In the end, Jiang Zhonglou gave up looking for Guapi.
He swam to the lake wetly and sat next to Mo Lian exhausted.
"How's it going? Am I right? You're completely wasting your time and energy needlessly!" Mo Lian said coldly.
"No, whether you can find it or not is one thing, whether you go to look for it or not is another thing..."
Jiang Zhonglou wiped the water on his face and sighed: "If I don't find the melon peel, I will never be able to sleep in my life!"
"Then if one day I am in danger, will you... not leave to find me?"
Mo Lian asked hesitantly.
"Of course I will! You saved me twice and helped me save Lin Zisu. If you were in any danger, how could I stand by and watch?"
"So... you just want to repay me, or to thank me for helping you save Lin Zisu, so you won't just stand by and watch?" Mo Lian sighed quietly.
"Of course not..."
Jiang Chonglou's heart moved, and he seemed to hear the sadness in Mo Lian's words, and sighed: "Although we don't get together often, in my heart, I have long regarded you as my best friend...
Moreover, your thoughts and mine are in sync with many things, and you are like my..."
"confidant?"
Mo Lian couldn't help but interrupt.
"This...is more like an old friend for many years, right?"
Jiang Zhonglou was stunned.
He originally said that Mo Lian seemed to be an old friend for many years, but unexpectedly, Mo Lian became a confidant.
Does Mo Lian... really want to treat her as a confidant?
However, Mo Lian was cold and cold all day long, and wore a mask, as if she would not let strangers in. Jiang Zhonglou always kept a distance from her, but he did not dare to treat her as a confidant who talked about everything...
"Old friend..."
Mo Lian lowered her head sadly, looked at her mechanical hands and feet, and sighed: "I am a pitiful cripple, and I am indeed not qualified to be your confidant..."
"No, how could I look down on you? You are much better than me!"
Jiang Zhonglou paused and then said awkwardly: "You... are different from others. I don't know many things about you. To be honest... I actually don't know you very well."
"Are you, like Bai Zhi, curious about how my limbs were severed?" Mo Lian asked indifferently.
"I am indeed very curious about you, but what I am curious about is not how you became like this, but your high-tech things..."
Jiang Zhonglou sighed: "The technological level of these things of yours would surprise even the world's top scientists, right?"
"It's just a means of self-protection. It's nothing compared to your magical skills..."
"Don't be so humble. That day at the Lin family's old house, I was helpless in the face of so many Arisaema gangsters..."
Jiang Zhonglou sighed: "But you killed everyone in one move with just one move. You were as fast as lightning and helped me save Lin Zisu!"
"That day, I was lying in ambush in the dark and succeeded in the sneak attack. If I stood up and faced off openly, how could I be Sandianbai's opponent..."
Mo Lian sighed: "When I meet a real master, my abilities are completely incomparable to yours!"
"oh..."
Only then did Jiang Zhonglou realize that Mo Lian was really not modest.
Although his mechanical body can fly, dive, and fire extremely fast crossbow arrows, it will definitely not be very flexible in close combat with an expert...
"My hands and feet were actually cut off by myself..."
Mo Lian sighed quietly.
"What? You...you cut off your hands and feet yourself? Why?" Jiang Zhonglou was shocked.
"Of course it's to become stronger!"
Mo Lian sighed again: "I am a weak woman, and I don't have any magical secrets, so I can only cut off my hands and feet and install these mechanical weapons..."
"this..."
Jiang Zhonglou never expected that Mo Lian cut off his hands and feet in order to install mechanical hands and feet to make himself stronger!
"You're a girl...why do you have to become stronger?" Jiang Zhonglou asked again.
"Of course it's for self-protection... but also for revenge..."
"Self-protection? Revenge? Are you trying to avenge your father?"
Jiang Zhonglou sighed: "I remember Sanya said that your dad...went to a far away place and never came back. Was he...killed by someone?"
Mo Lian did not hesitate to cut off her limbs and transform herself into a half-robot. It can be seen that she must be carrying a blood feud or an unimaginable important mission...
"Yes, I am here to avenge my father, and more importantly..."
Mo Lian said half of it, but stopped abruptly.
However, Jiang Zhonglou still heard clues from Mo Lian's words.
In addition to avenging her father, Mo Lian cut off her limbs and became stronger for a more important reason!
This reason is more important than the revenge of killing my father. It can be seen that it must be an earth-shattering thing!
What is going on?
Jiang Chonglou was very curious, but since Mo Lian didn't say anything, he knew that his asking would be in vain.
"Your face...won't be disfigured on its own, right?"
Jiang Zhonglou looked at Mo Lian's cold iron mask with confusion again.
He couldn't imagine that the face under this mask would look scary...
"What? Do you think I'm ugly?"
Mo Lian turned her head and looked at Jiang Zhonglou with cold eyes.
"Of course not... I just feel that you have been wearing a mask... Is there something unspeakable..."
Jiang Zhonglou was embarrassed and quickly explained.
"I first started wearing a mask because I was afraid of attracting others' attention. You may not know that there are cameras everywhere in the city. My enemies can easily enter the database and find me through big data comparison..."
Mo Lian sighed and said: "Later, I no longer had to hide from my enemies, but I was unwilling to take off the mask. I felt that... the mask seemed to be my line of defense and could give me an extra layer of psychological security.
..."
"Who is your enemy...?"
Jiang Zhonglou asked curiously.
The force that allows Mo Lian to hide behind a mask must be extraordinary.
"Of course it's Arisaema! Didn't you...didn't you expect that?"
Mo Lian turned her head and looked at Jiang Zhonglou coldly.
"What? Your enemy...is also Tiannanxing?"
Jiang Zhonglou's eyes widened in surprise.
"Nonsense, if my enemy hadn't been Tiannanxing, would I have gotten close to you? Would I have helped you save Lin Zisu?"
"this..."
Only then did Jiang Zhonglou understand why Mo Lian favored him so much, and why he trusted Sanya to him, and helped him save Lin Zisu...
No wonder she let herself live in the RV last time without any hesitation, and even helped her kill several Arisaema killers in the middle of the night...
It turns out that Mo Lian and she have a common enemy!
"So, your father was also killed by Tiannanxing?" Jiang Zhonglou asked.
"Yes, they also killed my mother..."
"this..."
"Not long after my mother gave birth to me, she was killed by Tiannanxing. My father took me to hide in Tibet. He wanted to avenge my mother, but he was afraid that I would have no one to take care of me..."
Mo Lian sighed: "When I grew up, I cut off my hands and feet and asked my father to install these mechanical hands and feet for me, and then let him go to find Tiannanxing and avenge my mother with peace of mind..."
"What? You cut off your limbs...so you wouldn't be a drag on your father?"
Jiang Zhonglou was shocked again.
Mo Lian actually said such a cruel thing in an understatement, as if she was telling someone else's story...
"Yes, my dad has always wanted to take revenge on Tian Nanxing, but he couldn't trust me, so I cut off my limbs and installed mechanical limbs to reassure my dad!"
"this..."
Jiang Zhonglou didn't expect that Mo Lian's life experience would be so miserable!
"Then what's the grudge between your family and Tiannanxing? Also, is Sanya really adopted by your father?"
"I can't tell you about the grudge between my family and Tiannanxing yet..."
Mo Lian sighed: "Sanya was indeed adopted by my father. When he saw that I was alone, he wanted to find me a companion. Moreover, when he goes to find Tiannanxing in the future, Sanya and I can also take care of each other.
..."
"Then...can you take off your mask and let me see your true face?"
Jiang Zhonglou said hesitantly.
Mo Lian has told me so many things, should I be able to let myself see her face, right?"