Chapter 223, Confirming that this is really my biological mother
"Mother, welcome to the Angry Owl Star."
Gu Hang's voice woke Wang Qi from her daze.
She saw Gu Hang walking towards her with his arms open.
She subconsciously opened her arms and hugged Gu Hang.
But she had a very strange feeling in her heart.
Something is wrong. Something is very wrong.
The hug between the two was not tight, just a slight contact, and then Gu Hang let go.
He introduced to Wang Qi: "This is Fuxing City."
The place where the landing spacecraft landed was the airport of Fuxing City. There was an area opened up here, which was specially used for landing spacecraft to land.
From here, you can see the whole city.
To be honest, Wang Qi was not impressed by the Fuxing City in front of her. She had been to many worlds, and the urban construction of Fuxing City seemed just so-so to her. Not to mention compared with the star region capital, the Garden World Feiyi Star, even the second-tier cities of many ordinary planets were much more developed than Fuxing City.
However, she did not forget that this was originally a wasteland world.
Now, at least everything she could see did not look like a wasteland at all.
It's not beautiful, but it's well-organized and the streets are clean.
All these changes happened in just one and a half years and were shaped by her own son.
Even the well-informed Ms. Wang Qi had to admit that this was definitely an outstanding performance.
When I think about the temperament Gu Hang displayed, it is completely different from the impression I have of him.
Is this really a career that can be achieved by her good-for-nothing son, who has always made her angry and whom she feels has disgraced her and her late husband's genes?
Wang Qi, with mixed emotions, followed Gu Hang onto a Fengshun. After a while, they arrived at the Alliance Building.
This is the tallest building in Fuxing City, rebuilt from the old Union Parliament Building. Currently, this eight-story building is Gu Hang's official residence and also his office.
The top floor is the Parliament Hall, currently renamed the Governor's Hall, which is used exclusively for large-scale working meetings of the Alliance.
On the same floor, Gu Hang had someone open up another more relaxing space, which was the Governor's office.
Generally speaking, Gu Hang works here every day.
Process some documents, think about some things, meet some people, hold some small-scale secret meetings...
Behind the office are several rooms, including a living room, bedroom, cloakroom, toilet, bathroom, etc. These living-oriented houses were of course designed for Gu Hang.
The decorations were not luxurious. Although everything was there, it was obvious that Governor Gu did not pursue quality, as long as it was comfortable.
After Wang Qi, led by her son, toured the entire place, she stood in front of the large floor-to-ceiling window in Gu Hang's office, looking out at the panoramic view of the city, her mind drifting far away.
In her mind, there are always 'two' sons.
One is in her memory, and the other is what she sees now.
The son in her memory liked gorgeous things, always wore expensive and complicated clothes, and lived in a magnificent place. He liked to use these external things to cover up his inner weakness.
The son in front of her was wearing a proper military uniform that showed off his tall and straight figure, but there was no other decoration; his residence was also plain, casual and simple, and even the colors were quite monotonous.
The son in her memory was cowardly, always looked resentful, had high expectations but poor skills, had no ability but was conceited.
But what she saw at this moment was that he was accomplished, yet calm and steady, with his own dignity and full of bearing.
These two figures appeared in Wang Qi's mind at the same time, but there was no way they could overlap.
"What are you thinking about?" Gu Hang's gentle voice sounded beside him. He personally came over with a cup of hot tea in his hands. "I don't have anything good to treat you. This is what my cousin gave me when she was here."
I took the hot tea from my son, took a sip, but didn't care about the taste of the tea.
She said to Gu Hang: "You didn't like drinking tea before."
"Actually, I don't like drinking it now." Gu Hang said with a smile, "I just remember that you like it."
“You didn’t care about these things before.”
Gu Hang was silent for a moment, then said, "I have changed a lot, right?"
"Yeah, you've only been out for two years, and you've changed so much? If I'd known, I should have let you go out and train on your own."
"It depends on the timing." Gu Hang said, "I am also surprised at my own changes. During the few months on the road to Angry Owl Star, I seemed to have figured out a lot of things all of a sudden. Perhaps this is the epiphany mentioned in some legends."
"Why couldn't your epiphany come earlier..."
Gu Hang was very calm: "I think it's just right. If I hadn't had this experience of being discouraged and then regaining my fighting spirit, it would be unrealistic to have an epiphany. From this perspective, I still have to thank you, mother. The slap you gave me before I left, and the fact that my family really didn't provide any support after I came to Angry Owl Star, and the pressure of dying if I didn't do a good job as a governor... Without these, how could there be changes?"
Hearing this, Wang Qi finally felt something familiar: resentment.
In her impression, her son always seemed to complain. Complaints about not having enough money, complaining about others not listening, complaining about things not going as she wished...
This familiar feeling actually made her blood pressure rise a little.
This has always been her biggest disappointment with her son.
"Don't be sarcastic when you speak. If you feel that I or my family haven't been good enough to you, just say it directly."
Gu Hang laughed heartily and said, "I'm not being sarcastic. I'm just speaking the truth, right?"
"Oh, then just say it directly. Why are you talking about 'still want to thank mother'?"
"Please don't misunderstand me. I am not being sarcastic when I say thank you. I am sincere about it."
Now that things have come to this, Gu Hang's attitude has become more calm.
He stared into his mother's eyes and said seriously:
"I want to thank you first for giving me life in this body. This is the most important thing. Without this, I would not be standing here."
"Secondly, I want to thank my family for their status. If not, even if the Wrathful Owl Star was so dilapidated and a wasteland, the position of Governor would not have fallen to me. I will not ignore the help my family's status brings."
"But these are all my thanks to you."
"I came to the Wrathful Owl Star alone, with only a letter of appointment and support from the Imperial Navy. I don't need to thank you and your family for these things, after all, you were so opposed to me becoming the governor in the first place."
"I started from scratch outside the city, in the wilderness, defeated looters, eliminated deformed monsters, and killed rebels. I built factories and cities out of nothing, and reclaimed the original power of this planet. I don't need to thank you and your family for all this."
"I wiped out the huge threats that appeared on the planet, from the heresy, to the greenskin natural disaster, to the advent of demons; I led my army to the stars and killed the orc fleet commander; my loyal subordinates drove away the powerful demon Great Unclean One. I don't need to thank you and your family for these."
Hearing this, Wang Qi seemed to have guessed what Gu Hang was going to say, but she still couldn't believe it. No matter how many waves of turmoil rose in her heart, she just stared at Gu Hang, waiting for him to say the next words.
Gu Hang did not disappoint her, and said calmly and firmly: "Look, I need to express my gratitude. A cup of hot tea, a word of concern, an army sent out for your safety, and close cooperation with the family caravan in the future, are these enough? I am expressing my gratitude with practical actions, and you will always be my mother."
"But that's where it ends."
"There are many things in the reconstruction and development of Angry Owl Star that do not require you and your family to thank you. Therefore, I think Angry Owl Star has little to do with the Gu family, and my relationship with the Gu family, except for the relationship between you and me as mother, is not that big either."
Wang Qi took a deep breath and stared at Gu Hang with a hawk-like gaze: "Are you going to sever your ties with the Gu family? Don't you want the position of the head of the Gu family anymore?"
Gu Hang was still calm: "Look, you didn't seem to listen to what I said before. The mother-son relationship between you and me will not change. I respect you and love you, but there is no other relationship, right? Does the development of Angry Owl Star have anything to do with the Gu family? As for the identity of the patriarch of the Gu family you mentioned later... That's another matter. You never planned to hand over the entire family to me right away. On the contrary, if you want to achieve your plan, I am your only choice to be the patriarch."
"In other words, mother, you begged me to be the clan leader, not me."
Wang Qi gritted her teeth and said, "This was your dream before!"
"But it's not my current dream." Gu Hang opened his arms. "I don't want to talk to you about dreams, because that's too big, like talking nonsense."
Looking at her son who seemed to want to embrace the entire starry sky in his arms, Ms. Wang Qi was certain that her son had changed, completely changed, and was no longer the person she knew in the past.
This was something she had dreamed of happening, but when it actually happened, she felt a sense of loss.
But she quickly suppressed her inexplicable emotions.
This must be a great thing.
After all, she was a person who had experienced ups and downs in the business world for decades, and was able to single-handedly protect the things left by her late husband and prevent them from being snatched away by relatives.
She regained her composure.
"No matter what your dream is, becoming the head of the Gu family will bring you all the benefits without any harm."
"Of course, I totally agree with you, so I didn't object to your plan. In order to ensure that the plan goes well and to ensure your safety, I also sent troops."
"Then you should just be the governor of Angry Owl Star and the head of the Gu family. You can attend some meetings when necessary, and you don't have to worry about other things."
"That's the best." Gu Hang said, "However, as the head of the Gu family, I can stay out of things, but in theory, it is reasonable for me to use some family resources for the development of my planet."
"Didn't you say that Angry Owl Star has nothing to do with the Gu family?"
"Indeed, but the head of the Gu family should have this power. This is what I deserve."
His words had a point.
I'll be the nominal head of the family for you so that you can manage things. Shouldn't you pay me?
Of course Wang Qi could understand it too.
She sighed and stroked her son's handsome face: "All of this will belong to you in the end..."
"Yes, I believe it." No matter what Gu Hang thought in his heart, he always said this, "Some things, you can give them whenever you want, I won't take them. I only take what I deserve, it's not too much."
"Not too much." Wang Qi took back his hand. "Your cousin will lead a caravan again in the future. If you have any trade needs, go to her. After you build the star port, the Gu caravan will list Angry Owl Star as a regular trade route. The Gu caravan will give Angry Owl Star the most favorable trading partner treatment. You have the power of the head of the family, and you can use a personal amount of 5 million tax coins every year. I will not ask where this money is used. However, if this money has a good return on investment, the relevant funding amount can be increased."
Gu Hang's eyes really lit up this time.
Putting aside anything else, the five million tax coins this year is a huge benefit!
This is just the amount of tax Angry Owl Star has to pay in a year!
He is now sure that this is really his biological mother!
My biological mother said, "Come on, have lunch with me. I want to see your territory in the afternoon."
…
The lunch was very sumptuous, with a large amount of precious ingredients and fine wine that were not produced on the Angry Owl Star.
As far as Gu Hang could recall, basically everything was what his predecessor loved to eat.
During dinner, the mother and son chatted some more.
It wasn't just small talk; they didn't have that many topics to talk about; it mainly revolved around the family situation.
Gu Hang provided some insights.
After the meal, my mother left the cook and a cabin’s worth of food for him, hoping that he could have something better to eat in the future.
It would take some time for the 30,000 soldiers who had accompanied their mother to board the ship.
While the troops were boarding the ship, Gu Hang took Ms. Wang Qi to visit the factory in Weixing City, and then took Jason Morgan, the provincial head, on a Feng Falcon, and quickly headed to Beiqinggu Province, flying low over large fields.
All this on the Angry Owl Star made Ms. Wang Qi's eyes sparkle with wonder.
If she felt at ease when she saw the orderly Fuxing City, then when she saw the factories in Weixing City which were not large in scale but were steadily producing industrial products and arms; and when she saw the 200 million mu of farmland that had been reclaimed or was about to be reclaimed in Beiqinggu Province, her businessman's awareness alone made her quickly figure out that Angry Star had huge potential.
In addition to the businessman's investment awareness, a more instinctive emotion surged in his heart:
pride!
Although her son had said a lot of nonsense that had nothing to do with her or the Gu family, but... he was her son! She would naturally do so when she saw these achievements.
Her son had changed, for the better.
(End of this chapter)
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