Chapter 130 (2/2)
Bai Jingcheng alternated between happy and sad. Faced with the upcoming trial, his feelings were complex, and he didn't know what he should do. His intuition told him that his son must have been involved in these two events concerning the Zhou Family, but facts told him that there was no evidence.
Towards this son of his, other than helplessness, Bai Jingcheng only felt even more helplessness.
He Yong was more confident in the two men than Bai Jingcheng was. He believed that they would never fight an uncertain battle. Faced with the upcoming trial, he only sped up the actions he was taking in the dark and waited for the right opportunity to rise up into power.
On the day of the trial, Bai Jing and Xiao Sa watched the spectacle with amus.e.m.e.nt. They were faced with various inquiries, asking why they had disappeared, and why they had reappeared, but all they said was that they had sequestered themselves away for cultivation and cleanly shut down all other arguments.
As for Wu Guoan and the others, they also didn't answer the judges' irrelevant questions, such as why they hadn't suffered any casualties, why they had insisted on only taking action one day later, why…
In any case, they were faced with a large number of charges that included causing disorder, eating and drinking too well on the journey, and deven ressing too neatly. All of these became reasons to charge them with the crime of being disobedient to the arrangements made by the leaders of the mission.
When everyone had finished speaking and nearly all the blame had been doled out, Wu Guoan was naturally pushed out to be their spokesperson. He looked at everyone around them and curved his lips, then said slowly, “I'm very sorry about the Zhou Family's situation. I also feel deep sympathy towards the casualties everyone suffered. If only everyone had acted together back then, it definitely wouldn't have reached this point. I only have one thing to say to everyone regarding all this. My condolences during your grief.”
Wu Guoan pointed out that the mission had been arranged by the leaders.h.i.+p, and it was also the leaders' decisions to split everyone apart. Now that the death toll and injured count was so high, wasn't that the fault of the leaders.h.i.+p?
“Can everything be settled just like this?” Someone cried out in disapproval.
“Why did we have to wait until the next day to act?”
“If you don't give us an account today…”
“What more do you want?” Wu Guoan's face turned cold as he gave the people present a meaningful glance. “At the time, we insisted on taking action the next day because we had discovered something that the Zhou Family had lost. We were kind enough to return it that night. What's wrong with that?”
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“What did you say?” The Zhou Family's family head was so angry that his eyes were about to pop out of their sockets as he glared viciously at Wu Guoan, wanting to bask in his blood.
“What did they lose?” Someone discovered that something was wrong.
Wu Guoan laughed coldly, “A wooden box. Everyone should have some impression of it. As for what was inside, you'll have to ask the Zhou Family about it.”
“What wooden box?” Those who were paying attention immediately began to secretly speculate that the collapse of the Zhou Family's entire army was related to this box.
Looking at the Zhou Family's angry mood, a seed of suspicion took root and sprouted in people's hearts.
The trial was a farce, starting in a hurry, and ending in a hurry.
Perhaps the Zhou Family had never imagined that Wu Guoan would fabricate rumors out of thin air in public. The boxes indeed existed, but the meteorites were important experimental objects, and most of them had been left in the research inst.i.tute. The Zhou Family only had one piece, and under Wu Guoan's provocative words, the situation became one where the Zhou Family had harboured ill intent. Even if there was no evidence, as long as there was suspicion, someone would be able to discover the truth as long as they investigated.
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The most depressing thing for the Zhou Family was that this could indeed be investigated. Most of what Wu Guoan said had been true, and even if there was only one false statement, it wouldn't be discovered. Without proof, this would become the truth that everyone else believed.
This time, the Zhou Family had lifted up a stone only to drop it on their own feet, but the tragedy didn't end there. Very soon, news that two of their descendants had lost their abilities was spread out by interested parties.
People who depended on the Zhou Family began to panic, and other forces also began to foolishly make moves. Especially for those in the mercenary corps, the Qi Family's abrupt rise to power encouraged their ambitions. Why couldn't they also have a proper say in the management of the base like the Qi Family?
Regardless of how much of a storm the Zhou Family was under, He Yong rose up and devoured the Zhou Family's influence incredibly quickly, before anyone who was watching even had time to react.
A war without smoke began.
Bai Jing and Xiao Sa served as protectors, and He Yong rose to prominence as a dark horse and soon occupied a place in the Capital, shocking everyone.
After that, the matter was already settled, and it was too late for anyone to do anything even if they wanted to.
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Among them, Bai Jingcheng was the most surprised. He had no idea when He Yong had formed an alliance with his son. Was it before he treated Zhou Hua or after? Or was it even as early as when they were in contact in D City?
Bai Jingcheng would be lying if he said he didn't feel uncomfortable. Bai Jing was clearly his own son, but he had gone and helped others instead.
He wanted to ask why, but when faced with his son's clear gaze, Bai Jingcheng's words were stuck in his throat.
Bai Jing only said, “Your daughter is also surnamed Zhou.” This sentence blocked anything Bai Jingcheng wanted to say. He wanted to say that she was also his elder sister, but thinking about the means that the Zhou Family had used to try and deal with his son, this sentence really caught in his throat, and he couldn't say it out loud.
After staying in the Capital for three months, He Yong's forces stabilized, and the two of them were finally ready to leave for home.
Yes, they were going home!
Back to Jing Sa City, which was their home.
Over the past three months, they had recruited quite a few talented researchers and made deals with both Bai Jingcheng and He Yong. Jing Sa City would exchange food with them and obtain the results of their research and technology in return.
The three parties were all satisfied with this result. Bai Jingcheng was only a little dissatisfied; he felt like he had simply handed over a share of the pot to He Yong, but he also knew that there was nothing he could do. He knew too little about his own son and had spent too little time with him. He couldn't really blame his son for not putting his eggs in one basket.
Before leaving, Bai Jing didn't forget to ask for a map of the research inst.i.tute from He Yong.
He Yong was rather shocked. Although he didn't know what Bai Jing wanted to do with the map, his intuition told him that it was definitely not a good thing. However, based on their relations.h.i.+p as allies, after thinking about it for a while, he still tried everything possible to obtain it for him. This was the difference between He Yong and Bai Jingcheng – Bai Jingcheng would never let his son to do whatever he liked.
Bai Jing gave He Yong a rare look of admiration, which left He Yong a little flattered while simultaneously giving him even more of a scare. He didn't relax even after Bai Jing and Xiao Sa took their people away from the Capital, and within a few days, his antic.i.p.ation was fulfilled as a large-scale explosion occurred at the research inst.i.tute. By then, the two of them were already thousands of miles away.
Bai Jing threw away the remote control in his hand, and his entire person was filled with an exuberant mood as he cackled sneakily. The arms they had obtained in the military factory had played a very important role, but he also hoped that it wouldn't cause too much chaos in the Capital.
Xiao Sa pulled Bai Jing into his arms in a public display of affection. After leaving the Capital, he felt that Little Jing had become much more relaxed. Although they were still far away from Jing Sa City, he believed that there would definitely be someone waiting for their return in their home city.
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Home! Bai Jing laughed lightly as he began to plan out their future. They had gained a lot during this trip to the Capital, and not only could they add several kinds of equipment for Jing Sa City, they even had enough to build another city. They still had a long future ahead of them, and he believed that there would definitely be a day when Jing Sa City surpa.s.sed the Capital Base!
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