Chapter 24 How could it be her!
He leaned forward slightly, leaning close to his son's ear, and added clearly, word by word, in a whisper tinged with laughter that only the two of them could hear:
"Then watch carefully, Jinyan."
Gu Jinyan held An Zhi's arm and tightened it again.
He met his father's all-seeing gaze with an indulgent smile, his calm face showing no change in expression.
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The air pressure in the rest area passage of the "Light Chaser" seems to be even lower than outside.
Gu Changfeng leaned lazily against the smooth and cool alloy door frame of the passage, one of his long legs bent casually, while the fingers of his other hand slid quickly across the suspended light screen, dealing with a mountain of temporary official business.
There was no special expression on his face, only the usual gentle smile at the corner of his lips that seemed to never fade. At this moment, he looked particularly leisurely and a little bored.
From time to time, his eyes would rise from the densely packed reports, pass through the open hatch, and fall on the busy figure inside.
Gu Jinyan was with his back to the door, busy in the empty rest cabin that had been temporarily requisitioned.
The figure looked a little clumsy.
He first folded the quilt into a standard textbook-style tofu block for military cadets, and then realized belatedly that the order was wrong.
Gu Jinyan could only take apart the quilt again, shake it out, and spread it out.
Then, he stared at the set of sheets and pillowcases in just black, white and grey, his brows knitted into knots, as if he was pondering a cosmic problem.
He doesn't have any other colors...
In the end, Gu Jinyan gave up the idea of replacing the pillow and simply fluffed it up a bit. He dug out a brand new mint green blanket from the depths of a cabinet and carefully spread it across the center of the bed, trying to create a little softness.
Throughout the whole process, Gu Jinyan's movements were unusually flustered, which made Gu Changfeng marvel at him.
On the Waterloo of a straight-A student's room layout.
In just a few minutes, Gu Changfeng had already made no less than a dozen comments, such as: Whoever hires a part-time worker who does such a job should be packed up and thrown out with the bed. Aren't you defusing a bomb? You have to fold the quilt in the order of one, two, three, four...
Gu Jinyan turned a deaf ear and continued to diligently study his art of bed-making.
What made Gu Changfeng's smile deepen was that Gu Jinyan always blocked the door intentionally or unintentionally, forming an invisible barrier -
To prevent his father from getting in.
Gu Changfeng shrugged and crossed out another alarm report about the increased Zerg activity on the light screen with his fingertips.
Well, my son has grown up and he doesn’t even let his dad into his room.
He continued to handle official business, one after another, with amazing efficiency.
After Gu Changfeng finished processing about twenty emergency reports, Gu Jinyan finally straightened up and was barely satisfied with his results.
He took one last look around.
Standard simple style, except that the bed looks a little less like a reviewing stand.
Then he closed the hatch decisively, making sure he clearly heard the lock click.
Gu Jinyan turned around, with a slight sweat on his forehead, but his expression had returned to his usual coldness.
He didn't look at his father leaning against the door frame, nor did he plan to rest. He walked straight to the clothes rack next to him, picked up his dark combat jacket and was about to put it on. His movements were quick and decisive, as if he was about to return to the battlefield.
"Um?"
Gu Changfeng finally uttered a single syllable with an obvious question. He stopped sliding his fingers on the light screen and looked at his son with interest.
"Still going out?"
He glanced at Gu Jinyan's slightly tense shoulders, and his tone was as relaxed as if he was asking about the weather today, "You've been busy for so long, don't you want to take a break? Have you settled the little guest inside?" He asked with a teasing smile.
Gu Jinyan put on his coat and zipped it up to the top with a "swish", covering his collar.
He continued walking towards the exit of the connecting passage without stopping, and answered without turning his head, his voice steady and calm:
"Yes. I'll continue looking for the one with royal blood."
Gu Changfeng didn't say anything behind him.
Gu Jinyan continued to explain, as if stating a self-evident fact:
"It just happened suddenly. The little girl is in danger in the stray bullet area, so I brought her back first."
He walked to the entrance, swiped open the authorization door, then turned halfway to the side, looked at his father calmly, and added, as if it was natural to fill in the gap:
"You were busy with official duties and organizing discipline, and you were too busy to handle everything. The mission cannot be interrupted. I will complete it."
His implication was crystal clear:
Since his father was in charge of macro-management, his son naturally had to take over and finish the interrupted work.
The logic is rigorous and the responsibilities are clear.
The passage was silent for a moment, the only sound being the low hum of the ship's engines.
Gu Jinyan waited for his father to nod or give him some instructions.
However, the next second——
He clearly heard a gasp from behind him that was suppressed but still leaked out.
That voice was so familiar. It was the unique precursor when Gu Changfeng was trying not to hide his laughter.
Gu Jinyan turned around in confusion.
I saw that Gu Changfeng had stood up straight, no longer leaning lazily.
He held his forehead with one hand, his shoulders hunched slightly, and the other hand was still holding the screen, but he obviously didn't care about it at this time.
He raised his head, and his usually gentle and calm face now had an extremely strange expression, as if he had touched a hand of dust on the green basket in his office that had not been watered for half a month and decisively blamed him, asking how he could not care about the health of his father's plants.
“Puff…cough cough!”
Gu Changfeng finally couldn't hold it back, and a short laugh burst out, which he then forced to cover up with a cough.
Gu Jinyan frowned, looking at his father's abnormal behavior. He was about to explain the importance of this mission and why he was not absent from his post...
At this moment, Gu Changfeng finally caught his breath.
He put down his hand that was supporting his forehead, and the strange expression on his face faded a little, but the smile in his eyes became more intense, almost overflowing.
Gu Changfeng cleared his throat and looked at his son, who had a serious face and was obviously still not reacting. His voice was filled with a smile that could no longer be concealed and a clear understanding of everything. He said slowly and word by word:
"No need to go, Jinyan."
He paused, admiring the rare look of pure confusion on his son's face.
Then, in the gentlest tone, he threw out the results:
"You've found it, haven't you?"
He raised his hand and pointed at Gu Jinyan, then nodded towards the tightly closed hatch that Gu Jinyan had just guarded.
The air seemed to freeze.
Gu Jinyan's body, which was about to return to the battlefield, suddenly froze in place.
His always calm eyes revealed an emotion called "astonishment" for the first time. His pupils dilated slightly and he stared at the smile on his father's face that was genuine and absolutely certain, ignoring the teasing and amusement.
Found it?
The one he brought back...
The little girl who was shaking and crying in the ruins, alone and falling asleep in his arms?
It's actually royal blood? !
No……
Such rumors...
How could it be her!
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