Chapter 96 2/2

“He was more familiar with the Jiang family than with himself; he remembered this location was a liquor cabinet.

“Sir, it’s time to attend the military meeting.”

“Mm.”

Cen Lang shut down the computer, pressing against his heart: “Stay calm, don’t be so weak.”

Another voice in his mind said: Being noticed by Jiang Li is the greatest achievement!

Cen Lang chuckled and scolded himself, “Weak.” He got up from his seat, changed into a formal suit, and took the aircraft to attend the meeting.

As the aircraft passed over the underground city, Cen Lang looked deeply at the unguarded entrance.

He could easily send someone now to investigate the internal traces.

But Cen Lang didn’t do that.

Jiang Li coming to the underground city to save him was a very personal matter; Cen Lang wanted to personally unravel every layer, surpassing every surge of adrenaline brought to him by each game and battle.

Cen Lang recalled all the contents of his “dreams” and suddenly remembered that Jiang Li said he himself was an Omega!

But Jiang Li clearly differentiated into a Beta, and Cen Lang had been worried that Jiang Li would differentiate into an Omega and be deliberately targeted by the malicious Alphas at school.

When Jiang Li’s differentiation result came out, Jiang Wanlan, Lu Jing, and Cen Lang all thought it was perfect.

Without a sensitive period, there was no need for suppressants, and there would be no desire to fall in love due to pheromones.

Jiang Li just needed to grow up happily every minute and every second.

Before liking Jiang Li, Cen Lang’s stance was completely aligned with Jiang Wanlan’s.

Now, well, not to mention being on the opposite side, there was some conflict anyway.

Cen Lang saw Lu Jing at the press conference.

Lu Jing, promoted to general, had been solemn and taciturn for decades.

For ordinary people with such a personality, being a father-in-law must be very stressful.

Cen Lang didn’t think so at all. Taciturn = not good with words = won’t intervene.

The Cen family and the Jiang family knew each other inside out; he had grown up under Uncle Lu’s watchful eyes. This was a unique advantage more important than family background and military rank.

“General Lu.” Cen Lang shook hands with Lu Jing, gesturing for him to sit in his own seat and offering tea.

Lu Jing: “…” Offering help when not needed.

Lu Jing silently took a sip, and Cen Lang immediately refilled the cup.

Lu Jing: “What’s the matter?”

Cen Lang: “Well, I’d like to invite Jiang Li for a graduation bike ride and wanted to get your consent first.”

Lu Jing’s eyes deepened; Cen Lang had given Jiang Li two bicycles for his eighteenth birthday, and recently Jiang Li had been frequenting the basement, claiming to be cleaning the bikes, with the wheels and carbon frames gleaming.

Both he and Jiang Wanlan could tell that Jiang Li really liked bicycles. They had mentioned taking Jiang Li out for a ride, but Jiang Li had declined, saying, “I’m busy with experiments, let’s talk about it after graduation.”

It turns out he had made plans with Cen Lang.

Jiang Li often escaped his dad’s physical training, but in reality, his athletic abilities far surpassed those of an average Omega, and he quickly learned sports that required balance, such as cycling and skateboarding.

“Plan the route well and bring bodyguards,” Lu Jing said.

Cen Lang: “Got it.”

“A government official walked directly towards Lu Jing and Cen Lang. There was someone sitting next to Cen Lang, so he sat next to Lu Jing.

This government official was known to be a chatterbox, especially fond of talking to people who don’t talk much.

Lu Jing: “…”

Cen Lang smiled as he got up, “General Lu, shall we switch seats?”

Lu Jing agreed, feeling puzzled. Although Cen Lang used to get along well with Jiang Li, he wasn’t this close to his elders before.

Has he changed?

Cen Lang sat next to the chatterbox, maintaining a polite smile and handling the conversation with ease, even though the sleeves of his suit were sprayed with spittle.

It didn’t matter; he wasn’t a germaphobe. He could just throw away the clothes; pleasing his father-in-law was more important.

Most of the time, Cen Lang seemed very easygoing.

Lu Jing slightly changed his view of Cen Lang.

…

After the meeting, Cen Lang politely escorted Lu Jing and then headed to the underground city.

To prevent accidental lighting and intensifying the storm reaction, the underground city didn’t even have switches.

Cen Lang knocked on the storage compartment on the wall and opened a huge drawer, taking out emergency lights with built-in long-lasting power sources and hanging one in each of the four corners.

The underground city instantly lit up as bright as day.

At first glance, there were no flaws, no traces of anyone else having lived there. Everything Jiang Li had brought in was taken away.

Cen Lang squatted down, picked up a strand of hair about four or five centimeters long from the ground.

His hair was coarser than Jiang Li’s, and with just a pinch, he could tell it wasn’t his.

It was Jiang Li’s; he had touched Jiang Li’s hair.

Being meticulous, Cen Lang also found suspicious dried traces of liquid at the seam between the wall and the floor.

Cen Lang clenched his fist, stood up silently, and walked to the hidden door in the bathroom.

He pushed it open, revealing a long, dark passage.

Cen Lang moved forward, and the emergency lights behind him cast his shadow ahead, seeming more impatient than Cen Lang himself.

Cen Lang quickened his pace, soon leaving the light behind and engulfing himself in complete darkness.

He didn’t use any lighting but measured the distance Jiang Li had traveled with his footsteps.

He felt heartache.

How did Jiang Li manage to come and go along such a long path?

Suddenly, he kicked an empty nutrient tube.

Cen Lang lowered his head, picked it up, and put it in his pocket before continuing forward.

Little Jiang Bao Bao, who always managed to escape his dad’s physical training, had walked such a long distance for him.

Cen Lang didn’t intentionally speed up; it took him two hours to reach the Jiang family’s basement.

Jiang Li didn’t like to litter; apart from the empty nutrient tube, he didn’t come across any trash along the way.

Cen Lang sat silently behind the exit door for a while before getting up to head back.

This area had good signal reception as it was close to the surface. Cen Lang sent a message to Wang Wang, saying to inform Jiang Li that he was back in the underground city in two hours.

Shameless.

Fishing for Omega was the inferior nature of Alphas.

He would atone for this for the rest of his life.

On his way back, Cen Lang carefully inspected the safety hazards of the passage, completely focused, without thinking about whether Jiang Li would come or not.

Finally, he stopped at the end, not pushing open the door to the bathroom.

…

Jiang Li came out of the laboratory and met Wang Wang, who was holding a roast chicken, with a big smile on his face. “Dr. Xiaojian, this is Mr. Cen’s gift for you.”

Jiang Li was puzzled. “Why didn’t he come in person?”

Wang Wang happened to show a hint of guilt: “Mr. Cen went to attend the military press conference.”

“Jiang Li: ‘My dad’s already back.’

Wang Wang chuckled awkwardly: ‘Maybe he stayed behind for a small meeting.’

Jiang Li: ‘Tell me the truth.’

Wang Wang: ‘Uh, well, Mr. Cen just finished the meeting and said he had a bit of a headache, so just in case, he went to the underground city for a while. Don’t worry, you know, Mr. Cen gets a headache as soon as he sees long speeches; it’s probably because of the speech draft.’

Jiang Li frowned, how could it be that.

Did his pheromones fail? Or did he judge incorrectly?

Jiang Li adjusted his mask and boarded the aircraft with determination.

Wang Wang watched Jiang Li return home with relief.

As soon as Jiang Li got home, he greeted his dad and said he was a bit tired tonight and wanted to go to bed early.

Jiang Wanlan didn’t suspect anything. “Okay.”

Jiang Li put away his backpack, covered his pillow with the blanket, and sneakily opened the door. He saw both dads in the bedroom and quickly ran towards the basement.

He opened the cabinet door under the liquor cabinet, where his skateboard was stored.

Jiang Li hugged his skateboard, opened the hidden door on the wall, bent down, stepped inside, and closed the cabinet door behind him.

This time he brought his own medicine.

Maybe his pheromones weren’t effective, and the medicine he initially thought of was the best solution.

Jiang Li felt a bit regretful; if he had known last time, he would have directly fed him the medicine at the restaurant. What’s the use of fish oil? It can only nourish the brain.

He walked a distance while hugging his skateboard, calming his thoughts before finally putting it down and stepping on it.

When Jiang Li wasn’t in a hurry to see Cen Lang, he would skate there himself.

When he was in a hurry, Jiang Li would turn on the skateboard’s power switch.

The skateboard was also a gift from Cen Lang. When it traveled at high speed, the front wheel would emit a purple light to automatically detect obstacles, and the rear wheel would spark, like sparks from the friction between the wheels and the ground, but without heat, purely cool.

Cen Lang recognized it as the Fire Meteor skateboard, with its purple front light and golden tail, resembling a comet streaking through the night. He knew the person on it must be Jiang Li.

Not too dumb, he could use tools.

Jiang Li skated swiftly, and when he didn’t want to drive, the skateboard would turn automatically.

As he turned the last corner and saw the end ahead, the skateboard’s front light suddenly illuminated a figure.

Jiang Li widened his eyes, his fingers tightening. Accidentally, he deactivated the skateboard’s autopilot, and then forgot to brake, heading straight towards Cen Lang.

Cen Lang lifted his foot and pressed the skateboard’s brake, catching Jiang Li, then turned and pressed him against the wall, kissing him deeply, capturing Jiang Li’s tongue.

Once in his embrace, never to part until death!