Chapter 22: A Clone

Fang Rui’s participation in the wedding was also at the Commander’s behest. It seemed like the Commander had been taking good care of the Qu Family all these years. Who knew that he would end up taking care of them as the groom too?

Even someone as steady as Fang Rui felt a little light-headed at this moment. It was like a dream.

Jing Yu sat leisurely on the sofa. He was not wearing a military uniform because he was in his mansion. However, even though he was only wearing gray home clothes, the aura he emitted was still cold.

“How’s the control of public opinion online?”

Fang Rui hurriedly said, “It’s under control. There are no comments that are disadvantageous to you and Miss Qu.”

Jing Yu frowned. “Call her Madam.”

Fang Rui reacted. “Ah, yes!” He looked at Jing Yu’s expression. “Sir, do we need to hold another wedding?”

No matter what, the original groom of that wedding was someone else. The posters for the entire wedding, the wedding photos on the streets, and even the suit were prepared for the original groom. How could their commander suffer such grievances? How could he get married so carelessly? Actually, this was also His Majesty’s idea.

His Majesty’s original words were: I didn’t even attend my dear uncle’s wedding!

Jing Yu did not care much about this, but he thought of Qu Xiaowan and said, “We’ll talk about this later.”

“Yes, sir!” After Fang Rui left, Azure Dragon immediately said as if he was asking for credit, “Master, the squirrel fish is heated up and ready for you. Try it!”

“Mmm.” Jing Yu’s mansion was huge, but it was also very deserted. Other than Jing Yu himself and subordinates like Fang Rui who came over because of work, there were only robots. Because Jing Yu was too cold, there were always rumors that he was an artificial intelligence. They said that he wore a mask to cover his robot’s face.

Now that Jing Yu had taken off his silver mask, everyone was still wondering if he was a clone because the First Commander was too perfect and cold.

At this moment, the commander, who was thought to be a clone by the public, was sitting at the dining table and looking at the squirrel fish on the table. His slender fingers, which usually operated the mecha, were holding chopsticks at this moment. As the squirrel fish had been frozen and thawed, its taste and texture were definitely not as delicious as those that had just been cooked. However, the sweetness it emitted still hooked one’s taste buds, making them abnormally hungry.

Even Azure Dragon, who had no taste buds, sniffed hard and said with emotion, “Madam is really amazing! She can actually make such delicious dishes!”

Azure Dragon was a very lively and even a little noisy artificial intelligence. It had always been despised by Fu Jianyu, but now, he felt that its words didn’t seem so annoying anymore. Perhaps it was because the squirrel fish in front of him was really too delicious.

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School was about to start. No matter how Qu Xiaowan persuaded them, she could not stop her family from meeting the Commander. Fortunately, they did not dare to look for him directly. They could only let Qu Xiaowan communicate with him and confirm that the Commander was free before they visited.

Yue Ran knew that her daughter was in a difficult position. She said in a low voice, “Anyway, since the branch in District One has opened, we have to go to District One no matter what. Don’t feel too pressured. If it doesn’t work… just say that the Commander is too busy. Your grandfather and father will return to District Two after the branch’s affair is settled.”

Although the Qu family’s restaurant was very influential in the Federation’s China, no matter how powerful it was, it was still a restaurant! In front of the Commander, it was just a restaurant! Therefore, the Qu family was very terrified. They were looking forward to meeting the Commander and were extremely nervous.

Qu Xiaowan was actually more nervous than them!

During this period of time, she had contacted Jing Yu many times, but he only said that they would meet to talk.

In the end, Qu Xiaowan had no choice but to pray that Jing Yu did not have the time to meet her. Qu Xiaowan did not mention to Jing Yu that her family wanted to visit him. She felt that Jing Yu would not agree to this matter. It would be awkward if she mentioned it.

The family took a spaceship to Star District One and everyone stopped at the branch. Qu Xiaowan and Qu Xiaoman also had to recognize the way. The two of them took an aircraft to China University to report. Qu Xiaoman was very silent along the way.

Ever since she found out that Qu Xiaowan was married to the First Commander, she had not recovered her composure. There was no one else on the aircraft, and Qu Xiaowan could not be bothered to put on an act with her. She simply browsed the interstellar network herself.

Just as they were about to reach China University, Qu Xiaoman suddenly said, “If Commander Jing helps you, I definitely won’t be able to get the management rights of the branch.”

Qu Xiaowan looked up at her. “So?”