Chapter 25 The General's Uncle
The next day while having breakfast, He Qing heard on the news that a diplomatic team was coming to the empire, including people from the Federation.
He Qing glanced at the Federation members. The Federation was the part that humans split off from after entering interstellar space. There were also some other small groups such as space pirates and border rebels.
"Will we cooperate with them?" He Qing asked after taking a bite of lotus seed soup.
"No." Duan Chenhui shook his head, "We are still rivals."
He Qing looked down at the lotus seed soup and asked tentatively, "I wonder when the diplomatic corps will arrive?" He thought about it all night and decided that he could steal his own lotus seeds before the Holy Grail was handed over to Duan Chenhui for safekeeping.
Duan Chenhui looked up at him and seemed to smile: "You seem very interested?"
"This kind of event is rare." He Qing remained calm.
Duan Chenhui lowered his head and took a mouthful of lotus seed soup. After he finished, he replied, "They will reach the border in a month."
He Qing calculated the time: "It will be pretty fast." Then he would find an excuse to go out.
After breakfast, He Qing drove out and turned a corner to a private room in a cafe. He walked in and saw Zhang Yi, Zhang Lin, Shi Lei and Chu Yan arguing fiercely.
Zhang Yi: "Shi Lei, don't listen to him! My fighting style is most suitable for you! They are too strong!"
Zhang Lin: "I know the enemy's weaknesses."
Chu Yan: "Mine is better, it kills in one move."
"..." Shi Lei's face was full of pain, "Can I quit now?"
"Of course not." Zhang Yi patted his shoulder, "Don't worry, you will definitely be promoted with our help."
He Qing walked over and looked at the battle plan: "Fight each once and you'll know which one is more suitable for you."
Shi Lei's eyes lit up: "Yes, I'll try your method a few times."
Zhang Yi patted the seat beside him and asked He Qing to sit down: "You are finally here, let's start quickly, otherwise we will be late!" He was really worried that He Qing could not make it to the challenge!
He Qing sat down and picked up the holographic helmet: "I should be able to be promoted several thousand today."
Shi Lei's helmet almost fell to the ground: "How many thousands?"
He Qing smiled and put on his helmet: "Yes."
Zhang Yi and the others looked at each other, put on their helmets and went to watch. After they logged into the Internet, He Qing made a face for himself, ready to go online anonymously. He also gave Zhang Yi and the others viewing rights in his room.
He Qing walked into his room and looked around. The room was too monotonous with walls on all four sides. He called up the control screen, changed the room into an arena, then made a list and started to challenge the first lucky person.
If he sends three invitations in a row and the challenged person does not accept the challenge, he can challenge again to a higher level.
After a while the challenger accepted the challenge and a man appeared in the room.
He Qing looked over and saw a classmate he didn't recognize: "My name is He Lian, please give me your guidance." This was his pseudonym.
"My name is Lin Song, please come in." The other party was also very direct.
"Excuse me." He Qing smiled and rushed over without any courtesy. The next second, the system voice sounded: [Lin Song is out, He Lian is promoted. ]
Lin Song, who was knocked off the ring by He Qing's punch, covered his abdomen and was stunned. Wait! He didn't know what happened yet! How did he get eliminated? He looked at He Qing's ordinary face. Could he be a powerful freshman? It's not impossible.
Lin Song convinced himself, stood up and said, "I lost, congratulations to classmate He."
"Thank you." He Qing walked over and pulled him up.
Lin Song nodded and disappeared, and He Qing then chose the second lucky person.
Zhang Yi, who was watching the situation in the room, yawned: "It seems that there is nothing to see until He Qing climbs into the top 1,000."
Zhang Lin nodded in agreement. Shi Lei opened his mouth and said, "It's like a master entering a novice village. He beats the noobs without any suspense. But is he really an Omega?"
Shi Lei asked everyone questions.
Zhang Yi was silent for a moment and looked at them: "It should be Omega... Isn't he married to the general?"
The others pondered for a moment, and Shi Lei said tremblingly: "If He Qing can really climb to the first place, won't he evolve into Enigma? Like the general."
"...Shit!" Zhang Yi's eyes widened. So He Qing was actually Enigma pretending to be O to lure Enigma? How could this make sense?
"Don't think about it. Their relationship is none of our business." Chu Yan crossed his arms and ignored it, then turned his head to look at Shi Lei, "He Qing is fine, but you need special training."
"Yes..." Shi Lei glanced at him weakly.
Chu Yan felt disgusted again: "You are not He Qing, don't learn his tricks."
Shi Lei wiped his face and chuckled: "I just think it's quite interesting. Does the General know?"
"Should?" Zhang Yi thought about it and still felt terrified. If the general knew that He Qing was pretending to be weak, it would be very meaningful. He was sure that He Qing was not marked!
Zhang Yi looked back at He Qing's live broadcast room. Soon He Qing defeated several people one after another. He dealt with each person with just one punch. It was really simple and rough. Normally, you wouldn't know that he was such a violent person...
After watching for a while and thinking there was nothing interesting to see, they took Shi Lei to challenge others.
As soon as noon arrived, He Qing logged off the Star Network. Zhang Yi took off his helmet and asked, "Don't want to continue?"
"We'll continue in the afternoon. I'm going back to eat." He Qing packed up and opened the door to go out. "You can continue. Bye."
Zhang Yi wanted to say something, but He Qing closed the door and ran away. Zhang Yi touched his chin. Go back to eat? He was pretending.
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He Qing walked out of the box and suddenly heard a familiar voice when passing the hall. He turned around and saw Duan Chenhui's back. Duan Chenhui was talking to someone. He had seen that person at the wedding banquet. It was Duan Chenhui's uncle Duan Xing.
However, Duan Chenhui called him uncle instead of big uncle, which sounded subtly different.
He Qing secretly glanced at Duan Xing. Duan Xing was about sixty years old and looked a bit like Duan Chenhui. If the general lost his parents when he was young, he should have been raised by this uncle.
"Uncle, what do you want to talk to me about?" Duan Chenhui asked formally, but his tone sounded a little unfamiliar.
Duan Xing took a sip of coffee and said, "New Year is coming soon. I want to ask you on behalf of your grandfather whether you will return to the main house to celebrate the New Year this year."
He Qing was stunned. Yes, the New Year here is the anniversary of mankind’s departure from the Blue Planet, which is also in October.
Duan Chenhui lowered his head to look at his coffee and did not reply immediately. Duan Xing then asked, "He Qing is unwilling?"
"No." Duan Chenhui raised his head, "I haven't told him about this."
Duan Xing frowned. He wanted to say something, but after a moment he slowly put down his coffee and said, "Maybe you can talk to him."
"I'll think about it."
"You said it was inconvenient, so I told them not to bother you."
“It’s really inconvenient.”
Duan Xing didn't say anything else. He slowly finished his coffee and stood up: "Okay, if you come back, let me know in advance."
"Yeah." Duan Chenhui nodded and stood up.
Duan Xing took a few steps and suddenly turned his head to look at He Qing.
"..." He Qing was unfortunately caught red-handed, and he and Duan Xing stared at each other. It was all his fault that he was too engrossed in listening. It turned out that they had been married for so long and no relatives came to visit because Duan Chenhui did not allow it?
Duan Chenhui touched his forehead and walked over: "He Qing, why are you here?"
He Qing smiled and calmly touched the Buddhist beads on his wrist: "I passed by after school." He looked at Duan Xing, "Uncle, I haven't seen you for a long time."
Duan Chenhui raised his eyebrows, and even though he knew that the direction of home was the opposite of here, he still nodded: "That's perfect, let's go back together."
"It's been a long time." Duan Xing looked at them without changing his expression. "Since it's such a coincidence, let's have lunch outside at noon."
He Qing looked at Duan Chenhui, waiting for Duan Chenhui to refuse on his behalf, but Duan Chenhui just looked at him in silence, and he had no idea what he meant.
Duan Xing added: "If you don't say anything, I'll take it as your consent."
They were silent. Duan Xing had already arranged their next itinerary. He Qing knocked the wooden fish in his heart and smiled: "Okay."
"Okay." At this time, Duan Chenhui finally stopped playing dumb.
He Qing sideways glanced at him. He almost suspected that Duan Chenhui did it on purpose. He followed Duan Xing onto the hovercraft. The hovercraft was very large. Duan Xing sat opposite them, like a patriarch examining his daughter-in-law.
He Qing suddenly felt some pressure. After a rough calculation, he found that Duan Xing was half a father-in-law.
Duan Xing said to them, "Foreigners are coming soon, so you all need to be careful."
"I will, uncle, don't worry." Duan Chenhui nodded.
He Qing also nodded, but then Duan Xing asked him, "I wonder if you will return to the main house during the New Year?"
He Qing didn't expect Duan Xing to ask this question again. He turned around and looked at Duan Chenhui, but Duan Chenhui remained silent again. He didn't know what this meant. Did he want him to make the decision?
Duan Xing smiled slightly and said, "I hope you can come back to celebrate the New Year."
Since Duan Chenhui didn't say anything, He Qing had to go on by himself: "If you have time, I'm quite busy lately." He was really busy, busy challenging his classmates.
Duan Xing didn't seem to mind his "nonsense" and nodded tolerantly, saying, "It's okay, it will be the same next year."
He Qing smiled and said nothing more. Duan Chenhui's foot should be healed next year.
Duan Chenhui finally spoke: "We'll talk about it when the time comes."
At this time, they arrived at the restaurant. He Qing got out of the car tiredly. His father-in-law was not easy to deal with. He looked up and found that it was a revolving restaurant. He had never been here before.
"This restaurant is good." But Duan Xing did not come down. He smiled and said, "I just happened to have something to do. I have already reserved a table. You guys go and eat. Bye."
"Bang" the car door was closed and the hover car ran away.
"..." He Qing turned and looked at Duan Chenhui, General, your uncle is so weird.
Duan Chenhui rubbed his forehead and said, "Then let's go eat by ourselves."
"We really can't waste it." Hearing that the things here are very expensive, He Qing silently recited the Heart Sutra and followed Duan Chenhui up.
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