262: Chapter 262 Wang Peng: I'm mature now, can I pilot the spaceship?

Second Aunt and Younger Aunt's families arrived one after another.

Upon entering the villa area, seeing the spacious roads, the lakeside scenery, and the detached villas, the elders all felt a bit unreal.

Second Aunt was the first to speak, declining, "Lu Li, isn't this inappropriate?"

"We can come over and stay for a few days, but actually moving in is too much trouble for you."

Younger Aunt nodded in agreement.

"You have a lot going on right now, let's not add to your burden."

Lu Li was very direct.

"The house is just sitting empty anyway."

"If you move in, my mom and dad will have more company."

"Besides, it's safer to live together now."

"As for work, it can easily be arranged within Guanghui Technology."

With things put this way, the two aunts couldn't refuse anymore.

The look they gave Lu Li, however, couldn't hide their gratification.

Second Aunt couldn't help but sigh, "Who would have thought that the little Lu Li who never liked to talk every day would actually become such a big shot now."

Younger Aunt's eyes also turned a bit red.

"If your grandfather were still alive to see this day, who knows how happy he would be."

"I remember the old man used to say that Lu Li was a quiet child, but he had his own ideas and would definitely accomplish great things in the future."

Hearing this, Chen Wanqing's eyes also reddened a little.

Lu Jianjun, however, stood with his hands behind his back and gave a light harrumph.

"Don't praise him too much."

"Lest he gets carried away."

But even though he said that, his back was straighter than anyone's.

He tried to suppress the corners of his mouth several times, but he simply couldn't keep them down.

Lu Li glanced at him.

"Dad, if you don't want to smile, you don't have to hold it in."

Lu Jianjun immediately straightened his face.

"Who's smiling?"

Laughter immediately rang out in the living room.

Just as the atmosphere was lively, Wang Peng came running in, clutching a tablet.

His voice arrived before he did.

"Brother!"

"Have you guys seen that news from abroad?"

Hearing that tone, Lu Li knew this chubby kid had dug up some big gossip again.

Wang Peng rushed to the sofa and placed the tablet on the coffee table, the flesh on his face trembling slightly from excitement.

"It's blowing up abroad!"

"Someone is leaking again that there really is The Alien in the United States' Area 51!"

"They also say the United States has long since reached a cooperation with The Alien, researching things like human genetics, consciousness uploading, and the integration of alien technology."

"In short, the internet abroad is a complete mess right now, and a lot of people are demanding NASA come out and explain."

As he spoke, he pushed the screen toward Lu Li.

"I originally thought this was just marketing accounts talking nonsense."

"But this time, many foreign media outlets are following it, and even some congressmen have started asking questions."

"This piece of gossip is a big one!"

Lu Yaoguang had originally been accompanying Su Qingxue to introduce the arrangements for the villa area.

Hearing the words "Area 51," "The Alien," and "United States," her eyes became serious at once.

For some time, she had an indescribable feeling.

The trend online was wrong.

Foreign technology pipelines had suddenly accelerated.

An attack had just occurred near Lu Li.

Now, rumors about The Alien were breaking out on the foreign internet.

Seen individually, each event seemed like a coincidence.

But connected together, it reeked of an approaching storm.

She couldn't help but look at Lu Li.

"Brother."

"Do you think these are real or fake?"

Su Qingxue also glanced at Lu Li.

She knew more than the others.

She also understood that this matter probably wasn't just an ordinary conspiracy theory.

The atmosphere in the living room paused slightly.

Wang Peng looked at Lu Li with an expectant face.

Yang Yueru also sat up straighter, her eyes sparkling.

Lu Li, however, didn't answer directly.

He picked up his teacup and took a slow sip.

"With things on the internet, you have to look at them with a mix of truth and falsehood."

"Some are fake news."

"Some, might not be entirely false."

Wang Peng's eyes widened instantly.

"Holy crap, Brother, that statement of yours has a lot of information!"

Lu Yaoguang pressed, "Then does the United States really have The Alien?"

Lu Li lazily leaned back into the sofa.

"That kind of thing is too far away from you."

"If there really is any big event, it won't be your turn to worry about it."

This sounded like a brush-off.

But Lu Yaoguang heard another layer of meaning.

It wasn't that Lu Li didn't know.

He just didn't want them to know too much.

Su Qingxue naturally took over the conversation, looking at Lu Jianjun and the two uncles.

"By the way, there's a lake in the middle of the villa area."

"The water quality is constantly maintained, and there's a dedicated leisure area by the lake."

"If you and the uncles like fishing, you can go take a look this afternoon."

As soon as these words were out, the eyes of Lu Jianjun and the two uncles lit up almost simultaneously.

Especially Lu Jianjun.

He had just been acting like "there's nothing to make a fuss about" regarding the big villa, but as soon as he heard about fishing, he was visibly different.

He coughed, pretending to be calm, "Are there fish in the lake?"

Su Qingxue smiled, "Yes, and quite a lot."

"Usually no one fishes there, so they should be easy to catch."

Second Uncle couldn't sit still on the spot.

"Then this place is great!"

Younger Uncle also nodded in agreement.

"Whether we live in the villa or not doesn't matter, the main thing is that this lake is nice."

Everyone in the living room laughed.

The subtle tension brought about by the topic of The Alien was also diluted quite a bit.

Wang Peng's attention was indeed diverted.

He leaned against the floor-to-ceiling window to look outside, seeing two faint silver-gray outlines near the platform by the lake in the distance.

The chubby kid squinted and looked for a long time, then suddenly his whole body gave a jolt.

"Brother!"

"Those two things by the lake... they wouldn't be that thing you test-flew before, would they?"

As soon as this was said, Lu Yaoguang also immediately looked over.

She had personally seen Lu Li pilot the Anti-gravity Vehicle into the sky before.

That scene had a huge impact on her.

She had said back then that it wasn't an ordinary aircraft, but rather that he had built a road to the sky.

Now seeing those two vehicles by the lake again, the light in her eyes lit up bit by bit.

"Brother, did you bring the engineering prototypes to the villa area?"

Lu Li leaned back in the sofa and gave a casual grunt of affirmation.

"The previous one was the first verification model."

"These two by the lake are the subsequent modified test models."

"The stability is better than last time, and the control system is a bit simpler."

Upon hearing this, Wang Peng couldn't sit still immediately.

"Wait."

"Do you mean... this thing isn't just something you can ride now?"

Lu Li glanced at him.

"Theoretically, ordinary people can use it after simple guidance."

Wang Peng's eyes widened instantly.

He had personally watched Lu Li test-fly it before.

But at that time, Lu Li wouldn't let him touch it at all, even complaining that his hands had oil from braised pork on them.

Wang Peng still held a grudge about this to this day.

He immediately started feeling aggrieved.

"Brother, last time you wouldn't even let me touch it."

"This time you aren't going to make me stand on the side and watch again, are you?"

Lu Yaoguang added a snide remark from the side: "That depends on whether you ate any braised pork today."

Wang Peng turned his head in tragic indignation.

"My hands are very clean today!"

"And I'm not the little Wang who could only stand on the side and shout 'holy crap' anymore!"

"I am now a mature future transportation experience user!"