Chapter 32 Chapter 32 Tang En returned home, ...
Tang En returned home, and naturally returned to his expressionless state.
The old butler Peter went out to greet him. Tang En nodded and said hello, but his expression was indifferent.
The butler was not surprised. Almost all Campbells were born with such a stinky face. They did not do it on purpose.
- It's just that there is really no emotional fluctuation.
Compared to outside, there will be all kinds of masks to treat others. After returning home, it will naturally return to its original appearance.
Although Tang En looked more stable and gentle than others when she was a child, the careful old butler found that the arc of her smile was the same every time, and he knew that Tang En was still a thorough Campbell in her bones.
Although when Tang En discovered this, he thought:
- This is a disease that needs to be cured.
——It turned out to be a genetic disease, which cannot be cured.
Old Campbell is Don's grandfather. Don's father died in the war, and his mother was injured. Now she is recuperating at home as a housekeeper. She also has an aunt who died in the war.
Old Campbell was waiting for Don in the study. He dyed his gray hair black for decency, so he looked energetic. Holding a document in his hand, he looked at his granddaughter who came into the room.
Don put the folder across from his desk.
"It's fast this time." Old Campbell looked at the document in Don's hand, implying something.
The Bart family sent the news to Don so quickly this time, which made Old Campbell feel a little better.
Tang En didn't care much about this. "Grandpa, aren't you going to the military?"
The apple muscles on old Campbell's face lifted slightly, leaving a disdainful wrinkle on his old face. Tang En observed his expression.
"Let them incubate for a night," said old Campbell, "They are like flies around me."
After learning the news from the front line, some of the First Legion were greedy, while others were cowardly.
The place where the First Legion was stationed for a long time was around the hinterland of the empire. It was the closest army to the capital star except for the Royal Guard.
Years of rich and comfortable life have made these people lose the desire to fight, but their desire for wealth and the desire for permanent power are increasing day by day.
If the Ninth Legion is defeated, the neighboring Seventh Legion will gain great benefits. This is determined by geography. The entire border with the Federation will fall into its hands. When the Ninth Legion and the Seventh Legion are on the border together, they can check and balance each other. Without the Ninth Legion, the Seventh Legion can control the smuggling business.
When doing business on the border, it will not be that they go to whichever line they like, but the Seventh Legion will let whoever they like to do business.
This is of course what those people in the First Legion don't want to see.
At this time, they finally remembered why the legion can have the power it has today - because of its invincible military force in the past.
So they began to revolve around old Campbell again.
The Campbell family has always been a militant faction, practicing this with their lives, as evidenced by the fact that only three people in the family are alive now.
"What arrangements do you have for the Bart family?"
Old Campbell asked Don.
"In 11 years, before Mu Wen comes of age, Bart's main assets will be in the Campbell family name," Don tapped the stack of papers with his fingers, "Their family business is too troublesome, and I don't want them to follow me. Either they clean up the mess, or they are eaten up and left with nothing."
The tourism industry, which is mainly operated by the Kant family, is very much in line with Don's wishes. The Kant family's history is relatively clean, while the red and black industries that the Bart family is based on are really hard to clean up.
Even in recent years, after the death of the last Bart, Don's cousin, the Bart couple finally learned their lesson and tried to whitewash the industry. They formulated a series of rules for their gangs, and compared with other gangs in Sigma, they were much more tolerant of the red and black fields under their jurisdiction.
However, they used the transformation path that Don pointed out for them more vigorously in the gray area.
- For example, the hype of boxing champions turned to the hype of violence/curiosity.
Although the ones standing in the center are all boxing champions, the latter are destined to never be able to come on stage.
Don knew the concerns of the Bart family. They were afraid that they would be three points weaker after whitewashing and would not be able to gain a foothold in Sigma; they were also afraid that if Don could not support the family, the Bart family would be swallowed up by other families during the transformation period.
But there were more things they could not see.
The galaxies of the Empire are not only the chaotic Sigma, but most of them are peaceful areas. In these places, blood is worshipped and cannot be widely recognized.
"Bart probably doesn't want to be whitewashed. I have waited for them for six years and don't want to wait any longer. I will help them do the things they don't want to do." Tang En said with his eyes downcast.
Old Campbell pressed his fingers on his temples and had no objection to Tang En's future plans.
That time when Tang En and Little Bart went out and she was the only one who came back, Old Campbell had already handed over the Bart family to her as a homework. He also read her plan, but it was only handed over after Tang En was 18 years old.
So Old Campbell just asked: "Have you picked a good helper?"
"Still picking." Tang En said.
Although Mu Wen is a good helper, he may have complaints about Campbell who embezzled the Bart family. Moreover, he is too young and will not reach adulthood until 11 years later. It is still unknown when he can really manage the industry.
As for Tang En's mother, although she is both Bart and Campbell, if she were in this study and heard the two Campbells discussing how to eat up Bart, she would probably have a myocardial infarction.
Old Campbell opened his eyes and cast an admiring look at Tang En.
- He admired the coldness towards relatives.
But he felt that Tang En was not radical enough. Considering that Tang En was only 20 years old this year and had not even reached the adulthood of the star, old Campbell was already very satisfied.
"I heard your friend is getting married," Old Campbell suddenly urged, "It's time for you to get married too. Go to a matching center or choose a suitable family."
Tang En: ...
This familiar feeling of matching comes again.
She is not exaggerating. Old Campbell's urging her to get married has no family meaning at all.
He just felt that Tang En should marry someone and have a child when he was old enough to complete his mission. Most likely when talking about this, old Campbell's brain waves were consistent with those when he was thinking about how to deal with the idiots in the legion, and there was no mobilization of any emotional modules.
Since there is no emotion, it is indeed no different from breeding.
"I'm not interested. I don't want to spend energy on unimportant things."
Old Campbell now seemed to be interested. He sat up straight and tempted her, "If you match with an Omega with an accuracy of more than 80%, you just need to get him pregnant after marriage. I don't care what you do afterwards. Your mother will take good care of the family."
"Your mother will be happy to have a child to accompany her."
Tang En looked up at him, probably with an expression of "what nonsense are you talking about".
It was precisely because he understood old Campbell's train of thought that Tang En did not want to enter the matching center. Don't think that what old Campbell said at the end seemed reasonable, but that was just the mimicry of human nature.
Old Campbell also understood Tang En, it would be better to say that their family shared a cold and ruthless brain.
Old Campbell once thought that his son and Bart had given birth to a child who was completely unlike Campbell.
Tang En was overly sensible and not self-centered since she was a child. She would care for her mother who had lost her husband. The pure mother-daughter harmony made old Campbell experience the feeling of family affection.
You have to know that although old Campbell's children get along with him, they are indeed rebellious sons.
As long as they are consistent with the family's goal of climbing up, and old Campbell can provide them with help, they can achieve the purpose of taking family responsibility from another direction.
——But because there were too many conditions before the result, both of Campbell's children failed.
Campbell didn't really care. It didn't matter if Campbell was gone. After all, it was a matter after Campbell's death. What did he have to do with him when he was dead?
But after Tang entered the differentiation period, she came back from Sigma and told him what happened.
Although she was very humane, she explained the whole story clearly, and finally Campbell smelled a familiar breath.
They are all the same kind of people.
He has a successor again.
But this successor has been led astray by her weak mother and actually has morals. Later, Campbell couldn't get Tang back after 8 years. After taking the 18-year-old Tang for pheromone testing, he could no longer control her.
This made old Campbell feel a little regretful, but he also found a familiar feeling of "rebellious son". Perhaps this was the feeling of family affection for him.
"Don't use my mother as an excuse. Go and have a baby."
Tang En directly retorted.
Old Campbell laughed.
"I will go to the Kessi system in two months," Tang En talked to old Campbell, "I hope your First Legion affairs will be resolved by then."
"Of course I will clear all obstacles for my granddaughter." Old Campbell said, "I'm waiting for you to become me."
"It's better not to. I still hate you."
Tang En stood up and left.
Old Campbell looked at her ruthless back and laughed happily.
After leaving the study, Tang En walked in this western-style manor.
Her mother Avia was in the greenhouse.
Avia likes to grow flowers, and she would move some potted flowers into the room at night. She has long brown hair and lake blue eyes. Even in middle age, she is still beautiful.
Tang En stood outside the greenhouse and looked at her. Avia seemed to be in good spirits.
Avia was very surprised to see her daughter, "When did you come back?"
"Grandfather just called me back not long ago."
Avia came over, "Then you should go to the study first."
Tang En said, "I have already talked to him, and there is nothing much to say to him."
Avia knew the relationship between Tang En and her grandfather very well. She felt that this was the elders doting on the children too much, and Tang En was just being arrogant.
Avia walked up to Tang En, who was already much taller than her, which made her sigh:
"Mom still remembers how you looked when you were little, have you grown taller again?"
"Mom, I'm already 20 years old, I can't grow any taller." Tang En said helplessly.