Starting with a cub, the superpower boss becomes the richest man by lying flat

Chapter 213 Enemy Attack

Regardless of whether General Chen could bring himself to be ruthless towards Kong Xiao, they had to see him tonight. Therefore, Lin Xin did not expect Mo Ziyuan to give her a satisfactory answer. She knelt on one knee, pressed her right hand against the ground, and the seed of the Devil Vine in her palm quickly burrowed into the ground under the stimulation of her wood-type ability.

Its roots continue to grow in the soil, easily creating a hole similar to a burrow.

"Let's go, let's be ground rats for once." Lin Xin retracted the devil vine, pulled the absent-minded Mo Ziyuan, and plunged into it.

Chen Lingyuan was furious with Kong Xiao, but his injuries were severe. The military doctor, on Kong Xiao's orders, only gave him the most basic bandaging, making it difficult for him to move even slightly.

He had heard Kong Xiao's instructions to guard the tent before leaving, and now he felt very complicated. He even followed Kong Xiao's line of thought and wondered if he had really done something wrong.

When Lin Xin and Mo Ziyuan crawled out of the hole, they saw him lying on the bed, looking dejected.

"General!" Mo Ziyuan looked at Chen Lingyuan, who was obviously much older and more dejected, and felt a pang of sadness. He lowered his voice and called out.

Chen Lingyuan turned around in surprise, following the sound, and saw Mo Ziyuan emerging from a hole that had appeared on the ground at some unknown time, looking at him with a complicated expression.

“…Zi, Ziyuan?” Chen Lingyuan blinked hard, almost wondering if he was seeing things.

“It’s me, General!” Mo Ziyuan walked a few steps to the bedside and grasped Chen Lingyuan’s outstretched hand. “General, I’ve come.”

The two grown men held hands, looking at each other with tears in their eyes. Then Lin Xin, who had crawled out of the hole, pouted and turned around to get the things she had prepared earlier. "I'm here to check on the general's health. You two get straight to the point."

Chen Lingyuan stared at Lin Xin as if he'd seen a ghost, pointing at her and asking in astonishment, "Zi...Ziyuan, who...who is she?"

“General, this is my fiancée, a marriage bestowed by His Majesty.” Mo Ziyuan’s gaze softened as he pulled Lin Xin and said, “Xin’er, this is General Chen Lingyuan. His body is now in your hands.”

"Don't worry!" Lin Xin did not refuse. Chen Lingyuan's condition was really not good. He had not received effective treatment after being seriously injured, and his health had been damaged to the core. If this continued, it would be a problem whether he could go back to the battlefield or even live to a ripe old age.

Upon receiving Chen Lingyuan's questioning gaze, Mo Ziyuan paused for a moment before saying, "Xin'er and I both overheard the conversation between the general and Deputy General Kong. In order to prevent him from making another mistake, the only thing we can do now is for the general to recover. Xin'er's medical skills are somewhat unconventional, so please keep it a secret for her."

"Oh, okay." Chen Lingyuan had been in a daze ever since they appeared, and his calmness was entirely due to his trust in and understanding of Mo Ziyuan.

It was precisely because of this understanding and pity for the boy's background that he treated Mo Ziyuan differently during his time in the Western Frontier, teaching him military strategy and tactics almost hand in hand, which can be considered as imparting all his knowledge to him.

Lin Xin wasn't very clear about what happened between them, but she trusted Mo Ziyuan, so she raised her hand without reservation and placed it on the wound that ran through Chen Lingyuan's body. Her wood-type supernatural power slowly flowed out, repairing the wound while nourishing his body.

Chen Lingyuan found it amazing. The wound that had been causing him pain for the past three days was enveloped by a warm aura, and the pain quickly disappeared. He could even feel the inside of the wound gradually healing, and his originally weak body was becoming stronger.

"General, please don't be alarmed. Xin'er's healing methods are just a little special; she won't harm you," Mo Ziyuan explained as he looked at Chen Lingyuan's widening eyes.

Chen Lingyuan nodded blankly, "I know, I can feel it." After Lin Xin repaired the internal wounds of Chen Lingyuan, she stopped outputting her supernatural power. As a result, there was no visible change on the surface of the wound. She then took out the medicine given to her by Cui Shi and handed it to Mo Ziyuan, "Please apply the medicine to the general!"

While Mo Ziyuan was applying medicine to him, Lin Xin took out the food she had prepared earlier and set it out. When she turned around, she inadvertently caught a glimpse of Chen Lingyuan's drooling expression. Her lips twitched involuntarily. Mo Ziyuan was right. This guy really can't resist meat!

After they had eaten and drunk their fill, Lin Xin began to clean up the mess, while Mo Ziyuan and Chen Lingyuan got down to business.

"General, what do you plan to do about Kong Xiao?" Mo Ziyuan asked bluntly, having already spent a lot of time treating Chen Lingyuan's injuries and feeding him.

“He…” Chen Lingyuan hesitated. Although he was furious with Kong Xiao just now, he still couldn’t bear to do it when it came to making a decision.

“Ziyuan, actually Kong Xiao isn’t a bad person. He’s just been misled. Give him some time, and he’ll figure it out.” Chen Lingyuan adopted a very humble attitude.

"Hehe," Lin Xin, who was packing her things and listening in, paused and couldn't help but chuckle.

"General!" Mo Ziyuan and Lin Xin spoke almost simultaneously.

"I know there's something wrong with what I'm saying, and I understand your thoughts, but Kong Xiao really isn't the kind of person you think he is. You have to believe me." Seeing that neither of them agreed with him, Chen Lingyuan became anxious.

"I don't know what kind of person he is, but now I understand what kind of person you are—you're a complete idiot!" Lin Xin slammed her rice bowl on the table and launched into a tirade against Chen Lingyuan:
"Do you know what would happen to you if I weren't here? Have you considered that if something happened to you, the entire military camp would become Kong Xiao's personal fiefdom? Do you think that with his strength, if the Western Rong people attacked again, he would be able to repel them? Or would he just use the lives of his soldiers to pay the price?"

Lin Xin's words made Chen Lingyuan feel ashamed, but she hadn't finished speaking, "What position do you place the soldiers in the entire camp? Do you think they deserve to be sacrificed by Kong Xiao?"

“General, Xin’er’s words may be unpleasant, but can you say they’re unreasonable? You know how you’ve treated him all these years. If he can treat you like this, how can he care about the lives of his soldiers?” Mo Ziyuan added fuel to the fire, following Lin Xin’s words.

"This...sigh!" Chen Lingyuan sighed deeply, giving up on pleading for Kong Xiao. He knew they were right, but Kong Xiao had followed him for so many years, and he really couldn't bring himself to be ruthless.

Mo Ziyuan and Lin Xin exchanged a glance, both relieved. Fortunately, Chen Lingyuan was someone who listened to advice; otherwise, they would have been in a real predicament.

"General, please get some rest. Xin'er and I will be waiting for your good news tomorrow!" Seeing his hesitation and struggle, Mo Ziyuan said at the right time.

"Okay, be careful!"

No sooner had she finished speaking than a commotion erupted outside. Lin Xin's expression changed, and she whispered, "An enemy attack!"

"What?" Mo Ziyuan frowned. "Xin'er, pack your things. We're going back."

"Okay!" Lin Xin didn't hesitate at all. She quickly packed up all the things they had brought. The two of them jumped into the hole they had come from. Lin Xin used her water blade to barely restore the ground to its original state before she and Mo Ziyuan avoided the soldiers walking around and returned to their respective tents.