Executive Council Building in the City of Sunken Stars.
In a simple and very clean office.
Long Yan, wearing a bright red council robe, sat at his desk with his fingers interlaced. His eyes moved slightly as he recalled what happened after he separated from Shen Qiu in Clear Sky City several months ago.
The City of Clear Sky, Holy Sound Welfare Home.
Long Yan walked along the long corridor towards the nursery.
Along the way, laughing children were running and playing. Although they were wearing very old clothes, everyone had a smile on his face.
Long Yan stopped and turned to watch the children running farther and farther away.
After a long time he continued walking forward.
Finally he arrived at the door of the nursery of Shengyin Welfare Home, which was open.
He stood at the door and looked inside. He saw Dean An Yuan, who was wearing plain grey clothes, with wrinkles all over her face and a kind expression. She was sitting on a chair holding a sick baby and humming a little tune to comfort the baby.
…
Long Yan looked at the familiar face, and his strong heart trembled slightly.
He slowly raised his foot, but finally put it down again. He looked at Dean Zhao Anyuan who was taking care of the baby in silence for a long time, and finally left slowly.
…
Buzz~
Long Yan's bracelet suddenly vibrated, bringing his thoughts back from his memories.
He glanced down and a message popped up.
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Parliament Building and Helipad.
The Exocet attack helicopter landed straight down.
“Huh, we’re finally here.”
Shen Qiu stretched, then opened the cabin door and jumped down.
"Mr. Shen Qiu, you are here."
At this time, a greeting voice sounded.
Shen Qiu looked up and saw a tall, masked woman in a white shirt and black jacket, who was very elegant and had been waiting for a long time.
"Who are you?"
"My name is Lin Ping, Mr. Shen Qiu, please follow me."
Lin Ping gracefully made a gesture of invitation to Shen Qiu.
"good!"
Shen Qiu then followed Lin Ping and walked towards the parliament building.
For some reason, Shen Qiu always felt that the woman in front of him looked very familiar, as if he had seen her somewhere.
However, Shen Qiu still did not ask. He was more curious about why the parliament had recruited him.
Soon he followed Lin Ping into the parliament building.
The decoration in the lobby on the first floor is very solemn and luxurious, with bright star lights overhead and clean and tidy plush carpets on the floor.
There are ancient portraits hanging on the walls. The people in these portraits are all heroes who made outstanding contributions in the history of the Red League.
Their quotations during their lifetime are engraved next to their portraits.
Shen Qiu looked around. There were many people walking around in the hall. They were all wearing masks and official clothes. Some were even wearing parliamentary robes, but they didn't communicate much with each other.
Occasionally, a few people walked together and spoke in low voices, so the whole hall was very quiet.
However, some people would bow slightly to greet Lin Ping when they saw her.
Lin Ping nodded slightly in response to them.
When Shen Qiu saw this scene, he was also a little curious about Lin Ping's identity.
Unfortunately, Lin Ping was just leading the way and had no intention of chatting with Shen Qiu.
She took Shen Qiu into a special elevator, and after some authority identification, she pressed the button for the 88th floor.
Then the elevator began to rise smoothly.
Soon they arrived at the 88th floor, and Lin Ping led Shen Qiu inside.
There are very few people walking on this floor, but Shen Qiu can keenly perceive that there are very powerful people hiding in many corners.
Not long after, Lin Ping led Shen Qiu to the door of an office.
Shen Qiu raised his head and looked at the sign on the office: General Office.
His heart suddenly trembled, revealing an expression of great surprise. He turned his head to look at Lin Ping and said.
"The main office? Could it be the people inside?"
Lin Ping smiled and nodded in response.
Shen Qiu took a deep breath and his nerves tensed up.
But Lin Ping spoke softly to Shen Qiu.
"Mr. Shen Qiu, don't be too nervous. This is a good thing, not a bad thing."
After hearing Lin Ping's words, Shen Qiu let out a sigh of relief, and his fluctuating mood calmed down a lot.
"That's good."
Lin Ping immediately opened the door and made a gesture to Shen Qiu to come in.
Shen Qiu took a deep breath and walked in. The office was not very big and was very simple. Apart from the file shelf, there was only a desk.
At this time, Long Yan, who was sitting in front of the desk, turned his head to look at Shen Qiu and spoke kindly.
“You’re here.”
When Shen Qiu saw Long Yanshan, he was stunned for a moment and blurted out in surprise.
"Ryuji!"
However, as soon as this sentence came out, Shen Qiu immediately realized that something was wrong and reacted and said.
"No, you're not Ryuji, you're the guy who drank with me last time in Clear Sky City."
Long Yan nodded slightly and responded calmly.
"Yes."
"Wait, what's your relationship with Ryuji? Why do you look so alike?"
"We are twin brothers, so we look alike."
"Um, what should I call you?"
"Just call me Long Da."
Long Yan replied kindly.
Shen Qiu calmed down a little after hearing this, but then he suddenly realized that it was not the right thing to worry about the name.
This guy seems to be the chairman of the Red League!
When Shen Qiu thought about how he had seduced him to drink and even tried to get the realm book from him, he swallowed hard.
Now he finally understood why Long Er was so nervous at the beginning. Who wouldn't be nervous
Long Yan naturally noticed that Shen Qiu was getting nervous, and he spoke as kindly as possible.
"Don't be so nervous, just sit down and I'll make you a cup of tea."
"No thanks, Mr. Council President."
How could Shen Qiu dare to let Long Yan make tea for him, so he spoke quickly.
"Just call me Long Da, there's no need to be so nervous, we're just chatting, just like you usually chat with Long Er."
Long Yan said lightly.
"good."
Shen Qiu took a deep breath, suppressed his uneasiness, and sat in front of Long Yan.
Long Yan pushed the brewed tea to Shen Qiu, and then started chatting.
"Thank you for your hard work in Black Plains City this time."
"Well, I wasn't really of much help."
Shen Qiu replied with a wry smile.
"I think you've done a good job, but there's something I still want to ask you in person."
Long Yan asked calmly.
"You ask."
Shen Qiu replied respectfully.
"I want to know why you suddenly retreated in the middle of a fight? Judging from the feedback on the battlefield, you should still have enough strength to fight."
Although Long Yan roughly guessed the reason, he still wanted to hear Shen Qiu's specific explanation.
Shen Qiu pondered for a few seconds, then said to Long Yan.
"We can't defeat it. There is a mysterious mark on the human-faced spider, numbered MX295. Monsters with this number are extremely powerful. We couldn't surround and kill it at that time. Instead, we might lose all of our people there. Most importantly, the monster has a very high IQ. I suspect it has been showing weakness and nibbling at us. Even if we really pay an extremely heavy price to seriously injure it, it can still escape by burrowing into the ground, so I decided to retreat."