The Crazed Little Darling: Pampered by the Possesive Commander!-Chapter 177: Looking for Wolf Ears, but Couldn’t Find Them
In the living room, Su Ruan heard something shatter in the kitchen and abruptly stood up, asking, "Brother Lu? What happened?"
"Nothing." Lu Shinian’s voice, eerily calm, came from the kitchen, "A plate accidentally broke."
Su Ruan stepped towards the kitchen, "Let me help you."
"No need." Lu Shinian’s voice was astonishingly calm, "The robot handled it."
As he spoke, his figure appeared at the kitchen door.
He slightly raised his eyes, his pupils completely black, only holding a barely noticeable light when looking at Su Ruan.
"Finished talking with your second brother, Ruan Ruan?"
Though his words were a question, his tone brooked no argument.
He took long strides towards the sofa.
His military attire intensified his presence; for a moment, Su Ruan felt as if she was on a battlefield shrouded in smoke.
Su Ruan’s pupils widened slightly as she glanced towards the kitchen behind Lu Shinian.
"Really nothing?" she asked.
Lu Shinian’s lips twitched upwards, holding a faint smile.
"Ruan Ruan doesn’t trust me?"
He countered, his tone becoming dangerous.
Originally seated on the sofa, Su Heyuan also stood up, adjusting his glasses as the lenses reflected light.
"Commander Lu." Su Heyuan spoke up proactively, "How could my sister not trust you?"
"We all trust you."
Lu Shinian gave Su Heyuan a cold glance, a storm lurking deep in his eyes, "Oh?"
His tone was indifferent, not revealing any anomaly.
But Su Ruan’s intuition told her something must have happened.
Su Ruan turned to look at Su Heyuan, blinking at him.
Receiving his sister’s signal, Su Heyuan shrugged, "I suddenly remembered something I need to do, I’ll be going now."
He waved to Su Ruan, "See you tomorrow, sister."
"See you tomorrow." Su Ruan replied, escorting Su Heyuan to the door, watching him leave before turning back to the living room.
Lu Shinian sat on the sofa, his gaze lowered, idly playing with the Light Brain, lost in thought.
Su Ruan lightly cleared her throat, "Brother Lu?"
Lu Shinian responded faintly, "Hmm."
The Light Brain was set to privacy mode, meaning Su Ruan couldn’t see its interface.
At this moment, the Light Brain’s interface displayed all the badges he had searched using his commander’s authority.
Badges, as an identity symbol, numbered in the tens of thousands; not only differing between industries, but even among different planets, resident badges varied significantly.
This was primarily due to the decentralized governance of the Central Star following the Insect Race war a decade ago; now, each major planetary leader managed their own affairs, only reluctantly following Central Star’s lead on major events.
Thus, finding Su Heyuan’s mentioned badge among these tens of thousands seemed impossible, especially since he didn’t even know what it looked like.
Lu Shinian’s eyes darkened slightly as the sofa beside him sank a little.
It was Su Ruan sitting down next to him.
Su Ruan wrapped her arms around Lu Shinian’s, her voice soft and gentle, "Brother Lu, are you angry?"
She couldn’t recall doing anything to upset him today; could it be he’s jealous of her second brother?
Actually, it seemed likely...
Su Ruan’s long eyelashes fluttered gently, her voice softened further, "Brother Lu, are you jealous?"
Lu Shinian turned his head slightly, looking at Su Ruan, the color in his eyes deepening.
He removed the privacy mode from the Light Brain, speaking in a low voice, "Does Ruan Ruan like badges?"
Su Ruan: ???
"Not particularly." She replied.
She had no memories of being on Musse Star and naturally forgot about Lu Shinian giving her a military badge, let alone anything about a military badge.
Of course, Su Ruan had not told anyone about losing this memory fragment; she secretly searched the Star Network, finding out that this short-term memory loss was called post-war trauma syndrome.
It made sense; the Insect Race was terrifying, and she was only ten back then; experiencing brief post-war trauma was perfectly normal.
Since her brain chose to forget, she didn’t bother probing further, given that losing those memories had no impact on her life.
Su Ruan glanced at Lu Shinian’s Light Brain screen, where the array of badges dazzled her eyes. She quickly blinked and randomly pointed at a rose-like badge, saying, "This badge is quite pretty."
Lu Shinian glanced at the badge, clicked on it, and information about the Rose Badge popped up.
[Rose Badge: Associated with the Rose Union, renowned for advocating passionate love and freedom at the Central Star, frequently holding speeches about love. Rumor has it that Your Majesty funds this union behind the scenes.]
Lu Shinian’s gaze lingered for a moment on "Your Majesty" before shifting away.
"Does Ruan Ruan like this?" His tone carried a somewhat mysterious meaning, "If so, shall we attend one of these speeches on Saturday?"
Along the way, they might also see who had such charm, making Ruan Ruan see him as a stand-in for that person.
Su Ruan was full of questions.
Lu Shinian was never one to attend speeches; in his words, speeches were brainwashing; those with a feeble mind would become enmeshed as the speaker’s followers.
For those with strong minds, listening would merely be a waste of time, hearing nonsense; attending such speeches was not worth it at all.
But now, he intended to attend a speech?
Su Ruan couldn’t help reaching out, touching Lu Shinian’s forehead, then moving up to his hair, trying to find the wolf ears hidden in his thick hair.
"Strange." She muttered.
The lack of wolf ears meant Lu Shinian hadn’t entered the Ancestral Stage?
A non-Ancestral Stage Lu Shinian wanting to attend a speech?
Lu Shinian caught Su Ruan’s wandering hand, gently stroking her wrist with his thumb, and softly asked after a moment, "What’s strange?"
"Doesn’t Ruan Ruan want to go?"
"Not really." Su Ruan sweetly smiled, "Didn’t you dislike speeches before?"
"I still do." Lu Shinian stared intently at Su Ruan, "But doesn’t Ruan Ruan really like this Rose Badge?"
If she chose this Rose Badge from thousands, it must have made a strong impression.
Such an impression likely came from it being given by the person Ruan Ruan saw him as a stand-in for.
Ha.
Lu Shinian slowly curved his lips into a smile, his eyes gradually turning dangerous.
His large hand encircled Su Ruan’s waist, lifting her onto his lap, pulling her body close with a gentle force.
He leaned into her ear, speaking in a low voice, his thin lips slightly parted:
