Qin Junche: "..."
Gu Tang blinked: "You've seen the message, so you know why I sent it to you. If you're in a very important meeting, you can naturally reply to me after it's over. I didn't ask you to reply immediately. You could even choose not to reply."
He thought for a moment, carefully choosing his words: "Yet you didn't reply to me, but instead ended the meeting... and then came out to video call me, blaming me for interrupting the Star Army's high-level meeting?!"
Gu Tang frowned even more deeply than before: "Qin Junche! Marshal of the Star Army! Don't you think you're deliberately picking a fight with me?"
Qin Junche: "..."
Qin Junche: "I..."
Gu Tang didn't want to listen anymore!
He hung up the video call immediately.
No wonder such a cute and smart child like Qin Xiao would have such a problem!
If it were him, having such an irresponsible person at home who rarely comes home...
A father who only makes unreasonable demands and finds fault when he gets home.
Gu Tang felt that he might also become withdrawn.
No wonder, Qin Xiao, who was clearly happy, suddenly froze when he heard the voice of his other father.
"Xiao'er." Gu Tang's tone was much gentler towards Qin Xiao.
He picked up the notebook again and unfolded the two drawings he had first looked at: "Dad only recognizes these two drawings as mechas and can't see any difference between them."
Gu Tang looked at Qin Xiao earnestly: "Xiao'er, shall you tell Daddy?"
Qin Xiao gripped the notebook tightly with her small hands, and the bright, clear smile that had been on her face vanished completely.
He kept his head down, his chin almost touching his chest.
"Xiao'er," Gu Tang said softly.
He tried to make his tone sound more sincere and gentle: "Can you tell Dad? Dad would like to know too."
Qin Xiao remained silent.
He lowered his head, and this time he didn't even look at Gu Tang.
Gu Tang looked at Qin Xiao with a gentle smile on his face.
Then she cursed Qin Junche a thousand times in her heart.
No wonder he was going through a divorce when he came into this world.
It's likely that neither he nor Qin Xiao wanted to continue living with this so-called other father.
As a result, Qin Xiao never smiled again, not even once, even after returning to the small villa where Gu Tang lived.
The hovercar stopped.
Qin Xiao grabbed his precious notebook and schoolbag and rushed off the bus.
When Gu Tang caught up with him at the villa.
Qin Xiao had already taken short strides and was running up to the second floor.
He tiptoed to open his room door, rushed inside, and quickly closed it.
Gu Tang did not force her son.
He stood in the lobby on the ground floor of the villa, watching Qin Xiao's actions thoughtfully.
It seems that Qin Xiao is quite afraid of Qin Junche.
The other party only said one sentence, and it wasn't even in person, yet it made my son so afraid.
He's completely changed.
Gu Tang frowned slightly, looking at Qin Xiao's tightly closed door.
This time, the system only provided him with the background of this world and an introduction to the mission relationships.
However, many details are missing.
For example, Qin Junche and Qin Xiao, and the details of their interactions.
None of these!
So he searched through all the information but couldn't find a reason why Qin Xiao was so afraid of his other father.
Does that mean he has no choice but to ask Qin Junche again?
Gu Tang shook his head, immediately rejecting the idea.
He figured that even if he asked Qin Junche, the other party wouldn't know.
It was obvious that the man's heart wasn't in their family.
It would be better to cut off Qin Xiao's connection with him decisively.
So, as a first step, Gu Tang felt that she still needed to divorce Qin Junche.
Of course, he had no doubt that Qin Junche would do as he said, take away Qin Xiao's custody, and prevent Gu Tang from having any contact with his son.
The Qin family was wealthy and powerful, and also held military power.
In the capital, Gu Tang's attempt to fight the Qin family for custody of his son was utterly futile.
Gu Tang touched his chin.
Since the information provided by the system is incomplete, he can easily search for it himself.
He turned on his personal computer and began searching for information related to Qin Junche on the optical network.
Tsk...
Just by pressing enter in the browser, countless tabloid news articles pop up, all related to the young and handsome Marshal of the Star Army.
Gu Tang was somewhat amazed.
Although the Marshal of the Star Force was married, all the imperial nobles with even a little bit of background knew this—
His Excellency the Marshal never appears in public with his partner!
He didn't even give his partner a proper wedding!
These two points alone are enough for people to imagine an entire book of melodramatic love and hate stories in wealthy families.
Therefore, in everyone's eyes, His Excellency the Marshal is no different from being single!
Countless handsome men and beautiful women are desperately trying to get close to Qin Junche.
As for whether anyone succeeded, Gu Tang didn't know.
He didn't care at all.
He flipped through the pages quickly, skipping over all the messy gossip.
Then, Gu Tang's gaze finally settled on a headline that piqued his interest—
"A fated rivalry: the long-standing feud between the Marshal of the Star Army and the Marshal of the Blazing Sun Army!"
Gu Tang quickly clicked on the title.
The computer projected the page onto the living room ceiling.
The first thing that came to Gu Tang's eye was a photo of a man.
The man had short, dark brown hair and deep blue eyes, like those of the deep sea.
He has a straight nose and very deep-set features.
He's smiling in the photo too.
When he laughs, his smile bears a resemblance to the name of the army he belongs to.
It was a smile that resembled the blazing sun, with a touch of wildness.
In addition, this man is Han Xuan, the young marshal of the Lie Ri Army.
His handsome appearance was in no way inferior to Qin Junche's.
His Blazing Sun Legion also possesses combat power comparable to that of the Starry Sky Legion.
Therefore, Han Xuan and Qin Junche have always been referred to as the two heroes of the younger generation of the empire's military.
The two are about the same age and have probably been classmates since their school days.
From that time on, they began to compete and fight each other constantly.
They still haven't decided who's better.
Gu Tang had a general understanding of the information about Han Xuan and was about to close the webpage.
He suddenly heard a cold voice behind him.
Qin Junche asked through gritted teeth, "Who are you looking at?"
Gu Tang calmly closed the page and put away his personal computer.
He turned to Qin Junche: "Han Xuan. You don't recognize him? Wasn't he said to be your greatest rival?"
Chapter 31 The Marshal Refuses to Divorce (5)
Qin Junche: "..."
Of course he knew who Han Xuan was.
The marshal of the Blazing Sun Legion was young and handsome, from a prestigious family, and was always his equal.
But no matter which man comes home, he sees his partner so busy that he doesn't even have time to go into the study.
She stood in the living room, gazing with delight at the huge photograph of another man.
I just can't seem to feel good.
What made Qin Junche even more uncomfortable was that Gu Tang, who had seen Han Xuan's photos, seemed quite happy.
Gu Tang stood calmly in place, accepting Qin Junche's scrutinizing gaze.