The Most Powerful Brain in the Interstellar Space

Chapter 121 The Curtain Falls (Part 2)

Jiang Hui's first reaction was not to avoid him, but to think... even when this person is bending over, his posture is still straight.

Hillman was somewhat confused as to why, despite his clever evasion, the other man's hand still ended up on his head. Did this man not know that a man's head shouldn't be touched casually? Even his father wouldn't allow him to touch it.

The other person glanced at him, seemingly noticing Hillman's unusually restless movements, and a slightly amused smile appeared on his lips: "No wonder, you're one of the Hillman family's kids..."

Hillman was a little confused as to whether the person was referring to his grandfather or his father. But in his memory, only his grandfather's friends would call him that.

But the lieutenant general didn't look very old; he didn't seem to be from the same generation as his grandfather.

Lieutenant General Mays simply sighed softly, and then... pressed the other person's head down again.

Hillman: ...There is reason to suspect that the other party did it on purpose.

Then the elder looked at another person: "This must be student Jiang."

Jiang Hui felt that the other person seemed to glance at her, but this gaze was not aggressive at all, it was more like a simple look, so although she felt a little uncomfortable, she was not uncomfortable.

Actually, Lieutenant General Mays had a deeper impression of Jiang Hui than Hillman. This was not only because she saved Brad, but also because her mother was Jiang Yilin.

Jiang Yilin might not remember Lieutenant General Mays, but he certainly remembered her. Years ago, he had considered transferring her to the Third Army Corps for training, but due to certain circumstances, she ended up in the Eighth Army Corps.

The unexpected news of them came only in the imperial obituary commemorating a hero. Both husband and wife had died in that war.

The flower of the army that the Third Army Corps had secretly reserved back then fell to another army corps because of a factional battle that was actually unrelated, and in the end, she withered away on the battlefield silently—a pity for Lieutenant General Mays.

During his time on the ground, he didn't rest. He reviewed the evidence and materials related to the incident, and also looked at the files of the two students who saved his youngest son.

He was naturally familiar with the Hillman family; the two had grown up together, but later went their separate ways due to their respective family businesses. In recent years, they had rarely met, and he had never seen the younger Hillman. He only knew that the old Hillman had five children, and his favorite was the youngest, who was still in school.

Surprisingly, Hillman's precious son is just like him. This old friend has been hiding his true nature for years, leading everyone to believe he's a cunning and calculating businessman, born with a knack for scheming and manipulating others. But his youngest son's personality is exactly like his father's, a perfect replica. You could say that if Hillman didn't have to inherit the family business, he'd probably be just as clueless.

Therefore, some things are just how they are, and no matter what, they cannot be changed.

Lieutenant General Mays didn't seem to care at all about the various mishaps that occurred to the enemy along the way. He was a pragmatist who valued results more than process; as long as his youngest son survived, everything was fine.

But he wasn't completely blind to everything; he got the video footage just as late as others and reviewed it several times. Each time he watched it, he became increasingly terrified of Brad's fate.

Judging solely from this video evidence, the girl attracted his attention more. And he also happened to discover that she was actually his student's child. What a small world, what a coincidence!

He was incredibly grateful to this outstanding student who had once been out of reach of his legion, for leaving behind such a child in this world. It was precisely because of this child's existence that his own child was able to escape death. There was no necessary connection between the two, yet it was such a coincidence, a miracle of life.

He was very grateful.

The more high hopes and strict he had placed on his youngest son in the past, the more he regretted it now, regretting how he had forced him. That child should have been guided step by step into this world by him, but because of his selfishness, he had been forced to stumble and fall along the way, and now he had even nearly lost his life here…

But it's too late for regrets now. The other person has already gone through so much, and the damage has already been done. Right now, as a father, all he feels is endless remorse.

He didn't want to put the boy through any more trials. It was as if he had already witnessed the boy die once; Lieutenant General Mays now only wanted to see him live peacefully and safely. All the hopes and expectations he once held had vanished in an instant.

Jiang Hui had expected the lieutenant general to ask about their ordeal, at least about Warrant Officer Mays' rescue. But he didn't. Instead, he inquired about their studies at school, even offering guidance and training methods based on his own experience.

Jiang Hui didn't know how Hillman felt about these experiences and guidance, but she certainly benefited greatly. After listening to this lecture, she seemed to have gained a deeper understanding and definition of the military personnel stationed on the empire's perilous border regions.

She seemed to be wavering slightly. As for what she was wavering about... perhaps even she herself didn't know.

Just as Lieutenant General Mays was about to ask the two about their plans after graduating from the intermediate academy, another family member who had been silently accompanying them in the room quickly broke away from the background, rushed over, and bent down to support the back of the person on the bed.

"Brother..." the person on the bed called out weakly, his eyes half-closed, trying to open them fully to figure out the situation.

Are you awake?

It's clear that this patient is inherently strong-willed, and even in his current dire situation, he remains stubbornly unwilling to show any vulnerability to the outside world.

Stark, who had been standing at the back, had already quietly gone outside to look for the patient after realizing that the patient had woken up. This was the first time the patient had regained consciousness after being resuscitated.

The person they were supposed to visit had woken up, so their conversation naturally became meaningless. But Jiang Hui noticed that Lieutenant General Mays didn't go to his child's side immediately; instead, he turned slightly to the side, gazing at the child from afar, his expression somber, lost in thought.

Having just awakened from a long and confused slumber, Bradmes seemed somewhat disoriented. He looked dazedly at his brother, who appeared to have suddenly appeared there, and then glanced around.

Before he could utter a word, medical staff rushed in from outside the room, seven or eight of them surrounding Mays. One checked his wrist blood pressure, another measured his pulse, and yet another took his electrocardiogram... They busily surrounded him with various testing equipment.

Jiang Hui: ...

She finally understood what it was like when doctors examined her after she was injured or unconscious. To be honest, it was a more skillful method than tying up a pig; the "pig" itself probably wouldn't even know what was happening before it was slaughtered.

(End of this chapter)