Chapter 452: Chapter 452: You’re Clearly a Neptune
Su Wan had traveled to Ancient Earth and had seen many couples who, after the birth of their children, became busy caring for the child and striving for a living. Gradually, the couple’s feelings for each other would fade, eventually growing more and more distant.
Su Wan and Gu Jue were both incredibly busy; they each had their own careers.
Now that they had two children, they made sure to squeeze in time to be together and to communicate their feelings properly.
Su Wan hugged Gu Jue, listening to his strong heartbeat.
She said, "Once the children are a bit older and after the issue with the Star Thief Insectoids is resolved, let’s tour the universe. After we return from our journey, just like my grandparents did, we can buy a farm and grow vegetables, raise edible animals, and live by the rhythm of the sun."
Gu Jue felt a softness in his heart, for this was also what he yearned for.
A slight smile played on his lips, "Yes, good, to work at sunrise and to rest at sunset."
Su Wan: "..."
She always felt as if something wasn’t quite right with his words.
When Su Wan experienced abdominal pain this time, she didn’t take it seriously, but the next day when she went to the military department, the members of the ninth squad all showed their concern for her.
Even members of the neighboring first squad came over.
Due to the relationship established in Landis City, Meiling, the only pure human girl from the first squad, had been visiting the ninth squad often these days. She said to Su Wan, "You can’t be careless during pregnancy. Those boys don’t understand anything; if anything happens, just call me."
Su Wan smiled, "Thank you, but I’m really fine."
Meiling stayed to chat for a while longer, offering various words of advice before she left.
Luo Jina leaned in, whispering, "Why do I feel like I’m about to be replaced? Xiaowan, I get the feeling she’d fancy you even if you were a guy!"
"Nonsense."
"I’m not talking nonsense! Look at you, first you were close to me, then Xiao’an came along, then you added Pandora, and now, another one pops up!" Luo Jina said indignantly, "You’re such a flirt!"
Su Wan laughed and teased, "That’s flirting? Then you haven’t even counted my several sisters-in-law, oh right, and Commander Agros’s girlfriend Bai Qianqian, and..."
Luo Jina: "This isn’t just a little bit of flirting, you’re outright Neptune!"
The office of the ninth squad was filled with joy because the wedding of their boss was fast approaching. The Universe Alliance Army was consistently victorious, and the Insectoids were retreating bit by bit.
Everyone felt as if a peaceful future for the Universe was just around the corner.
Everyone began to relax.
Su Wan looked at the smiles on her teammates’ faces and gently stroked her slightly protruding belly. It was a good thing that the child could be born in a peaceful and stable era.
Yet for some reason, a corner of Su Wan’s heart flickered with unease; she felt as if she had forgotten something important...
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The Punei Family’s most outstanding child was getting married, and the event was extraordinarily grand. The wedding planner was said to be an official from the Imperial Family.
Netizens were abuzz with discussion.
[It’s weird, isn’t it? Neither the groom nor the bride is a member of the Imperial Family, yet they hired the Imperial Family’s ceremonial officer team for the wedding planning.]
[Don’t you know? This wedding features both the brother and sister of the Punei Family getting married at the same time, and the sister is marrying Su Xiaoge.]
[That Su Xiaoge, he’s the brother of Madam Su Wan, wife of Commander Gu!]
[He’s not her biological brother, and Su Wan isn’t that nice even to her own brothers.]
Online, there was no shortage of opinions, and Lan Rui, pregnant, felt particularly frustrated though she couldn’t refute them.
Xiaowan and her two brothers actually had quite a strained relationship.
Actually, there weren’t any real conflicts, they would help out when there was trouble, but they just weren’t very close.
Lan Rui, having recently added Cecilia’s light brain communicator, also knew that Cecilia was actively preparing for pregnancy. She thought about how to find a way to ease the relationship between the three siblings, Xiaowan, Su Ni, and Gu Jue.
Lan Rui was a person of action, and she immediately called Cecilia’s light brain.
Cecilia had been resting recently. The entertainment circle had a big reaction when Su Ni retired, but later it gradually subsided.
After all, the industry was quick to replace old-timers.
No matter how dazzling you once were, how much you shone like the midday sun, once you’ve been retired for long enough, you will slowly be forgotten by the public.
But before her complete retirement, Su Ni still had to hold a personal concert, as a farewell.
Recently, Su Ni was writing songs while keeping Cecilia company, preparing to sing them at the farewell concert.
It was during this time that Lan Rui called.
Cecilia’s eyebrows rose slightly; she didn’t communicate much with Lan Rui normally, and the light brain numbers were exchanged merely out of politeness.
Lan Rui: "Hey, Cecilia, are you busy right now?"
"Not really, what’s up?" Her tone was strictly business.
But Lan Rui was an extremely proactive character. Even after being ignored by Su Wan when she first tried to make amends, she didn’t get discouraged.
She went straight to the point: "I want to talk to you about Xiaowan."
As expected, upon hearing it was about Su Wan, Cecilia had a bit more patience, "Okay, go ahead."
Lan Rui: "Xiaowan’s relationship with Gu Jue isn’t good. I want to repair their relationship, but I don’t know how to do it. I want to ask your opinion."
Cecilia looked off into the distance at Su Ni, who was fiddling with a guitar and doodling music notation on a sheet of paper with a pen in his mouth.
When he noticed her looking at him, he immediately flashed a big toothy grin.
Cecilia said to Lan Rui, "Xiaowan’s relationship with Xiaoni isn’t good either."
Lan Rui sighed, "Yes, I know. But I love my husband, and I really like Su Wan. I wish the two siblings could put their past grievances behind them."
Although Cecilia had no special feelings for Lan Rui, she surprisingly agreed on this matter.
She half-closed her eyes, her voice still cool and detached, "Me too."
"So do you have any way to ease the tension between the siblings?"
"No."
"I know this is hard, but let’s try to think of something together, okay?"
Cecilia was silent for a few seconds, then finally hummed an acknowledgment.
After she cut the communication, Su Ni came over and asked, "Did you hear the part I just played? What did you think?"
Cecilia: "I was on a call and didn’t hear it."
Su Ni visibly looked a bit disappointed, but he asked out of curiosity, "Who were you talking to, was it something urgent?"
"No," Cecilia thought for a moment before saying, "At your farewell concert, write a song for Xiaowan, and call it ’I’m Sorry’."
Su Ni was taken aback for a few seconds, then he said with a bitter smile, "She already said that she’s not angry anymore, she just can’t get close to me, that’s all."
"I like Xiaowan. I hope the bond between you siblings gets better."
"Maybe in the end you won’t succeed, but I hope you will try to repair the relationship between you siblings."
