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Chapter 81: Ji·Investigation·Xiang

"Knock, knock, knock." Three polite knocks on the door were heard.

"Coming..." Old man Ji stood up and walked to the door. Before opening the door, he glanced at Jixiang who was sitting on the hospital bed with his eyes lowered, and then he opened the door.

"Hello, Mr. Ji, excuse me." The man in military uniform saluted.

"I guess you are Major Zheng." Old man Ji glanced at the man and the other soldier standing beside him.

"It's me. The person behind me is my information officer." Major Zheng said a few words, obviously not wanting to explain more.

Old man Ji was tactful enough not to ask any more questions. After a polite smile and nod to the other party, he immediately stepped aside and raised his other empty hand to signal the two to come in.

"...I would like to thank you and all the soldiers in the army for your active rescue this time, otherwise..." Old Man Ji said sincerely, and even choked up a little at the end.

Jixiang kept up his well-behaved mask and quietly rolled his eyes in his heart. For such acting skills, you should be awarded any award, let alone an Oscar...

Major Zheng shook his head and said, "This is what we should do. You don't have to do this."

"No, no matter what, that's the fact. We are both very grateful." Without waiting for Major Zheng to refute, Old Man Ji immediately said, "Please sit down first. This is my granddaughter Jixiang."

After that, he waved to Jixiang and said, "This is Major Zheng who saved you."

Jixiang called Major Zheng obediently and expressed his gratitude beyond words. The scene was very touching.

"...Thank you so much, Major Zheng!" Jixiang said with tears in his eyes.

"As soldiers of the alliance, this is what we should do, classmate Jixiang, you..."

"No, no, no, Major Zheng, you are too modest. It is an indisputable fact that you saved me. To me, you are my savior first, and a soldier second. Of course, I am also very grateful to all the soldiers who participated in the rescue. It is because of everyone's joint efforts that I can appear here safely. Really, thank you very much." Jixiang said seriously. She was grateful to these people from the bottom of her heart. No matter what consequences her secret would cause, it would not affect her gratitude to them at all.

She, Dajixiang, was so clear about gratitude and resentment. Putting aside personal positions and gains and losses, no, even if they didn't put these aside, they were not enemies. As long as everyone was an upright and good person...

Jixiang smiled with curved eyes, looking like a naive middle school student.

"Student Jixiang, my comrades and I are very grateful for your persistence and your affirmation of us..." Major Zheng was rarely made uncomfortable by Jixiang's sincerity.

Old Man Ji stood nearby with a look of relief on his face. He felt that he had almost finished speaking his heart out. He handed each of the three people a glass of water and said, "Major Zheng, you can talk to Jixiang slowly. I'll go to the doctor to handle the discharge procedures."

Major Zheng understood, nodded, and whispered, "Thank you for your understanding and cooperation."

Old Man Ji nodded and smiled, looking gentle, and said, "It's nothing. It is the duty of us citizens of the alliance to fully cooperate with the military investigation."

After saying this, Old Man Ji gave Jixiang a soothing look and walked out of the ward as the three people watched.

With a "click", the ward door closed.

The man in military uniform turned his head and looked at Jixiang who was sitting upright. He seemed to have thought of something and raised his hand to signal.

The information officer standing behind him immediately bent down and said, "Major."

"Go out, I can be alone here."

The information officer paused, then immediately responded in a low voice, turned around and left the ward without looking around.

The ward door opened and closed again.

Jixiang moved his fingers nervously.

Upon seeing this, Major Zheng immediately comforted him, "Don't be nervous, Jixiang. I came here just to..."

As Major Zheng looked at Jixiang, who had obvious resistance and panic in his eyes, he sighed slightly in his heart. This accident was indeed a bit cruel for a child of this age who had not experienced any hardships.

However, he had to further confirm some information.

"Can you tell me how you found them and how you escaped?" Major Zheng tried to make his tone softer and sound gentler.

Jixiang lowered his head, his hands unconsciously clutching the hem of his hospital gown, and he was obviously struggling in his heart.

Major Zheng stared at Jixiang without blinking, and a strong sense of oppression came over him.

After a long while, Jixiang slowly spoke, "My classmates and I accidentally rescued a classmate who was in distress. We learned that his companions were also in distress. My grandfather and I had experienced glacier blizzards and had some experience. I also have good talents. Although it was such bad weather, I had no problem protecting myself. So I decided to go out and see if I could help other classmates and find his companions..."

"...I went to many places, but I didn't meet any classmates who needed help. Finally, I decided to look for the companions of the classmate who died..."

At this point, Jixiang fell silent again. After he calmed down, he continued, "...I suspected that they fell off the cliff, so I ran to the edge of the cliff and tried to use my mental power to check the bottom of the cliff. This is what our mental power teacher taught me, and then I...I saw the bottom of the cliff..."

Jixiang narrated her experience in a disjointed manner, without mentioning a word related to psychic weapons and psychic defense devices. She only said that she jumped off the cliff when the insects were off guard and luckily reached the bottom of the cliff.

This was a blatant concealment, and Jixiang did it on purpose. She was just a frightened little classmate who was naive and trying to cover up her own secret.

She was full of flaws, the same flaws that an ordinary, normal person with a few little secrets would have.

After finishing speaking, Jixiang still maintained an evasive attitude.

Major Zheng remained silent. He looked at Jixiang, who was getting more and more nervous under his gaze. After a long while, he finally spoke: "...So, it is confirmed that the fifth bug was originally in the belly of the little beast, right?"

Jixiang's body trembled slightly, and he shook his head, saying softly: "...When I saw it, the little beast was already dead. It was lying in the belly of the little beast's corpse, but I didn't see what happened before, so I can't give you a definite answer."

"...Thank you very much, classmate Jixiang." Major Zheng said solemnly.

Ji Xiang was waiting for Major Zheng to question him, and naturally showed a little surprise and relief, and then quickly returned to his original expression.

Major Zheng stood up as if nothing had happened, walked to the bedside table next to Jixiang's bed, and put down the glass while Jixiang was trembling with fear.

The bottom of the cup and the counter surface made a slight knocking sound, which was extremely loud and abrupt in the extremely quiet ward.

"...Well, goodbye, classmate Jixiang." Major Zheng stood here for a few seconds, then strode away.

Before opening the door of the ward, Major Zheng suddenly said, "Student Jixiang, I wish you good luck."

After saying this, Major Zheng opened the door and left.

Jixiang raised his head only after hearing the sound of the ward door closing again.

Good luck? What a strange man, what a seemingly pointless investigation…