She regretted divorcing the female CEO.

Old Mu's face darkened. "How old are you? Fighting and fooling around outside, what kind of behavior is this?"

Si Yang curled his lip, "They're really putting on airs now."

"Alright, Dad! You should go home now! I'm leaving," Mu Xiaorou said.

Mu Jiasheng glanced at Si Yang, thinking that he was just putting on airs as a father-in-law and that would be enough.

That kid! He's utterly heartless.

"That old man." Si Yang muttered after Lao Mu left.

Mu Xiaorou chuckled, then rolled her eyes at Si Yang, "Don't talk nonsense!"

"I know you're a petty person. You still remember the cold shoulder my dad gave you when you first came here, so you've been trying to make things difficult for him." Mu Xiaorou rolled her eyes at Si Yang.

"Nonsense, do you think I'm that petty?" Si Yang pouted, refusing to admit it.

He was petty and narrow-minded, but Si Yang thought he was actually quite magnanimous.

"You! You even kept this from my dad! You're just afraid he'll get angry later," Mu Xiaorou said!

"Hey, that's your mom!" Si Yang said seriously!

"What's wrong with my mom? She did something wrong and she thinks she's right? Women, no matter what age they are, should have boundaries with men."

"We shouldn't give them even the slightest thought," Mu Xiaorou said through gritted teeth!

"From now on, you're not allowed to bully my dad anymore! Don't think I don't know, the last time he was injured, it was you who hit him." Mu Xiaorou said to Si Yang!

Si Yang looked at Mu Xiaorou and said, "No wonder everyone wants to have daughters; they're such a sweet little girl!"

"Your mother was just saying something, but your father wasn't idle. Besides, why would I hit him?"

"What can I do if he can't bring himself to do it?" Si Yang scoffed.

Although Si Yang was somewhat biased towards the old man in this matter, it was all for the sake of family harmony!

If Mu Jiasheng really knew this, he would be furious.

There will inevitably be rehashing of old stories.

"Hmph! You'd better explain to me first that this isn't my turn yet!"

"I didn't even ask you how many you've found," Mu Xiaorou said through gritted teeth.

She knew about Rong Xiyun and Shen Leyu from last time; there were a few more left.

"Alright, that's not important. Where to go?"

"Go home or go to the company?" Si Yang asked, looking at Mu Xiaorou.

"Let's go to the company." Mu Xiaorou glanced at the guilty-looking Si Yang and pouted, not bothering to press him for details. What difference would it make if she did ask?

She's a philandering bastard, but what can she do when she's stuck with her?

Si Yang spent the day at the company with Mu Xiaorou, and that night, he stayed at the Tan Palace.

The next day, Si Yang had just left, and the New Year was just around the corner, but the second Heavenly King Project was about to begin.

The codename "Rebirth of the War Soul" will continue indefinitely.

For some people, the New Year is the same whether it's a holiday or just a regular day.

That's how Si Yang used to be.

The enemy will not lay down their weapons just because you celebrate the New Year.

They are the same; they don't stop just because of the New Year.

The first round of selection has begun. Si Yang needs to watch the recordings, as well as Hei Zi and others' evaluations of each person.

These things are all made of paper.

Some things are never transmitted via computer.

Perhaps manpower would be troublesome, but in this era, the more advanced the technology, the greater the possibility of leaks.

Si Yang arrived at the training base, where personnel were stationed to perform daily maintenance and training.

As long as the plan for the rebirth of war spirits continues, this place will remain an eternal secret base.

There is only one person in charge here, and that is Si Yang.

This time, there were far fewer tests.

Si Yang sat on the sofa, flipping through the personal profiles.

Hei Zi stood to the side, not saying a word.

Here, only Hei Zi and Lei Laohu know the real core secret: the selection process involves more than just ten people.

Those ten people were just the final spots, and there were many other considerations involved.

Personal qualities and willpower are only one aspect, and they account for a large proportion, but personal conditions also need to be considered.

This can be seen from the fact that there are more than four hundred cenotaphs, but only one descendant.

Besides the final assessment, the second round of assessment actually determines one thing.

That means even if they are eliminated, they will be subtly and quietly reassigned to various army groups.

This includes special intelligence agencies.

This list is only available to the core members of the military.

Or rather, it is controlled by Lei Laohu.

Si Yang is arguably the only person who knows this list.

Why was Lei Laohu so wary of that retired old man?

Because you'll never know how many secrets there are until you're in that position.

After all, they are the most elite selected from various teams. Even if they do not get the final spot, they will not be sent back to their hometown and wasted their lives.

This is also why the higher-ups have multi-layered considerations regarding Si Yang.

After all, apart from the aforementioned individuals, only Si Yang could clearly know everything and even be familiar with everyone.

If necessary, Si Yang can directly activate this list, except for Lei Laohu.

Of course, that day will probably never come.

"So-so." After reading all the information, Si Yang tossed it to Hei Zi.

"Let's proceed with the second round of selection!" Si Yang said calmly.

His resume was quite good, but in Si Yang's opinion, some of his assessment results did not meet his standards.

"Okay!" Kuroko nodded.

Now, he is the head steward here, the steward of this mysterious unit.

He was destined to grow old and die in the military.

That's why even though he came back alive, he was unwilling to have any contact with the girl.

There's a reason why Si Yang also had to undergo so many tests; there were considerations from above.

Your integrity must be commensurate with the power you wield.

Si Yang glanced at Hei Zi, "Have a drink."

"Okay!" Kuroko nodded.

"I'll go make a phone call first," Kuroko said.

He naturally had no temper in front of Si Yang, but once outside, who would dare to call out "Hei Zi"?

Sure enough, a string of curses came from not far away.

Thief.

It's beyond just being unpleasant to describe.

After returning, the two sat down. A chill permeated the mountain air. There was a copper pot and a lump of frozen mutton. Hei Zi took a dagger, made a fancy cut, and sliced ​​a thin piece of mutton into the boiling broth.

"Even though your leg is lame, your skills haven't suffered." Hei Zi grinned at Si Yang!

Si Yang smiled and prepared the sesame sauce. Si Yang liked to eat meat, especially lamb.

It's probably because I was a child and watched people eat mutton outside a mutton restaurant, and that's why I'm so obsessed with it.

"Go see the girl when you have time; you are, after all, her father," Si Yang said earnestly to Hei Zi.

"No one will say anything about this."

"You put too much pressure on yourself."

"Next year! There will be another little baby in the family."

"I was all alone back then, but now this family is getting bigger and bigger." Si Yang took a sip of baijiu, looked at the dim sky, and his expression was unusually melancholy.

Actually, he has been adapting all along, adapting to the feeling of home, adapting to the feeling of having someone to care about.

Countless times in the dead of night, he dreamt of bloodshed and slaughter; those days seemed etched into his mind.

I only feel at ease when I wake up and see the person sleeping soundly next to me.

Si Yang would never say such things to a few women.

They would never know what kind of emotional journey Si Yang had gone through.

From a person with no ties to a large family, the process and the change in his mindset are something that even Si Yang himself probably can't explain.

"It's good." Hei Zi grinned, his smile honest and simple.

"We are all lucky ones who crawled out of piles of corpses. In this life, our hands are covered in blood. What more could we ask for if we've survived this long?"

"I'm at ease leaving the girl in your care," Hei Zi grinned.

Looking at Si Yang, there were some things he wouldn't say.

His loyalty to this country will never change, nor will his loyalty to Si Yang.

He just wanted to play his role well.

Si Yang! He is full of too many uncertainties. If one day, what happened before will happen again, he can stand up for Si Yang, even if it means risking his life.

In a man's life, some feelings and sentiments are left unsaid.

"Typical irresponsibility," Si Yang said with a sullen laugh.

"Ha, I know you dote on that girl like your own daughter."

"I'm afraid neither of the two sons in the family can compare to the girl," Hei Zi grinned.

With a brother like this, he is content with his life.

Si Yang never interfered in his two sons' affairs, but he was very attentive to his daughter's affairs.

He would ask about all sorts of trivial things, like whether the child was being bullied at school and how their studies were going.

"The old man isn't in good health," Hei Zi said in a low voice.

"Why didn't you say so earlier?" Si Yang frowned upon hearing this.

"I'm not allowed to say it, especially not to you. He knows you don't want to go to the capital. We used to be able to get around to each other, but now that he's retired, he can't." Hei Zi smiled.

Once you reach that level, it's not easy to step out, especially after you retire; people are even less willing to move.

"Everyone has to go through this day," Si Yang said with a smile.

His tone was inevitably tinged with melancholy.

The old man is gone, and he doesn't even have a decent elder left by his side.

Whether it's Lei Laohu or the Rong family, it's true that they have a blood bond with Si Yang.

But in Si Yang's heart, he never felt a sense of belonging to them.

Hei Zi didn't speak; he'd seen too many life-and-death situations and was numb to it all.

There weren't that many feelings.

Kuroko raised his glass, and the two of them each drank a glass.

"Don't spoil the girl," Hei Zi said softly.

"I went to see the old man before, and he said the same thing. He's getting old. Otherwise, he would have taken the girl in and raised her himself. You're a good person in every way, except you're too protective of your own," Hei Zi laughed!

"He wouldn't carry a damn thing. You're saying I'm being biased? If you hand your girl over to him and she gets bullied, he'll dare to go after them with a gun," Si Yang said, scoffing.

They might even have to bring their own guard company.

Hei Zi chuckled. "Don't talk about the old man. I heard that the girl got into a fight with another kid at school. What happened if you went to talk to the other kid's parents?"

"Kids fighting is just kids playing around. Let's parents have a friendly competition," Si Yang said with a smile.

Several women desperately tried to stop him, otherwise he would have really gone to ask how he had raised his child to bully his daughter.

Don't tell me you don't practice the "guilt by association" thing.

Back then, the young masters were the ones who did the work on Si Yue, but when Si Yang took action, their fathers were also involved—not one of them was left out.

That's just how he is in this world: if you stab me, I'll take your life.

If you dare touch anyone around me, I'll wipe out your whole family.

Hei Zi looked at Si Yang and couldn't help but smile. He was quite content with his life, having married the woman he loved and given birth to his precious daughter.

Admittedly, he couldn't raise her, but it's enough that his daughter has many people who pamper and love her.

Previously, the Rong family had said that every child should receive the same amount, but a portion should be reserved for the girl.

However, Si Yang refused.

He doesn't care, but the haters can't accept this favor.