Chapter 460: Jian Family’s Son in Law

Alliance East border, Starlink Corporation’s First Fleet was positioned neatly in a row, waiting in that inky blackness of space.

Capital ship, the Horizon.

Jensen had a smile on his face. Among all of Avril’s followers, Jensen was most likely the only one who had come from a commoner’s background like Xia Fei. He had depended on his talent in command and strength when he was sixteen, graduating from the top command school in the Alliance, hired to be the assistant captain for Starlink Corporation’s First Fleet. In the several years since, Jensen had risen from an assistant to a captain, then from a captain to fleet commander in chief. His rise had been so quick that it left others flabbergasted.

Of course, after the war, the ten fleets that Starlink Corporation originally owned were now down to one, and so Jensen was only a fleet commander in chief in name, but the number of ships he was in charge of had not changed.

“Son-in-law is only a single warp away from our location and is presently recharging his ship’s energy. He should arrive at our position in fifteen minutes,” Jensen’s assistant, Ronald, reported.

Though most had not personally met Xia Fei, the love story of Xia Fei and Avril during the war had already been ingrained deeply into everyone’s hearts. Most had begun affectionately calling Xia Fei son-in-law, for all of them felt that it was only a matter of time before their young lady and he wed and that Starlink Corporation would sooner or later operate under Xia Fei’s name.

Most harbored much anticipation and longing for such an outcome, looking forward to when Xia Fei and Avril would live happily ever after like the prince charming and princess in the fairy tales. The majority of employees had no issue letting the famed Xia Fei take charge, either; after all, the man’s strength and character were well-known to everyone.

It was rather ironic. When the relationship that Xia Fei and Avril shared had become known a few years back, most thought that Xia Fei was a toad lusting for swan meat, wishing they could just stomp and kill this toady Xia Fei, feeling wistful sympathy toward their young lady’s blindness.

Now, no one dared to see Xia Fei as a toad. In fact, many felt that it was quite an honor for the Jian family to be able to claim kinship with Xia Fei. After all, Xia Fei was already acknowledged as an apex expert in the Alliance, of which the reputation preceded his. Xia Fei’s Quantum Holdings was already seen as a top-rated business in the Alliance, comparable to Starlink Corporation. Furthermore, the momentum of its development was astoundingly quick, meaning that it would be a matter of time before the company surpassed Starlink Corporation.

Jensen did not enjoy hearing everyone call Xia Fei son-in-law, but he was helpless to stop this from happening.

“Connect Xia Fei via video-call.” Jensen tidied his uniform as he instructed.

The screen turned on, and Xia Fei was displayed drinking a cup of tea. He gave a jovial greeting to Jensen, appearing to be completely at ease.

“Mr. Xia Fei, I am here under orders of the chairman to escort you to Sido. The young lady and the board chairman, the CEO, and your employees from Quantum Holdings are all waiting for your arrival there,” Jensen said in a rich voice. His tone was a little cold due to the dissatisfaction he was feeling deep down toward this average-looking man, who was about the same age as him.

“You’ll be my escort?” Xia Fei found this arrangement rather hilarious, but he still politely nodded. “No problem. My warship is currently recharging its energy, so I’ll be there soon.”

Jensen remained serious. “I know that you’ve got a very high cultivation, capable of taking down tens of thousands of foes at once, but out here in the stars, warships are the real power. With how the war has just ended, there are plenty of pirates active here in the border region, making it very unsafe. With Starlink Corporation’s First Fleet in my command as escort, I can guarantee that you’ll be safe the entire journey.”

“I agree as well that warships are the real power out here in space. Thank you for your hard work then,” Xia Fei said with a smile.

Turning off the screen, Jensen straightened his back further. Though he was no match for Xia Fei in terms of his martial arts strength or cultivation, he was at least rather confident when it came to warships and fleets, and Jensen was hoping that he would be able to save himself face through this.

*Whoosh~*

A temporary wormhole channel opened near Starlink Corporation’s First Fleet, and this huge wormhole was so large that there would even be space after fitting the entire First Fleet into it. Jensen looked out the window and could not help but widen his eyes.

“Such a huge wormhole? What type of warship is Xia Fei piloting?” Jensen hurriedly asked.

Before the radar control operator could even answer, Jensen saw Nirvana slowly making its way out of the wormhole. As a fleet commander, he of course knew from the outer appearance of this gigantic warship just what type it was.

“A Gaian Thanatos-class carrier!”

“Heavens! Son-in-law is actually piloting a capital ship! That’s too d*mn cool!”

“But of course. I heard that aside from the military, only the Adjudicator Union and the Monastic Order each have a capital ship, but what either owns is just a dreadnought. Son-in-law is the first civilian to own a carrier!”

“Owning a capital ship requires a license; I wonder if son-in-law’s capital ship is actually licensed?”

“What nonsense? Who do you think son-in-law is? He’s a great hero who barged into the insectoid territory alone and managed to kill countless insectoids. On one hand, you have Tai leading the military off into the Terminus system for a retaliation; on another hand, you have our son-in-law. Even if he doesn’t have a license, who’s going to stop him actually?”

Bouts of cheers erupted in the command deck. Perhaps it was a situation of ‘love me, love my dog’, but everyone felt that their prestige had risen now that Xia Fei was piloting his own capital ship.

“The largest ship we have in our fleet is this Horizon, an Amarrian Abaddon. Unfortunately, an Abaddon next to the Thanatos is like an ant besides an elephant.”

“Heh! To think we’re still so excited to escort our son-in-law. Turns out that he has a carrier. How ridiculous we must’ve looked.”

“Now, it’s the son-in-law escorting us instead.”

The conversation in the command deck caused Jensen’s face to turn pale. He wished he could just crawl into an underground crevice and hide, for he had previously been lecturing Xia Fei about the importance of warships in space.

The screen suddenly turned on, and Xia Fei smiled. “Sorry to trouble you all for the escort.”

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