C47 Mood Juice (1/2)

Mei Chuanqi mocked the man who fell to the ground in a sorry state, ”I always thought that the person who framed my comrades would rise in power by leaps and bounds. I never thought that later on, there would be someone who would enjoy endless wealth.”

He looked at the man's clothes, which were no different from those of the oxen who had come out to sell, and said with a 'tsk tsk', ”To think that it would end like this.”

The cow-men were of a very low status on their planet. Some people didn't even see them as human beings, so the cow-men who came out to sell them would do everything they could to get their hands on powerful masters to improve their status.

Lee Binng crawled up in a hurry, and knelt in front of Mei Chuanqi with regret written all over his face. He kowtowed again and again, and said while choking on his sobs, ”Mei Chuanqi, we have let you down, we have let you down.”

Ever since Mei Chuanqi had gone to prison, he had often dreamed of the scene of Mei Chuanqi being framed by them, and then, he would be woken up from his dreams time and time again. And just like that, he would be tortured time and time again every night.

Mei Chuanqi stared coldly at the Lee Binng who was constantly crapping his head, and he could tell that the other party was truly regretting it, ”If you truly feel that you've let me down, then tell me exactly what happened one year ago.”

Lee Binng stopped and shook his head.

Mei Chuanqi furrowed his brows, ”You still want to hide it for them? What did they give you? ”

If he had really given them some benefits, they shouldn't have ended up in such a mess, right?

Lee Binng explained anxiously: ”No, it's not that I want to help them hide it, but that I really don't know anything. At that time, we would only accuse you of running away because we were threatened. If you don't stand up and accuse us, our family will die. So, we … ”We …”

Mei Chuanqi narrowed his eyes and stared at him, trying to discern from his expression whether his words were real or fake: ”You really don't know who did it?”

”I really don't know. We didn't even see each other. Before going to the court-martial, we received a video of our family being tied up through a communicator and asked us to cooperate with them in identifying you as escaping from the war. ”

”Since you have already stood up and identified me as a deserter, why did you become like this?”

Lee Binng flashed an embarrassed, sad, and furious expression. In the end, he returned to calm and lowered his head in silence.

Mei Chuanqi continued to speak: ”I want to use your ability, even if you aren't a soldier, to register to participate in the Mecha Combat Competition's preliminary competition is more than enough, why are you doing yourself such a thing?”

Lee Binng was quiet for a moment, then said: ”My hands are already crippled.”

He lifted his trembling hands and moved his fingers. His rigid movements indicated that he was no longer able to control the mecha flexibly.

Mei Chuanqi was startled. ”How can this be?”

Lee Binng self-deprecated, ”This is heaven's punishment for framing me as a comrade.”

Mei Chuanqi asked to the end, ”What exactly happened? How could your hand end up like this for no reason at all? ”

Lee Binng said in grief and indignation: ”On my way home to visit my family, I was besieged by people. My fingers were all broken, and now I can still move. I am already extremely fortunate.”

Mei Chuanqi thought that Lee Binng should know who broke his finger bones, and furrowed his brows and asked: ”What about the other people who identified me?”

Lee Binng shook his head: ”After I left the army, I have never seen them again. However, I believe that they are the same as me and do not know anything. Oh right, Major Wei Loong should still be alive. ”

Mei Chuanqi was shocked: ”What! You said that Major Wei Loong did not die? ”

He swiftly grabbed onto Lee Binng's collar: ”You stand up first, let's talk.”

Lee Binng hurriedly stood up, ”Actually, I'm not too sure either. That day, when I walked out of my home, I passed by a private plastic surgery called a disguise clubhouse. When I saw a man with a body similar to Major Wei Loong's, I couldn't help but take a few more glances. At that time, the other party was wearing a mask so his face couldn't be seen. However, when he was shaking hands with the doctor, I noticed that the man had three triangular-shaped mole marks on his palm. It looked exactly like the one in Major Wei Loong.

Mei Chuanqi asked anxiously: Did you call him that back then?

”No. I thought that if the other party was really Major Wei Loong, then he must have had some sort of difficult situation, which was why he didn't return to the army and instead went to the plastic surgery clinic. I think he's probably been threatened like we are, and if I call him out of the blue, his identity will be revealed. ”

”When did you see him?”

”Eight months ago.”

Mei Chuanqi squinted his eyes and stared at Lee Binng for a long time.

Lee Binng did not dare to look into those sharp eyes.

”I will investigate this matter clearly.” Mei Chuanqi put on his sunglasses, turned and walked towards the door.