Chapter 61: The Admiral, an Idol Drama Hero

“Don’t worry, I’m the admiral of the Empire, not some precious son of theirs who will pay attention to them.” Lucas gave a pei and said, “I don’t care.”

Luo Ran hesitated before saying, “En.”

His smile was like the breeze on the surface of a pool. 

Gentle, with some appeasement.

Lucas gazed at it for a moment before opening his arms and saying: “Why don’t you give me a hug?”

Luo Ran was taken aback, and then felt a little ill at ease.

Lucas kept his arms stuck out like a blockhead.

It was just a comforting hug, nothing more.

Luo Ran hesitated, then stepped forward and hugged Lucas.

Lucas leaned his head lightly on Luo Ran’s shoulder and smiled: “It’s enough for me to have you as my family.”

Luo Ran was surprised, then whispered: “Okay.”

The two embraced at a bend in the corner, and the people passing by only dared to sneak a peek excitedly and then flee at a faster pace without disturbing them.

After a while, Lucas let go of Luo Ran and pointed at the floor, saying, “Luo Ran.”

“En?”

“You seem to have dropped something, maybe it got knocked out when we were hugging.”

The already very proficient Luo Ran looked down and exclaimed, “It seems to be the admiral’s small brain, when did it pop out?”

Lucas: “? ? ?”

The phrase “you’re missing a boyfriend” stuck in Lucas’s throat.

Lucas had even considered for a long time whether to choose boyfriend or husband.

Luo Ran raised his head and said worriedly: “Are you going to pick it up?”

Lucas said coldly: “Luo Ran, you’re dead.”

Luo Ran clutched his temples. “My head hurts a bit.”

Lucas: “? ? ?”

Lucas bared his teeth: “Don’t do this again!”

Luo Ran smiled and hugged the official documents, then turned around and quickly ran away.

Lucas was so angry that his face distorted.

Son of a bitch ! !

. . . . . .

Three hours later.

Inside the barracks, Lucas held a serious meeting with Wang Qiuyang, Lu Cheng, and Shen Xiluo in a small, dark room.

The content of the meeting was naturally — the progress of the research project on the outstanding heir to the empire.

Now that the UNK project had been forced to a stop, Shen Shiluo and Xia Zhi were also free. Shen Xiluo brought a report from the medical department to the military department and came to meet with Lucas. After dealing with official business, he heard Lucas unexpectedly ask: “How did you guys first pursue your wives?”

Wang Qiuyang and Lu Cheng exchaged glances.

Lu Cheng said: “The first time we met, I just hit a home run and didn’t have to pursue him……”

Wang Qiuyang said: “It was a blind date arranged by my family, but the first time we saw each other, the family members asked for a marriage, and we got married……”

Lucas was sour.

Shen Xiluo habitually pushed his glasses up and said: “I haven’t officially succeeded in my pursuit yet, but I’m making good progress and will soon succeed.”

Shen Xiluo proudly said: “He has already agreed to have dinner with me.”

The other three people turned their heads to look at him in a daze.

“If you wish to be successful, naturally you must continuously learn, seek breakthroughs, and take risks.” Shen Xiluo said: “Among them are reference materials, further observation, and more learning.”

“Observation and thinking are the beginning of all research, and the same is true of love.”

Lu Cheng and Wang Qiuyang opened their mouths blankly. The depth of research doctors was really of a different kind. A skillful kind.

Lu Cheng stared and said: “What will the admiral do now?”

Shen Xiluo took out the terminal again.

“Naturally, read more information and then apply it.”

Lucas: “…….”

Lucas was on guard. If Shen Xiluo took out anything weird, he would leave.

But Shen Xiluo didn’t.

He just saw him click lovingly on a folder, and say solemnly: “Watching romantic TV dramas and movies is a good choice. I have many types here, including contemporary and ancient earth materials.”

“If you’re just getting started, I recommend a romance series from ancient Earth’s Kimchi Country.”

Lucas: “…….”

Lucas had probably never thought that one day he would watch romantic movies with his adjutants in the barracks.

He also didn’t expect that his vacation entertainment would be watching dramas.

And after watching for a while, he thought they were too stupid.

Tsk.

He, Lucas Aldor, would stop here. He wouldn’t do anything stupid to Luo Ran like those heroes and heroines.

It was best to leave it at that.

Before he left, Shen Xiluo sent him some study materials.

On the other side, Luo Ran had finished studying today’s official documents and was about to go back, when he received the investigation team’s report.

They had acted very quickly, and it took two days to find out Cyril’s complete itinerary.

The investigation team had filtered out a very interesting piece of information.

A lot had happened that night at the king’s birthday party.

Among them, Prince Andika was drugged and then met Lu Cheng, and because of this, Andika was controlled by the star pirates for a period of time.

Prince Andika’s mission was to lead Huntsman and the star pirates to sneak into the capital to do business, and in addition, to take him to meet the “big shot” in the capital.

The second banquet that Andika participated in was the welcome banquet set up for Luobing. At that time, the envoy even blatantly asked Lucas to marry Luobing’s two Highnesses.

And then Huntsman, who was brought by Andika and dressed as a bodyguard, went with him to the east wing on the seventh floor of the hotel.

Cyril was also in the east wing.

In addition, the First Prince was playing billiards with Cyril that night.

Luo Ran rubbed his brow at once, his mood bottoming out.

Naturally, they couldn’t conclude that the First Prince had colluded with Cyril and the star pirates just because of this incident that could be a coincidence.

It was just a possibility.

But if this possibility really held true, then trouble would follow.

Very, very troublesome.

Cyril was the eldest Aldor son.

How ironic was it that the youngest son and the star pirates were fighting to the death, and the eldest son and the star pirates were in the same party? How embarrassed would the Aldors be? Hundreds of years of loyalty and noble reputation were about to be marred by an inescapable stain.

And if the First Prince really got involved, or let Cyril loose to fish for benefits, it would be a disaster for the Empire.

The relationship between the military and the royal family had always been delicate, and the First Prince was still the future leader of the Empire. If the future leader of the Empire colluded with the enemies and looters of the Empire, the star pirates, Lucas would be the first to be targeted, and what would happen to the Empire then?

What would happen to the people of the Empire?

Luo Ran lightly pressed his temples, frowning slightly.

He deleted the file, and was about to go find the investigation team leader in person, when the terminal beep sounded again.

……Huh?

It was information about a school reunion.

In fact, Luo Ran had not contacted his old classmates for a long time. After all, Luo Ran had experienced bullying and targeting since entering junior high school, and transferred to a new school where he spent only two years of high school. His classmates at the new school didn’t dare to make friends with him when they heard about his past, let alone offend the Viscount’s family, who were all extremely high up in the civilian school at that time.

After all, the new school was actually a branch of the old school, and the teaching building was only one street away. Luo Ran’s father tried his best at that time, but he couldn’t be transferred to a different school.

But Luo Ran still received this information, because the class reunion notice was automatically generated by the school for all students at the same level.

Luo Ran received them once every three years, but he had never gone before.

After the class reunion was over, Luo Ran also received a photo automatically forwarded from the school. His former classmates were naturally beautiful and glamorous.

Luo Ran was different from before. He was not inferior, and was even better than his former classmates.

Only, he still didn’t go.

“Why are you in a daze?” When Lucas returned from military headquarters, he saw Luo Ran sitting alone in front of the table, holding a terminal blankly.

“It’s nothing.”

Luo Ran smiled and said: “I’m going back. Good night, Admiral.”

Lucas reached out with a frown to stop Luo Ran, saying: “What’s the matter? Tell me honestly, don’t hide anything from me.”

This was no secret. Luo Ran said helplessly: “It’s nothing, I just received a report from the investigation team and a notice for a class reunion.”

Aside from Luo Ran’s blind dates, the investigation team had always sent reports to both of them at the same time, so Lucas also knew about it.

“En, you don’t have to think so much about those things. Appropriate measures will be taken when the situation calls for them.” Lucas asked, “Will you go meet your classmates?”

“No.” Luo Ran shook his head. “It isn’t necessary.”

Lucas paused, then said, “Go, ba.”

“Ah……?”

Lucas smiled and said: “I’ll accompany you.”

If he never went, Luo Ran would occasionally think of the past, but if he went to face those people and crushed them, he could dismiss them from his mind.

“No need,” Luo Ran said with a smile. “It was a long time ago, and I don’t have a good relationship with them.”

“Is it unnecessary or are you afraid?” Lucas raised an eyebrow and asked: “Why? As my secretary, should you still be afraid to meet them? You have subdued even generals of the Empire, why continue to fear them?”

“How could I.” Luo Ran lowered his eyes and said with red ears, “I won’t.”

Lucas smiled: “Then Secretary Luo, the Imperial secretary who manages the military department, and contends with the royal family, will you go?”

“I’ll go,” Luo Ran said with a smile. “I can go by myself, and also grab some free food.”

After all, the class reunion was held in a very big and famous restaurant in the capital.

“I’ll accompany you.”

“No need, I can go by myself……”

Lucas said angrily: “You can eat but I can’t?!”

“…….”

Lucas said: “Zhou Mingkai went to the military academy before. He told me that a class reunion is a place to show off wealth and partners, and you, as my secretary, represent my face and cannot lose.”

The classmates were all people who had bullied Luo Ran in the past, right?

Lucas sneered. He would not allow Luo Ran to go alone.

“…….” Luo Ran lowered his head, not knowing whether to laugh or cry: “In fact, not every class reunion is like this, and……”

And he didn’t have a partner either.

Luo Ran paused and said nothing.

Lucas just raised his eyebrows and didn’t speak.

The atmosphere was a bit strange.

After a moment, Lucas asked: “Do you want to stay overnight tonight?”

“……No.” Luo Ran turned his head and said: “I won’t bother the admiral. I’ll go home and pack up, then go directly to the investigation team leader tomorrow to finalize the direction of the next investigation.”

When it came to the royal family, everything had to be done with great caution.

“I’ll go with you tomorrow.”

After speaking, Lucas opened his mouth to persuade him to stay, but felt that he couldn’t force him.

Lucas scratched the back of his head.

Ahhh, what a hassle. He used to be able to sleep with him without pursuing him, but now he couldn’t.

Lucas chased after him with some dissatisfaction, thinking that he should at least be able to give Luo Ran a ride.

It was raining outside.

The deluge was heavy, and raindrops wet the doorstep.

Luo Ran was standing by the door, and there was no shelter on the way to the parking lot to fetch the aircraft. He was about to use an umbrella when Lucas rushed to catch up.

Luo Ran was a little surprised. Lucas would never send him off like this in the past.

Before Luo Ran could say anything, his vision went dark.

Luo Ran: “ ? “

Lucas had taken off his jacket at some point, and now it was covering Luo Ran’s head.

The two squeezed in and nestled together under the coat, very close.

Lucas said: “Let’s go like this.”

Luo Ran said: “No need, I have an umbrella.”

“We’re better off going this way.”

“……I really do have an umbrella.” Luo Ran took out a small umbrella from his bag. 

Lucas threw the umbrella into the locker next to him and said angrily: “You don’t have one!”

Lu Ran: “? ? ? ?”

Thus:

The Imperial Secretary and the Admiral of the Empire huddled under a jacket. Luo Ran’s right hand and Lucas’s left hand held the corners of the jacket as they tried to block the bean-sized raindrops with the fabric, and the two of them ran pitifully toward the aircraft with big strides, through the wind and rain.

Someone upstairs witnessed this scene through the glass window, and immediately called their colleagues to watch together.

“Come and see! There are two idiots downstairs! Aren’t there many umbrellas at the counter on the ground floor?”

“Who the hell is that? Let me see!”

“……Wait, isn’t this?”

“……Fuck.”

“What a wonderful love!!”

. . . . . . .

Downstairs.

Luo Ran and Lucas finally dashed onto the aircraft with their shoulders and backs wet from the rain, and they both looked a little embarrassed.

Luo Ran: “……..”

So stupid.

Lucas: “……..”

He also felt very stupid.

But that was how it was done on TV.

Lucas flicked drops of water from his hair like a big dog and asked Luo Ran with a solemn face: “Do you feel your heart pounding?”

Luo Ran: “…….”

He suddenly understood what was going on.

Luo Ran: “…….”

He wanted to laugh, but was also a little embarrassed.

However, the feeling of gloom just now had vanished after being disturbed in such a way. 

That’s right, with him and Lucas here, appropriate measures would be taken when the situation called for them.

“Admiral, you’d better head back quickly, the rain is getting heavier.” Luo Ran handed Lucas the spare umbrella in the aircraft.

“En.”

The jacket on Luo Ran’s head had not been taken off yet, and Luo Ran stretched out his hand to return it, but was taken aback in the next moment.

Lucas stepped forward and tugged his jacket to cover Luo Ran, then leaned his head in to place a very quick, light kiss on his cheek.

His nose filled with Lucas’s tobacco scent, the scent that Luo Ran was most familiar with.

Perhaps it was coming from Lucas, or perhaps from the coat.

Luo Ran blushed.

“Good night,” Lucas said with a smile. “I’ll leave. And I’ll send you home like this every day from now on.”

Luo Ran froze on the spot like a stone sculpture.

A stone sculpture that was painted red.

Lucas disembarked the aircraft, and after he walked all the way back to the office, the aircraft also took off.

Luo Ran buried his head in the jacket like an ostrich.

Wu.

This……was this also learned from TV dramas?