Chapter 1160 - Confess?

“What is your plan?” The First Marshal asked.

Lan Rong could feel the praise from his great grandfather’s eyes so he quickly became much calmer as he carefully replied, “I’ll do my best. If I lose, I’ll apologise sincerely.”

“How can you think about losing before the fight even started?” The First Marshal frowned. In his mind, he agreed with the plan but he still felt that this wasn’t a mindset a youngling like his great grandson should have.

“No, no, no, that’s not it. Even before this challenge was issued, we were already in the wrong. He is Ling Xiao’s son so he should definitely uphold the dignity of his father when someone challenges it. All in all, whether I win or lose, I’ll have to apologise,” Lan Rong hurriedly explained.

“It looks like you’ve matured quite well.” The First Marshal nodded in satisfaction. “However, since the fight is inevitable, do your best. Ling Lan’s subordinates are not easy to deal with.”

Lan Rong’s eyes shined brightly as he seemed to have gleamed a clue from his great grandfather’s words. He replied quickly, “I understand, great grandfather.”

“Don’t embarrass the Lan family,” the First Marshal said his final piece and hung up.

After the call ended, his gentle face quickly turned cold.

The next day, Ling Lan didn’t go to the arena, only Li Yingjie, Xie Yi, and Luo Lang went to participate in the challenge. As for Gu Dongyang, he went to find his soldier friend to gather some more intel.

As for Ling Lan, she laid on her bed and entered the virtual world to meet Li Lanfeng.

“I heard someone schemed against you.” The moment their eyes met, Li Lanfeng’s eyes seemed to shine with happiness. He seemed delighted at her plight.

“The entire summon was a ploy. It’s alright,” Ling Lan replied calmly.

“Just like what you expected, they just wanted to lure you out of the base.” Li Lanfeng’s smile disappeared. He finally turned serious.

“Have you discovered anything?” Ling Lan wasn’t surprised. Based on her estimation, the enemy should be taking action soon.

“Yes. There are currently three factions left in Base Nebula.” Li Lanfeng passed Ling Lan a folder of documents.

“What about the rest?” Ling Lan flipped through the documents as she caught on the meaning behind Li Lanfeng’s words.

“Major General Yang took care of them.” Li Lanfeng smiled sweetly. He used Yang Mingzhi as a shield just like Ling Lan told him to. With his rank and identity, he made a good shield for Lingtian.

“You challenged the Lan family... Will it affect the relationship between General Ling Xiao and the First Marshal?” Li Lanfeng was a little worried as he remembered the matter.

“Do you think the First Marshal is someone who would let his family matters affect his decision?” Ling Lan shook her head. “To him, family is not within his consideration. Unless...”

“Unless what?” Li Lanfeng was curious.

“Nothing.” Ling Lan shook her head, signalling the end of this topic.

Li Lanfeng quickly stopped being curious when he saw Ling Lan not wanting to continue with the topic. Since Ling Lan didn’t want to say, he wouldn’t ask.

Ling Lan finished reading the documents in her hand and said to Li Lanfeng, “We’ve gathered enough information about the first two factions. You can clean them up. Leave the third faction be. We’ll see if we can use them to bait a bigger fish.”

“Understand, regiment commander,” Li Lanfeng smiled and replied.

Just as he saw Ling Lan was about to turn around and leave, he quickly grabbed her wrist to stop her.

Ling Lan looked at him and then at her wrist with a confused expression. She didn’t understand what he was doing.

“Regiment commander, I met some difficulties recently.” Li Lanfeng grimaced painfully as if he was being tortured. Ling Lan couldn’t bear to see him like this so she asked, “What is it?”

“I love someone but I don’t know how the person feels about me.” Li Lanfeng said to Ling Lan with tears that could be clearly seen around his eyes.

Ling Lan was surprised. She didn’t expect someone so calculative as Li Lanfeng would love someone. He couldn’t even tell if the other party loved him. Should she laugh at him?

“Is it Luo Chao or Han Xuya?” They had only interacted with these two ladies for most of their lives. Did he fall in love with one of them after interacting with them? Well, if it was true, it was good news to her ears. She felt pity for Luo Chao and Han Xuya’s situation as they were basically stuck with the title of ‘Ling Lan’s fiancées’ for life. With such a scary title, most wouldn’t dare to have other thoughts about them. Only bold people like Li Lanfeng would dare to ‘steal’ them away from her.

“Don’t you know they are my fiancées?” Ling Lan pulled a cold face. She must first ascertain how much Li Lanfeng loved her younger sisters before giving her consent. If he was hesitant, she wouldn’t give him a chance to even confess. She wouldn’t allow her younger sisters to get hurt.

Li Lanfeng felt bitter when he saw the anger on Ling Lan’s face. ‘Are you angry because you think I love one of your fiancées? How much do you love them?’

Li Lanfeng was unhappy about the assumption made about him but he didn’t want Ling Lan to continue to misunderstand. Hence, he hurriedly shook his head. “It’s not them. How can I love them? They’re like my younger sisters.”

Ling Lan felt that it was a missed opportunity for her dear sisters to live a happy married life. At the same time, she was curious. What kind of woman was able to move the heart of this monster?

“Who is it?” Ling Lan was eager to hear more gossip.

“The person I love is someone from our mecha clan but I feel shy to admit who the person is before knowing how the person feels about me. I just want to know how I should win over the person’s heart.” Li Lanfeng looked at Ling Lan with anticipation.

“Why are you asking me?” Ling Lan glared at Li Lanfeng when she heard him dodging her question and ruining her fun.

“Because you have two fiancées, so you must be an experienced person in the field of love. Who else can I look for if not you?” Li Lanfeng told himself that he must get Ling Lan’s answer.

Yes, it is true that she had two fiancées, but they didn’t love her in that kind of way. Plus, what would she know about chasing someone? Damn it. At least Li Lanfeng knew the feeling of being in love. She didn’t even know what it felt like.

This was the thought Ling Lan had in her mind but she couldn’t say it to Li Lanfeng. She looked at Li Lanfeng’s eager eyes. “This, this, depends on how much you love the person.”

“Little Four, give me some books on love!”

Little Four heard her plea for help so he quickly threw various books on chasing love, being a love guru, and pleasing your partner at her.

“How much do you love the person?” Li Lanfeng didn’t understand.

“Different levels of love require different methods to implant a seed of love into your special someone.” Ling Lan repeated a sentence she saw in the book. “It all depends on how shameless you are.”

“The more you love the person, the more shameless you have to be, right?” Li Lanfeng fell into deep thought because of her enlightening words.

“That’s not entirely right. However, if you’re not shameless enough, you’ll not be able to get the girl.” Ling Lan read the sentence from the book as it was. Plus, it made quite a bit of sense to her. If the man didn’t chase after the girl, was the girl supposed to chase after him?

Only when you put in effort would you treasure what you gained in the end. The same goes for love.

However, this doesn’t apply to a woman like her. Ling Lan felt that if she liked someone, she might have to kidnap him home.