Recap
“This is the Andromeda galaxy. We are very close to the solar system.”
“Little Lotus, look, that’s the sun. Didn’t you really want to see the sun before? But the spaceship can’t get too close. The high temperature of the sun will melt the outer shell of the spacecraft…”
“Little Lotus?”
Fu Qianzhi looked down.
Little Lotus lay in his arms and had fallen into a deep sleep quietly.
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After a month of interstellar navigation, the spacecraft slowly landed on a beautiful blue planet.
News has spread in the federal capital recently – General Fu’s son is coming back!
Some time ago, when Fu Qianzhi wrote back and planned to return to Blue Star, the Fu family was so excited, they quickly spread the news throughout the aristocratic circle to build momentum for Fu Qianzhi’s return.
General Fu and the federal leader were good brothers in life and death when they were young. They made great achievements in overthrowing the previous Empire’s rule. Eighteen years ago, the leader fought on the front lines valiantly, however, their three-year-old child at home was abducted by the remnants of the empire’s supporters who held a grudge, and has not been heard from since. The leader’s wife was heartbroken, and the leader was also filled with guilt, so he treated his friend’s son Fu Qianzhi as his own and regarded him as his biological son, and the couple’s feelings and aspirations were pinned on him.
Fu Qianzhi’s status in the capital is extremely high, all the other aristocratic young men have to greet him when they meet him. Not to mention, Fu Qianzhi has been outstanding in all aspects since he was a child. He graduated from the military academy with straight S grades and overshadowed all of his peers, he could have become the pillar of the new generation.
But after that, they didn’t know why he went to the Exiled star to serve as a warden.
It made a big splash at that time, everyone was speculating wildly, and even the leader’s wife came forward to try to persuade him, but they couldn’t change Fu Qianzhi’s mind. It seems that this young talent had lost his mind after being in the center of attention for more than 20 years.
It had been ten years since he had been away. He had experienced life and was determined to come back. There’s no doubt that the status of that person would be much higher once he came back. Those who had the foresight quickly brought their juniors to participate in the welcome back party and make friends with him.
The moment the spacecraft landed, not only General Fu personally greeted him, but the entire capital’s nobility, and even the leader and his wife came out to meet with him.
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In a luxurious bedroom.
“Young Master, Master Fu is back. Why don’t you go out and have a look?”
The young man on the bed was covered in a quilt and asked impatiently: “What does his coming back have to do with me?”
“…He is your fiancé, and all the nobles in the capital went out to meet him, including the leader and his wife. He has an extraordinary status, and it would be rude of you not to come forward.”
“Extraordinary status? As extraordinary as I am?”
“Of course not. You are the most distinguished young master in the Federation.”
“Then get out of here and don’t disturb my sleep.”
“…Yes, young master.”
The servant left respectfully and closed the door behind him.
Ji Yu heard the servant leaving and muttered irritably: “Who is Fu Qianzhi?”
There is no such person in his memory.
These days, Ji Yu heard this name spreading in the capital, rumors saying that he was the son of General Fu.
Does General Fu have a son?
Ji Yu searched the memories of his previous life hard, but he couldn’t remember that General Fu had a son, nor did he remember the scene when Fu Qianzhi came back from the Exiled star.
But it’s normal not to know these minute details. He had been staying on the remote Horsehunting Star in his previous life, and was not aware of everything on the Blue Star, and he knew nothing about the interpersonal relationships among these nobles.
At that time, his identity was not enough to be exposed to things on these levels.
But it’s different now.
The servant had been telling him about Fu Qianzhi these days, saying that the two were engaged. Because the Fu family and the Ji family were on good terms, when Mrs. Ji was pregnant, the two families had arranged a marriage between them. Same-sex marriages are common in the interstellar era, and two boys do not prevent their parents from making a marriage contract between their families.
Ji Yu sneered at this so-called engagement. When he heard that Fu Qianzhi, who had a bright future, went to the Exiled Star to be the warden voluntarily, he assumed that Fu Qianzhi must be mentally impaired, and there was no way he would marry such a person. There were so many noble young people in the capital who wanted to please him; he couldn’t even choose.
At that moment, he was not very interested in this fiancé. Even in the memory of his previous life, Ji Qingyu ended up marrying a star pirate named Feng Xing, not this Fu Qianzhi who suddenly appeared.
Certainly not an important person.
Ji Yu continued to sleep without caring.
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The Fu family’s private spaceship parking lot.
As soon as the spaceship with the Fu family’s unique mark stopped, everyone became excited.
“They’re coming, they’re coming”
“I wonder what Fu Qianzhi looks like after ten years?”
“He was the most handsome graduate of the military academy back then.”
“…”
Under everyone’s stares, the hatch slowly opened, and two young men walked out, standing side by side.
A tall man with sharp eyebrows, a cold temperament, and a calm and intimidating figure, which can send chills down one’s spine just by looking at him. Ten years have not brought many traces of time to him. The man is still as handsome and dazzling as a god, but he is more mature and stable than before.
And the other…
He was a young man with very beautiful features, wearing a red sweater, and he was very energetic and bright.
Who is this person who got off the spaceship with Fu Qianzhi?
Moreover… no one has seen this young man before, but they all felt that he looked a bit familiar inexplicably.
Fu Qianzhi took Rong Yu’s hand and walked to General Fu together.
“Father.” Fu Qianzhi said.
At first glance, General Fu locked eyes on his son whom he had not seen for ten years, with mixed emotions in his eyes.
“You–“
This was a female voice, with slightly out-of-control emotions.
It came from the mouth of a woman who was dressed elegantly.
Fu Qianzhi looked at the couple on the side and called: “Your Excellency, Madam.”
The leader’s wife stared at Rong Yu closely: “You…”
You look just like my child.
Rong Yu asked: “Madam, is there something on my face?”
The two were face to face, and everyone suddenly realized why they thought that the young man looked familiar.
Because his facial features are very similar to the leader’s wife.
Because of the differences in gender and age, others may not be able to connect the two people in different settings. But being together like this, everyone would feel that there should be a blood connection between them.
If it had been a few months earlier, they might have thought that the young man was the child of the leader’s wife who was living away.
“Shi Yuan, I found him, I found our child.” The leader’s wife grabbed the leader’s arm and said hurriedly, “He is our child.”
“Yun Shu, our child has already been found.” The leader reassured her in a low voice, “He’s at home.”
He smiled sheepishly at Rong Yu: “I’m sorry, my wife’s mood is not very stable.”
For a dignified federal leader to apologize to a young man in his early twenties, it can be said that he was very humble.
Fu Qianzhi asked: “Uncle Ji, is Aunt Ruan still ill?”
The leader sighed: “She has a heart problem. The doctor said it will get better after a while.”
Ever since their child disappeared and no one knew whether he was alive or dead, the leader’s wife was depressed and emotionally unstable. Normally, her condition was okay. Once she saw a child who was similar in age to her own son and looked somewhat similar to her or the leader, she would treat him as her missing son. Psychiatrists say there is no cure unless the child is found and the knot is unraveled.
A few months ago, their biological son was found. The birthmarks matched and the blood tests matched, but he didn’t look much like his parents. The leader and his wife are both handsome and beautiful, but their child looked ordinary. But they heard that the child grew up in a slum and lived a very hard life. He never had time to take care of his appearance. It was too late to rectify their mistakes. How could they dare to call their child ugly to his face. No one knew what the then three-year-old child would look like when he grew up, in the extreme case, it was not impossible that he would have been disabled.
But the leader’s wife’s condition was still not good, and she still complained that her child had not returned home. In this regard, the psychiatrist can only say that the pain has been present for too long and cannot be reversed for a while, and she must be given time to heal.
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No matter how much outsiders want to join in on the fun, the one who misses Fu Qianzhi the most is General Fu, who has been separated from his child for ten years. The nobles dispersed, and the leader’s wife was also helped away by the leader. As she left, she reluctantly looked back at Rong Yu.
Finally, only the two men of the Fu family and Rong Yu were left. The three of them returned to the Fu family together.
Mrs. Fu died young, leaving only two men in the Fu family. General Fu is not a father who is good at expressing his love, and Fu Qianzhi has been taciturn since he was a child. It seems that the father and son have only ever spoken a few words when they were together. After being separated for ten years, they have no idea where they started talking when they saw each other again.
But after Fu Qianzhi replied to the letter and told him that he was coming back, General Fu was so excited, he rushed to tell everyone and celebrated with his old friend. His fatherly love was not lacking at all.
On the day he received the reply, he went to the leader with a few bottles of wine, got very drunk, patted his brother on the shoulder and laughed: “This is such a good year. Your son is back, and so is my son. Does the agreement we had made still stand?”
The leader was also drunk and said: “Of course!”
With the two children back, the marriage should be set.
Therefore, when Fu Qianzhi, who was sitting on the sofa, directly introduced to General Fu, “This is my boyfriend and the lover who I am going to marry and spend the rest of my life with,” General Fu choked on his sip of tea.
“Ahem!” General Fu’s face turned blue and white.
“I’m sorry.” General Fu said to Rong Yu with a smile, “This tea is too strong. I’ll ask the servant to make another cup for Xiao Yu. Xiao Yu will sit here and drink the tea first. Qianzhi and I haven’t seen each other in ten years, and there are many I want to talk about things between father and son.” Then he lowered his voice and told Fu Qianzhi, “Follow me to the study.”
It was clear that Rong Yu was going to be spared, but Rong Yu didn’t care. He believed that Fu Qianzhi could handle it well.
Fu Father’s tea is quite delicious.
Fu Qianzhi gave Rong Yu a comforting look and followed General Fu upstairs.
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In the study.
“It’s either you hold out in the Exiled Star or come back here to piss me off?” General Fu paced back and forth in the room, “Do you think I don’t know the identity of that child? Some time ago, you entrusted the Fu family to find the person who wanted to kill that child and put him in jail. I’ve also checked the identity of that child. You want to marry a man who has been in prison? You brought the prisoner out of the Endless Prison. Is this how you bend the law for your own personal gain as a warden?!”
Fu Qianzhi said without changing his expression: “Father, little Lianhua has not committed any crime.”
“Who is Little Lianhua?”
“…Qingyu.”
General Fu stopped and sneered: “Your relationship is pretty good, you even have nicknames for him.”
“Of course, I love him.”
“You love him, does he love you? Are you sure he didn’t stay with you just to escape from prison? He is using you!” General Fu was furious, “Even if he has never committed a crime or killed anyone, he was raised by star pirates, and all he eats is stolen money. Do you think he is innocent? If he really is innocent, he should report the names of all those star pirates to the authorities and send them to the Endless Prison, so that he can be exonerated.”
After the establishment of the Federation, they learned their lesson and began to vigorously suppress the star pirates. Federal law is extremely strict on the punishment of star pirates. Whether it is stealing a copper plate or stealing 100 million gold coins, no blood on their hands, no crimes at all, or just a family member of a star pirate, as long as they are labeled as a star pirate, no matter how big or small their personal fault is, they will be punished. If they did no evil, they will be punished with life imprisonment if caught. Even the children of star pirates are destined to be sinners from the moment they are born and can never turn back.
This is also the reason why there are more and more star pirates. If the law does not give star pirates a chance to reform, the children of those star pirates will have no choice but to inherit their father’s legacy, passing it on from generation to generation, and spend their entire lives in exile.
“It was not his choice where he was raised, and those star pirates never killed innocent people indiscriminately.” Fu Qianzhi said calmly, “If he repays kindness for the sake of so-called justice, will father allow him to come into our family?”
Of course not, because this kind of person is even more terrifying. He is a white-eyed wolf.
“You are looking for reasons to exonerate him.” General Fu said disappointedly, “When you went to the military academy, what was the school motto you learned on the first day you entered the military academy? It was to always stand on the side of justice and never waver.”
“I think it’s unfair and unjust if they are held responsible for something greater than the fault they committed.”
“Do you want to change the law?”
“I can be part of the members of the congress.”
“…”
The salted fish* son, who had not made progress in ten years, suddenly wanted to join politics, but his reason behind it was a man. General Fu didn’t know whether he should be angry or happy.
*(Somebody who sits back, relaxes and doesn’t do anything.)
“Okay, let’s not talk about the fact that he is innocent.” General Fu said, “He fell in love with another man. If he had not been in jail, they would be married now. You don’t care about this?”
“No…”
“Think carefully before answering me. Don’t let this matter become a knot in your heart.” General Fu can see through his son’s thoughts. “The men in our Fu family are very possessive.”
“…” Fu Qianzhi was silent for a moment and said, “I care.
I am jealous every waking moment. Someone else has loved, hugged, and kissed him. He has also loved, hugged, and kissed others. I have not been involved in his past and missed his childhood and youth, all of his joys and sorrows, his happiness and misery. These are all witnessed and owned by another person. I am crazy with jealousy.
So, I can’t miss the longer rest of his life. I want to spend the rest of my life with him, the joys and sorrows, the laughter and cries. I want to have him before and after. I love him every moment, I feel this more than I do the jealousy I have.”
Fu Qianzhi said: “Father, I am serious.”
General Fu was stunned.
He knew that his son was taciturn and cold, but he never thought that he would hear such hot and strong words from his son.
The general who once dominated the battlefield found that his son was taller than him, his eyes were full of seriousness, and he was no longer a young boy who knew nothing about love.
The child has grown up.
General Fu was silent for a long time, and suddenly he waved his hand as if he had aged a few years: “I will go grab a few bottles of good wine tomorrow to apologize to Lao Ji.”
Fu Qianzhi was startled: “…Father?”
General Fu said: “You are not a child anymore. Parents can’t interfere with your decisions for the rest of your life. Since you have chosen him, I won’t say anything. You have been an excellent child since you were a child, and you should have a good eye for others. I just hope that that child also truly loves you. I don’t care if he is a good person or not, I only care if you are happy or not.”
General Fu didn’t mention the engagement again, since it was about to be broken anyway. The joking promises made between parents are not as important as the happiness of the child’s life.
He loved his wife who died young, and the most regretful thing in his life was that he could not spend the rest of his life with her.
How could he let my son make the same mistake? If the madam knew it, she would be so angry that she would crawl out from the ground and beat him up.
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T/N: What a good papa.
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