Anything not prohibited by law was permissible; the Empire had that saying too.
Qu Jianlei snorted softly and gave Qian He another warning. "But if this channel gets exposed... think carefully about it yourself."
"Of course," Qian He answered readily, then asked, "Do you want me to help look into the Alliance?"
"No need." Qu Jianlei shook his head and motioned for him to finish the procurement quickly.
After Qian He left, he sat in his self-driving car with his eyes closed to rest. Only after a long while did he shake his head and mutter softly.
"His mind really isn't on the National War anymore..."
Half a year ago, his family had suddenly asked whether he had been in contact with Digital Phantom.
Qian He had never mentioned this to anyone, but it was unrealistic to expect him to keep his mouth completely shut.
After all, he had the mannerisms of a young master. He wanted his family's approval, or perhaps... the regret of that goddess he had failed to win over? So the word he had spread was that he wanted to make an effort to contact Digital Phantom and participate in the National War.
—He had expressed that thought to Qu Jianlei long ago, only to be rejected.
He had never expected his family to guess it.
Qian He denied it outright. How could he casually talk about something like that?
Unexpectedly, his father coldly asked, "If you wanted to contact Digital Phantom, why didn't you approach Shui Xisheng?"
A father knew his son best. How could his father fail to notice something unusual about him?
Qian He regarded Shui Xisheng as a potential rival. Now that he had connected with Digital Phantom, he subconsciously avoided contacting the other man.
He still wanted to argue, but his