Lu Xiaoyao went missing a week after returning home.

In the first few days after returning, Mingmei saw Lu Xiaoyao's updated Weibo every day, and they would also video chat at night.

Occasionally, when she is exhausted from cramming on various knowledge from the compulsory education years of interstellar education, she will see people going home and letting loose by staying up all night to livestream.

Mingmei hasn't been playing games lately. On one hand, she has gradually completed most of her game credits this semester. On the other hand, she has found that her foundation is indeed very weak.

He crammed on physics and chemistry from the mecha lessons, and the survival theory classes made him realize his shortcomings in biology.

As various theoretical classes unfolded, Mingmei suddenly realized something.

She doesn't have a single strong skill _(：3」∠)_

With more than half the semester gone, her scores for all the subjects requiring exams are hovering around the passing mark. If the final exams are even slightly harder... she's absolutely doomed!

So, just as she worked hard selling boxed lunches before, she now works just as hard in tutoring.

However, Lu Xiaoyao's live streams, which she used to relax in her spare time, were suddenly suspended three days ago.

The computer wasn't answering video calls, the blog wasn't updating, and even the live stream had a leave notice with no return date in sight. This made Mingmei and several other girls, including Lu Xiaoyao, very worried.

That day, as soon as class ended, Mingmei, along with Wang Wenfei and Hu Yue, gathered together to chat. When Lu Xiaoyao was mentioned, the two women shook their heads.

"We're not going to be attacked, are we?"

Mingmei remembered the insectoid race. She had heard before that the only direct descendants of the Lu family were Lu Xiaoyao's grandfather, Marshal Lu, and Lu Xiaoyao and her mother.

Her uncle and brother all died in battle in her early years.

The presence of Zerg in the background made Mingmei worry again.

"Probably not. The Lu family's ancestral home is on the central star. It's unlikely that the Zerg would be able to get back home. Besides, with the purge and martial law that happened recently, even if the Zerg still have spies, they can't reach here for the time being."

Hu Yue first shook her head, then muttered, "This isn't like where I live..."

Hu Yue recalled the time when she lived on the edge of the planet with her father and brothers when she was a child. There were air raid sirens every few days, and every morning when she looked up, there were fighter jets flying overhead.

Although everyone says that interstellar space has been peaceful for the past few decades, what they don't know is that the borders have never been peaceful.

“Our family lives near the Lu family’s place. I heard from my family yesterday that… the Lu family seems to be under martial law these days, and they’re not letting anyone in…”

...

Central Star, the old residence of the Lu family.

Lu Xingchen was sitting upright on the sofa in the living room on the first floor. His gray hair was neatly combed and plastered to the back of his head. Lu Xingchen nervously gripped his cane and stared intently at the top of the stairs.

And he could occasionally hear the soft sobs coming from one of the two women sitting on the double sofa next to him.

The woman, her eyes red and brimming with tears, sobbed as she looked towards the stairwell, the worry in her eyes evident to everyone.

Two toddlers holding toys nearby spoke up slowly: "Auntie, don't cry. Grandpa Deer is saddened to hear you cry. Don't worry about us either."

One of the boys offered words of comfort, and the girl beside him chimed in, "That's right, that's right! Look at me and my brother, we're both perfectly fine after treatment!"

"No, you're different..."

The comforted woman wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes with a handkerchief, and then, as if remembering something, burst into tears again.

"Shut up!"

Lu Xingchen interrupted his daughter-in-law's crying with a low shout, and looked at the two children who seemed to have been frightened by his reprimand and hid in their mother's arms.

His expression softened slightly, and he gently comforted her, "Xiao Ye and Xiao Xuan are right. If you can both come back, then Xuan'er can too."

"Father……"

The woman sitting there stopped crying, realizing her careless words, and said nothing more, her face flushed with embarrassment.

Lu Xingchen glanced at her, and seeing that she didn't speak again, he looked away, not wanting to focus his attention on someone he couldn't reason with.

However, as if he had just thought of something, he said sarcastically, "This time, it can be considered as you wished."

These words startled the woman so much that her face turned ashen and she swayed as if she were about to collapse. Her lips trembled slightly as she tried to deny what her father-in-law had said, but in the end, she did not utter a word.

Ultimately, it was indeed her fault.

Just as the atmosphere in the hall was becoming increasingly strange, footsteps came from the stairs. When everyone looked up, they saw two young men in white robes standing at the top of the stairs, their faces full of smiles.

If Mingmei were there, she would definitely exclaim in surprise, "Why are her two uncles here?!"

"Congratulations Marshal Lu, it was a very successful surgery."

As soon as Ruan Xun spoke, Lu Xingchen's tense demeanor vanished instantly. He stood up excitedly and walked towards the two of them, as if he wanted to confirm that he hadn't misheard.

"real?"

The old man's voice trembled slightly as he spoke, as if he feared that all of this was a dream.

"Apart from your granddaughter needing to stay in the medical pod for a few more days, everything else is going well."

After Ruan Xun finished speaking, he glanced at Yan Hui beside him. Yan Hui understood and immediately continued, "As for your... grandson, his mental strength may still be a little unstable after only a few days, but there is a mental strength testing device in the room. His mental strength will be completely stable in about half a month."

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