Jiang Shang’s Family

The Xing family in the Capital Base

"You sure it was him?"

At home, Xing Tianyi rebuked out of anger when he was told that his youngest son refused to go home and even connived his companions to lecture Butler Li before other people. Xing Tianyi's wife and children didn't bother to talk to Xing Tianyi, and successively left with excuses, which put him off giving vent to his sentiment. He only recalled what Butler Li told him and sent someone to fetch Butler Li to his study.

"Yes. In the funeral of General Leng, he stood next to the body, carrying the portrait. It shouldn't be wrong. I checked on my way back. His name is Leng Yehan. He is Yun… the lover of Yun Cheng who is the little twin brother of Master Feng's spouse."

Butler Li's wound had been cured with the light attribute by the Xing family. The one they were talking about was exactly Leng Yehan. Tan Jianting hadn't bragged about it that the Leng family had once been the No.1 family in the capital. No one could have been abreast with the Leng family. Even Senior Xing who had been Leng Mei's father's alter ego and other big shots had been cultivated from the scratch by the Leng family. The death of Leng Mei represented the complete fall of the Leng family. Although her funeral wasn't grand, Senior Xing attended personally together with Butler Li. Therefore, Butler Li could recognize Leng Yehan.

"How come they all have relationships with men?"

Xing Tianyi mumbled subconsciously and then sighed lightly, "What a pity for the Leng family! Even the father of Leng Mei's son is unknown. Leng Mei made it so strictly confidential that probably not many people in the capital know the secret. I'm afraid Liu Xizhao would get anxious once he found out that Leng Mei's son is back. That year, Liu Xizhao took away the last military strength from the Leng family after Leng Mei's death and bullied the helpless orphan. Don't let this out for now. Otherwise, Liu Xizhao is probably gonna hurt the son. We get where we are today somewhat thanks to the Leng family. We should try our best to protect their only heir."

"Yes, milord. You can rest assured."

It was not easy to be the butler of the Xing family. Butler Li who could remain in his position for such a long time was of course not an idiot. At the thought of Xing Feng and Yun Che, Butler Li couldn't help but ask tentatively, "What about Master Feng?"

"Just let him die out there in case he'd exasperate me to death!"

Speaking of his youngest son, Xing Tianyi changed his tone and expression. What the fuck had he owed his children in the last life? None of the three children was undemanding, especially the youngest son who had been the most capricious one since childhood. Having bleached uncountable hair of his father, Xing Feng had better not step in the Xing family ever again. Otherwise, his father would definitely beat him up to death.

This day, there were also tensions in the Ye and Zhou families, which had also been rejected by the Xing family. The Zhou family flew off the handle as soon as they were told the arrival of Yun Che. If Liu Xizhao's people hadn't warned the Zhou family in time not to make trouble, the Zhou family might have rushed to the base to block the entrance. For them, Yun Yao must have come here with her son, hoping to rely on Zhou Zhijun, after she knew he was here. But Zhou Zhijun was going to marry the daughter of the president. How would the president allow the marriage to be ruined?

Regardless of how people thought and how many people their appearance had startled, Yun Che entered the base with his companions after trading the improved formula of the nutrient for two sets of villas in Section C. Before their departure, the receptionist warned him repeatedly that mutant beasts were forbidden to run in the base. That was to say, they were not allowed to ride their mutant beasts. Yun Che nodded noncommittally. After entering the base, they didn't ride their mutant beasts. Yun Che took out some brand new off-road vehicles. Two people shared one vehicle. Then, a magnificent motorcade headed towards Section C.

The Capital Base which included the whole city and the suburban area was without a doubt much larger than the Southwest Base. With the purpose to survey the terrain, it took the motorcade almost 2 hours to reach Section C and then almost one hour from Section C to the villa section. The Capital Base was large not only in its size but also in its population. However, the base was well-arranged, at least superficially.

According to Yun Che's demand, the base offered them two neighboring villas. The villas were agreeable and each had 3 stories, 8 rooms and a small, bare garden in front. Yun Che took the keys from the administrative office of the villa section. Then, Yun Che and his companions divided into several groups and conducted inch-by-inch search in the villas.

"The people moved so fast. Pinhole cameras, monitors. They think so highly of us."

As they expected, Yun Che and his companions found a pile of monitor services in half an hour. Even Yun Che couldn't help curling his lips. How long had it been since their arrival? If the people of the base could kill the zombies this fast, there probably wouldn't be so many zombies, right?

"Don't look down upon the execution of the military. Forget it. Let's just get started."

They should have assumed that to happen. Why did they still feel so strange?

Xing Feng waved his hand and put all the monitor devices on the table into the space. Yun Che also opened the space and invited Shen Rui and other people out. All of them started their work again. They didn't stop until the sun went down. The empty villas had changed. The wall between the two villas had been broken down, and the surrounding walls had been heightened and thickened. To prevent the zombie rats and other ground hazards, they planted bone-dissolving blood vines beneath the walls as usual and added barbed wire above the villas.

Decorated by Yun Yao, Wang Suhua and other women, the inner part of the villa looked just like their house in the southwest . The furnishing in the living room, the dining hall and the kitchen was completely the same. But those rooms were smaller and looked crowded. They didn't bother to decorate the rooms and just put one bed in each room. For them, beds were redundant. Basically, they spent nights in the space. At most, they would take a break in the daytime when Yun Che wasn't at home.

"This is the map of the major power in the capital. In addition to some old major families that manage troops, the only family that has risen up after the doomsday is the Zhou family. As for the superfunction possessor, except Section A, Section B, C, D and E have a superfunction association of their own. They administer in their own away and also fight for resources mutually. The superfunction association of each section is in the charge of the army in each section. Here are the top 20 superfunction squads on the superfunction ranking list of each section. The institute is in Section A. Seemingly, Liu Xizhao is in charge of the institute but actually all major families are in charge. Things seem to be more complicated than we knew."

Within a couple of hours, Gu Mingxuan had gathered a great amount of information and sent a copy to everyone's computer and tablet. Yun Che opened the thickly covered materials and scanned randomly. After all, he had been in the Capital Base before the doomsday. He knew more or less about these. But when he came across the No.1 squad of the superfunction association in Section D, he couldn't help glancing at Jiang Shang, with his lips curled.

"What?"

Even if Jiang Shang noticed his glance, Jiang Shang wouldn't ask that actively. A wondering look appeared on Ye Xingchen's face. How come he found the smile on Che's face a little tricky? Was Che plotting anything against Shang again?

"Nothing. From the ranking list of superfunction squads in Section D, it seems your family is pretty strong."

Upon hearing that, not only Jiang Shang and Ye Xingchen but also other people opened the list of Section D. At the sight of Dragon Squad, they finally realized why Yun Che said that. Dragon Group, Dragon Squad. It seemed that Jiang Shang's father was a lazy guy. It could be told right away who this squad belonged to.

"Shang, will you go home to visit your family?"

Ye Xingchen was speechless. But he cared more about Jiang Shang. Before the doomsday, the media had tried every possible way but still failed to find out Jiang Shang's family background. Ye Xingchen hadn't known that Jiang Shang was an heir of Dragon Group until Yun Che asked that question. But Jiang Shang never talked about his family or met them, so Ye Xingchen had no idea how Jiang Shang got along with his family.

Jiang Shang frowned, upon seeing Dragon Squad. He was confused when hearing Ye Xingchen's question. But it was not anything too complicated. Jiang Shang was just uncertain about how to tell his friends that he was not close with his family. Although his parents hadn't divorced and loved him when he was young, his parents had completely ignored him since he had not been much of a talker, his mother had conceived another son and their company had expanded later. But he had been happy to immerse himself in the world of his own. He had watched his family spoil his little brother like an onlooker. In fact, he had also liked his little brother very much. But his parents had been reluctant to let him get close to his brother in fear that his brother got infected and became quiet. Gradually, he had become silent and reluctant to integrate into his family. Ever since he fell in love with Ye Xingchen secretly at the age of 14, he had occasionally been away from his family for around 2 weeks. But his family hadn't noticed anything wrong and just transferred money to his bank account. His parents had adopted the free-range parenting on him. When he was 18, his father's friend discovered his talent and therefore he entered the entertainment circle. After earning his first salary, he moved out.

He was not much of a talker but that didn't make him silly. When he told his parents his decision to move out, he could clearly see guilt and sorrow in his parents' eyes. He wished to tell them not to feel that way because he didn't care about it at all or probably he had got used to it. His parents didn't reject his only request and just asked him to visit them on festivals. For years after that, his parents had transferred money to his bank account every month as usual. But he didn't need it. He didn't even know how much money he had. He hadn't gone back home on festivals as his parents expected. During the four years after the doomsday, he had only gone back home four times. Each time was a festival. His parents had treated him passionately, seemingly with the wish to compensate. But he didn't get used to that already.

"Yes, I'll go with Xingchen. I'll tell them I am alive and I have a family."

Some time later, Jiang Shang said, holding Ye Xingchen's hand. He rarely said so much. No matter how estranged he was from his parents, he should go back home to visit them since he knew his parents were alive in the Capital Base. As for other things, he didn't think it necessary to do to his parents. He hadn't been in need of them before he was with Ye Xingchen. Now that he had Ye Xingchen, he didn't need his parents. Perhaps he was not nice or even mean to his parents, but his parents for him were nothing but just the connection in blood.

"Um, I'll go with you tomorrow. Since they are the No. 1 superfunction squad of Section D, it should be easy to find their address. By the way, which army is in charge of Section D?"

Since Jiang Shang was unlikely to tell the story clearly with his linguistic ability, which he must be hiding, Ye Xingchen didn't ask about that and checked on the tablet instead. When Ye Xingchen came across the Shu and Ye Armies, he felt bad. What damn fate on earth was that? It was the Shu and Ye Armies that stationed in Section D. Life was really full of campy things. What a fucking surprise!