Rebirth Counterattack: I Heard That the Imperial Marshal Has a Crush on Me

Lu Junzhi left after presenting the gift, as he had military duties and a special status that limited his time.

Chu Muxi watched him board the airship and leave before turning back to the room.

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“After the coming-of-age ceremony, do you have time?” he recalled Lu Junzhi’s question.

“Yes, what’s wrong?”

“I’ll take you to the Deep Space Fortress.” Surprisingly, Lu Junzhi still remembered this.

Chu Muxi raised his eyebrows and said, “Okay! I can do it anytime!”

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Upon returning to the room, Shen Wu entered. “Muxi, you’ve been waiting for a long time.”

Chu Muxi smiled, “Grandpa is the one who worked hard, grandpa.”

“What do you mean? We are family, of course I wanted to host your coming-of-age ceremony. There is no need for thank you between us.”

Shen Wu walked up with a smile, his eyes turning red as he looked at Chu Muxi. “Okay, okay, our Xiao Xi finally has an adult ceremony. If your mother is still here—” He choked up at that point.

Chu Muxi leaned forward and hugged Shen Wu. “Grandpa, I’m an adult now. You no longer have to work hard alone. I can help you share the burden.”

Shen Wu patted his back, “Okay, grandpa is ready to retire and enjoy a happy life.”

Chu Muxi chuckled, “Okay, then grandpa will wait to enjoy his happiness.”

Shen Wu noticed the box Chu Muxi was holding. Although he wasn’t present earlier, he was aware of all the movements within Shen Garden. He knew about Lu Junzhi it as soon as his airship arrived over Shen Garden.

Not knowing the contents of the gift, Shen Wu curiously asked, “Is this a gift from Xiao Lu to you?”

“Yes, yes.” Chu Muxi’s smile revealed his good mood.

Shen Wu narrowed his eyes, “Have you been very close to him recently?”

Despite Lu Junzhi’s great reputation, in Shen Wu’s eyes, the best one was his grandson, Chu Muxi.

In this era where men could also get married, Shen Wu pondered why Lu Junzhi seemed particularly fond of his grandson.

“Not bad.” Chu Muxi, immersed in the joy of receiving a cherished gift, didn’t notice the subtle change in Shen Wu’s expression. He raised the box and handed it to Shen Wu. “Grandpa, guess what Lu da-ge gave me?”

Shen Wu followed lovingly and asked, “Oh? What is it? A laser guns? Or a smart AI?”

“No.” Chu Muxi’s face beamed with pride. “It’s the dark blue starry sky stone!”

“What?” Shen Wu was genuinely surprised. A priceless treasure that the entire empire coveted, given away by Lu Junzhi. “Really?” He couldn’t quite believe it.

Chu Muxi pouted and opened the box. “Grandpa, you should see for yourself. Why would I lie to you?”

Shen Wu lowered his head and peered into the box. When he laid eyes on the gem, as bright as a galaxy, he couldn’t help but be stunned.

This was indeed the sought-after dark blue starry sky stone, and Shen Wu’s expression became even more peculiar.

Initially, he thought he might be overthinking, but now, the only dark blue starry sky stones the empire could obtain from military and research institutes were invariably given to marriage partners or lovers.

Lu Junzhi’s adult gift to Xiao Xi turned out to be this, and Shen Wu couldn’t think of any other reason.

“Grandpa? What’s wrong, grandpa?” Chu Muxi called out when he saw Shen Wu staring at the gem in a daze.

Shen Wu snapped back to reality, “This is the first-time grandpa has seen this gem up close. It’s truly extraordinary. You should keep it well.”

“Of course. I’ll definitely take good care of such a precious gift. I’ll cherish it.” Chu Muxi said earnestly.

A twitchy smile played on the corner of Shen Wu’s mouth as he temporarily pushed aside the thoughts in his heart. “Okay, let’s go downstairs with grandpa. The guests downstairs are waiting.”

Chu Muxi nodded, “Okay, grandpa,” storing the box directly into his storage ring.

The storage ring, a relic from his mother, was always hung around his neck without showing it to anyone.

Chu Muxi took Shen Wu’s arm and followed him out of the room to greet the people downstairs.

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The first-floor hall was bustling with guests.

Xu Jinian stood at the stairs. When he looked up, he saw Chu Muxi and Shen Wu descending.

He hurriedly cleared his throat and raised his voice: “Dear guests, please be quiet for a moment.”

Everyone who was chatting lively stopped talking and looked at him. They all also noticed that a boy wearing a gray-blue suit came down the stairs on the second floor together with the owner of Shen Garden, Shen Wu.

“Who is this young man? He is so handsome. I have never him before.”

“This is the grandson of Mr. Shen, the son of the eldest daughter from Shen family.”

“Ah, that poor man who married Miss Shen, the one who died young of illness?”

“You don’t even know this; how did you get the invitation? Oh, you came with someone else, right?”

“I came here with a certain young man to see the world. Before I came, I only knew that I was going to the famous Shen Garden in Central Star, but I didn’t know much about Chu Muxi.”

“That poor man is Chu Tianhao. He’s a newly rising star in Central Star. It’s said that he got into contact with a certain congressman.”

“Chu Tianhao, I know it, hahaha.” A mocking voice rang out.

“This is the Chu family whose son wanted to rape his own step-brother? Is this the kind of family Shen Lan married?” A disdainful voice.

“Shh! What do you know? Don’t talk nonsense.” Someone heard this and hurriedly rebuked: “Miss Shen was deceived back then; otherwise, how could that poor boy Chu Tianhao be favored by Miss Shen? Forget it. He actually kept a lover outside, and finally caused Miss Shen to die of depression.”

“Yes, the one who had the accident this time was the illegitimate son of the high-ranking mistress. People like Chu Tianhao are really hard to change.”

“Such a person don’t deserve to be in the upper class; he is really shameless.” Someone said scornfully.

“Look at the man in front of you. He is a real noble son.”

“With exquisite features and extraordinary temperament, this child is definitely out of the ordinary.”

Everyone followed Chu Muxi and Shen Wu with their gazes. When they reached the center of the hall, they applauded and praised.

“Thank you all for coming to our young master’s coming-of-age ceremony dinner,” After Xu Jinian’s opening remarks, he gave up his position to Chu Muxi, the focus of the audience today.

Shen Wu patted the back of Chu Muxi’s hand encouragingly. Chu Muxi smiled slightly, walked forward calmly, and stood in front of the microphone.

“Hello everyone, I am Chu Muxi. First of all, thank you very much for coming to my coming-of-age ceremony dinner today.”

Note: lol, I don’t know, I found this scene very funny and just straight out of drama.