Chapter 170
Everyone's eyes turned to him.
Han Rantai frowned: "Who?"
Jin Hui hesitated: "...Li Zewei."
Perhaps the name was too old, so when Jin Hui said these three words, he actually found it a bit difficult to pronounce.
The listener also looked a little confused. After several seconds, Major General Bart suddenly remembered!
"Oh, I remember who he is! Li Zuijian! The guy who graduated from Class 1. He pursued Jasmine for a while, but was snatched away by Xia Wei!"
"Ahem." Jin Hui coughed twice a little awkwardly, intending to remind Bart to get to the point.
Bart realized what was happening and quickly gave an apologetic smile. "Old Han, Li Zewei had a good relationship with Xia Wei and Jasmine. Shortly after they died on the desolate planet, didn't you arrange for me to 'fire' Li Zewei?"
It was called "dismissal", but everyone present knew the deeper meaning behind it.
Han Rantai looked at Bart calmly: "I know."
The flickering light in his eyes showed that he was thinking at high speed at this moment.
"You just said that there was something wrong with Li Zewei. What was wrong?" he asked.
Jin Hui showed a bit of embarrassment: "The starship that sent him away from the capital planet encountered an explosion midway. We assumed that he died on the starship, so..."
"So you didn't investigate his follow-up?!" Han Rantai's tone suddenly became stiff, and there was a sense of oppression on his voice.
Jin Hui carefully chose his words. "The starship explosion was equivalent to 100 rounds of armor-piercing energy cannon fire. It would be difficult for us to extract the remaining blood."
To put it more bluntly, this matter cannot be investigated.
Han Rantai looked at him angrily: "Then you tell me that there is something wrong with him?"
Jin Hui bowed humbly. "Yes, precisely because we can't extract any blood residue, we can't directly prove he died on the starship."
After all, it was not them who were responsible for escorting Li Zewei at that time, but another trusted subordinate.
Bart reacted and spoke up for Jin Hui, "Old Han, as the saying goes, if he's alive, we need to see him, if he's dead, we need to see his body. But without the body, or rather the remains, we can't be sure he's truly dead."
The conference room fell silent, and the crisis rang like an alarm in the minds of the three people.
"Contact the person who was responsible for the escort back then! If you can't get in touch with them, ask the relevant people. The sooner the better!"
Han Rantai suppressed the crisis spreading in his body and gave the order coldly.
*
Alman Star, Wei Family Villa.
After staying up all night to climb the 30-story tower, Wei Xiaoyu came out of the holographic cabin tiredly and went to her own private bathroom.
Press the water button, and water worth a fortune on the planet Alman will pour out from the shower head.
Only 1 minute of water flow has never been enough for Wei Xiaoyu to wash cleanly. After finding that the water flow has become smaller, she skillfully pressed the [Water Outlet] button and continued to rinse.
Over and over again, until 20 minutes later, she wrapped her wet hair and body, walked to the dry area where wet and dry clothes were separated, and dried them slowly.
Only the upper class of Alman Star can afford such a luxurious shower.
But Wei Xiaoyu obviously didn't care. Sometimes, she even disliked that she had to press the button 20 times to take a 20-minute shower.
"When can the water time be changed?"
She stared at the bright and clean mirror and couldn't help muttering.
After the automatic drying was finished, Wei Xiaoyu suddenly felt a little hungry.
Maybe she had spent too much time in the game today and consumed too much energy. Thinking of this, she left the bedroom in her slippers and prepared to go to the kitchen on the first floor to find something to eat.
During this time, I passed by my parents' room and saw light coming through the gap in the door that was not closed tightly.
Along with the light, there were also voices coming out from inside.
"Why did they contact you suddenly? Was what happened back then discovered?"
The person who was speaking was her father Wei Dong, a person who had been making Wei Xiaoyu feel quite uncomfortable recently.
Mother Zhou Qian sat by the bed and pressed her solar plexus helplessly: "If you ask me, who should I ask?"
"Are you going to tell anyone?" Wei Dong asked her tentatively.
Zhou Qian's eyes widened instantly: "Are you crazy? That's my biological sister! I promised her that I would keep this secret."
"But your sister has been dead for over ten years." Wei Dong said quietly, "What's the point of a promise if she's gone?"
"Wei Dong, what do you mean?" Wei Xiaoyu heard her mother's voice turn cold.
Wei Dong snorted softly, "You know what I mean. We've kept this secret for her for so many years, which is quite generous of us. Now that people from the Capital Star have come to investigate, they must have discovered some clues from back then. If you're still keeping this secret, haha, are you trying to kill me?"
"Mr. Wei, do you have any shame? What do you mean by killing you? Do you want to get rid of yourself just because something happens?" Zhou Qian's voice was frighteningly cold.
Wei Xiaoyu leaned against the door and clenched his fists.
Although she didn't want to admit it, she had been wary of Wei Dong since Xia Mo told her last year that her father and Yao He's mother might be having an affair.
There were indeed a few extra pairs of stockings and some lipsticks in the house occasionally, but these were styles and colors that her mother never used.
She actually already knew it, but her mother was kept in the dark.
She threw away everything that bitch left behind, hoping that doing so would make Wei Dong change his mind about her mother.
But obviously the hope was dashed.
Over the past six months, she had witnessed with her own eyes that Wei Dong's attitude towards Zhou Qian was becoming increasingly dissatisfied. His words were full of sarcasm and insinuations. In short, this was definitely not the attitude a husband should have towards his wife.
Faced with Zhou Qian's questioning, Wei Dong did not explain any further, but took off his socks irritably and went to bed.
"I don't want to argue with you about this. Go to sleep. Do whatever you want." Wei Dong said coldly, "But Zhou Qian, I have to remind you, if you want to drag me down, there's no way!"
The lights in the house went out and there was no sound for a long time.
Wei Xiaoyu left quietly, went to the kitchen to get some food, and then quietly returned to the room.
The next day was Monday and she had to return to the military academy.
But before returning to school, she pretended to have a cold.
"Mom, I feel a little unwell. I'll take half a day off today and go back in the afternoon." She said while holding her breath.
Zhou Qian brought out the freshly prepared breakfast and asked a few questions: "Is it serious? Do you want to go to the hospital?"
Wei Xiaoyu shook her head weakly: "It's not serious, I just need to take some medicine and get some sleep. You and Dad can go to work, don't worry about me."
"Okay, you can do whatever you want. If you feel uncomfortable, call me."
Zhou Qian took out the cold medicine and placed it on the dining table. She turned around, took the bag from the sofa, got in her private car and left.
Wei Dong then lazily went downstairs. He glanced at Wei Xiaoyu indifferently. He knew that Wei Xiaoyu was not feeling well, but he did not even ask. He just grabbed a piece of sweet bread on the table, chewed it, and said with a hint of disgust: "There is too much sugar. Tell your mother to put less next time."
Wei Xiaoyu gritted her teeth and said nothing.
Wei Dong also got into his private car and left.
Seeing that both cars disappeared from the balcony, Wei Xiaoyu immediately put down her breakfast and rushed upstairs!
In their bedroom, most of the things were laid out in the open. They must have dug them out last night and hadn't had time to put them back this morning.
An old-fashioned light brain ring was lying quietly in the pile of junk. Wei Xiaoyu was inexplicably interested in it. He wrapped it with a tissue, twisted it up, found the switch button, and turned it on.
A bunch of pixels appeared on the screen, and I had to wait for a long time before the normal interface popped up.
Old interface design, old icons, it took Wei Xiaoyu a while to figure out what those icons meant.
She found the mailbox feature.
There are several emails in it.
The sending time was 18 years ago.
[Sissi, I'm sorry to involve you in this, but now that you know about this, I sincerely beg you, my dear sister, to keep this secret for me.
Some things have to be done, even though I know there are huge risks involved. But Zhengqing and I have never regretted this choice. My only concern is our daughter.
If one day Zhengqing and I pass away, I hope you can take my daughter away for the sake of our sisterhood.]
Aunt Zhou has a daughter. Wei Xiaoyu heard about her from her mother, but her daughter was adopted by another family first, so when her mother went to inquire, she was unable to bring the daughter back.
With his brain racing, Wei Xiaoyu continued to scroll.
[Xixi, Zhengqing and I's illness is probably incurable. You don't need to come to the hospital anymore. This may be God's will, letting Zhengqing and I leave forever with this secret, and no one else can know.
By the way, didn't you ask what the couple's child's name was? Her name is Xia Mo, a homophone of Xia Wei's Xia and Mo's Mo. Sounds nice, doesn't it? ...]
He continued to talk a little more, but Wei Xiaoyu couldn't bear to watch any more.
Her eyes were dull, and she stared at the two words "Xia Mo" on the letter in disbelief, as if she had been struck by lightning.
Is this the Xia Mo she knew? Is it? Is it?!
Could it be someone with the same name? After all, the name is very common, so there's no guarantee that the deceased Aunt Zhou was referring to someone else.
But……
Wei Xiaoyu couldn't convince herself, and her eyes were searching randomly on the documents on the desktop. Suddenly, she saw something!
Admissions Financial Assistance Agreement
Admission? Who is admitted?
Funding? Who did her mother fund?
Her heart was beating like a drum, and Wei Xiaoyu opened the document with trembling fingers. The black text poured into her brain like a flood!
*
Zhou Qian was absent-minded the whole morning, but fortunately, she was a member of the company's management, so even if she didn't care much about her work, the people below her didn't dare to say anything.
After the meeting, she sent everyone away and locked herself in a small cubicle in the office. She turned on her brain light ring and answered the phone.
"Hello, I'm Zhou Qian, Zhou Jiang's sister."
"Yes, my sister died twelve years ago. What was the cause? Oh, she died of an illness."
"My brother-in-law? He also passed away from illness. Yes, it may sound a bit coincidental, but they had both been in poor health. You know, people like my sister and brother-in-law, whose ranks are not high, don't get much salary after retirement. They also have children to raise, so this little income hardly supports them in getting good medical resources."
"What? A child? Of course it's their biological child. If you don't believe me, you can check it out for yourself."
"Well, no need to bother you, but is it convenient for me to ask a question?"
"My sister and brother-in-law have been dead for so many years, and you suddenly called to investigate. What happened? Oh, don't worry, I just want to do my best. It would be my honor if I could help you."
After hanging up the phone, Zhou Qian walked out of the cubicle, looking at the world of feasting and revelry outside the floor-to-ceiling glass window, and then looking at the slums just separated by a wall a few kilometers away, her brows furrowed again and again.
"Sister, I will protect the secret you gave me with my life."
*
At the Capital Star Military Headquarters, Jin Hui's expression darkened as he hadn't gotten any clues from Zhou Jiang's sister Zhou Qian.
Seeing him like this, Major General Bart couldn't help but get anxious: "What? Didn't you find out?"
Jin Hui: "Well, they said that the two died of illness more than ten years ago. They don't know much about her sister and brother-in-law's situation in the military. They only know that they have a child."
"Child?! They've landed right on our doorstep! Check it out!"
Jin Hui forced a helpless smile: "I checked, she is Shen Zhengqing's biological daughter, and has nothing to do with Xia Wei and Jasmine."
this……
Bart was poured a bucket of cold water: "Then is there anyone else we can check? Haven't you been asking about Zhou Jiang's relatives these days? Why not ask Shen Zhengqing?"
Jin Hui nodded: "Yes, that's exactly what I meant."
*
"Dad, Mom, what are you two discussing?"
After finishing a day's work guarding the warehouse, Shen Fang returned home and found the two men discussing something in a low voice.
Both of them had loud voices and almost never avoided talking to him at home, but now that they saw him come back, they all shut up.
Shen Fang was amused: "What the hell? An agent mission?"
"Shh, keep your voice down!" Mother Shen scolded.
Father Shen also waved his hands, telling him not to say anything.
Shen Fang was even more puzzled. Why were the two of them acting so weird today?
But he was too lazy to care about the two of them. As long as they didn't tear down the house, everything would be fine.
After a quick dinner and a burp, he slowly walked into the house and prepared to log into the game.
But just as he lay down in the holographic cabin, he suddenly remembered that he was kicked out of the guild by that damned white-eyed wolf Shen Wuyou a few days ago, and the anger in his stomach suddenly came out again.
Bah! It's all that bitch's fault!
The incident became such a big deal that none of the guilds dared to accept him, and all his applications for membership were rejected.
How the hell is he supposed to play without a guild? No one wants him in a team with his level of combat power!
Thinking of being frustrated again when entering the game, Shen Fang spat and climbed out of the holographic cabin angrily.
As a result, as soon as the holographic cabin hatch opened, he heard the voices of two people talking in the next room.
"Old Shen, I'm not criticizing you for this. Our family has lived in such fear these past few years, all thanks to your unlucky brother! If he and his wife hadn't betrayed the military and concealed the truth, would our family have been dragged down to this point?"
Betray the military?!
Shen Fang was startled when he heard something incredible, and hurriedly put his ear to the wall to eavesdrop.
The scolding voice of Shen’s father came from next door: “Xiaojuan, watch your words.”
Mother Shen's voice suddenly rose: "What's wrong with what I said? What did I say wrong? If Shen Zhengqing and Zhou Jiang hadn't secretly let go of the people the military wanted to exile, you would be a relative of the Capital Star Military now! How glorious our family would be? It's all their fault. They got into trouble themselves, and now they have to drag us, who have nothing to do with it, down with them!"
"Old Shen, we can't keep this secret any longer. Tell the truth to the people on Capital Star. Our family is in such a difficult situation right now, and we can't afford any more trouble."
Father Shen sighed: "It's not that I don't want to say it, but..."
After a pause, he continued, "Forget it, forget it. He's been dead for so many years. The people they wanted to protect back then must have found a way to survive long ago. Okay, let me tell you, isn't that enough for me?"
Mother Shen's voice turned from anger to laughter: "Isn't that right? The sin was their own fault. We helped them keep it secret for so many years and even took their daughter in to raise her. We did a great deed. Now the secret can't be kept. We should let it go. Whether Shen Wuyou lives or dies in the end depends entirely on her own fate."
I’m afraid that more than just Shen Wuyou will be implicated, Shen’s father thought in his heart.
His younger brother Shen Zhengqing was determined to save that person at the risk of his life. It was definitely not just a simple matter of saving him. There must be other reasons behind it.
But... forget it, Father Shen changed his mind and shook his head. He also has his own family to take care of, and he also has his son Shen Fang to consider. He can't be a good man, so he should... tell the secret to the military.
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