Meng Jinhuai, who had just finished his work, was wearing a black double-breasted military uniform and leather gloves of the same color. At this moment, his entire body was emitting an unusually dangerous aura … Duan Hengxing, who had yet to get up from the ground, immediately paled when he saw Meng Jinhuai. He anxiously lowered his head and called out: "Lord … Lord Marshal …"
Meng Jinhuai ignored Duan Hengxing and didn't even spare him a glance. In the silence, the Marshal walked directly to Duan Hengye's side. "Are you alright?" Meng Jinhuai seemed like a completely different person when he asked this question. He lowered his head and spoke in an extremely gentle tone. However, perhaps because he had just come out of the military, Meng Jinhuai didn't completely retract his aura like he usually did. Although he intentionally spoke in a gentle tone, Duan Hengye still felt an extremely strong and unfamiliar sense of oppression.
Duan Hengye suddenly felt uneasy. In his previous life, although he had distanced himself from family disputes, he had still faced the heads of various ancient martial arts families all day long. In Duan Hengye's eyes, Meng Jinhuai's aura was far stronger than theirs.
This kind of aura and oppression could only be felt by people who had walked out of the battlefield. It was cleansed from countless blood and deaths.
Suppressing the uneasiness in his heart, Duan Hengye tried his best to calmly raise his head and say: "I'm fine."
"That's good." Meng Jinhuai smiled at Duan Hengye and said: "In the future, you can leave this kind of matter to your personal assistant."
"Okay." Duan Hengye didn't want to bother with this spoiled brat of a younger brother. He made a mental note of the person who could handle this kind of trouble. Seeing Duan Hengye nod, Meng Jinhuai finally patted him lightly on the shoulder and said: "Okay, let's go to the banquet hall."
As the Marshal's spouse, appearing at the banquet with Meng Jinhuai was of course an essential part of the event. Duan Hengye nodded and put away his photon computer. Together with Meng Jinhuai, he walked towards the crowd. The two didn't bother with Duan Hengxing anymore. However, when they walked past someone who was sitting on the ground, Duan Hengye clearly saw him trembling uncontrollably …
When they were about to enter the banquet hall with the crowd, Meng Jinhuai suddenly took two steps forward and held Duan Hengye's hand.
Instantly, Duan Hengye's hand, Duan Hengye reflexively to withdraw his hand. But his reason and memories from the past told him: the original owner and Meng did appear in public hand often in public together.
After all, they were legal legal partners....
In his previous life, although Duan Hengye didn't have the strange temper of the original owner, in the eyes of the people around him, he was still an otaku, or rather, a loner. Although he was aware of his sexual orientation when he read clichéd novels in his early years, this was the first time he held someone's hand as an adult.
Meng Jinhuai's hand was not only beautiful, the slightly cold body temperature coupled with the thin calluses on his palm gave people the illusion that they were touching a jade sculpture. At this moment, Duan Hengye's fingertips trembled slightly. He admired Meng Jinhuai even more now … he was indeed the Best Actor Meng in his heart, he could actually hold the hand of someone who tried to kill him so naturally. Duan Hengye couldn't help but continue to look up. Meng Jinhuai's expression didn't change, even his eyes were smiling, as if the person in his hand was really his lover.
Regardless of the twists and turns in their hearts, in the eyes of the bystanders, they were indeed very intimate. When they walked to the center of the banquet hall, almost everyone's eyes were locked on them.
"Marshal Meng, Professor Duan, good afternoon, I've heard of you for a long time." A slightly chubby man came forward to greet the two. The person who spoke was the Prime Minister of the Yetian Empire. Probably because of the war, compared to the military commander Meng Jinhuai, he didn't have much of a presence, but he was still one of the top political figures in the Yetian Empire.
However, the original owner and Duan Hengye didn't have much interest in the Empire's political scene. When Meng Jinhuai and the Prime Minister started to chat, he slowly pretended to unconsciously pull his hand out of the other's hand. When he finally pulled his hand out, Duan Hengye finally noticed that beside the Prime Minister, there was someone silently watching him while drinking.
When he saw Duan Hengye look back, he very generously raised the wine glass in his hand and said, "Good evening."
Duan Hengye finally remembered that the man in front of him was called Wen Mujia, the heir to a famous technology company in the Galaxy. As a typical rich person, Wen Mujia lived a low-key life. The most famous thing in his previous life was — — he once chased after Meng Jinhuai in his early years.
Almost everyone in the Galaxy had heard of this. Even a large portion of gossip lovers knew that as a "love rival", Wen Mujia and the original owner didn't get along well …
If this was in the past, the original owner would definitely be angry when he received this provocative gaze. But now that the original owner had changed, Duan Hengye couldn't wait to divorce Meng Jinhuai … Therefore, Wen Mujia, who had provoked the other party countless times, experienced the feeling of punching cotton for the first time.
Even though the two hadn't met many times, the magical intuition between love rivals still existed. Seeing the other party's indifference, Wen Mujia immediately realized — — Duan Hengye had changed. His smile slowly faded from his face, and the gaze he used to look at Duan Hengye turned to one of inquiry.
But Duan Hengye really didn't want to pay attention to this "former love rival" anymore. He didn't like the atmosphere at the banquet, so it didn't take long for him to find an excuse to leave. Unlike his indifference, Wen Mujia's gaze never left Duan Hengye's back from the moment he turned to leave the banquet hall …
Outside the banquet hall was a field of grass. When Duan Hengye walked out, he saw that the previously incomparably quiet field of grass was suddenly filled with a large group of children. The children who were brought to the banquet by their families were still able to stay put at first, but after a while, they ran out of boredom. At this time, a group of children dressed in Chinese clothes were chasing and playing in the garden. From time to time, someone would accidentally fall to the ground. The few robots that followed him looked a little anxious. They kept their orange warning lights on as they walked around behind their little master.
Duan Hengye liked cute children, but it didn't mean that he could tolerate the noise of naughty children. He just glanced at the lawn and planned to take a detour. But before Duan Hengye could completely turn around, a loud cry pulled him back.
He saw Dongfang You, who he had just met, sitting on the ground. Her beautiful blue skirt was torn, and she looked very embarrassed. And the person standing opposite Dongfang You was … Meng Jinhuai's nephew.
Duan Hengye's right eyelid twitched.
This was a character that was not mentioned in "Toppling the Stars". Fortunately, he could find his existence from the memory of the original owner. Meng Jinhuai's family had been in the army for generations. These years, the situation of the Yetian Empire was not good, and the family had sacrificed a lot of people. The child in front of him was Meng Jinhuai's brother's child, Meng Hexi. After his parents died in the war, he followed Duan Hengye.
The marshal was not omnipotent. Because of the busy official business, Meng Jinhuai did not have much time to take care of the child. In Duan Hengye's view … Meng Hexi would become a dandy like the original owner's brother if he continued to develop like this.
Although he didn't want to get involved in the conflicts of these children, Dongfang You had obviously seen Duan Hengye. Not far away, the little girl pursed her lips with some grievances, and then shouted in the direction of Duan Hengye, "Professor Duan …"
Almost all the children's families were high-ranking military officials, so naturally, this was not the first time they saw Duan Hengye. Seeing this uncle who had been very serious in their impression come over with a straight face, the children immediately became nervous.
Duan Hengye didn't want to care about other people. He quickly walked over to help Dongfang You up and asked, "What's wrong?" After saying that, he suddenly felt that this scene was a bit familiar … It seemed that his communication with Lan Jingchi a while ago was like this.
After being helped up by Duan Hengye, the little girl immediately rubbed her eyes and complained, "It's … it's Meng Hexi, he pushed me!" After hearing this, Duan Hengye first asked other children around to leave. He slowly walked to Meng Hexi's side, frowned and asked, "What's the matter?"
Although it was not as murderous as Meng Jinhuai, Duan Hengye's cold temperament was still very scary for children. After all, Meng Hexi was not a real dandy. He was silent for a while, then he bit his lips and bowed his head and admitted, "Yes, but I didn't mean it …"
Hearing the other's explanation, Duan Hengye said very ungratefully, "It's no use to explain this. Apologize." Because the nominal guardians Meng Jinhuai and Duan Hengye were not at home, the young master Meng Hexi had been raised by the attendants at home and school. Now Duan Hengye suddenly asked him to apologize to Dongfang You, Meng Hexi naturally didn't want to.
"No, her father is a general, my uncle is …"
Children generally didn't care about the identity of their family members. Now Meng Hexi could say this, it must be that someone had been repeating the identity of his family all day long. Duan Hengye's face became more ugly. "Because your uncle is Meng Jinhuai, so you can bully others?" He couldn't help but raise his voice and asked.
Meng Hexi was startled by Duan Hangye's sudden increase in volume, but that was not the end of it. Duan Hangye raised his voice and asked, "If that's the case, your uncle went to war outside so that he could come back to bully or rule others?"
After hearing Duan Hengye's words, Meng Hexi suddenly couldn't help but burst into tears. The tears fell so fast that Dongfang You didn't even realize what had happened. Seeing Meng Hexi crying, she carefully pulled Duan Hengye's clothes and said, "Professor Duan … It's okay. I won't cry now. Don't be so fierce to Meng Hexi."
"…" Duan Hengye was silent. Did he really look like bullying a child?
Even so, he still felt that Meng Hexi's words were too much. Duan Hengye didn't speak anymore, but stood there silently watching Meng Hexi. After a long time, the child finally stopped crying. He wiped his face and burped, "I … I'm sorry."
Hearing the apology, Dongfang You was also stunned. She opened her eyes wide and replied, "It's okay." Seeing this, Duan Hengye finally squatted down and handed the handkerchief he carried with him to Meng Hexi with a little disgust.
After receiving the handkerchief, Meng Hexi sniffed and wiped the tears and snot on his face. After calming down a little, the child handed the handkerchief back to Duan Hengye, "Thank you, aunt." He said very naturally.
Aunt?
Hearing this, Duan Hengye even forgot the dirty handkerchief in his hand. He only felt that a basin of cold water was poured over his head. "Change the way you address me," he got up and said to Meng Hexi seriously, "Call me Professor Duan."
"Ah?" Meng Hexi was stunned for a moment. Then he sniffed and whispered, "Professor Duan."
What Duan Hengye didn't know was that everything that happened here was seen by Meng Jinhuai.
At a certain moment, in Meng Jinhuai's eyes, Duan Hengye's figure seemed to overlap with the boy at the banquet more than ten years ago … The marshal's eyes couldn't help showing a trace of tenderness — not mixed with falsehood. But the tenderness only existed for a moment.
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