CEO Overlord Love: Contract Lover

"You can drink as long as you are told." Mengyao's expression did not change, but she replied coldly.

"Yes." The veteran didn't dare to delay any longer, and obediently picked up the cup and drank.

Because he is really too thirsty.

So the appearance of drinking water is very funny and ugly.

Mengyao was used to seeing these scenes, so she didn't feel anything strange.

The old soldier drank every drop of water in the glass, and then reluctantly put down the glass.

Mengyao didn't pour him any more water, but just looked at him with some doubts, hoping that he would tell her the answer to the question.

Veterans are self-aware and dare not ask for water.

He sighed, and then answered her question straight to the point.

"Madam, I didn't find my daughter...it was really difficult...she was robbed when she was very young, I only know that she was robbed near here, but I don't know which village she is in. And it's been so long, I don't remember her appearance for a long time..." The old soldier cried helplessly while talking.

The white beard on his lips trembled one by one, looking a bit embarrassed.

Meng Yao frowned, and asked him puzzledly: "Then since you have forgotten what your daughter looks like, why bother to look for her, even if you saw her, you wouldn't recognize her."

"No, ma'am, of course I have a reason!" the veteran explained.

"Oh?" Mengyao raised her eyebrows curiously.

"Madam, there is a brand on my daughter's chest, which is in the shape of a horse's claw. I stamped it on her chest when she was robbed! I hope that one day we can use this brand to make our father and daughter recognize each other!"

Mengyao's fingers trembled slightly, and her memory returned to three years ago.

At that time, she and Pooh first came to this place.

They met a pregnant woman in the rainforest that day.

She remembers it clearly.

When she delivered that woman.

She does have a brand on her chest.

And it's horseshoe shaped.

……

Mengyao looked up at the veteran, and replied blankly: "You don't need to look for her, she has been dead for three years."

Her tone was very calm, as if she was talking about some trivial matters.

"What!" The veteran's whole body softened, and he looked lifeless.

"You heard me right, she was indeed dead. She was pregnant at that time, and I delivered her the baby." Mengyao said calmly, picked up the water glass and took a sip of water.

"Ma'am?" The old soldier was trembling all over. He suddenly pushed his chair away and knelt by her lap.

He held her skirt tightly, with an expression close to pleading.

"Ma'am... I beg... please tell me the truth of the whole thing... my poor daughter... why did she die like this..." The veteran cried tremblingly.

Mengyao pulled back her skirt, and then calmly told him the whole story.

"I passed by the rainforest in front of me that day. There seemed to be a war over there, and there were countless casualties. Your daughter grabbed my skirt from the pile of dead people and asked me to save her. And promised to tell me how to leave the rainforest if I rescued her."

"It turned out to be like that... war... war again! How many people and families have been killed in this damn war!" The veteran suddenly became excited.

Mengyao glanced at him condescendingly, not understanding why he was so excited.

"Didn't the war stop? You should be happy." She asked the veteran in puzzlement.

"My God! Ma'am! Who said the damn war stopped! The war will never stop! It's just a truce!" said the veteran excitedly.

"What?" Meng Yao's face turned pale instantly.

If the war never stops.

How can she leave this ghost place.

She had planned to wait until next month when the situation was more stable.

Then go to the city, and then find a way to leave the country.

But if war starts again.

Could she not go away?

……

"No, you lied to me! If it was just a truce, why did so many officers and soldiers return home?" She grabbed the veteran by the collar and stared at him.

"Madam...... Didn't you realize that the returning officers and soldiers are all disabled officers and soldiers?" The veteran explained with a look of fear.

Mengyao's complexion turned pale, and she withdrew her hand weakly.

She took a few steps forward, with her back to the veteran.

He was right.

For so long, the officers and soldiers she saw returning were all wounded.

Only a few are able-bodied.

I'm afraid the able-bodied ones are deserters.

......

"Madam, please tell me, did my daughter leave any words before she died!" The veteran lay on the ground, grabbed her skirt and begged her.

Mengyao pulled back her skirt abruptly.

This is the case now.

How could she care about such trivial matters!

Just as she was about to ask the black slave outside the door to throw the veteran out, she suddenly remembered an important thing.

"You mean there's a truce now?" She lowered her head and asked the veteran with serious eyes.

"My daughter...how did she die like this..." The veteran kept crying and didn't answer her question.

Mengyao was annoyed when he heard that, and really wanted to kick him a few times.

But now that she has something to ask for, she can only endure such an atmosphere.

"Your daughter is indeed dead, but she left behind a child who should be alive now." She planned to perfunctory the veteran to calm him down before making a long-term plan.

"What?" There was a trace of anger in the veteran's eyes, he looked up at Mengyao in disbelief, "Ma'am, is this true?"

"Speaking of which, that child is also your grandson, and you can take it away if you like."

"No, no, ma'am!" The veteran waved his hand and refused, "I know I won't live long, and the child can still have something to eat with you, ma'am. Wouldn't it be a waste of time to die with me!"

"Then stop talking nonsense and answer the question I asked you just now. Is it a truce now! Otherwise, I will throw your grandson to the dogs right away!"

"Yes, ma'am." The veteran was so frightened that his whole body trembled, and he trembled for more than ten seconds before answering.

"Ma'am, now the generals of the two countries are negotiating terms, but we all know that it cannot be successful, so the war will start again soon!"

"When will the war start again?"

"It's hard to say. It has been a truce for more than three months now, and I'm afraid the war will start in half a month!"

"What? Half a month?"

"Yes, ma'am, half a month."

"Then do you know how long it takes to get from here to the nearest city, and is there a plane in the city?"

"Ma'am, if you have a cart, it will take seven or eight days from here to the nearest city, Trouville. As for planes, it is impossible to have them. There are only two or three in the whole country, and they are used to drop ammunition by air." of!"

"No planes? How do businessmen leave the country?"

"They all left by boat, ma'am."

"ferry?"

"That's right, ma'am, you can go to Europe and the United States by sailing around the Atlantic Ocean!"

"I understand."

Mengyao closed her eyes, feeling extremely complicated.

"Madam, can you let me see my grandson? Let me see him before I die?" the veteran begged her.

Mengyao opened her eyes and nodded in tacit agreement.