Translator: Dj22031
Editor: Dj22031
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After the chief ceremony came to an end, Mother Tang was exchanging parenting experiences with a group of parents.
“Mrs. Tang, how did you raise such an outstanding child?”
“Why is Tang Bai’s skin so good? Is it because of dietary supplements? But Mrs. Tang, your skin is also so good, it must be genetic.”
“I heard that Mr. Tang Rong tailored various early childhood education games specially for Tang Bai. I really envy you for having such a father-in-law.”
“Mrs. Tang, thank you for raising such a good Tang Bai. He saved my child… “
Mother Tang was surrounded by a group of parents. She was smiling so hard that she couldn’t close her mouth.
“Our Tangtang doesn’t need me to worry about it. He is very self-conscious about his studies.”
“There is no supplement. All I cook is home-cooked food.”
She said these words with a hopeful look, completely different from the one who had deliberately avoided such topics in the past.
Because she did not give birth to an alpha for the Tang family, Mother Tang had been feeling guilty and uneasy for all these years.
An omega had to get married after all, and the Tang family’s huge family fortune would all end up being an advantage to outsiders, and all of this was due to her unsatisfactory womb. Thinking like this, she seemed to be stuck in a strange quagmire.
Even though her husband told her he didn’t care, and Grandpa Tang also never put pressure on her but Mother Tang’s moral sense still strongly condemned herself.
The excellent genes of the Tang family had not been passed down. If she had given birth to an alpha, the Federation may have had an excellent weapons manufacturer. If not, the child could have inherited Tang’s father’s business talent… but this obsession began to waver when she saw Tang Bai win the mecha manufacturing competition.
She watched this child build mechas, write articles, enter the military academy, and finally save everyone in the game.
When this child became the chief and stood in the auditorium, his name was called out by countless people, and he was surrounded by warm cheers and bright lights, she suddenly discovered that there was a star hidden in the swamp.
A star that could continue all their love and beauty.
….
When Tang Bai went to find Xie Ruheng, he found a lazy alpha standing next to Xie Ruheng. His eyelids were drooping and he smelled of cigarette smoke. He looked more like a decadent artist than a soldier.
“Senior Lu En?” Tang Bai shouted with a smile.
Jiao Jian lazily put his hands in his pockets, raised his eyelids and glanced at Tang Bai, and said lightly: “Well, it was a good speech.”
He didn’t expect Jiao Jian to comment on his speech. Tang Bai thought that Jiao Jian would directly have dozed off during his speech and the ceremony, “Thank you for the compliment, senior. If this were in a game, I should be able to receive a notification that senior’s favorability has improved.”
Jiao Jian smiled lazily.
“Brother Xie, you stay here with Senior Jiao Jian, I’ll go find Uncle Li first.” Tang Bai looked around but didn’t see Li Songyun. He asked strangely: “Why isn’t Uncle Li sitting at Gu Tunan’s family table?”
Jiao Jian, who was originally listless, was stunned for a moment, “…Li Songyun?”
Tang Bai was looking for someone in the auditorium. He stood on tiptoes and said casually: “Do you know Uncle Li? So you can be said to be in luck this time. Come on, Uncle Li is going to make dessert for us.”
A message notification sounded on his optical brain.
“Eh? Uncle Li sent a message saying that he was watching our live broadcast from outside the school and asked us to go to the school gate to find him.” Tang Bai puzzled: “Why is Uncle Li watching the live broadcast from outside the school? Doesn’t Gu Tunan also have a quota for three family members?”
Tang Bai muttered, then turned to Xie Ruheng and Jiao Jian, who had a look of astonishment on his face and said, “Let’s go find Uncle Li.”
Jiao Jian opened his mouth, as if there seemed to be some invisible glue sticking to his upper and lower lips, making him show a face full of desire and hesitation.
——No, I have something to do in the afternoon.
——Okay, I’ll go find him now.
There was another optical brain message beep, and Li Songyun answered the question of why he was standing at the school gate and didn’t come in:
“Oh, it turns out it’s because Uncle Li wants to divorce Uncle Gu?!”
His gray eyes widened for a moment after hearing this.
Jiao Jian strode to Tang Bai and said urgently: “What happened to him? Did he have an accident? Does he want our help…”
Jiao Jian, who had spoken slowly before, now seemed to be transformed into a laser gun, speaking more than three times faster.
Tang Bai: “?”
Tang Bai suspected that if he didn’t type and ask, Jiao Jian would snatch his optical brain and ask Li Songyun himself.
“Uncle Li, why do you suddenly want a divorce?”
Jiao Jian stared at the chat page nervously, as solemnly as if he was handling military secrets.
“I don’t want to be Mrs. Gu anymore, I want to be myself again.”
Jiao Jian stared blankly at the answer on the optical brain that said he wanted to be himself, his eyes filled with confusion.
Li Songyun: “I’m at the door, are you coming to see me?”
Tang Bai subconsciously looked at Jiao Jian. Jiao Jian’s whole body was tense, and his thin lips were pursed tightly. He seemed to be engaged in a battle between heaven and man, and his slender hands held his own hair until they were scratched and messed up.
This series of abnormal reactions made Tang Bai have a suspicion in his mind.
“Going?” he asked.
After hearing Tang Bai’s question, Jiao Jian was silent for a moment, then straightened up and said, “Let’s go.”
Tang Bai and Xie Ruheng followed Jiao Jian. They watched Jiao Jian, who was always pulling on his shoes, walking faster and faster until the cloak of the first star cluster drew a sharp arc behind him.
His aggressive steps suddenly stopped when he saw the figure at the school gate.
Looking at Li Songyun who turned around slowly, Jiao Jian’s heart seemed to be hit by something.
Twenty-six years had passed, and many things had quietly changed in the passing years, but his beauty had not been taken away, and after precipitation, he had gained a calmness and intelligence that he did not have when he was young.
He saw Li Songyun strolling towards him, the corners of his lips raised, his eyebrows stretched, and his face showing fatigue, but the power of his soul seeming enough to support his tired body.
Jiao Jian’s breath became stagnant. He was stunned for two seconds before he reacted and was about to return the smile. But then he saw Li Songyun walking past him without squinting. Instead he said to the juniors behind him with a smile: “Tangtang, your speech was really good this time. Are Ruheng and you wearing the same earrings? They really match…”
Jiao Jian: “?”
Jiao Jian stood there blankly. It took him three seconds to accept the fact that Li Songyun didn’t recognize him.
Jiao Jian reached out and touched his beard, sniffed himself again, and smelt the smell of cigarette smoke on his body. Then he looked at his dusty military boots and wrinkled military uniform in silence, with a look showing a hint of anxiety and discouragement in his eyes.
“Uncle Li, this is senior Jiao Jian, you should know him.” Tang Bai reminded him about Jiao Jian quickly, facing Jiao Jian’s eyes which looked like a wolf dog being abandoned.
Li Songyun turned around in surprise and looked at Jiao Jian standing beside him.
The clothing of the First Star Cluster had its own sense of oppression, not to mention that Jiao Jian’s body was taller than the ordinary alpha, and his smooth muscle lines made this white military uniform show off the majesty of the snow-capped mountains.
This was a mature and handsome alpha, with slightly messy white hair. When he smiled, his narrow gray eyes revealed a hint of wildness. “Long time no see.”
He extended his white-gloved hand to Li Songyun.
“Xiao Jian?” Li Songyun found it difficult to connect the young man in front of him with the boy in his memory. “I didn’t even recognize you. It’s been such a long time since I last saw you.”
“Twenty years, three months and one day.” Jiao Jian gently shook Li Songyun’s hand.
“You have such a good memory.” Li Songyun sighed with emotion: “Time flies so fast. You have now become a senior non-commissioned officer of the First Star Cluster.”
He remembered that twenty-six years ago, Jiao Jian’s parents died in an accident. At that time, Jiao Jian was young and just a poor student receiving financial support from the Li family.
He studied hard and worked hard but didn’t know how to take care of himself.
At that time, Li Songyun’s school was very close to Jiao Jian’s home. The dishes he cooked in the cooking class would be given to Jiao Jian, and in the clothing class, he would make clothes for Jiao Jian. He took care of Jiao Jian as his younger brother for a long time.
He took care of him for almost two or three years. Later, he got married and had no time to take care of his younger brother. When Li Songyun got pregnant with his first child, he heard that Jiao Jian had become very decadent in college. He was very angry and scolded Jiao Jian via video chat.
He didn’t understand why his younger brother, whom he had watched grow up, suddenly gave up on himself. Jiao Jian told him that there was one thing he really wanted to get, so he worked hard to save money, but before he could save that huge amount, the treasure he longed for was bought by someone else.
Li Songyun didn’t know what treasure Jiao Jian wanted. He told Jiao Jian that he would encounter many precious things in life. If Jiao Jian didn’t work hard now, he would have to watch his favorite things taken away by others again and again in the future.
At that time, there were many wars on the border between the Federation and the Empire. Jiao Jian ignored his dissuasion and went to the most dangerous war zone, where he stayed for more than ten years.
He also gradually forgot about this younger brother. Sometimes he would hear people talking about Jiao Jian. He heard about what achievements Jiao Jian had made on the battlefield. He heard about Jiao Jian entering the first star cluster. He heard about which omega Jiao Jian had rejected.
With the average person in the galaxy having a lifespan of two hundred years, Jiao Jian who had not yet celebrated his thirty-ninth birthday this year and had no background, but had become a senior sergeant of the first star cluster through his own efforts, could be said to have a promising future.
“Brother.” Jiao Jian’s voice was hoarse, and he called Li Songyun gently.
Li Songyun’s expression was touched by the long-lost “Brother”, “What’s wrong?”
“I heard you want to get divorced.” Jiao Jian said cautiously: “Did you encounter any difficulties? Did Gu Mian bully you?”
“I’m fine, I just suddenly thought about it. I’m too tired after so many years. I want to change my life.” Li Songyun stretched out his hand. He originally wanted to touch Jiao Jian’s head like before, but now Jiao Jian was too tall. His hands could only fall on the alpha’s broad shoulders.
He smelled the strong smell of tobacco on Jiao Jian’s body, which reminded Li Songyun of Jiao Jian’s decadent period in college, when he seemed to smoke and drink all day long. At that time, he asked Jiao Jian to stop drinking and stop being groggy all day long.
This cigarette smell… how many packs did he smoke in a day?
Li Songyun couldn’t help but say: “Xiao Jian, smoking is harmful to health. You should smoke less of this kind of thing.”
His light gray eyes looked at him intently, and then Jiao Jian said without hesitation: “Okay, I will quit smoking.”
Such a straightforward agreement from Jiao Jian made Li Songyun a little embarrassed, “Just one or two is still fine.”
Jiao Jian nodded seriously, as if he was listening intently to what Li Songyun said.
When their eyes met, Li Songyun couldn’t help but look away, “Tangtang, where are your parents? Have they gone back first?”
“No, they are still in the auditorium.” Tang Bai estimated that at this time, they must still be immersed in rainbow farts and unable to extricate themselves.
“Then let’s wait for them here.” As soon as Li Songyun finished speaking, he saw Jiao Jian nodding seriously: “Okay.”
…Does he regard me as his commander?
Li Songyun smiled helplessly.
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