Astral Flower-Chapter 128: Ask for Help?

Ask for help?

Nan Xian Mu looked at the last three words on his phone in a daze. If it was said that he could ask for help a long time ago, he would have scoffed it. After all, he knew very well that his mother would never let him go no matter what happened.

But...

His mind recalled the day when his older sister purposely speak to his father not long ago. 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝓮𝒘𝙚𝙗𝒏𝙤𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝒐𝙢

At that time, he asked her why.

She told him that crying children get candies.

He had tried to ask for help many times in the past from his older brother, but he knew that his older brother can’t help him.

Then...

Ask his father?

Nan Xian Mu looked at his father communication number, hesitated for a while before he decisively dialed the number.

"Nan Xian Mu?" Nan Hai Yan’s voice came from the communication channel.

"Father?" Nan Xian Mu called, his tone was hesitant. He was actually afraid of his father aside from his mother.

His father has been very strict. Not to mention that Nan Hai Yan was someone who spent his time in the military all day long and could rarely be seen outside there. This also caused his interaction with his children to be sparse.

Even though Nan Hai Yan still spare some time with his children, but Nan Xian Mu was a bit too timid in front of him.

Unlike his older brother who eventually entered the military and had more interaction with his father, Nan Xian Mu rarely see his father nor try to communicate with him.

He could still remember that when his older brother complained on the field back then, his father scolded him. He said that as a man, he had to be tough and not complaining just because of a little difficulty.

That was why Nan Xian Mu was also afraid of asking his father.

But when he saw his father’s reaction to his sister’s words...

He wanted to try.

"Yes?" Nan Hai Yan’s voice came from the call. He sounded a bit confused as to why his second son, who rarely called him would suddenly make the call.

Because of Nan Xian Mu’s talent in different field, Nan Hai Yan rarely spent the time to talk with this second son of his. He didn’t have many things he could teach Nan Xian Mu, so he handed his education to his mother.

While it didn’t mean that he cut off his contact with Nan Xian Mu, he didn’t spend so much time with his second son compared to his first son.

"Father, can I... can I not participate in the Summer Competition?" Nan Xian Mu asked, his tone was hesitant.

Nan Hai Yan was stunned.

The four seasons competition didn’t only cover the military, but Nan Hai Yan was not paying much attention to the other sections in the other field. It was only after Nan Xian Mu said this that he remembered that his wife seemed to have signed Nan Xian Mu for the Spring Competition.

Now, it seemed that his wife wanted their second son to participate in the Summer Competition too.

"if you don’t want to compete, you don’t have to sign up," Nan Hai Yan said simply.

Nan Xian Mu also knew that.

The problem was that his mother would be the one to sign him up and Nan Xian Mu didn’t have the power to resist. After all, as his guardian, it was indeed possible for his mother to be the one to arrange his itinerary.

The contract would also have a legal effect because his mother could represent him to sign it up.

This was the first time Nan Xian Mu felt so helpless for being underage. If only it was possible, he wanted to become 18 years old so that he could have his own ID and didn’t need his guardian’s signature anymore.

Without the need of the guardian supervision, he could also arrange what he wanted to do on his own without his mother.

"Mother wants me to compete, but I don’t want to. I..." Nan Xian Mu mustered his courage to speak but then he didn’t know what he should tell his father.

Should he say that he hoped his father could go against his mother?

But Nan Xian Mu didn’t think that his father would do something like that for him. After all, the relationship between husband and wife was different from the relationship between father and son.

Nan Xian Mu was confused.

On the other hand, Nan Hai Yan narrowed his eyes. He had just finished reviewing Nan Hua’s result in the competition and found out that she was actually quite gifted.

But at this time, he felt that he seemed to have neglected this second son of his.

He moved his eyes to the screen and looked at his son’s record. Looking at his result in the Spring Competition, he understood that Nan Xian Mu seemed to have no interest at all in the competition.

The reward was indeed very attractive.

But Nan Xian Mu didn’t really want it.

The gene medicine was indeed very attractive, but it was not a guarantee that everyone who took it would be able to get better. Some of them have very little effect while some others had better effect.

There were even cases when there was no effect at all.

Nan Xian Mu might have some talent in business, but he knew that he was not at the top of the list. He was only a bit better than some others, which allowed him to have good result for the past few years.

Nan Hai Yan looked at the record for a while and then answered, "I know, you won’t be signed up for the Summer Competition."

His father’s voice was cold and indifferent, but Nan Xian Mu felt the feeling of being protected and warm.

There was a smile on his face.

"Thank you, Father."

"Go to sleep, it’s late."

"Yes!"

Nan Xian Mu hang up the call and looked at the screen in front of him, feeling better.

With his father, his mother should not go and sign him up, right?