Chapter 18: The Humble Grand Marshal

Li An sneered, "Using seniority to suppress others?"

"Is this the level of your chief strategist master?"

Meng Chen said indifferently, "This method is indeed not pretty, but it's effective!"

"The task of a strategist can be clearly stated in one sentence."

Before Meng Chen could continue, Li An interjected.

"Putting the right person or thing, at the right time, in the right place, to seek the greatest possible benefit!"

Meng Chen nodded and said, "You understand very well."

"And you're also very smart."

"I can openly admit that I can't win against you in verbal battles, though it's not that I truly can't."

"It's just that I'm in a hurry and don't want to waste time talking nonsense with you!"

As he said this, his star platform rang again.

Meng Chen didn't even glance at it, directly closing it, then looked up at Li An and said, "With just a few words, you've completely demonstrated the level of a descendant of Li Dingtian."

He said sternly, word by word, "You won't be a strategist?"

"You'll be a martial artist?"

"Do you want all the higher-ups of the human realm to go crazy for you!?"

Li An remained unmoved and suddenly said, "How can you be like this?"

"Trying to win people over with just your words?"

Hearing this, Meng Chen suddenly realized something and laughed, "Alright, you want money, right?"

"That's even simpler!"

"Two points!"

"First, I guarantee you entry into the Hall of Human Kings!"

"Second, the inheritance left by the ancestor is in our hands. As long as you come in, I'll give it to you immediately!"

"Let's add one more point."

"Third, we'll cover all your cultivation resources!"

"With only one requirement: become a strategist!"

Li An shook his head and said, "I have only one requirement."

"Whatever, say it!" Meng Chen raised his head generously.

Li An calmly said, "I want her to be completely healed."

After saying this, he gently raised Shuangxue's small hand.

Meng Chen's smile froze, and veins gradually appeared on his forehead. A thick sense of anger permeated the entire room.

Suddenly!

His star platform rang again.

Meng Chen abruptly answered it and roared, "Stop fucking urging me!"

"Are you in a hurry to be reincarnated!?"

Just as he was about to hang up after cursing, a violent breathing sound rang in Meng Chen's ear, like the low roar of a lion.

A terrifying sense of oppression shrouded Meng Chen from across the screen.

Meng Chen's pupils suddenly contracted, his voice trembling.

"G-G-Grand... Grand Marshal."

"How did you... suddenly..."

A roar of anger erupted like a thunderclap!

"Meng Chen!!!"

"Get back here!"

"I'll give you three minutes to appear before me!!!"

Meng Chen hurriedly said, "That... the First War Zone, that matter..."

"Yes, yes, yes." Shuang Han took a deep breath and said, "Finish dealing with the First War Zone's affairs and return immediately."

"I have something to say to you."

"Before that, give the star platform to my daughter."

Meng Chen quickly complied, handing the star platform to Shuangxue with both hands.

"Hello," Shuangxue murmured softly, her voice devoid of emotion.

"Xue'er, Xue'er?" Shuang Han's voice was gentle to the point of being ingratiating, "What happened to that Meng Chen?"

"Did he bully you?"

"Dad will avenge you!"

Shuangxue murmured, "He wants to force Li An to become a strategist."

"Ah?" Shuang Han asked in confusion, "Li An doesn't like the strategist profession?"

Shuangxue whispered, "Yes, he wants to practice martial arts."

"Meng Chen said that you forced him to become a strategist."

Shuang Han immediately cursed, "That's bullshit!"

"Who forced him?"

"No one did!"

"How could Dad force Li An?"

"Li An can do whatever he wants."

"Don't listen to Meng Chen's nonsense."

"Dad would never force Li An to do something he doesn't want to do!"

"Xue'er, Xue'er?"

"Are you listening?"

"Yes," Shuangxue murmured, lowering her head.

Shuang Han said urgently, "Xue'er, just remember one thing!"

"No matter what you want to do, Dad will support you!"

"No matter what request Li An makes, Dad will fulfill it completely!"

"As long as you're happy, anything is fine!"

"If you hear others say that Dad issued some ridiculous orders, contact Dad immediately!"

"It's definitely someone twisting Dad's meaning!"

"Qing'er!"

"You must believe your father!"

Shuang Han's voice was trembling.

Because the life tablet in front of him had been slowly shattering.

His daughter's life was fading, and this filled him with fear!

Suddenly, Shuangxue's life tablet stopped shattering.

Only then did Shuang Han breathe a sigh of relief.

"Then I'll hang up." After saying this, Shuangxue hung up the star communication without waiting for her father's response, and tossed it back to Meng Chen.

Meng Chen almost fumbled it.

His face was filled with panic.

Because he seemed to have understood something from the conversation just now.

Shuangxue's illness hadn't recovered.

He had just made her condition worse.

For more than ten years, the Grand Marshal had been traveling around with his daughter, who was afflicted with a congenital disability, searching for a cure.

His wife was dead.

Shuangxue was the Grand Marshal's only emotional support.

People couldn't imagine what the Grand Marshal would become if he lost his daughter.

Even more unimaginable was the Grand Marshal's reaction if his daughter, who could have been saved, was killed by someone.

Zhang Sanfeng quickly grabbed Meng Chen's hand and whispered, "Let's go, let's go, let's go."

"Don't talk, let's go."

After the two left.

Inside Li An's small wooden house.

Shuangxue's eyes were dim.

Li An frowned and said, "Why are you so sad?"

Shuangxue said despondently, "You helped me."

"But not only did I not protect you, but I also brought you trouble."

Li An said softly, "Sit down."

Shuangxue sat beside Li An, her head lowered.

Li An touched her forehead.

The temperature had plummeted to 15 degrees.

Li An didn't know how to help her raise her body temperature quickly; after all, she wasn't a kettle.

He had actually only done one thing: treat her like a normal person.

"Shuangxue, I think you look down on me."

"Huh?" Shuangxue hurriedly looked up and said, "No, I don't."

"Then why are you so sad?" Li An frowned and said, "Isn't it because you think that without you, I can't manage on my own?"

"I will encounter difficulties and get hurt."

"But Shuangxue."

"Today is the first day we met."

"In all the years before you appeared, I've been living quite well."

"Just because you came, it doesn't mean something will happen to me."

"You've also seen that Meng Chen's verbal skills are no match for me."

"And there's Zhang Sanfeng standing beside me."

"Do you think something will happen to me?"

Shuangxue shook her head and said, "If it's just Meng Chen, it's fine, but this is my father's order."

Hearing this, Li An thought, "That's it."

Shuangxue's temperature started to drop from the moment Meng Chen said, "This is your father's intention."

"So you don't trust your father?"

Li An asked back.

"I don't think you should be sad, but should contact your father."

"He has put so much effort into your illness, almost exhausting all his energy."

"How could he possibly harm you?"

"Is your father a lunatic?"

Hearing the last sentence, Shuangxue couldn't help but smile.

"He's not."

"I am."

Li An pinched her small face and said softly, "Me too."

Suddenly.

Shuangxue took out the star communication device and contacted her father.

"What is it, Qing'er?"

"I want three portions of fourth-tier infinite-level evolution fluid, three different professions."

"No problem," Shuang Han responded in a deep voice.

"Delivered to Li An's house, right?"

"Yes." Shuangxue nodded and then said, "I'm sorry, Father."

"I should have trusted you."

On the other end of the star communication.

Hearing these words, Shuang Han's heart trembled, and his pupils instantly became cloudy.

No one could understand his emotions.

Eighteen years!

His daughter still hadn't recovered.

But his love for her had finally received a response.

Shuang Han only heard himself say softly, "Xue'er."

"The best thing in my life was meeting you eighteen years ago."

"Father doesn't want anything, as long as you live a healthy life."

"Remember, Father is the Grand Marshal of the human realm."

"Father can do many, many things!"

Shuang Han had seen too many纨绔 (wán kù - playboy sons of rich and powerful families).

They relied on their fathers' influence to cause trouble, do whatever they wanted, and even trample on the rules!

Logically speaking, his child, as the Grand Marshal's daughter, should be the biggest 纨绔 of them all.

On the surface, he was one of the two top leaders in the human realm, second only to the Human King!

But his child was the most well-behaved in the world.

She had never enjoyed the treatment of being the Grand Marshal's daughter.

She should have been unruly, vigorous, and arrogant.

Any personality, no matter how bad, would be better than her current, almost lifeless state!

So sometimes the Grand Marshal wished Shuangxue would be a little more outrageous.

At least that would make her seem more like a human!

Shuangxue was silent, not responding.

But at this moment, Shuang Han suddenly stood up.

He saw that Shuangxue's life tablet in front of him was actually slowly healing!

Wasn't it irreversible?

He didn't understand.

A strong smile rose on Shuang Han's face!

It didn't matter!

As long as it was a good thing!