Chapter 277: Chapter 277: Ajue, Who Is That Woman?
Su Wan was warmed by the child’s very affectionate gestures.
Her lips gently curved, "Okay, mommy is smiling."
Little Gu Chen stretched out his hand and patted Su Wan’s shoulder.
It was as if he wanted to give mommy support and encouragement.
No matter what happened, they should always be happy.
Su Wan sighed softly, she suddenly had a bit of an understanding of her mother’s feelings when she was with Su Zhen.
Although the temporal analysis of the painting had not yet been completed,
Su Wan had a premonition that the person in the painting was not her.
In fact, this kind of plot twist was often written about in many novels.
For instance, the male lead actually had a secret love from his past, and the wife he married or the girlfriend he found was actually a stand-in.
Quite melodramatic, quite contemptible.
The reason Su Wan was still calm was that she couldn’t sentence Gu Jue to death just based on a few paintings.
Of course, she still felt very uncomfortable inside.
Especially after Vermilion Bird brought out the test results.
Vermilion Bird: "Master, the paper and the lead traces on it have been dated to be over ten years old."
Su Wan: "Heh."
Okay, great, she was only twelve years old ten years ago.
She was about to face the most severe accident of her life, and then spent five years in a nutrition pod as a coma patient.
Meanwhile, Gu Jue was in the prime of his life.
Vermilion Bird: "Master, your emotional values are quite unstable, your heartbeat speed is not right, and your blood pressure is high too, and..."
Vermilion Bird: "Your ears have turned into fin ears."
Su Wan subconsciously touched her ears; she had previously only grown a golden fishtail, but no fin ears.
The ears looked quite beautiful, but Su Wan was in no mood to appreciate this kind of beauty at the moment.
She half-lowered her eyes, "Vermilion Bird, send a message to White Tiger and ask Gu Jue when he will be home; I need to see him. If he is busy, after he finishes his work, he should come home as soon as possible."
"Yes."
**
Tenth Star Zone.
Gu Jue, dressed in a crisp military uniform, walked into a civilian house.
All kinds of household trash lay scattered about the floor.
Unexpectedly, Lucifer had actually been hiding right under the nose of the Empire Federation all this time.
But now, he had escaped once more.
At this moment, Eric dragged a teenager in, "Boss, found a kid."
The youngster cursed, "Let me go right now!"
Eric laughed, "You little brat, how old are you to be calling yourself ’old man’?"
Gu Jue, who had been previously examining the trail of mucus left by some reptile on the ground, looked up and saw a young boy wearing a chef’s uniform with the Su Family Restaurant logo.
One moment he was cursing, the next he looked somewhat bewildered.
The teen was looking at Gu Jue with a complex expression.
Gu Jue: "What’s your name, and why are you here?"
"I’m Sheng Le, the previous occupant of this place owed me a wage, I came to collect it, and then I saw you guys!"
Gu Jue gestured with his hand: "Eric, let him go."
Eric: "Oh."
The freed boy was now staring at Gu Jue, eyes shining!
Gu Jue crouched down to keep eye level with the kid, "You work at the Su Family Restaurant?"
"Yes, yes, yes! Commander Gu, are you Commander Gu?"
"Mhm."
Sheng Le was thrilled!
In his lifetime, he had actually managed to see a living idol!
Gu Jue knew his little wife’s restaurant employed some orphans from the district, hiring them for part-time work in the Tenth District.
It was actually to subsidize their living expenses.
Gu Jue, "Do you know who used to live in this house?"
Sheng Le nodded vigorously, "Previously, there was an old Mike living here, then a woman came, she looked to be in her thirties or forties, old Mike said she was his daughter. And then one day, another man arrived, wearing glasses, very pale..."
All of a sudden Sheng Le couldn’t quite remember what that man looked like.
Gu Jue pulled up photos of Du Weiwei and Lucifer, but Sheng Le shook his head at both.
However, it was understandable, Du Weiwei was now a wanted criminal too.
She must’ve used some method to also hide her real information.
Including her face.
As for Lucifer, needless to say, a senior fugitive with considerable experience in escape.
Gu Jue stood up, "Someone has leaked information."
Li Rui, "Boss, are you saying there is a spy in our Starship Fleet?"
In the whole Empire, there were many armed forces, but the most powerful and most loyal to Gu Jue, the First Starship Fleet, would never betray him.
But inside the military, it wasn’t so certain.
Gu Jue, "Eric, lockdown the Tenth District, they definitely haven’t gone far, monitor the ports. Li Rui, go back and investigate, find out who knew about this operation."
"Yes."
Who would have thought that some people, after lying dormant for so long, finally couldn’t contain themselves any longer and started to stir?
Putting all else aside, as soon as they collude with the Star Thief, no matter who they are at that point,
Gu Jue wouldn’t let them off!
Gu Jue had someone take Sheng Le back to the Su Family’s restaurant, then he turned and boarded the military ship.
At this moment, White Tiger said, "Master, the lady has asked Vermilion Bird to send you a message, asking when you will be home."
The Commander’s eyes, cold and frosty, slowly softened.
He said, "In two hours."
"Yes."
Two hours later, Gu Jue’s exclusive flyer landed on his home platform.
Robots were trimming plants in the garden, and as he entered the house, he saw his little wifey busy in the kitchen.
This sense of homey warmth instantly washed away the annoyance Gu Jue felt for not having captured the Star Thief.
However...
With an apron on, Su Wan said without looking back, "Ajue, sit on the couch for now and look at the thing on the table. The sweet and sour pork I’m making will be ready in ten minutes. In these ten minutes, you organize your words."
Gu Jue’s eyebrows rose.
He walked to the couch and saw the character sketch papers neatly arranged on the table.
White Tiger, flapping its little wings when it saw this, instantly covered its electronic mouth with one wing.
It looked at Gu Jue in surprise and whispered, "My God, Master, did you draw this? Is this... the lady or is it not?"
Gu Jue was somewhat surprised, as he had not expected that these sketches would be discovered by Su Wan.
Still with her back to him, Su Wan continued to loudly smack cucumbers with her knife.
As if she had the ability to read minds, she said without turning around, "I discovered them accidentally while having the household robots clean the house. I did not mean to pry into your privacy; for that, I apologize. But since I found them, let’s not leave any misunderstandings behind and just clear the air."
Gu Jue pursed his lips, not uttering a word.
White Tiger was frantic beside them, flying back and forth!
"Master, don’t tell me you’re really playing the body double game?"
"No, no, Master, if you don’t want to have the lady take the child back to her mother’s house immediately, you have to tell a lie! Gloss over this situation!"
"A man, for his family, for love, telling a white lie isn’t a big deal. After all, the person you’re in love with now is the lady... right?"
Gu Jue, bothered by its chatter, waved his hand and sent White Tiger flying.
He walked into the kitchen, next to the young girl who was using busyness to keep her jealousy and anger at bay.
Gu Jue finally spoke, "Wanwan, don’t you recognize the person in the drawing?"
Holding a knife, Su Wan slowly turned around, her beautiful eyes wide with shock, "I should recognize the person in the drawing?"
