The lights in the Xiao family's old house were on at this moment. A beautiful middle-aged woman in gorgeous clothes was standing in the living room with her hands on her chest, glaring at a handsome young man fiercely.
"Xiao Chen, you've disturbed the whole family as soon as you came back! Uncle Fu has worked diligently in our family for hundreds of years. Why did you fire Uncle Fu as soon as you came back? Don't think that just because you've become a marshal and have grown wings, you can completely ignore everyone!" Fang Qin's face was ugly, and her eyes were full of hostility. She looked at Xiao Chen with a particularly unfriendly look.
"You're clearly alive, but you've never thought about your family in all this time. You haven't even sent them a single communication. You don't care about others' feelings at all. You've even thrown the entire legion into chaos, destabilizing the military. You've caused your grandfather to worry about you and even travel all the way to a remote mining planet to find you. Don't you feel any guilt at all?"
"You actually dared to issue orders and drive Uncle Fu away as soon as you got home. Do you really think everyone in the world has to indulge you? You are such a heartless person."
"During the time when you had the accident, Fu Bo was busy running around at home, running around inside and outside, and even sent people to inquire about you. He worked so hard, and even if he didn't contribute any credit, he still worked hard. Is this how you repay him?" Fang Qin's voice was particularly sharp, so loud that even people outside the house could hear it.
The servants who passed by the living room door lowered their heads, as if there was a dog chasing them, and fled quickly into the distance, not daring to stay at the living room door for even a second.
Xiao Chen glanced lightly at the other end of the living room. Uncle Fu, who was hunched over, sighing with his head down, looked gloomy and miserable. He withdrew his gaze coldly.
"Yeah?"
Xiao Chen looked at Fang Qin calmly, then slowly withdrew his gaze, but his heart felt a little cold.
Even though he knew his mother's attitude towards him over the years, he couldn't help feeling uncomfortable.
The first words his mother spoke from the moment he entered the house weren't expressions of concern for him. Instead, they were blaming him for being so naive and for not contacting home immediately during his absence. Even now, after so much time had passed, she hadn't said a single word of concern to him.
Xiao Chen lowered his eyelids, and when he raised them again, he had turned back into the original invincible, serious and cold Marshal Xiao.
"Uncle Fu, you don't have to pretend to be aggrieved here. After so many years of getting along, I didn't know your acting skills were so good. It was really unfair for you not to go to the Film and Television Academy to be a teacher and to come to the Xiao family to be a housekeeper." Xiao Chen's sharp eyes were directed at Uncle Fu.
"Just because I don't say something doesn't mean I don't know... Uncle Fu, I know everything about your private dealings with Xiao Nan. So, I don't need to say more about some things, right? Let's part ways amicably, and it will be a fulfillment of your years of caring for my grandfather and father. Otherwise, according to my principles, I'm afraid you would have been sent to the Interstellar Prison."
Uncle Fu, who had been looking down with red eyes and a sad face, turned pale in an instant, staring at Xiao Chen intently. He had never expected that Xiao Chen had such ability to know his every move in the Xiao family, and even knew everything about him and Xiao Nan.
At this moment, Uncle Fu's mind was filled with the appearance of the servants in the Xiao family in the past.
There must be someone among these people who is watching him all the time and informing Xiao Chen!
Uncle Fu's mind was in turmoil and his expression became increasingly ugly.
"Uncle Fu...you...!" Fang Qin turned to look at Uncle Fu, her eyes wide open, speechless.
She never expected that Uncle Fu, who had worked diligently and taken care of her husband all his life, would betray her one day, and that man was from a branch of the Xiao family.
Even though Fang Qin particularly hated Xiao Chen, her son who was born with a curse, because of her husband's death, she would not be sad even if her son died on the battlefield. But this did not mean that Fang Qin was willing to see others conspire to murder Xiao Chen.
Who doesn't like the life of a top lady? Even Fang Qin is no exception.
Xiao Chen looked at Fang Qin coldly
After seeing this, Uncle Fu and the other man turned around and left the living room. There were more important things waiting for him to deal with at the military department. He had no time due to classes, so he stayed at the Xiao family for this little matter.
"Send someone down to inform them to prepare the spacecraft and manpower. I will return to the northern military base after two days of rest." Xiao Chen came out of the living room and gave instructions directly to his subordinates who had been staying in the Xiao family's old house.
"Yes! I'll prepare it right away!" Seeing that the marshal had returned, healthy and intact.
The soldier's face flushed with excitement. He immediately saluted Xiao Chen and responded excitedly.
This night, some are happy and some are sad.
But the entire empire was boiling with excitement over Xiao Chen's safe return, just like a calm pot of hot oil suddenly being dropped with cold water!
…
Having gone to bed early last night, Ye Wenya got out of bed early the next morning at around five o'clock, ready to run two laps around the school playground.
As an imperial military academy, even students in the pharmacy department have physical training courses, and are even required to meet certain standards in each assessment.
only--
Ye Wenya, who had just woken up from a good sleep and was stretching contentedly, immediately discovered something was wrong!
Where's the cat?!
Her cat is missing!
Such a big, soft, furry, black, warm cat that would meow at her and act coquettishly is gone!
Ye Wenya was so anxious that her face turned ugly.
He looked around carefully and knew without a doubt that Xiao Hei must have jumped out of the window last night.
But it was obvious that for such a long time, she would open the windows every night when she slept, and even during the day, to let Xiao Hei get some fresh air, she rarely closed the windows. Xiao Hei always stayed at home quietly, and never ran out early in the morning for no reason or without saying a word.
So what's going on?
Other cats love to run and play, so it’s not surprising that they run away to play after the window is opened.
But Xiao Hei is so smart. He brought her an umbrella when it rained and knocked on the table at night to remind her to go to bed. How could he disappear?
"Don't worry, we'll go and ask for you! Xiao Hei is usually so obedient, he definitely won't wander around randomly. Maybe he just went out to play out of curiosity, and he'll come back after we finish class." Seeing Ye Wenya's anxious face, Huo Xinyue also helped to find a solution.
Huo Xinyue knew how much her roommate loved the pet.
She had seen her roommate feed the precious potion to the cat several times.
Even though they were all students in the pharmacy department and could refine a variety of potions, the cost of the materials required to refine the potions was still a huge expense. Even the lowest-grade F-level potion was enough to buy several of those ubiquitous cats.
"Thank you!" Ye Wenya frowned slightly and recalled carefully which places in the school Xiao Hei liked to go to.
However, after thinking about it, Ye Wenya still couldn't figure it out. Xiao Hei usually liked to stay on the windowsill of the dormitory, and would look down for no reason. Occasionally, he would open the door by himself and go out of the dormitory. The rest of the time, he would often stay by her side to accompany her.
The school is so big. If Xiao Hei really left by himself, it would not be easy to find him back. I just hope Xiao Hei can come back by himself at night.
Unfortunately...
Two days in a row.
Ye Wenya didn't see Xiao Hei again, and even the cat food and water she had specially placed in the cat bowl remained untouched for two whole days.
The message of "using coins to find a pet cat" appeared in the school forum.
Ye Wenya posted Xiao Hei's photo on the school forum, causing a sensation among alumni who often hang out in the forum.
But before this news could cause a sensation for long, even more exciting news broke out throughout the school.
Marshal Xiao, who was attacked by Zerg and whose whereabouts were unknown, returned safely!
On television and online, the news of Marshal Xiao Chen's return was everywhere in the city, livening up the atmosphere that had been somewhat subdued for some time. Many stores even advertised discounts on items due to the Marshal's safe return, dazzling the crowds.
Ye Wenya stood on the street of virtual online stores, and all she heard was the news about Marshal Xiao's return. Ye Wenya was stunned and subconsciously remembered the dream she had at night half a month ago.
She shook her head and cleared out all the yellow garbage in her mind. Thinking of Xiao Hei's affairs, Ye Wenya sighed. She was no longer interested in paying attention to the grocery store's affairs, so she frowned and logged off.
Instead of spending time paying attention to others, you might as well go find a cat!
It’s a pity about the bounty of that planet. It seems that no one can get it.
…
The old house of the Xiao family.
"You are really lucky. Surrounded by so many Zergs, everyone thought you were dead. I didn't expect you to be able to come back alive from the border of the empire. You are such a lucky kid." Xiao Nan, who was tall and thin and wearing simple casual clothes, was looking at Xiao Chen with a smile at this moment, and walked forward to give Xiao Chen a hug.
Xiao Chen stretched out a hand, his white, slender fingers with distinct joints. He directly blocked Xiao Nan across from him with his palm, his eyes expressionless as he said, "Sorry, I'm a germaphobe. I don't like to have too much contact with people I've only met once."
"Only a brief acquaintance?" Xiao Nan chuckled and took two steps back. "I didn't expect that this was the image I had in your mind."
Xiao Nan slowly withdrew his hand and shrugged nonchalantly. There was no embarrassment on his face at all. Instead, he continued to look at Xiao Chen with a smile, as if nothing had happened.
Even though he knew that Xiao Chen already knew about the deal he had made with Uncle Fu, he was not afraid.
In the entire Xiao family, except for the two old guys among the recruited pharmacists who were more powerful than him, the rest were all vulnerable, and he was even unwilling to look at them.
As an orc with strong mental power, Xiao Nan is full of confidence.
"Marshal, the spaceship is ready at the port. Shall we go there now?" A soldier in military uniform stepped forward and asked respectfully beside Xiao Chen.
"Let's go. Military affairs cannot be delayed." Xiao Chen walked out directly without any intention of paying any attention to Xiao Nan beside him.
He has been dealing with the media and the military these past two days, and even the royal family has sent people to inquire about it. If the military's affairs were not important and His Majesty happened to be ill these days, I'm afraid he would have to go to the palace.
A low-key black flying car stopped at the door of the Xiao family's old house, and Xiao Chen and a group of people got into the flying car directly.
Above the Xiao family's old house, a number of low-key black flying cars quickly leaped up, streaked across the sky, and disappeared directly from Xiao Nan's sight.
Xiao Nan looked up at the track left by the flying car in the sky and chuckled coldly.
A tiny, transparent insect poked half of its head out of Xiao Nan's ear, looked at the sky, and then quickly retracted into the man's ear.
Xiao Nan stood there as if he didn't notice anything, and turned around and went back to the Xiao family's old house.
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