When Lin Muci and Ling Kuang finally emerged from his Fentian mech, Ling Kuang’s eyes held a look of satisfied amusement.
Lin Muci, however, shot him a glare.
“You’re too… never satisfied, aren’t you?”
“I’m not talking to you!”
The man opposite her watched the girl with a playful smile. He reached out and pulled her into his embrace. Lin Muci heard his voice, laced with a teasing tone.
“I’ve told you, you’re my female beast. If you don’t talk to me, I’ll die of a broken heart.”
Lin Muci had never imagined that the cold prison warden could utter such tender words.
After saying this, he slowly stroked her hair. Lin Muci heard him say,
“I’ll send you back.”
“Where are you going?”
Lin Muci had actually intended to find Ji Feng. But thinking about how she had snuck into the underground black market without his knowledge, she felt a headache coming on.
If Ji Feng saw her with Ling Kuang – she didn't even want to imagine how angry he would be.
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When Lin Muci returned, Ji Feng’s expression was indeed as dark as charcoal. He was clearly displeased, and even seeing his beloved daughter back didn’t ease his mood in the slightest.
Especially when he saw Ling Kuang behind his daughter. His expression was as if he wanted to draw his sword and kill him on the spot!
“Why are you following my daughter?”
Ling Kuang pointed at Lin Muci.
“She’s my female beast.”
“Of course, I have to be with her.”
Hearing Ling Kuang’s words, Ji Feng’s eyes almost spewed fire!
“Nonsense! My darling is not anyone’s female beast. Don’t think that just because Xiǎo cí was young and easily deceived back then, and you managed to sway her, you can be proud of it. A person is like a bird; they have a fledging mentality and will regard the first person they see when their eyes open as their mother!”
“She just fell into your hands back then, so perhaps she developed feelings for you. That’s only because you deceived her during her ignorant moments. That’s not love at all!”
Ji Feng’s tone was extremely sharp. Hearing Ji Feng say this, Ling Kuang opposite him chuckled lightly. He looked up at Ji Feng and said,
“Even if it wasn’t before, it will be in the future.”
“She is my female beast. This fact will remain true even if the sky falls!”
Ji Feng’s eyes were already red with anger. He didn’t bother to waste words with the person in front of him. As soon as they disagreed, he was ready to attack, wanting nothing more than to charge forward and slaughter them.
Ling Kuang, on the other hand, raised an eyebrow, still appearing indifferent. He truly didn’t care if Ji Feng wanted to fight him.
After all, in Ling Kuang’s heart, Ji Feng was no match for him.
As for the fact that the other party was his future father-in-law, he completely ignored it. The concept of trying to appease his father-in-law simply didn’t exist in his mind!
Seeing the two men on the verge of fighting, Lin Muci sighed and said helplessly,
“Stop it. I’ll go back with Daddy first.”
“You are both prominent figures on the central planet. Why must you act like two fighting cocks? If others see this, won’t it be embarrassing?”
She spoke quite seriously. Hearing Lin Muci’s words, both men snorted but turned their backs to each other, unwilling to acknowledge one another.
Lin Muci desperately signaled to Ling Kuang.
Since he had tasted some sweetness in the mech today, he didn’t insist further. After a moment’s thought, he turned and walked away.
Lin Muci, however, turned to her father and successfully diverted his attention with another matter.
“I heard that the military has a mission that requires students from the mech academy to depart with a general for an assignment. Is there such a thing?”
The person opposite her paused slightly, his expression instantly becoming serious.
“A mission? The military did mention some mission today, but that mission has nothing to do with you.”
“No matter how foolish the military personnel are, they wouldn’t let a female beast go to the battlefield. How incompetent would they have to be to send a protected female beast into battle?”
“Don’t worry, they wouldn’t dare do that. Daddy will definitely ensure your safety.”
Hearing Ji Feng say this, Lin Muci suddenly reached out and grasped Ji Feng’s wrist, then told him sincerely,
“Then, what if—”
“I want to go to the battlefield.”
“If I want to go to the battlefield – can I submit an application?”
Ji Feng stared blankly at his innocent-looking young daughter. In his heart, his precious daughter was as noble as a princess and as pure as the angel in this world. The request her daughter made made him gasp in shock, his entire face twitching from his intense worry and overwhelming emotion!
“What did you say?”
“You want to go… want to go to the battlefield?”
“Today’s secret military report stated that there are Zerg on the battlefield!”
“Do you know how dangerous that is? How can you… how can you go there?”
The girl in front of him gently shook his arm, her voice soft and tender.
“I don’t want to be a flower in a greenhouse.”
“I also don’t want the mech called fate, when it comes into my hands, to be called a pearl cast before swine, and for me to be criticized for wasting talent, rendering this top-tier divine mech in the entire universe unable to shine ever again.”
“Since I enrolled in the mech academy, I want to learn the skills of piloting a mech. I originally intended to go to the battlefield, and now the opportunity has arrived, right before my eyes. I have no reason to retreat.”
She said this with great sincerity, slowly raising her head to gaze at Ji Feng.
“What if I’m a female beast?”
“If, as a female beast, I can accomplish things they cannot, and become even stronger than them, wouldn’t that be even more astonishing?”
“Who says a female beast can absolutely not pilot a mech, or cannot achieve merit on the battlefield?”
She looked up, but the man opposite her showed no sign of relenting.
“No – that’s too dangerous! You have no idea what the battlefield is like! But I have seen it. I fought my way out of mountains of knives and seas of blood. How could I not know what kind of human hell it is? You are Daddy’s little princess, you are the pearl that the people of the entire universe should hold in their palms!”
“How can I let you take such a huge risk? Not even the slightest risk is possible, absolutely impossible!”
Ji Feng’s words were resolute!
The little female beast opposite him showed a look of regret.
“Daddy really won’t support me?”
Ji Feng looked at her pitiful expression and felt a pang of softness, but considering her safety, he quickly put on a stern face and said,
“There is no room for negotiation.”
“Ensuring your safety will always be my top priority and highest standard.”
“You can experience all sorts of battles in the simulation pod, but you will never, ever step onto a real battlefield!”
He loved the girl in front of him too much.
He couldn’t imagine if he were to lose her again—
The mere thought of such a possibility made him feel like he was going mad!