The vehicle drove onto the road out of the city and approached the suburbs smoothly.
Suddenly, a figure rushed out from the side of the road and blocked the path of the vehicle!
Stab——!
The extended Lincoln braked quickly, and the inertia caused everyone in the car to sway. At the same time, they raised their heads and looked out the window. When they saw the figure clearly, everyone was stunned.
It was an old man who was sweating profusely, his back was a little bent, his wrinkled face looked at the vehicle in front of him, and his eyes were full of determination.
"Dean Liu?" Baili Pangpang asked in surprise, "Why is he here?"
"Apparently, he's here to chase Wu Quan."
An Qingyu looked back and saw Wu Quan also stunned in the car, staring blankly at the figure in front of the car.
"But how does he know where we are going?"
"This is the only way out of the city from Linjiang. He should have come here in advance to wait." Secretary Jin explained in a timely manner.
In front of the car, Old Man Liu stepped forward and looked through the front windshield to see Wu Quan, Li Xiaoyan and Qian Cheng sitting at the back. Their weathered faces showed such expressions as expected.
"You... it's so hard to hide it from me." Old Man Liu smiled bitterly.
In the sky, the dark clouds that were about to disperse have piled up again.
Lin Qiye looked at the figure in front of the car, remained silent for a moment, then looked back at Wu Quan with slightly pursed lips:
"It seems that there is no way to escape this time..."
Wu Quan took a deep breath and said, "I'll get off the car."
He pushed open the car door and stepped on the road. Li Xiaoyan and Qian Cheng followed closely behind. His originally stiff and dull face suddenly became animated, and his eyes sparkled with energy.
"Grandpa Liu!" Li Xiaoyan shouted, rushed forward quickly, and threw herself into Old Man Liu's arms.
She raised her head to look at Old Liu, her red face, her eyes a little dodgey, "Grandpa Liu... why are you here?"
Old Man Liu said with a straight face, "Humph, if I don't come, who knows what you are going to do?"
Old Liu's expression was gloomy, but nearly half of the anger and unwillingness he had accumulated in his heart dissipated the moment Li Xiaoyan threw herself into his arms.
One is because of his subconscious softness towards the children, and the other is that Li Xiaoyan's behavior sent a signal to him.
You see, the children still care about me!
Old man Liu hugged Li Xiaoyan and looked at Wu Quan and Qian Cheng, "Don't you two have anything to say?"
Wu Quan was silent for a moment, "I'm sorry, Grandpa Liu... we have to go."
"Let's go? Where to go? Don't tell me that you three little kids with no hair at all are going to join the army like Mr. Shen?"
Wu Quan was speechless.
The excuse of joining the army is probably useless, but he can't tell the other party that he is going to jail for killing people, right?
Just when Wu Quan was entangled and troubled, the car door opened again, Lin Qiye stepped out of the car, and said gently:
"Dean Liu, these three children do have some things to do, but the details involve state secrets, so we can't say anything yet."
"State secrets...hum."
Old Man Liu looked at Lin Qiye, his eyes becoming more and more complicated.
"After the inexplicable fire that year, Mr. Shen has been mysterious and secretive. Later, he said that he wanted to join the army, which was also full of doubts.
You guys came to visit me, too. I was besieged by those gangsters. The next day they came to my door with missing arms and legs to beg for mercy. The Li Group wanted to force us to move. Before dawn, the whole house was massacred.
Mr. Shen went to your place and didn't come back for four years, and now you are coming to take away these children...
Are you trying to kill me?!"
Old Man Liu became more and more excited as he spoke. He raised his trembling hands and slapped the front of Lincoln's car hard.
Bang-bang-!
His face was full of confusion and pain!
He stared at Lin Qiye, opened his chapped lips, and spoke hoarsely:
"Tell me...who are you?!"
Old Man Liu's voice echoed in the air, and everyone in the car, as well as Lin Qiye and others outside the car, fell silent at the same time.
After a long time, Lin Qiye slowly spoke,
"Dean Liu, our identities are state secrets and there is no comment...
But we are by no means bad people. We are indeed soldiers. We are just protecting this country in another way that ordinary people cannot understand.
Shen Qingzhu is also one of us. What I said about his achievements are all true, and what he did is far more powerful than what I described.
Perhaps, when the war is over and our existence can be announced to the world, you will naturally understand."
Old Man Liu frowned. He stretched out his hand, pointed at Li Xiaoyan in his arms, as well as Wu Quan and Qian Cheng in the distance and said:
"What about them? They are just a group of fourteen or fifteen-year-old kids, and they want to do those things? This is too dangerous! I don't agree!"
"Their situation is quite special. They don't need to do the same things as us, nor do they need to go through life and death. Moreover, the place they are going to is very safe." Lin Qiye said seriously.
After hearing these words, Old Man Liu relaxed a little.
His eyes swept over Wuquan and the other three people in turn, and he spoke with a complicated expression:
"Shall we talk to them alone?"
Lin Qiye glanced at Wu Quan and said, "Of course."
Old Liu took Wu Quan and the others to the roadside, talking seriously. Wu Quan turned his head from time to time to look at Lin Qiye and others.
Cao Yuan rolled down the window and lowered his voice and asked:
"Qiye, that kid won't take advantage of Dean Liu's opportunity and refuse to go to the fasting center with us, right?"
Before seeing the memory of the fire four years ago, Lin Qiye was indeed unsure of the answer, but after seeing that memory, Lin Qiye had some new understanding of Wu Quan's character.
This child grew up with Shen Qingzhu and would never do anything treacherous. He promised that there would be no complications along the way and he would not use other means to escape.
"No." He shook his head.
As expected by Lin Qiye, Wu Quan and the other two people soon walked back to the car. Old Man Liu walked forward slowly, as if he had aged several years, and said helplessly:
"Since they are determined to follow you, then let them go... Please take good care of them, please."
Old Man Liu hunched over and bowed deeply to Lin Qiye.
Lin Qiye supported him and persuaded him for a while before persuading him to leave.
Lin Qiye looked at the lonely figure of Old Man Liu leaving, with mixed feelings in his heart.
Although these children are not the biological children of Old Man Liu, they are indeed dearer to him than his own children. Seeing the children leaving him one after another, it is impossible to say that he does not feel uncomfortable.
But what's even more rare is that he can respect every child's choice.
Wu Quan watched Old Man Liu leave, turned around calmly, opened the car door and got in.
"Let's go."
Lin Qiye nodded, and the vehicle started again, speeding towards the military airport in the suburbs.