Hai said without hesitation. "The most useful lesson I've learned in over a hundred years is that I only feel at ease when everything is under my own control. Besides, I have the ability to make everyone in this world my servants, under my control!"
"Then we're only fit to be your servants?" Ning Shan asked abruptly.
Ning Hai's eyes darkened. "No, you are my family. You don't need to be slaves like others. You just need to stay by my side. You don't need to do anything else. I can even provide a better life for the three of you. You can even share in the fruits of my rule."
"Ha!" Ning Shan laughed, "That sounds really wonderful, but unfortunately, I can't accept it. Zhi Qiu, Jin Li, can you accept it?"
Ye Zhi Qiu and Ning Jin Li said in unison, "Of course we can't afford that."
Ning Hai's eyes grew increasingly sinister. "So, your whole family knew I could crush this world, yet you still chose to be my enemy?"
“It’s not that we’re against you,” Ning Jinli said. “It’s that you’re going against our world. We can’t possibly collude with you, never.”
Ning Hai said calmly, "In my hundred-plus years in another world, I have also encountered many who tried to stop me, but no matter how strong the mantis was, its final fate was death."
"Do you think we're afraid of dying?" Ning Jinli replied coldly.
"Hehe..." Ning Hai chuckled. "It's alright. Even if you're unwilling, I can still make you stay by my side. In time, you'll comply. Since sweet talk won't work, I'll have to force you. Xingfeng, arrest these three of my family members and take them back to treat them well."
“Xingfeng…you…you wouldn’t actually be Lu Xingfeng, would you?!” Ye Zhi Qiu blurted out.
At this moment, Lu Xingfeng was also certain that Ye Zhi Qiu in front of him was the woman he had been obsessed with.
“Junior sister, oh no… Sect Leader,” Lu Xingfeng raised his head and looked down at her, “long time no see.”
Upon hearing this, both Ning Hai and Ning Yao were stunned.
Before the father and daughter could ask any questions, Lu Xingfeng rubbed his hands together and gritted his teeth, saying, "Brother Hai, after we take the man back, could you hand this woman over to me?"
“No,” Ning Hai said decisively. “If she were someone else, I wouldn’t care, but she is my elder brother’s wife and my niece’s mother.”
Lu Xingfeng's eyes flashed with hatred. "To have her, to make her kneel at my feet and submit to me, has been my desire for over a hundred years that has never faded. I have done so much for you, risking my life and making so many contributions, and you won't even grant me this small request?"
“Lu Xingfeng, you…” Ning Yao’s eyes widened, her heart surging with anger.
This man had once solemnly assured her that he had forgotten the woman he was so attached to.
She never expected that the woman was actually her aunt, and she never expected that Lu Xingfeng's talk of forgetting was actually a lie!
Lu Xingfeng's reaction and the words he spoke hardly suggested that he had forgotten!
Ning Hai, unaware of Ning Yao's unusual attitude, said directly to Lu Xingfeng, "I don't care what past grievances you have with my sister-in-law, but you can't touch a single hair on my family."
“You…” Lu Xingfeng’s face was extremely ugly.
Ning Hai shouted, "Hurry up and arrest them! I'm telling you, you're only allowed to control them, not hurt them!"
"Wait!" Ning Jinli suddenly asked urgently, "How is the world you went to?!"
Ning Jinli only knew that Lu Xingfeng was from Parallel World No. 1, but she did not know that Lu Xingfeng later also traveled to this world, and then traveled to another parallel world with Ning Hai.
Therefore, she assumed that Ning Hai had gone to Parallel World 1, and was eager to know the situation in Parallel World 1.
Ning Hai said calmly, "It's become a ruined planet, no longer suitable for habitation. I've drained all its resources. Otherwise, how do you think I could have developed military technology that crushes this world? Otherwise... how would I have traveled back in time?"
Ning Jinli's heart clenched. "Where are the people over there? Where is King Xiao Qidi of the ancient Xuan Kingdom of Huaxia?!"
Ning Shan and Ye Zhi Qiu were also on edge at this moment.
Ning Hai laughed and said, "Over there, all the people of the world, whether Chinese or other foreigners, have become my slaves. Once they're all used up, as for Xiao Qidi... I don't know. A hundred years ago, I sent Lu Xingfeng to conquer Asia. Why don't you ask him?"
Lu Xingfeng said irritably, "I killed Xiao Qidi. He didn't even have time to say a word before I just cut his head off!"
Ning Jinli felt as if she had been struck by lightning.
Ning Shan and Ye Zhi Qiu's minds went blank for a moment.
Just then, Ning Yao suddenly pulled out a pistol from her lower back, instantly aimed it at Ning Jinli's forehead, and pulled the trigger without hesitation.
Bang--
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