Lance seemed to want to say something more.

"Are you going to have a meeting in nine minutes?" Lu Qiao interrupted him suddenly.

"Yes, but..."

"You go and prepare, don't care what the star network says."

He didn't give Lance another chance to speak, and hung up the communication directly.

Today he made a few waves of news, and many people contacted him.

Just now, his brother Arthur called with Lance.

Message: see the quick reply.

Lu Qiao got up slowly, cleaned up the phone carefully, and then dialed again.

One of the rules he had learned at the Percy's as a child was that, as a nobleman, it was best to keep your face looking good when you met someone, even if it was just a long-distance video call, even if it was talking to your brother.

Arthur was still sitting behind his dark red desk, formally dressed, with a pen in his hand.

"I have followed the news on StarNet," Arthur said straight to the point, "You seem to want to emphasize your marriage with Lance in public."

"As you can see," he casually lowered his eyes, then looked directly at Arthur, "do you have any comments?"

"I think I'm just obliged to remind you—as your elder brother and the head of Percy's family—that you are going public now, but it will be difficult to get a divorce in the future." Arthur flipped through the documents in his hand and gestured to him, "From this morning till now, I have received a total of more than thirty emails, all inquiring about the situation between Percy and Lance - this does not include those nobles who are watching and have no direct contact with me , and newly promoted government officials among the common people.”

"The situation is, of course, that my marriage with Lance is unbreakable," he said without thinking, before apologizing without sincerity, "I'm sorry I didn't tell you about this in advance."

Theoretically speaking, major events of the direct descendants of the Percy family, including but not limited to marriage, divorce, and large-scale asset division, need to be notified to the head of the family in advance.

Extraordinary decisions will not be blessed by family members.

But Lu Qiao always scoffed at this.

His attitude is also directly expressed in his actions.So far, he has never asked his brother for any advice on his marriage, at most he has accepted Arthur's reminders or admonitions afterwards.

The fact of cutting first and playing later will definitely not change. As for whether to change the decision in the future, it usually depends on the content of Arthur's words.

"There's no need to apologize—when did you tell me in advance?" Even though he was already used to his younger brother's behavior, he couldn't help but feel a little annoyed, "Since you publicly admitted your attitude towards this marriage , you should be prepared for more nobles to favor Lance."

"Any questions?"

"...You better not be pretending to be stupid," Arthur pondered for a moment, "It's hard for me to imagine that you would help a commoner divide the power of the nobles—don't tell me it's because of love, it's fine to fool others with such words .”

This is really too much to say.

Although Arthur and Lu Qiao don't usually deal with each other very much and seem to have a bad relationship and a long distance, in fact, Lu Qiao was indeed raised by Arthur.

Arthur was ten years older than Lu Qiao. When Lu Qiao was brought back, Arthur had already started to learn how to be an excellent heir.

Consciously or unintentionally, Rand would let little Lu Qiao hang out in front of his brother more often.

When he was young, Arthur would occasionally secretly pay attention to Lu Qiao, probably because... he wanted to see what kind of child his father believed to be his true love.

He quickly saw that little Lu Qiao was not an ignorant little Omega, and even faded away from the naivety of a child's heart...Of course, children from noble families are not too innocent, but Lu Qiao stands out a little more .

This didn't hinder anything, instead, it allowed Lu Qiao to quickly integrate into the life of the aristocrats, and quickly became a star-studded existence in social dances, as if he was born to be like this.

Since Arthur discovered this, he paid more and more attention to Lu Qiao.

And when both Rand and Lu Xingyu passed away, Arthur took up the burden of the family, and at the same time began to discipline the teenage Lu Qiao, so they spent more time together.

After all these years, it seems that there is no warmth in it.Arthur is not a gentle brother, and Lu Qiao is not an obedient brother.

But Arthur thought that he knew Lu Qiao better than others.

"Of course I love him," Lu Qiao pouted, "Arthur, if you haven't been in love yourself, don't try to guess other people's minds."

"No matter why, you should not sacrifice your own interests for others for any reason. What's more, the family is your backing, you should know it better than anyone..." Arthur paused for a second or two, but I still chose to continue, "Although it is a collateral, it is still a member of the Percy family."

"Wrong," he said, always quite bluntly in front of Arthur, with harsh or mean words, "Lance is none other than my husband; and Bunia, they, have separated from Percy, long ago Not part of the family anymore."

"Do you want to?" Actually... At the moment of pause, Arthur almost guessed what Lu Qiao would say, but he still couldn't help asking.

"Of course I know that I am the Omega of the Percy family, and I always have the responsibility to maintain the family's reputation—" Lu Qiao specially emphasized the word "Percy", "So, those scum should be eliminated as soon as possible, right—"

"It's the greatest kindness for them to secretly use Percy's name for so many years." He lowered his head and twirled his nails that he had just groomed in the morning. If you have to jump out, then naturally you can't continue to indulge them."

"No," he added, "not only can't be tolerated, but this matter can't be kind."

"When Bunia provoked you, my father directly decided to separate the family from them," Arthur just analyzed calmly. "Later, although they still refused to completely clean up the name of the Percy family, they also moved with the whole family. Seventh Star has already paid a very serious price. We still have a bit of a broken relationship with their family, and my father later acquiesced."

"...I often think," he stared at Lu Qiao with complicated eyes, "Have you...haven't forgotten that incident from the past? It's been more than 20 years."

Lu Qiao spread her hands: "A good memory happens to be one of my few advantages."

"And, it's stupid to have an illusion of peace with your enemies—that's what you taught me."

"Of course," he smiled slightly, "Bunia doesn't dare to deal with the entire direct line, but only hates me—but brother, you don't think the people in the side line are more important than me, do you?"

"He wants to target me, isn't that, targeting our direct relationship?"

Lu Qiao deliberately bit the last few words very hard, without blinking her beautiful eyes, she looked directly at Arthur.

"Of course you are more important," Arthur didn't deny it, but still considered his words, "But... I just hope that you can let go of some earlier things, not just the dispute with Bunia... "

The atmosphere was temporarily stagnant.

Lu Qiao pursed her lips and stared closely at Arthur, as if waiting for his words.

But Arthur was silent too.

The two brothers knew each other's forbidden areas.

"Put down what?" After a long time, Lu Qiao spoke softly.

"For example, you'd better...don't keep thinking about going back," Arthur's tone was extremely calm, "The Black Star Belt is not your home, and it has been closed to the Empire for many years. Even if Lance negotiates to open circulation in the name of the seventh star, at most That is to open a trading post, it is very difficult for you to get in...Father's only expectation of you is that you live a good life at Percy's house."

Lu Qiao remained expressionless and said nothing.

"Besides," Arthur threw out the last sentence, "Uncle Lu himself told me that I hope you will grow up well in the capital city and don't think about the past."

As soon as the words "Uncle Lu" came out, Lu Qiao's expression changed.

He clenched his hands suddenly, took several deep breaths, but still couldn't restrain his expression.

"It's impossible."

A few words came out of his teeth, he didn't care about any so-called aristocratic etiquette, and hung up the video call in person.

"Qiao Qiao, I'm back—" Not long after, Lance, who was supposed to be in the military headquarters, suddenly opened the door of his house.

What he saw was Lu Qiao whose eyes were fixed on a certain point in the sky.

As if in a daze, letting go, or thinking about something, with a small face stiff.

Lance glanced over and felt that Lu Qiao's face was pale, as if he had suddenly fallen ill.

Even though Lu Qiao had just tidied up well, she was exquisite and gorgeous, but she didn't look like a sick person.

"What's going on?" Lance immediately put down the bag in his hand, and ran to pick Lu Qiao up.

He hugged Lu Qiao and sat on the love seat.

"Is the estrus coming?" Lance skillfully touched the back of his neck and pressed it a few times, "It's not the estrus——Jojo, what's wrong?"

Lu Qiao buried her face in his chest without making a sound.

Lance picked him up slightly and pressed his forehead against his: "I don't have a fever, did you catch a cold at night? Did you have a headache?"

Lu Qiao slid down a little, and buried her face in Lance's chest again.

After a long time, he made a sound, but it wasn't talking.

He gasped and took another breath.

Lance observed quietly, coaxing and thinking while taking photos, matching Lu Qiao's appearance with his long-term memories: "Qiao Qiao...do you miss Dad?"

"Ah."

After a while, he responded softly.

If Lance hadn't been sticking to him and looking at him, he probably wouldn't have heard him.

"I'm so tired and sleepy."

Lu Qiao rubbed his clothes slightly, like a subconscious habit.

In the past few days, he has been running around for investment projects, paying attention to the dynamics of the star network, and secretly following the whereabouts of Bunia. He has just traveled a long distance to the seventh star. Compared with the days in the imperial capital star, he is more than tired. 01:30 o'clock.

After taking a nap at noon, he suddenly felt sleepy again.

Sleepy and tired, groggy, as if the heart has suddenly been relieved.

"rest first."

Lance patted him on the back, dimmed the indoor lights, controlled the temperature and humidity of the room, and then ordered the housekeeper to bring over Lu Qiao's favorite plush blanket, gently covered him, and then hugged Lu Qiao into his arms Lie down with him.

All in one go.

作者有话要说:感谢在2021-01-2823:46:08~2021-01-2922:17:31期间为我投出霸王票或灌溉营养液的小天使哦~

Thanks to the little angel who threw the grenade: Star & Night 1;

Thanks to the little angel who threw mines: Star & Night 1;

Thank you very much for your support, I will continue to work hard!

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