Chapter 11
Jiang Yun went to Olin this time, seemingly only to complete the task of bringing back Colonel Lu's body, but everyone could imagine that Olin would not let him complete the task too smoothly.
He was unable to accurately estimate the time he would return to the capital planet, so he temporarily handed over the overall coordination of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to Deputy Foreign Minister Simpson.
Jiang Yun had only one request for this deputy minister, who had been in his post for a long time without any achievements or mistakes and had gotten to the position based on seniority: Please continue to ensure that you have no achievements or mistakes.
In addition, considering the special circumstances of Jiang Yun and Lu Huai, the Presidential Office made an exception and allowed Jiang Mu, Lu Chao and Jiang Yun to go to Binghuang Star γ together to bring their Alpha father home.
On the day of departure, just like countless other business trips in the past, Jiang Yun woke up from his single bed on time.
He immediately opened the communicator to confirm that there was no urgent business that required his attention;
After washing up, I randomly picked a change of white shirts and black suits from the cloakroom;
Wear a tie, cuffs, and watch, and pack a change of clothes and plenty of suppressants in your suitcase;
Finally, the housekeeper AI was given the order to clean regularly and wait for the owner to return from a business trip.
After doing all this, Jiang Yun pushed open the door of the master bedroom.
In the past, he would go straight downstairs and head to the dock, but today, for some reason, he looked back as if possessed by a ghost.
The master bedroom was quiet. The early morning sunlight cast a cool beam of light on the single bed. On the floor-standing clothes hanger was only his suit jacket.
Apart from him, there was no trace of any other person in the master bedroom.
When he comes back, the master bedroom will still look the same as it does now, and his life will not be any different from now.
It's just that there will be the ashes of a young colonel in the Monterey Cemetery on the outskirts of the capital.
Jiang Yun lowered his eyes and slowly closed the door of the master bedroom.
He carried his suitcase to the first floor, where the twins were already sitting on the sofa waiting for him.
Even Lu Chao, who loves to sleep in, did not stay in bed today.
Seeing their father coming down, the twins stood up at the same time: "Dad..."
Jiang Yun looked at the two people's uneasy faces and said calmly, "Let's go."
Let's go and get him back - the three of us together.
In the past, Jiang Yun would take time out to take his two children out for a trip during every spring break.
The children especially cherish the opportunity to travel with their father. Every time, Lu Chao gets so excited that he keeps chattering along the way, making his brother want to stick his mouth shut with malt sugar.
But this time, the twins just followed their father to the starship dock in silence, and then boarded the starship in silence.
No more questions, no more words.
Ever since they learned that Lu Huai's body had been found, the twins had been trying to act as usual, but Jiang Yun could see their hesitation and caution.
Jiang Yun felt that he needed to take some time to have a good talk with the children.
After settling in, Jiang Yun did not immediately start working. He came to the cabin where the twins lived, and Jiang Mu was the only one in the cabin.
Jiang Mu was absentmindedly reading a book, not turning a page for a long time, until Jiang Yun knocked on the open door and asked, "Where is your brother?"
Jiang Mu quickly closed the book, stood up and said, "Lu Chao went to the training room to exercise. Dad, what can I do for you?"
Jiang Yun sat down in front of his son: "Do you two have something to say to me?"
Jiang Mu was stunned for a moment. Perhaps not wanting to distract his father, he said in a casual tone, "No."
Jiang Yun looked at him and said calmly, "I want to hear the truth."
"I..." Jiang Mu lowered his head, his expression was almost the same as Jiang Yun's youth, "I just feel something is strange."
Jiang Yun listened quietly to his son's thoughts.
Jiang Mu didn't know how to express his feelings to his father. After pondering for a while, he said, "Dad, we should be complete strangers to Colonel Lu, right?"
"Um?"
"I've been wondering what I would say to Colonel Lu if I ever had the chance to meet him. I've been thinking about this question ever since I was old enough to understand." Jiang Mu shook his head, feeling somewhat helpless about his own naiveté. "But Colonel Lu didn't even know us. Until the moment before he died for his country, he never thought he would become the father of Lu Chao and me."
Among the many relics left by Colonel Lu, not a single one was related to him and his brother.
The person he had been imagining for fifteen years, who should have been the closest person to him, had never imagined his existence.
To the late Colonel Lu, it seemed to make no difference whether he and his brother's yearning and love were there or not.
Because he... doesn't know at all.
There was no expectation, let alone any imagination.
The father and son, one standing and the other sitting, neither of them spoke for a while.
Outside the window not far away is the vast universe. The fifteen planets of the alliance surround the capital planet in the center like stars surrounding the moon. The space fuel that falls off from time to time casts a bright light on the young boy's green but beautiful face.
Jiang Yun was silent for a long time, then suddenly said, "He should have thought about it."
Jiang Mu was startled: "What?"
"He thought he would become the father of two children." Jiang Yun told Jiang Mu something he had never mentioned before, "Because Colonel Lu and I agreed that we would have two children. Colonel Lu and I also prepared the baby room for you and Lu Chao together."
When he moved from Shallow Water Road, he moved the baby room intact to his current home.
Jiang Mu suddenly opened his eyes wide: "Baby room...?"
Jiang Mu knew that his father had officially joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs not long after he and his brother were born, and they had spent most of their infancy with Aunt Maggie and the elders of the Lu family.
He never imagined that the baby room where he lived throughout his childhood was prepared by two fathers together.
The father he had never met had actually been involved in his and his brother's lives.
The boy's eyes flashed with joy as if he had discovered a new world, but then he realized something seemed wrong: "But when father died, he didn't even know you were pregnant with us, right?"
"Indeed." Jiang Yun hesitated for a moment, then decided to tell the truth: "But because I loved children at the time, Colonel Lu took the time to accompany me to prepare in advance."
"I liked it very much then..." Jiang Mu couldn't help but ask, "Don't you like it now?"
If it weren't for him and his brother, Dad would have remarried long ago. With Dad's conditions, he could have chosen any unmarried Alpha in the league.
After all these years, all these years alone, has Dad ever regretted anything?
"No." Jiang Yun looked at Jiang Mu's facial features, which were 50% similar to his own. His cold eyebrows seemed to be illuminated by a layer of warm light: "I like it more now."
"Dad..." Jiang Mu wanted to cry and laugh at the same time. He had a lot to say, but he didn't know where to start.
In the end, he could only follow his instinct and threw himself into Jiang Yun's arms.
Jiang Yun, who hadn't had physical contact with his son for a long time, was slightly startled and his eyes widened a little.
Then, he slowly raised his hands, closed his eyes, and gently hugged his baby back.
After watching Jiang Mu fall asleep, Jiang Yun came to the training room on the top floor of the spaceship.
The military has a strict schedule, and most people on the spacecraft should be asleep at this time.
Jiang Yun thought he would see his youngest son alone in the training room, feeling depressed, but unexpectedly, as soon as he walked in, he heard the voices of Lu Chao and Morris having a lively conversation.
Jiang Yun: “…”
That's right, how could Lu Chao be like his thoughtful brother? The reason why Lu Chao was so silent the whole way was probably because he felt that his father and brother were not in a good mood, so it was better for him to keep his mouth shut.
Jiang Yun stood in the blind spot of their sight. The adult and the child were chatting enthusiastically and did not notice his arrival at all.
Lu Chao had been raised by Morris since he was a child. Although he didn't accept Morris's idea of becoming his stepfather, as long as he put that aside, he and Morris had a pretty good relationship; at least they could eat and drink together.
Lu Chao happily drank a large gulp of his bedtime drink, unexpectedly making the hot milk taste like ice-cold beer. He took a long breath and said, "Actually, I have a lot of questions about my dad, my other dad."
Morris nodded in understanding. "I understand. You want to ask about your father and his past."
Not only Lu Chao, many Alphas in the military are also curious about this matter.
In other words, everyone who has met Jiang Yun is curious: How did Colonel Lu Huai win over Foreign Minister Jiang back then?
Lu Chao was puzzled: "Huh?"
"You should know that your two fathers met through a blind date," Morris said to himself. "Initially, Lu Huai was very opposed to the blind date arranged by his family. He agreed to meet Jiang Yun only out of basic respect for Omegas. I never expected that Lu Huai would fall completely for Jiang Yun the first time he saw him."
Morris remembered clearly that after their first date, he asked Lu Huai how he felt. Lu Huai only said one sentence to him:
——I feel like I’m finished.
"No way, what's so unexpected about this?" Lu Chao sneered and said as a matter of course: "Anyone who sees my dad will fall in love with him at first sight."
Morris was stunned for a moment, then said self-deprecatingly, "That's right."
Lu Chao shrugged. "But I'm not very interested in this kind of emotional stuff. I'm more curious about what kind of mecha my dad used to like to drive."
Morris: “?”
"I heard that my colonel dad participated in the design of the AS81. Is that true?" Lu Chao asked with increasing excitement. "So my dad is not only great at flying mechas, he can also design and repair them, right? So what does he think of the renowned mecha master Nakame Yuto?"
This child's clueless look was exactly like Lu Huai's before he met Jiang Yun. Morris couldn't help but laugh and said, "Is that all you care about?"
Lu Chao asked back: "What else?"
Jiang Yun did not disturb the two of them and turned to leave the training room.
He felt that Morris must have misunderstood something.
After the first meeting, although Lu Huai met him a second time soon, he did not show any infatuation with him. At most... he had a good impression of him?
Jiang Yun made this judgment because he received flowers from Colonel Lu on their second date.
On the third date, he received a small cake made by Colonel Lu himself.
Colonel Lu's baking skills are far inferior to his driving skills. The cake looked very ugly, but fortunately, it tasted surprisingly good.
He ate it all.
The sensor door opened, Jiang Yun walked into the elevator, and unexpectedly saw his own reflection on the metal wall.
The man in the reflection was wearing a black and white suit and shirt, with no extra colors on his body. His eyes were calm and his expressionless face lacked any vitality or energy.
Even if Morris did not misunderstand, the person who made Lu Huai fall in love at first sight could not be the current Foreign Minister Jiang, but the former... classmate Jiang Yun.
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Colonel Lu: Oh, yes, yes, I’m not obsessed with it. I made the cake because I was bored [heart]
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