Jilted by Day, Cuddled At Night-Chapter 697: Why does that old bug look down on Xiaoyan?
Su Wan stared sharply at the screen, at the Insect God who seemed beyond the mortal world, and sneered, "What exactly is going on? You should ask yourselves, what kind of fetish does this lofty Lord Insect God have, to insist on turning into a Little Mushroom in a young girl’s hand!"
The communication was cut off.
This signaled that the conversation had ended on a sour note.
In the study, the family of three was silent. Gu Chen suddenly punched the table next to him, shattering it.
"He has been coming and going from our house so early, and we didn’t even notice?!"
Gu Jue’s face turned ashen as he stood up to leave. Su Wan’s quick reflexes allowed her to grab her husband, "Where do you think you’re going?"
"To gather the troops, to go to war."
"You’re staying at home!" Su Wan pulled her husband back and said in a cold voice, "Shouldn’t you be reflecting on yourself? The Empire’s greatest War God, the most powerful Commander of the Landis Star, our home has been infiltrated so easily, our daughter has been taken, and you knew nothing — don’t you feel guilty?"
Gu Jue clenched his fists, "So, should we let this go unanswered?"
"Calm down!" Su Wan, although just as frustrated as her husband and son, knew that it was not important to scold the old insect at the moment. What was important was that they should not wage war lightly.
Start a war, and the living will be plunged into misery.
Their Landis Star doesn’t like to wage wars, they don’t like to see their people displaced, which is why they chose to form an alliance with the Insect God.
Murderous intent filled Gu Jue’s eyes. "Are we supposed to just let this slide?"
"Of course not!" Su Wan looked at her husband and son, and finally said, "We need to strategize for the long term."
Su Wan was truly angry, but she remained calm, firmly holding down the two men in her family, then started to analyze the situation rationally.
"I asked Xiaoyan, and although the Insect God appeared by her side very early, under the name of her brother, so far it seems that nothing inappropriate has been done to her."
Gu Chen listened, his fists growing tense.
Xiaoyan has her big brother, her younger brother Xiaoyu, and many other brothers from family friends.
And they would need this old insect to be a brother?
Gu Jue looked up at his wife, "Wanwan, did you know about this before?"
"No, I didn’t know that the Insect God had known Xiaoyan for so long. I only knew that Bai Li was the Insect God and that he approached her during her military training at school," Su Wan answered.
Gu Jue, the father, also felt his fists harden with the urge to hit a certain old insect.
Deliberately approaching his little Xiaoyan and even changing identities multiple times?
Gu Jue fought to contain his anger, "What does he really want?"
Su Wan said, "I observed him before, but in the end, I didn’t understand what he really wanted either. I asked Xiaoyan, and she didn’t know either."
The family of three talked for a long time and still could not understand Bai Li’s true intentions.
On the other side, where the conversation had been forcefully interrupted, Bai Li also frowned in silence.
From Su Wan’s agitated and angry demeanor earlier, it seemed that she might have learned something... Did she know about his frequent visits to their house and his contact with Xiaoyan?
Bai Li half-lowered his eyes, feeling a ripple in his usually calm and indifferent emotions, somewhat annoyed.
He picked up the light computer, looking at Xiaoyan’s name, thinking of sending a message, but for some reason, his hand hovered there without moving.
What message should he send?
To ask if her parents and family knew about his earlier frequent visits to Commander Gu’s residence?
How would Xiaoyan respond to that?
It was a clear-cut matter.
Actually, Bai Li didn’t really care about Su Wan and Gu Jue’s anger; given the current situation, they weren’t necessarily going to start a war over this.
Just... the next time he wanted to visit Commander Gu’s residence, it would be a bit more difficult.
Bai Li’s guess was not wrong.
On this side, Gu Jue was extremely angry, and since he couldn’t go to war for now, he immediately instructed White Tiger to contact the Main System, Bai Ze, to enhance their home’s security system.
"Not even a bug should be allowed to fly in!"
Generally speaking, the security level of Commander Gu’s residence was even higher than the Imperial Palace where Gu Chen currently lived.
Not to mention, they also had four advanced artificial intelligences in the family.
Su Wan did not stop her husband from strengthening the security of their home. She went to her daughter’s room and looked at her somewhat forlorn daughter.
The little girl spoke cautiously, "Mom, I’m sorry, I really didn’t mean to deceive you, it’s just..."
"Mom knows, his identity is just a bit special. You just wanted a friend and didn’t wish to start any trouble. Moreover, you know he didn’t mean to harm us and is friendly towards the people of Landis Star," Su Wan said.
"Yes, but I still deceived you all; it’s my fault..."
Su Wan reached out and embraced her daughter, "Xiaoyan, sometimes you have the right to make your own choices. But you must promise mom, you won’t let yourself get hurt, okay? Since you were little, I could give you siblings more freedom, but this freedom is predicated on you being calm and clear-headed, learning to make choices, learning how to see through a person."
Gu Yan snuggled into her mother’s embrace, feeling immense guilt in her heart.
"Mom, why don’t you scold me?" she suggested.
"Silly child, why would I scold you? At most, you were tricked by someone. When you were younger and didn’t understand things, it was our neglect that allowed you to be taken in by someone’s smooth talk," Su Wan consoled her.
Gu Yan, feeling a bit unbearable, whispered softly, "Mom, Bai Li... he didn’t have any ill intentions."
Su Wan scoffed, "Fortunately, he had no ill intentions. Otherwise, the situation wouldn’t be what it is now. Xiaoyan, don’t think too much about it. Since he has no romantic feelings, just treat him as an ordinary friend, the kind you contact occasionally. Don’t let it affect your life. Your journey is still long."
"Okay."
Although still feeling low, Gu Yan, curled up in her mother’s warm embrace, silently resolved to pick herself up quickly.
She mustn’t let her family down again!
The next morning, Gu Yan got her emotions in order, said goodbye to her parents, and took a flyer to school with her older brother, Gu Yu.
Su Wan nodded approvingly, "It’s good that they haven’t started yet. It will be easier to end it this way."
Gu Jue stood by her side, straightening his wife’s messy fringe, and frowned, "Why doesn’t the Insect God like Xiaoyan?"
"Huh?"
"I mean, our Xiaoyan is so wonderful, how dare that old bug look down on our little girl?"
"..."
Su Wan felt a mix of laughter and tears upon hearing this.
Such was the nuanced heart of a father.
Yesterday, when he heard that the other party had approached Xiaoyan so early, the old father nearly jumped into his mecha to fight someone on the spot.
And now, hearing that the other party did not fancy Xiaoyan, he felt indignant on behalf of his daughter!
The complex emotions of an old father.
Su Wan patted her husband’s hand and said, "Actually, it’s a good thing that Bai Li doesn’t fancy Xiaoyan. Didn’t you say before that even when Xiaoyan is to find a husband, it should be someone who would become our son-in-law? In the whole universe, the least likely person to be our son-in-law is this Insect God, Bai Li."
