"Okay, Zhuang Mian's reply is that if everything goes according to plan, the operation will begin in three days. I wonder if you will make it in time?"
"Don't worry. I suggest you act quickly. Or if you are pressed for time, I can give you priority delivery."
Lin Qingliu's tone was relaxed, and he did not show any dissatisfaction.
El turned around and looked at the calendar hanging on the wall, and said to Lin Qingliu confidently:
"I will complete the task you assigned me before 6pm on November 5th."
The deal was reached between the two parties, and El seemed to remember something, and his expression became a little subtle.
"Doctor, when I was searching the sewers, I found a place that was a little different. The owner there...may be more familiar to us."
More familiar?
Lin Qingliu began to quickly search his brain, looking for someone who knew or had seen both him and El and who needed to live in the sewer.
When he saw El's eyes constantly glancing to the right, Lin Qingliu suddenly understood.
"Did you find Luke?"
"Yes."
"How is he now?"
"Well, at least he looks a lot thinner... He has a cramped place to live in the sewers, with some old daily necessities. Maybe he hasn't given up yet..."
"This is a good thing. There will always be people like this."
Lin Qingliu's words came from the bottom of his heart. At that time, he also thought about whether the decision to let Luke go was correct. After all, he had received favors from his father, and it was his duty to help take care of him.
But Luke himself was already in a state of not trusting anyone and was hostile to everything around him.
Keeping a guy like this around is bound to bring a lot of trouble, so letting him go is not an incomprehensible choice.
When Lin Qingliu heard that the other party had not given up his original idea and was still trying to find out the truth of the matter, he could not help but have some recognition of him——
Although the child is not very smart, he is really stubborn.
"Luke's area is within Zhuang Mian's carpet search range. If we leave him alone, he might be caught. According to the style of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, he might never see the sun again. Should we..."
"Sure, just give him a little hint. It's up to him whether he moves out or not."
"What if he doesn't trust us?"
“Isn’t this as it should be?”
Lin Qingliu showed an awkward expression on his face. Who would believe someone who would leave a trick for him right away? He didn't have any disease.
"So I said I would give you a hint instead of discussing it in detail face to face."
Lin Qingliu stood up, took out a slightly yellowed piece of paper from a gap in the bookshelf and handed it to El.
“Sometimes, objects are more trustworthy than people.”
El took the paper and saw the title was written in Hope City's common language:
【Proof of adoption】
What follows is a series of lengthy texts, including but not limited to the responsibilities and obligations of both parties, that adoption is also a parent-child relationship, the fingerprint information of both parties, and the origins of the adopter and the adoptee, etc.
"Ah, he's not my biological son!"
El's expression was obviously surprised. He never expected that this little fat boy whose mind was full of investigating the truth of his father's murder and his father who only existed in the background were not real father and son.
"You didn't expect that, did you? I was also surprised when I first saw it."
Lin Qingliu sat back in his chair and recalled the shock he felt when he first saw the receipt.
That was what happened a few days after Luke escaped from the underground of the research institute and became a hidden person.
At that time, Lin Qingliu took advantage of the fact that Luke's disappearance had not yet been determined and chose to secretly sneak into the other party's home to find out the truth.
After all, the other party cannot come back without his identity, and Lin Qingliu also hopes to obtain more clues.
In short, after a series of complex but efficient investigations, he found Luke's home address from a pile of dusty files and infiltrated.
Most of them are meaningless things, and only this adoption certificate can gain the other party's trust again.
I wonder if he knows his own identity and origins...
Lin Qingliu pondered secretly in his heart.
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Hope City outer area, northwest city wall.
"Why is this cat begging for food again?"
The soldier in charge of observation asked helplessly.
"We didn't catch any prey. What else can we do? Load up on food and water and get ready to fire!"
The other two soldiers in the squad also felt somewhat accustomed to it.
This mission has been going on for a few days, and their excitement has long worn off.
The main thing is that the lives of those strange beasts on the opposite side are very regular. Even if such a routine is applied to humans, it can be considered a standard.
Not only do they go to bed early and get up early, but they also work from sunrise to sunset and rest from sunset to sunrise.
Of course, for the strange beasts, the so-called work is to find food.
Every morning, the strange beasts would leave one to guard the house, and the remaining few would head straight for the dense forest far away in the horizon.
The area where most humans never return does not seem dangerous to them. The three-headed wolf is very good at fighting, and its white fur is always wispy due to blood.
The prey were placed on the strange beast with a flat and huge back and pulled back.
According to the existing information in Hope City, some original wild beast characteristics can always be found on these strange beasts.
But they do not have a strict distinction between carnivores and herbivores. All the exotic beasts seem to be omnivores, and they do not care whether the food is raw or cold. Even if they are other exotic beasts, they will taste it first.
Of course, hunting is an activity that carries certain risks, so it is normal to return empty-handed sometimes.
Whenever this happened, the cat that could communicate with humans would come to the red line to beg for food. So far, it has come several times, making the soldiers watching the fun on the city wall a little aesthetically fatigued.
Every night, the strange beasts would gather in a circle and rest in the camp area surrounded by animal bones.
Such a regular schedule obviously saved time for the soldier in charge of recording on the city wall, allowing him to think about more issues.
After internal consultation among several people, they will report the new discoveries and records of the past two days tomorrow.
More importantly, this is not a solution. We must find a way to establish closer communication with the strange beasts under the city.
"You're right, but are you willing to go?"
After sharing his idea with his friends, the soldier responsible for loading the launcher with "ammunition" jokingly asked the soldier in charge of recording.
"No, I don't understand what the beast said..."
"This is not an excuse, after all..."
The soldier pointed to a banner with the word "Thank You" in the distance.
"The alien beasts understand what humans say."
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