Chapter 115 Whimpering

"Waaah~"

Now it was Lu Xiaoyao's turn to whimper. She calmly and elegantly ordered a pot of flower tea, still immersed in the terror of being suddenly lifted overhead by Mingmei, until the AI server brought the tea.

Especially when Mingmei dropped her, and she was about to hit the ground, she was ready to bleed. But Mingmei actually caught her falling leg and threw her back onto the lounge chair.

The emotional ups and downs were too dramatic; Lu Xiaoyao felt like she was going crazy.

"Honey lemon water, try it to calm your nerves."

Seeing that Lu Xiaoyao was still in shock, Mingmei handed her the honey lemon water and said, "Don't worry, I practiced a lot with my mom…and my mom's teacher when I was a kid. I know how to control my strength."

At least better than her mom did when she first started learning.

"Your mom, she usually looks all prim and proper, trying to maintain some fairy persona, but when she starts fighting, she's like a beast smelling blood, with no sense of restraint. You're better, you know how to hold back. Don't scare people for no reason."

That's what her mom's teacher had said.

That strongest man in the galaxy, famous for tearing apart insectoids, had said that when complaining about her mom tearing apart zombies.

Therefore, Mingmei's mother had also told Mingmei about him, saying what right did a guy who tears apart insectoids have to comment on her lack of restraint.

But Mingmei didn't relay these words to her mother's teacher. According to Mingmei's father, if she became the messenger, Mingmei would eventually hear some things inappropriate for children.

As Mingmei pondered, her optical brain communicator suddenly lit up.

A familiar account, but with a very unfamiliar avatar, made Mingmei sigh. Talk about things happening just when you think of them.

Mingmei made a gesture to Lu Xiaoyao, who was drinking honey water, indicating she was going to take a call, then activated the private mode on her lounge chair, shielding Lu Xiaoyao.

"Uncle Barbara."

Opening the video call, Mingmei saw the man who still loved his Afro hairstyle suddenly appear before her. Compared to the fluorescent green Afro Barbara had two years ago, he had obviously changed the color recently.

Death Barbie pink Afro, exactly like the fluffy pink avatar just now.

Ah~

This terrible, deadly aesthetic sense.

"Hey~ Meimei, you're a good girl~"

As soon as he heard Mingmei call him uncle, Barbara beamed on the other end.

Although by seniority, Mingmei should call Barbara "Grand Master," unfortunately, Barbara and Mingmei's mother, Mei Shi, simply loathed each other. Mei Shi wouldn't call him teacher, and Barbara didn't care if Mei Shi called him that.

So, as far as Mingmei was concerned, they each addressed each other as they pleased.

Although Mingmei couldn't know what circumstances had caused these people who disliked each other so much to become teacher and student, Mingmei also understood that this "bad karma" was thus created.

So much so that Mei Shi's daughter had to learn martial arts from him.

"Meimei, haven't you been eating properly? Why do you look thinner than before?"

The universal words of concern from elders—you've lost weight.

Mingmei remembered that she had actually gained a few pounds of lean meat on the scale and smiled awkwardly at him.

"Sigh~ Strange, I only went out to play with Galen for a little over two years, and now you can smile when I come back~"

"Uncle, I've always been able to smile."

"But before, your smile was so ugly! Really looked like your parents had died."

Mingmei: "..."

She had reason to suspect that Barbara was genuinely cursing her mother with those words.

"Where have you and Uncle Galen been playing for the past two years? You disappeared for two years without a word." Before Mingmei went to school, she had sent messages to almost everyone she knew in the galaxy, including Barbara.

But at that time, Barbara had an automatic reply, mentioning that he was busy with something recently.

"Oh, you little girl, you went to the Central Military Academy without a word. Sigh, I was wondering, your mother is so old, what was she asking me for a recommendation letter template for? I thought your mother was so old, what was she doing going back to school for retraining~ Sure enough, it was for you, and she didn't admit it when I asked her!"

Mingmei: ???

So this "backdoor" thing of hers was premeditated? And not just her uncle, but her mother also had a hand in it?

"You always say you have a bad relationship with my mom, but when my mom asked you for help, didn't you agree quickly?"

Mingmei pouted and muttered.

"Just because we have a bad relationship doesn't mean I can let personal matters affect you~ Really! How smart am I? Back then, I was the strongest in the galaxy!"

Barbara's smug tone could be heard by Louis and Galen in the private meeting in the Louis's house, even though they were floors away.

It wasn't that the soundproofing was bad, but rather that everyone present was unusually sensitive, and the other party's voice wasn't trying to avoid people, so it was impossible not to hear.

Louis smiled and poured a cup of hot tea for the burly man sitting opposite him, saying, "The teacher's partner is indeed unique."

"Ah…he's actually—quite good."

Despite Galen's stern and cold appearance in front of his students, when he mentioned his partner, the 300-meter-thick filter he wore wasn't something ordinary people had.

Louis smiled without saying a word, not lingering on the topic.

"These years you and Mr. Barbara have been wandering on the borders, sometimes helping the Federation army guard the borders. I heard a few years ago that you and Mr. Barbara left to travel. How was it?"

"It was alright. I saw many people and insects I had never seen before, and went to old battlefields…"

A trace of nostalgia and melancholy flashed in Galen's eyes. He looked up at Louis, his eyes filled with praise, and said, "You've been doing very well these years."

"But, without a teacher, Chen and I have still been very tired."

Louis held the teacup, his long, thick eyelashes adorned with tiny droplets of water. He stared at the hot tea in the cup, but didn't choose to drink it, and said, "You know, the reason I went to see you in secret this time."

"I know, but Barbara's identity, if I enter the high command, after all…"

"No, we are now 'repairing' relations with the Empire, which is a well-known fact. I don't think his identity will affect your entry into the military, just like you and Mr. Barbara have always retained the title of honorary principal of the Federation First Military Academy. As long as you are willing to come back, the word 'honorary' will be immediately removed."

"Louis…"

Just as Galen was about to decline, Louis brought up another matter: "There's something I haven't told you. My son Julian once saw an NPC in the game wearing clothes like our classmates from our year."

Louis didn't miss the surprise and doubt that flashed in the other party's eyes when he said this.

"You know that those who owned those clothes have all died on the battlefield. At that time, there was no Mr. Yan Hui or his game."

Galen naturally knew about the other use of Yan Hui's game, and the other party's game only appeared in recent decades. His last class of students had sacrificed themselves on the battlefield a century ago.

"I know that after you left the military academy, you also taught some students. Among them, were there any that you particularly favored and then gave them the uniforms from our year?"

"How could that be?"

Galen shook his head upon hearing this. Although he had taught some students later, they were years apart from Louis and his classmates. How could he give them uniforms from Louis's class?

Could it be that he wanted to create a uniform to recognize relatives?