Chapter 420 What's Wrong?

"What's wrong?"

"I can't reach Lu Xiaoyao and Lu Gui, and she's not streaming."

Mingmei, who had finished her evening meal on the starship, stared at her optical brain with a puzzled expression. She wanted to chat with Lu Xiaoyao, but unexpectedly discovered that Lu Xiaoyao hadn't been online for a while.

Then, Lu Gui also seemed unreachable.

Now that Mu Chen asked her this question, Mingmei naturally blurted out, "I hope they didn't block me, did they?"

"What did you do to make them block you?"

Mu Chen laughed, finding Mingmei's guess very amusing, but then he realized what Mingmei had just said.

"You said... you can't contact Lu Xiaoyao?"

"Yeah."

Cheshire, who was browsing star network information, also looked up at Mingmei and Mu Chen when she heard news about the Lu family. She asked, "What are you talking about?"

After asking, Mingmei explained her confusion, which made Cheshire's expression become a little puzzled.

"Wait a moment, I'll ask Marshal Lu."

Cheshire naturally had more connections than Mingmei and the others. Since she couldn't reach the two children and it wasn't bedtime according to Central Star time, she naturally had the right to contact their parents as their homeroom teacher.

Soon, an old and tired voice came from Cheshire's optical brain.

Cheshire didn't immediately ask about Lu Gui and Lu Xiaoyao. After exchanging pleasantries for a while, Cheshire heard that Marshal Lu Xingchen's tone was calm, as if nothing had happened, so she casually asked about Lu Gui and Lu Xiaoyao's recent situation.

However, the other side was silent for two seconds, which made Mingmei and Mu Chen, who had been holding their breath, exchange a glance.

Did something happen?

"They're fine. The two children are very well-behaved at home during the holidays. What's wrong with keeping this old man company?"

Although Marshal Lu said this, Mingmei could still hear the old man's helplessness.

"By the way, Princess..."

"Please don't call me that anymore, Marshal. I'm married now and have left the royal family..."

Mingmei's eyes widened slightly when she heard Cheshire say this. Her sister-in-law had left the royal family?

"According to the rules of the Imperial Royal Family, royal women who marry non-aristocratic members automatically leave the royal family. Besides, my second brother... is still a Hua Lan Star person."

Mu Chen saw Mingmei's reaction and knew what she was thinking, so he turned his head and explained to her.

The two spoke in hushed tones. Cheshire and Marshal Lu also ended their conversation. When Mingmei and the others looked at Cheshire, Cheshire was pinching her brow and sighing.

"What's wrong?"

"Marshal Lu requested leave for Lu Xiaoyao and Lu Gui."

"Ah? School hasn't started yet!"

Mingmei was slightly stunned. What was this turn of events?

"Could it be that he lied? Did something happen to Lu Xiaoyao and Lu Gui?"

Mingmei couldn't help but think of the worst-case scenario. Soon, she noticed that Lu Xiaoyao's star network streaming account also posted a leave of absence.

The reason for the leave of absence surprised Mingmei - "Did someone in Lu Xiaoyao's family have an accident and need to hold a funeral?"

Lu Xiaoyao's identity had already been revealed at the Empire's National Day Gala. This notification not only startled Mingmei but also frightened netizens. For a time, the Empire's military department's phone was about to be blown up.

A funeral for a family member, could it be referring to Marshal Lu Xingchen?!

Of course, the three of them who had just spoken knew that it was definitely not Marshal Lu himself.

"It should be Lu Xiaoyao's mother."

Cheshire knew the Lu family's structure. Aside from the Lu Gui siblings and Marshal Lu, only the death of the Lu Gui siblings' mother would require this.

"Sigh—"

Cheshire sighed and didn't speak. She just opened her optical brain to contact others and inquire about the situation. Mingmei also sent a message to Lu Xiaoyao and contacted several classmates living on the Central Star to ask if they knew about the Lu family's affairs.

In the received messages, Yuan Fang also said that their family had received a notice about the Lu family holding a funeral. It was indeed Lu Xiaoyao's mother, but the Lu family had not publicly announced the specific cause of death.

The three were silent in the cabin for a while. After about two hours, Mingmei contacted Lu Xiaoyao again.

Lu Xiaoyao gave her a weak audio message reporting that she was safe, and Mingmei finally breathed a sigh of relief. She expressed her regret that she was still on the starship and unable to attend the funeral.

Lu Xiaoyao expressed her understanding and said that their family's funeral would be simple and wouldn't take long.

After ending the chat with Lu Xiaoyao, Mingmei sighed faintly: "When I was playing games before, I accidentally heard Lu Xiaoyao and her brother's conversation.

"They don't seem to have a close relationship with their mother. However, blood is thicker than water. Her mother's sudden death... I can tell she's still very sad."

She still remembered Lu Xiaoyao and Lu Gui's tone when they mentioned their mother in the game, that kind of indifferent, sarcastic tone, which didn't sound like they were related at all.

"The news I received is that Lu Gui's mother took a private starship to another planet a few days ago... and then went missing. Then Marshal Lu used the forces in his hands."

The news that Mu Chen found was even more shocking. Mingmei looked at Mu Chen and didn't have time to ask who he had asked to investigate. She only said, "Are you saying that she was murdered?"

"She was only in her nineties, very young. Her sudden death is indeed a bit strange." Cheshire answered Mingmei's question, "However, the Lu family seems to be deliberately hiding the truth and doesn't want the outside world to know what happened."

"Ah... is that so?"

Mingmei pondered, hesitating whether to find another opportunity to comfort Lu Xiaoyao in the next few days.

…

The Lu family held a funeral, and the wealthy families on the Central Star basically sent representatives to attend.

In the Lu family's empty courtyard, besides the servants, only two children and an old man were left, which made people sigh.

"Are you okay?"

Wang Wenfei, who had just returned from the Federation, naturally came with her grandfather. She was here to attend the funeral, and her grandfather was here to see his old friend.

Compared to their Wang family, the Lu family and the Sen family next door suffered the most losses in the Zerg's schemes a few years ago.

"I'm fine." Lu Xiaoyao tugged at the corner of her mouth in front of Wang Wenfei, and the light in her eyes was gone.

Wang Wenfei looked at Lu Gui, who was also expressionless as he received guests not far away, and raised her hand to gently hug Lu Xiaoyao and whispered to comfort her: "Everything is in the past."

"Yeah."

Lu Xiaoyao hugged Wang Wenfei back and concealed the haze in her eyes. Just like the other party said, everything was in the past.

All the shadows that this woman brought her had finally dissipated.

Just like what Lu Gui said was right, there was no one else in that woman's eyes except her father. Living always meant losing reason for the deceased and doing some crazy things, so it was better if she was gone...