Admiral's Second Marriage

"The Admiral's army was ambushed, and the enemy teamed up with the Yor galaxy to raid the camp."

"A refractive bomb hit the Admiral's spaceship and exploded, and the high temperature melted the wreckage of the spaceship."

"We searched three times, but the admiral's... body was not found."

"The ashes were brought back for testing and found to contain remnants of DNA, which belonged to the Admiral."

"Ma'am... my condolences."

Xu Nuo sat on the sofa, staring blankly at a small bag of ash on the table.

Last night, how could a person who was alive and well last night...

If I had known today would be like this, I wouldn't have mentioned that matter yesterday... and it would have allowed him to finish all the words in peace...

All of a sudden, complex emotions such as regret, shock, and heartache exploded in Xu Nuo's heart, making his remaining rationality crumbling.

The soldier looked at the pale face with pity and promised, and said in a low voice: "The general's belongings have been sorted out. In addition to military documents, there are some daily necessities and more than a dozen letters."

"A letter?" As if awakened, Xu Nuo suddenly raised his head, staring at the person opposite with reddish eyes, and repeated, "What letter?"

"This, we don't have the right to disassemble it, sorry, please check it out, Madam."

Xu Nuo clenched his hand into a fist by his side, slowly lowered his head, and let out a "hmm".

Seeing his trance-like appearance, a corporal couldn't help comforting him: "It's almost certain that the colonel has died, but the possibility of his survival is not ruled out. We will continue to search and finally give you an affirmative answer."

"Okay," Xu Nuo wiped his face and said in a low voice, "I see, let me... let me take it easy."

This was the euphemistic order to evict guests. The soldiers nodded in understanding, left their things behind and got up to leave without saying anything.

As the footsteps faded away, the room fell into silence.

Bai Hui had already passed out, and was helped back to her room by the housekeeper. The medical robots came in and out, and finally made her fall asleep.

Zhan Yue was still young, it was the first time he came into contact with the matter of life and death, he was close to Xu Nuo, his two little hands tightly covered his mouth to prevent the crying from coming out, only a pair of red eyes were exposed.

Now, the only thing that can support this family is promise.

Xu Nuo took a deep breath, rubbed his eyes, forced himself to suppress the surging emotions in his chest, and raised his arms to embrace Zhan Yue: "Don't cry, be good."

Zhan Yue raised his head and said tremblingly, "Is my brother dead?"

This question made Xu Nuo's nose ache, and tears almost fell down: "...Your brother is so hard-working, it's okay, it's okay."

"Well," Zhan Yue wiped away his tears, "I believe you, my brother escaped death many times before, and he's fine."

Xu Nuo nodded and repeated: "It's okay, don't cry, be good..."

The two hugged each other, snuggled and comforted each other, like gophers warming each other in the cold winter, but they still couldn't dispel the cold air around their bodies and in their hearts.

……

The news of Zhan Chen's calamity was not blocked after all, and spread throughout the entire empire the next day.

Zhan Chen's brilliant achievements were widely publicized on the Internet, and magazines were busy printing Zhan Chen's personal biography, trying to take advantage of the popularity and sell it for a good price.

And some people who were always spying on the Zhan family in the dark also started to stretch their hands and feet, ready to move.

Xu Nuo expected that the days to come would be uneven, and he also knew that many people would come to his door, but what he didn't expect was that the Xu family would be the first to come to the door.

in the living room.

Cheng Yingxue was wearing the most fashionable clothes at the moment, her complexion was very good, she said comforting words, but her face was full of smiles.

Xu Nuo was not interested in his stepmother practicing Tai Chi, rubbed the space between his brows wearily, and said, "If you have anything to say, just say it."

"Okay, since you're so straightforward, then I'll just say it straight." Cheng Yingxue pushed the ends of her hair behind her ears, said after a little deliberation, "I'm here this time mainly to take you back. I discussed with your father last night. One night, since Zhan Chen has suffered, it means you don't have such a good fortune, although the omega of the second marriage is not glorious, but fortunately you have not been marked." Seeing Xu Nuo's expression turned cold, she hurriedly added One sentence: "Your father and I are very worried about you, and your brother is also very worried. It is better to go home at this time, and we will talk about the rest later."

"Go home?" Xu Nuo stared at her and said expressionlessly, "Zhan Chen's life and death are uncertain, the elders in the family are sickly, the young are weak and ignorant, you let me divorce at this time, where is your conscience?"

His blunt words made Cheng Yingxue's face look uneasy: "Xuannuo, I said these words to you for your own good, you are just an omega, what can you resist? You don't understand the upper circles, If you don't get out early now, you will have no place to cry in the days to come."

"I won't cry," Xu Nuo shook his head, "I will take good care of this place and wait for Zhan Chen to come back. Also, don't treat yourself as a high-class lady, that's my mother's position, you don't deserve it. My You don't need to intervene in the matter." After speaking, without looking at her flushed face, she waved to the robot to see off the guests.

Cheng Yingxue clenched the bag in her hand, and got up angrily: "Okay, you don't know what's good, so don't blame me for not persuading you!" She gritted her teeth and said word by word: "Promise, there is no war!" Chen's Zhan family is a piece of fat, you will never imagine how many hungry wolves are waiting for you."

"I've heard this once before," Xu Nuo said lightly, "He'd better swallow it in one gulp, otherwise, I'll let him choke to death."

……

After seeing off Cheng Yingxue, Xu Nuo sat on the sofa, staring at one place, obviously lost in thought.

Zhan Yue came out from nowhere, ran up to Xu Nuo, grabbed his waist, and said in a tone of panic that he had never heard before: "Brother Xu Nuo, don't go."

Xu Nuo paused, pinching his cheek helplessly: "I thought Madam taught you not to eavesdrop on other people's conversations."

Zhan Yue didn't answer his words, but still asked stubbornly: "Will you leave?"

"I won't go," Xu Nuo kissed his forehead and said in a low voice, "Your brother treated me badly, I haven't settled with him yet, how can I get rid of the relationship completely."

After getting a negative answer, Zhan Yue heaved a long sigh of relief, feeling a little thankful that his brother treated Xu Nuo badly.

"Promise brother, don't be angry. When brother comes back, I will help you teach him. Don't be angry. I will behave well."

"Okay," Xu Nuo nodded and asked, "Is Madam awake?"

Mentioning Bai Hui, Zhan Yue lowered his head, "Mom woke up once this morning, she couldn't stop crying, the doctor gave her medicine and fell asleep... probably woke up again after a while."

"Okay." Xu Nuo nodded, thinking slowly in his heart.

The most urgent task is to ask Bai Hui for advice on all kinds of internal and external disputes in the Zhan family over the years, so that when things come to him, there will be a countermeasure.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but smiled wryly. The skills he had learned from fighting with his stepmother all these years were actually put to use here.