Admiral Adrian and his wife?!
No one at the award ceremony thought they would meet these two people.
It’s not a projection or a news report! It’s real, I was there in person!!
——The living, moving Admiral Carlyle and Ms. Zhong Shu.
Even Chu Lu on the stage couldn't help but open his eyes wide, looking a little surprised.
Although he was prepared to be caught, Tate's personal presence was already a great treatment. He never expected that these two people would come in person.
Shouldn't they be at the ice field defense line now?
This middle-aged couple was not very high-profile. Chu Lu could even tell that they had deliberately changed into casual clothes.
To be honest, even Master Lude didn't seem to have seen these two people dressed like this. After all, these two people were either at work or on their way to work. Even if they were casual clothes, they looked like military uniforms on these two people.
Ms. Zhong smiled apologetically to the guide who was so frightened that he dared not come forward, and took her husband's hand and quietly sat in the last row of the venue, just like every person who was late due to accident.
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The ceremony continues.
But everything that happened next was like sleepwalking.
Whether it was the people present or the audience on StarNet, the entire second half of the show was filled with soul-searching expressions of “Who am I, where am I, and what should I do?”
Chu Lu even saw the winner of the special Youth Innovation Award, a young man with rebellious red hair. There was a red slap mark on his face. Judging from the direction, he must have slapped himself.
Chu Lu: "..."
That’s not the case.
This sleepwalking award ceremony ended just like that.
After the event, Chu Lu was unsurprisingly invited to a small room at the side, where the admiral and his wife who had left early were waiting.
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When Chu Lu came in, Admiral Carlyle's computer projection screen was still on, obviously he was conducting a remote video conference.
Even the sound of Chu Lu pushing the door did not divert his attention at all.
However, Ms. Zhong next to her immediately turned her head.
Her eyes were a little red, as if she had been crying, but maybe she was just too tired. Based on this lady's usual personality, Chu Lu felt that the latter possibility was 99.99%.
But when her eyes fell over, Chu Lu suddenly became less sure.
The lady, who was endowed with a special beauty by the years, looked at Chu Lu carefully. This kind of look should have been uncomfortable, but when it contained a mother's worry and longing for her son who had been away for a long time, it became a completely different experience.
No matter how much time has passed, Chu Lu is still not used to this kind of feeling.
He has never wavered in his "work". After all, it concerns the survival of the entire world and all the lives in it.
But at this time, he is always full of apologies to those who love "him". This is why, as long as it does not affect the plot, he always chooses to keep a distance from others.
But now it seems that the effect is not as good as he thought.
Under Ms. Zhong's gaze, Chu Lu moved his body a little uncomfortably.
He glanced at Admiral Carlyle, who was obviously in a meeting, and hesitated whether to leave the room first. After all, given the other party's position, a meeting with a confidentiality level was not something that "Wei Lu" or "Master Lude" could listen in on.
Ms. Zhong saw through his thoughts and shook her head gently, indicating that he didn't need to leave. This must not be a meeting that required strict confidentiality.
But after a while, the meeting over there ended.
Admiral Carlyle turned off the computer screen and cast his hawk-like sharp eyes on Chu Lu.
Chu Lu guessed that there was no good news in the other party's meeting just now, because the expression on the other party's face was extremely stiff at the moment.
When two pairs of similar yet different blue eyes met, it was Admiral Carlyle who looked away first.
Chu Lu:? ? !
Although if he had to say it, he knew very little about this father, perhaps not even as much as the other party's adjutant knew.
but……
He also knew that this behavior was wrong!!
No……
This should have been wrong from the beginning, why are these two people here?!
The system, sensing the host's doubts, finally stopped indulging in the game. It deduced according to the original scenario of this world and gave the most likely result: [Is it to see you one last time before we sever our relationship? ]
Chu Lu: "..."
No, he didn't think so.
But the system doesn’t need the host to feel anything, it only needs to feel it itself.
It has already begun to imagine the host's miserable appearance after losing the surname "Adrian" and ending up on the street. (The specific scene modeling was provided by the host's colleague who is also in the cannon fodder villain department)
Then, the system began to greet Zaun with curses.
Chu Lu: "..."
It’s better to block it.
While Chu Lu was having a brief conversation with the system, Ms. Zhong looked at the silent father and son, and finally couldn't help but nudge her husband with her elbow.
Admiral Carlyle's expression grew even more rigid.
This made Chu Lu unable to help but start to consider the speculation given by the system just now.
The silence in the room lasted for a while, and then Admiral Carlyle finally spoke.
He uttered two short syllables very concisely -
"return."
It was like giving orders to soldiers.
However, this is the normal attitude of the old father towards his son. Chu Lu adapted well and knew exactly what to do at this moment: just obey orders like a soldier.
To be honest, Chu Lu even doubted whether the other party would deal with him according to military discipline if he really refused.
Although he was curious, Chu Lu did not try it. After all, given the number of times they had met, he did not have many opportunities to try.
Moreover, according to Admiral Carlyle's usual style, all preparations had been made before issuing the order, leaving the "enemy" with no other choice.
Although the positioning of "son" is far from that of "enemy", the other party's actions are obviously consistent.
Chu Lu guessed that if he refused at this moment, he would be knocked unconscious and taken away by the guard at the door in the next second.
The above speculation is confirmed by the personal experience of Tai, the elder brother, who ran away from home during his rebellious period↑
Chu·Cub State·Lu, had witnessed with his own eyes the miserable state of the other party being tied up and brought back, and had no desire to experience it himself.
Just when Chu Lu was about to agree, he heard a long sigh.
A pair of women's hands fell on his shoulders.
The owner of the hand seemed to want to hug him, but he noticed that Chu Lu's body was unconsciously tense, and finally changed from hugging to caressing, then moved down Chu Lu's arm and slowly picked up his hand.
Ms. Zhong's hands were even rougher than Chu Lu's, but under her gentle eyes, the touch of their hands became soft and delicate. "Kailai means that the door of the house is always open to you... You can come back anytime you want."
Chu Lu was stunned for a moment and didn't know how to respond.
But Ms. Zhong held his hand tighter and looked back at her husband.
I turned around and looked at my son, who had missed many years and had become a stranger to me.
A woman smiles -
"He wanted to say that he was proud of you."
"……Me too."
The smile she brought seemed to have the most gentle arc in the world.
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"We are not qualified parents. We have missed too much in your and Tate's growth...especially yours..."
"But fortunately... you have all grown into the outstanding people you are today..."
She glanced at Tate who came in later, and there seemed to be tears in her eyes.
"We are sorry,"
She paused, and as tears flowed down her face, the corners of her lips curved upwards.
“…but also equally proud.”
The woman waved her hands and hugged her two sons who were taller than her.
She buried her face between the two of them and said firmly in a choked voice -
"It has nothing to do with talent or mental strength."
"You, and Tate, are our proudest sons."
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This was probably the longest time Chu Lu had spent with his family in this world.
He also learned a lot of things that he didn't know before from Ms. Zhong's increasingly rare words.
For example, when they decided to have another child, it was because they had solved the problem of the original defense line of the Southern Star, and they felt that they would stay in the Capital Star for a long time, which was enough time to accompany two children to grow up.
"but……"
Ms. Zhong smiled with a somewhat helpless expression, "Something happened suddenly over at the ice field again."
She held Chu Lu's hand tightly and said, "We actually considered interrupting the training at that time."
Chu Lu's eyelids twitched when he heard this, and he felt fortunate that it didn't happen.
This world is already unstable due to the loss of the soul of a key figure. If even the body is gone, it will be difficult for even the Space-Time Bureau to save it.
"But you suddenly turned over and seemed to be saying hello to us."
When Ms. Zhong thought of this, her smile softened.
Chu Lu breathed a sigh of relief: At that time, the consciousness of the tasker had not yet been connected, so it should be the self-rescue of the world consciousness.
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Of course, in addition to these things that make people's scalps tingle and sound scary, there are also some things that are more like normal family conversations.
"That was the first time we went home after you were born. You were about 4 years and 6 months old... You just stared at him from a distance but didn't go over..."
"...Neither of you moved...I thought I saw two snow wolves testing each other's territory. Of course, baby, you are much cuter than a snow wolf..."
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“…………”
"Because of this, Kailei was secretly sad for a long time," Ms. Zhong said with a smile, "He thought you would rush over and call him papa."
Admiral Carlyle's expression became even more rigid, and he coughed softly.
Chu Lu: "..."
Following Ms. Zhong's narration, the system released the images captured from the host's vision at that time.
It said excitedly: [I took a picture! I took a picture of that moment! ! ]
[That was the host's first official mission. I asked our system senior in advance, and he said that it was okay to keep some images of the host's family.]
That senior Tongjie, who has handled more than four-digit hosts and is too lazy to bind new hosts, simply lives on an office cleaning robot. This is what he said: "People in our line of work, especially the cannon fodder villain department, will sooner or later develop to the point where all relatives will die... Being chased and scolded by the whole world, and wishing to make the host die on the spot... It would be strange if you can withstand such a great mental pressure? ... Do you know why our department has the highest welfare and the best treatment? Especially the protagonist department next to it is several interstellar tracks...]
[……]
[…………]
[Well…while I’m still a beginner, I should save some photos of my family and friends, so that I can remember them when I’m behind bars and crying.]
The new system, which at the time had limited memory and couldn't even swear, didn't comprehend the sinister content of this passage, but instead diligently wrote down the key words [keep more photos].
Then, Chu Lu saw a younger admiral with a dark face standing at the door.
Chu Lu: "..."
To be honest, he didn't cry out of fright on the spot, thanks to the fact that he was not a real cub.
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Ms. Zhong: "Later, Kailei even secretly checked Merlin (Adrian's smart butler) to see if it had followed his settings and taught you to recognize your father by looking at the images in the news."
Chu Lu: "..."
The case is solved.
He was wondering how the smart butler could play interstellar news and war channels to a cub on time every day.
——The broken limbs and arms as a background are in no way suitable for the cubs to see, right?
Chu Lu once thought that it was an educational concept formed under a special worldview. For a long time, he rated the danger level of this world as "moderate threat" and even tried to start his own related training when he was a cub.
Now it seems...
It turned out to be the masterpiece of an old father.
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