Genius Club
Chapter 1135 - 27 Supplementary Ticket_3

Just like that, the two successfully joined the Lee Family gang with the help of the Metal Nameplate.

Gangs in the City of Sin still have their rules.

As long as you can get your hands on a Metal Nameplate, any gang will accept you, but in a large gang like the Lee Family, new members shouldn’t expect to be given much attention or training.

After welcoming them, Lee Cheng said he had to go to a meeting with The Godfather and told them to stay in the gang and wait for instructions:

"My daughter Lee Ningning is at the training ground in the middle of the city. If you have anything you don’t understand or want to know about, go find her, and she’ll give you an introduction."

The two went to the training ground.

All kinds of equipment, wooden dummies.

An empty space, with only Lee Ningning, clad in a black bodysuit, training with bangs and thuds, sweating profusely.

As Lin Xian approached for a closer look, he saw that Lee Ningning’s hands were both wrapped in bandages, but the thick calluses were evidently rough, clearly a result of long-term training.

Sigh...

Lin Xian had always felt sorry for Ning Ning, and now that he was about to become a true father himself, his sympathy grew even more.

At such a young age, in so many dreamlands, Lee Ningning’s hands were only briefly smooth in The Seventh Dreamland; in many other futures, her hands were always calloused, rough like sandpaper, like tree bark.

While she rested and wiped her sweat, Lin Xian and Xu Yiyi approached, introduced themselves, and explained their purpose.

In this dreamland Lee Ningning, despite her still delicate and tender figure, had clearly become much sturdier, with muscular lines showing strength.

"When did you start training?"

Lin Xian asked:

"Gao Wen... Ah, The Godfather’s Time Shuttle Machine must not have been invented for long, right? How did you manage to train to this level already?"

"From a young age."

Lee Ningning wiped off her sweat with a towel and said indifferently:

"Ever since the Time Shuttle Machine started being built, even before the blueprints were perfected, I’ve been exercising. After all... With such an important task, if you wait until the machine is invented to start training, it would be too late."

Lin Xian listened, silently.

This is... isn’t this just another version of Lin Yuxi?

But one is to consolidate the Space-time Police Bureau’s rule and Copernicus’s hegemony; the other, harboring lofty ideals and justice, fights for the future of humanity.

"Does your dad feel sorry for you?"

Lin Xian continued to ask:

"Did he ever try to stop you? Like... persuading you to give up being a time assassin and let someone else take over."

"He quietly dissuaded me behind my back."

Lee Ningning smiled frankly:

"But after all, as the leader of a gang, the largest gang in the City of Sin, it’s his responsibility, and as the daughter of Lee Cheng, it’s also my responsibility."

"As a father, surely no one wants their daughter to take risks, right? But if every father thinks like this, if every daughter does this, and no one dares to take brave risks, to fight earnestly... who will save the world?"

Xu Yiyi holding her cheeks, snorted lightly:

"Actually, it would be better if I went."

Lin Xian and Lee Ningning turned to look at her.

Xu Yiyi spread her hands:

"You see, I’m an orphan with no father, no mother, no ties, wouldn’t it be better to send me? Even if I die, no one would grieve over me."

"Of course, I don’t need any of that stuff either; dead is dead, for me, it makes no difference where or in which era I die."

Looking at Xu Yiyi’s indifferent eyes.

Lin Xian recalled the death of Professor Xu Yun on the streets...

Regardless of how difficult the circumstances were, he never gave up on treating his daughter; even, to avoid all unbearable consequences, he embarked on a somewhat paranoid path.

But, it can’t be denied.

Professor Xu Yun might have had some inappropriate thoughts and actions, but his love for his daughter is beyond doubt.

Fondly remembering, he told Lin Xian the reason he was unwilling to enter the Hibernation Pod:

"The longer the hibernation, the more memories you’ll lose. Actually, it’s okay if Yiyi forgets me, even if she forgets everything... She will start her new life, whether she remembers me, an old father doesn’t matter."

"But I don’t want to forget her... I don’t want to forget Yiyi. The only times Yiyi was lively and bouncing was during her childhood, and my memories of her are so little... Those memories, I can’t bear to lose a single bit of them."

"I will live to the last second of my life with memories of Yiyi, and use the last second of life to develop a better Hibernation Pod for Yiyi. So Lin Xian, if you’re still around when Yiyi wakes up in the future... Please take good care of the kid for me."

That was the last request of Professor Xu Yun to Lin Xian.

In his view.

Memories of his daughter in his mind surpass everything in the world, even, they surpass his own life.

Actually, seeing Xu Yiyi now, Lin Xian feels a bit guilty.

Teacher Xu clearly entrusted Xu Yiyi to his care, yet he couldn’t change any bit of Xu Yiyi’s life.

She was still an unloved, uncared-for orphan;

Living in an oppressive city, leading a life not so comfortable.

Perhaps the least Professor Xu Yun expected of her was to study well and be a good person?

But the current world environment only allowed her to become such a "wrongdoer," a "lawbreaker," a "bad girl."

Lin Xian shook his head:

"You’re wrong, Yiyi."

He looked into Xu Yiyi’s eyes:

"Your father loves you more than anyone, even if everyone else gives up on you, your father is willing to give up everything, still betting on an elusive hope."

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