Julian never expected to meet his "dad" in the game.

Every time Julian looked at the NPC in front of him who was almost exactly the same as his father, he couldn't help but ask his father what other surprises he didn't know.

No wonder he patted his arm and told him to play the game well before coming to the Empire.

Heh~

His dad knows about this, right?

"Sure enough, this young lady's superpower has been growing, and she can now make more than ten extra boxed meals."

Louis II took the lunchbox that Julian brought back, opened it, stared at it for a while, and after confirming that the lunchbox was correct, closed it again and handed it back to Julian, saying, "You can keep it as a favor."

Don't you need it?

"No need." He smiled and shook his head.

Julian felt a chill run down his spine looking at the NPC sitting in the chair in front of him, who often wore the same expression as his father.

It seems his "dad" is plotting something bad against others again.

“They collect those boxed lunches every day and hide them, using them to bribe and blackmail others. How can we let those scumbags get all the benefits?”

"Why don't you just say you took those boxed lunches too?" After listening for a while, it turned out he was planning to just take the boxed lunches that others had collected from Mingmei.

He had been worried that this guy, due to his different stance, wouldn't have enough lunchboxes to win over powerful allies, but it turned out he was overthinking it.

So, Julian, who usually wouldn't dare to talk back to his father, suddenly became much bolder in the game.

Since it's not his biological father, it's not unreasonable for him to lash out a couple of times when the other person makes him unhappy, right?

"So, you can use the boxed lunches you get to do favors and win over people you think are good. Don't worry about me."

Louis II smiled as if he hadn't seen Julien's birth, then asked Julien to leave the room, saying he had other important matters to attend to.

Julian, however, was unwilling to leave and asked him again when they would make their move.

When do you want to make your move?

Julian: "Isn't this part of your plan?"

“But if your suggestion is better, maybe I’ll change my plans,” Louis II said lightly, raising an eyebrow at Julian, enticing him, “Tell me?”

Julian had no plans.

His father's plans were always flawless, and he was never involved in them.

Even though he knew in the game that the person in front of him wasn't his real father, he still subconsciously felt that in some ways this NPC was like his father.

For example, when it comes to doing things like subverting the upper echelons of power in the base, even though this NPC revealed it to him from the beginning because they were father and son, he never thought he would have the right to comment on this matter.

"You can think about it and tell me later, I'm not in a hurry~"

...

"Hmm? He means you can also propose a plan, and then execute it if it's convenient?"

In the dead of night, a secret collaborator came to Lu Gui's room.

Seeing Julian's bitter and resentful look, Lu Gui crossed his legs on the bed and dozed off, then asked, "So what do you think?"

"I have no idea."

He repeated his answer to Louis II to Lu Gui, which earned him an incredulous look of disbelief from Lu Gui: "Are you stupid?"

"I'm telling you, the reason we were able to cooperate in the first place was simply because I was attracted to you, your connections, and the difference between the power behind you and the old power above. I even thought that your background would eventually surpass your father in the game and take control of this new power, but... all you've done from start to finish is runners? You didn't even seize the opportunity I gave you?"

After finishing his long speech, Lu Gui stared at Julian's face, which was sometimes dark and sometimes white, and finally remarked, "Your IQ is only good enough to amuse Lu Xiaoyao."

"No way!"

Julian suddenly lost his temper and shouted, startling Lu Gui awake from his nap.

"Lugui?"

"Ah, it's nothing, you guys go to sleep, it's nothing~ I had a nightmare..."

People outside had already been woken up by Julian's shouts and went to the door to knock and ask what was going on.

Hearing that Lu Gui was alright, the other party didn't ask any further questions and left his room.

"Feel sorry……"

"It's nothing. But you, what was that sudden outburst about? Was it because... I touched a nerve?"

Julian: "..."

"Don't stay silent. It would be very embarrassing if someone found out you came to my room in the middle of the night, okay?"

Having been interrupted, Lu Gui grew impatient and urged him to finish speaking his true feelings.

Do you think I should have any opinions?

"Shouldn't you?" Lu Gui was speechless. "Don't you have your own thoughts when you're at home?"

"No... my father has always been very supportive of whatever I do."

"Oh~"

"But he never allows me to interfere when it comes to things he wants to do... Well, not exactly, there have been times, but I found that I couldn't help him at all."

After listening for a while, Lu Gui stroked his chin and could tell that Julian's feelings towards his father were somewhat complicated. However, he didn't want to act as a confidant at the moment, and simply said, "The character in the game isn't your real father. Even if their personalities are similar, judging from what you've said, you're so powerful that your IQ and EQ must be both online. Even if the NPCs in the game awaken their consciousness, can they be as powerful as your father?"

"Definitely not."

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