"What's wrong?"
“I can’t get in touch with Lu Xiaoyao and Lu Gui, and she’s not doing any live streams.”
After having dinner on the starship, Mingmei stared at her personal terminal with a puzzled look. She wanted to chat with Lu Xiaoyao, but unexpectedly found that Lu Xiaoyao had been offline for some time.
Immediately afterwards, Lu Gui also seemed unreachable.
Now that Mu Chen had asked her this, Mingmei blurted out, "Did they block me?"
"What did you do to get them to block you?"
Mu Chen laughed, finding Mingmei's guess quite amusing, but in an instant he realized what Mingmei had just said.
"You said...you can't get in touch with Lu Xiaoyao?"
"Um."
While browsing StarNet news, Cheshire heard about the Lu family and suddenly looked up at Xiang Mingmei and Mu Chen, asking, "What are you talking about?"
After asking the question, Mingmei explained what had puzzled her, which made Chesil look somewhat confused.
"Wait a moment, let me ask Marshal Lu."
Chesil naturally has far more connections than Mingmei and the others. Since she couldn't contact the two children, and according to the time on Central Star, they shouldn't be sleeping or resting right now, as their homeroom teacher, she naturally had the right to contact their parents.
Soon, an old and weary voice came from the other end of Chesil's personal computer.
Chesil didn't immediately ask about Lu Gui and Lu Xiaoyao. After exchanging pleasantries for a while, Chesil noticed that Marshal Lu Xingchen's tone was calm, as if nothing had happened, so he casually inquired about Lu Gui and Lu Xiaoyao's recent situation.
The other side was unusually silent for two seconds. Mingmei and Mu Chen, who had been holding their breath and not speaking, exchanged a glance.
Has something happened?
"It's alright. The two kids have been very well-behaved at home during the holidays. What's wrong with them keeping an old man like me company?"
Although that's what Marshal Lu said, Mingmei could still hear the helplessness in the old man's voice.
"By the way, Your Highness..."
"Please don't call me that anymore, Marshal. I'm married now and have left the royal family in terms of status..."
Mingmei's eyes widened slightly when she heard what Chesil said. Her second sister-in-law had already left the royal family?
"According to the rules of the Imperial Royal Family, a woman who marries a non-noble member automatically leaves the Royal Family. Besides, my second brother... is a Hualan Star person."
Seeing Mingmei's reaction, Mu Chen knew what she was thinking, so he turned his head and explained to her.
The two spoke in hushed tones. Meanwhile, Chesil and Marshal Lu finished their conversation. When Mingmei and the others looked at Chesil, he was pinching his brow and letting out a long sigh.
"What's wrong?"
"Marshal Lu asked for leave for Lu Xiaoyao and Lu Gui."
"Huh? School hasn't started yet!"
Mingmei was slightly taken aback. What was this turn of events?
"Could he be lying? Did something happen to Lu Xiaoyao and Lu Gui?"
Mingmei couldn't help but think of the worst-case scenario. Soon, she noticed that Lu Xiaoyao's StarNet live streaming account also posted a leave request.
The reason for her leave surprised Mingmei greatly—"Has something happened to Lu Xiaoyao's family and they're holding a funeral?"
Lu Xiaoyao's identity was exposed at the Empire's National Day banquet. Her announcement not only startled Mingmei, but also shocked netizens, causing the Empire's military to be bombarded with calls.
A family funeral—could it be referring to Marshal Lu Xingchen?!
Of course, the three of them who had just spoken knew that it was definitely not Marshal Lu himself.
"It should be Lu Xiaoyao's mother."
Chesil knew the Lu family's structure. Apart from Lu Gui and his sister, and Marshal Lu, this was only necessary if Lu Gui and his sister's mother had passed away.
"well--"
Cheshire sighed and didn't say anything. He just opened his personal terminal to contact others to find out what was going on. Mingmei also sent a message to Lu Xiaoyao and also contacted a few classmates living on Central Star to ask them if they knew anything about the Lu family.
In the message they received, Yuan Fang's side also said that their family had received a notice about the funeral being held by the Lu family. It was indeed Lu Xiaoyao's mother, but the specific cause of death had not been disclosed by the Lu family.
The three remained silent in the cabin for a while. After about two hours, Mingmei contacted Lu Xiaoyao again.
After Lu Xiaoyao weakly sent her a voice message saying she was safe, Mingmei finally breathed a sigh of relief and expressed her regret that she was still on the starship and unable to attend the funeral.
Lu Xiaoyao expressed her understanding, and also said that their family's funeral would be simple and would not last long.
After hanging up the chat with Lu Xiaoyao, Mingmei sighed softly, "When I was playing the game earlier, I overheard Lu Xiaoyao and her brother's conversation."
They didn't seem very close to their mother, but blood is thicker than water, and I could tell she was still very saddened by her sudden passing.
She still remembered the tone of Lu Xiaoyao and Lu Gui's voice when they mentioned their mother in the game—that cold, sarcastic tone, it didn't sound like they were related by blood.
"The information I received is that Lu Gui's mother went to another planet a couple of days ago on her private starship... and then she disappeared. After that, Marshal Lu took action against the forces under his control."
The information Mu Chen found was even more surprising. Mingmei looked at Mu Chen, but before she could ask him who he had consulted, she simply said, "You mean the other party was murdered?"
“He was only in his nineties, very young. It’s indeed a bit strange that he suddenly disappeared.” Chesil answered Mingmei’s question. “However, the Lu family seems to be intentionally hiding what happened.”
"Ah...is that so?"
Mingmei seemed lost in thought, hesitating whether she should find another opportunity to comfort Lu Xiaoyao in the next couple of days.
...
The Lu family held a funeral, and representatives from almost all the wealthy families in Central Star attended.
Apart from the servants, only two children and an old man remained in the empty courtyard of the Lu family. Anyone who saw it would feel a little sad.
Are you alright?
Wang Wenfei, who had just returned from the Federation, naturally came with her grandfather. She was there to attend the funeral, while her grandfather was there to see his old friend.
Compared to the Wang family, the Lu family and the neighboring Sen family suffered the most severe losses in the Zerg's schemes in previous years.
"It's alright." Lu Xiaoyao forced a smile in front of Wang Wenfei, her eyes devoid of their usual sparkle.
Wang Wenfei then looked at Lu Gui, who was also greeting guests with a blank expression not far away, raised her hand and gently hugged Lu Xiaoyao, whispering to comfort her, "It's all over now."
"Um."
Lu Xiaoyao hugged Wang Wenfei back, concealing the gloom in her eyes. Just as the other person had said, everything was over.
All the shadows that this woman cast on her have finally dissipated.
Just like Lu Gui said, that woman only had eyes for her father and no one else. She was always losing her mind and doing crazy things because of the deceased. It would have been better if she had never been born...
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