The next day, early in the morning Lu Zhenchuan and Gu Ranzhou caught the earliest flight back to the imperial capital.

When they got home, the two children had already gone to school. They put their things down and went back to their room for a nap.

After a while, everyone started to get busy. Lu Zhenchuan was sent out to perform a new task, and Gu Ranzhou's life returned to normal. Before, he would drive his two children to school. Since he went to Hong Kong Island, Lu Haoyu took Gu Yu'an to school on a bicycle, and Gu Ranzhou had some free time.

In the blink of an eye, half a year passed.

For the past six months, Gu Ranzhou has lived a relatively stable life with his two children, but Lu Zhenchuan has been away on a mission for half a year and has not returned yet.

Far away on the border, Lu Zhenchuan and his team members were fighting against armed elements from a foreign force.

Their brigade consisted of thirteen special forces soldiers, while the militants numbered over one hundred and eighty. The two sides faced off, gunfire and bullets raining down.

"Captain, the enemy's firepower is too strong! We can't hold on any longer!"

"Hold on a little longer, we can retreat!" Lu Zhenchuan glanced at the team members around him and then gave the order.

"Da da da!"

Suddenly, a bullet flew past him. Fortunately, Lu Zhenchuan dodged the bullet because of his practice and his body reacted very quickly.

"Captain, it's a sniper! They're aiming at you!"

"Damn it!" Lu Zhenchuan cursed, then shouted, "Everyone, take cover. It's almost time. Retreat to the mountains."

After a burst of gunfire, Lu Zhenchuan led his men into the mountains.

“Bang, bang, bang!”

Several more bullets were fired towards where Lu Zhenchuan was. Fortunately, they moved quickly enough, otherwise those bullets would not have hit the ground, but would have hit them.

In the imperial capital, several unexpected visitors came to the Gu family courtyard on Changning Street. Lu Haoyu went to the kitchen to boil water and make tea for them. After the tea was served, several strangers started chatting with Gu Ranzhou.

"Comrade Gu, we specifically want to ask for your help this time."

Gu Ranzhou looked calm upon hearing this. It wasn't that he didn't want to hand over anything, but he had already handed over everything he could. It wasn't that he didn't want to hand over the rest, but it was just that the time wasn't right for some of them yet. "Dean Li, it's not that I don't want to, but you know I've already had Zhenchuan hand over those things, so I really don't have anything else on hand."

When Li Guodong heard Gu Ranzhou say this, he realized that he was mistaken and quickly explained, "No, no, Comrade Gu, that's not what I meant."

Then he went on to say: "What I mean is that I would like to invite you to come to our institute for help. We have obtained a lot of information from the documents sent by the senior leaders, and we have conducted in-depth research and produced many things. But you also know that what we lack most now is talent, and we have some things that we can't experiment with. As a last resort, we asked the senior leaders for help, and then we got your news." Li Guodong became a little embarrassed as he spoke, but that was not a problem in front of research.

Gu Ranzhou had not expected it to be like this: "Is that so? That's fine, but I have to make a prerequisite. I won't stay with you for too long, and don't reveal anything about my identity to outsiders." It's not that he is bragging, he knows a lot of things but most of them are very miscellaneous. When he hadn't succeeded his old man's position, he had been hanging around outside for some years. It can be said that except for those two things, he had come across everything else. Some things he learned specifically for the sake of excitement, and some things were just things in life. He still vaguely remembered what his old man said: In life, it is best to know a little bit of everything, so that when you are out there, you will always have some skills so that you won't starve to death.

"No problem." Dean Li nodded in agreement as if this request was nothing, and then asked, "Comrade Gu, do you have any other requests?"

"Oh, I have two kids at home. I need to take care of everything before I can leave. Please send someone to pick me up tomorrow!"

"Okay, okay, there's absolutely no problem with this!"

After Gu Ranzhou sent a few people away, he sat back in the rocking chair and was lost in thought for a moment. It had been almost six years since he came to this era. During these six years, he started a new life. Gradually, his memories of his previous life were becoming increasingly blurred. He knew that some things, as the old man said, were time to let go.

Thinking about it reminded Gu Ranzhou of his first meeting with Lu Zhenchuan. He'd lived two lives, and in his first, he'd been free and unfettered, his wild nature had long since settled down. His attitude towards things was different from everyone else's. Some might think he was foolish for being with someone he hadn't known for a while, and now that he thought about it, it was true. But so what? Since he'd made this choice, he'd definitely considered the next step. Whether it was deciding to be together or revealing the space to Lu Zhenchuan, he'd considered the consequences. He'd even considered killing Lu Zhenchuan if he dared betray him, and then continuing to raise his child and live a peaceful life.

But now, he had seen Lu Zhenchuan's attitude. How many twenty years did he have in life? Now he had a son and a man, and his life was just as he had imagined in his previous life. Apart from a few trivial matters, he lived a leisurely life without having to run around outside. You know, after the old man passed away in his previous life, he couldn't even imagine such a life.

But now in this era, it has been realized. Isn't this enough? Gu Ranzhou was still immersed in his own world, and felt someone calling him. When he came to his senses, it turned out to be his son calling him.

Gu Yu'an mumbled, "Dad, what's wrong with you?"

Gu Ranzhou lazily lay in the rocking chair, looking at his son's fair and tender face, and suddenly felt a little playful: "It's okay."

At this time, Lu Haoyu shouted: "An An!"

Gu Yu'an heard his brother calling him, turned around and asked, "What's wrong, brother?"

Gu Ranzhou also turned his head to look at him.

Lu Haoyu reminded Gu Yuan, "Don't you have something to tell your uncle?"

After hearing what Lu Haoyu said, Gu Yu'an remembered that he had something to discuss with his father: "Oh, yes, yes." He turned to look at Gu Ranzhou: "Dad, can I invite my classmates to come over to play tomorrow?"

Gu Ranzhou hadn't expected his son to have made friends and invite them to his home. He was naturally happy because it also meant his son was gradually becoming familiar with the place. "Okay, but I won't be home tomorrow. No, not just tomorrow, I might be away for a while, so you and your brother have to take care of yourselves."

Gu Yu'an was a little shocked, but soon remembered the old grandfathers and uncles who had just come to the house: "Ah, Dad, did the old grandfathers and uncles just now want to see you about something?"