silence and stars

15 Background Checks

The school only had classes in the morning that day, and Leo came back from class and went straight to Ild's room.Ild was putting on his coat, and Leo handed over his hat: "Captain Maas is waiting for you in the lobby on the first floor."

"I know, it's a little late."

"Aren't you in this afternoon? Then I'll use your office to check things."

"Okay, see you tonight." Ild replied absent-mindedly, turned around and left in a hurry while still talking.

So Leo sat in the office all afternoon, checking information with Ild's authority.The Pan-Ansen Orbit Project - The more time he puts in, the more convinced he is that this complex plan has a chance.He stretched and leaned back in the comfortable armchair.

In the corner of the table was a small jar containing half a jar of instant wild berry drops.Leo is no stranger to Ild's strange taste—this kind of candy is originally for young children, and it melts in the mouth to prevent accidental swallowing and choking.He had never seen a grown man like this.

The projection in front of him popped up a communication interface, it was Teddy. "Hey, what are you up to?" Teddy grinned and waved him.

"Thinking about my graduation project."

"Ah? What graduation project?"

Leo yawned: "This is a three-year degree. The second year is almost over, and the topic selection will be finalized at the beginning of next year."

Teddy's expression was a little blank: "My God, it's so fast, I don't even feel..."

"Are you a four-year school? What do you plan to do?"

"Mount of Olives can graduate as long as you complete the credits. It's up to you to graduate in a few years. I don't know if I want to go to the graduate school... Oh, it's so annoying, let's talk about something else." Teddy waved his hand.

"Come and watch the semi-finals of the college league. I've left two tickets for you."

"Why are there two?"

"Don't you bring that one?" Leo suddenly couldn't remember the name of his latest girlfriend, "Uh, that—"

"I broke up with her."

They broke up again, Leo didn't calculate carefully, but Teddy seems to change a few girlfriends every year.He quickly changed the topic: "Then you come alone, and find Ursula and Cassia after entering the arena. Anyway, there is a large group of St. Lauren's classmates, and you all know them."

"I think you guys can win," Teddy said seriously. "The Leonid Medical School team has a routine every game. They rely on rushing at the beginning, and the more they play, the more chaotic they are. As long as they hold off in the first 5 minutes." There is a chance of winning.”

Leo laughed: "Myron said the same thing."

The two chatted for a while before saying goodbye.Leo was not in the mood to do business anymore, he browsed through various news aimlessly, and then went to look at Yild's information.Many high-class documents not only require personal permission, but also are locked by geographic coordinates, and can only be accessed in a few specific locations, such as this office.

Leo is well aware of Ild's habits, and all information that passes by his eyes will be marked and archived. Several nodes under the classification of "Mining Association" are marked in dazzling orange, and a dotted line points to "Gavdos Mine - Levant Sector - Fourth Fleet/Demirjan - Merman Mining ".Leo opened it curiously, but inside were piles of initial exploration reports and assessments made by various teams. He looked at it for a long time without a clue, and had to go back to the first classification interface.The newly inserted entry has a "Privacy Amendment Act" tagged with "LV/DM" next to it. "LV" is Lubov Wiggin, chief of staff of the royal palace, but who is "DM"?Leo ran through the people he knew in his mind without thinking of them.

Leo almost subconsciously opened the category of "fleet".The administrative chain of control and the operational chain of command converge at the top under one name: Ellie Lin.The small headshot was a standard photo, and those black eyes looked at him calmly through the void.

The projects at the top of the list are Shared Files, Fifth Fleet/Egbar, Hyperlab Reorganization, and Fourth Fleet/Demirjan.Leo hesitated for a moment, then raised his finger to Lin Elli's head.

All information—resume—background investigation, can be opened layer by layer with Ild’s permission.The source of authority is the Minister of Defense. Leo felt a little ironic when he saw this.Theoretically, Anson's Defense Force Commander and Fleet Commander both report to the Minister of Defense, but this is just to say, the fleet's strength has long since surpassed this ineffective system.In Anson, weapons and standard currency are always the ones that have the final say, rather than formal authority, which has never changed for more than a hundred years.

What's in a "background check"?

Leo hesitated.He does have Ilde's personal authority, and he can find whatever he wants; but Ilde also clearly stated which things can only be seen but not mentioned, and which things should not be seen.There is no doubt that this is what should not be seen - other people's privacy.

But Ellie Lin would never know.No one will know.

Birth name: Elie Bassey.Basel, probably my mother's surname, sounds nice.Leo read it twice and continued reading.

Custody is assigned to: Nutt District Children's Centre.Leo didn't realize it for a while, didn't Lin Elli grow up with his uncle Lin Yueyan?Why did you get involved with the children's center again?Further down, there were two guardianship changes in 133 and 134 of the standard calendar. In 133, custody was transferred from the Nutt District Children's Center to Yvonne Basse, "Biological link to guardian: yes; category of link: biological mother". In 134, the guardianship was transferred from Yvonne Bassey to Lin Yueyan, "Is there any biological relationship with the guardian: None."

Leo's mind went blank.

So Lin Elli and Lin Yueyan are not related by blood!He grew up in the children's center until he was 5 years old, then was taken back by his mother, and was adopted by Lin Yueyan only a year later. What happened in between?

That's all there is in the file. Is it possible for Elder to know the details in the middle?

That night, this question circled Leo's mind a few times before he finally asked, "Did Ellie tell you about the past?"

Elder laughed: "How long is 'before'?"

"When he was a child."

Ild's smile disappeared: "Why do you think of asking this?"

"I looked at his background check, and there are two changes of custody in it, which is weird..."

Yild sighed: "I told you a long time ago not to rummage through things you shouldn't read. This is his private matter, not a topic for discussion."

"I know..." Leo said a little sadly, "I didn't expect his life experience to be so complicated. I thought Lin Yueyan was really his uncle."

"Well, no one knows what happened to Ellie's biological mother. Ellie disappeared as soon as she was born. After four or five years, she met Lin Yueyan's brother Lin Feiquan, and the two began to be together. Life, and then Ellie was picked up from the children's center and brought home, but it didn't take long for her to run away again."

"and after?"

"I haven't heard from her since she left, and there is no news after a few years, and she has passed away. I remember Ian said that Ellie tried a lot to find out the reason, but there was no definite result. She was probably running intermittently. Smuggling, the final death is not necessarily in Anson."

"What about Lin Feiquan? He is Eli's adoptive father, doesn't he care about anything?"

"The year Ellie's biological mother ran away, she died and committed suicide. That's why Lin Yueyan adopted Ellie as his uncle."

"My God!"

Elder sighed: "Eli can grow up well under such circumstances, all thanks to Lin Yueyan. Ellie respects him very much. He has a son and a daughter, who are about the same age as Ellie, and they are all in the fleet .Well, the last year or two they've been having a tough time, and Ellie's been having a hard time."

Leo immediately remembered Lin Yueyan's accusation that Eli was "obsessed with ghosts and ruled out dissidents", and secretly cursed an old fool. "Just to clean up the fleet for Eli?"

"Not only because of this, Lin Yueyan also objected to Ellie getting so close to us. He is not bad, but he is too stubborn. I tried to talk to him several times, but in the end he didn't give him any face, no matter how many people he was in front of. Just turn around and go," said Ild, shaking his head.

Leo secretly made up his mind.If there is a chance, he will explain it to Lin Yueyan face to face.