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Arc 2 – Slag that Interstellar Admiral
Chapter 35

After a short period of silence, Chi Zhao spoke up again, “Why?”

“There is no reason. This is an order. Just do as you’re told.”

Morris looked at the top corner of his screen which displayed several grids. The data in these grids are of Shao Ze’an’s physical data. Through these numbers, he can determine Shao Ze’an’s physical and mental conditions but ever since the devices were installed, the mental evaluations had not changed much. It seems that it still had room for improvement.

Morris took note of this and planned to improve the device he had inserted into Shao Ze’an’s upper arm. He then repeated impatiently, “Do you remember what I just said?”

“I remember.”

Morris smiled, “Very good. I’ll give you seven days. In seven days, I want to see news of your upcoming marriage on the Star Network and within a month, you must move into the West residence. Young Master, since you are so clever, I hope you won’t let me down.”

Chi Zhao rolled his eyes, “Yeah.”

After that, Morris’s voice disappeared. Chi Zhao sat in bed, pondering over how he should tell his family that he wanted to marry Louis when suddenly the door opened and Madam Shao walked in with a plate of freshly cut fruit.

“My dear son, have some fruit before sleeping.”

Chi Zhao pulled away his quilt and was about to get off but was quickly stopped by Madam Shao, “Sit down, mum will bring it over to you.”

Chi Zhao could only sit back in bed again. On the bedside table was a row of decorative looking black ring patterns. Madam Shao pressed one of the rings and the originally small and neat bedside table immediately stretched out into a long bench that spread across the bed. She placed the fruit on the bench and watched Chi Zhao lovingly as he speared a piece with a small fork and brought it to his mouth. After a while, she sighed, “It’s all my fault. I didn’t give you a strong enough body. It would be great if you and your brother met in the middle…….”

Every parents wished for their children to live equally well but that was impossible. Chi Zhao swallowed what was in his mouth and blinked a few times, “The strong have their advantages and the weak also have their own advantages. The capable people work hard, and it is because I don’t have that ability that I can live a carefree life. I’m originally a person with no ambitions so this kind of life is right for me. Mum, you are not at fault. Don’t blame yourself.”

Madam Shao was stunned. Hot tears filled her eyes, “Darling, you’ve grown up.”

Less than two seconds after being immersed in her own emotions, Madam Shao remembered the reason for her young son to grow up so quickly. Her graceful and delicate face turned angry, “It’s those rebels. I’m going to sign an agreement tomorrow to take out 10% of this year’s profit and donate it to the military. Surely this is enough to fix them up! And that West! I definitely won’t forgive him. With so many people on that starship, why were you the only one left behind? He must give me an explanation for this matter!”

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Madam Shao was the type of person to strongly favour her own family over others. To put it nicely, she was overprotective. To put it more bluntly, she was on par to a helicopter mother. For the original owner to become like that, Madam Shao’s role was indispensable. Although she didn’t deliberately raise Shao Ze’an to be like that, this ‘loving mother’ Madam Shao who dotes on him all the time eventually made him completely ignorant of the thoughts of other people.

Chi Zhao was in no position to comment on whether it was right or wrong. He paused, placed down his fork and said to Madam Shao, “Mum, it has nothing to do with Admiral West. He worked very hard to save us, but I was unlucky and didn’t get out early enough. Because of me, Admiral West suffered a lot. The root cause of this incident was us. If we didn’t insist on going to the Death Galaxy, we wouldn’t have been caught by the rebels.”

Madam Shao showed a look of surprise. Her youngest son had changed so much and now he was speaking up for others?

Madam Shao felt that something wasn’t right. Chi Zhao gave her enough time to buffer before continuing, “Mum.”

“Hmm?” Madam Shao turned her attention back.

“I want to marry him.”

Madam Shao was confused for a moment. The two looked at each other for a long time. She thought she had misheard, “Marry…….marry who?”

Chi Zhao opened his mouth. With the top of his tongue pressed against the roof of his mouth, he uttered the name countless single men and women in the empire have been pining for, “Louis West.”

After the initial shock passed, Madam Shao stared wide eyed at Chi Zhao and double checked it with him several times before finally walking out with a complicated expression. Chi Zhao quietly finished his fruit and laid back down to rest. When he woke up again, he found out he had been called in for a meeting.

Chi Zhao with a head of bed hair: “…….”

Chi Zhao had expected Madam Shao to call the original owner’s father over but what he didn’t expect was that even the grandfather was called. The original owner’s older brother had already returned to the military, so he had missed out on this event.

Shao Ze’an’s grandfather was 100 years old this year. With sparse white hair and a deep furrow between his eyebrows, it was obvious he was someone who didn’t smile much. He asked Chi Zhao if he really liked that kid from the West family to which Chi Zhao silently nodded in response.

“But you haven’t known him for long and you don’t even know what kind of person he is.” Those were the words of the original owner’s father. Taking off his official robes, he was now an ordinary father worrying about his son’s love life.

Chi Zhao looked at him seriously, “I know what kind of person he is. Although I haven’t known him for long, I can tell.”

It’s over. It’s infatuation.

The official had nothing to say. Grandfather looked at him in silence for a while and then turned to his son and daughter-in-law, “Leave. I want to talk to Xiao An alone.”

Madam Shao was a little worried, “Father, Xiao An……”

“Don’t worry, I know what I’m doing.” Grandfather interrupted her, “Go out first.”

They had no choice but to oblige, leaving Chi Zhao and grandfather alone in the room. Chi Zhao couldn’t help but feel a little nervous. He thought of a bunch of touching declarations of love in preparation to deal with the next scene but the first question he was asked had nothing to do with Louis.

“Morris that child, how is he now?”

Chi Zhao was taken aback for a moment. He then answered honestly, “He seems okay. His position on the rebels side seem very high.”

The room was silent. After a long time, grandfather then asked, “Did he torture you?”

Although his daughter-in-law has been constantly crying about how miserable Shao Ze’an was and how excessive the rebels and Morris were, his daughter-in-law liked to exaggerate. He wanted to hear what his grandson had to say and see what that fellow Morris had now become.

Chi Zhao didn’t know what to say. Morris could basically hear everything they were saying. Even if he wasn’t listening, he would definitely get someone to listen in. If he said something Morris didn’t like, he would be electrocuted again when no one’s around. The pain could be shielded but not the numb sensation. Just the feeling of the numbness across his whole body was uncomfortable enough.

He was silent for too long and this silence didn’t seem like it was because he couldn’t say it, but because he didn’t know what to say. Grandfather frowned, “Xiao An, what are you thinking right now?”

“Tell him that yes, I tortured you.”

Morris’s voice suddenly sounded. His voice sounded very calm, a little different from usual. Chi Zhao paused and said, “Yes, he tortured me.”

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Grandfather stared at Chi Zhao’s eyes. His gaze was a little scary. It wasn’t that grandfather did it deliberately, his face was just like this. After a few seconds, he sighed and walked over to pat Chi Zhao’s shoulder, “It’s good that you’re back…..It’s good that you’re back.”

Those words sounded strange. Chi Zhao raised his head and asked, “Grandfather, did you think that I wouldn’t return?”

“After betraying the empire, the first thing Morris did was kill his senior brother. At that time, you were still young, so probably no one told you about this. Morris’s teacher only accepted those two disciples, each of them top geniuses. But he didn’t expect…….They had a good relationship yet he could do something like that to his senior brother so it wouldn’t be surprising for him to do it to you.”

As Morris listened to Shao Ze’an’s grandfathers’ words, his expression was very calm. Even the two subordinates standing nearby didn’t sense any abnormalities. Only Morris knew. His hand that has hanging loosely by his sides had already clenched tightly into a fist, his nails digging deeply into the flesh.

When Chi Zhao heard this, he was not very surprised, “Grandfather, he has already betrayed the empire. Those who can betray the empire can do anything.”

Grandfather’s expression was a little complicated. He seemed to be wanting to say something, but he hesitated and closed his mouth again. After rubbing Chi Zhao’s shoulder a few times, he said again, “As for the matters involving you young ones, grandfather won’t be involved. If you really like that child, grandfather can help you out but telling your family something like this is useless. You should go and find that West child and see what he thinks.”

Alright then. If Chi Zhao himself went, he probably would be driven out before he even crosses through the door. If he wanted to complete his task in time, he could only use the power of his family to put some pressure on Louis.

Although he thought this, Chi Zhao nodded obediently, “I understand grandfather.”

Morris gave Chi Zhao seven days. Chi Zhao planned on sorting out the situation at home first before going to talk to Louis about it. After he disagrees, he would cut to the chase and break the news of their engagement on the Star Network before forcing the marriage onto Louis using both the pressure from his family and society. With Louis’s temper, he would most definitely be angry but he was also a man with principles so he wouldn’t do anything to him. At most, he would ignore him and let him live like a widow after the marriage.

It just so happened that Chi Zhao also didn’t want to have any physical contact with him so that would kill two birds with one stone.

As Chi Zhao had this all calculated and planned out inside, what he didn’t expect was that Louis would come to the Shao residence early the next day.

If not for Chi Zhao’s words yesterday, Madam Shao would most definitely teach Louis a lesson but since she now knows that her son is deeply in love with this admiral, she couldn’t help but feel that her son is not good enough for him. No matter how thick her filter in her eyes were, she still had to face reality.

The official had gone to work, and Shao Zelin would only return a few days in a year. Yesterday his younger brother had an accident so he temporarily took a day off so he probably wouldn’t visit home any time soon. This left Madam Shao, Shao Ze’an and Grandfather Shao, who hardly ever goes out, at home. Madam Zhao sincerely apologised to Louis while feeling complicated inside, “Don’t say that. After all, it is our family’s Xiao An’s fault. If he didn’t skip school, he wouldn’t have encountered something like that. I still haven’t had the chance to thank you for saving him.”

Standing by Louis’s side was his aide. They both came wearing their military uniforms to make the visit more formal. After hearing Madam Shao’s words, the aide’s eyebrows rose in surprise.

What was going on? This overprotective mother had suddenly gone mad?

…….

Louis and Madam Shao exchanged polite courtesy words when, suddenly, a thin figure appeared in the corridor in the distance. Louis looked over, pausing in the middle of speaking. Madam Shao followed his gaze and similarly looked over. It was her youngest son. He was standing there silently with his lips pursed, looking a little timid. It however wasn’t the type of timidity one would show when seeing their sweetheart, but rather like a student waiting for their teacher to announce their grades.

Madam Zhao frowned slightly. She then turned back and checked Louis’s expression. He was looking intently at her son and when he appeared, the corners of his lips raised slightly. That smile wasn’t the same smile he had when speaking to her, but a smile that came from the heart. Admiral West was known to be an unsmiling, dignified and cold soldier. For him to show such obvious emotional changes, it goes to show how much influence her younger son has on him.

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Madam Shao was confused. This……..who exactly is the one that’s deeply infatuated?

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