Chapter 54
Albert had never seen such a young parent before. If it weren't for that well-known name, he would have thought the young man in front of him was Lu Chao's brother.
Seventeen years ago, Albert was just a low-level administrator at Simon School.
When the news reported Lu Huai's death, he, like most citizens, felt awe and sighed for the young and handsome Alpha.
And now, this Alpha was holding his hand.
Time has not left any trace on his face. Colonel Lu still looks exactly the same as in the military uniform photo used for news publicity many years ago.
Albert was filled with emotion: "Colonel Lu, you're back..."
Lu Huai let go of his hand and got straight to the point: "The person involved and his guardian are not here?"
Generally speaking, when something happens to a child, parents will rush to the school and will definitely find out what happened first.
With the experience of communicating with Jiang Yun last time, Albert has prepared the holographic image.
Albert didn't expect Colonel Lu to ask about Dennis and his parents right away. He quickly composed himself and said, "Dennis is seriously unwell due to the pheromone suppression from Lu Chao and is currently under observation at the medical center. Dennis's parents, Colonel Donahue and Mrs. Otilia, are on their way to school."
Albert specifically told Lu Huai the names of Dennis's parents as a kind reminder to Lu Huai that the student who had a conflict with the twins also came from a powerful family.
Lu Huai asked, "Who?"
Albert was choked: “President Joe Hurd’s eldest son and his wife.”
Lu Huai raised his eyebrows: "So amazing."
Albert placed his hand on the playback button on the surveillance camera, ready to press it: "Before they arrive, do you want to see the holographic video of the incident?"
Lu Huai said absentmindedly: "Is it necessary?"
Albert was stunned and asked in confusion: "Is it not necessary?"
"You summarized what happened very clearly in your communication," Lu Huai said, "I don't need any additional information."
Albert said "Okay, Colonel Lu", but he couldn't help wondering in his heart: Colonel Lu didn't even ask Dennis whether he released pheromones to Jiang Mu intentionally or accidentally?
Isn’t this important information?
At this time, the AI assistant prompted again: "Dennis's guardian has arrived at the school gate."
Dennis and Lu Chao were both problem students at school. Lu Chao had already been called to a parent's office twice, but this was only the first time Dennis had been called to a parent's office in his three years of high school.
Whatever bad things Dennis did at school, the Donahues could fix it with a communication.
The reason they came in person today was entirely because of the name "Jiang Yun".
"Your son has really become something. He actually dared to provoke Jiang Yun and Lu Huai's son." Tang Naxiu snorted coldly, "Don't you think Jiang Yun is enough of a headache for your father?"
Otilia defended her son and said, "How can you be sure that it was Dennis who provoked others first? I think it was the Jiang family's Omega who suddenly split up, and my son just happened to be there. When the time comes, we will say so. What can Jiang Yun do to us?"
Donahue glanced sideways at Otilia, feeling extremely tired of his wife's stupidity and ignorance: "What are you talking about—that's Jiang Yun."
"I know, Foreign Minister Jiang. I've heard of his methods, and they mostly rely on power to coerce people. I don't see how clever he is. You're an Alpha, why would you be afraid of an Omega like him?" Otilia opened her purse and calmly put on some makeup. "I heard that Jiang Yun's husband will be back soon. Hey, how's that Alpha in your military who pursued Jiang Yun doing now?"
Hearing his wife mention Jiang Yun's husband, Tang Naxiu's face became even gloomier: "Okay, stop talking later. I'll talk to Jiang Yun."
"Perhaps you should be grateful to your son for giving you the opportunity to talk to Jiang Yun." Otilia put away her lipstick and said calmly, "If it weren't for Dennis, Jiang Yun wouldn't even look at you, an Alpha like you who was promoted to colonel at the age of fifty."
Donald Hsu was furious: "You knew it was because my father deliberately slowed down my promotion to avoid suspicion!"
Although the couple quarreled, their years of political marriage gave them a tacit understanding in performing in front of outsiders.
The two walked into the teaching office and were caught off guard by an unexpected figure.
Instinctively awe-struck, Donahue paused: "Colonel Lu...Colonel Lu?"
How could Lu Huai have returned to the capital so quickly? How come the Presidential Palace hadn't heard anything about it?
Has my father completely lost the right to monitor Jiang Yun and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs?
Lu Huai glanced at the epaulettes on Donald's shoulders and nodded slightly: "Sir, Madam."
Donahue was startled for a moment, then straightened his chest.
He almost forgot that his current military rank was higher than Lu Huai's.
He is no longer the senior who could only look up to his junior classmates in the military academy.
The military has a strict hierarchy, and his father is the president of the alliance, so what is there for him to feel inferior about?
"Welcome back, Colonel Lu." Otilia smiled generously and gracefully. Compared to her husband, she was much more relaxed. "You are even younger and more handsome than in the photo. No wonder Foreign Minister Jiang was willing to wait for you for so many years."
Lu Huai said without any prelude or nonsense: "Our request is to send Dennis to the Alpha Control Center."
Otilia was accustomed to the political rigmarole and was clearly unaccustomed to such direct communication. Her smile froze. "...What did you say?"
Donahue said angrily: "What a joke!"
Albert also gasped.
Lu Huai glanced at his communicator and said, "I'm in a hurry, so just tell me whether you agree or not."
Otilia reacted, her demeanor completely different from before, as if a mask of elegance and grace had been torn off: "How could we possibly agree to this!"
The Alpha Control Center is dedicated to housing adult Alphas who pose a threat to society.
It was an extremely cruel "execution ground".
The staff at the control center will use all means to tame the incoming Alphas, conducting all kinds of extremely cruel experiments on them until they can completely control their pheromones.
Dennis has been pampered since childhood, how could he possibly go to that kind of place?
Lu Huai said, "A seventeen-year-old Alpha used pheromones to pressure his undifferentiated classmates, causing them to differentiate prematurely. Apart from the control center, I think only the garbage dump would be more suitable for him."
Lu Huai's calm tone was like a gradually tightening noose, making people feel stuffy in their chests and almost unable to breathe.
Donahue couldn't help but wonder if Lu Huai had released pheromones that caused the space to lose pressure, but he certainly couldn't smell the scent of Alpha's pheromones: "Watch your words, Colonel!"
Lu Huai smiled: "Here we go again, your traditional skill: warning."
Albert said weakly, "But Colonel Lu, the Alpha Control Center only accepts adult Alphas."
Lu Huai looked at Donahue and his wife and said, "This is your job - convince the control center to relax the age limit and accept a seventeen-year-old Alpha as an exception. With your power, it shouldn't be difficult to do it."
"Why are we doing this?" Donahue suppressed the discomfort brought on by the pressure and said sternly, "The situation is still unclear. What are your intentions in jumping to conclusions so quickly?"
Ottilia didn't feel that uncomfortable. Lu Huai seemed to deliberately avoid affecting the Omega.
"At present, we only know that Jiang Mu split up in front of Dennis. But whether it was Dennis who caused Jiang Mu's split is still debatable." Otilia brought out a pre-prepared argument, "What if Jiang Mu split up on his own? Is Colonel Lu going to send an innocent child to the Alpha Control Center?"
Just a few words had already made Lu Huai lose all his patience: "That's enough, when will you learn to stop talking nonsense?"
Donahue's face turned pale: "This is a necessary procedure!"
Seeing that the situation was about to get out of control, Albert quickly stepped forward and advised: "Please calm down, everyone. I have a surveillance video here, why don't we take a look at it together?"
Donahue's face froze. He knew his son's character quite well. Dennis had been spoiled by Otilia's family and was likely to do anything.
Otilia agreed without hesitation: "I have no objection - what about Colonel Lu?"
Lu Huai still felt that they were wasting their time, and said nonchalantly, "If you must go through this process, go ahead."
Lu Huai said, and sent a message to Jiang Yun: [Are the children okay?]
Donahue and Otilia exchanged a glance. He finally understood why so many people used the word "arrogant" to describe this Alpha when talking about Colonel Lu back then.
Even Jiang Yun would use honorifics to address them for the president's sake, and it would be even more impossible for him to send messages using a communicator at such a time.
The "Commander" he called when they first met was just like the "Senior" that Lu Huai called him at Jiang Yun and Lu Huai's wedding after being introduced by his father.
These were just the etiquette that Lu Huai casually pretended to have under the constraints of discipline and education.
Lu Huai didn't take these Alphas seriously at all.
Albert pressed the play button, and a short line of prompts popped up -
The video does not exist!
The corners of Ottilia's dark red lips curled up silently.
Albert’s eyes went dark, and he said in disbelief: “How, how could this happen?”
Albert tried desperately to recover the video but to no avail. He was so anxious that cold sweats broke out and he muttered, "Could it be that the surveillance camera is broken? Impossible..."
Donahue secretly breathed a sigh of relief and said, "It takes time to investigate. No one can jump to conclusions before the investigation is complete."
Albert bowed anxiously to Lu Huai: "I will immediately arrange for technicians to restore the surveillance! Even if it cannot be restored, we still have a large number of witnesses. Colonel Lu, please give us some time!"
Lu Huai interrupted Albert and finally looked up from the communicator: "So you want to delay it first?"
Otilia said calmly, "It's not that we want to delay, but the situation is right here. Instead of wasting time with us, Colonel Lu, why don't you go see your son first?"
"I'm afraid that won't work." Lu Huai said half-truthfully, "I don't dare go see my wife until this matter is resolved."
Donahue said coldly, "I know that Colonel Lu always pursued extreme simplicity and efficiency when carrying out missions in the past. But you'd better understand that you are not on a mission now."
Lu Huai nodded: "You are right about this. I am really not interested in communicating with you a second time."
"Colonel Lu just returned, and he probably hasn't adjusted to his role as a father yet." Otilia raised her hand and elegantly tucked her hair. "The issue between the children may not seem like a big deal, but it's complicated and time-consuming to handle. Could it be that Colonel Lu still expects a single meeting to completely resolve the problem?"
Lu Huai said as a matter of course: "Yes, is it not possible?"
Otilia wanted to say something but was stopped by Donahue.
"Alright, then let me see Colonel Lu's problem-solving style." Donahue sat down and said calmly, "I'm looking forward to seeing how Colonel Lu can convince us to send Dennis to Alpha Control with just one sentence."
This is not seventeen years ago, and they are not on the battlefield.
What could Lu Huai do to them? Point a gun at their heads and force them to agree?
If it is this "simple and efficient", then the famous Colonel Lu is no more than this - Jiang Yun's choice back then may not be the right one.
However, before Lu Huai could speak, the mechanical voice of the AI assistant suddenly rang out.
"Mr. Albert, the director of the monitoring center has just been taken away by the police for investigation on suspicion of repeatedly destroying evidence of school bullying."
Otilia and her husband's originally confident faces turned pale in an instant.
"Since the process has come to this, I'll also pretend." Lu Huai said, "From receiving the call to rushing to the school, Jiang Yun and I took four minutes. You may wish to guess what we did in these four minutes."
Otilia and her husband: "..."
"The presidential election is imminent. If Joe Hurd wants to be re-elected, he probably can't afford any scandal." Lu Huai pushed open the door and walked out of the training center with his back to the three people. "Within 24 hours, send your son to the Alpha Control Center—or above."
Lu Huai ran towards the medical center at full speed, and the communicator lit up at this time.
Jiang Yun: [It's fine. Jiang Mu is sleeping, and Lu Chao is getting through the smell of his pheromones.]
Jiang Yun: [I told you to drink less carbonated drinks]
Jiang Yun: [I don’t care anymore, you can comfort your son yourself]
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