Chapter 1323: Chapter 753
“It’s truly like a dream…”
“Is it a beautiful dream?” Gu Hang asked with a smile.
Ye Lisha seed a bit hesitant in her expression. She struggled for a while before sighing softly and said, “I can’t really say… For many people, not being able to beco a High Lord, just becoming the High Lord’s wife is already quite a good thing, not to ntion, for so people, the ultimate goal of their lives as a gilded cage is just that…”
“But you’re not a canary, you’re an eagle,” Gu Hang said earnestly.
Yelisia laughed heartily, slapped Gu Hang lightly, and said again, “So what if I’m an eagle? Once I had high ambitions, believing that I could reach the highest position on my own, but in the end, I realized I still needed a reliance…”
Gu Hang hugged Yelisia.
Yelisia struggled slightly, but Gu Hang loosened his grip a little, and she just adjusted to a more comfortable position, continuing to half-lie in Gu Hang’s arms, “But there’s nothing much to talk about. The so-called highest place I once thought of, could at most reach the rank of Vice Admiral in the Imperial Navy, which would already be the pinnacle of our Fufana Family’s achievents. Neither my grandpa nor the older ancestors who created this naval family exceeded this rank. In the Tianma Star Sector, in our Dragonhawk Star Domain, being a Navy General at the end also ant rely reaching the rank of Vice Admiral.”
“Even the most arrogant fantasies of my youthful arrogance couldn’t achieve the current level.”
“Admiral, High Lord’s wife… My God, I never even fantasized about reaching such heights in this life.”
“But the higher I climb, the more terrified I beco.”
At this point, Gu Hang spoke up to console her, “There’s nothing to fear. Everything you have now includes your own share of effort. You’ve always been the highest Commander of the Alliance Navy, and in the path of the Alliance’s expansion, you’ve been indispensable in countless large and small battles. I need you, the Alliance needs you, and you will be one of the most important figures in the Alliance. This isn’t a promise I gave you, but the power you rightfully earned with your wisdom and courage.”
“Yes, I’m very proud to have accomplished all of this. But the more proud I beco, the more terrified I am. It all happened so fast, how can I hold onto it all? Whenever I think about it, it feels like walking on thin ice.” Yelisia’s words were filled with worry.
She paused for a mont, then continued, “I used to rarely think like this, but after Xiao Jing was born, my thoughts beca more and more different. Perhaps that’s the change after becoming a mother? I’m more concerned about the future than before, and I want to leave a better environnt for Xiao Jing…”
“Then just do as we’ve always done, every ti we take the Alliance to a new place, we’re building a beautiful world.”
“You know that’s not what I an. He will inherit from us in the future…”
“No.” Gu Hang interrupted his wife, saying, “He will inherit nothing from us.”
Yelisia suddenly turned her head, staring at Gu Hang in surprise.
Gu Hang maintained a calm deanor.
After a mont of looking at each other, watching Yelisia’s expression slowly transform into sothing resembling a mother beast protecting her cub, Gu Hang finally sighed lightly and said, “We will have a very long lifespan. You gave birth to Xiao Jing in your sixties, but I can ensure that you will live beyond 560 years old and still be vigorous at that ti. By the ti you beco sufficiently old and need a successor, Xiao Jing will already be over five hundred years old. What do you expect him to take over at that point? He will also be in the twilight of his life.”
Yelisia opened her mouth slightly, but didn’t know what to say.
These things, she had considered before. However, she hadn’t realized her lifespan would reach such a lengthy point. After all, in her past life, family elders or local dignitaries in the Star Domain with the ability and status to undergo life-extending surgeries were nurous, but typically only underwent one or two tis. After all, the cost of life-extending surgery was not cheap, and it beca less affordable the more it was pursued. Only a few top dignitaries had the greatest amount of wealth, and more importantly, power, to enable a fourth or fifth life-extending surgery for themselves.
Her mind hadn’t wrapped around the idea, but now, with Gu Hang’s reminder, she was shocked to realize that in the view of top dignitaries of the Human Empire, the sixty-year difference between her and her son was significant, yet essentially placed them in the sa generation.
Moreover, this discussion was concerning Yelisia alone, without ntioning Gu Hang himself.
He is an Eternal Life, which ans that hundreds of years make no essential difference to him. By then, his son Gu Jing would be a frail old man, and his own appearance would likely remain unchanged from now.
Successor?
No heir could outlive him.
And to say that if Gu Hang encounters any accidents along the way and needs soone to succeed him, the probability is also very low. If, given Gu Hang’s current strength and condition, he were to face death, what kind of successor could possibly turn the tide and reverse the situation?
Yet despite this, Yelisia was still unwilling to accept it.
“He is our son, our only son.”
“So you must trust him,” Gu Hang said, “You have to fully trust that he will not be a useless person in the future who can only rely on his parents’ protection. In this turbulent era, the stage is already set for him, and he has a very high starting point. He will have the best education, growing up in the political center of the Alliance. He will be able to constantly get in touch with the thoughts of the highest rulers of the Alliance, who are his parents. When he grows older, he can go to places where he can apply himself according to his abilities and interests.”
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