Tang Xiao has the temperament of an old-school aristocrat in the empire. His polite attitude is mixed with arrogance. His facial features are about 60% similar to Bai Li, but his eyebrows and eyes are less frivolous than Bai Li's. Tang Xiao

's face was a little unhappy after being scolded by Bai Li at the beginning. He coughed dryly: "I didn't expect to see Mr. Bai here in the legion. How is Mr. Bai's health recently?"

Lu Zhao frowned.

The relationship between Bai Li and the Tang family is not a particularly secretive thing. At that time, Mr. Bai was not optimistic about the Tang family and was always dissatisfied with his daughter marrying Tang Xiao. He always felt that Tang Xiao's motives for pursuing Miss Bai were not pure. But Miss Bai loved Tang Xiao so much at that time that she cried and made a fuss for a long time before Mr. Bai let go.

But he still didn't think it would be a good thing. Old Master Bai was a stubborn old man with tough means all his life. His daughter was married off, but the Tang family wanted to get benefits from the Bai family, so they had to agree to Old Master Bai's request and let him take Miss Bai and Tang Xiao's first child away.

This was like a slap in the face, which made the Tang family unable to recover for several years, and also left clear five finger marks on their faces.

Tang Xiao lived a very depressed life in those years, until Miss Bai gave birth to the second alpha child, he was proud and held a big banquet. However, at the banquet, in front of Old Master Bai and Bai Li, he announced that the newborn child with the surname Tang was his only son.

From that day on, Bai Li completely became the eldest son of the Bai family, the kind who jumped out of the cracks of the stone.

Lu Zhao also knew a little about these old things. The outside world also knew that the relationship between the Tang and Bai families was very delicate. After the death of Mr. Bai, only Bai Li was left, and he had no contact with the Tang family. Even when Bai Li was injured and hospitalized, there was no news that the Tang family went to visit him.

Maybe because of this, when Tang Xiao asked about Bai Li's health, Lu Zhao actually felt a little unhappy.

Young Master Bai was calm and composed. He walked slowly to Lu Zhao's side and said, "I'm fine. I'm here to send our major general to work early in the morning." He glanced at Tang Xiao and said, "I'm here to send my partner to work. Who are you here to send to the legion, Mr. Tang?"

Before Tang Xiao could say anything, Bai Li said, "Oh, look at my brain. I almost forgot that there's no one to send to your family."

Isn't it true? Although Tang Xiao is an alpha, his body is not strong enough. Let alone the First Legion, he can't even touch the gate of a non-first-tier legion.

Bai Li's half-brother, the male protagonist of the original novel, is physically OK, but his mental strength has never been very good. Before he opened the golden finger, he was barely qualified to join the garrison on some affiliated stars, but the Tang family was not happy with this only child going to those small places, so they tried their best to find someone to send the male protagonist to the First Legion. Unexpectedly, before they could establish connections, the male protagonist was attacked by interstellar pirates during a cruise mission, and was shot down while escaping, and his whereabouts are unknown.

Well, there is no need to find connections, just find someone first.

It took more than two years to find one.

So who in the Tang family wants to work in the First Legion.

Tang Xiao mentioned Bai Li's physical condition and poked Bai Li's heart, and Bai Li mentioned that no one in the Tang family was qualified to join the front-line troops and poked Tang Xiao's lungs, and he was not willing to suffer any loss.

Lu Zhao remembered Bai Li's words, "If you hit me, I will beat you until you spit blood. This is the fine tradition of our army."

Looking at Tang Xiao's expression, it was obvious that the old-fashioned noble had never done anything to a playboy. His face was as black as the bottom of a pot with anger, and he couldn't help but spit out a sentence: "Are you talking human language? That's your brother..." He stopped halfway, probably because he felt that it was useless to tell Bai Li all this, so he calmed down and continued, "I came to the army for some private matters. I heard that Major General Lu Zhao was on vacation some time ago. I happened to meet him today. Can you lend me some time to chat?"

Lu Zhao hadn't seen Tang Xiao since he discussed the cancellation of the engagement at the Tang family. When he heard Tang Xiao say this, he opened his mouth and was about to say something when he heard Bai Li's voice.

"No, I won't lend it to you." Bai Li said lazily, "He needs to train, please give way to him so that he doesn't have to go around him. It will take some time for you to go around him because you take up a lot of space."

Tang Xiao has gained weight in his middle age, but it's not very obvious. However, he pays special attention to his image and hates to be told that he is fat in his middle age. It took him several seconds to understand what Bai Li was saying. His lips almost trembled with anger: "Mr. Bai, can you make the decision for Major General Lu Zhao?"

"Fuck..." Bai Li said halfway and glanced at Lu Zhao.

Bai Li still remembered that Lu Zhao was standing here. Bai Li didn't want Lu Zhao to think that he was using him as an excuse to make trouble.

Lu Zhao looked at Bai Li and curled his lips imperceptibly.

Bai Li immediately raised his head and said to Tang Xiao, "Of course I can!"

He was so confident that he almost made Tang Xiao faint. The old-school nobleman calmed his expression and restrained himself from arguing with Bai Li. He turned around and talked to Lu Zhao attentively: "Mr. Major General, I do have something to discuss with you. What do you think?"

"Contact the Corps in advance." Lu Zhao's expression was very calm, and his tone was light, "Let me go." I didn't think about it before, but when Bai Li mentioned it, I was too lazy to avoid it.

Tang Xiao thought he knew Lu Zhao well.

This major general lived with his father, who was not in good health, on a satellite planet since he was young. Two years after he entered the Imperial Citizens School, his father, who was always in poor spirits, died. From then on, Lu Zhao was no longer connected to the world of pleasure. He studied at the Citizens School until he was old enough and then went directly into the military.

For a long time after his father's death, the only person Lu Zhao had any connection with in the Empire was the Tang family, with whom he had an engagement.

Maybe because of this, Tang Xiao always felt that Lu Zhao was quite respectful to him, and he was quite satisfied with Lu Zhao. If Lu Zhao hadn't been injured on the battlefield later... Tang Xiao didn't think about it any further, and was upset by Lu Zhao's attitude: "So, when do you have time, Major General?"

"Mr. Tang, if you are too free, I suggest you go to the gym more," Bai Li interrupted again, turned to Lu Zhao and smiled, "Darling, how about you take a detour? You go to the legion first."

Lu Zhao: "..."

How can he come up with new words? !

Major General Lu didn't know that Master Bai had been wandering around in the social circles of the aristocracy in his early years, and he could tell all kinds of nonsense.

Tang Xiao's face completely sank: "Mr. Bai, I personally think that you shouldn't dictate to Major General Lu Zhao's behavior. Whether he goes to the corps or talks to me, it should be up to him to decide."

"Look at what you said, I'm not dictating at all, I'm just flirting," Bai Li crossed his arms, raised his head slightly, and looked particularly arrogant, "The Major General likes whatever I say, who made us legal partners?" Bai Li's eyes swept across Tang Xiao's face, with undisguised sarcasm in his tone, "Who do you think you are?"

Not sure if it was a mistake, Lu Zhao felt that Bai Li's attitude in front of Tang Xiao seemed particularly sharp.

Contempt and disgust.

This was the first time that Lu Zhao saw such obvious negative emotions in Bai Li.

Tang Xiao was so embarrassed that he looked at Bai Li with a spark in his eyes. After a few seconds, he chuckled and raised his chin slightly: "My relationship with the major general may be much more familiar than Mr. Bai thinks."

Almost at the same time as the words fell, Lu Zhao's eyes changed abruptly, and he looked at Tang Xiao with half-squinted eyes.

Not many people knew about his engagement with Tang. From what Tang Xiao said before, Bai Li should not know about this.

In fact, Lu Zhao didn't care about this engagement that was made since childhood, and he didn't care whether outsiders knew about it, but Bai Li couldn't.

It's not that Bai Li couldn't know, but Lu Zhao didn't want Bai Li to know from other people.

The atmosphere became a little subtle because of Tang Xiao's words.

"Well, since the major general doesn't have time for the time being, I can just chat with Mr. Bai." Tang Xiao's expression was no longer aggrieved and embarrassed, but natural, and he even smiled at Bai Li, "We haven't seen each other for a long time, and we haven't had a chance to chat. Why don't we find a place to sit down?"

In the original novel, Bai Li didn't know that Lu Zhao and the male protagonist were still engaged until the male protagonist came to his house. This matter almost broke Bai Li's already fragile nerves in the original novel. He has always been sensitive and suspicious. After enduring the male protagonist's questioning and scolding, he believed that Lu Zhao and the male protagonist had added a green light to his head. In order to vent his anger, he used pheromones to suppress Lu Zhao and force him to have a relationship. This plot made Bai Li, who was a reader at the time, feel sick.

But it's different now. Bai Li knew about the engagement from the beginning. He didn't want to ask Lu Zhao about this matter. It wouldn't make a difference whether he asked or not. If Lu Zhao didn't mention it, Bai Li would pretend not to understand.

Maybe it was because he had been living a good life for a long time recently, and Bai Li was a little too relaxed. He subconsciously felt that Lu Zhao would tell him about this sooner or later, and then they could talk about it calmly and just let it go.

Tang Xiao's words were quite implicit. Bai Li smiled coldly and was about to say a few words to tease him when he heard Lu Zhao's voice.

"Mr. Tang," Lu Zhao's voice was flat, and he took a step forward to leave but then stopped again, "What's the matter?"

Bai Li found it a little unbelievable.

He didn't believe that Lu Zhao didn't understand what Tang Xiao meant. It was nothing more than bringing up the engagement again, trying to use it to build friendship, but Lu Zhao didn't intend to pay attention to Tang Xiao at first, but when Tang Xiao changed the subject and asked Bai Li to talk about it, Lu Zhao hesitated. Lu

Zhao didn't want him to know about this.

Bai Li always thought that when Lu Zhao was relaxed enough and trusted him enough, she would sooner or later mention the engagement with the male protagonist. At this moment, Bai Li suddenly realized that this might be his wishful thinking.

Just like Bai Li always leaves himself a little room to maneuver, Lu Zhao also always has things he won't say.

Bai Li feels that there are some things that you think you are getting closer and closer, but in fact you have been standing still.

"It doesn't matter. Since Major General Lu is very busy, let's go ahead and chat with Mr. Bai about the past." A smile appeared on Tang Xiao's face, and this face that originally resembled Bai Li 60% no longer resembled him at all. "I won't waste Major General's time. You go ahead and get busy."

As he said that, he actually turned aside to make way. Lu Zhao stood where he was, and a hint of coldness quickly climbed up his eyes.

Bai Li said: "Xianhua, you should go into the legion first."

Lu Zhao turned his head to look at him.

Bai Li was still smiling, but his eyelids were half closed, and

he didn't look Lu Zhao in the eye: "It's okay, I don't have much free time, I have to go to the research institute, at most I can just chat for a few words." Lu Zhao didn't listen carefully to the second half of the sentence. He looked at Bai Li and felt that he had never seen Bai Li with such an expression before. Lu Zhao opened his mouth: "I..."

"You go and do your work, Lu Zhao." Bai Li stood up straight, glanced at Lu Zhao, smiled and patted Lu Zhao's arm, "Do you still trust me?"

What does this have to do with trust or not? Lu Zhao didn't understand.

The force of the pat on the arm was very light, and Lu Zhao felt a little uncomfortable for no reason. He almost felt that Bai Li actually knew something, and felt that Bai Li seemed very disappointed.

After a while, Lu Zhao said "hmm", but did not leave. He hesitated and wanted to say something, but did not know how to start.

What if Tang Xiao told Bai Li not to take it to heart?

Tang Xiao hadn't said anything yet, but he was rushing to explain.

Bai Li reached out and pinched the back of Lu Zhao's hand: "Let's go, come back and talk."

This somewhat intimate gesture made Lu Zhao's frown ease a little. He nodded, glanced at Tang Xiao, and walked straight to the gate of the First Legion without saying hello.

That glance was too cold and harsh. Even though Tang Xiao was proud of his age and broad knowledge, he felt a chill in his heart.

He realized that Lu Zhao was still Lu Zhao, but he had no connection with his Tang family. The connection that was established by the engagement was completely severed.

Watching Lu Zhao walk all the way into the gate of the military corps, the passing officers were angry with him. Tang Xiao once again felt extremely sorry for the family losing such a helper.

But it's a pity, some connections can't be severed just like that.

Tang Xiao looked at Bai Li: "Mr. Bai, there is a small restaurant nearby that I personally like very much. Why don't we go there to talk?"

Bai Li's eyes followed Lu Zhao, and when his back disappeared from his sight, he slowly retracted his eyes and looked at Tang Xiao. With a smile on his face, but the smile didn't reach his eyes: "Then let's go, Mr. Tang."

There were not many people in the small restaurant at this time, and it was quiet.

Tang Xiao was going to sit in the box, but when Bai Li walked in, he just found a seat by the window and sat down, stretched out his arms and leaned on the backrest, and had no intention of standing up.

Some people are born to be so arrogant, no matter what you say to them, it won't work.

Mr. Tang's brows were knitted together, and finally he sat down opposite Bai Li. He straightened his clothes before sitting down, and adjusted his cuffs and collar again after sitting down. After completing a series of actions, he put on an aristocratic smile and cleared his throat: "Mr. Bai, here-"

Bai Li made a "stop" gesture, picked up his personal terminal and checked the time: "Tang Xiao, we don't know each other, just say it."

This sentence completely froze the smile on Tang Xiao's face.

Yes, why are you wasting your time with Mr. Bai? If he was a good person to get along with, he would have lowered his head a few years ago. Why would he have to stick his neck out like he does now?

The smile on Tang Xiao's face faded a little, and he finally said, "Kaiyuan contacted us half a month ago."

Bai Li paused while flipping through the personal terminal, a little surprised.

The "Kaiyuan" in Tang Xiao's mouth is none other than Tang Kaiyuan, the hero in the original novel. What surprised Bai Li was that in the original novel, Tang Kaiyuan had to wait until at least after the Tang family dinner before contacting the Tang family on the main planet. How come there is news now?

Seeing Bai Li stunned, Tang Xiao's expression became more proud: "Bai Li, your brother is going back to the main planet."

Bai Li moved his other hand on the table and tapped the table with his fingers: "When?" "

Kaiyuan said the end of next month. I originally wanted to surprise him by showing up at the dinner, but he said he has other things to deal with now, so he has to wait."

Other things to deal with? Bai Li couldn't help but laugh. He had to deal with his lover who had sex with him overnight on the satellite planet, right?

Bai Li remembered this incident in the original novel very clearly. If it weren't for the help of this little lover, Tang Kaiyuan might not have been able to escape from the undeveloped deserted planet. The little lover loved Tang Kaiyuan so much that she didn't want to be separated from him for a moment, but Tang Kaiyuan was still thinking about the young master of the noble family with whom he had an ambiguous relationship before leaving the main planet, so he had to spend time coaxing the little lover to calm down.

Bai Li laughed, but his heart seemed to sink into the deep sea.

The sea water drowned the puppy, and even its cry could not be heard.

The dream he had that night when the rainy season arrived in the empire suddenly became clear.

In the dream, there was only heavy rain, him, and the dog. Someone stayed for a short time and would leave when the time was up.

Tang Xiao didn't hear Bai Li's answer, and continued to talk to himself: "I discussed it with your mother, and I think that since you have military merits after returning from Kaiyuan this time, you can take the opportunity to work hard and be sent to the First Army. Don't you have a lot of acquaintances in the First Army? And Lu Zhao, I think you two have a good relationship, you can talk to him-"

"Tang Xiao," Bai Li raised his hand and interrupted the old nobleman, "I really gave you face, didn't I?"

The voice was very soft and calm.

But the pheromone that came down made the waiter who was walking over with two glasses of drinks not far away tremble, and the tray fell to the ground, and the cups on it were smashed to pieces.

Tang Xiao himself is also an alpha, but he seemed to be nailed to his seat and unable to get up. He gritted his teeth and said angrily: "Bai Li, don't go too far!"

Bai Li smiled: "Didn't I tell you? My name is written as 'Bai Li' and pronounced as 'Guowei'."

He leaned forward, looked at Tang Xiao, bent his fingers and tapped the table: "You are old too, you should be careful about what you say, do you still need me to teach you?"

The pheromone pressure made people breathless. Tang Xiao's mental strength was not very good to begin with, and now he had a splitting headache. He compromised after a short while: "My partner and I discussed it, and I would like to ask you and Major General Lu Zhao to help my son."

Bai Li said "hmm", and Tang Xiao felt the pressure was removed.

Before he could breathe a sigh of relief, he heard Bai Li say, "That's a nice thought."

Tang Xiao was almost sick with anger.

It was this attitude, exactly the same attitude as Old Master Bai!

Tang Xiao looked at Bai Li's half-smiley face, and remembered how Old Master Bai had scolded him for his incompetence several times when he was alive... The old man taught him really well, and he copied Bai Li in his own image.

From the moment Bai Li landed, Tang Xiao knew that this kid was just not worthy of him!

If it were normal times, Tang Xiao would have left long ago. But now it's not possible. The Tang family has shown a decline since Tang Xiao's father passed away, and they basically have no connections in the military. If they want to send Tang Kaiyuan to the First Army Corps, the fastest way is Bai Li and Lu Zhao. Tang Xiao felt that he was really enduring humiliation.

"Bai Li, don't have that attitude. I'm just talking to you today. It's okay if you don't want to help," Tang Xiao curled his lips, "I'll contact Major General Lu later. He has a wide network of contacts in the military. I believe he will say a few words for Kaiyuan."

"What do you think?" Bai Li thought Tang Xiao's brain was very strange, and asked sincerely with his head tilted, "Do you think my partner will help that grandson? Who is he?"

Tang Xiao was touched by Bai Li's contemptuous look, and the face of Mr. Bai almost immediately occupied his mind. The old noble's behavior could not suppress his anger for a while, and he subconsciously raised his voice and said hatefully: "I know you are the same as your old man, and you have never looked down on our Tang family! I tell you, if I say Lu Zhao will help him, he will help! If he hadn't agreed... he would have married Kaiyuan long ago, and it would be your turn, a cripple?!"

Then there was a slight "click" sound, and Bai Li's personal terminal was gently placed on the table.

Tang Xiao realized that he had said something wrong after venting his anger, and when he looked up at Bai Li's face, he couldn't help but feel cold all over.

He didn't understand this son whom he had never raised for a day, so he had never seen such a frightening look.

Bai Li tapped the table with his fingers, his movements were very light and gentle: "What did he not agree to? Tell me."

"..." No one dared to offer water to Bai Li at this moment. Tang Xiao felt his throat was a little dry and could only swallow his saliva. He remembered the glance that Lu Zhaolin gave him before he left, "Nothing, I remembered it wrong. Major General Lu knew Kaiyuan when he was young, and they had some friendship."

"I told you about it the last time I saw the wound on your partner's face," Bai Li leaned forward and moved closer. From an outsider's perspective, there was a hint of intimacy in his movements, and there was even a hint of smile in his voice, "Don't fucking lie to me, okay?"

In fact, Tang Xiao couldn't remember clearly what Bai Li said.

At that time, Old Master Bai was still alive. Bai Li was young but arrogant and domineering. He punched Tang Xiao in the face in public. He wanted to fight back, but Bai Li, who was so angry that his pheromones went out of control, pinned him to the ground and beat him so hard that he couldn't get up.

He couldn't remember what happened afterwards, but he just remembered that he felt dizzy and his nose was bleeding. Old Master Bai was responsible for suppressing this matter, and the news didn't leak out at all. Bai Li didn't receive any punishment except being beaten by Old Master Bai.

No matter what, it's an extremely shameful thing for a son to beat his father. The Bai family apologized, and the Tang family took advantage of the situation. Both sides pulled up a fig leaf and let the matter go. Afterwards, Bai Li was beaten, but soon he was alive and kicking again. Only Tang Xiao stayed in bed for half a month, too embarrassed to go out to see people.

Since then, Tang Xiao was too lazy to even put in superficial efforts for this son who had no feelings for him except for the blood relationship.

He is a bastard, a lunatic.

Whoever makes him unhappy, he will not be satisfied until that person's head is broken and bloody.

Tang Xiao felt a little regretful. He was so happy when Tang Kaiyuan mentioned his mental breakthrough during the communication that he forgot what kind of person Bai Li was... If he had known this, he should not have stopped Lu Zhao when he was about to leave.

Bai Li tapped his finger on the table again.

Just like the punches that landed on Tang Xiao that year.