As a top student who has ranked first in every department at Imperial College for years, Ning Lier has two identities no one knows about.
The first: a fugitive ranked third on the interstellar wanted list, and vice-captain of the main combat team of the top-ranked interstellar pirate crew.
“Murder? No, we’re pirates who rob the rich to help the poor.”
“Arson? How could we? Caring for the environment means caring for ourselves. I’m doing my part to build a greener galaxy.”
“Believe me, we’re really friendly… We’ve got all kinds of animal acts. Cockroaches, mantises… Hey, where are you going?”
His second identity… is the adopted son of the commander of the Empire’s First Legion.
First Legion, commander, adopted son.
Put those three words together, and they’re enough to make anyone feel suffocated. His second identity is completely incompatible with the first.
Everything Ning Lier does, and every friend he’s made since childhood, has managed to hit his adoptive father’s sore spots perfectly.
But he doesn’t just have to keep testing the boundaries. He also has to dance hip-hop on top of them.
After being harshly restrained by the other man without so much as an explanation, twenty-something Ning Lier burns with indignation and shouts at Luo Xiu, “You don’t understand what I want at all! I’m going to pursue my freedom, fulfill my lifelong wish, and prove my worth!”
Then he turns with a flourish and walks out of the man’s home.
“Come back.”
With those simple words, Luo Xiu’s blue eyes hold a calm chill. His thin lips part. “The capital planet has issued a ban on pirates entering its territory within a hundred light-years. You earned 500 credits from your side job last month. If you want to get a hundred light-years away and meet up with your crew, you’ll have to work for… at least fifty years.”
Ning Lier: ?
“But then again…” Ning Lier takes a few steps back. “Luo Xiu, don’t you want to know the truth about what happened back then?”
“What did you call me?”
“Dad.”
.
Since he has no way to leave, Ning Lier has no choice but to stay on the capital planet and begin living with Luo Xiu.
Unexpectedly, he makes one friend after another here.
Senxi smiles sweetly at Ning Lier and naturally links arms with him. Their cloying pheromones envelop the area. “Brother Ning, there’s a ball in a few days. Will you come help me pick out a formal outfit tomorrow night?”
The butler Perth’s cold gaze falls on Senxi’s arm around Ning Lier. He adjusts his glasses and interrupts. “Your Highness Senxi, Young Master Ning already has plans tomorrow evening. I’m afraid he won’t be able to accompany you.”
“Hey!” A voice cuts in, interrupting their argument, smug and gloating. “Sorry, but Ningning’s got to keep me company lately~”
Forgotten Luo Xiu [tsundere edition]: ?! (angrily throws a few punches at the air)
*This novel is set in an alternate future. The Empire’s political situation and Luo Xiu’s military background are fictional.
*The leads are not blood-related. They are not in a romantic relationship and do not have sex while their fake father-son relationship is in effect.
*The supporting characters have one-sided crushes on the protagonist. The protagonist does not have relationships with multiple people at once.
Theme: Struggling against fate
As a result, the big cat and the kitten ran together 🐶
"Everyone: This is a room" is a big bug for the author~ put