After faking her death in interstellar space, the powerful woman disguised herself as a man and went

Sunset Restaurant, located inside the Morning Star Building of Storm Military Academy's Technology College, is a great place to enjoy the scenery.

Leng Ran chose Sunset Restaurant largely because of its location.

She's been frequenting the area around Morning Star Tower lately and has dined at Sunset Restaurant a few times. She'll go as usual today, so as not to arouse any suspicion from the Other Shore Flower.

Leng Ran contacted Feng Bao in advance, asking him to help cover up her whereabouts inside the Morning Star Building today, and reserved a private room at the Sunset Restaurant.

Upon hearing that Leng Ran wanted to meet someone alone, Feng Bao carefully selected the best private room for her – the Evening Glow Pavilion.

Leng Ran secretly slipped into Wanxia Pavilion well in advance, had a hearty meal first, and then ordered some new dishes, waiting for Shen Junhan's arrival.

All expenses within the military academy were handled by Storm, and Zhao Fox thoughtfully gave her a meal ticket privilege, which exempted her from all food and beverage expenses within Storm Military Academy.

Therefore, Leng Ran could eat and drink freely on campus without any worries.

After much deliberation, Shen Junhan decided to go see Mo Li.

He made an excuse to temporarily decline his roommates' invitation to go out and had fun, and went to the Sunset Restaurant alone to keep the appointment.

Leng Ran was already quite satisfied with her meal and was now enjoying her tiramisu to the fullest.

Shen Junhan pushed open the door and this was the scene that greeted him.

The afterglow, like a woven tapestry, gently draped Leng Ran in a splendid golden veil, her silhouette outlined with exceptional clarity by the setting sun, as if plated with a layer of dazzling gold.

Seeing the door to the private room open, she turned around and smiled at him: "You've come, Shen Junhan."

Shen Junhan quickly lowered his gaze, effectively concealing the momentary panic in his eyes. When he looked up again, his gaze had returned to calm.

Only he knew that his heart was pounding wildly at an unusual rate.

What's wrong with him?

Shen Junhan suppressed the strange feeling in his heart and looked at Leng Ran: "What do you want with me?"

Leng Ran, fearing the person might run away, didn't get straight to the point: "I wanted to catch up with you. Come on, eat first, we'll talk after we finish eating."

Shen Junhan looked surprised. He didn't think Mo Li would come specifically to catch up with him, but he still sat down without thinking.

"Stop beating around the bush, just tell me directly."

He smiled coldly and said, "I need some information. Considering our long-standing friendship, I hope you will cooperate."

"What kind of intelligence can't you get that you have to come to me, an ordinary military academy student?" Shen Junhan raised an eyebrow. "Or should I call you, 'Hunky Man'?"

His cold gaze instantly turned icy: "How did you know my codename?"

Shen Junhan sneered: "The Storm Star Dragon Sky explosion case, Senior An Liu's news interview... it's not hard to guess, it's you."

As expected, news of Lingyun Army's mission could not be kept from some clever people.

Leng Ran stared straight at Shen Junhan: "Shen Junhan, look me in the eyes and swear you'll keep this a secret."

"I swear, I will never let a second person know." Shen Junhan looked back coldly. "Are you satisfied now?"

Her stiff back relaxed. She had known Shen Junhan for many years and was still willing to believe in his reputation and character.

The first rule for survival in the apocalypse is to be wary of everything, even those close to you.

This was something her master, Nameless, taught her, and it would likely be equally applicable if it were replaced with the survival rules of spies.

She could tell that Shen Junhan had no appetite, so she decided to cut to the chase.

"I need to understand Xue Lang's infection with hemangioma. In particular, the onset time and the rate of infection."

Shen Junhan felt a pang of sadness in his heart. He glanced at Leng Ran with complicated emotions, then took a deep breath to calm himself and slowly said, "It took half a year from diagnosis to stage three of hemosquamation."

Half a year? Taking the same holy water... Grandpa Commander's condition is consistent with the normal course of hemangioma, which explains why the hospital staff didn't think much of it.

To paraphrase the red spider lily, Xue Lang was not a person favored by the gods.

It seems that holy water cannot reliably turn people into self-aware zombies, but the probability of this remains to be investigated.

Leng Ran pressed on, "Why were his medical records transferred by your Shen family?"

Shen Junhan gave a self-deprecating laugh: "Because they have a plan to treat Grandpa Commander."

"What? The Shen family, are you confident you can cure Xue Lang?" Leng Ran's pupils trembled slightly. "Shen Junhan, you should know that blood scale disease is still an incurable disease."

Why would the Shen family have a treatment plan?

Shen Junhan's eyes remained calm and unwavering: "I don't know what methods they have, but they did give me a promise... and I did see cases of successful treatment."

After a moment of quiet contemplation, he realized this was indeed unexpected intelligence. Bloodskin disease, a terminal illness that had baffled countless medical experts on the capital planet and boasted a 100% mortality rate, might the Shen family of the Eighth Military Region have a solution?

The Eighth Military Region, controlled by the Shen family, is located on Obsidian Star in the Gem Star System, and the Battle of Yellow Sands, which took place on Yellow Sands Star, is also within the Eighth Military Region's sphere of influence.

I'll have to go there and find out sooner or later. Now it seems I should add the Shen family to my list of targets.

If what the Shen family told Shen Junhan is true... there's more to this than meets the eye.

He chuckled coldly, "Them? Judging from your tone, you two don't seem to have a very good relationship?"

Shen Junhan: "My blood relation with Commander Shen does not mean that I have a familial relationship with him."

On the surface, he is the second young master of the Shen family who was kidnapped and was found a few years ago.

In reality, his biological father looked at him with indifference, devoid of any familial affection.

It was as if he were just a pawn in his game, not his own son. If it were said that his father had abandoned him, Shen Junhan would believe it.

When that person first met him, he said, "Useless trash, you don't deserve to live in this world. Shen Junhan, I hope you still have value."

Compared to Shen Yiyan, Xue Lang, Uncle Yuan, and other members of the hunting team were more like his family.

And Ali, he was once, too, the most important person to Shen Junhan...

Time has passed, and everything has changed.

Leng Ran keenly sensed that something was amiss in the atmosphere. Having asked all the necessary questions, she packed two more tiramisu and stood up to take her leave: "Enjoy your meal. I'll be going now. Thank you for the information. Please keep our meeting today a secret."

Shen Junhan didn't respond to Leng Ran anymore, so she left the restaurant on her own, intending to check out Qi Shan's laboratory at Chenxing Building and see if she could run into Hua Xue today.