Chapter 317: Chapter 317: You Didn’t Kiss Him, He’s Unhappy
Even back then, Little Su Wan was afraid that people would treat her as a mutant and capture her for research.
She didn’t understand many things about Ancient Earth, and made quite a few blunders.
Every time she fell asleep, Su Wan would pray.
Pray that when she woke up, she would see her mom and the others.
But each time, her hopes fell flat.
Until five years later...
At that moment, the sound of thunder and rain outside began to diminish.
Pandora, always alert, stepped outside a few paces and looked towards the distance, then exclaimed with joy, "The skies are clearing! The acid rain and floods are receding slowly!"
Su Wan also showed a look of happiness.
She said to her teammates, "Everyone, get into your mechas, cross that mountain, and we will reach the finish line!"
In the end, the team from Empire University successfully took first place.
Furthermore, they obtained the Energy Fruit and Vine Seeds, two bonus items.
Yuanyi University’s team arrived at the finish line just ten minutes after Empire University’s team.
But they had no bonus items.
Davis University and Prys University were third and fourth, respectively, to reach the finish line.
Siren University, in this competition, came in last.
Everyone knew that they hadn’t performed well this time.
So when it was time to leave the playing field, the children were all ready to face the torrential storm of criticism from the teachers.
But Su Wan was different.
Not only was there no teacher’s criticism, but she also had two people, one tall and one small, coming to pick her up.
When Su Wan saw Gu Jue holding Little Gu Chen, her eyes instantly lit up.
She left everyone behind and ran towards the big and the small figure!
Alex looked at the family of three reuniting and said sourly, "I miss Jina, wuwuwu, we’ve been separated for hundreds of hours!"
After he finished speaking, the other three friends each had their own thoughts on their mind.
No one paid attention to him.
**
Training base type, Commander Gu Jue’s exclusive rest room.
Su Wan kissed her son’s chubby little face.
She looked up at the man beside her and asked, "Why did you come so early, is all your official business taken care of?"
Gu Jue glanced at her for only kissing her son.
His handsome brows furrowed slightly.
"Is Wanwan unhappy that we came early?"
Su Wan: "Of course not! I’m just worried about delaying your work."
Gu Jue: "Things have come to a temporary halt. The rest can be dealt with after some time."
Su Wan wasn’t sure if it was her imagination.
When they had just met earlier, she hadn’t noticed, but now she felt that Commander Gu seemed very cold.
As if he were unhappy.
Meanwhile, Little Gu Chen looked left and right.
Taking advantage of the moment someone was communicating with Gu Jue, Little Gu Chen leaned towards his mommy’s ear and whispered, "You didn’t kiss him, he’s unhappy."
Su Wan: "..."
When her son could only speak in repetitive sounds, Su Wan had longed for him to speak more words.
Now he could, indeed.
And he was learning more and more.
This child seemed to understand a bit too much!
But was Commander Gu really upset just because she didn’t kiss him?
At that moment, Su Wan received a communication from Sheng An, from Director Andrew and Teacher Andrew, among others.
They were going to review their team’s performance from today.
Su Wan said to Little Gu Chen, "Xiaochen, wait here. When mommy’s finished, she’ll come and keep you company, okay?"
"Okay."
Although the wolf-ear baby was reluctant to leave his mama and longed to cling onto her,
he always listened to what mama said!
Su Wan kissed her son again and then walked over to Commander Gu, who had just finished the communication.
"Ajue, the teachers called me over for a debriefing of today’s performance, I need to go there for a while," she said.
"Hmm," he responded.
Su Wan looked at his cool handsome face, recalling what her son had said.
She pursed her lips, then stood on tiptoe and planted a big kiss on Commander Gu’s face!
Gu Jue, his eyes deep, suddenly extended his hand, wrapped it around her waist, and gave her a twirl.
They were just hidden from view by the sideboard next to them.
He kissed her deeply.
Little Gu Chen, unable to see his parents cuddling, sighed profoundly, full of mock solemnity.
His dad was even harder to coax than him.
Probably one kiss wouldn’t be enough.
It would take many more kisses to do the trick.
**
Su Wan was a bit speechless.
Because, ten minutes later, to her surprise, Gu Jue carried Xiaochen and followed her to the meeting room.
At that moment, Director Gu, Teacher Andrew, and the other young teammates were all there.
Had she known they wouldn’t be separated, there would have been no need to kiss Commander Gu earlier to pacify him!
Fortunately, aside from Su Wan’s own slightly blushing cheeks and mild embarrassment,
everyone else seemed quite calm and didn’t seem to mind the situation.
After the greetings, Gu Lei began to debrief everyone on today’s performance.
Gu Lei: "First of all, congratulations to everyone for achieving first place in the first test. This time, the Empire University team has earned a bonus of five points."
The expressions on several faces were relaxed.
Of course, that excluded Pandora.
This young lady had not smiled, even though they had won first place since the end of the first phase of the test.
Gu Lei continued, "I have already reviewed the overall performance videos. Now, let’s go through them again together."
Gu Lei was a very strict and serious person.
He pointed out problems to each child precisely and directly.
After listening, the children slightly hung their heads, feeling a bit guilty.
When it was Su Wan’s turn, Gu Lei first glanced at Gu Jue and Little Gu Chen not far away.
He asked Su Wan, "Xiaowan, do you know where your weaknesses lie?"
Su Wan: "As the team leader, I should have confirmed the team’s course of action before any move and not set policies on the fly. Also, I should have considered things more thoroughly. In fact, this time, if not for the last obstacle’s setup, we might not have gotten first place."
Gu Lei: "When a team member raised objections, although you dealt with it in time, the process was a bit sluggish."
Su Wan nodded, "It won’t happen again next time."
Pandora suddenly raised her head and said, "This isn’t Su Wan’s fault, it’s all mine!"
Gu Lei looked at her, "Pandora, indeed, this is your issue. As a team member, you must absolutely obey the captain’s orders. If you can’t trust her, then show that you have the ability to replace her!"
Pandora looked at Su Wan.
In the end, she shook her head in frustration.
"I can’t replace her. Next test, I will definitely trust her completely."
Gu Lei nodded.
The debriefing was not only about the Empire University team’s performance but also included other schools’.
Similarly, every school was expected to correct their weaknesses and strive for better results in the next test.
And by understanding the strengths and weaknesses of their opponents, they would know how to face them next time.
After the debriefing, everyone dispersed.
Su Wan, worried about her mother, asked about her mother Lin Ranyue’s situation.
Gu Jue said, "I’ve left Su Xiaoge there to protect your mother and Xiaoluo. Plus, the Mu Family won’t come looking for trouble anymore."
Su Wan was curious, "Was this incident really a collusion between the Mu Family and Lucifer?"
