Chapter 751 - 699: Being Needed
Mountain Eagle believed Mi Lu's words because this old fellow was a top mercenary all his life, and the things he's seen and the people he's met probably far exceeded Mountain Eagle's imagination...
Moreover, assassinating a businessman, as long as one is willing to think it through and even pay the price, isn't particularly difficult.
However, Mountain Eagle knew what he wanted. The problem he faced could not be solved by simply killing one or two so-called prominent figures.
He needed to escalate the situation, make it ferment to a certain degree, and then solve the problem once and for all.
Establish deterrence through battle, then stand on the moral high ground, followed by revenge and gaining fame from it...
He needed to elevate his identity to be on equal footing with those people, which would reduce 80% of the trouble when doing business in the future.
Mountain Eagle smacked his lips thoughtfully, not bothering to argue much, but smiled and said to Mi Lu, "It is indeed my fault; I should have consulted you when I encountered problems.
This time it's definitely too late, let me handle this problem first, then happily spend winter in Alaska with family, and together we'll give those bastards targeting me a surprise.
Surely I'll drag you along then...
After all, I really don't have much experience in this area!"
Mountain Eagle's words were sincere, and the older Mi Lu's mood immediately brightened. He laughed heartily, patted his half-bald head, tugged Eva, who was pounding his knee, hugged the little girl, and said with a smile: "Your dad's a jerk...
But it's okay, Uncle Mi Lu will protect you..."
Saying that Mi Lu walked over to the group of kids and loudly said, "Move aside, let me teach you how to hold a knife. If this continues, these birds will starve to death."
Mountain Eagle watched a group of children scatter away from Mi Lu's alcohol breath, shook his head with a laugh, and began tidying up the kitchen...
He wanted to stew a pot of rich beef soup and then make a few high-calorie dishes...
Tens of kilograms of beef bones, tendons, and ribs were washed and blanched, then placed in a large stainless steel pot, filled halfway with water, sprinkled with stewing ingredients, and moved to the outside terrace to simmer on the wood stove.
While Mountain Eagle was starting the fire, Luna came running out, holding a well-fed little snow owl. She squatted next to Mountain Eagle, giggling while showing off the sleepy little white bundle in her hands, happily saying, "Dad, look at it..."
Mountain Eagle placed wood inside the stove, then some solid alcohol, ignited it with a lighter, and after watching the flame slowly rise, he turned his head in satisfaction to look at Luna and her little bundle, smiled and said, "Do you like it?"
Luna held the little bundle next to her cheek, gently rubbing it, nodding and saying, "It's so cute, I really like it."
Mountain Eagle sat on a folding fishing stool, reached out to touch the little snow owl's round head, and said, "If you truly like it, then take good care of it.
When it grows up, let it find its own sky..."
Luna didn't understand what Mountain Eagle meant, so she lay on Mountain Eagle's thigh, mischievously said, "Dad, Fist just said he wanted to take these snowy owls home, but Mom said they're protected animals, so we can't take them home...
Dad, if we can't take the snowy owls home, can we stay here forever?
I like it here..."
Mountain Eagle paused for a moment, then looked at Luna's expectant face, smiled and shook his head, saying, "That won't do. You can come here for a few months every year, but long stays are not possible.
You need to go to school, learn to interact with others, and understand the outside world...
Only then will you know what you truly want!"
Chubby little Luna wriggled into Mountain Eagle's arms, using his thigh as a cradle and lying on it, then placed the little snow owl on her chest, looked at Mountain Eagle with big eyes, and said, "Dad, I just want to be with you...
I want to fish, hunt, herd cattle, gather berries with you..."
Mountain Eagle used his arm as a pillow under Luna's head to make her lie more comfortably, then curiously said, "Why, isn't East alright?"
Luna showed a slightly troubled expression and said, "I like Mom, I like Fist, but I don't like the kindergarten there..."
Saying so, Luna made a terrified face and mimicked some children's cries...
"Wow... wow..."
"They're so scary, they always cry. Sometimes even when Fist and I don't touch them, they still cry...
Every time Mom is called to the school, her face becomes so scary...
And those teachers are also scary; they clearly don't speak English as fluently as Fist and me, yet they make us write so many words every day..."
Mountain Eagle couldn't help but laugh. He knew it was probably hard for Xiao Wan to take care of so many kids, but didn't expect it to be this hard...
Luna is the kind of wild child, Yue Yi has had serious psychological trauma, now looking at them, everything seems fine, but in a relatively closed environment, they might not behave so 'normally'.
Whatever choice Xiao Wan makes is her decision, so Mountain Eagle won't interfere. Facing Luna's endless complaints, Mountain Eagle smiled and said, "Isn't kindergarten fun?
There are kids your age there, surely there's one you like."
Luna wrinkled her little nose, struggling to say, "No, I only like Fist, Zack, Angel, Eva...
I don't want to go to kindergarten, the kids there are all dull, they cry at the slightest touch!
I just want to stay in Alaska, I think fishing and hunting are the most interesting..."
Mountain Eagle looked at Luna who has the heart of a hunter with a bit of a headache, shook his head and chuckled, "Just knowing how to hunt and fish won't get you far.
At the very least, you need to learn arithmetic and writing, or you'll turn into a fool."
Luna wriggled her body, with her little face wrinkled up like a little adult, sighed, and said, "Dad, can't you teach me?"
Mountain Eagle then realized that this girl still wanted to cling onto him all along...
Being depended upon and needed is a psychological need that naturally arises at a certain stage of life.
Mountain Eagle thoroughly enjoyed this feeling!
Unfortunately, his circumstances didn't allow it, and he really didn't have that much time...
It was meaningless to explain his difficulties to a little girl, hoping for her understanding. Laughing, he scooped up the little snow owl snoozing on Luna's chest, placed it on his shoulder, and then helped Luna up, laughing as he said, "Then I'll teach you to cook...
The most important thing in cooking is starting a fire!"
Mountain Eagle pulled over a chair and let Luna sit by the stove's fuel inlet, saying with a smile, "You're now the fire watcher. Whether we can enjoy delicious beef soup tonight depends on you."
While Mountain Eagle was talking, his son Yue Yi pushed the door open, ran onto the terrace, saw the little snow owl perched on his dad's shoulder, breathed a sigh of relief, ran over and scooped it up, saying, "Snowy Owl Mom wants to sleep, I'll take it over to sleep together."
After Yue Yi finished speaking, he turned and ran into the house, then rushed back out, looking up at his dad, saying, "Dad, how about we have roast meat tonight?"
Yue Yi excitedly stomped a circle in the snow on the terrace, tugged at his dad's arm, and said, "Dad, we could roast a lamb, with so many people, we can definitely finish it..."
Mountain Eagle listened and nodded with a smile, saying, "How's your English speaking now?"
Yue Yi nodded and said, "No problem, I can understand what Luna and the others are saying, and they can understand me."
Mountain Eagle marveled at how fast children learn languages when young, pointed at Old Ruby's wooden cabin in the distance, and said, "Then go find Little Ruby, ask him to prepare four lambs, we'll have a roast lamb party tonight.
There will be Luna's beef soup and your roast lamb, we will all enjoy it happily!"
Yue Yi nodded his big head forcefully, then dashed off the terrace, and ran towards Old Ruby and Little Ruby's wooden cabin...
Mountain Eagle thought about the piled-up beef in the kitchen, pulled Luna away from the stove she was about to fill up, and said, "Just check it every 20 minutes, come with me, Dad will teach you how to prepare roast meat, I promise it'll be fun..."
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Xiao Wan wore a paper boat hat on her head, held a cloth in her hand standing by her bedroom window, watching her son run cheerfully like a little horse towards the not-too-distant wooden cabin. She wiped her eyes with a smile, raised her hand to clean the last bit of stain on the glass...
Griffin and Red Sparrow carried a mattress into the room...
They placed the mattress on the rustic large wooden bed, looked at the still very spacious large bedroom. Red Sparrow sat on the springy mattress, felt it a bit, and then said to Xiao Wan, "Mrs. Li, although I don't think coming to Alaska at this time is the right choice, I can see the boss loves you very much.
He's prepared many things for you, why aren't you using any of it?"
Xiao Wan turned, looked at the charming Red Sparrow, and said with a smile, "It's not that I'm not using them; I want to arrange this room, just belonging to us, together with him.
As long as there's a bed, I'm not in a rush for the rest..."
Seeing Red Sparrow's strange expression, Xiao Wan laughed and said, "You can consider this approach as a kind of romance...
I don't want to just talk about work, nor just talk about emotions.
Sometimes the placement of a vase or the color of the bathroom mat can be a topic, and a relaxed topic at that."
Red Sparrow shook her head upon hearing this, said, "In my experience, no man has the patience for these things, nor likes a woman's babbling..."
Xiao Wan laughed and shook her head, saying, "That's because some women's babbling is seeking attention, seeking praise, shoving for dominance."
Red Sparrow sighed with her face in her hands and said, "I feel like you're talking about me...
Can you stop flaunting your successful marriage in front of me?
Now I feel like a failure, fuck, why can't I meet a man like the boss?
Decent looking, strong build, and most importantly, especially wealthy..."
Xiao Wan rolled her eyes and said, "If you met such a man, maybe you'd be stabbing him with an ice pick in the middle of the night..."
Just as the two were speaking, Yue Yi's voice came from downstairs, "Mom, mom, where are my other shoes, quickly help me find them, I need to catch sheep..."
Xiao Wan walked to the window sill, took a look, then rolled her eyes, and said to Red Sparrow, "I feel that if your child is living well now, you don't necessarily have to fight for custody.
Trust me, a few-year-old boy is really hard to handle..."