Chapter 800 - 384: Turmoil Over Origins (Part 1)

The exposure of Gu Ningxuan’s identity not only escalated the tension between the Gu Family and the Jialanluo Alliance but also significantly impacted himself and his family members around him. At this moment, seeing the mixed reviews and discussions from the outside world, Gu Qidong couldn’t help but feel grateful for his grandfather’s foresight, even though Gu San had made numerous contributions this year, the revelation of this news brought half negative comments.

If this had been announced a year ago, it’s estimated that this child would have been criticized harshly. Under the current situation, it’s already quite good. Even so, the rather satisfied Gu Qidong has to endure various emotional gazes from his subordinates every day.

But after all, he is a broad-minded Alliance Admiral, naturally, he wouldn’t mind these little looks. People love gossip, and discussing gossip during such tense times is a way to relieve stress and tension, which is a good thing. Besides, they are forgetful and fickle, as soon as more exciting news emerges, the already over-discussed news of "Gu San is not dead" will be abandoned.

However, Admiral Gu, whose thoughts were quite optimistic, only had time to pay attention to the opinions of the network and his subordinates but forgot the situation of the two children. Gu Huaixi and Gu Huaifeng initially entered the Gu Family and the public eye as Gu Ningxuan’s biological sons.

At that time, outsiders all thought Gu Ningxuan was already dead, so the two children naturally received a lot of sympathy, based on the psychology of "since the child’s father is dead, let’s show some understanding and not rub salt into the wounds," there were naturally fewer people who would trouble or question the two children.

In many people’s eyes, Huaixi and Huaifeng were the continuation of Gu Ningxuan’s bloodline, ensuring that the branch of the Gu Family would not decline.

However, at this very moment, Gu Ningxuan is not dead! Calculating carefully, he is only about forty-five or forty-six years old, in the interstellar era, still considered young. Ordinary men at this time of life would mostly be looking for work or dating, as for marriage and having babies, that would be put off for much longer!

And Gu Ningxuan’s two buns? Twins, genius-type youths, currently already over twelve years old... A father in his mid-forties with twelve-year-old children—in ancient Earth times, such a peculiar combination was common but in the interstellar era, it’s quite shocking, right!

Thus, many people started to speculate about the so-called "truth," with various versions flying around, each told as if it were true.

A more benevolent guess would be that Huaixi and Huaifeng are not Gu Ningxuan’s children; they were just registered under his name because the Gu Family didn’t want Ningxuan to be without descendants or to confuse the public, but the twins were still the Gu Family’s bloodline, albeit not of the main lineage, but rather from an obscure branch...

The more malicious ones speculate that they are indeed Gu Ningxuan’s biological sons, but their mother cannot see the light of day. A younger Gu Ningxuan, in a moment of impulse, left his seeds with some unsavory woman during a one-night stand, and when something happened to Gu Ningxuan, the Gu Family went to great lengths to find the children and, out of consideration for Ningxuan, allowed them to enter the Gu Family’s genealogy...

The more outrageous ones say that the two children are not Gu Ningxuan’s sons at all, and the Gu Family taking care of them is merely a transfer of affection, while the kids and the children’s mother shamelessly stick around the Gu Family, shamelessly occupying the place of Gu Ningxuan’s wife...

For the first notion, despite the considerable deviation from reality, it can at least stand up to scrutiny. The second, although unreliable, somewhat irresponsibly approaches the truth of a one-night stand. The third one? The twins can only say ’haha’...

Although they are also Alliance Warriors, required to go to battle when necessary, they mostly stay in the rear, executing tasks with slightly lower danger levels, occasionally having the time to go to military academies as teaching instructors, personally guiding and sharing experience.

Due to the rampant Insect Race, talent losses in all areas have been extremely significant. In peaceful times, these occasional instructor tasks would fall to the leisurely high-ranking officers, which is also a way to demonstrate the strength of the Alliance Military Department to students.

But in wartime, those officers wish they could split themselves into two to be of use, where’s the time to give lectures to a group of rookies? Yet, maintaining this tradition requires sending officers to give lectures.

Moreover, teaching is not entirely perfunctory; occasionally, they would impart some non-public little techniques or survival experiences, which may seem small but can have a significant impact at unexpected times!

Huaixi and Huaifeng are both young geniuses, young but strong in combat power, with considerable military achievements already accumulated. Although their ranks are low, in special times, with special handling, being able to pull out two potential corporals is already very generous.