Thinking of this, he turned and looked at the old Taoist and Feiying, who were always more reliable.

However, the old Taoist also had his mouth full of fat meat at this time, and his speech was intermittent: "Captain... Captain, this... this thing is really delicious..."

Xia Luyao turned his head helplessly to look at Lin Beichen, only to find that Lin Beichen seemed to have relaxed his guard as well. He walked to the table, tasted a piece of steak, and exclaimed: "Captain, you should try it too. This steak is definitely made by a top chef."

Xia Luyao suddenly began to doubt whether there was something wrong with his outlook on life and values. He looked at these strange team members in front of him, and a sense of powerlessness surged in his heart.

At this time, Li Qiao looked at Lin Beichen eating so happily and smiled: "Xia country's compatriots are really rare." Lin Beichen turned around and listened to Li Qiao's words, which sounded a little awkward even though his pronunciation was standard. He couldn't help but ask: "Where did you learn spoken English?"

Li Qiao's face showed the pride of a young man: "I learned my spoken English by myself based on the articles of Mr. Lu Xun and others!" Lin Beichen was silent for a moment after hearing this, and couldn't help but admire Li Qiao's self-study ability and perseverance.

In fact, it would be better if you find an oral test to practice your oral English. Your oral English is a bit...formal. Lin Beichen considered the words and tried to find an appropriate description.

"Poetic," he finally settled on that word.

A trace of disappointment flashed across Li Qiao's face. "I've been showing off my self-study ability to my sister and brother-in-law."

"Your sister?" Lin Beichen put down his chopsticks and keenly captured this key information, "Who is your sister?"

Xia Luyao felt relieved. It seemed that Wang Yu was just joking. He was still quite reliable.

"My sister's name is Li Congjing." Li Qiao dragged out his voice and said unwillingly, "I have always wanted to give her a name, but she just didn't agree."

Lin Beichen's mouth twitched, and he was surprised that Li Congjing had such a brother. If he had seen how Li Congjing acted in front of Joseph, he might have thought that Li Qiao was too quiet.

Xia Luyao's heart was already in turmoil. She still remembered the little girl who left her powerless to fight back.

"How old are you this year?" Lin Beichen had a smile on his face, as if he was asking his younger brother.

"I'm twenty-one today. After my birthday tomorrow, I'll be twenty-two." Li Qiao answered eagerly, as if he treated Lin Beichen as his own brother.

Lin Beichen looked at Li Qiao's loving eyes and felt that he was too familiar. This kind of look was usually only seen between good friends.

Li Qiao cleared his throat and returned to his approachable young man appearance. It was already dusk, and they had not eaten for nearly a day. Xia Luyao touched her stomach and had to admit that she was hungry too. She had been on the road since morning and had no time to eat.

Lin Beichen turned around and signaled Xia Luyao that he could eat without worry, and Xia Luyao breathed a sigh of relief. Li Qiao watched this scene with interest. When Lin Beichen turned around and looked at him, he still had that weird smile on his face, as if he was smiling at you in the toilet.

"What are you looking at?" Lin Beichen asked with some confusion.

Li Qiao smiled apologetically: "For some reason, my sister doesn't like me very much. So I don't really have anyone close to me. Now seeing you guys communicating like this, I find it quite interesting."

Lin Beichen naturally understood the well-known reasons. Li Congjing was sold out at that time in order to help her brother get a high position in a certain superpower.

"The outside world has always thought you were dead." Lin Beichen walked up to Li Qiao and said. Li Qiao looked at Lin Beichen, who was a head taller than him, and waved his hand. An officer immediately brought a chair over, "Sit down and talk, or you'll be very tired." He said.

Lin Beichen sat down without any courtesy. Feiying winked at him frantically, but he didn't care. Instead, he continued to ask as if he was chatting with an old friend: "Why didn't Li Congjing kill you?" The question sounded a bit awkward, but Li Qiao didn't shy away from it at all.

"You all think my sister is crazy, but actually she is not." There was a hint of sadness in Li Qiao's words, "She just armed herself in torture, hating most things in this world, but deeply loving her own life." Having said this, he suddenly stopped, and a different meaning flashed in his eyes.

Lin Beichen saw that he had something to hide and didn't want to continue this topic.

As expected, Li Qiao quickly changed the subject: "In short, my sister still has some humanity in her heart. She felt that I was not wrong because I could not do anything and knew nothing at the time, so she saved my life."

After hearing this, Lin Beichen fell into deep thought. In this way, the "crazy" Li Congjing was actually much calmer than most normal people, but why did she pretend to be a lunatic? For Joseph?

Thinking of Joseph who had committed suicide in front of him without knowing why, Lin Beichen shook his head. He couldn't figure it out. Until now, he didn't know who Joseph was seeking revenge against. "Did Joseph have any enemies during his lifetime?" he suddenly asked. When talking about Joseph, Li Qiao obviously didn't have so many scruples. "After I met him, all his enemies died." Li Qiao took a sip of tea and said, "As for before I met him... To be honest, I was just a prisoner trying to save my life."

He gave a self-deprecating smile. Lin Beichen heard his self-deprecating words but didn't care.

Because to be honest, he didn't believe a word of what Li Qiao said about himself.

At this time, Longjing tea was placed in front of Lin Beichen. Lin Beichen picked up the teacup and smelled it: "Mr. Li really knows how to enjoy life. Even in China, ordinary people like me can't afford Longjing tea." He smiled and took a sip.

"Common people? Mr. Lin is too modest." Li Qiao shook his head. "With Mr. Lin's talent, he should be respected by everyone no matter where he is."

Lin Beichen laughed: "Then I really appreciate the compliment from Master Li."

Li Qiao looked into his eyes with that professional smile still on his face, and finally did not dwell on this issue anymore. The atmosphere fell into silence for a while.

"Mr. Lin, I came to you this time because I want to discuss a business with you."

The smile on Li Qiao's face gradually disappeared and his tone became serious.

"Oh? I wonder what business Mr. Li wants to discuss with me?" Lin Beichen's words revealed a hint of interest.

"I want Master Lin to complete the task, and I want Master Lin to teach me the secret techniques of his sect." Li Qiao said very seriously. Lin Beichen then laughed happily. He knew that Li Qiao was just beginning to talk about something truly valuable.

"Mr. Li knows our mission?" He pretended to be confused immediately after laughing.

"Of course I know." Li Qiao was speechless. He knew that Lin Beichen was pretending to be confused with him.

"Isn't it just to cover Dr. Zhou's return to China? Otherwise, where else would there be any need to trouble you, the Xia country's special forces?" Li Qiao said.

"Hey, Mr. Li, you don't know this. In fact, Dr. Zhou carries with him a box of gold bars given by the country. See..." Lin Beichen said mysteriously.

Li Qiao was stunned for a moment, then immediately understood what Lin Beichen meant.

"Mr. Lin is right. I had totally forgotten about this!" He slapped his head and pretended to be enlightened. Then the two of them looked at each other and laughed. Xia Luyao expressed his extreme contempt for Lin Beichen who had started to perform.

At this time, Sifit stopped looking at the tablet and walked to Eslia and asked, "Li Congjing has three guards, Qiao, Wu, and Jiu, did you know that?"

Eslia nodded. Although this was a secret to the ordinary soldiers under Joseph, it was just a secret to the bigwigs who had a powerful intelligence system. After all, whether it was Joe, Wu or Jiu, they were all well-known figures at the time. Each of them had credibility in the world and was a target that many forces wanted to recruit. If such a person suddenly disappeared, naturally there would be more than one bigwig investigating in secret. In this case, no matter how covertly Joseph acted, they would work together to find out the clues.

Whether it was Qiao, Wu Beichen or Jiu, their fate was ultimately intertwined in Joseph's hands.

Although Joseph never used them, it can be seen from his daily behavior that these people might be his carefully arranged chess pieces, either for secret planning or to protect Li Congjing.

Especially for a long time, he has been serving Li Congjing privately, which makes the context of the matter clearer.

Eslia was confused by Sifit's sudden mention of this matter because she had already learned about the deaths of the three people.

However, Sifit calmly revealed that the outside disturbance was just an appearance, and the real key was Li Qiao, Wang Wu and Su Jiu. They were the heirs chosen by Joseph, and this heavy news shocked Eslia.

When Aislia asked Sifit how he knew these secrets, Sifit's eyes revealed a hint of melancholy.

She looked up at the empty sky, smiled self-deprecatingly, and told the story of how Li Qiao had once pursued her using freedom as bait.

However, she saw through Li Qiao's true intentions and knew that he was just using her to achieve his ambitions. Li Congjing, as Li Qiao's sister, was the one he truly cared about.

Sifit's words revealed her disgust and hatred for Li Qiao, but her emotions soon returned to calm. She looked up at the plane slowly approaching in the sky, announcing that the killer of the forces behind her was about to arrive. She advised Eslia to leave because the next battle would be merciless.

Although Aislia was full of doubts, after Sifit's warning shot, she finally understood her situation.

She realized that she had overestimated her own strength and understood Sifit's previous mercy.

Faced with the impending danger, Eslia chose to remain silent and accept it.

In the conversation between Sifit and Eslia, they mentioned the past, including the decision made that night and the helplessness they felt when escaping.

Sifit faced the impending fate with a brilliant smile. She told Eslia that if she really wanted to avenge her, she should not stay here and fight alongside her, but should go find the man who once made them crazy - Eslia.

As the plane in the sky got closer, the smile on Sifit's face gradually faded.

She had never believed in any religion in her life, but at this dusk, she was like a pious angel, waiting for the judgment of fate. Asiliya turned and left, she knew that she could not change anything, nor could she protect everything she cherished.

At the same time, Pashton, who met Aesya and Ma Yi in the hall, had a crazy look on his face. He stared at the two people in front of him with murderous intent in his eyes.

However, Aisya calmly showed the mobile phone in his hand, revealing the surveillance here. Although Pashton regained his composure, his murderous intent was still vaguely visible.

Faced with the possible outbreak of battle, Ma Yi silently observed Pashton.

His recent fight with Aesya made him realize the opponent's strength and also made him give up the meaningless fight.

Although he felt sorry for the free secret passage, he knew that he could not compete with Aesya.

As the atmosphere became increasingly tense, Ai Si Ya had to speak up to ease the situation. He explained to the two the secrets he knew, including the message left by Li Congjing's father.

His explanation made the two men fall into contemplation, and also calmed down the possible battle temporarily. However, this was only the calm before the storm, and the real challenges and dangers were still waiting for them.

After hearing what Aesya said, Ma Yi's mind gradually fell into chaos. It was not that he could not understand these complicated situations, but he chose to put aside his thoughts temporarily and let Aesya's words guide his imagination. Although the young man in front of him looked weak, he exuded a convincing temperament, which made Ma Yi unconsciously trust him.

At the same time, the heavy stone in Pashton's heart finally fell to the ground. He was once the captain of the special forces and had experienced life and death, but at this moment, he felt an unprecedented sense of relief. It was as if a heavy burden had been lifted off him, and he could finally face the painful memories of the past calmly.

"Are you the captain of the special forces that intercepted Joseph?" Aishya's question reminded Pashton of that thrilling history. He nodded, with a look of reminiscence in his eyes.

As Pashtun narrates, the dusty history gradually surfaces.

Joseph, the enemy who once left them helpless, his madness, his power, and his unfathomable depth once again shocked everyone present.

"I don't want to kill you." Joseph's words still seemed to echo in his ears. Pashton remembered that their team had been forced into a desperate situation, but Joseph did not kill them. (End of this chapter)

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