Hong Meng sighed, "Team Leader Xia, cooperating with P Base is indeed more beneficial than harmful. Our relationship with them is a personal grudge."
Hong Meng knew she couldn't hide it any longer, so she simply told Xia Yixin what had happened.
Before the apocalypse, Hongfeng and Chen Qian were childhood sweethearts and engaged, a relationship that their parents tacitly approved of. They had been together since they were teenagers. Initially, Chen Qian strongly opposed this arranged marriage and deliberately changed girlfriends at school like he was changing clothes. However, as he grew older, the seventeen-year-old Chen Qian admitted that he was attracted to the outstanding Hongfeng.
Before the apocalypse, Hong Meng was a high-ranking official and had a long-standing friendship with the Chen family. However, in order to climb higher, Chen's father slandered the Hong family. If the apocalypse hadn't come, Hong Meng and his family of three would have been imprisoned.
Of course, this was a feud from Chen Qian's father's generation. What truly led to the break between Hong Feng and Chen Qian was that Chen Qian indirectly caused the death of Hong Feng's younger brother, Hong Ying.
At that time, the Hong family was under investigation. The hot-tempered young Hong Ying wanted to find her future brother-in-law Chen Qian. Since Hong Ying had been studying abroad since she was a child, Chen Qian did not know her. In addition, he was depressed because of his conflict with his father. He bet on racing with the inexperienced Hong Ying at the racetrack, which led to Hong Ying's death.
Afterwards, the Chen family simply paid compensation to settle the matter.
From then on, Hongfeng completely lost all feelings for the Chen family and Chen Qian, and even developed hatred for Chen Qian.
"After the apocalypse, Xiao Feng awakened her fire-type abilities. I'm also a strength-type ability user, but her mother... before she died, she still harbored resentment towards the Chen family, making Xiao Feng swear she would never have anything to do with them again. But... three years ago, one day when that child came back, she cried behind my back, and I knew then that she was actually... sigh." Hong Meng sighed deeply, then looked hopefully at Xia Yixin. "Captain Xia, our family and the Chen family are an inextricable knot. I don't know how to persuade her to let go. I really don't want her to be trapped in this apocalypse."
Xia Yixin nodded. "Uncle Hong, I understand what you mean. I will talk to Hong Feng."
Hong Meng understood Xia Yixin's meaning, expressed her gratitude, and left.
The system prompted Xia Yixin in her mind, "Host, Chen Qian actually really likes Hong Feng, but he can't forgive himself. That's why his happiness level is so low. Host, do you want to bring them together?"
“No.” Xia Yixin resolutely refused. “Although the happiness value is one point, Chen Qian is not the best choice. Unless Hong Feng’s personal wish is to do so, I cannot sacrifice a good girl. Let’s observe first and then decide.”
Putting aside whether Chen Qian bore any subjective responsibility for Hongying's death, since he already knew where Hongfeng was three years ago, why didn't he come to make amends all these years?
Is it simply an escape, or is there another reason?
After seeing Hong Meng off and making arrangements for the people at P Base for tomorrow, Xia Yixin returned home late at night. She didn't expect her mother to still be waiting for her.
"Mom, what's wrong?" Xia Yixin looked at her watch; it was already one in the morning.
Xia's mother asked with some concern, "The maintenance team came back today, but Lu Yan wasn't there. What mission did he go to complete?"
When Xia Yixin met her mother's gaze, she knew that her mother's concern for Lu Yan was ultimately for her. Her heart warmed, and she couldn't bear to lie to her, so she told her mother about Lu Yan's disappearance.
At first, Xia's mother was shocked. She pondered for a long time before speaking as if she had made a big decision.
“Yixin, Mom knows that no amount of comforting words will help. Everything at the Dawn Base is back on track now. If things at the K Base are over and the blizzard comes, it will be a kind of protection for Dawn. There won’t be any personnel changes at the base for the time being. If Lu Yanruo hasn’t returned by then, you can go look for him if you want. We’re here to protect the base. Dawn isn’t just your base.”
She knew that Xia's mother said that in order to relieve her stress.
While everyone else saw her strength, only her parents thought about whether she was tired or what she really wanted to do.
She hugged Xia's mother and said, "I understand, thank you, Mom."
Even without her mother's words, Xia Yixin would have definitely tried to search for him in other provinces. She vaguely felt that Lu Yan's matter was not simple.
The next day.
The people from P Base followed Red Phoenix's group and headed towards Dawn Base.
The driver in charge this time was Wang Sanjin. He kept glancing at Chen Qian's expression in the rearview mirror as he drove.
From last night until now, it's obvious to everyone that Hongfeng is "treating the Chen brothers differently." For example, she invited Chen Zhe to breakfast this morning, but completely ignored Chen Qian. Although Chen Qian still has a nonchalant smile on his face since yesterday, the chill emanating from him is no less than that of Chen Zhe.
This morning when we set off, even though Chen Qian was in front, Hong Feng acted as if she didn't see him and walked past him to talk to Chen Zhe.
At P Base, countless girls were throwing themselves at Chen Qian. He was a fourth-level ability user, young and handsome, and also the deputy city lord. He had a feeling that there might be something between Chen Qian and that girl named Hong Feng.
However, Chen Qian is currently resting with his eyes closed, so nothing can be seen.
Only Chen Zhe saw Chen Qian's tightly clenched hands. Chen Zhe knew that Chen Qian was in a bad mood. As his older brother, he also felt guilty about Chen Qian killing Hong Ying before the apocalypse, as well as about their parents' slander of the Hong family. Moreover, Chen's parents did not stop after the apocalypse. Their encounter with danger three years ago was not an accident. Various forces were deeply entrenched in the P base. It was only in recent years that they had completely gained control of the narrative.
At this moment, a huge complex of buildings in the distance caught Chen Zhe's attention.
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