Time flies, the interstellar war has not spread to the prosperous capital star, but the people of the empire are concerned about the war, and the war information is updated every day, so that the people of the whole empire can understand the real-time battle situation. Whenever communication fails, most of the empire There will be no concealment at all times, and the cruelty of war is what the people need to experience firsthand.

At this time, Zhuruo felt that the people of the empire were very united. Maybe the real war and the threat of war were two completely different states.

Even so, the internal development of the empire did not stop because of the war, and all aspects were still flourishing. The war with the Zerg never stopped. Although everyone paid close attention to it, it was just that.

Winston left in a hurry, and his plan was temporarily stranded after he left, but Chris still brought Iris and Zhuruo to the old house in Leicester to live with him, although no official ceremony was held for Zhuruo. During the adoption process, Chris has been very... lenient towards Zhu Ruo, and he also supports Zhu Ruo's decisions, helping Zhu Ruo to the greatest extent.

For example, the company that Zhu Ruo is running, the technology that Zhu Ruo invests with money, etc. Everything that Chris investigates is feasible, he gave Zhu Ruo full freedom and self, in order for Zhu Ruo to be in the days when Winston is away, Make Winston's existence less important; in order to make Zhuruo's world more open, knowing certain facts will not hurt too much.

Naturally, Zhu Ruo would not refuse, his strength alone was too weak to find that person in this huge world, and he had already planned.

The media industry in the empire is very developed, so Zhuruo told Chris that when he wanted to set up a company, Chris didn't ask too much. He gave Zhuruo two management talents and never intervened again. Zhu Ruo expressed his embarrassment—just do it, the old man will take care of anything, and if you don’t have enough money, you can tell Mr. Smith to withdraw it.Smith is Chris's personal butler.

Zhu Ruo chuckled, Chris said this, but in fact, he still had the mentality of pampering the juniors, giving him money to play.But Zhuruo is still very grateful to Chris - they can't say who owes whom, he saved Iris voluntarily, so Chris never owes him.Of course, Chris took this as compensation and he was willing to accept it. Originally, he wanted to use the behemoth of the Leicester family.

Slightly bending the corner of his mouth, Zhuruo drew a beautiful cream flower on the birthday cake, and then decorated the center of the flower with red fruit. Today is Iris's seventh birthday, and he specially asked for leave from the company. Although usually he is just a hand-off shopkeeper, and almost all the execution is handed over to Myron, the company's ostensible person in charge. He hides behind the scenes as the boss, decides the direction of the company's progress, and occasionally proposes some plans to let the company It is more competitive among peers.

He still does not have the ability to shake the social order, so it is inconvenient and there is not enough reason to appear in front of people.Zhu Ruo put down the tools in his hands, tidied up the kitchen, and took the prepared cake to Iris' room, thinking in his heart that the people Chris gave were indeed reliable and possessed certain personal abilities. Now his company is developing The momentum is very good, and he is indeed very satisfied with his current life.

But those days will soon be over.

Looking at the time, Zhu Ruo made some arrangements at home, and then quietly waited for Iris to come home from school.

Zhu Ruo was sitting by the window, looking out through the drawn blinds. The black magnetic car drove into Roland Manor and stopped at the gate of the villa. Iris almost jumped out of the car, his golden hair jumping in the sun , the excitement on his face couldn't be hidden, his face was still flushed with some baby fat, and it seemed that they were reunited when they met for the first time.

When I went to primary school, I no longer used airships to pick up and drop off.

Iris pushed open the door hastily, and scanned the living room like patrolling eyes, but found nothing in his field of vision. The excitement in his eyes subsided a little, and he paused slightly, then walked towards Zhuruo's room on the second floor. Running away - today is his birthday, Xiao Ruo will never forget it, no matter how busy he is recently, he will definitely celebrate for him.

room, no.Kitchen, no.Restrooms, no.Not everywhere.

Pursing his lips, Iris's eyes showed disappointment, which was in stark contrast to the previous joy, and his whole person was a little gloomy - for more than three years, he watched everything about Zhuruo, saw how excellent Zhuruo was, and thanked him I had gained Zhuruo's absolute trust a very long time ago, and I have an incomparable position in Zhuruo's heart.

In the first year after Winston left, Zhu Ruo seemed at a loss. He didn't know what to do. Even when Chris arranged him to do things, he was very absent-minded. Chris thought Zhu Ruo was missing Winston, but Iris understood. He knew more about Zhu Ruo, and he might still be thinking about his relationship with Winston; at the end of the year, Zhu Ruo seemed to have figured it out, and proposed to start a company. Chris was very happy that Zhu Ruo got out of that state, and readily agreed , and provided some convenience, originally it was just an excuse to distract Zhuruo, no one thought that Zhuruo would do such a good job, and the emerging company would gain a foothold in Capital Star and become the core of industry competition so quickly, not just It can be done by relying on the big tree of Leicester, so the people Chris originally assigned to Zhuruo are also convinced by Zhuruo - he doesn't even know how dazzling he is!

As a result, Zhu Ruo became more and more busy. He seemed to have found his direction. Not only did he manage the company flourishingly, but he gradually began to get involved in other industries, and he always seized opportunities. He proved by himself that mermaids are not only Just a tool for childbirth!

And Iris is also very proud of such a bamboo, and is honored.

But what frustrates Iris is that Zhuruo has never had any emotions towards him other than children-he is like a thief walking in the dark, carefully hiding himself and not touching anything to make a sound, thinking To get your favorite treasure.

He didn't want to appear in Zhuruo's field of vision as a child, so even so, Iris never showed any flaws.

I can't find it, Zhu Ruo is not at home.

Iris couldn't tell the loss in his heart. He felt that the whole villa seemed to be shrouded in shadow. Of course, he was sure that Zhu Ruo would never fall in love with others, but... returned to his room in a daze, and Iris was a little tired , threw the schoolbag casually in the box at the door, and was groping in the dark to get ready to lie down on the bed—since Zhu Ruo wasn't there, there was no point in celebrating a birthday.

Unexpectedly, the light in the dark room suddenly turned on, which startled Iris, and the scene he saw after his eyes adapted to the light lit up his life in an instant. Zhu Ruo sat in front of the table , looked at him with a teasing smile on his face, the cake on the table looked delicious.

Iris laughed for a moment, that kind of shy and embarrassed smile, his cheeks were dyed a little red, he walked to Zhu Ruo's side, kissed Zhu Ruo's cheek shyly, and shyly Thank you, make a serious birthday wish, and carefully blow out the candles.

—I hope to be with this person forever.This is in the dark.

——Hope to grow up soon.This is Akari.

The birthday wish is always the same every year, and although Iris doesn't believe that just wishing on a cake will come true, he knows that his wish will come true, with his own hands.Iris stared deeply at the gentle laughing Zhu Ruo, and pulled out a just right smile.

This kind of attitude can always get him more benefits. Iris will not be rigid. If the child's shell allows him to be intimate with Zhu Ruo, sometimes, he can even get a very simple conversation. How could he hate the kiss on the mouth?Just a little impatient.However, such a good time may not be many.

Good news has come from the front line, and I am afraid that Winston will return to the capital soon. At that time, Zhuruo... will not stay, even if it is according to what Winston originally said, as Chris's adopted son.Three years is enough for a determined person to grow a lot. This is the case with Iris. He studies hard. Except for the time with Zhuruo, almost every second is not wasted. At a young age, not just books He has gradually become familiar with the knowledge of the world, the treachery and conspiracy, but it is only beneficial to Zhu Ruo, and he is too lazy to pursue it.While he was growing up, Zhu Ruo was also growing. No, Iris has long eyes. Maybe Zhu Ruo was like this from the beginning—he didn’t bother to ask for charity from others, and Iris couldn’t bear to let Zhu Ruo be wronged. Bamboo Ruo should soar into a wider world.

So Iris cherishes every minute and every second of the time he can stay with Zhu Ruo, and Zhu Ruo has already made up his mind.

-

History is being rewritten every moment, but the gears of fate are hard to deviate from the original track.

Winston triumphantly discovered Xia Fan's identity as a natural mermaid, and during the war, Xia Fan inevitably had an irreversible relationship. Winston and Xia Fan became traitors completely. The shackles of their hearts will accompany them for a lifetime.

When they returned to Leicester's old house, Zhu Ruo and Iris happened to be there.

Zhu Ruo then moved back to Roland Villa with Iris. First, he started a company. Even if he was the boss behind the scenes, he had to deal with a lot of things. It was really hard for his subordinates to go to Leicester's old house frequently. It is inconvenient; secondly, Winston has not confessed, so why doesn't he live in Roland Manor?

When he saw Winston taking Xia Fan to Leicester's old house, the smile on Zhu Ruo's face froze a bit, then the corners of his mouth retracted, his eyes were a little unpredictable, and finally turned into a flat expression, Iris tensed Standing closely next to Zhu Ruo, his body is slightly tensed to block the front of Zhu Ruo's side. His reshaped body grows very fast. At the age of seven, he is already a head taller than Zhu Ruo's wheelchair. Now Zhu Ruo is basically Iris pushed.

Winston took a deep look at Zhu Ruo.

Three years later, the mermaid, who was still a teenager at the time, became a young man. His stature has grown elongated and he is incomparably handsome; With deep and bright emerald eyes, fair skin and beautiful facial features, coupled with the aura emanating from her body, this mermaid is already beautiful, and he is almost unrecognizable.Winston twitched the corners of his mouth. It seemed that Zhu Ruo was doing well.

Glancing over, Winston nodded as if meeting an old acquaintance. Winston hurriedly went to the study on the third floor to have a private conversation with Chris, leaving Xia Fan and Zhu Ruo looking at each other. Xia Fan couldn't help it. Look away.

This time it was him who completely betrayed Zhu Ruo, and Xia Fan could no longer face Zhu Ruo calmly.

Zhu Ruo pursed her lips, pulled Iris's hand, and asked Iris to retreat to her side. Really, I have said it many times, Iris is always overprotective like this, obviously he is still a child, but He is not a porcelain doll either. Zhu Ruo asked Xia Fan to sit down for tea. His voice was as gentle as ever. As an adult, his voice had lost the Qingyue of his youth. lingering.

All the words to describe the beauty are not enough to explain the current Zhuruo.

Xia Fan's eyes lost focus for a moment, if not for him...

-

The content of the secret conversation between Winston and Chris is still about the natural mermaid. Of course, at the end of this topic, it is natural to mention Zhu Ruo.

So Winston learned from Chris again, a completely different Zhuruo, the Zhuruo that he marveled and admired.

The real culprit of that incident three years ago was arrested. Zhu Ruo proposed to Chris a banquet to celebrate Iris’s recovery, and then confirmed the leader who only had a voice. Chris followed the clues and eradicated a well-hidden and intricate black trade organization. , and several families that are closely related to it, and from this mouth, the truth of what happened back then was tortured.

Zhu Ruo learned about financial management and investment, doubled his assets, and asked Chris for a loan, part of which was used to support the development of technology investment, and part of which was used to start a media company.Except for the development team and Zhu Ruo himself, the technology products are kept secret from outsiders, so Chris also knows a concept, which seems to be about the somatosensory technology, and the current research and development is going smoothly. Who can say that it will not become a shining achievement in the future?

As for Zhuruo's media company, it not only withstood the huge pressure and started to operate, but also emerged among the Empire Media. Facing the pressure from traditional behemoths, it also stood firm and firm. Now it is quite competitive, even , now it does not need the backing of Leicester, and it can stand firmly in the market.

Chris sighed, looked at Winston meaningfully, and said slowly, "The bamboo reeds are no longer within our control." Maybe in the near future, every mermaid will no longer be surrounded by humans. Under the domination, change is coming, Chris saw it from Zhuruo, saw the distortion of this society, saw the deep-rooted misconceptions of the people of the empire, and saw... So even if he had the intention of adopting Zhuruo, he always Not brought up.

He, or they, can no longer do what they think and take for granted.So did Winston.So is this empire.

Winston clasped his hands, thinking of Zhu Ruo's eyes before, it was the indifference to see everything, but also the pride of disdain, and it was time to end it.

-

When Winston was having a secret conversation with Chris, Zhu Ruo and Xia Fan were actually not idle.

After serving tea, Zhu Ruo observed Xia Fan—the young man's appearance seemed to be a little more beautiful than the original handsome one. After all, the natural mermaid matured, so it is normal to bring about these changes. The artificial mermaid comes from natural mermaids, and its appearance Already very beautiful, it is conceivable that a natural mermaid must also be a beauty.

Xia Fan felt uncomfortable when he saw him, and rubbed his fingers unconsciously on the edge of the teacup. Iris was guarding the bamboo like a knight, with a solemn face, Xia Fan was secretly startled. The young boy from the planet to the capital star, his experience is not the same as before, and it is rare to feel like sitting on pins and needles because of one person's gaze.

Zhu Ruo looked at Xia Fan quietly, Xia Fan was uncomfortable being looked at by him, but he didn't avoid it.Zhu Ruo smiled slowly. He still remembered what Xia Fan said three years ago. He despised Winston, but he didn't have much ill feeling towards Xia Fan. As a human being, he has feelings and will be biased.

Looking at Zhu Ruo's smiling face, Xia Fan was stunned for a moment. He had thought about Zhu Ruo's various reactions, but he never thought that Zhu Ruo would show him such a smile - no sarcasm, no coldness, some of which were clear in his heart His calmness and waiting as expected, his smile is still not hazy, which makes Xia Fan feel ashamed, but respectful in his heart.

"You know everything?" Xia Fan's voice was a little dry, and he asked instinctively, and then looked at Zhu Ruo and smiled, realizing that his question was stupid and unnecessary, so he pursed his lips, lowered his head, and his voice seemed to come from A low voice came directly from his chest, "I'm sorry, Zhu Ruo. I..."

"Xia Fan." Zhu Ruo interrupted Xia Fan, leaning forward to get close to Xia Fan, he stretched out his hand to grab Xia Fan's hand, the smile on his face restrained a bit, revealing a heavy feeling, "You, are you very nervous?" Love Winston?"

Xia Fan didn't understand why Zhu Ruo asked the question suddenly, but he nodded solemnly and said in a deep voice, "Yes."

"For this, you will give anything, and you will never turn back?" Zhu Ruo asked in a hollow voice with no expression on his face.

This question is already regarded as acute. After uncovering all of Xia Fan's defenses and fully exposing his wound and unbearable to the air, Xia Fan took a breath, clenched his fists and put them on top of his knees stiffly. He took a deep breath, then raised his head, looked at Zhu Ruo and nodded slowly, even he himself felt that the voice was extremely obscure, unbelievable, the words were like knives, leaving a deep pain when they passed through the throat, Xia Anyone who hears their own voice, "Yes." There is nothing wrong with loving someone, even if that person is a heinous person.But when this love hurts innocent people, that's wrong.But the sad thing is, knowing that it is wrong, but there is no way to turn back. He can either move forward and hope for the future, or stand halfway and let the three of them go to decay.

Iris stared angrily at the moment, not because of Xia Fan's frank love, but because of the meanness and shamelessness of him and Winston.

Zhu Ruo closed his eyes, and then slowly smiled, without retreating, and there was no room for retreating.He was not wrong, Zhu Ruo suddenly saw his own path, the destination is the other side of happiness, there is someone waiting for him, for this reason, he will not hesitate, even if it is a mistake to the end, the correct result will let him Never regret it.

For this, he will give up some things, but that is not betrayal.Zhu Ruo chuckled softly, and there was a sadness and helplessness in the laughter that he hadn't noticed. Xia Fan felt sour in his heart, and a line of tears fell down unexpectedly. He lowered his head hastily to cover up his gaffe. Si's heart palpitated for a while, and he stretched out his hand to hold Zhu Ruo's hand.

Zhu Ruo looked back, and smiled comfortingly at Iris, the smile was frozen at the moment the corner of his mouth rose, because Winston and Chris came down the stairs.

As soon as Winston saw this scene, he roughly understood what happened. His throat felt a little bitter, and his body tensed up, "You..."

Restraining his smile, Zhu Ruo became indifferent when he looked at Winston. He turned the wheelchair and faced Winston, then supported the armrest, stood up slowly, and walked in front of Winston step by step. Raising his hand, he slapped Winston like in slow motion. Winston's face was slapped to one side, and his heart was stinging. It was embarrassing, but Winston was not angry at the moment, only uncomfortable.

He closed his eyes and waited for the next sentence. Unexpectedly, after waiting for a long time, he didn't feel a single movement. Winston couldn't help opening his eyes, but Zhu Ruo had already been supported by Iris and sat back on the wheelchair. Like holding driftwood on the sea, Zhu Ruo fell on Iris' shoulders, holding Iris tightly with both arms.

And Iris, the son who hadn't seen him for three years, seemed to have changed into another look. Iris's expression was calm and cold that he had never seen before.At this moment, Iris is not like a child, but like a man.It wasn't just Winston, but the three present all had the same idea.

Iris felt sore in his heart, he understood why Zhu Ruo was like this... This is his farewell.He already knew that if these two people came back, Zhu Ruo would leave.

After a long time, Zhu Ruo raised his head, but his eyes were a little red. He was always calm, but he didn't expect that at the last moment, the reluctance in his heart was still... and Iris had already burst into tears. With Reese's eyes, Iris slowly pushed away.

Iris didn't want to stay, suppressed himself, and watched Zhu Ruo leave alone. This was his tacit understanding with Zhu Ruo, and this was also his agreement with Zhu Ruo. Their world will be divided from now on, and they will face each other day and night for three years. They treat each other as if they know themselves.

Zhu Ruo knew that Iris would not prevent him from staying, so that Zhu Ruo would maintain the highest dignity; and Iris would not think that Zhu Ruo had abandoned him.

Children always grow up.And he won't always be a kid.He needs a chance to appear in front of Zhu Ruo completely again and fulfill his promise.

That day won't be long.

-

Zhu Ruo left the old Leicester house.

There is no imaginary hysteria or injury and weakness, no tears and questioning, no blame and remorse, but everyone understands Zhu Ruo, and he maintains his complete dignity in the most noble form.

It was his pride that he had not said a word to Winston from the beginning to the end—Winston was not worthy to speak to him.

Chris sighed, yes, the matter seemed to be resolved quietly, it seemed that Xia Fan and Winston no longer needed to worry and worry about this matter, is this really the case?Zhu Ruo has no intention of becoming anyone's heart knot, but they, Leicester, I am afraid that no one will be able to forget this scene.

It's not that there are thorns on your back, it's not that you're sitting on pins and needles, it's not that you feel guilty, but you will remember it all your life.

Zhu Ruo completely moved out of the Roland Manor, and the gears of history began to turn. The people of the entire empire thought that the war was over, but something happened again. Not a few days after Winston returned home, he set foot on the battleship again and left the capital. star.However, these are because Zhu Ruo no longer has the energy to pay attention to them. He has more important things to do now.

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