Capítulo 1140: Chapter 906: Young and Reckless
Mu Fan’s smile had completely vanished as he stared at the refined, angular face of the Colonel in front of him. “Nuonuo never told me anything about this.”
“This hadn’t happened before she went to Taoyun Academy,” Wang Lingfeng said, raising the teacup and drinking the hot tea in one gulp.
“So that’s why I was invited here today.”
Mu Fan had withdrawn his hands from the tea table. Although he was sitting cross-legged on the tea mat, his gaze was entirely different from when he had just entered.
His upper body was straight as a rod!
Mu Fan’s voice was calm and composed, without a trace of abnormality, which made Wang Lingfeng regard him more highly in an instant.
“I am her father. Some things, I think, are cruel for Nuonuo, but you are different; you have been through much more than she has.”
“This matter is not just my own will; it’s the will of the entire family. Many young people at the age of twenty always think that no one can take care of the person they like better than they can, but in reality, it often is…”
“Time will tell them that not only are there people who can take better care of their loved ones than they can, but such people are not few. The harsh truth… often it’s just our wishful thinking.”
“As compensation, you can make your demands. This time you can save yourself twenty years of struggle.”
Wang Lingfeng’s language was calm, with a unique steady rhythm that always involuntarily made listeners choose to believe. Throughout the conversation, he did not mention the Bauhinia Family even once, as such comparisons were entirely unnecessary.
The Wang Family, along with the reborn Loki Heavy Industry, in the eyes of the Bauhinia Family, were existences that could be casually crushed with a little finger.
Yet…
Mu Fan, standing in front of him, remained expressionless, meeting Wang Lingfeng’s gaze, stood up straight, and bowed slightly.
“Actually, it’s very simple. You didn’t need to come to me; just have Nuonuo say one word to me personally, and I would naturally leave.”
Mu Fan stood up, and as he turned to leave the tearoom, he said, “I didn’t expect to meet you in such a situation today, let alone discuss such a matter, but you might not understand me. If Nuonuo were here, she would definitely tell you…”
“Honor and wealth without effort are… not the least bit attractive to me.”
“To live to this day, to stand here, I have relied not on so-called benefactors. If I want something, I will definitely rely on my own hands.”
Wang Lingfeng listened to this, unaffected, but looked at Mu Fan with an appraising gaze. His years in politics and the military in the Capital Star had long trained his composure to perfection.
“You can have Nuonuo tell you herself, but I hope you can act like a man and not try to interfere with her decision.”
The meaning of this sentence was already quite direct.
Mu Fan shrugged, pushed open the tearoom door, and took a step out, leaving half of his sentence in the room.
“I really dislike this kind of transaction. You don’t understand me, and you don’t understand Nuonuo. Her mind is purer than crystal. And you can rest assured, I am more eager to get an honest answer than you are.”
Mu Fan walked away in large strides.
His gaze was cold.
For eighteen years, his familial affection was taken from him in childhood.
Coming of age, his naive emotions blossomed, but in this very year, someone came before him with such an insulting stance, and due to the person’s identity, he was unable to act roughly.
“They see me as a stumbling block for their noble family, eh…”
“And what do they take Nuonuo for…”
Mu Fan muttered, closing his eyes.
This world, in the end, was more complex than he had seen or imagined.
At eighteen years old, Mu Fan’s blood was, in the end, boiling.
Thus, his mood had finally stirred up waves.
It was a kind of emotional suffocation.
“Damn it, Master Black couldn’t take it anymore. If it weren’t for him being the father of the little chubby girl, Master Black would have spat him to death long ago.”
“Less struggling for twenty years?”
“To hell with that, Master Black! Let them struggle for another fifty years. If they can catch up with the technology of Shadow Island, then I’ll take on their surname.”
“A bunch of frogs in the well, talking to my host like this, not even the queen of the Yake Empire would dare to be so disrespectful, or do they think he is like Mohandas, hailed as the pride of the universe?”
“Black couldn’t stand it any longer.”
“Black is extremely angry.”
“Mu Fan, give me the authorization for the Shadow Fleet. I want to go and mess with those Star Bandits on Sky Bear Star again.”
“No… thank you.”
When passing by the Captain’s adjutant, Mu Fan nodded and smiled politely, then resolutely refused Black’s suggestion, but softened his tone and still thanked Black.
No matter what, in the end, he was always accompanied by that intelligent life that loved to ramble.
He is the sole heir of the strongest Martial Artist from another plane, once known as the Holy Hall.
He is the Federation Captain who once bloodily suppressed Mukana Planet in the Barnard Star System.
His Shadow Fleet has confronted the Federation’s twenty thousand fleets and Qi Longxiang’s Deep Blue Fleet.
He possesses the ultimate power in this universe, capable of obliterating the stars with one strike… Shura!
“How much of what I’ve done do you even know?”
“Those Federal forces that besieged my father and Shura back in the day… the true Twelve Demon God Machines… I still can’t reveal myself.”
Mu Fan’s fists clashed with a creak, and with each step, his aura surged a bit more.
His gaze was growing more resolute.
“If you’re willing, I will willingly let go. But if you’re unwilling, no one can force you.”
“Even if one day… I stand against the world.”
Mu Fan’s gaze was cold, the confusion in his pupils completely vanished at this moment.
At this moment, his direction was straight along the street ahead, whether it was the direction agreed earlier with White Hair and the others, Mu Fan didn’t care.
Right now, he just wanted to go for a walk on his own.
All this time, it seemed he had never given a gift to Nuonuo.
That cute girl with the crescent moon always silently giving to him.
To others, Nuonuo might have many shortcomings, but for him, she was always that kind and gentle girl who first opened his heart’s door.
Just this one thing was enough.
He should go buy a gift for Nuonuo.
“Black, how much money is left in the account?”
Mu Fan suddenly asked.
“There’s still 4.76 million Star Coins frozen. The bounty for destroying the Blood Teeth Team subgroup is still under review and hasn’t been released yet, and the Black Fire Company hasn’t been fully established to support any cash flow, so your savings amount to just that.”
These numbers seem a lot, but in Black’s eyes, they can’t even support three days of engine research expenses.
Technological breakthroughs always burn through money like nothing.
“Help me unfreeze 4.75 million.”
“Huh? What are you going to do?” Black was a bit shocked; it was the first time Mu Fan had made such a request to unfreeze funds.
“I’m going shopping.”