Chapter 108: Long time no see.

After the Chief Ceremony, Mama Tang was sharing her parenting experience with a group of parents.

"Mrs. Tang, how did you manage to raise such a wonderful child?"

"Tang Bai's skin is so good, is it a dietary supplement? But Mrs. Tang, you have such good skin, I think it's genetic."

"I heard that His Excellency Tang Rong has tailor-made various early learning games for Tang Bai, I am so jealous that you have such a father-in-law."

"Mrs Tang, thank you for raising such a wonderful Tang Bai, who saved my baby ......"

Mama Tang was surrounded by a bunch of parents and she couldn't stop smiling, "Our Tang Tang doesn't need me to put in much effort, he is very conscious of his studies." "There's no such thing as food supplements, all I cook is home-cooked food ......"

She says this with a glowing expression, a far cry from the woman who had deliberately avoided such topics.

Mama Tang has felt guilty and uncomfortable all these years because she did not give birth to an alpha for the Tang Family.

The omega has to be married off, and Tang Family's family fortune has all gone to an outsider, and it's all her fault that her belly isn't doing well.

Even though her husband told her he didn't care and Grandpa Tang never pressured her, Mama Tang's sense of morality was still strong enough to condemn herself.

The Tang Family's excellent genes are not being passed on, if she produces an alpha, the Federation may have an additional excellent weapons maker, or at least that child will inherit Papa Tang's talent for business ......

All this obsession began to waver when she saw Tang Bai win the mech building competition.

She watched the boy build mechs, write articles, go to military school and finally save everyone in the game.

The moment this child became the chief stood on the auditorium, was shouted out by countless people, was surrounded by loud cheers and bright lights, she suddenly realised that there was a star hidden in the swamp.

The star that will carry on all the love and beauty.

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When Tang Bai went to look for Xie Ruhang, he found a lazy alpha standing next to him, his eyelids drooping and smelling of cigarettes, more like a decadent artist than a soldier.

" Elder Lu En?" Tang Bai called out with a smile.

Jiao Jian, with his hands lazily in his pockets, lifted his eyes to look at Tang Bai and said, "Well, that's a good point."

Tang Bai expected Jiao Jian to comment on his speech and thought he would just doze off during the ceremony, "Thanks for the compliment, if this was in the game, I would have gotten a good feeling boost beep from him."

Jiao Jian smiles lazily.

" Brother Xie, you stay here with Elder Jiao Jian, I'll go and find Uncle Li first." Tang Bai looked around and saw no sign of Li Songyun, he wondered, "Why isn't Uncle Li sitting at Gu Tunan's family table?"

An originally listless Jiao Jian froze for a moment, "...... Li Songyun ?"

Tang Bai was looking for someone in the auditorium, and while standing on her tiptoes, she said casually, "You know Uncle Lai? Then you'll be lucky this time, Uncle Lai is going to make us dessert."

A message alert beeped on the light brain ring.

"Eh? Uncle Lai sent a message saying he was watching our live stream outside the school and asked us to meet him at the school gate." Tang Bai wondered, "Why is Uncle Lai watching the live broadcast outside the school, doesn't Gu Tunan also have three family spots?"

Tang Bai muttered and turned to Xie Ruhang and a dismayed Jiao Jian, "Let's go and find Uncle Li."

Jiao Jian opened his mouth, as if some invisible glue had stuck to his upper and lower lips, a look of longing and hesitation intertwined on his face.

--No, I have something this afternoon.

-Okay, I'm going to find him now.

Another lightbulb message beeped and Li Songyun answered the question of why he was standing in front of the school and not coming in.

"Oh, so it's because Uncle Lai is getting a divorce from Uncle Gu - a divorce?!"

The grey eyes widened for a moment.

Jiao Jian strides over to Tang Bai and says sharply, "What has he encountered, has something happened to him, do you want us to help ......"

Jiao Jian, who had been speaking slowly before, turned into a laser gun and spoke more than three times as fast.

Tang Bai: "?"

Tang Bai suspected that if he didn't type his question, Jiao Jian would have to grab his lightbrain and ask Li Songyun.

"Uncle Lai, why do you want a divorce all of a sudden?"

Jiao Jian stares nervously at the chat page, as solemnly as if he were dealing with a military secret.

"I don't want to be Mrs. Gu anymore, I want to be myself for a while."

Jiao Jian stared in awe at the reply that was going to be his own on the light brain, those eyes staring out.

Li Songyun: "I'm right at the door, are you coming to see me?"

Tang Bai subconsciously looks at Jiao Jian, who is tense, his thin lips pursed, seemingly in a battle of the heavens, his long hands scrunching his hair into a tangled mess.

This unusual sequence of reactions led Tang Bai to a suspicion.

"Going?" He asked.

After hearing Tang Bai's question, Jiao Jian was silent for a moment and then straightened up abruptly, "Let's go."

Tang Bai and Xie Ruhang followed behind Jiao Jian as they watched the always shuffling Jiao Jian walk faster and faster, the cloak of the First Order of Stars cutting a harsh arc behind him.

The aggressive pace suddenly stopped at the sight of the figure in front of the school.

Looking at Li Songyun, who slowly turned around, Jiao Jian's heart felt like it had been struck by something.

Twenty-six years have passed, and many things have changed silently through the passing years, but not his beauty, and after settling down, he has gained a calmness and knowledge that he did not have when he was younger.

He sees Li Songyun striding towards him, his lips lifting, his brow spreading, his face weary, but his soul strong enough to support his weary body.

Jiao Jian's breath caught and he froze for a couple of seconds to return the smile, only to see Li Songyun walk past him without a glance, smiling at his junior, " Tang Tang, you gave a really good speech this time, are Ru Heng and you wearing the same earrings? They look so good together ......"

Jiao Jian: "?"

Jiao Jian stood frozen in place, taking three seconds to accept the fact that Li Songyun did not recognise him.

Jiao Jian reached up and ran a hand over his scruff, twitched his nose again and sniffed fiercely at the smell of his own smoke, followed by a silent look at his grey army boots and rumpled uniform, a hint of anxiety and discouragement in his eyes.

"Uncle Lai, this is senior Jiao Jian, you should know each other." Tang Bai hurriedly reminded Jiao Jian against the gaze of a wolf dog being abandoned.

Li Songyun looked back in surprise at Jiao Jian, who was standing beside him.

The First Order's costume carries its own sense of oppression, not to mention Jiao Jian's taller-than-usual alpha frame and smooth, muscular lines that bring out the snow-capped mountains in this white uniform.

It was a mature, handsome alpha with slightly curly white hair that was a little dishevelled and a hint of wildness in his narrow grey eyes when he smiled, "It's been a long time."

He held out his white-gloved hand to Li Songyun.

"Jane?" Li Songyun had some difficulty in connecting the person in front of him with the teenage boy he remembered, "I didn't recognise you, it's been a long time."

"Twenty years and three months and one day more." Jiao Jian gently shook Li Songyun's hand.

"You have a good memory." Li Songyun lamented, "Time flies, you're now a senior sergeant in the First Star Regiment."

He remembers when Jiao Jian's parents died in an accident 26 years ago, when Jiao Jian was young and a poor student receiving financial support from the Li Family.

Studying hard and working hard, but not knowing what to do to take care of themselves.

At that time, Li Songyun's school was very close to Jiao Jian's home, and he would give Jiao Jian the extra dishes he made for his cooking class, and he would make a dress for Jiao Jian for his clothing class, treating him like a younger brother for a long time.

When Li Songyun was pregnant with his first child, he heard that Jiao Jian was very decadent at university and he was so angry that he called Jiao Jian on his newsletter video and scolded him.

Jiao Jian tells him that there was something he wanted so badly that he tried to save up for it, but before he could save up that huge amount, someone else bought the treasure he was longing for.

Li Songyun doesn't know what Jiao Jian wants, but he tells him that he will encounter many precious things in life, and if he doesn't work hard now, he will have to watch time and time again as the things he wants are snatched away from him.

There was a lot of war on the border between the Federation and the Empire, and Jiao Jian disobeyed his advice to go to the most dangerous war zone for more than a decade.

He also gradually forgot about his brother, sometimes he would hear people talk about Jiao Jian, hear that Jiao Jian had achieved something in the battlefield again, hear that Jiao Jian had joined the First Star Corps, hear that Jiao Jian had turned down which omega ......

At two hundred years old per capita in the Interstellar, Jiao Jian has not yet reached his thirty-ninth birthday this year. With no background, he has worked his way up to become a senior non-commissioned officer in the First Star Corps and has a promising future ahead of him.

"Brother." Jiao Jian's voice was hoarse as he called softly to Li Songyun.

The long-awaited "brother" touched Li Songyun's expression, "What's wrong?"

"I heard you got divorced." Jiao Jian said cautiously, "Did you encounter any difficulties? Did Gu Mian bully you?"

"I'm fine, I've just suddenly opened my mind, I'm too tired after all these years, I want a new life." Li Songyun reached out his hand to touch Jiao Jian's head, as he had wanted to do before, but now Jiao Jian was so tall that his hand could only land on alpha's broad shoulder.

He smelled the strong smell of tobacco on Jiao Jian's body, which reminded Li Songyun of Jiao Jian's decadent days at university, when he also seemed to be smoking and drinking all day, and when he told him to stop drinking and not to spend his days in a daze.

This Smoke Smell ......

How many packs do you smoke a day?

Li Songyun couldn't help but say, "Jane, smoking is bad for your health, so you should cut down on this stuff."

With his light grey eyes looking at him intently, Jiao Jian said without hesitation, "Yes, I'll quit."

Li Songyun was a little embarrassed by Jiao Jian's simple response, "A couple of sticks is fine."

Jiao Jian nods earnestly, listening intently to whatever Li Songyun has to say.

When they met, Li Songyun looked away, "Tang Tang, where are your parents? Have they gone back first?"

"Nah, they're still in the auditorium." Tang Bai is probably still too fucking immersed in rainbow farts at this point.

"Then we'll wait here for them again." Li Songyun's words were followed by a serious nod from Jiao Jian: "Yes."

...... Is this taking me for his officer?

Li Songyun smiles helplessly.