Chapter 17 What Did You See?

"What did you say you saw?"

Louis, who was sitting at his desk, suddenly looked up. His expression was so serious that Julian was startled when he told his father about it.

"The NPC was wearing clothes that I saw in your closet when I was helping Mom tidy it up. It was your combat uniform from your time in the military."

Louis did not enter politics directly at first. Instead, he started as a junior commander in the military.

Later, he didn't know why his father switched to politics, but in hindsight, his father made the right choice.

"What exactly is that game company trying to do? Why are there NPCs..."

"Julian, I told you a long time ago, there are actually 'living people' in this game, otherwise this wouldn't have happened."

Julian knew about this. Today, after seeing the mysterious merchant who helped the players, Julian began to suspect that the mysterious merchant was Mingmei, whom he knew.

After all, in the many escape games he played, the face of the mysterious merchant was not fixed, but it was always one of a few, and he had encountered many NPCs with Mingmei's face.

Sometimes it gave a very fake feeling, but sometimes it was inexplicably vivid.

Regardless of expression, it was just the overall feeling it gave off.

However, rather than whether the complete Mingmei was a real NPC, he was more concerned about whether the person with the same combat uniform as his father was real.

"So… that NPC… Father, is he from our Federation?"

Julian asked cautiously, but was met with a long silence from his father.

"Julian, do you know what that combat uniform of mine represents?"

After a long time, Louis finally asked.

"I don't know."

Julian shook his head honestly. Louis had never mentioned it. When his mother married his father, his father had already entered politics. According to his mother, even though his father became president, he still held military power, but he rarely mentioned his time at military school or in the military.

Regarding combat uniforms, Julian only knew from school that the military had updated combat uniforms several times, and what the advantages of the new generation of combat uniforms were.

"My combat uniform was specially designed by our graduating homeroom teacher, who made some small designs on the ordinary military combat uniform at the time and gave it to us as a graduation gift for his students.

The military has regulations regarding its combat uniforms. On the premise of not affecting the original function, you can add your own small designs to the color and style. The homeroom teacher meant that no matter which army we went to after graduation, wearing the same combat uniform, we would always be classmates in the same class."

"That's also good."

Julian seemed to be inspired by his father's experience. It would be great if his classmates, not all of them, but a few good friends, agreed to make some special mark together after graduation.

"Father, who was your homeroom teacher?"

"My teacher… later resigned for love." Louis smiled slightly when he mentioned this, "We were the last class the teacher taught. Later, he and his partner made huge contributions to the peace of the Federation's borders. They only came back in the past two years."

"Ah! Your teacher is…"

Julian's eyes widened, as if he already knew who he was talking about.

However, their topic seemed to have shifted. Louis also recalled the past, and then the smile on his face gradually disappeared. He looked at Julian and said, "At the beginning, there were twenty-three people in our class, and now only Chen Ze, Qiong, and I are left."

Julian never thought that the two capable assistants around his father were actually his father's classmates.

When the Federation was first established, the political situation was chaotic, and the legions were independent, restraining each other and holding each other back.

It was not until Louis broke through and ascended to the presidency that he gradually reversed the dark and chaotic situation in the Federation at that time.

On the surface, it seemed that all of his father's classmates had died on the battlefield and sacrificed for the Federation.

But inside… he thought, this was why his father wanted to enter politics.

Thinking of the little things he knew, Julian felt that what he said today might have saddened his father.

"I'm sorry, Father, I…"

"It's okay. But, if you really didn't see it wrong, and the combat uniform on that NPC is really what I think it is, then I may need to talk to that Mr. Yan Hui."

…

"Uncle, the law enforcer you sent today seems to know my mom~"

Mingmei came out of the game pod in the school's game room, had a late-night snack with Mu Chen and Lu Xiaoyao, and then returned to the dormitory with a heavy heart. She immediately knocked on Yan Hui's video call.

As a result, when she opened the video call, she saw Yan Hui wearing a face mask.

Mingmei: ???

Has this workaholic socialite changed her nature?

Mingmei looked at Mu Chen like this and began to doubt life.

"Oh~ he should know her."

Yan Hui was using his hands to adjust the mask, while continuing to read the information that Mingmei couldn't see, very focused.

It was like a serious adult taking the time to perfunctorily coax their child.

"Uncle!"

Mingmei could see that Yan Hui was deliberately avoiding this topic, and her anger rose, "You're hiding something from me!"

"You're an adult, isn't it normal to have some secrets from each other? Is it abnormal for me to hide something from you? Do you have to know what color underwear I'm wearing today?"

Mingmei: "…"

Who wants to know what color your underwear is?!

The person today made Mingmei have to care.

At least she could hear the tone of the other person when they spoke about her mother. The other person didn't like her mother, and might even hate her.

What kind of enemy is this?

"Just treat him as an NPC, anyway, he will help you catch those Zerg."

Seeing Mingmei staring at him, sulking and not speaking, Yan Hui took a screenshot by the way, planning to send the photo of Mingmei being angry like a puffed-up frog to Mei Shi and his wife.

"Aren't you afraid that I'll tell my mom?!"

"Go ahead." Yan Hui raised his eyebrows, not afraid at all, "I really didn't do anything bad. I found you helpers, and you actually think of me like this~ I'm sad! Think about how I paid for your tuition."

"I'm working for you, okay?"

"How much money can you earn from this job?"

Mingmei: ??

You sell a boxed lunch for several thousand star coins, don't you have any idea how much money she can earn?

Choked by her own uncle, Mingmei hung up the video call and thought for a while. She didn't directly video call her mother, but first sent a message asking if she had any enemies or anything.

However, soon, Mingmei received a message from her mother—it was quite decisive.

[Mei Shi: Your mother's enemies have already been buried with grass several meters high on their graves. Why are you asking this?]

Mingmei: …

Okay.

Perhaps her uncle really didn't do anything bad.