Father-son dialogue
"And then..." Xueluo paused subtly, "You haven't shown up yet, right? Could it be because..."
Nie Xun glanced at her.
Xueluo, who wanted to say that he had turned into a cat, immediately understood that he didn't want others to know, so he shut up obediently.
"So... you are going home now." Xue Luo was a little worried, "Is it appropriate for me to go home with you?" Otherwise, you should find a suitable hotel to drop me off. The Phoenix Tower just now is quite good... Of course, she didn't have the chance to say this.
"It's most appropriate to stay by my side." He pursed his thin lips and uttered such arrogant words.
The corners of Xueluo's mouth twitched slightly, she still thought the person in front of her was the cutest when he was a white cat.
Nie Xun observed every subtle emotion in her. He was right. Her arrival on the Divine Beast Star was bound to stir up a storm. No matter who it was, no one could get past him and interfere with her. The young girl before him wore a relaxed smile, her eyes filled with curiosity and anticipation, like a refreshing breeze on a summer night.
"Okay, okay, then I'll stay by your side. But don't say I'm unromantic when the time comes!" Xue Luo said carelessly.
"No," he said, glancing at Xueluo. In the quiet atmosphere, Xueluo stole a glance at him, blushing for some unknown reason.
On the way to the main residence of the Nie family, Nie Xun closed his eyes to rest, while Xue Luo was also gossiping about the Nie family and General Nie Xun on the Internet.
She was shocked, "...is this true...there are so many rumors behind this?"
"Instead of looking at these things that you can't tell whether they are real or fake, why not ask me?" The slightly hoarse and magnetic male voice suddenly came out from the opposite side, almost scaring her.
Xue Luo, having been caught, immediately closed the webpage. "Just tell the truth. You just took me to Phoenix Tower for a meal, and someone came to your house... Did you do this on purpose?"
A faint smile and approval flashed across Nie Xun's eyes, but he didn't reply. At the same time, Chang Chi's calm and respectful voice echoed from the front seat: "Young Master, we're here."
"Um."
"So soon?" Mixed in this solemn atmosphere was Xue Luo's slightly lively and expectant voice.
Soon the car door opened, Nie Xun got out first, followed by Xue Luo. But just as she bent down to get out, a slender and upright hand suddenly appeared in front of her. The young and stern man gestured for her to support him.
The sky was clear and the stars were low. The road in front of the villa's driveway was as bright as the day. There were crowds of people waiting on both sides. She had just peeked out and now, holding Nie Xun's hand and stepping firmly on the ground, she suddenly realized that everyone's eyes were focused on them. She felt a little strange and a little surprised.
Standing on the threshold is a handsome uncle with a dignified demeanor. Beside him, the beautiful woman who seems to be in tears may be his wife.
Xue Luo, who was closest to Nie Xun, of course did not miss it. After seeing the couple, his body stiffened for a moment.
"These are your parents..."
"Xun'er--" The beautiful woman standing on the steps couldn't help but call out. The moonlight poured down on her face. Just looking at their eyebrows and eyes, they looked 50% similar.
"You finally decided to come back." The middle-aged man with extraordinary demeanor said condescendingly.
"Dad, Mom." Nie Xun looked at them, his voice still flat, not as excited as Xue Luo had imagined.
"I am an unfilial child. I have kept you waiting for so long."
"How could that be!"
"Hmph—" Father and Mother Nie's voices rang out simultaneously. Looking at the middle-aged version of Father Nie, Xueluo deeply suspected that the two were cut from the same cloth; their tsundere temperaments were practically the same. They clearly cared about each other, yet they both feigned indifference.
Sure enough, the next second, Nie's mother glared at her husband in anger, "Xun'er finally came back, why don't you say a word to me?"
Mother Nie looked at her son who had not returned for three years. There was no resentment in her eyes, only worry.
Xue Luo stood aside, feeling a little embarrassed, as she had disturbed the family reunion. She had wanted to stand aside, but Nie Xun controlled her with one glance, so she could only follow behind him.
It might be that at this moment, Nie's father and mother finally noticed the stranger next to him, who was a young girl.
"This lady is..."
"My friend, Xueluo." Nie Xun gave a very simple introduction. But in the eyes of Nie's father, Nie's mother, and the other Nie family members present, she was not simple at all.
Father and Mother Nie exchanged a glance, their eyes showing subtle emotions: "Miss Xue..."
"Hello, uncle and auntie, just call me Xueluo." Xueluo smiled widely, looking even sweeter in the summer night breeze. Compared with the overly serious Nie family, she was simply too relaxed.
"Xue Luo..." Mother Nie's eyes lit up as she watched, making Xue Luo feel a little uneasy. Fortunately, Nie Xun spoke up and drew their attention. "Mom, help Xue Luo get a room... Don't be too far away from me."
Xue Luo: “…” You don’t have to say the last sentence.
It was obvious that after Nie Xun said this, Nie's mother was surprised at first, and then the light in her eyes became brighter.
Not to mention Mother Nie, even Father Nie and everyone else were the same. Their gazes were like spotlights, focused on Xue Luo.
Mother Nie was a very considerate and diplomatic woman, so she immediately smiled and said, "Of course, there's a master bedroom near yours that's always been empty, so I'll arrange it for Xueluo."
Nie Xun nodded.
Xueluo said, "Thank you, auntie."
"You're welcome." He was quite friendly and polite to Xueluo, a visitor. Xueluo felt relieved. As for Father Nie, he didn't care about these matters.
"Alright, come in, it's embarrassing to stand outside all the time." He left his wife to entertain Xue Luo while he looked at his son and said, "Nie Xun, come with me to the study."
The father and son walked one after the other, solemn and low-key. For a moment, Xue Luo couldn't take her eyes off him.
"Don't worry." Mother Nie's gentle voice echoed in her ears. Xueluo looked up and was met with a gentle and dignified beauty. Her beauty was comparable to that of her aunt, and her temperament was more gentle. Her smile was like the moon reflected in her autumn eyes, shimmering and luminous in the silence.
"Xun'er knows how to convince his father." When Nie's mother said this, she was also full of pride in her son.
Xueluo was stunned for a moment, then quickly nodded. Even a dignified and generous woman like Nie's mother could be gossipy. "Xueluo, let me show you your room."
"Yes, auntie."
Along the way, Nie's mother brought up a topic from time to time to avoid the awkwardness of having nothing to talk about between them.
"Xue Luo, when did you and Xun'er meet? Or how did you meet?" A gentle and beautiful lady asked this with a smile, making people want to tell her from the bottom of their hearts.
"Uh... about half a year ago, Auntie, I..." Xueluo recalled Nie Xun's attitude before he came, and hesitated to speak. Nie's mother immediately understood, "Xun'er, you won't tell me. It's okay, I'm just asking casually. Xueluo, take a look at this room. Do you like it?"
The suite they had just walked through was obviously Nie Xun's former bedroom. Xue Luo's room was just across a corridor from his, diagonally opposite.
Maybe it’s because of the guest room. Of course, it can’t be compared with Nie Xun’s suite. The decoration inside is also relatively simple. You can tell at a glance that it is prepared for guests.
"I don't know what elements you like. Tell me and I will ask someone to prepare them right away." The housekeeper following behind them was always ready for action.
"No, no, this is fine."
But when she said this, the expressions of Nie's mother and the housekeeper turned disappointed. Just as Xueluo was hesitating whether to say something, she suddenly heard Nie's mother say, "Xun'er hasn't been back for a few years. I don't know if his tastes have changed...Xueluo, it's time for you to have a midnight snack later..."
Xueluo sweated slightly. This was simply a way to trick her into thinking that she was talking.
But she couldn't just not answer.
At the same time, in the study, Nie Xun and his son were also in conversation, and it seemed that they had talked about everything they had done in the past three years.
Important matters concerning the alliance, important matters concerning the military, important matters concerning the Divine Beast Star, important matters concerning the Nie family...but they never mentioned personal matters. This father and son cared about each other awkwardly in their own way.
But the question eventually came back to this: "What on earth have you been doing these past few years? There's not even a trace of you."
Nie Xun remained silent as usual and did not explain himself.
Nie Qingrong was furious. "You're a soldier, and this is how you defend your country? You can't even fulfill the most basic duty of a soldier: obey orders?"
Nie Qingrong glared at him with a piercing gaze. The young man stood with neither servitude nor arrogance, his sapphire-blue eyes reflecting a deep glow from the high-ceilinged crystal chandelier in the study, like a torch burning in the wind. "I no longer hold a military commission. Not only now, but I was never your subordinate before. General Nie, when will you wait for the Marshal to retire before you can vie for this position?"
Nie Qingrong was irritated by his son's rebuff, especially by such defiant words. But while Nie Xun's words were unpleasant to the ear, they got the point across. In the Alliance, Grand General was an honorary title for senior admirals. For the Nie family, a family with three admirals, titles like Grand General and General were commonplace. A young and capable admiral like Nie Xun, a 3S warrior highly regarded and favored by Marshal Geng Di, was also a highly regarded and admired warrior.
He is the admiral who is most likely to inherit the position of Alliance Marshal in the future.
"Your uncle was asking about you a few days ago," said Nie Qingrong.
Nie Qingrong's younger brother, Nie Qinghai, is also currently recognized as the strongest warrior in the alliance, but what most people don't know is that his nephew Nie Xun was already stronger than him long before he became a general.
Of course, only a few people in the military knew about this.
Hearing his father talking about his uncle, Nie Xun said, "Isn't Uncle Hai busy with the Marshal right now?"
"Busy." Nie Qingrong glanced at his son and then dropped a piece of important news: "Marshal Geng will be visiting Divine Beast Star next month. At that time, my Nie family will host a welcome banquet for him on behalf of the entire Divine Beast Star."
Nie Xun's expression also froze, but he saw his face full of honor: "Your uncle has been with Marshal Geng all these years, and he hasn't been back to the Divine Beast Star for nearly three years. It's a good opportunity for him to come back this time, you..."
Nie Xun knew what his father meant and interrupted him coldly, "Dad, I don't want to join the military for the time being."
"Hehe, do you think the Alliance Military Headquarters is a place where you can enter and exit as you please?" Nie Qingrong said so in anger.
In the guest room.
"Invite me to be Nie Xun's female companion?" Xue Luo was also surprised, thinking that she had misheard.
But Mrs. Nie looked serious and was not just joking with her.
"Aunt, I think... let's talk about this matter after Nie Xun comes back." Xue Luo declined politely. In fact, she felt that she was not suitable to attend such a banquet.
Fortunately, Madam Qingyue, who had always had a good reputation on the Divine Beast Star, did not force it. Instead, she showed an affirmative expression, "Xueluo, you are right. You should indeed discuss this matter with Xun'er. However, you still need to prepare the dress you will wear. You can choose the one you like when the time comes."
Xue Luo: “…”
She felt that Nie Xun's mother might have misunderstood something, but wouldn't such a wealthy family usually try to break up a Cinderella like her and gracefully dissuade her from the relationship?
Xueluo was also stunned. Qingyue had seen more people in her life than she had eaten salt. How could she not tell what this little girl was thinking? And she really liked her personality. No matter if she was Xuner's girlfriend or just a simple friend, this was the first girl Xuner brought home in so many years.
Madam Qingyue and the housekeeper looked at each other, and the housekeeper immediately understood how much the mistress of the house valued Miss Xueluo.
In the study.
After the father and son finished talking about business and teased each other, they ran out of things to say and fell into a rare silence.
Nie Qingrong asked, "Who is that little girl... the little girl you brought back?"
Nie Xun said: "My friend."
Nie Qingrong glanced at his son and said with a half-smile, "But I can sense a rather extraordinary energy in her."
"Dad—" Nie Xun called out expressionlessly. The concern in his ice-blue eyes, representing the symbol of an inviolable reverse scale, was enough to make Nie Qingrong's thoughts of exploring disappear.
"Then I won't ask." Nie Qingrong looked at him and said, "It seems that your return this time has a lot to do with her. You'd better hide this thought. It doesn't matter if I know it, but your mother will be sad if she knows it."
A rare look of guilt flashed across Nie Xun's eyes.
…
"Madam, the eldest young master has come out of the study." At this time, Madam Qingyue also received a text message voice reminder from the study manager.
The sound was broadcast outwards, and Xueluo also heard it.
Madam Qingyue didn't shy away from Xueluo and asked directly, "Master, didn't come out? How does Xun'er look?"
"Ma'am, the eldest son seems to be quite relaxed. The general is still inside."
Madam Qingyue sneered and said with a smile: "Alright, I understand the situation. Go and do your own thing."
Madam Qingyue said to Xueluo, "Look, this father and son are natural enemies. They haven't seen each other for a few years, and they haven't been on good terms with each other."
Xueluo seemed to be lost in thought.
"Get ready. Just like I just said to Xueluo, serve some midnight snacks." Madam Qingyue turned around and said to the housekeeper.
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