C 44. Family

"Amazing, is it one of the designs you spend years perfecting?"

"Yep, City 46."

"What? City 46? Who will buy that? That design is weird, it looks like Ant holes when observed from the inside out!" I said laughing.

"You and your father have no sense of aesthetics. That beautiful City design will earn more than what we learned in ten years within a year.

As for the cooperation that is going to use the design will have something unique, something never seen in the whole world, incredibly unique with a lot of mystery.

Tssk, that was me making history and you are here trashing it." She made a little bit of an angry face.

I didn't mind it because I never liked her design. It's just something otherworldly but she never failed to amaze me by selling it with an astronomical amount.

"Haha, I always said your mother hit her head. Why always come up with crazy ideas that fit a unique situation. 

Even though I refuse to use her designs in my work, I have no choice but to build some vomit-inducing designs for marketing purposes."

I laughed, this duo are a perfect match. My mother is an Architect but her expertise surfaces that border with house aesthetic decoration.

But secretly she has been developing her talent by designing weird houses with some uncanny designed reminiscence of alien designs.

And for my father, is a building engineer that built his company from scratch with a good reputation for quality.

Together they make a perfect match but the moment she started bringing out her alien designs they started fighting. 

Father kept saying that it was not doable, at first he was right but later she managed to make him build one of her designs and invite people to as a show.

It took her decades before a first customer came, from then people with weird aesthetics feel kept requesting more...

I watched their banter that they usually do, she is trying to explain her designs are revolutionary. While he said it lacks meaning and practicality.

If there is anything we can agree on between me and my father is that her designs never appeal to us.

I giggle at their childish fight. It was a good reunion and I enjoyed it before we talked about the serious issue.

"Serene, I and your mother decide to ask if it's okay for you to work for this facility for only three years."

My heart skipped a beat, me working for them. That is not a good thing, these people are powerful, having me in their hand will increase their strength.

But that is not the problem, the problem is they may use underhanded tactics to keep me with them. And I know my family is not powerful enough to avoid that.

"You need to know that my power is almost infinite, that's what they said. So, imagine if I work for them and they truly realise my importance, how will you take me away?"

"Haha, dear you need not worry about that." Ma said.

"What about the company? I'm supposed to be its guardian, now that its position is on the Moon. I think it's of utmost importance to have me there!" 

"Ahem, we can't keep the company to ourselves. It has a strategic location but unfortunately, sharks are eying it.

That is why we want to change to something more secure and also to our plans. It will be better.

You know about the contract, right? In the previous plan, apart from being the guardian of the company on the Moon, you will also serve as my bodyguard during the contract duration.

The plan changed, with the facility backing we will have the contract confirmed. And we will earn our payment if everything went well with the Leviathan."

Still, what will happen to the company? He has worked hard to raise it to be one of the best international and also single-handedly built a station on the Moon and served to build settlements on the Moon for various companies.

Is he going to sell it? Maybe there is something I could do to help. He has created a legacy because he is the first private individual that created a settlement and a station on the Moon without the help of the government or any Goliath company.

"What about the company? Are you going to sell it?"

~Sigh~

"My dear daughter, you don't need to worry about it. I already sold the company to be on my feet. And that…."

I started crying, I don't know why but I just started crying. He sold his company to heal himself, if I had not done what I did he might not have done it.

"Hehe, you really are soft hearted when you are normal. Listen Serene, even if I'm on my feet, the way the world is moving I will be forced to sell it.

And being on this wheelchair is a boon in disguise. At first some powerful people wanted to buy some shares of the company. 

But I know selling them one single percentage will start to chip away my control and more than that my talent and your mothers talent will be theirs to exploit.

But now with the concrete reason of healing myself that requires an insane amount of funds I will be able to slip away and attach myself to others that I know I have some leeway of breathing.

Look, calm yourself, this kind of deep politics is beyond you, just trust me and your mother to handle it.

What we really need from you is to develop yourself, as this crazy old man has a lot of untouched ideas that he wanted to implement but without good protection I'm but a weak genius, easy prey for powerful sharks.

That is why I want my daughter with me when that happens!"

He seems to have conquered his fear of me. And his heartbeat indicates that every word is true even though I know there are things he is concealing!"