119: Chapter 119 Grandparents

Listening to Ye Qingqing's words, Zuo Yuxing felt a strange sense of loss well up in his heart.

Just as he wanted to say something more, Ye Qingqing cut him off first.

"Officer Zuo, I'm staying in the leftmost room on the 6th floor of Building 32. If you need me for anything later, you can find me there."

"But I have things to do today and want to familiarize myself with the base, so I won't disturb your patrol, Officer Zuo."

"Goodbye, Officer Zuo."

Ye Qingqing addressed him as 'Officer Zuo' repeatedly, making her intention to distance herself from Zuo Yuxing more than obvious.

Ye Qingqing didn't miss the flash of disappointment in Zuo Yuxing's eyes, but she had no intention of catering to his feelings.

After signaling to Su Miaomiao and Li Qingshan with a glance, she prepared to lead them away.

However, Zuo Yuxing stepped forward to stop Ye Qingqing.

"Qingqing, wait. There actually is something that seems to be related to your family."

Ye Qingqing raised an eyebrow. Family—meaning Ye Shanhai and those people.

She happened to want to know where Ye Shanhai and the others were in the base right now!

"Do you know where they are?"

Seeing Ye Qingqing stop, Zuo Yuxing felt a sense of relief. Luckily, he had specifically gone to investigate after hearing news about her.

"It's about your father. I heard he was kicked out by your Maternal Grandfather and Grandmother."

Hearing Zuo Yuxing mention her Maternal Grandfather and Grandmother, Ye Qingqing's ears instantly perked up.

She knew she had a Maternal Grandfather and Grandmother, but she had only met them once.

The descriptions of them she had heard from her mother weren't many either.

She didn't expect... to hear news of them again under these circumstances.

Ye Qingqing pondered for a moment. Was Ye Shanhai in contact with her Maternal Grandfather and Grandmother?

"My Maternal Grandfather and Grandmother?"

Zuo Yuxing had actually only heard a general overview.

"I only heard it from others. When the people from our Warship arrived at this base, your Maternal Grandfather and Grandmother came to meet them."

"When your father saw your Maternal Grandfather and Grandmother, he rushed over immediately. But it seems they couldn't agree on something or they heard some bad news; they apparently turned and left, ignoring your father entirely."

"Moreover, I saw your Maternal Grandfather and Grandmother once before. They seem to be researching the zombie virus in this base."

Hearing this, Ye Qingqing's brow furrowed instantly.

She weighed the implications of this information.

"Then do you know where my father is?"

Originally, Ye Qingqing was prepared to live alone in this base, but now that her Maternal Grandfather and Grandmother had appeared, a strange emotion welled up in her heart.

These were the only people in the world, besides herself, who were still related to her mother.

"I don't know for now, but I can help you find out. However, I do know where your Maternal Grandfather and Grandmother are."

"Do you need me to take you there?"

Hearing Zuo Yuxing's words, Ye Qingqing hesitated slightly before shaking her head.

Suddenly hearing that she still had a Maternal Grandfather and Grandmother in this base...

She was excited, but she was also afraid to meet them. For a moment...

Ye Qingqing actually felt a sense of 'homesick trepidation'—the fear of returning home.

"Please help me find out my father's residence. I'll decide after I've seen my father."

"Alright," Zuo Yuxing nodded, agreeing to Ye Qingqing's request.

After parting ways with Zuo Yuxing, Ye Qingqing kept thinking about her Maternal Grandfather and Grandmother.

In truth, she didn't know much about them.

Because her mother's description of them had always been the same narrative.

She said she had failed them and hadn't listened to them.

She knew her grandfather was named Pei Siyuan and her grandmother was named Deng Jiayu.

The only time she had seen them was when her mother passed away.

Ye Qingqing remembered that back then, her Maternal Grandfather and Grandmother had asked if she wanted to go with them, but she was still young at the time.

Her feelings for them weren't deep, and the pain of losing her mother made Ye Qingqing afraid of contact with others for a long time.

So, when her Maternal Grandfather and Grandmother proposed taking her away, Ye Qingqing didn't agree.

Later, Ye Qingqing heard that they had even fought a lawsuit against Ye Shanhai over her custody.

But they didn't win.

After that, Ye Qingqing never saw her Maternal Grandfather and Grandmother again.

Originally, Ye Qingqing thought she had no family left in this world.

But now, Zuo Yuxing told her they were in this base.

Ye Qingqing considered countless possibilities and thought back to why Ye Shanhai, a man with nothing, would be on that Warship.

Moreover, when he saw Ye Qingqing before, Ye Shanhai had even asked her to go back with him.

Connecting all the dots, the only possibility Ye Qingqing could think of was that her Maternal Grandfather and Grandmother had allowed Ye Shanhai onto the ship because of her.

But they hadn't expected that her Maternal Grandfather and Grandmother wouldn't see Ye Qingqing when they disembarked.

That's why they couldn't come to an agreement with Ye Shanhai.

Thinking of this, a strange feeling arose in Ye Qingqing's heart.

She wondered if the actual development of events was as she imagined.

After this incident, Ye Qingqing lost the mood to continue wandering the base.

She dismissed Su Miaomiao and Li Qingshan with a few words and went back.

A groundless emotion rose inexplicably in her heart.

The moment she closed the door, Ye Qingqing let Ah Huang out.

On Huo Sixian's side, after freshening up, he looked completely different from his previous beggar-like appearance.

Huo Cunsheng also noticed the difference in Huo Sixian.

Seeing that Huo Sixian's very temperament had changed after going out once, he wanted to ask something but feared learning something extraordinary.

So he waited for Huo Sixian to speak first.

"Grandfather, let's have a meeting. Call the people from the Army."

Hearing the seriousness in Huo Sixian's tone, Huo Cunsheng immediately summoned people to prepare for the meeting.

Inside the conference room, everyone in the Army who held some rank had arrived.

Zuo Yuxing had originally gone to find out where Ye Shanhai was, but he received the order for the emergency meeting.

When Zuo Yuxing walked into the conference room, he spotted Huo Sixian.

Although he had heard that Huo Sixian was back...

He hadn't expected that the Huo Sixian who returned this time would have such a change in temperament and appearance.

Even as a man, he felt that Huo Sixian seemed to have become somewhat more handsome.

A flash of jealousy suddenly rose in Zuo Yuxing's heart.

But he quickly suppressed this emotion.

This meeting was an internal military meeting.

Huo Cunsheng sat at the head, with Huo Sixian seated below him, followed by Meng Hangfei, Lu Huan, and Kong Ziyi.

Sitting opposite Huo Sixian and the others were several very stern-looking Soldiers.

Among them sat Xu Yousheng.

Xu Yousheng was also somewhat surprised when he saw Huo Sixian.