A man among dragons, building a mysterious ancient church.

Chapter 396 The Truth? The Time Worms can make up whatever they want.

At the Peninsula Hotel, beneath a five-meter-wide platform adorned with bamboo woven bird decorations, Pompeii and Lu Mingfei sat facing each other. Lu Mingfei looked at Pompeii with considerable nervousness, anticipating what his uncle was about to say.

Unexpectedly, Pompey made a startling remark, his first sentence almost driving Lu Mingfei to the brink of madness: "Remember to keep this a secret, Mingfei, your parents are traitors to the Secret Party."

"!" Lu Mingfei stood up abruptly. Fortunately, the Fendi Casa armchairs provided in the lobby of the Peninsula Hotel were equipped with high-quality silent casters. Combined with the high-pile carpet, the armchairs slid back slightly without making any noise.

What does "Uncle Pompeii" mean? Lu Mingfei's mind was in a daze. He had prepared himself mentally to listen to his mother's past experiences as a student.

Lu Mingfei tried to anticipate that he would hear some praise from Pompeii, such as that his mother was very beautiful, had excellent grades, and was very outgoing.

Suddenly, he learned from Pompeii that his mother was a traitor to the Secret Service? This was not exactly the same as Lu Mingfei's assumption; it was completely unrelated and diametrically opposed.

Upon hearing this shocking revelation, Lu Mingfei found it extremely difficult to accept. He stared blankly at Pompeii, looking utterly dazed.

“I know it’s hard for you to accept, but anyway, sit down first. Would you like one?” Almost exactly like Caesar, Pompeii also took out a box of cigars, placed it on the table, and began to cut them with practiced ease.

"No...no need." Lu Mingfei obediently sat down, and with no space beneath him, he plopped down on the carpet. It didn't hurt, but the incredibly awkward situation quickly brought him back to his senses. Instead of dwelling on his parents' betrayal, he got up and pulled the sofa back to sit down.

After a few seconds of silence, despite the pent-up emotions inside, Lu Mingfei maintained a forced smile, as if Uncle Pompeii were joking: "You, you said... Mr. Pompeii, you said my parents were traitors?"

"Is that really possible? Principal Angers never mentioned it to me, he just praised them as very good and said they were outstanding graduates of Kassel."

Lu Mingfei's expression was one of fear, yes, fear. He was afraid of hearing even worse news from Pompeii. Lu Mingfei even wanted to escape, lest he hear some deadly information that would lead to Kassel's silencing.

As the saying goes in TV shows and movies, the more you know, the faster you die. In Lu Mingfei's wandering thoughts, the idea of ​​leaving and not listening any further had already formed, in an attempt to protect himself.

But his longing for his parents overcame his fear, and he remained seated, not moving.

While Lu Mingfei remained silent, Pompeii had already cut his cigar and calmly lit it: "If you don't believe me, I can give you an example."

"I heard that Caesar has a crush on a girl at school and is pursuing her passionately?"

"Huh? Right." Lu Mingfei was a little confused. Weren't they talking about his parents? Why did it suddenly veer towards Boss Caesar? What does this have to do with Boss Caesar?
Caesar and his parents seem completely unrelated, don't they?
But since the other party was Caesar's parent, it was understandable that they cared about Caesar. Lu Mingfei could only give a slight reminder: "It's Senior Sister Chen Motong, the one with red hair who just greeted you, Uncle."

Pompey clearly didn't care about Chen Motong, and instead coaxed, "Do you think Caesar would give up halfway through pursuing Chen Motong?"

Without hesitation, Lu Mingfei shook his head swiftly: "Impossible, impossible. Boss Caesar is very serious. You may not know, Uncle, but we student council members know from watching Boss Caesar's performance on campus that he would never give up halfway."

"Snapped!"

Pompeii, with a cigar in his mouth, clapped his hands and said, "See, you've come to your own conclusion. Everyone says sons resemble their fathers. Caesar never gave up when pursuing a girl, so how could I, as a father, give up halfway?"

"Aren't you surprised that I gave up halfway through pursuing Qiao Weini?"

Even Lu Mingfei wouldn't understand what Pompeii was saying. He really wanted to take out his phone and type a sweating soybean emoji to show Pompeii, asking, "What kind of conclusion is this?"
But facing the eldest son's father, Lu Mingfei had to give him some face, so he tentatively asked, "Because my mom and dad are together?"

"Hoo." Pompeii held the cigar in his left hand with great flair, flicked out a finger from his right hand, swayed it from side to side, and exhaled smoke: "Mingfei, this is what you don't understand."

"Does having a goalkeeper in a football match mean you can't score goals?"

"Holy crap!" Lu Mingfei completely broke down. "Who's really so clueless? Uncle, your moral standards are way too low!"

Seeing Lu Mingfei's expression, Pompeii knew what the rascal was thinking: "Then let me give you another example."

No, Uncle, please don't give any more examples, Lu Mingfei is scared.

Unfortunately, Pompey couldn't hear Lu Mingfei's thoughts and continued to use Caesar as an excuse: "Suppose that Chen Motong you mentioned is with Chu Zihang, would Caesar give up?"

"..." Lu Mingfei's silence at this moment was deafening. He couldn't even manage a forced smile. His facial muscles were stiff. No, Uncle, what kind of rubbish examples are you giving?

Why did it have to be Senior Sister Nuonuo and Senior Brother Chu? Are you trying to force Senior Sister Nuonuo and Senior Sister Su Xi's best friend relationship to capsize?

After a few internal complaints, Lu Mingfei realized the truth of Pompeii's example. "You know what? Pompeii's example makes some sense. If Chen Motong and Chu Zihang were together, Caesar might not necessarily give up!"
Similarly, given Pompeii's personality, it seems unlikely that Qiao Weini would have given up on Lu Lincheng back then.

The only possible reason for Pompeii to give up is, as Pompeii said, that Lu Mingfei's parents betrayed the Secret Party, and as a member of the Secret Party's school board, Pompeii could no longer pursue them.

This conclusion seems to answer all my questions.

Why did Lu Mingfei's parents abandon their son to relatives and never return to be with him? Because the two were traitors to the secret society, constantly on the run, and returning to see their son would be like walking into a trap.

The reason why Principal Angers was so wary of Lu Mingfei's parents and unwilling to talk about them in detail was because the two of them betrayed the Secret Party, which could also be considered a betrayal of Angers.

Lu Mingfei was speechless.

“Very good, it seems you’ve figured it out.” Pompeii began to instruct: “I don’t care, as a member of the school’s board of directors, the Secret Party can’t do anything to me.” “But they might question you, and then you’ll have to think about how to deal with Kassel.”

"Regarding your parents' specific defection, it's related to the Secret Party's Doomsday Faction..."

After explaining the Doomsday Faction's main points and defection, the Time Worm, disguised as Pompeii, got addicted to acting. On the surface, he appeared to be nine parts melancholy and one part nostalgic, taking a deep drag on his cigar: "Your parents did such a thing, and the Secret Society has already labeled them as the highest-level traitors and issued the highest-level wanted notices to hunt them down."

"Don't look at me like that. I love beauty more than family business. Even if I am hunted down by the entire Secret Party, I will never give up. The real reason for giving up is that your mother lied to me in order to help Lu Lincheng prepare more dragon blood supplies, so that she could take away a large amount of Gatuso family's supplies."

"So do you understand now? Your mother swindled most of my family fortune for Lu Lincheng. It's not that I'm stingy, but if I could marry your mother, what's a little sacrifice of the entire Gattuso?"

"What I cannot accept is that your mother only thinks about Lu Lincheng and doesn't care about me at all. Therefore, I have no choice but to give up pursuing your mother."

This is of course a lie; Giovanni and the real Pompeii hardly ever had any contact.

But now, both Lu Lincheng and Qiao Weini have been deeply parasitized by Time Worms. As for the truth, the Time Worms can make up whatever they want.

Even if we were to consult Lu Lincheng and Qiao Weini now, with the help of Shi Youzhichong, we would only get the same answer as Pompeii.

Lu Mingfei's mind was in turmoil. It was the first time he had ever known that the Secret Party had such a past, and that his parents had done such a big thing: stealing a large amount of classified information, research data, and dragon blood resources, and then escaping with the entire Doomsday Faction, severely damaging the Secret Party.

Uncle Pompeii had such a tragic past, being swindled out of most of his family fortune by his mother, Jovini. Even Lu Mingfei would find such a hurt too much.

Just imagine, what if Lu Mingfei were a rich heir, and Chen Wenwen, for Zhao Menghua's sake, swindled him out of most of his family fortune! Lu Mingfei suddenly clutched his heart. He couldn't think about it anymore; the pain was unbearable!

Lu Mingfei felt heartbroken just thinking about it, and from then on, he would have to seal his heart with cement.

The fact that Uncle Pompeii can still talk about this past event with a smile now seems incredibly carefree to Lu Mingfei.

Wait a minute, cold sweat suddenly broke out on Lu Mingfei's forehead. What if Uncle Pompeii had a problem with him? For example, would he hold Lu Mingfei responsible for Qiao Weini swindling the family fortune?
It's very possible!
He's a member of the school board; he could easily make things difficult for Lu Mingfei. Wouldn't his life in Kassel become terrible from now on?

It's life-threatening! Someone, please help!
Lu Mingfei forced himself to laugh: "Ha, ha, this, that, Uncle Pompeii... I, I apologize to you on behalf of my mother?"

"No need, no need." Pompeii was truly carefree, appearing completely unconcerned: "It's all in the past. I just wanted to find Jovini's son to talk about this matter."

"Don't worry, I won't do anything to you. I've never hated Qiao Weini. Really, don't disbelieve me. Let me give you another example: Chen Motong and Chu Zihang have a child. Would Caesar seek revenge on that child?"

‘Boom! ’

Lu Mingfei felt as if he had been struck by a bolt of lightning, leaving him scorched and disoriented, as if the sky had fallen and the earth had cracked. Uncle! Please stop giving examples!
The example may be bad, but it's actually quite easy for Lu Mingfei to understand.

If there really is such a child... based on Lu Mingfei's understanding of Boss Caesar, Caesar most likely wouldn't do anything to retaliate against the child.

Lu Mingfei even put himself in Zhao Menghua's shoes. If Chen Wenwen, his former campus sweetheart, had a child with Zhao Menghua, would he have hurt Chen Wenwen's child?

Tsk, that makes sense, but my heart still aches!

Lu Mingfei, whose heart was pounding for a moment, thought that Pompeii would probably act in the same way and wouldn't harm his beloved's son, which successfully dispelled Lu Mingfei's worries.

"That's enough. I feel much better now that I've talked about it. We can talk again another time. I'm going back now."

The Time Insect, adept at feigning indifference, didn't elaborate further, stopping short of leaving. He then rose to depart, leaving Lu Mingfei, that loser, undoubtedly filled with mixed emotions. Seeing that Pompeii, who had said so much, was about to leave, he must still have many questions to ask.

Because Pompeii is the only one who has told Lu Mingfei so much about his parents' past. If he misses this opportunity, Lu Mingfei will never have another chance to inquire about his parents.

But Pompeii had already stood up, and Lu Mingfei couldn't possibly drag Pompeii away. At most, he could only ask one or two more questions. So what would Lu Mingfei ask?

Pompeii could guess with his bare hands that he would naturally be able to complete his mission and lure Lu Mingfei to the Arctic.

"Wait, Uncle, wait a moment!" Sure enough, Lu Mingfei jumped up anxiously when he saw Pompeii take two steps away. When he saw Pompeii turn around, there was still a trace of sadness on his face. Lu Mingfei was ashamed to face him.

Although it was his mother, Jovini's, fault, Lu Mingfei still felt somewhat ashamed. However, in order to find out his parents' whereabouts, he had no choice but to bite the bullet and ask, "Can I ask one last question?"

"I... I want to know, where did my parents go?"

Logically speaking, Lu Lincheng and his wife were wanted by the Secret Party, and their whereabouts were unknown; otherwise, they would have been caught by the Secret Party long ago.

But Lu Mingfei had a premonition that Pompeii might know something! He just didn't tell the Secret Service because of his feelings for Jovini.

Even if Pompeii didn't know, Lu Mingfei would still ask this question. The more he knew, the more Lu Mingfei wanted to find his parents himself.

Pompeii was deeply immersed in the role, smoking and sighing for several minutes before turning to leave, leaving behind his last words: "At that time, Giovanni took the Gattuso family fortune to the Arctic."

(End of this chapter)