Chapter 138: Fuling and Chi Huan's Choice, Xu Yanqing Picked Them
Chapter 138: Fuling and Chi Huan's Choice, Xu Yanqing Picked Them
The Blue Star Federation's plan to hire pirates to investigate the pirates' nest had actually been interrupted at this point.
But for Qi Zhongyuan, this made him particularly uneasy.
For someone like Qi Zhongyuan, the more than one hundred lives lost on the starship have completely become a psychological shadow for him.
After the three hired pirates were sent to the desolate mining planet, Qi Zhongyuan proposed to Aaron and Zhou Huaichen that he should take his wife away from the pirates' nest and live in seclusion.
Aaron and Zhou Huaichen both tried to persuade him, but it was no use.
Qi Zhongyuan thought Zhou Huaichen could perfectly fit in with the pirates, even thrive. However, no matter what he did, it seemed difficult for him to fit in. He was afraid of attracting the attention of those with ulterior motives. The pirates had already shown him and his wife a favor, and he couldn't possibly repay their kindness with hatred and bring disaster to the pirates' nest.
Qi Zhongyuan insisted on his idea. With the help of Aaron and Zhou Huaichen, Qi Zhongyuan filled a dozen space compression boxes, drove a spacecraft with erased codes, and lived in seclusion on an abandoned mining planet on the edge of the starry sea.
Fuling and Chi Huan were the young man and girl among the more than 100 survivors. They had originally lived with Yin Hanxing in the pirates' den, until Yin Hanxing and Qi Zhongyuan decided to leave the den, but they were unable to do so.
Because of Meng Chuan's words. Meng Chuan had grown up a bit by then, and he said to Fuling and Chi Huan, "They are going to live in seclusion, but this is the best time for you to integrate into society and learn. Skills are not innate, you need to learn, otherwise Uncle Qi and Aunt Han Xing will still have to support you when they get old. Shouldn't you learn skills, work hard to save money, and provide for them in their old age?"
In Meng Chuan's mind, being good to Meng Chen means raising him well. His adoptive mother is a beautiful "salted fish wild rose"...
If Meng Chuan doesn't work hard and save money, there is a high possibility that he and his beautiful adoptive mother will starve to death in the future.
Little Meng Chuan has already determined his future path.
Save enough pension for myself and my adoptive mother.
So, Fuling and Chi Huan stayed in the star thieves' nest.
With the help of the star pirates, the two children obtained the status of orphans of the Blue Star Federation and were sent to the Blue Star Federation by Meng Chen.
From that day on, Meng Chuan's psychological pressure intensified. His beautiful, salted-fish adoptive mother had begun raising other children. It was his adoptive mother who paid for Fuling and Chi Huan's education. He firmly believed that this was his responsibility. He had to support not only himself and his adoptive mother, but also his two older siblings, Chi Huan and Fuling.
It wasn't until Meng Chuan was older that he understood the situation clearly. The money for Fuling and Chi Huan's education wasn't paid by Meng Chen, but by Zhou Huaichen. It was just that Zhou Huaichen's status meant that Meng Chen paid for the children's education and living expenses.
Fuling and Chi Huan studied in a federal public school. The two children's identities were not prominent before, so no one suspected that they were survivors of the starship attack that year.
The two children were studying hard when they received the news from Meng Chen.
For many years, Zhou Huaichen and Qi Zhongyuan have been investigating the truth behind the starship attack.
Zhou Huaichen happened to be discussing a business deal in Star Overseas when he met a man who claimed that his brother was somehow involved in the starship attack.
Zhou Huaichen paid attention and quickly found out what kind of clue this was.
This man's brother is not a relative of the victims of the starship attack.
This man's brother is a family member of a close confidant of the leader of the pirate group that attacked the starship.
The relationship is quite complicated. This man's brother is called Henry. His brother is Ken, a close confidant of the leader of the pirate group that attacked the starship.
Back then, the Pirates received a commission, and Ken received a large sum of money. Henry lived on an interstellar asteroid in dire conditions, and Ken became a pirate for the money. The pirates who accepted the commission were also well-known among the pirates for their ruthlessness and willingness to take on any commission for the right sum. They were very wealthy.
Ken joined the pirate group and after getting his share of the money, he transferred the large sum directly to his younger brother Henry.
Henry got the money when he was in the most difficult time. He was very excited and asked his brother Ken how he suddenly made such a large sum of money.
Ken told Henry that their leader had accepted a commission from an important figure in the Blue Star Federation, and the reward was an astronomical figure. This time, each of their pirates received a particularly large amount of money.
Henry was very happy and told his brother that with the money, he could go home and no longer have to be a space pirate.
But my brother never came back after he joined the Star Pirates on that commissioned mission.
It was only much later that he learned of his brother's involvement in the starship attack. Furthermore, after the tragedy, his brother's pirate ship was destroyed, leaving no one alive.
As for how this news spread, it was naturally orchestrated by Zhou Huaichen, who had Aaron spread it. It was half-truth, half-false, saying only that Aaron had encountered a tragedy while traveling in the starry sea. As a pirate, he witnessed such a tragedy and, fearing being implicated, he directly sank the pirate group that attacked the starship.
Aaron also disseminated the pirates' internal treaty, providing a safeguard for those unrelated to the starship attack. It served as a warning to them to behave themselves, while also providing an explanation to the outside world. Pirates also had their own code of conduct, and the group that had violated it had already been dealt with by their new leader.
The clues here have already pointed directly to the top leaders of the Blue Star Federation.
However, it is not easy to filter out a unified result based on the number of senior executives.
Moreover, they are in the sea of stars, far away from the blue planet, and the situation is difficult to grasp, making it very inconvenient to investigate.
The reason Meng Chen came this time was to see how the two children were doing. After all, Yin Hanxing loved the two children very much and was very worried about their lives alone in the Federation. In addition, Meng Chen also came to the Federation to collect some information.
After hearing what Meng Chen said, the two children suddenly became silent.
Meng Chen narrowed her eyes. She thought the two children were being bullied in the federal school, and she was about to explode and stand up for them.
Meng Chen heard Fuling say crisply, "Aunt Chen, do you know the head of the federation?"
Meng Chen was stunned for a long time before nodding.
"I know. His name is Xu Yanqing, and he used to be the Federation's Marshal. Later, the starship was attacked, and the previous head of state felt that he was not capable enough, so he nominated Xu Yanqing. Xu Yanqing was voted in by the entire Federation and was appointed as the head of state."
Fuling's expression was complicated. She and Chi Huan held hands and looked at Meng Chen. Every word she spoke was firm and serious.
"Aunt Chen, Xu Yanqing has chosen Chi Huan and me. Soon, we will be taken away for elite training."
A boy and a girl, both excellent students with extraordinary abilities. Moreover, they are orphans.
All of this met Xu Yanqing's criteria for selecting and cultivating elites. Xu Yanqing sought to cultivate close confidants, but he trusted no one. A person of his character trusted only himself, yet he couldn't do everything himself. After ascending to the position of head of state, Xu Yanqing finally understood why high-ranking officials cultivated subordinates. The tasks were numerous and complex. And there were certain matters that simply couldn't be interfered with by others.
So, Xu Yanqing only began to select elites for training at this time. Even if the children were younger, it would be too late for them to serve Xu Yanqing. However, Fuling and Chi Huan were just the right age. After three or four years of training, they could be brought by his side and serve as his trusted confidants.
As long as Xu Yanqing treats them better, the orphans' background will make them consciously stand on Xu Yanqing's side.
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