Jiang Xu was now completely deaf to Lin An's words, and all the surrounding sounds had disappeared.
Now all he could see was that familiar face.
Just a month ago, he was having dinner with him at the same table.
Jiang Mian, the former chairman of the Jiang Group and the Jiang family, and the old man who grew up with him!
Jiang Xu's fingers trembled slightly as he touched Jiang Mian's face, wiping it with his fingers in a daze.
It's confirmed that it's me!
If there's anything different, it's that Jiang Mian in the human world has white hair.
He recalled a scene from his childhood:
Twelve- or thirteen-year-old Jiang Xu was asked to have his parents called in for the first time.
"Are you Jiang Xu's parent?" The homeroom teacher sat in a chair and looked at Jiang Mian with a very serious expression: "As a parent, you should pay more attention to your child."
The focus should always be on civilized education; how could you teach him to hit people?
Jiang Mian smiled warmly and agreed, "What the teacher said is true. It's just that this child has been without parents since he was a child. With my old arms and legs, I can't help him much if he is bullied."
We had no choice but to teach him martial arts from a young age to protect himself, but we always tried to be polite first and then resort to force.
The child was probably beaten because he lacked manners; that's why he was treated that way.
As he spoke, he reached out and patted Jiang Xu's head: "Don't you think so?"
"..." The teacher stared at him in astonishment: "You're his grandfather?"
"Sigh." Jiang Mian sighed, looking melancholy. "We, grandfather and grandson, are old, weak, and disabled. We've only learned a few self-defense techniques. It should be alright, teacher?"
Jiang Xu still remembers his homeroom teacher's expression; the words were stuck in his throat, and he was very conflicted.
At the time, Jiang Xu didn't know why Jiang Mian would ask him to call him grandpa, since he looked quite young.
However, when asked, he would look into the distance and say, "My grandson is about your age."
Jiang Xu initially thought the other person was just joking. They felt his father's generation wasn't high enough and insisted on being a generation older.
In retrospect, he was indeed not lying.
"Hey, were you captivated by your grandfather's charm?" Lin An remarked, looking at the photo of the insect embracing Zoran.
Jiang Xu and Jiang Mian look very alike, regardless of which world they are from.
"Yes." Jiang Xu looked at Jiang Mian, whose eyes were shining with happiness as he looked at the camera.
This was an expression he had never seen on his face before.
He had to accept a reality he found hard to accept: his grandfather, who had raised him since childhood, was also a time traveler.
How did he get back?
Then, he suddenly looked down at his own body. Was he really taking over his grandson's body?
this.........
How will he explain this?
"Uncle Lin, do you know how my great-grandfather died?" Jiang Xu suddenly turned to look at Lin An beside him.
A hint of urgency appeared in his eyes.
Lin Anyu paused, turned his head to look at Jiang Xu, his eyes filled with intense emotion, and reached out to pat Jiang Xu's shoulder: "Hey."
He sighed deeply, reluctant to bring it up.
Although they seemed cheerful when talking about Jiang Mian, none of them wanted to mention what happened back then.
Jiang Xu looked at his suddenly dejected expression and realized that what happened back then must have been quite intense.
At least these insects have left an indelible mark on them.
"Can you tell me about it?" Jiang Xu was eager to know what had happened back then.
Lin An looked at him, hesitated for a moment, then pulled out a chair and sat down.
"The events of that year were complicated. At that time, we needed to go to the southern insectoid region for a business deal, but a group of insectoids suddenly appeared out of nowhere and stole our goods."
Their clothing, as well as the ships and weapons they used, looked much like those of ordinary space pirates.
But we all know they aren't.
The spaceship crashed and landed on a chaotic planet, near the house of the guy you're with today.
Because of their family, your maternal grandfather and paternal grandfather were spared from death.
After they settled in, they contacted us to meet up.
Lin An let out a long sigh of relief. He glanced at Jiang Ping, who was leaning against the door, and was unusually quiet.
The two insects exchanged a silent glance.
Jiang Ping turned his head and glanced at the photos on the wall: "Male insects are not as good as female insects in terms of physical condition, whether it is in terms of toughness or recovery ability."
Your maternal grandfather recovered quickly, but your paternal grandfather was not so lucky.
We stayed by his side for three days and three nights before he finally woke up.
"Yes, thankfully she woke up, but she's been left with health problems for some time now." Lin An sighed and continued:
"But compared to later times, at least I'm still alive."
"Who says otherwise?" Jiang Ping chimed in. "Your great-grandfather's injuries only began to heal after he stayed at the Walker's house for almost two weeks."
The Zerg have advanced medical technology; wounds that cannot be healed in three or four days are basically considered beyond saving, let alone Jiang Mian at that time.
He was unconscious for three days and three nights, his wounds did not heal, and even his vital signs were almost completely deteriorated.
They were both terrified, let alone Zoran.
"And then?" Jiang Xu thought of the medicine Jiang Mian needed to take every day.
When he was a child, he asked about it out of curiosity, and the other person told him it was vitamins.
It must have been from that time that caused the illness.
His grandfather didn't tell him many things either, but thinking about it, it makes sense; time travel is such an unbelievable thing.
If it weren't for his inexplicable time travel this time, he would have definitely thought the other party was just playing a trick on him again.
"Later, the investigation revealed that the insects were not robbers, but insects that were just waiting for us to walk into their trap."
They didn't know where they got the information from.
We no longer trade with insects in the south because we suspect that the accident was orchestrated by their own insects.
We were just dragged into this for no reason.
In other words, they were essentially used as bait.
They nearly lost their lives without their knowledge.
After talking for so long, they still hadn't gotten to the point of how Jiang Mian died, so Jiang Xu remained silent.
He seemed to have pulled the two insects in front of him back into his past memories, from which he could no longer escape.
The sky outside the window had completely darkened, and the sounds of vendors hawking their wares and insects talking drifted in, creating a lively atmosphere.
This created a stark contrast with the people inside the room.
It was as if the hustle and bustle outside had nothing to do with them.
The sound of gongs and drums suddenly rang out in the street, pulling Lin An and Jiang Ping back to reality.
"Hey, where were we? Oh right, not long after that, there was a shipment to be delivered, but the delivery location was very close."
At the time, we were all in other places and couldn't leave, so Uncle Mian had to go to deliver it.
We were too complacent at the time, thinking it wasn't far, only a half-hour round trip. But once we went there, we could never find it again.
When we went to look again, we could only find traces of a struggle at the scene, but nothing else.
We eventually found the clothes he wore that day outside the city.
The clothes were covered in cuts of all sizes and stained with blood; even a female insect wouldn't survive that much blood, let alone a male.
Lin An stood up and waved to Jiang Xu: "Alright, let's not talk about this anymore. I didn't bring you here today for this reason."
The main purpose is to explain the Jiang family's business to you.
The room was no longer so heavy because of Lin An's actions.
Jiang Ping, who was standing at the door, changed his serious expression and said to Jiang Xu, "Come on, Uncle will take you to see our liaison center."
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