What good thing did Yang Xiao want to give him?
Li Qianfan was already used to his grandmother saying such things to him.
Even though he always received good things from his grandmother that made him happy, he subconsciously didn't take such matters seriously.
"Grandma, did you find some treasure again? Alright, I'll be right over."
Li Qianfan said with a smile, and after ending the call, he looked up at the sky again.
He wanted to search again for the star that could "talk" to him.
But in the vast Milky Way, that star had long since blended in and could no longer be found.
Outside the grand hall of Victoria.
Mo Hongti had been waiting there early, with Li Zhaoxin, one of her personal four beauties, by her side.
Li Qianfan had just gotten out of the car.
Mo Hongti, who had specially dressed up for the occasion tonight, carried her skirt hem with her left hand, stepped on stiletto heels adorned with rhinestones, and walked quickly to his side, taking his arm.
With a sweet smile on her face, she spoke in a humble tone: "Brother, I've already asked Ziyu to expel Mo Xiaojun. I'm sorry, I will never make such a mistake again."
She was truly afraid that Li Qianfan would be angry because of Mo Xiaojun's matter.
She had been anxious all afternoon, making seven or eight phone calls and scolding many members of the Mo family.
"You are, after all, a daughter of the Mo family, so I naturally wouldn't object to you interacting with your relatives. But your family always produces some oddballs, which is quite bothersome."
This time, Li Qianfan did not dismiss it carelessly but frowned and lectured her unceremoniously.
This was because the girl Mo Xiaojun had harassed was someone whom Wang Zai had entrusted Li Qianfan to take care of.
Although Wang Zai was not a soldier serving his country, his actions and significance were the same, except for the lack of that specific identity.
Wang Zai was bleeding on the front lines, possibly even losing his life.
But the person he protected was bullying his "family" in the rear. What kind of behavior was this!?
It was only for Mo Hongti's sake.
Otherwise, Li Qianfan would have definitely made Mo Xiaojun pay the most tragic price!
In fact.
Given his current relationship with Mo Hongti, his reprimand was already a severe punishment for her.
Mo Hongti lost her usual nonchalance and continued to apologize and criticize herself in a low voice in the elevator, in front of Zhaoxin.
Her eyes even began to glisten with tears.
This was because she could truly feel Li Qianfan's displeasure towards her.
"Look. I say a few words to you, and you're getting sentimental."
As Li Qianfan walked out of the elevator, he said, "Do you think I'm still willing to talk to you? Alright, go and do your work, I'm going to see Grandma."
Oh.
Mo Hongti obediently responded with an "Oh" and returned to her office.
The moment the door closed, Mo Hongti wiped her eyes and exuded a powerful aura of hostility.
She picked up the phone and said in a deep voice, "Han Meng, I need you to do something for me tonight."
Zhang Bao, who had broken his leg at the horse farm, had not yet returned to duty. Han Meng, who replaced him, was also a very capable person.
After listening to Mo Hongti, he immediately agreed: "Don't worry, CEO Mo. If Mo Xiaojun doesn't lie in the hospital for three months, I'll lie there instead of him!"
Li Qianfan had no idea what Mo Hongti was planning.
He arrived at Yang Xiao's guest room door and was about to knock when he saw Li Zhihua, who was responsible for Dai Paipai's safety, rushing over: "Young Master, His Majesty is currently in Ms. Dai's room. You can go directly there."
"Alright."
As Li Qianfan walked towards it, he casually asked, "Zhiyue, are you satisfied with your current life and work?"
"Young Master, apart from lacking someone to hold me at night, making me feel truly empty, lonely, and cold."
Li Zhiyue smiled charmingly and whispered, "Everything else is more than satisfactory."
Li Qianfan gave her a look: "You want a man at night? Alright. When I have time, I'll introduce you to a handsome guy."
Zhiyue immediately pouted: "He has to be exactly like you."
"You little imp, if you dare to tease me again, I'll make you guard an empty room for the rest of your life."
Li Qianfan, who had long been accustomed to joking with the four beauties, playfully slapped her and arrived at Dai Paipai's guest room door.
In the guest room.
Yang Xiao was sitting on the sofa watching television, with Dai Paipai sitting beside her, looking filial, massaging her legs.
Seeing them like this, Li Qianfan knew that Dai Paipai also knew his grandmother's identity.
"Grandma, what good thing do you have for me?"
Li Qianfan asked casually after entering the room and changing his shoes.
"Eat first, and I'll tell you after dinner."
Yang Xiao glanced at Dai Paipai.
Li Qianfan smiled and walked over to sit opposite her.
"When you called me, my father and I had just finished our conversation."
During dinner, Li Qianfan recounted to his grandmother everything he had said to Li Xiao.
Finally, he asked, "Grandma, whose descendant was the one who fell in Diwang Valley? Which grand-aunt's descendant?"
Although Li Qianfan was Li Nanfang's biological grandson, he couldn't really count how many women that old man had.
"Alas."
Yang Xiao sighed softly and said, "He was the eldest grandson of Yexian. After things here are settled, I need to go and visit her."
Yexian was Hua Yexian.
And Hua Yexian was the foremost master of Diwang Valley besides Li Nanfang, and a legendary figure in Sijiu decades ago.
Li Qianfan's eating motion paused noticeably.
He really hadn't expected that the person who fell overseas from Diwang Valley this time would be Hua Yexian's eldest grandson.
This showed how much the Li family valued this matter.
Yang Xiao continued, "Of the two people who fell in Li Family Village, one was the youngest grandson of Li Xingtang, and the other was the only son of Li Xi, your father's fellow disciple."
Li Qianfan slowly put down his chopsticks.
Yang Xiao added, "The several people who were seriously injured in Diwang Valley and Li Family Village were also the cream of the crop. One of them was the son of Li Bei and Ye Tianjiao, and as soon as he was rescued, both his legs were amputated."
Li Qianfan lit a cigarette.
The atmosphere in the guest room suddenly became heavy.
Dai Paipai quietly stood up and walked into the bedroom.
Currently, on the internet, some people were controlling countless netizens, implicitly accusing and attacking the Li family (mainly targeting Li Qianfan).
But no one knew that long before some people deliberately leaked the matter of Blackwater Forest, the Li family had already dispatched a large number of experts to go there with others in an attempt to rescue Wang Zai and the others.
And due to the special harsh environment, the damage was particularly severe!
Yet the Li family had not told anyone.
"The Li family is willing to sacrifice for the interests and dignity of the East Land. No matter what they do, they seek a clear conscience and never pay attention to those barking mad dogs."
Yang Xiao said lightly, "But sometimes, people should also know what we have done. It is right to bleed and sacrifice for the interests and dignity of the East Land. But after bleeding and sacrificing, we are still bitten by domestic mad dogs. Heh heh."
She smiled and said nothing.
She picked up her phone, unlocked the screen, and handed it to Li Qianfan: "This is the latest news Jing Ran just sent me."
Longxu absolutely could not interfere in the Blackwater Forest incident!
But this did not mean that Longxu could not pay close attention to the matter.
There was not a single person from Longxu within five hundred kilometers of Blackwater Forest.
However, Jing Ran could constantly monitor the situation there through the internet.
In the photo—
It was a woman hanging from a tree, head down.
The woman had long since lost her vital signs, was naked, and her body swayed in the wind, covered in scars.
Even through the screen, Li Qianfan could deeply appreciate the inhuman torture she had endured before her death.
"She was a member of the Killing Hu team. She died a few hours ago."
Yang Xiao said, "She probably couldn't bear the severe cold and hunger in the forest, especially with no hope of survival in sight, so she voluntarily came out."
Li Qianfan, who was quietly looking at the photo, did not speak.
There was even no anger in his eyes.
But Yang Xiao knew that the killing intent in her beloved grandson's bones was roaring with rage.
"There's another picture."
Yang Xiao said, "This picture was obtained at the cost of seven lives for the people who went to rescue the Killing Hu team."
Li Qianfan rubbed his fingers together.
The screen switched, showing a man around forty years old.
Blue eyes, high nose, light brown hair, and a meticulously trimmed mustache.
"It took Jing Ran a full day and night to figure out this person's origin."
Yang Xiao said, "His name is Rod Webb, and he is from the Rod family, the wealthiest and chief family globally. He is Hebrew, and it is said that his ancestors followed Moses and escaped from the Land of Golden Towers."
Thousands of years ago—
The ancient Hebrews, numbering a million, were captured by the Pharaoh of the Land of Golden Towers to build the pyramids.
The million died and became four hundred thousand.
Then the God of the ancient Hebrews became furious and sent a great disaster upon the Pharaoh.
His people suffered greatly.
All the fish in the rivers died, flies filled the air, rats ran everywhere, and the Pharaoh's youngest son also died.
The Pharaoh was finally scared and agreed to Moses' request to let him take his four hundred thousand countrymen and quickly leave the Land of Golden Towers!
But after they set off, the Pharaoh regretted it.
So he took his great army and pursued them.
At that time, Moses, leading four hundred thousand people, was blocked by the sea.
In despair—
Moses threw the sword given to him by God into the sea.
Then the sea suddenly lost its water—
Moses quickly led his people across the sea.
The Pharaoh also led his army to the seabed, but the seawater roared and engulfed them.
Moses and the other four hundred thousand people were safe, while Pharaoh's army was drowned by the sea.
This record is, of course, a myth.
But it was made into a movie and widely circulated, gaining a lot of sympathy from the gullible.
However, few people know that the world's largest capital groups are basically related to the descendants of Moses.
The key is that they also control powerful media, constantly brainwashing the world.
The benevolent God holding a cross is a product of their creation.
Li Qianfan had long known about this group of people and the Rod family, the oldest and wealthiest family abroad.
But he did not believe the lies they fabricated.
He only believed that to become God's representative and continue to plunder the wealth of countless people, they would do anything!
"Setting a trap for the Killing Hu team, surrounding them without killing them, and only intercepting the East Landers who went to rescue them, is a conspiracy by the Rod family?"
Li Qianfan memorized Rod's appearance firmly in his mind and put down his phone.
"The Rod family, of course, will not admit it."
Yang Xiao smiled sinisterly. "Even in public, they condemn the mercenaries who surrounded the Killing Hu team. But they never dreamed that we could exchange seven lives for Rod's photo. However, Jing Ran also found out that Rod was expelled from the Rod family months ago."
Li Qianfan was somewhat puzzled: "Wouldn't it be better for the Rod family to peacefully remain the richest in the world and continue their extravagant lives? Why must they interfere in worldly affairs?"
Yang Xiao countered: "Qianfan, do you know why the Dark Web, after being destroyed twenty years ago, has now made a comeback and is even more mysterious and powerful?"
Li Qianfan understood.
The Dark Web was linked to the Rod family!
Only the truly obscenely wealthy Rod family (with family assets reportedly as high as fifty trillion dollars) had enough funds and talent to continuously research the 209 virus in secret and successfully improve it, creating many masters of "Toad Style" techniques.
The Rod family's connection to the Dark Web stemmed from their belief that their own interests had been severely damaged by world peace in recent years.
Especially the peace-loving East Land, which had shown more and more signs of becoming a strong nation in recent years.
Most importantly, very few of us who believe in God truly exist!
Our strength, and the fact that few people believe in God, actually touched the fundamental interests of the Rod family.
"If the world isn't chaotic, how can we make money!?"
This sentence is one of the family mottos of the Rod family.
It is also the ultimate goal of the Rod family, at the cost of certain sacrifices, to instigate the Moses family and Longxu to "gamble" and stand by, and to lay the groundwork in Blackwater Forest, attempting to use this as a spark to ignite a larger war.
When war breaks out—
The arms and banking industries, controlled by the Rod family, would accelerate their operations, amassing fortunes like during the two World Wars.
In short.
A poor, war-torn world with suffering populations was what the Rod family most hoped to see.
To understand the relationship between the Rod family and the Dark Web, Longxu also paid a certain price!
Understanding this was ten thousand times more important than understanding which CEO of the Dark Web was lurking in Tiandong!
The Dark Web is a plague.
Only by finding the source of the plague can it be eliminated.
Otherwise, the plague could reignite at any time.
"Hmm."
Li Qianfan said, "It seems the Rod family is also afraid that if Rod fails, it might bring about severe retaliation. Therefore, when they set up the plan months ago, they first found an excuse to expel Rod from the family. Heh heh, how could a discarded pawn obtain so many resources?"
"There are a few more photos here."
Yang Xiao picked up her phone again and opened it: "These were taken by Jing Ran through satellite when he photographed the scene of this girl (the star) dying tragically. Jing Ran has also found out the identities of these three people. One is named Smith, one is named James, and the other is named Tanaka Moto."
As Li Qianfan took the phone, he asked casually, "Grandma, why are you telling me all this tonight?"
"Because—"
Yang Xiao looked at Li Qianfan with gentle and kind eyes and said slowly, "My eldest grandson, Yang Xiao's eldest grandson, is going to the Blackwater Forest."
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A 4000-word chapter, it's time to talk about the origin of the Blackwater Forest trap.