More than ten minutes ago, the first dance of the banquet ended and the queen left.
When Shen Que separated from Lu Ya, her last words still echoed in his ears:
"The interview groups were arranged by His Majesty. I didn't participate, nor do I have any interest in participating. I can leave the businessmen to you...for the sake of you calling me sister."
Shen Que frowned.
——So, it was Carolina who arranged Pei Ji and Lu Sirang to be in the same group.
But why...
She clearly knew about Lu Sirang's problem and what he did to Pei Ji during the last battle.
Is it just because I hate it... or...
A hint of complicated emotions flashed across Shen Que's eyes, but it quickly subsided.
He looked up in the main hall for Pei Ji.
He remembered that when the dance started, Pei Ji went to the corner where they had stood before. He looked back several times and confirmed that Alpha had been waiting for him there.
But when he walked over, he only saw Jiang Jianyue raising his glass to him.
Pei Ji has already left.
Shen Que felt unwell.
…
This world is so wonderful.
Pei Ji frowned as he looked at the little robot pouring tea for him.
He actually sat face to face with Carolina and drank tea.
What's even more amazing is that Carolina hasn't cursed him in ten minutes.
There's not even any sarcasm.
And... he remembered where he had seen Carolina's two tea cans.
That thing seemed to be the gift he bought for Ai Fan when he first went to the Kingdee Auction...
If I remember correctly, it is a unique piece left over from ancient Earth.
I won’t buy fakes, will I?!
"You seem to have a lot of questions," Carolina said. "I'll give you a privilege. Ask whatever you want."
The black tea was steaming.
She raised her hand to remove the crown and placed it on the table.
Her long black hair fell like a waterfall, covering a quarter of the queen's face. The shadows of the wisteria flowers swayed in her eyes, melting the ice and snow inside.
It made her seem much more approachable.
Pei Ji felt that this was a trap no matter what. Maybe after he finished asking, the Queen's next words would be: You know too much, you can die now.
Then he would be hung at the gate of the imperial court and turned into dried bacon, and his beautiful wife could marry Her Royal Highness the Princess legally.
By then Shen Que will become a royal family, and he will just be a piece of bacon.
Pei Ji felt a little melancholy.
I wonder if Shen Que will think he is too ugly when he turns into bacon.
After hesitating for a while, Pei Ji asked, "Am I really in the same group with Lu Sirang for the league interview?"
Carolina frowned. "Of all the questions, you picked this first... That's right, you're in the same group with him."
"What about Chen Que?" Pei Ji asked again.
"He's with Feng Shixu." Carolina said.
"Feng Shixu..." Pei Ji's eyes flashed with the romantic and frivolous face at the banquet.
Carolina sipped her tea.
"You probably don't know him."
She took the initiative to say:
"Feng Shixu was born into a family of military officers. During the insect swarm that nearly destroyed the empire, all members of the Feng family died on the front lines."
"His mother died in the final battle. At that time, due to a misjudgment, a small team had to be sent out to lure out an S-rank queen. Due to a shortage of soldiers, only five people could be sent."
"To put it bluntly, it means going to die."
"His mother took on this mission. By then, all the other members of the Feng family had already perished, so she probably had no intention of returning..."
"That team was eventually wiped out."
"When the Seventh Fleet rescue team arrived, she was only breathing her last breath and could not be saved, but the life detector kept showing signs of life."
"The military doctor decided to perform an autopsy on his mother's body on the spot, and indeed, they discovered a newly formed embryo."
"That is Feng Shixu, the last bloodline of the Feng family."
Carolina calmly narrates the demise of a family.
There were so many such deaths in that battle that she had become numb.
"I arranged everything for this child. When I heard from the front lines that the embryo was alive, I decided that as long as he grew up safely and as long as he was willing, I would let him join the Seventh Fleet. As long as he remembered the glory of the Feng family, he would be my next executive officer... But despite all my calculations, I still made one mistake."
Carolina's tone was cold.
"I shouldn't have let Chu Yang adopt him."
"Feng Shixu is Chu Yang's adopted son?" Pei Ji was surprised.
"Not really," Carolina said.
"Not long after the war, Chu Yang proposed his child welfare plan to me. He offered to retire from politics and build an orphanage in the empire to adopt children who had lost their families due to the war."
"I agreed. Since the conditions were right, I entrusted Feng Shixu to him as well."
Carolina paused.
"And Ann."
During those years, she was busy rebuilding the empire. Everything was in a state of depression and needed to be rebuilt. She had no time to take care of her children.
Chu Yang happened to be preparing for a welfare project, and was more suitable for the enlightenment of the two children than she was.
——That’s what she originally thought.
Pei Ji asked in a deep voice, "Do you think there's something wrong with Feng Shixu?"
Carolina: “I’m not sure.”
A year ago, Feng Shixu rescued the seriously injured Shen Que, but did not bring back any information about the battle.
Carolina rushed to the hospital as soon as she heard the news that Shen Que was still alive, but she was still a step too late.
The clearing function of the artificial memory module has been activated, and Shen Que has lost all memories of the battle.
At that time, the only person who knew that Shen Que was alive was Feng Shixu, besides her.
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