Chapter 1894 - 984: The Disappearance of Jindai Yunlo (4)

Qing Yi asked in a firm voice: "The order you received should be to hold the line."

Qing Kun replied nonchalantly: "Do you know how much effort your father put into this troop? If it all ends here, how will you establish yourself in Qing’s Family in the future? If this troop is wiped out, the Qing’s Family will be left with only Qing Yu in the north."

Qing Yi frowned: "At a time like this, you’re still thinking about such things."

"Kid, you don’t understand politics. To sit at the table and talk politics, you need chips, and this troop is your dad’s chip," Qing Kun said. "Without guns in hand, you lack the backbone. I’m considering it for you. Think about it, you’ve become the Chief of the Spy Bureau at a young age, but you’re not the Shadow yet—the position of Shadow remains vacant."

Qing Yi shook his head: "I don’t need to consider such things, and the sir wouldn’t consider such things either."

Qing Kun asked: "What if that sir of yours doesn’t return?"

Qing Yi replied seriously: "Without the skin, to what can the hair attach? Without the country, what use are chips? Qing Kun, I’m supervising on the front line. If you defy military orders, I swear... I will personally send you to a military court."

Qing Kun chuckled: "I don’t believe it."

Qing Yi turned and left: "I mean what I say. Give me a tent; I need to rest for three hours."

At this moment, spies Yan Chunmi and Song Niannian followed behind Qing Yi as they left together. Qing Kun grabbed Yan Chunmi: "How long has this kid not slept? He looks so haggard."

"The boss has only slept six hours in the last three days," Yan Chunmi said. "But you should be careful, sir. The boss is indeed ruthless now. He scolds anyone who doesn’t work well. If you defy orders from Ginkgo Mountain, he does have the authority to send you to a military court."

Qing Kun laughed heartily: "I know, I know."

Yan Chunmi was a bit surprised: "You’re not angry either?"

"What’s there to be angry about? A father should be happy when his son prospers," Qing Kun waved his hand: "Go ahead, the combat meeting here is confidential, and the Spy Bureau can’t listen in either."

Once there were no outsiders left in the command room, Qing Kun’s expression turned serious: "Order the Air Force Fleet to prepare for departure. The Parents’ Meeting has no opportunity to reach Jian Menguan; we cannot wait here. We must go out to meet them."

A military advisor hastily said: "Sir, our air defense facilities are all at Jian Menguan. We can’t adapt to the complex roads outside Jian Menguan. Without relying on ground-based air defense facilities, our battle damage ratio will be extremely high! The Air Force of the West Continent is stronger than ours!"

Qing Kun remained silent for two seconds: "Actually, I know very well about the Old Master at Ginkgo Mountain; in his chessboard, the decisive move is not us. Our significance lies in preserving the Parents’ Meeting troop crossing the wilderness—that’s the real decisive move on the battlefield."

Qing Kun was cunning since childhood. When Old Master Qing called him to Ginkgo Mountain, wanting him to participate in the last Shadow contest, he refused, reasoning that he only wanted to be a playboy.

The truth was he knew how brutal the Shadow contest was—either die or submit to the Shadow. He didn’t want to choose either path.

Thus, he joined the project company, starting from the bottom, gradually showcasing his talents, eventually finding another path to become a Qing’s Family lord.

Qing Kun turned to his longtime deputy and asked: "What do you think I relied on to climb up all these years?"

The deputy hurriedly said: "It’s your foresight in assessing the situation, your unparalleled wisdom, your..."

Qing Kun sighed: "That’s your mortal vision. I relied on my father holding a high position..."

"Ah?" The deputy was dumbfounded: "Why are you not playing by the rules."

Relying on his talent and his father’s high position, Qing Kun made thriving business. But as he basked in his success, his father, seriously ill and nearing death, called him to the bedside for a final fireside chat.

The elderly father, covered by a blanket, looking at the flickering fire in the furnace said: "I know you’re smart and afraid of death. You didn’t want to participate in the Shadow contest when asked. The Family Head asked you to take on more important responsibilities, and you didn’t want to either, just wanted to guard your domain as a local emperor. But you must understand, in life, there are things you cannot avoid."

Qing Kun suddenly thought, his own father was really right.

Some things are unavoidable.

He can hide, but Qing Yi won’t hide.

He can survive, but Qing’s Family won’t just survive.

"If there’s no Qing’s Family, what are you and I but nothing?" Qing Kun cursed and said: "You have three hours to prepare military supplies. After three hours, leave Jian Menguan with me to intercept the West Continent fleet."

Since the Parents’ Meeting can’t arrive at Jian Menguan as scheduled, they will go out to meet them.

At this moment, Qing Kun surveyed the tent. Seeing Jindai Yunlo, he said: "Um... you come with us! You are an elite handpicked by Ginkgo Mountain, you must escort us."

Jindai Yunlo smiled: "Okay, Jindai Sorajima, Yun Xiu, you coordinate personnel, we will all go. Takeshi Wuteng, Ryosuke Takahashi, you two come play cards with me, once they are ready, we will all set out together."

Jindai Sorajima raised his eyebrows: "At a time like this, play cards?"

"I can’t even talk to women, can’t I summon two men to play cards? It won’t delay business!" Jindai Yunlo shouted with his hands tucked in his sleeves.

Jindai Sorajima slightly curbed his expression: "Go ahead."

"Really," Jindai Yunlo muttered, going into his tent to play cards.

However, two hours later, when Jindai Sorajima and others finished preparing the supplies, ready to depart, she went to find Jindai Yunlo’s tent.

Although voices could still be heard inside, opening the curtain only revealed a player playing sounds.

Jindai Yunlo, Takeshi Wuteng, Ryosuke Takahashi were nowhere to be found.

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