Chen Jinzhao’s voice was not soft, and it immediately drew strange glances from others. Realizing something, they all distanced themselves from the two.
The female teacher also looked at Chen Jinzhao in surprise.
“Sir, you say you are a friend of Xiao Yuqing’s father. Do you have anything to prove your identity?”
Su Yuqing blinked her big eyes at Chen Jinzhao. Just as Chen Jinzhao was about to take out his identification, she suddenly said, “Teacher, I know he is Uncle Chen. My dad often mentions him to me and has shown me photos of Uncle Chen.”
The female teacher quickly apologized to Chen Jinzhao.
Chen Jinzhao waved his hand and looked at Su Yuqing in surprise, “Did your dad really mention me?”
Su Yuqing nodded heavily.
Chen Jinzhao’s expression immediately became hesitant. It had been four or five years since he and Su Xiao had been comrades-in-arms. At that time, Su Yuqing was probably only three or four years old and could not remember things from so long ago. This meant that Su Xiao had contacted his daughter in recent years.
Thinking of this, Chen Jinzhao couldn’t help but sigh.
Since Su Xiao cared so much for his wife and daughter, why would he do such a thing? Didn’t he know the severe harm it would cause to his wife and daughter?
“Uncle Chen, what are you thinking about?” Su Yuqing asked.
“Nothing, I was just surprised that you, little girl, could recognize me,” Chen Jinzhao said with a wry smile.
Su Yuqing tilted her head and asked, “Uncle Chen, are you taking me home?”
Chen Jinzhao had this intention, but he curiously asked, “Aren’t you afraid I’ll abduct you? Teachers at school often tell you not to listen to strangers.”
Su Yuqing shook her head repeatedly, “That’s for strangers.”
“You are Uncle Chen, you are different from others. My dad said that you are the only comrade he can trust, and he also said that if my mom and I encounter any difficulties in the future, we can come to you for help.”
“This scoundrel!” Chen Jinzhao muttered to himself.
Chen Jinzhao would not involve children in the grudges of adults, so he did not show any displeasure on his face. “Alright, let’s go to your house.”
“Okay…”
On the way home.
Chen Jinzhao specially bought Su Yuqing a new schoolbag and several sets of new clothes. The little girl was very happy, and seeing her so happy made Chen Jinzhao happy too. Chen Jinzhao also stopped by a hotel to pack dinner before returning to Su Yuqing’s home.
Su Yuqing’s family lived in an old residential complex, on the top floor of a walk-up building.
The door was opened by a woman in her thirties, likely Su Xiao’s wife, Guo Meiyu.
Seeing a strange man bringing her daughter home, Guo Meiyu’s eyes immediately became vigilant. After a glance, she asked, “Who are you?”
Su Yuqing hurriedly said, “Mom, this is Uncle Chen that Dad mentioned. Uncle Chen picked me up from school. He also bought me a new schoolbag and new clothes…”
“Hello, sister-in-law. I am Su Xiao’s comrade-in-arms, Chen Jinzhao. Back in the army, Su Xiao was my elder brother,” Chen Jinzhao also said.
“So it’s you, please come in.” Guo Meiyu breathed a sigh of relief.
As soon as Chen Jinzhao entered the door, his entire body froze.
Because in Guo Meiyu’s home, he saw someone who should not have been there—
Su Xiao!
In an instant, Chen Jinzhao became alert and stared intently at Su Xiao.
Just last night, the two had drawn swords against each other.
Su Xiao showed no hostility, which also made Chen Jinzhao lower his guard.
Seeing his father, Su Yuqing immediately ran over and threw herself into Su Xiao’s arms. Looking at the family reunion, Chen Jinzhao could not bear to disturb them. At this moment, Guo Meiyu brought a cup of water to Chen Jinzhao, “Jin Zhao, Su Xiao knew you would come, so he waited for you at home.”
“Please sit for a while.”
“Okay, thank you, sister-in-law,” Chen Jinzhao nodded.
Ten minutes later.
Su Xiao invited Chen Jinzhao into the study. After closing the door, Chen Jinzhao said, “I didn’t expect you to still be alive.”
“I still don’t understand why you did that back then?”
“If you don’t give me a satisfactory answer, I swear I will take your head to pay tribute to our fallen brothers.”
Su Xiao’s expression was solemn. “Sit down first, let’s talk slowly.”
Chen Jinzhao saw that Su Xiao was not lightly injured. If he dared to act rashly, he was confident he could subdue him, so he sat down honestly opposite Su Xiao.
“Thank you for caring about my wife and daughter. Only you would care about them,” Su Xiao said with a complicated tone.
“I will tell you about what happened back then slowly.”
Chen Jinzhao patiently listened to Su Xiao recount the past.
Su Xiao’s eyes became serious, and he said word by word, “I did kill the brothers of the Candle Dragon special forces back then, but they were not normal people. Do you know they were mutants? Elder Xu had already noticed this and asked me to secretly eliminate these people to avoid disturbing the morale of the army. Later, I proposed to play along with the plan, bringing their heads to join the Black Blood organization and becoming a core member of the Black Blood organization in the Asia-Pacific region.”
“Mutants?” Chen Jinzhao frowned.
“Are you talking about gene warriors?”
Su Xiao looked at Chen Jinzhao in surprise. “You actually know about these things? Since you know, it will be much easier to explain.”
“These people formed a small group and wanted to pile all the military merits onto the leader of this small group. This way, that person would rise rapidly in status.”
Prompted by Su Xiao, Chen Jinzhao recalled the past.
At that time, there was indeed another person in the special forces who was extremely popular, even surpassing the strongest Su Xiao, and was appreciated by many high-ranking military officials. After that incident, the high-ranking military officials unanimously agreed that Su Xiao was threatened by that person’s position and thus took the risk to kill.
Now it seemed, it was not the case at all.
Seeing Chen Jinzhao nod from time to time, Su Xiao asked in surprise, “You don’t doubt me at all? Aren’t you afraid I’m lying to you?”
Chen Jinzhao said calmly, “I can verify it with Elder Xu, and I happen to know someone who rose in that way, so I’m used to it.”
“Who?” Su Xiao was shocked.
“The Northeast Military Region’s Barbarian Bear, one of the Seven Strongest,” Chen Jinzhao said.
Su Xiao was so startled that he immediately stood up, “What?!”
“He, he’s a mutant?”
Chen Jinzhao motioned for Su Xiao to sit down and said that the matter had been resolved, and Su Xiao finally breathed a sigh of relief.
“If I’m not mistaken, the Asia-Pacific branch of the Black Blood Group went all out, and you were the one who instigated it, weren’t you? Otherwise, the Black Blood organization wouldn’t have taken such a risk,” Chen Jinzhao guessed.
Su Xiao nodded, “That’s right.”
Chen Jinzhao then said, “Now that the Asia-Pacific branch of the Black Blood organization has been wiped out, it’s time for you to return. Why are you still hiding?”
Su Xiao shook his head and chuckled, his face full of bitterness.
“The power of the Black Blood organization is beyond your imagination. I even suspect that some important figures in our country have a close relationship with the Black Blood organization. So I cannot return for the time being, and I even need to use this opportunity to go to the headquarters in Meteri. Only in this way can I approach the core decision-making level.”
“And then investigate which important figures in our country are part of the Black Blood!”
“If I can complete this mission, what’s wrong with dying? A true man should achieve great deeds and die on the battlefield!”