Silent, father and son stared at each other, both expecting to see a compromise in each other's eyes.

And yet they all failed.

After a long time, Hannibal spoke again, and a hint of his father's sternness began to appear in his tone: "Do you know that Lu Dao almost died? If that shot moves up ten centimeters again, where will you have the opportunity to stand in front of me and speak? ”

Wu Chenghyuk's heart sank under the weight of his powerful aura, Hannibal had always been gentle and loving in front of him, and the last time he spoke to him in this tone was to prevent him from going to Jin Xuan's farewell performance, after he made it clear that he did not want to be interfered with in private affairs, it had been a long time since he had questioned him in such a semi-commanding tone.

For some reason, Wu Chenghe felt that this was the real Hannibal, strong, decisive, in control, and unquestionable. It's just that as the commander of the expeditionary army, he is good at hiding his emotions and using appearances such as "warmth" to cover up his arbitrariness.

"It's all over, it was just an accident, aren't I still standing here?" Wu Seung-hyuk felt some swelling pain in his temples, it was the peculiar narcolepsy of adulthood, his body asked him to sleep immediately, but the matter of dropping out of school was too big, it completely touched his bottom line, and he had to extinguish any possibility at the first time. So he tried to be as calm as possible and said, "I'm a medical student, and this kind of thing has only happened once in decades, and there will be no next time." ”

"Next time? No, I can't take that risk. Hannibal said solemnly, "Charry, I consider myself an enlightened father, I can respect your opinion on whatever you want to learn and who you want to befriends with anyone, but I will not let you joke with your life." Anyway, I don't want to listen to your opinion on this matter, it was a huge mistake to send you here in the first place, and now it's time to end, I'm going to take you home. ”

Go home? Where else is there a home? Gabriel's apartment? Wu Chenghe felt that his body temperature had risen a little, and his consciousness was surging uneasily, and his head was dizzy. Hannibal's black chestnut eagle had been hovering over his head as if it had been beaten with chicken blood, and the air currents carried by his wings poured into his collar, making his hairs stand on end.

There's no denying that he had a hard time at Aston, with a lot of schoolwork, strong competition from his classmates, and the likes of the Baron brothers and Miss Lancer from time to time. But he liked the life here, it was very fulfilling and real, unlike in Gabriel, where everyone assumed that he was the "son of the commander", and no one cared that his name was actually Wu Chenghe, just an ordinary person from the civilian class.

And here are Jin Xuan and Mu, compared to Hannibal, Marlowe and Liliz, they are more like his family, his mentors and friends.

"I'm not going back, it's my dream to come here and go to school, I don't think my dream is a mistake." Wu Chenghe tried his best to suppress the discomfort of □ body, and said solemnly to Hannibal, "As for your worries, I think I have overreacted a little, take 10,000 steps back, since I can escape from such a major accident as the Black Pearl Space Port, and encounter similar dangers in the future, I think I have the ability to deal with it." ”

"Walk away? This is also called a whole body retreat? Anger crept into Hannibal's eyes, and he pointed to Wu Chenghyuk's thigh, "You almost went lame, do you know the way?" It's just childish! I see that your dean is not telling the truth at all, you have yawned several times since you entered the door, you are having a fever, I can feel that your body temperature is not within the normal range from so far away! Nari, what are you hiding from me, do you have any other injuries on your body? ”

Wu Chenghyuk's eyebrows jumped, Hannibal is a strong ability, his five senses are extremely developed, so it is easy to detect that he has a fever when facing him, and there is also a black chestnut eagle - this thing is now actually trying to fall on his shoulder, as if he is aware of the chrysalis on the back of his ear, so that he does not dare to turn his head at all, and even his neck is about to stiffen.

"It's nothing, it's a cold lately, so it's a bit of a fever and lethargy." Wu Chenghe said quietly, stood up and went to the refrigerator to get a drink, and took the opportunity to avoid the harassment of the black chestnut eagle, "Do you want some tea?" Or fruit juice? ”

"No, you don't." Hannibal frowned, obviously not believing his statement, and said, "When I go back to Gabriel, I will ask someone to give you a good medical examination, you have only been in the capital for less than a year, and you have lost weight like this, and you don't know how to take care of yourself at all." ”

"I said I wouldn't go back!" Wu Chenghe was anxious for no reason, Hannibal's self-talking attitude made him irritable, although he occupied the body of "Charry Simpson", it did not mean that he had to fulfill all the obligations of this body, "Dad, what can I say that you can seriously consider my opinion?" ”

"I don't need to seriously consider this kind of opinion that I don't take my body seriously." Hannibal's face sank completely, "I'm your father, am I going to hurt you?" ”

"Marlowe is also your son, he is still studying in the military, and he faces a hundred times more danger than me, why don't you consider bringing him back to Gabriel as well?" Wu Chenghe rushed out, he was too tired and too scared, his consciousness cloud seemed to be burning, and he completely lost his usual calm and gentleness, "Marlowe is the son you should care about more, isn't it?" ”

"You're not him, he's a supernatural, he can keep himself safe!" Hannibal didn't expect him to dare to talk back to himself like this, and a layer of anger hung between his eyebrows, "What do you mean 'Marlowe is the son I should care about more'?" Chari, are you accusing me? I didn't know about your existence before, and the reason why I want you to drop out of school now is to take you with me and better protect you! ”

"Is it safe to stay with you?" Wu Chenghe's brain suddenly jumped in pain, covered his forehead, and said confusedly, "If I remember correctly, I was kidnapped twice in a row, both in the jurisdiction of the Expeditionary Army, commander, do you want to tie me to the waist of your pants and use me as a live target?" ”

Hannibal was stunned and paused for a few seconds before he became angry: "What did you say? Who are you talking to?! ”

His voice was cold, but it contained great anger, like glacial magma, and a fiery undercurrent surging beneath the icy surface. Wu Chenghe shivered, and suddenly realized that his emotions were a little out of control, he has been like this recently, hormonal disorders caused by adulthood, and he wants to get angry at every turn, just like a menopausal woman.

With hot palms and fine sweat on his back, Wu Chenghe tried his best to restrain his emotions, opened the refrigerator door, and the cold air of ice ballast came to his face, making him calm down a little. He took out a bottle of milk, froze it on his forehead, and warned himself not to be rash and say anything that angered Hannibal, and his intuition told him that it would be no good to go toe-to-toe with this powerful father—the other party had custody of him.

"I'm sorry, I'm a little ...... Under the weather. Wu Chenghe took a deep breath and said, "I take back what I just said, Dad, I know that you are for my good, but I'm sorry, I can't obey your arrangement, please withdraw your transfer application immediately." ”

"I never knew you were so willful, Charry." Hannibal's chest rose and fell violently, obviously choked by the angry words he had just said, and he calmed down a little, and said seriously, "It doesn't matter if you don't understand me, but your mother has handed you over to me, and I must fulfill my responsibilities as a guardian." ”

"I know that my mother gave you custody of me, but I belong first and foremost." Wu Chenghe held the ice milk to cool himself down, since the words had already been spoken, it would be useless to go back, it was better to solve the problem at once. So he insisted: "I am eighteen years old, and I have the right to decide my own future." If you don't withdraw your application, I'll go to the Registrar's Office myself tomorrow. ”

The father and son looked at each other silently again, Wu Chenghe did not give an inch, but Hannibal's eyes were a little uncertain, at first gloomy and violent, but gradually there was a trace of cold determination. He took a deep breath, stood up, and said, "Okay, you're not feeling well, let's not talk about this matter for now." I see you're tired too, so since you have a cold, go to bed early. ”

Wu Chenghe intuitively felt that Hannibal was not persuaded by himself, but it was all about this, and I am afraid that if I continue to talk about it, I will be stiff. He hesitated, nodded, and said, "Okay, we'll talk about it tomorrow." "In any case, he will not drop out, and if Hannibal insists on not withdrawing his application, he will go to the Aston University Registrar's Office tomorrow to withdraw his application, he is eighteen years old, and he is fully qualified for it.

"Don't think about it, get some rest." The gloom on Hannibal's face completely faded, and he returned to his fatherly state, and came over to stroke his soft hair as before, and kissed the top of his hair, "I didn't think about this matter well, I didn't discuss it with you in advance, and I said it rashly, which scared you." It's just that I thought you wouldn't object, after all, you were not lightly injured in the Black Pearl incident. ”

"I'm fine." Wu Chenghe reluctantly gave him a smile and sent him out, "I'm sorry I've not been in a good mood lately, probably because of my illness." See you again Dad. ”

"See you again in Xiali." Hannibal squeezed his shoulders, took him into his arms, and hugged him gently, "Daddy loves you." ”

"......" Wu Chenghe inexplicably felt that what he said was a little strange, not warm at all, but a creepy feeling, just wanted to get out of his arms, suddenly felt the back of his neck numb, and lost consciousness.

Hannibal put his arms around his son's limp body, grabbed him by the crook of his knee with one arm, and lifted him horizontally.

Wu Chenghe is very thin, one hundred and seventy-three centimeters tall, only fifty-three or four kilograms, and there is no weight at all in his arms. Hannibal gently laid him on the bed and said to himself, "I really don't want to do this...... Sure enough, he shouldn't have been sent to the capital, it's much more difficult than before, is it because of Jin Xuan's kid? It's unforgivable! ”

The black chestnut eagle let out a sharp chirp and landed on the bookshelf at the head of the bed, and the golden ringed eyes greedily looked at Wu Chenghe's unconscious sleeping face. Hannibal hooked the corners of his mouth and said, "Fortunately, this accident gave me a good reason to bring him back to Gabriel in the open, but ...... Damn, they actually hurt him! ”

Hannibal covered his son's thighs with his big hands, gently stroked the scars on his legs through his pants, and a hint of anger gradually appeared in his eyes: "One day I will make them all pay!" ”

"Kouji—" The black chestnut eagle screamed in response, its wings fluttering, and a cold air current. Hannibal glanced at it and said, "Don't worry, he's going to be an adult, and soon you'll be able to find his quantum beast." The descendants of the Witch Family are special, and they are the most powerful type of Invisible Guide. He lowered his head, his infatuated gaze swept over his son's forehead and the bridge of his nose, and finally landed on his slightly open lips, showing a little bit of fine white teeth, and kissed them slowly and carefully, rubbing them gently.

"He is mine, he has my blood in his body, his flesh and blood are all given by me, and no one can snatch him away." Hannibal muttered, squinting his eyes and inhaling the clean and sweet breath between his son's lips and teeth, the clean smell peculiar to an eighteen-year-old boy, the scent of a guide who was about to become an adult......

"Yuna!" After a long time, Hannibal rose up, regained his solemn appearance, and exclaimed.

The omnipresent first secretary responded: "Commander-in-chief." ”

"I'm going to take Chari back to the main ship." Hannibal said, opening the closet, taking out a short trench coat and putting it over his son, and hugging him horizontally, "Pack his luggage, clothes, books, and his knick-knacks, don't leave a single one, and have them delivered before midnight." ”

"Yes." Yuna said respectfully, glanced at Wu Chenghe, who was unconscious in his arms, and hesitated, "Mr. Xiali, this is ...... Should I leave a doctor on call if I am sick? ”

Hannibal glanced at her coldly, retracted his long arms, turned Wu Chenghyuk's face to his arms, directly ignored her question, and said, "Let Ivanov arrange a first-level defense, protect the main ship, and be ready to return to Gabriel at any time." ”

"Yes." Yuna was silent, looking down and not daring to look again.

Military and Political Center, the top floor of the Information Building.

The clock was moving towards half past ten, Jin Xuan stretched his waist, closed the fan-shaped holographic screen in front of him, and opened the personal brain in his right hand, there were no calls, no messages, and no emails.

This is not normal...... Jin Xuan's brows furrowed, they said that they would talk to each other before going to bed, and it was all like this, it was impossible for Wu Chenghe to be still awake, why didn't he have any news at all?

Jin Xuan connected Wu Chenghyuk's line, and the communication request in the palm of his hand kept flashing, but no one responded.

Asleep? Forgot? Jin Xuan reconnected, but there was still no response.

Something is wrong, even if he is asleep, he should wake up after such a long call. Jin Xuan's intuition was a little bad, and he immediately opened the personal intelligence brain tracking system through administrator privileges and entered Wu Chenghe's DNA sequence.

Not at school, not in the Twin Cities, not even in the Dunkel mainland...... Jin Xuan was shocked and expanded his search to the Capital Star Cluster, and finally found his signal at the near-Earth space military port of Dunkel Planet.

Why will it be in the near-Earth space military port? What is he doing there? Why don't you answer the phone? Jin Xuan quickly switched to the map inside the military port, inquired about Wu Chenghe's location, and found that there was a medium-sized foreign fleet moored there, one main ship, six wingmen, and two logistics supply ships.

The take-off and landing system of the military port is a first-class secret, and he has no query authority, but Jin Xuan did not hesitate for a second, and directly started the self-made hacking software and invaded it. After a few minutes of data conversion, he downloaded the ship registration IDs of the entire military port, checked them one by one, and immediately found the problem.

The "Quarterguard" fleet was subordinate to the First Army of the Expeditionary Army, and was the direct descendant of Commander Hannibal.

It turned out to be him.

Jin Xuan's eyes gradually cooled, he turned off the system, picked up his military uniform jacket, and strode towards the tarmac on the rooftop. A few minutes later, a small shuttle belonging to NTU ejected into the air, quickly broke through the sound barrier, and flew towards the military port of near-Earth space.

The Quadrant Fleet docked at the near-Earth space military port in a first-level defensive formation, and as soon as Jin Xuan's shuttle entered its defensive range, it received a warning: "Warning, this is the 'Quarterguard' fleet of the First Group Army of the Expeditionary Army, you have entered our defensive range, please retreat immediately, otherwise you will be killed immediately!" ”

Jin Xuan drove the shuttle to a halt and connected to the other party's communication: "This is the NTU information group, I am Major Jin Xuan, and I ask for an immediate connection." After speaking, he passed the pass specially approved by the president.

A few minutes later, the "quarterback" arrived: "Permission to pick-up." ”

Under the guidance of the navigation system, the shuttle slowly flew into the main ship of the "Quarterback", the dock was closed, the air pressure was restored, and Jin Xuan flicked open the canopy of the shuttle and walked out of it.

"Hello Major Kim." A middle-aged woman in the uniform of the Expeditionary Army stood at the entrance of the dock passage and saluted him, "I am Yuna, the first secretary of Commander Hannibal, and I have been ordered to ask you to go and see the commander. ”

"Hello." Although Jin Xuan is a civilian, his military rank is higher than Yuna's, he didn't return the salute, but just nodded coldly, "Wu Chenghe was picked up by the commander?" ”

"Yes." Yuna said, "Mr. Charry is not feeling well, and the commander is very worried, so he brought him in to recuperate for a while. ”

Jin Xuan didn't speak again, but simply gestured to her to lead the way. Yuna stretched out her hand respectfully, "Please follow me." ”

The "Quarterback" is one of the most elite space-class fleets in the Voyage Force, with nearly 2,000 ships in a complete formation, including more than 100 Star-class main ships alone. This time Hannibal brought only nine ships, but all of them were the best of the best.

The main ship was very magnificent, and Jin Xuan and Yuna walked along the main passage in an air-floating car for nearly fifteen minutes before reaching the central hall. This is the heart of the whole ship, the crew is busy in their respective posts, and Hannibal's tall figure is standing in front of the main console, holding a cup of black tea in his hand, looking at a holographic star field map.

"Commander, Major Kim is here." Yuna brought Jin Xuan to him. Hannibal didn't look at him, his big hand flicked a few times in the star map, as if he was studying something, and only after a long time did he gesture to Yuna and signal her to leave.

"That's where I met the president." Hannibal opened his mouth, magnified a faint asteroid, and pushed it in front of Jin Xuan, "At that time, he was still in the Voyage Army, he was a battle hero, and we all admired him. ”

Jin Xuan's face was expressionless, and he only glanced at the planet before looking away, looking directly into Hannibal's eyes: "I want to see Wu Chenghe." ”

Hannibal's eyes were filled with a faint sense of anger, and the glimmer of the holographic star field map reflected on his face, making his cold features look a hint of hideousness. He looked at Jin Xuan deeply, Shaoqing wiped his right hand, turned off the star field map, and said, "He slept." ”

"I want to see him."

"I won't allow it."

In the cold field, two extremely strong men stood face to face in the magnificent main control hall, surrounded by people coming and going, very lively, but beside them seemed to be surrounded by some invisible ice wall, with a suffocating coldness.

"You don't have the right to stop me."

"But I have the ability." Hannibal smiled coldly, "Jin Xuan, there is a limit to my patience, stay away from my son, I don't want to say 'sorry' to His Excellency the President because of you one day." ”

"I don't think you'll ever get that chance." Jin Xuan said lightly, "Do you know Lu Dao, you are illegally imprisoned, I have every reason to apply for a search of your fleet, you have no right to lock him up, he is your son, not your slave." ”

"I am his guardian, he is sick and injured, and I have an obligation to take care of him and bring him home." Hannibal still had a cold smile on the corner of his mouth, "What about you, who are you, and why did you apply for a search of my fleet?" Because your brother is president? ”

"Because I'm his fiancé." Jin Xuan raised his left hand and showed him the quaint sperm whale ring on his middle finger, "Didn't he tell you?" We got engaged half a month ago. ”

Hannibal's face changed slightly, and his sharp gaze pierced his left hand, as if it was about to burn the obscure ring into gas.

"Mouth—" His black chestnut eagle could not resist rising from his shoulder, a sharp roar from his mouth, and its wings flapped ferociously, revealing its metallic claws.

"Huh-" Jin Xuan's Barbary lion immediately stepped forward, its translucent eyes staring at the black chestnut eagle, its shoulders towering, its front paws low, its throat making a low bluff, its sharp fangs baring fiercely, and the cold light flickering.

Quantum beasts are the most intuitive embodiment of the emotions of the supernatural, once a certain anomaly is strongly stimulated, even if he is deep enough to hide his true emotions, it is difficult to suppress his quantum beasts in the first place, because they are beastial, far more impulsive and direct than humans.

Jin Xuan gasped silently, the reason why he showed the ring given to him by Wu Chenghe, and fabricated an "engagement" or something out of thin air, was not to expect to be able to search the 'quarterback' fleet with this, he was not so stupid.

He just wanted to know whether he was facing his father-in-law or a rival in love.

As early as Gabriel Military Port, he vaguely felt that Hannibal's attitude towards Wu Chenghe was a little unusual, but at that time he was just guessing, because the idea was too dark and dirty, and he didn't want to think of Wu Chenghe at all.

But at this moment, looking at Hannibal's angry and jealous eyes, the black chestnut eagle was almost mad with jealousy, he had completely understood.

Most fathers will be resistant to the man who is about to snatch his son, but definitely not as strong, intense as Hannibal to the point of almost losing his temper.

He didn't want to believe it, but he had to believe that he was not facing an angry father, but a rival in love who was so jealous that he almost went crazy.

Unfortunately, this rival has a deadly trump card in his hand - guardianship.

Fortunately, this rival in love also has a fatal weakness - he is married.