Chapter 2490 - The majestic father

"Impossible! Longya won't lie to me!" Lei Zhan yelled hysterically. He didn't want to believe that everything he had worked so hard for was just a waste of time.

"Whether it's true or not, you know it in your heart!" Qin Yuan said coldly, "Lei Zhan, you don't have a chance anymore! I will hand you over to the military and let you pay the price for your actions!"

"No! You can't do this!" Lei Zhan shouted in horror, "I'm Longya's man! If you dare to touch me, Longya won't let you go!"

"Longya?" Qin Yuan raised a disdainful arc at the corner of his mouth, "I'll wait for them!"

Just then, a burst of hurried footsteps came, and Fan Tianlei rushed over with a team of fully armed soldiers.

"Qin Yuan, are you okay?" Fan Tianlei was relieved to see Qin Yuan was safe and sound.

"I'm fine, Chief of Staff." Qin Yuan shook his head and pointed at Lei Zhan on the ground and said, "I have controlled this guy, and I have also destroyed the 'Wrath of Thunder God'."

"Good! Well done!" Fan Tianlei said excitedly, "Qin Yuan, you have made great contributions this time! I will definitely ask for credit for you!"

"This is what I should do." Qin Yuan said lightly.

"Chief of Staff, what should we do with this guy?" A soldier pointed at Lei Zhan on the ground and asked.

"Take him back and keep him under strict supervision!" Fan Tianlei said coldly, "In addition, notify everyone to block the news. No one is allowed to leak what happened today. Violators will be punished by military law!"

"Yes!"

The soldiers escorted Lei Zhan away from the training ground, leaving only Qin Yuan and Fan Tianlei standing there.

"Qin Yuan," Fan Tianlei looked at Qin Yuan with a complicated look in his eyes, "Tell me honestly, who are you?"

Qin Yuan was slightly stunned. He knew that the strength he had just shown was far beyond the scope of an ordinary special forces soldier. It was not surprising that Fan Tianlei would doubt his identity.

"Chief of Staff, I..."

"Forget it, now is not the time to talk about this." Fan Tianlei waved his hand and interrupted Qin Yuan's words, "Some things, wait until you finish this mission and come back."

"Mission?" Qin Yuan frowned, "What mission?"

Fan Tianlei took a deep breath and said in a deep voice: "Longya sent people to sneak into our country this time, it is definitely not just for the "Thunder God's Wrath". I suspect that they have a bigger conspiracy!"

"Bigger conspiracy?" Qin Yuan's heart trembled, and a bad premonition came to his mind.

"That's right." Fan Tianlei nodded, "I have applied to my superiors to set up a special action team, and you will be the leader, responsible for investigating Longya's conspiracy and completely crushing it!"

"Me?" Qin Yuan pointed at his nose, and couldn't believe his ears.

"What? You don't want to?" Fan Tianlei glared at Qin Yuan.

"No... no." Qin Yuan waved his hands quickly, "I'm just... a little surprised."

"What's unexpected? You are a soldier I trained, I believe in your ability!" Fan Tianlei patted Qin Yuan on the shoulder and said earnestly, "Qin Yuan, this mission is very important and it concerns the safety of the country. You must go all out, understand?"

"Understood!" Qin Yuan nodded solemnly. He knew that the burden on his shoulders was heavy, but he would never let Fan Tianlei down!

"Okay!" Fan Tianlei nodded with satisfaction, "I will tell you the specific situation in detail on the way. Now, you come with me to see someone!"

"See someone?" Qin Yuan asked doubtfully, "Who?"

Fan Tianlei smiled mysteriously, "You will know when you go."

...

An hour later, Qin Yuan followed Fan Tianlei to a heavily guarded hospital.

"Chief of Staff, why are we here in the hospital?" Qin Yuan asked puzzledly.

"To see someone." Fan Tianlei said, and took Qin Yuan into a ward.

In the ward, an old man in a hospital gown was lying on the bed, his face pale and his breath weak.

"Old chief!" Fan Tianlei walked to the bedside and saluted with a standard military salute.

"Tianlei, you are here." The old man slowly opened his eyes and said hoarsely.

"Old chief, how do you feel?" Fan Tianlei asked with concern.

"It's an old problem, I won't die." The old man waved his hand and his eyes fell on Qin Yuan, "This is..."

"Old chief, this is Qin Yuan, the best soldier of our Langya Special Operations Brigade." Fan Tianlei introduced, "He will be the team leader for this mission."

"Oh?" The old man looked Qin Yuan up and down, and a gleam of light flashed in his turbid eyes, "Young man, your name is Qin Yuan?"

"Yes." Qin Yuan nodded.

"Good! Good!" The old man suddenly became excited and struggled to sit up, "Come here, let me take a good look at you!"

Fan Tianlei hurried forward and helped the old man sit up.

The old man held Qin Yuan's hand tightly, tears flashing in his cloudy eyes, "Child, you...you look so much like your father!"

"My...father?" Qin Yuan was stunned. He had never seen his father before. He only knew that he was a soldier who died during a mission.

"Child, you..." The old man wanted to say something, but suddenly he started coughing violently, and his face became even paler.

"Old chief!" Seeing this, Fan Tianlei hurriedly called a doctor.

The doctor gave the old man some emergency treatment, and the old man's mood gradually stabilized.

"Old leader, you need to rest now. If you have anything to say, wait until you feel better." Fan Tianlei persuaded.

"No... I can't do it anymore. I'm afraid... I'm afraid I don't have time..." The old man shook his head and held Qin Yuan's hand tightly, "Child, there are some things I must tell you..."

"Old leader, you..."

"Tianlei, please go out first, let me talk to this child alone." The old man said.

"This..." Fan Tianlei hesitated.

"Don't worry, I'm fine." The old man waved his hand.

Fan Tianlei had no choice but to walk out of the ward and gently closed the door.

"Child, come here." The old man waved to Qin Yuan.

Qin Yuan walked to the bedside, and the old man leaned close to his ear and said in a weak voice: "Child, your father... is not dead..."

Qin Yuan's eyes widened immediately, and his mind was blank.

"He... is he still alive?"

...

"Child, your father... is not dead..." The old man stared at Qin Yuan with his turbid eyes, as if he wanted to pin all his hopes for his life on him.

This sentence was like thunder in Qin Yuan's ears. He always thought that his father sacrificed his life for the country and became the eternal hero in his heart. But now, someone actually told him that his father was still alive?

"How... how is this possible?" Qin Yuan's voice trembled with shock. He grabbed the old man's hand, "Old leader, you... did you recognize the wrong person? My father..."

"Child, I know this is hard to accept, but it's true." The old man held Qin Yuan's hand, and the veins on the back of his skinny hand bulged. "Back then, your father was carrying out a top-secret mission. I can't tell you the content of the mission now. But what I can tell you is that in order to complete the mission, he had to hide his name and even... even pretend to sacrifice."

"Pretend to sacrifice?" Qin Yuan murmured to himself, his thoughts surging in his mind.

The old man took a hard breath and continued: "For so many years, he has been hiding in the dark, silently guarding this country. And you have become his only concern..."

"Then... where is my father now?" Qin Yuan asked anxiously.

The old man shook his head, "I don't know. Over the years, I have been trying to contact him, but all my efforts have fallen on deaf ears. Not long ago, I finally received a message from him saying that he...he has already..."

The old man's voice became lower and lower, as if he would die at any time.

"What has happened to him?" Qin Yuan's heart was in his throat.

"He said that he has...not much time left, I hope...I hope you can..."

Before the old man finished speaking, he suddenly coughed violently, and blood overflowed from the corner of his mouth, staining the snow-white sheets red.

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"Old chief! Doctor! Doctor!" Qin Yuan shouted in panic, but it was too late.

When the old man was dying, he tightly grasped Qin Yuan's hand and said with his last bit of strength: "Child...go find him...go find him..."

After that, the old man closed his eyes forever, and his hands fell weakly.

"Old chief! Old chief!" Qin Yuan shouted in grief, but no matter how he called, the old man no longer responded to him.

The door of the ward was pushed open, and Fan Tianlei's anxious voice came: "Old chief! The doctor said..."

When he saw the old man who had no breath on the bed and Qin Yuan's grief-stricken appearance, he instantly understood something.

"Qin Yuan..." Fan Tianlei walked to Qin Yuan and patted his shoulder, "My condolences."

Qin Yuan slowly stood up, his eyes full of sadness, but more of determination.

"Chief of Staff, I'm going to find my father."

Fan Tianlei looked at Qin Yuan and said in a deep voice: "I know that the old chief told you everything before he died. But your father's mission is top secret, we can't..."

"Chief of Staff, I know." Qin Yuan interrupted Fan Tianlei's words, "But I can't watch my father alone..."

Qin Yuan didn't say anything more, but Fan Tianlei understood what he meant.

"Okay." Fan Tianlei finally compromised, "I will try my best to help you, but you have to promise me that you must be careful about everything and not reveal your father's identity."

"I understand." Qin Yuan nodded solemnly.

...

Three days later, Qin Yuan got a clue.

Among the old man's belongings, there was a neatly folded photo. The photo showed a young soldier in military uniform, looking heroic. Although the photo had turned yellow, Qin Yuan recognized it at a glance. The person in the photo was his father.

On the back of the photo, there was a string of numbers and an address.

Qin Yuan knew that this was the last clue his father left for him.

He packed his bags without hesitation, said goodbye to his comrades, and embarked on a journey to find his father.

The address was located in a remote border town. Qin Yuan traveled all the way and finally arrived at his destination three days later.

The town was called Luoxia Town. The name was beautiful, but the reality was cruel.

Luoxia Town was remote, with poor transportation and backward economy. Most of the residents in the town made a living by farming and lived in poverty.

Qin Yuan found a shabby store according to the address. The owner of the store was an old grandmother in her seventies, hunched over, with traces of time on her face.

"Hello, grandma. Do you know the person in the photo?" Qin Yuan took out the photo and handed it to the old lady.

The old lady took the photo, squinted her eyes and carefully identified it, and a trace of surprise flashed in her turbid eyes.

"You... you are..."

"I am his son." Qin Yuan said.

"He... he is still alive?" The old lady's voice trembled with excitement.

"Yes, he is still alive." Qin Yuan said affirmatively, "Grandma, can you tell me where he is now?"

The old lady took a deep breath and said slowly: "Child, come with me."

The old lady took Qin Yuan to a wood room behind the store, opened the door, and a musty smell came to her nose.

"Child, he lives here."

Qin Yuan walked into the wood room, and in the dim light, he saw a familiar figure, sitting in the corner with his back to him.

"Dad..."

Qin Yuan trembled and called softly.

The figure heard the voice and slowly turned around.

When their eyes met, time seemed to have stopped at this moment...

The dim woodshed was filled with a suffocating smell of mold and decay. Hearing Qin Yuan's voice, the figure in the corner trembled and turned around slowly.

It was a weather-beaten face, covered with wrinkles and dirt, with gray hair and untidy beard. He was wearing a tattered military coat, and the former military green could be vaguely recognized. If it weren't for the still sharp eyes, Qin Yuan could hardly recognize that this was his once majestic father.

"Dad..." Qin Yuan's voice choked, and his eyes were red. He rushed forward and hugged the old man, as if he wanted to rub the other person into his body.

The old man was stunned for a moment, and a trace of confusion flashed in his turbid eyes, followed by surprise, and finally ecstasy.

"Xiao Yuan? Is it you? Really you?" The old man trembled with his hands and stroked Qin Yuan's face, as if to confirm that all this was not a dream.

"Dad, it's me, I'm back!" Qin Yuan hugged the old man tightly, and finally couldn't help but burst into tears.

The father and son hugged each other tightly, and they didn't separate for a long time. The dim light in the woodshed seemed to become warmer.

"Good boy, you have grown up, grown up..." The old man repeated this sentence over and over again, his voice trembling, and his tears streaming down his face.

Qin Yuan didn't know why his father became like this, why he hid in this remote town under an assumed name and lived such a miserable life. But he knew that now was not the time to ask these questions.

He helped his father up, let him sit on the only broken bed, and then began to clean up this simple woodshed. He threw out the moldy bedding, boiled hot water with the kettle he brought, wiped his father's body, and changed into clean clothes.

"Dad, you have suffered all these years." Qin Yuan looked at his father's skinny body and felt distressed. (End of this chapter)