Chapter 290: Universal Planting System (29)

Realizing the desires of his own heart, the Major General decided to launch a campaign to pursue his wife.

However, his current Task was to protect Xie Yang, so even though he ran to the Xie Family every day and even fenced off a plot of land near the Xie Family to build a temporary shelter, never letting Xie Yang and her son leave his protective circle day or night, neither the Military Department nor Xie Yang herself noticed his motives.

His deliberate closeness made the two little ones, Xie Ting and Xiya, incredibly happy; they pestered him all day to tell them about the various glorious achievements of Gene Warriors, followed him to practice combat techniques, and grew closer and closer to him.

Xie Yang went to the Logistics Base established by the Military Department on the Garbage Star twice a week to help them train their head cooks.

As long as it was an ingredient that could be obtained on the Garbage Star, she spared no effort in teaching them.

Out of gratitude, the Military Department gifted her batch after batch of plump, highly active seasonal seeds sent over from the Agricultural Reclamation Star.

Her own small vegetable garden was so full it couldn't hold any more, and there was still the wasteland that Chi Dahu and his underlings had cleared.

By the time these wastelands were all planted, the greenery in the northern hemisphere had become a presence that every Habitable Star could no longer ignore.

The region-wide Star Net exploded.

【Heard that green plants have been grown on the Garbage Star?】

【I heard that too! It seems it only succeeded after the Military Department took over and improved the soil quality of the Garbage Star.】

【Looking at it this way, the Military Department is still the best! The Federation has had the Garbage Star for so many years and achieved nothing; instead, it became more desolate year by year, and the radiation levels got higher every year. It hasn't been long since it was assigned to the Military Department, and they've already grown green plants! At this rate of development, will it soon become another Habitable Star?】

【That makes me a bit tempted to move to the Garbage Star! Since it just got upgraded to a Habitable Star, the qualification review must be easy to pass, right?】

【You all are too naive! It might just be a smokescreen put out by the Military Department. Has anyone of you seen the green plants on the Garbage Star with your own eyes?】

【How could we see them? The current Garbage Star isn't a place you can just go to if you want.】

【The Military Department has taken over all flight routes to the Garbage Star. Without a pre-approved entry permit, you can't enter the Garbage Star, so how can you go?】

【The Garbage Star's regional Star Net doesn't accept visitor status either. Who knows if the photos posted by Garbage Star residents on the region-wide Star Net are real or fake.】

【High probability they're fake. Didn't you notice the power struggle between the Military Department and the Federation?】

Two opposing viewpoints gradually formed on the region-wide Star Net:

One side believed that the news of the Garbage Star, especially the northern hemisphere, being covered in green plants was true, and that it was a brand-new ecological technology developed by the Military Department for the desolate Garbage Star.

The other side was a viewpoint supported by the Federation hiring internet trolls to steer the narrative, namely that these were all fabrications made up by the Military Department for the purpose of raising the Garbage Star's status. After all, this planet had already been placed under the jurisdiction of the Military Department, and a low status would lower the Military Department's overall influence.

Only the top brass of the Federation and a few great clans like the Che Family and Xie Family knew the inside story.

During this time, Che Yin'an had a very hard time.

His first attempt to win over Xie Yang was fruitless, and he went a second time, but unfortunately, the Garbage Star had been completely taken over by the Military Department, and all flight routes required pre-application and approval, making entry impossible.

The application was approved by the Military Department, and after submitting it several times without success, he asked someone to inquire, only to find out that—he had been blacklisted by the Military Department.

The reason was that the last time he landed on the Garbage Star, he had a physical altercation with an honorary resident of the Garbage Star, causing the other party both physical and psychological distress.

What the hell kind of altercation!

What the hell kind of distress did he cause Xie Yang!

Was she the one in distress?

It was clearly him, alright!

He was the one who took four punches and was clearly the victim, okay!

The Military Department is a bunch of damn accomplices!

Because of this incident, he was scolded by his father and disappointed the current head of the family.

His fiancée, with whom he was about to step into the halls of marriage, also didn't understand him, suspecting him of being unfaithful to their marriage—proposing to her while his heart was with another woman.

Life was simply miserable!

What was even more miserable was that the little beast cub he saw that day was actually his son! His own biological son!

This investigation result almost broke him.

He, the dignified next head of the Che Family, actually had a Half-Beast Cub son who failed to evolve. If word got out, what would others think of him?

"Alright, you've been decadent for a few days, that's enough! I've had someone help get the flight entry permit. This time, no matter what, you must bring Xie Yang... and that little cub back."

Che Mingwang said this as he pushed open the study door, looked around the room, and frowned.

"I know it's hard for you to accept this result. In the past, it was indeed disgraceful. But now, it can be considered an opportunity. You are that... child's biological father. You haven't been ignoring them all these years because you didn't know. Now that you know, you will certainly take on the responsibilities of a father. Use this reason to pick her up, and she will definitely come back with you. As for how you arrange that little cub after you bring them back, that's up to you."

Che Yin'an's expression was numb: "Father, have you ever thought that if I use this reason to bring them back home, Xi Xi and I will have no future?"

"At a time like this, what kind of future do you still want with her?" Che Mingwang said uncomprehendingly, "Don't you understand the situation yet? Xie Yang is a dual-talent Master in Cooking and Planting. Only by marrying her into our family will your position as head of the family be secure. If Cheng Xi truly loves you, she should let go and not keep pestering you."

Che Yin'an stared at his father, his expression unreadable. After a long while, he laughed at himself: "You didn't say that back then."

"Back then was back then, now is now!" Che Mingwang was annoyed and embarrassed by his son's look. "In short, everything I do is to help you sit in the seat of the family head as you wish, and to fulfill the wish your mother had while she was alive. If you insist on not listening, then do as you please!"

Having said that, he flicked his sleeves and went out.

He left Che Yin'an looking decadently at the blood relationship report on his desk regarding him and the Half-Beast Cub, as well as the flight entry permit obtained through special means, and he revealed a bitter smile.

His father knew how to manipulate him.

Or rather, the whole family knew how to manipulate him.

To him, love was nothing more than a crutch on the road to power—used well, it was an aid; used poorly, it was a stumbling block.

Honestly, his disgust for Xie Yang was not as strong as he had shown.

It was just that the entire Xie Family was cowardly and lacked ambition; from the head of the family down to the descendants, they were all in a state of "living for today," which ran counter to the philosophy of the Che Family.

Therefore, he and Xie Yang were destined to be impossible, and her personality was so obsessive that he worried that if he were with her, he would be entangled by her forever and unable to escape, so his reason made him not accept her from the very beginning.

And Cheng Xi, including her family, was the most suitable wife candidate for him at that time.

He didn't expect that in just five years, his consistent understanding would be overturned.

Thinking of this, his gaze fell back on the 3D-printed paper report on the table.

He thought blankly: If, if only Xie Yang had given birth to a son with natural warrior genes for him!

In that case, he would definitely have brought the mother and son home without a second thought, carefully cultivated his son, taught him everything he needed to learn to inherit the position of family head, and led the Che Family to an unprecedented, supreme glory in the future.

Unfortunately, it was a Half-Beast Cub who failed to evolve...