Chapter 373: Chapter 373: Shocking! Commander Gu Suddenly Turns into a Clingy Big Dog!
"You said it yourself, Queen Gaia mentioned in her letter that you should treat the kind-hearted mermaids of Mermaid Planet like family. In other words, she had already anticipated today."
Some people are kind-hearted.
Others are destined to face the consequences of their choices.
You can be kind.
But you need to understand that you can’t save or help everyone.
Kindness must have limits."
Su Wan nodded, "Yeah, be careful when you’re out executing the mission."
Gu Jue’s eyes half-closed as he reached out to hug her, whispering in her ear, "I won’t be able to hold you and sleep for the next few days."
The warm breath tickled Su Wan’s ear.
But the cold and stern Commander had suddenly turned into a clingy big puppy.
It made Su Wan inexplicably recall the time on Ancient Earth when the huge Alaskan would snuggle in her arms.
The corners of her mouth lifted slightly.
"Then tonight, let me see your big wings and your fluffy tail?"
The mighty Commander Gu Jue immediately put her suggestion into action...
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When Su Wan suggested that she accompany Lin Ranyue and stay with the Lin Family in the Second Zone for a while,
Lin Ranyue was slightly stunned.
She said, "Xiaowan, it won’t interfere with your important matters, will it?"
Su Wan said, "It’s actually a few days until the final assessment of the First Starship Fleet, and the school courses are almost over. Ajue is out on a mission, and Little Chen and I will be at home with nothing to do. It’s a good time to take him and stay with you at the Lin Family for a few days."
Lin Ranyue said, "You don’t need to worry about me so much. Su Zhen’s incident indeed affected me, but I can’t keep being down all the time. It wouldn’t be fair to Xiaolei, would it?"
Lin Ranyue is a kind-hearted and clear-minded person.
She knew very well that she no longer had feelings for Su Zhen, and the man she loved now was Gu Lei.
But after all, Su Zhen was dead.
And before dying, he chose not to hurt her.
No matter what, this unreliable ex-husband left Lin Ranyue with a not-so-terrible last impression.
Su Wan patted her mother’s hand, "I understand how you feel, and look, Uncle Lei understands you too, he hasn’t said anything all this time, right?"
"He’s just worried about my current state, but I’m really fine now."
"I know, I know. Mom, come back with me to the Lin Family. Actually, I’m still very curious why I was chosen by that elder to be the heir and grew the same golden mermaid tail as hers."
With that said, Lin Ranyue naturally couldn’t decline.
Gu Lei took them to the Lin Family’s residence in the Third Zone, and shortly after drinking a few sips of water, he received a communication that there was an issue at the school that needed his attention.
Su Wan told him, "Uncle Lei, go handle it. Finish up quickly and you might be back in time to eat dinner. I’ll be the chef tonight!"
Gu Lei nodded, his gaze lingering worriedly over where Lin Ranyue stood.
He said in a low voice, "Xiaowan, try to talk to your mother, she’s too kind and naive, always thinking that if she had done something different that day, perhaps Su Zhen wouldn’t have died."
Su Wan nodded.
She said, "Uncle Lei, thank you for your open-mindedness."
Gu Lei gave a resigned smile, then turned and left.
With Su Wan’s arrival along with the two children, the Lin Family soon became lively.
Lin Ranyue’s uncles and cousins were all gathered.
The two babies, one with a pair of fluffy wolf ears and the other with a cute mermaid tail.
Lin Family’s hearts were truly melted!
However, Elder Lin lamented, "It’s a bit of a pity that it’s not a girl."
It was a habit of the Lin Family to especially dote on girls, yet in every generation, there were very few girls.
When Lin Ranyue was young, she was the most favored.
Later, after Lin Ranyue had Su Wan, Su Wan became the darling little girl of the Lin Family.
Su Wan didn’t know whether to laugh or cry.
Turning her head, she found her son, Little Gu Chen, blinking his eyes and looking at her.
Su Wan thought to herself, this is bad!
Xiaoluo was still young, and all he knew was to swim around foolishly happy in the water tank.
But Xiaochen was different, he understood everything!
When the others had left, Su Wan said softly to her son, "Xiaochen, don’t overthink it. We all love you very much! We won’t love you any less because you’re not a girl, you are extremely cute!"
The baby with wolf ears blinked and said seriously, "Mommy, I know I’m cute, but I also really like little sisters."
Su Wan, "What?"
He looked around and then his fluffy little ears moved, he whispered, "I won’t tell them that you and daddy are going to give me a little sister! Otherwise, they will fight with me for her later on!"
The corners of Su Wan’s mouth twitched.
What strange things had Commander Gu been telling their son again!
Because she was back among her family, Lin Ranyue’s emotions gradually eased.
Although the Lin Family members said that on the surface, they cherished both children very dearly.
On this side, Lin Qi, who was Su Wan’s great-grandfather, gestured for Su Wan to come over.
"Xiaowan, didn’t you want to look at Gaia’s data before? I asked your uncle and the others to go back to the old house to sort things out and found some more, see if there’s anything you can use."
Su Wan’s eyes immediately lit up!
She nodded vigorously.
The items were kept in a box, which opened to reveal a whiff of dust.
Lin Qi said softly, "We have forgotten many things; during those times, the Federal Empire was also unstable, and we were always moving."
"Yet, I remember one thing, for some reason, no one in the Lin Family generation liked to pursue medicine or thought about going into medicine."
Su Wan’s hand paused.
She had studied medicine.
Though later, she transferred to the military academy, before that, she had indeed been accepted into the medical school.
Su Wan asked, "Great-grandfather, over the years, there must have been Lin Family members who married Beastmen, right? Are there many who are Mermaid Beastmen descendants?"
The old man shook his head.
"No, counting both innate and acquired, right now only you and Xiaoluo are Mermaids. But I’ve heard Ranyue mention that among Gu Lei’s ancestors, there’s also Mermaid Bloodline."
However, these things couldn’t really prove anything.
Su Wan didn’t know what she was looking for.
Yet, she always felt that she was missing some vital clue about Gaia!
Some of the items in the box were said to have been used by Gaia, but these artifacts had no data records; at most, it could be speculated that Gaia liked to drink tea back then.
She and her partner, from that time, were very fond of planting, which later influenced the Lin Family descendants as well.
At this moment, Su Wan noticed a data video storage device.
"This looks very old, can it still be opened?"
