Qi's house.

Jiang Yunyue sat on the sofa, still wearing an expensive custom-made dress, but her temples were a little messy, and her expression was not as peaceful as usual.

Jiang Qi had been in a trance since he got home. He lowered his head and stared at his palms, his fingers moved, and he muttered to himself: "I clearly have the trophy in my hand."

He seemed to see an illusory scene, and his words were also light and floating: "I stood on the award stage with the trophy, I finished my acceptance speech, everyone was looking at me, they all thought I was great, I-"

"Jiang Qi!"

Jiang Qi was suddenly stopped, his smile was interrupted, and his face solidified into a rather stiff expression.

Jiang Yunyue interrupted Jiang Qi's fantasy without any hesitation. Seeing her son looking at her blankly, she softened her heart again, "Jiang Qi, it doesn't matter. There will be other opportunities in the future. You are the son of the Qi family and the heir of the Qi family. Not only the trophy, but even stepping on Qi Yan under your feet will not be a difficult thing!"

Jiang Qi stared at Jiang Yunyue, and suddenly a little fear appeared on his face: "Impossible, impossible!"

He recalled that when he was standing on the award podium, Qi Yan's cold eyes cast at him, as sharp as a knife, scratching him painfully.

"The submitted report indicated that you were responsible for the data. May I ask how the second fixed quantity SE=81.927 was calculated?"

This question was like a curse, and it instantly brought him back to the award podium, surrounded by everyone's contemptuous and sarcastic eyes, but he could do nothing.

His hand on his thigh twitched uncontrollably: "The second fixed quantity... I don't know what the second fixed quantity is, why is it 81.927? I don't know, I really don't know, don't ask me... don't ask me!"

Jiang Yunyue frowned.

She didn't expect that just an award ceremony and a few questions would scare Jiang Qi so much that he no longer had the heart to compete with Qi Yan.

How could her son, Jiang Yunyue, be so useless?

"Countless things happen in Leto every day, and the limelight will soon pass. You have to bear it. When you have the final say, who will care about such a small matter as academic fraud?"

"Small matter? I was expelled from Turan, and everyone on Starnet is scolding me, saying that someone said I was hateful," Jiang Qi said in panic, "Alliance law has severe penalties for academic fraud, and I will be imprisoned!"

He seemed to have thought of something, "Mom, you clearly said that as long as you do what you say, nothing will happen!"

Jiang Yunyue couldn't believe it: "Are you blaming me?"

"Don't you blame me? I just listened to you!"

Jiang Yunyue's face turned ashen: "Who did I do all this for? I brought you out of an ordinary residential area, turned you into the young master of the Qi family, and let you gain a foothold in the upper class society of Leto! I made you so glorious! Now, you blame me?"

"For me? Isn't it for yourself? I'm just a means for you to entangle Qi Wenshao, and a bargaining chip for you to marry into the Qi family! You asked me to compete with Qi Yan, but it was just to spit out the anger suppressed by Lin Zhi! You asked me to please Qi Wenshao and study hard to get into Turan, all for your own benefit!"

Jiang Qi felt happy when he said this. Yes, everything was caused by his mother! So she spoke more and more without thinking: "If I wasn't there, do you think you could have secured the position of Madam of the Qi family? You are just someone who did whatever it took to get to the top--"

Before Jiang Qi could utter the last word, Jiang Yunyue slapped Jiang Qi hard on the face.

She thought expressionlessly: This son is useless, he is incapable of success but capable of failure.

At this time, the door opened, and Qi Wenshao walked in hurriedly, wearing a dark gray long windbreaker.

Jiang Yunyue's face was blue, and tears fell instantly, and the hand that hit Jiang Qi clenched into a fist.

This time, Qi Wenshao seemed not to see Jiang Yunyue's tears. He stood two or three steps away and said, "We have all the evidence of your academic fraud. Once the arrest warrant comes down, the police will come to your door."

Jiang Yunyue looked at Qi Wenshao with tears in her eyes. Her lips moved, but no sound came out.

Qi Wenshao was a little impatient, suppressing his anger: "Who are you crying for? I've only been gone for a few days, and you two have caused such a big mess for me! Don't you think the Qi family's reputation has been damaged enough?"

Jiang Yunyue wiped away her tears and choked up: "It's not like that. You know, Lin Zhi is so smart, Qi Yan has inherited her completely. He doesn't want to see me and Jiang Qi again, so he deliberately targeted us!"

Having been with Qi Wenshao for more than 20 years, Jiang Yunyue knew exactly what Qi Wenshao was worried about.

Why is she still loved by Qi Wenshao even though she is just an average-looking girl and a little smart? It's just because Lin Zhi is too beautiful and too smart.

Qi Wenshao did fall in love at first sight, infatuated with Lin Zhi's beauty and the unpredictable feeling that Lin Zhi brought to him. He couldn't understand Lin Zhi and wanted to understand her very much.

However, he gradually discovered that there was an insurmountable gap between geniuses and ordinary people. He couldn't understand the goals that Lin Zhi pursued, and couldn't understand the theorems and experiments that Lin Zhi mentioned casually.

Standing with Lin Zhi, his self-esteem collapsed into mud, and he surged with extreme inferiority.

So, she had the opportunity to get close to Qi Wenshao and fulfill his self-esteem.

She still remembered that when Qi Yan was two years old, he had already fully revealed his IQ and logical ability that surpassed ordinary people. Jiang Qi was only three months younger than Qi Yan, but his appearance and intelligence were very ordinary, and he was even very slow in learning anything. She was very worried. But after a while, she found that Qi Wenshao hated Qi Yan and liked Jiang Qi more - because Qi Yan, like her mother, made Qi Wenshao feel inferior and afraid.

Even during the conversation, Qi Wenshao would call Qi Yan a "little monster".

She laughed at this man's fragile self-esteem, and used it as a breakthrough to consolidate her current position step by step.

After listening to Jiang Yunyue's words, Qi Wenshao saw Jiang Yunyue with tears on her face and Jiang Qi with a panicked expression looking at him, as if he was their only support and backbone, and the anger in his heart dissipated a lot.

He was not unaware that Jiang Yunyue and Jiang Qi were only a little smart, and they were at a loss when they encountered problems.

Qi Wenshao slowed down his voice: "This is a big deal. When the police come, you should cooperate first. According to the Alliance law, the imprisonment time is at least nine months, but I will find the best lawyer and pay a large fine."

Jiang Qi wanted to say something, but was stopped by Jiang Yunyue's eyes.

Qi Wenshao said: "When you are released from imprisonment, Jiang Qi, you can't go to Turan College, and you should not stay in Leto for the time being. Find another school. Yunyue, let go of the foundation and charity projects you are in charge of, and leave with Jiang Qi to avoid the limelight."

Jiang Yunyue was panicking. If she really left Leto, would she still be the wife of Qi when she came back? But she knew that the only person she and Jiang Qi could rely on was Qi Wenshao, so she said gently, "I know, we will follow your arrangements." As she spoke, her eyes became red again.

Qi Wenshao comforted her, "As long as it has nothing to do with the military, the matter will be easy to solve. It's just a Roentgen Award. Don't worry, I will pick you up soon."

Jiang Yunyue nodded with tears

in her eyes, "We'll wait for you." No one knew what she was thinking.

The next day, the front page of Leto Daily published the scene of Jiang Yunyue and Jiang Qi being taken away from Qi's house by the police. For a time, the discussion about the Roentgen Award on Star Network became more heated. The front page

headline of this issue of Leto Daily is two sentences in pure black and bold.

One sentence is: "Nieh Wai-ting, you are militaristic!"

The other sentence is: "Crimer, you are short-sighted!"

The former is Nieh Wai-ting, the commander-in-chief of the Space Force, the current commander of the Central Army Corps, and a four-star general of the Alliance. The latter is the commander of the Joint Operations Command, also a four-star general of the Alliance, Woodrow Crimer.

Nieh Wai-ting is a standard war advocate and a symbol of the Eagle Faction. In his inaugural speech, he stated loudly that he would do his best to solve the major problem of the rebels during his term of office and fight for the stars of the Alliance.

Crimson is a proponent of peace and a representative of the Dove Faction. He believes that the rebels and the Alliance have the same origin. He once publicly stated that although they are heading in different directions due to the technological destruction, if one day the rebels are willing to return to the Alliance, they are still brothers and sisters.

The two have been at odds for a long time and often quarrel with each other publicly, but because the expeditionary commander is stationed at the front line of the Southern Cross Region, he has been suppressing the rebels for nearly ten years and has made outstanding military achievements. The expeditionary commander-in-chief Lu Fenghan is also Nie Waiting's direct subordinate, which has led to Nie Waiting always suppressing Crimson.

At least, there would never be a situation where they openly accused each other on the front page of the "Leto Daily", let alone openly accusing Nie Huaiting of "warmongering".

Seeing that Lu Fenghan had not turned down the front page, Qi Yan bit

his bread and asked him, "What are you reading?" "The impact of the second defeat of the Expeditionary Force on October 3 has already appeared," Lu Fenghan raised his eyes and saw that Qi Yan's cheeks were bulging and a circle was bitten on the bread. His originally cold expression softened instantly.

He felt that Qi Yan looked a bit like a hamster, and he felt that there must be no such good-looking hamsters in the entire alliance.

Qi Yan swallowed his food, read today's front page, and continued with Lu Fenghan's words: "Because the front line has been defeated one after another, the expeditionary force has retreated to York, so General Nie Huaiting has no right to speak, and the Lord Peace Party takes over?"

"More than that," Lu Fenghan twirled his fingers, "the fear caused by the rebels' successive surprise attacks and sniper blacklists to the ordinary people is even more of a catalyst."

He said in a low tone: "When everyone feels scared and frightened, fighting or not fighting, fighting for peace, all lose their meaning. In the end, the military is a knife for the alliance, and the hilt of the knife is in the hands of all alliance citizens."

"Conquering others without fighting?" Qi Yan said, "That time has not yet come."

"Indeed, but the signs have already appeared," Lu Fenghan said, his emotions unrecognizable. "Kerry said that Nie Huai Ting is warmongering and doesn't value human life. He really dared to say that he is too old and shameless. The reason why the military has a special status in the alliance now is that the military and political personnel of the same level are actually at least half a level higher. A colonel like Monger will be flattered by everyone when he appears at the Qi family's celebration party. This is because the war on the front line has always existed."

He said without hesitation . The commander of the Joint Operations Command said: "Cremo has tasted the sweetness and wants the military to maintain its superior status. He doesn't want to lose this supreme privilege, so he is afraid that the rebels will be wiped out one day and the Alliance will have no more wars to fight."

Looking at the words "Military Expedition" on the front page, Lu Fenghan snorted: "He would rather the expeditionary force suffer two more defeats and confront the rebels on the front line for a few more decades."

Qi Yan thought for a while: "This is not good."

"Everyone knows that this is not good. How many people will die in a small-scale battle? In Clemo's eyes, the list of casualties and the war losses reported every time are just numbers."

Lu Fenghan's sarcasm became more and more obvious. "If Clemo really gets promoted and says that the Alliance and the rebels will sign a ceasefire agreement tomorrow and cede the entire Southern Cross region to the rebels, I will believe it."

Qi Yan noticed Lu Fenghan's irritability and depression.

He calculated the progress of "Po Jun" and comforted Lu Fenghan: "I will work hard."

Try to make "Po Jun" as soon as possible.

Lu Fenghan was amused by his serious promise: "What are you working hard for?" He bent his fingers and touched Qi Yan's face with his knuckles, "You, try to eat well first, be serious."

After breakfast, Qi Yan took Lu Fenghan to school. As soon as they entered the classroom, they heard Mondrian's voice: "...It is the perseverance of countless people who worked day and night and exhausted their energy..."

Xia Zhiyang saw Qi Yan coming in and said excitedly: "I was just listening to you saying that you voluntarily gave up the Roentgen Award, and the next second you appeared in front of me!"

Qi Yan walked to his seat and sat down: "Are you watching yesterday's awards?"

"Yes, wasn't the Roentgen Award Ceremony broadcast live? I didn't watch it then, so I can only watch it by looking for a video now. But the number of views is incredible, even higher than that of Virgin Mary's live concert!" Xia Zhiyang exclaimed excitedly, "You guys are so handsome!"

Qi Yan thought of the teams that came on stage later and borrowed Xia Zhiyang's adjective: "Well, they are all very handsome."

"'The glory of this place belongs to the truth!' I just learned that this is the sentence written on the stone tablet at the entrance of the school history exhibition hall!" Xia Zhiyang felt proud and sighed, "But Turan is too big. This is my second year at school, and I have never been to the school history exhibition hall. So you can't blame me for not knowing there is a stone tablet there."

Qi Yan thought, he was the same, he had been going between the classroom and the laboratory since he entered the school, and would go to the library when he had time.

Xia Zhiyang's baby face was full of smiles, and he was beaming with joy: "Yes, yes, I just wanted to say that the scene of Jiang Qi and his mother being taken away by the police was very satisfying! I was happy from head to toe! And I really don't understand why you have to cheat? So what if you are a poor student? Isn't it good to work hard to graduate?"

After saying that, Xia Zhiyang glanced at Qi Yan again: "What I want to ask most is, Did anything happen on your way to the classroom just now?"

Qi Yan compared it carefully with his memories: "No, it's just that there were more people on the road today."

Xia Zhiyang covered his chest with his hands: "I'm so disappointed. I came to school early and heard several people discussing how to hold you and confess to you, but no one said it out loud?"

Before Qi Yan could answer, Lu Fenghan spoke first: "Confession?"

His tone was a little unfriendly.

"Yes, actually many people have been eyeing Qi Yan for a long time, but Qi Yan looked cold and difficult to approach, so they only dared to watch from afar. At this awards ceremony, Qi Yan gained a lot of favor, so those who originally watched from afar were surprised that the competition was getting fiercer, so they planned to confess first!"

Lu Fenghan's tone was hostile without him even realizing it: "Your alliance's strongest prodigal student, is he so idle?"

"You can't say that. The ratio of boys to girls in our school is quite balanced, and they get together because of love, which is beneficial to the reproduction of mankind!" Xia Zhiyang made another comparison, "Of course, the school across the river has a serious imbalance in the ratio of boys to girls. All the students in the school are brothers who went to the battlefield together, so we won't include them in the scope of discussion."

Lu Fenghan finished recalling - it turned out that those people who were always blocking the way on the road wanted to confess to Qi Yan?

The closest ones dared to stop only three steps away, hesitating and unable to utter a word.

Confession?

Ha, overestimating one's own abilities.

Xia Zhiyang touched the metal ring on his ear and thought hard: "Hey, Qi Yan, could it be because he is always following you that others dare not get close to you?"

"He" naturally refers to Lu Fenghan.

Lu Fenghan thought, is this asking Qi Yan not to take him with him, and give those unknown people a chance to get close?

His eyes darkened, Lu Fenghan leaned back in his chair, and said, "The contract I signed says that I will protect my employer's personal safety at any time and any place."

He looked at Qi Yan, "Is that right?"

Qi Yan nodded, "Yes, he protects me."

After hearing this, Lu Fenghan's irritability faded a little.

He thought to himself, it seems that I have to be careful in the future, and I can't let my little spoiled child be coaxed away by others.