Chapter 1203: Wilderness Weeds (big chapter seeking monthly ticket)
"Are you Weiken?"
Before He Ao could answer, Sia beside him looked at the Old Man before them and asked somewhat helplessly.
She clenched her hands, her fingertips pressing into her skin until they turned white.
"Yes."
Weiken withdrew his gaze from He Ao, glanced at Sia, swept his eyes over her City Defense Army Combat Suit and valiant face, then smiled. "Little girl, are you one of the Wilderness Wanderers?"
Then he paused and analyzed on his own, "Your eyes are full of wildness. Generally speaking, girls from the slums also possess that kind of wildness, but theirs is more easily concealed. They look harmless, like stray cats.
"Girls from the wilderness, however, have fought nature since childhood. They are fiercer and more outwardly expressive, more like untamed wild kittens."
Hearing Weiken's words, Sia slightly opened her mouth, instinctively wanting to say something. She was surprised that Weiken had identified her, but that was neither what she cared about nor what she wanted to discuss. Yet when the words reached her lips, she swallowed them back.
She raised her head and turned to glance at He Ao beside her.
He Ao nodded slightly, signaling that she could say what she wanted to say.
So she took a breath, looked again at the Old Man amid the dense forest, and asked in a voice suppressed but trembling slightly, "I heard that you were the one who set the policies controlling the Wilderness Wanderers' resources and arranged for them to enter the mountains to explore?"
"Of course."
Weiken smiled gently, as though discussing an accomplishment he took great pride in.
"Didn't you know that would get many people killed?"
Seeing his expression, Sia lost control for a moment. Her chest rose and