Soon, Jiang Shaolong and the others were taken away.
"Disperse, Qin Tianyou, you stay!" Chen Fan said.
"Yes!"
Qin Tianyou quickly saluted and turned to give orders.
The team members dispersed and left the Sheng Long Bar.
"You kid, I asked you to bring two people, and you made such a big scene?" Chen Fan reprimanded, half-jokingly, half-seriously.
"Report, the brothers are bored and await your summons at any time!"
Qin Tianyou was fully armed, his body stood straight, looking extremely imposing.
But facing Chen Fan's reprimand, he appeared very nervous, his head drooped, and his voice was not as strong as usual as he replied.
"So you're saying you're idle?"
Chen Fan said lightly, "Then double your daily drills."
Qin Tianyou's face soured, and he wished he could slap himself.
But he only had one choice, and he answered crisply, "Yes, I guarantee to execute any mission."
"Alright, relax a bit outside, no need to be so tense and serious!"
Chen Fan walked towards the exit.
"Report!"
Qin Tianyou finally relaxed a bit, quickly followed, and asked, "How should the captured individuals be dealt with, please instruct!"
"Keep them locked up!"
Chen Fan said carelessly.
He had no intention of killing Jiang Shaolong. Existences like ants were not worth his effort.
However, Jiang Shaolong constantly pestering him was an eyesore, and having the Raptor Squad detain him would be much more convenient.
"Yes!"
...
Exiting the bar, Chen Fan glanced at his car, tossed the car keys to Qin Tianyou, and said, "I've been drinking, you drive me back. I'll walk a bit, you follow behind."
"Yes!"
Qin Tianyou was overjoyed and quickly agreed.
To be able to drive for the Undefeated God of War was an honor for him.
Chen Fan walked with his hands behind his back, out of the bar street, and took in the night view of Hangjiang.
He vaguely remembered that about fifteen years ago, near this place, in the cold night, he and Su Yingxue had escaped hand in hand.
Time had passed, and the city had long since changed.
"Uncle, please be kind and buy a flower, okay?"
At the street corner, as Chen Fan was walking slowly, a timid voice came.
In the evening breeze, a small, delicate, and weak girl, dressed in ill-fitting tattered clothes, held a few roses and pleaded shyly.
Chen Fan's gaze fell on the girl's face, and he was slightly taken aback.
The girl's features were very beautiful, and vaguely, she gave him a sense of familiarity.
But he couldn't pinpoint the source of this familiarity.
He patted himself, finding he had no money, and felt a bit awkward. "Little girl, it's so late, why aren't you at home sleeping? Why are you out selling flowers?"
"Uncle, can you buy one?"
The little girl, about five or six years old, was exceptionally petite and thin, as if a gust of wind could blow her over.
She didn't answer Chen Fan, but asked pitifully.
Chen Fan said, "Where are your parents?"
"I... I don't have a father or mother..."
The little girl lowered her head, tears rolling down her eyes, her body trembling slightly.
Chen Fan frowned slightly but didn't ask further. He beckoned to Qin Tianyou.
Qin Tianyou stopped the car, got out, and walked over.
"Do you have any money on you?"
Chen Fan asked.
"Report, no."
Chen Fan: "..."
Qin Tianyou quickly said, "Please wait a moment, I'll go get some!"
Chen Fan nodded.
Qin Tianyou turned and went to a nearby convenience store. He soon returned with several thousand in cash.
Taking the cash, Chen Fan crouched down, placed the money in the little girl's hand, and took all the roses. "I'll take all these flowers, uncle will buy them."
The little girl looked up, her large, watery eyes brightening considerably.
But just as Chen Fan took the roses covering the girl's chest, he suddenly saw a pendant hanging on her chest and his gaze suddenly sharpened.
It was a small pendant made of animal bone. The craftsmanship was not elegant, but rather crude.
However, Chen Fan recognized it at a glance: it was a snake tooth.
And it was the tooth of a Burmese python that grew in the subtropical rainforest.
His thoughts were instantly transported back many years.
...
"I say, Yangzi, the teeth of this kind of python aren't rare. Why bother cutting it off?"
"Fan Ge, this Burmese python almost swallowed me just now. Cutting off its teeth as a trophy, isn't that very commemorative? I plan to give this as a gift to my girlfriend!"
"Nonsense, Hu Dongyang, you scoundrel, trying to fool your girlfriend with this thing? How stupid must your girlfriend be to be deceived by you?"
"Haha, Fan Ge, you're just envious and jealous. You wouldn't understand the happiness of having the best woman as a girlfriend. She's happy to be wooed with these worthless trinkets, so what?"
"You brat, you're asking for a beating, aren't you? Have you forgotten who saved you from the python's mouth just now?"
...
"Thank you, thank you, uncle. You are good people!"
The little girl's thanks pulled Chen Fan back from his thoughts.
As the little girl spoke, she bowed politely to him.
The snake tooth pendant swayed with the girl's movement.
Chen Fan came back to his senses and asked gently, "Little friend, what's your name?"
The girl was a little nervous, lowered her head, and said, "Uncle, my name is Nannan."
"Nannan, may I see your pendant?"
Chen Fan pointed to the pendant and asked softly.
The girl's expression became nervous, she reached for the pendant and hastily retreated.
"Uncle means no harm, I just want to take a look!"
Chen Fan said softly, "I once had a friend, and he wore a pendant, very, very similar to yours!"
The girl was stunned, her expression saddened, and she walked forward, saying, "Uncle, look. Is your friend still alive?"
Under Qin Tianyou's surprised gaze, Chen Fan held the pendant and flipped it over.
On the back, two words, worn and blurry – Qiao Yun!
Upon seeing these two words, Chen Fan's body trembled violently, and a surge of warmth rushed into his heart.
"Fan Ge, you write well. Can you engrave my name on this for me?"
"Scram, do you think I'm that idle to engrave on this thing? Is your Zhou Qiaoyun my girlfriend?"
"Fan Ge, she's your sister-in-law. A bottle of Erguotou?"
"Hand it over. It's not for Erguotou, alright. Engrave your girlfriend's name, Qiaoyun, right?"
...
Unconsciously, Chen Fan's eyes became warm and sore.
Six years!
The comrade-in-arms who called him Fan Ge, who fought alongside him in a hail of bullets and shed blood together, had been buried in a foreign land for six years.
Six years, if calculated, was just a little longer than the age of the little Nannan before him.
"My friend is no longer alive!"
Chen Fan wiped his eyes and asked, "Nannan, who gave you this pendant?"
"I... I don't know." Nannan shook her head and said.
Chen Fan frowned slightly.
Just then, Nannan added, "But I heard people say that this thing has always been on me..."