"A small goal—that's worth a hundred million," Wu Youren muttered softly, then began to stare blankly.
After four or five minutes, he finally spoke, " Old Chen, I've always wanted to ask, your family was wiped out by the country, why didn't you betray it?"
"It's just stripping them of their titles, not exterminating the entire clan," Scops Owl said calmly. "Isn't it normal for a Lineage to rise and fall?"
"I'm quite curious, with so many powerful figures from Liang trying to win you over, why don't you betray your country?"
"Probably—" the boy thought for a moment, "... it's related to my brother. My father died early, and my brother started carrying loads to support the family when he was eleven."
"When the hostage was conscripted, he accidentally fell into the water and caught a chill, becoming bedridden but still insisted on going. At that time, I thought to myself, I'm already seven years old, I'm practically a man now."
The Scops Owl remained silent for a long time before finally saying, "Hmm, he's a man."
The boy smiled. "What I hate most are traitors. Being a little despicable and shameless doesn't really matter—right?"
Chen Quanxu didn't answer him, but instead spoke quietly, "I'm doing this for my sister; I don't want her to suffer in her husband's family."
He didn't explain further, nor did we know the specific logic behind it.
He paused, then tentatively asked, "So, should we fight this Saina?"
Wu Youren didn't speak for a long time before finally saying, "I'll listen to you."
"You don't need to test me anymore," the Scops Owl replied without hesitation. "I am going to fight, but my true form cannot be deployed!"
"Is this what you call 'you want to fight'?" The boy rolled his eyes. "Why don't you just say, 'Go ahead and hit me'?"
"I'm about to die—" Oh well, here we go again.
However, Chen Quanxu did have a solution. "Well, we happen to have fresh orange seeds."
He didn't really intend to just be a cheerleader; the risk of attracting monsters was also very high.
Wu Youren hesitated, though, "Killing him in the wasteland, the explosives won't be effective!"
"It was the Weird Race that killed him, what does that have to do with us?" Scops Owl thought it through carefully. "You just went to kill Ghosts too."
"That's true," the boy nodded thoughtfully.
Now that the agreement was reached, it was time to begin execution, and Wu Youren immediately started the relocation.
As for how the other party located him, it must have been through a wristwatch.
The New Army could get them, Crown Prince's Household couldn't?
A day later, Wu Youren's watch located him at the quarantine site.
Shortly after sending the message, Liu Jingming arrived and brought a wristwatch.
Looking at the watch he had never used, Wu Youren felt a pang of emotion; he knew he would eventually have to make contact.
Seeing that he had sent out a message, the son-in-law couldn't help but ask, "Is this a big deal?"
Wu Youren nodded slightly, without saying anything more.
Liu Jingming knew the gravity of the situation, but after a long silence, he finally said, "Be careful when dealing with the head guard."
The boy nodded at first, then shook his head. "Do you think I wanted this? I really had no choice!"
About ten minutes later, the other party replied, "What serious thing happened?"
This pent-up resentment was palpable even through the wristwatch.
Wu Youren shook his head and smiled speechlessly, then sent another message: "Need some weapon support."
After about a minute, the person on the other end replied, "I'll be there tonight."
The head guard was still a little uneasy, but also curious, since the little guy opposite him had never used this watch before.
As evening fell, two cars pulled up outside the quarantine site, and a message appeared on my wristwatch. "Come out."
Wu Youren walked out of the quarantine checkpoint and quickly identified his target, then stepped forward.
"Let's talk in the car," a guard said, opening the car door and looking at the boy with a hint of curiosity in his eyes.
How did this inconspicuous person in Jin Garden rise to this level in less than a year?
The head guard, hidden in the dark carriage, asked, "What happened?"
" Saina wants to kill me," Wu Youren answered bluntly, "I want to protect myself."
"He... made up his mind after all?" Hao Wei wasn't surprised by the news; he was the one who first warned the other party to be wary of Saina.
He was more concerned with, "How did you know?"
" Commander Jeff of the New Army," the boy replied calmly, "He informed me."
To eliminate the henchmen of the Liang Crown Prince—the head guard understood this logic and couldn't help but ask, "Why not ask him for help?"
That was a very blunt remark: You've already allied yourself with the Liang's New Army, and now you're asking me for weapons? What's the point?
Wu Youren was silent for four or five seconds, then nodded slightly, "Okay, I was wrong."
After saying that, he got up to get out of the car.
"Alright, I just want to ask you one question," Hao Wei could only say to stop him when he saw this.
If he dares to stand by and watch the other person get off the car, this wild horse that has broken free will never be reined in.
In other words, when the little guy encounters trouble, he knows to ask Jin Garden for help first, which shows that his basic attitude is correct.
Moreover, Taowan was essentially an enemy state of the Great Jin.
"I'm just curious, since he notified you, why didn't he send you some weapons? I heard he sent you quite a lot of supplies."
The boy paused for a moment before sitting back down. "Perhaps he's waiting for me to speak first?"
Does that mean you didn't give in to the other party?
After a moment's thought, the captain of the guard spoke, " Saina has Great Knight by his side, far stronger than the barbarian Great Knight."
Wu Youren nodded. "Thank you for the reminder, sir. I'm very grateful."
Expecting me to ask for reinforcements? Forget about it.
Hao Wei paused for a few seconds before speaking again, "Don't you want to consider avoiding this?"
If the other party can return to Jin Garden, Saina dares to come looking for him, he will dare to kill and bury him!
He couldn't discuss the possibility of the little guy returning to Red Pine, but at least Hong Yan was in the Martial Academy.
The boy shook his head decisively, "There's no way to avoid it."
The head guard was a little confused when he heard this. "What do you mean?"
Wu Youren didn't want to explain further. Even if Taowan was raiding the border, that was a matter for the Jin to consider; what did it have to do with him?
Moreover, Chen Quanxu also said that Hao Wei is a very self-centered person and may not necessarily have empathy.
But since they'd already asked this far, he could only reply, " Jeff said that Saina will lead his troops south in the spring."
" Saina... leading troops south?" The captain of the guard was equally shocked upon hearing this news.
What the hell—how could someone be so mentally unstable to think of something like this?
His basic military knowledge, at least in terms of judging military situations, is better than that of a teenager.
"If more than three thousand people cross the border, the Liang's military will forcibly incorporate them into their ranks. Who gave them the guts to do that?"
What would a thousand or two thousand people do at the border? Are they just sending themselves to their deaths?
"Hmm," Wu Youren nodded, " Jeff said I don't have to believe him."
The Duke of Wei's illegitimate son remained silent for about a minute before speaking, "It's believable, because it's too abnormal."
He paused for a moment, then spoke again, "You—want to stop a nation's army from advancing south?"
He genuinely felt that the little guy in front of him wasn't quite right either—what kind of logic was that?
Wu Youren smiled dismissively, " Taowan, you can call that a country?"
"What I'm thinking is, if he got humiliated by me, he'll surely try to get revenge, right?"
To deal with eccentric people, you always need some eccentric methods.
He didn't want to say that he had decided to spare the other person's life because it seemed a bit extreme, and he was also worried that he couldn't do it.
"At least we should severely injure them," the head guard muttered softly, indicating that he understood the other party's thoughts.
If this is done, it's not particularly difficult and can resolve the potential threat of border incursions.
However, he still had one question, "Why take such a risk?"
"Perhaps—because of national dignity?" the boy answered uncertainly, though his tone was quite calm.
"Anyway, it's going to be hard to go back now, so I'll do whatever I can to make sure I didn't come all this way for nothing."
It's human nature to avoid being as candid with the other party as he was with Chen Quanxu, and to avoid exposing one's weaknesses.
"National dignity—" The illegitimate son of the Duke of Wei fell silent once again.
This word comes to his lips frequently, but for an extremely self-centered person, its credibility is questionable.
But in the end, he nodded. "I support you. What do you want? Powerful weapons are hard to come by."
"It's mainly explosives," Wu Youren said calmly. "Firearms aren't really suitable. I'll buy them!"
"You're working for the Great Jin, how can we let you pay for it?" The guard captain had that much magnanimity.
But let alone heavy weapons, Jin Garden couldn't get much explosives either. The reason is self-evident.
"I can give you some more grenades. Oh, and do you need some to Weird-Exterminating Grenade?"
Wu Youren pondered for a moment before replying, "I plan to ambush him in the wilderness; if that doesn't work, I'll lure him into the mountains and give him plenty of Weird-Exterminating Grenade."
"Are you planning to scam supplies?" A hint of suspicion arose in Hao Wei's mind; Weird-Exterminating Grenade was much more expensive than hand grenades.
But since they were already prepared to fight to the death, he simply couldn't bring himself to say it.
The guard captain could only nod readily, "That's easy to say, we don't really lack Weird-Exterminating Grenade."
Throughout the entire Great Liang, the only groups with more Weird-Exterminating Grenade were the various hostage residences.
"As for the explosives," Wu Youren pondered for a moment, then muttered under his breath, "It seems we still have to find the New Army."
"Just keep looking," the head guard said generously. The little guy went to Jin Garden first and then to the New Army, following the correct procedure.
He had another request. "Can I be there when you meet with Jeff?"
Wu Youren silently watched Hao Wei without saying a word—he could resist Jeff's temptation, but others might not.
So, what kind of role does his role as a middleman play?
The head guard waited a minute or two and, realizing that the other party was still not responding, finally understood.
He snorted angrily, "Don't you trust me?"
Wu Youren replied calmly, "If you trust me, why are you here?"
"I am—" Hao Wei tried to explain, but ultimately gave up.
He couldn't very well say that his attempt to connect with the New Army was simply to have an extra layer of insurance for the future, and that he had no other intentions.
"Forget it," he said, somewhat disheartened. "Could we ask them for more explosives?"
Jin Garden is truly lacking in this kind of thing; if they want to take any action in the future, no one can do without such supplies.
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