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The next day, the team took care of their equipment early in the day and set off for Long Snake Island. The redness and swelling on Lin Wenbo's cheek had faded and his eyes were clear and he was in high-spirits, with no shadows or regrets shadowing his figure.
He took Gong Lixin's hand and walked to the Gong's family car and passed by a truck along the way. Cao Yanan came out then and pretended to intimately shout, "Wenbo, come over and sit in the truck with me!" Her eyes were provocatively looking at Gong's family car next to them, at Gong Xiangyi who also looked back. After being bothered by that woman for the whole morning, even a saint would go crazy, not to mention that she was nowhere near being a saint.
Lin Wenbo paused for a second and nodded."Alright, I'll be over a while later."
Cao Yanan didn't expect that he would cooperate with her. Her mouth opened wide as she was stunned, but the expression in Gong Xiangyi's eyes was even more horrifying. She quickly put away her stunned expression, like a genius actress, put on an artificial smile, "Okay, I'll be waiting for you!"
Le Jia and Yang Xiaoxue rolled their eyes behind her back. Gong Lixin also looked up and seriously looked at her bright face.
Lin Wenbo grabbed the young man's shoulder and looked at Cao Yanan's face before turning back to him. He whispered in his ear and explained, "She's trying to get Gong Xiangyi angry. It has nothing to do with me. And I really don't want to sit with Gong Xiangyi. My heart will feel very uncomfortable." In his last sentence, his tone was down and there was a faint hint of sorrow in his eyes.
"Big Brother Lin, don't be sad. I don't want to sit with Gong Xiangyi either, so I'll come with you." Gong Xiangyi's dark eyes were full of distress and he whispered in comfort.
"Okay, thank you Xiaoxin." Lin Wenbo patted the young man's head and dark intentions slipped through his golden eyes for a second. Xiaoxin was distressed by him. This knowledge made him feel good, but he also knew that Xiaoxin's love for him was not romantic love, but what one feels for loved ones and friends. But he was not in a hurry. If Xiaoxin could love him once, he could love him a second time. Without his identity as brother-in-law, he could try his best to fight for his heart. As for his friend, he could only say sorry in silence.
Song Haoran didn't know Lin Wenbo's thoughts, otherwise he wouldn't be smiling as he walked towards him to say hello, but punch him in the face instead."You look good! I just wanted to say that you should've broken up with Gong Xiangyi long ago! Save yourself from hanging from a tree!" Song Haoran patted him on the shoulder as he whispered to him.
Lin Wenbo shook his head and went towards Uncle Gong and Grandfather Lin. Gong Xiangyi saw him coming over and she snorted and gave him the cold shoulder. But after all, she still had him in her heart and the corner of her eyes couldn't help but float towards him from time to time.
As if not noticing it, Lin Wenbo told Uncle Gong, "Uncle Gong, here's the plan. The strength of Xiaoxin should not be leaked. The second-level high-grade ability users should try their best to hide their abilities and control their mouths."
"Very good. Show the enemy that we are weak so they don't consider us as enemies, use the bargaining chip at hand to negotiate with Long Snake Island, so they won't have their guard up against us when they see how weak we are. If the negotiations are not successful, we'll move our military strength and attack them, catch them off guard." Father Gong looked at his son and told him to be brave.
Gong Lixin returned his look with an ignorant gaze, his expression was particularly innocent. He was really not into all this conspiracy. He didn't understand the arrangement of Father Gong nor did he bother to understand them. Anyways, these things, Big Brother Lin and Big Brother Gong would arrange them, so he doesn't need to worry about it.
Father Gong was stunned and frustrated by his son's expression that showed he didn't understand anything.
Grandfather Lin smiled and patted Father Gong's shoulder to appease him."You don't have to rush to teach him. When he has more experience, he will naturally understand. Besides, he could skip ten meetings but we still rely on the strength of Lixin. Nothing will be lost there."
Father Gong nodded helplessly, knocked on his son's head and yelled "pig head!"
Song Haoran also smiled and quickly changed the topic as he said, "Uncle Gong, you can be rest assured that Long Snake Island is isolated and all information was blocked. How could they compare with the regular military intelligence system? They don't know anything about our base. However, we have a lot of news regarding Long Snake Island. At present, Long Snake Island is divided into two factions and the enmity between the two factions are quite large. We can use this."
Lin Wenbo nodded and added, "The leader of one of the factions is Bao Long, nicknamed Tyrannosaurus, is a third-level low-grade wind ability user and has many ability users at hand. The leader of the other faction is Kang Zhengyuan, a second-level high-grade earth ability users who doesn't have many ability users at hand, but has control over the arsenals of Long Snake Island and have used that to supplement his strength on his side. Although the two factions are at odds, but they are currently holding up a delicate balance. On the other hand, we have the arms that Tyrannosaurus wants and the manpower that Kang Zhengyuan wants. Seeing these two aspects, if we play our cards right, it won't be a problem to enter Long Snake Island."
"That's a good analysis. Let's wait and when we arrive at Long Snake Island, Wenbo is responsible for negotiating. In the end, it's a businessman who's the most proficient in this." Father Gong smiled and patted Lin Wenbo's shoulder.
"Yes, I will do my best." Lin Wenbo promised and still took Gong Yuanhang as a father-in-law. He didn't alienate him, which made Father Gong very happy. If Father Gong knew that his "wife" had changed from his daughter to his son, it's estimated that he would not be smiling so comfortably.
The plan clearly explained, Father Gong pointed to the eyes of the two men and reminded them, "Hide the colour of your eyes."
The two men lowered their heads and suppressed their abilities in their eye's meridians. The light red and light gold irises were restored to their original black colours. Freely retracting the energy in their body, only fourth-level ability users could do it, but they learned how to control the energy in their meridians from Gong Lixin. For them, this was just a small skill.
The atmosphere around the two men changed and at last, no one could see that they were third-level low-grade ability users. Father Gong was satisfied and waved them into the car.
"Uncle Gong, I am going to sit down with my team members." Lin Wenbo waved and refused to enter the car.
"I am going with Big Brother Lin." Gong Lixin took Lin Wenbo's hand.
"Let's go, I'll sit in the back." Song Haoran took hold of Gong Lixin's shoulder and the three men walked straight to the truck behind them.
Gong Yuanhang looked at the blue-green face of his daughter as she stared at Lin Wenbo's back. With a strong heart, he said, "Don't just look at them, get on the car. If you didn't say what you did back then Wenbo wouldn't leave but now it's too late to get him back. You are the same as your brother. Sometimes, I wish you'd never had the prophetic ability and was just an ordinary person. Whatever, forget it. It's too late to say anything. Who told you to be my daughter, I can't not care about you, nor can I leave you alone. But I warn you, in the future, don't mess around."
Gong Xiangyi's eyes filled with tears as she held Father Gong's arm and with a whimper said, "Dad, I only have you in the future. I will be fine, I'll be good." She regretted it right then. She was very confused and knew that she was wrong and that she was becoming worse, but she couldn't turn back. The beautiful love that existed in the first life had been real. But after repeated attacks, it became unrecognizable.
Grandfather Lin saw Gong Xiangyi's tearful face, shook his head and went into the car. He secretly said in his heart: Why do you regret it today? Isn't it you that has caused this with your own hands?
The group started slowly heading towards Long Snake Island. After more than three hours, they arrived at their destination and stopped in front of the one-lane street leading to the island. There was a high wire protection net on both sides of the street with high-voltage electricity that was connected to the Internet and several guards were guarding the roadway.
Seeing the group, a guard aimed the gun forward and talked with Father Gong who was sitting in the front most car for a while. Obviously, Father Gong's speech touched the guard. He turned towards the island and ran for more than ten minutes. A fully armed prison guard drove two jeeps out and asked Father Gong to unload the weapons and follow them.
Song Haoran, Lin Wenbo and Gong Lixin quickly stepped forward, unloaded all the weapons in the jeep and accompanied Father Gong inside. The rest of the people waited in the same place.
Through a five-kilometer-long one-lane-street, four people were led by prison guards into the lobby of the main prison building and saw the two leaders. Kang Zhenyuan was in his early thirties and had a long, horse-like face, slanted eyes and sinister face. Bao Long had a strong body, a large neck and a thick, black tattoo that spread from the back of his head and looked unrecognizable. When they looked at them, they didn't appear to be good people. If they were ordinary people, they would feel timid facing them, but with the leader of their group being a general, the aura of the two in front of them was suppressed.
Seeing Father Gong, the two men hid the contempt in their expression and laughed a little and greeted them with smiles. Then started a lengthy conversation with repeated offers here and there, making for a very boring scene.
"Dad, I want to go explore, can I?" Gong Lixin couldn't understand their conversation so he tugged Father Gong's sleeve and whispered to him. His five senses were very sensitive. If his father was in danger, he would immediately notice and quickly come back, not to mention that Lin Wenbo and Song Haoran were there.
"Is this Gong base's leader's son?" Bao Long looked at Gong Lixin's eyes with amazement and awe. There were no such young teenagers in the prison, not to mention someone so pure, tender and spoiled like a noble son. His dark eyes stared at his bright and clear eyes and he couldn't help but be fascinated. He had tasted both man and woman who had peerless looks, but compared to this young man in front of him, he felt that he had not seen the world yet.
Seeing Bao Long's lust-filled expression, Song Haoran clenched his fist, a vein popped out of his forehead and his sharp, eagle-like eyes gave out a murderous red light. Lin Wenbo stepped on his foot under the table and secretly warned him not to be impulsive. Father Gong didn't notice Bao Long's interest in his son. He smiled and asked, "Mr. Bao, Mr. Kang, could you let my son explore? He doesn't know about these things and probably feels stuffy."
"Of course. (Yes. )" Bao Long and Kang Zhengyuan both nodded. One was pleased to see the beauty, one didn't even put Gong Lixin in his eyes. From the outside, Young Master Gong was extremely deceptive, pure and harmless, like a white rabbit.
"Thank you." Father Gong smiled and thanked them. He patted Gong Lixin's shoulder and warned him warmly."Don't run around and get lost, okay?"
"I know." Gong Lixin nodded and walked out of the hall under the guard of one of the leaders and went to explore.
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