After taking Jing Yu to enjoy the first real dinner in his life, Ling Xing found wood and prepared to make a small renovation to the room.
The noisy voice attracted the priest, and Ling Xing then remembered that he had made a decision without saying hello to the other party.
"Uh, I'm sorry, I didn't tell you in advance, this is Jing Yu, I want to take him here for a while, okay?"
The pastor looked at Jing Yu, "Of course you are welcome, but don't you think the room is too crowded?"
Jing Yu replied expressionlessly, "No."
The pastor was a little surprised, this is not the attitude normal people should have when they meet someone for the first time.
"Ah, don't mind," Ling Xing hurriedly explained, "he is a lone star, so it's not that he is rude."
Pastor Rao is well-informed, and at the moment he is quite surprised, "Lone Star? Where did you find him?"
"It was brought by the bishop today. It was originally intended to be sent to the military for training, but I left it at my own discretion."
"Did the military approve it?"
Ling Xing shook his head, "Not yet, but the bishop should be able to persuade the marshal. I have confidence in him."
As soon as he finished speaking, Jing Shi sent a communication request, and the room seemed even more crowded because of the projection of the fourth person.
"The military has agreed that you will temporarily raise Lone Star."
Ling Xing smiled, "I knew you could do it."
Jing Shi glared at him angrily, "Do you think it's easy for me to fight for your custody of him? I did this by moving the church out to compete with those militants."
"Really? That's really hard work, Lord Bishop." Ling Xing continued with a smile.
Jing Shi's attitude became serious, "But the military has stipulated that even if he is raised by you, he will go out with the military once a year as a preparation for future combat training."
"Going out? But he's still a baby." Ling Xing was dissatisfied.
"I believe that the military will pay more attention to this. It is rare for a Lone Star to come out. They don't want him to die more than anyone else."
Since it was a quid pro quo offered after the military retreated, Ling Xing could only accept it.
"I see. If you have any arrangements, please notify me in advance so that I have time to prepare."
"Prepare? What?"
"Tell him about the local customs and customs of the destination in advance. Since you must go, treat it as a tour, which is always better than going on an expedition."
Jing Shi smiled knowingly, "You're very thoughtful, and it's up to you to take care of him. I'm relieved."
After finishing the communication, the pastor asked, "Do you need my help?"
Ling Xing thanked him for his kindness, "I have a heart, but the place is crowded and there are so many people that I can't reach out."
He pointed to the bed on one side, "I'll convert it into a bunk and then put two bookshelves just above the desk. We can handle it."
"What are you doing with the bookshelf?"
Ling Xing looked at Jing Yu who was working, "Gu Xing can't have the feelings of human beings. Their IQ is undoubtedly the same as that of ordinary people, but they lack the wisdom of human beings."
He picked up a book on the table and said, "However, all the wisdom of human beings are condensed in this small book. I want to cultivate him to develop the habit of reading, so that he can understand the human society as much as possible through the book. Right or wrong, so that when he leaves me in the future, if he encounters a question he doesn't understand, he can also go to the book to find the answer."
The pastor sighed, "You know what? You look like an elder from other races, raising a junior who knows nothing from scratch, even if it is accurate to the smallest details, teaching him hand-in-hand. "
"Really," Ling Xing smiled, "As a Tiansu person, to have such an experience is also a kind of adventure."
The room was quickly renovated. Ling Xing prepared a bunch of foreign language picture books. It is impossible for Tiansu to have such kind of children's books, but Jing Yu's emotional intelligence is the same as that of children. After thinking about it, Ling Xing decided to start from the most basic. .
He plugged language chips into each other's terminals, "I think these books are more suitable for you for the time being, and I hope you don't find them childish."
Jing Yu did not express any opinion. Ling Xing thought that this might be his greatest advantage. No matter what he did, he would gain 100% trust from the other party.
The two of them sat at the table, "I want to ask you, if you have a piece of bread, and we are both starving to death, who will eat this piece of bread?"
"I eat." Jing Yu replied.
"In that case, I will die. I am your companion, will you watch me starve to death?"
"You eat." The other party said again.
Ling Xing shook his head again, "In that case, you will die. You can't save me without caring about your own life."
Jing Yu's emotional intelligence could no longer deal with this problem.
"The right thing to do is you give me half the bread so we can all live, and then in the time we buy, both of us can go looking for more food."
"The difference between humans and animals is that humans will take the initiative to share food with unrelated people, while animals will only share food with the same kind of stakeholders. For example, wolves hunt in groups, and lions have different social divisions of labor. Only humans will be completely unfamiliar. The same kind help.”
Jing Yu seems to understand but does not understand.
"So," Ling Xing opened the first book they read together, "the first lesson we learned today is, sharing..."
—
The books on the bookshelf are increasing day by day, Ling Xing had to add two new bookshelves on the wall, Jing Yu has more and more knowledge, although he can never have empathy like other human beings, but Ling Xing Don't forget to emphasize your feelings at all times so that the other person can know how others are thinking when he does everything.
He was sorting out the newly added books in the house that day when he suddenly heard a loud noise from outside.
Ling Xing, who followed the sound, was horrified when he saw the scene in front of him. Outside the courtyard of the church, Jing Yu was beating a person expressionlessly. There is another person pulling desperately.
"Stop!" Ling Xing rushed over to hold Jing Yu, "What are you doing?!"
Jing Yu didn't stop until he saw him. The two people who were beaten saw Ling Xing, but they felt a little guilty and ran away swearing.
"What the hell is going on?" Ling Xing asked Jing Yu angrily. Before that, he had never fought.
Jing Yu asked back, "Why can't you beat him?"
"Because hitting someone is wrong. If you hit someone, they will hurt."
"I won't hurt."
"And you hurt him, his lover and friends will be sad."
"What does that have to do with me?"
Ling Xing was at a loss for words, and the other party suddenly became like a stubborn and disobedient child, and it was difficult to communicate with him.
He dragged Jing Yu to the church and forced him to kneel before the gods.
"Anyway, you have done something wrong, and God is very angry. You have to repent to him and ask for his forgiveness."
Jing Yu looked up at the statue, "Why should I care if the god is angry?"
"you… "
Jing Yu turned to him, "Are you going to be angry?"
"I..." Ling Xing raised his face, "Of course I'll be angry too."
Jing Yu looked at the statue again, "Then I will repent."
Ling Xing was very puzzled, what happened to Jing Yu, he usually doesn't do this.
He knelt down beside Jing Yu, "Can you tell me what happened? Why did you attack him?"
"The book says that you can't gossip about others behind your back. This kind of behavior is incorrect."
Ling Xing remembered, this is indeed the story he told Jing Yu two days ago.
"What did that person say?"
"They said that the priest of this church can't find the other half, and sooner or later they have to wait for their souls to disperse."
Ling Xing couldn't close his mouth in surprise for a long time. No wonder the two people looked so guilty when they saw him just now.
Jing Yu turned his head, "Why don't you hold a coming-of-age ceremony?"
Ling Xing hesitated for a long time, "What they said is not completely wrong..."
He closed his eyes, and the bloody night flashed before his eyes. The classmates who got along with each other frantically killed each other, daggers mercilessly pierced his chest, and people kept turning into souls and flying away. Only half of the people present after dawn were left. People, ragged and blood-stained with weapons that could kill their own kind, looked at each other blankly, not knowing what was going on.
"Sorry, I'm being too arbitrary," Ling Xing lowered his head, "Although I usually pretend not to care, but, I really..."
Even his hands were trembling slightly, "I'm really afraid of the coming-of-age ceremony, no matter who it is, I can't accept it."
He turned his head, "Hidden for so many years, you are the first person to hear me say this, can you keep it a secret for me?"
Jing Yu moved her hand over and put it on Ling Xing's chest, "How are you feeling now, are you uncomfortable?"
This is their common method. Once Jing Yu has feelings that he cannot understand, Ling Xing will put his hand on his chest, hoping to convey his feelings.
"Yes," Ling Xing admitted, "I'm not feeling well. If I could hear that with my own ears, I should be very sad. Although I am very grateful to you for intervening for me, force is not the only way to solve the problem. Don't do it next time."
He prayed silently in front of God for a while, and Jing Yu followed his example to do it. As for whether what he said in his heart was a prayer, no one knew.
"Okay," Ling Xing helped him up, "what should we learn today?"
On the desktop, a picture book was spread out from the middle. After seeing its contents clearly, Ling Xing couldn't help laughing.
"The content of this book today is very similar to our current situation," he turned a page. "Here it is said that my brother has always slept in the bottom bunk, but since he has a younger brother, he has to go to the top bunk."
"Brother is very unhappy, why do you want me to sleep on the top bunk?"
"Mom said that because the younger brother is small, it is very dangerous to let him sleep on the upper bunk. You are the older brother, you should let the younger brother..."
Evening reading time flies by.
"Well, this book is about courteousness among family members. Although we are different from other races and have no older brothers and younger brothers, we must also be courteous to others, especially those who are weaker than us."
After summing up what he learned today, he closed the book, "Okay, it's time for us to go to bed."
Jing Yu stood up without a word and walked to the bedside, propped up her hands, and neatly turned over to the top bunk.
"You... what are you doing up there?" Ling Xing asked inexplicably, since Jing Yu moved here, he has always slept on it.
"You said, between companions, be courteous."
Ling Xing didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "But that's for those who need our care. I'm older than you. Logically speaking, I should let you."
"What's more, the cubs of other races are fragile, so it is not safe to sleep on the top bunk. For us, even if we fall, there will be no problem."
Jing Yu turned over and faced the wall, as if he had made up his mind.
Ling Xing was helpless and had to let him go.
Lying on Jing Yu's bed, the pillows were filled with the other person's breath, Ling Xing was lying down, suddenly felt wrong, got up in a hurry, turned on the light and rummaged around in the room.
Jing Yu was woken up by him, got up and asked, "What's wrong?"
"Oh, no," Ling Xing pulled out a tranquilizer from the drawer and injected it into his arm.
It was all due to his carelessness, and he almost forgot that the sedative he injected every month expired. Fortunately, he had lived alone for many years as a baby and was already prepared for emergencies.
"It's okay, you can go to sleep," Ling Xing advised Jing Yu to sleep, calculating in his heart that with an average awakening period of ten years, Jing Yu would not awaken for at least eight years, so there is no need to worry for the time being. With this thought in mind, Ling Xing climbed back onto Jing Yu's bed and fell asleep in a daze.
—
The military's expedition order came down very quickly, probably because it was Lone Star's first time, the place they chose was the nearest Lupus.
In their shared room, Ling Xing was introducing Lin Xing's customs to Jing Yu.
"The Pleiades implements a tribal system. The largest tribe has millions of people, and the smallest has only a few hundred people. The eleven largest tribes form a coalition government. Only through the recognition of the coalition government will the tribes be accepted. There are as many as a thousand small tribes that are recognized as a formal country, but have not been officially recognized…”
After introducing the general situation of Langsu, Ling Xing said solemnly, "Jing Yu, I want you to do one thing for me. When you arrive at Lupus, choose several kinds of local plant seeds to bring back. The plants are too single, and you want to enrich the variety of flowers, can you do it?"
"Why don't you come with me?"
"Because I am an infant, it is very difficult for me to leave this planet with soul traction. Although you are also an infant, soul traction does not exist for you, so you can go farther than anyone else, which is your unique gift. I am envious of the conditions.”
"Understood," Jing Yu replied, "I will bring the seeds back."
When Jing Yu left, Ling Xing opened up a new flowerbed in the front yard. Every day when people passed the church, they saw the priest loosening the soil.
"Master Ling, are you going to change careers as a gardener?" someone joked.
"Yeah," Ling Xing replied with a smile, "soon my children will come back with seeds you haven't seen before, and this place will be transformed into an interstellar botanical garden."
"Your child? You are still a baby yourself." The opposite side would say with a smile when he heard this.
Ling Xing smiled without saying a word. He really had a "child" in his family, but this is something that people who haven't lived with Jing Yu would not understand.
Like a longing parent, Ling Xing stayed at the church door after praying every day, until half a month later, when Jing Yu came back in a hurry, Ling Xing greeted him immediately.
"You're finally back, is everything going well?"
Jing Yu nodded, then took out a few bags of seeds from his chest pocket, "What you want."
Ling Xing took it with relief, "As expected, you haven't forgotten, let's plant them together."
He focused on burying the seeds in the ground, not hearing what Jing Yu said behind him.
"This time I went to the Pleiades and accidentally participated in a wolf king selection meeting, and then I won."
Ling Xing asked while watering, "Huh? What did you say?"
Jing Yu just wanted to say it again, and then remembered that Ling Xing, who is a baby, can't go that far. He should wait until he is an adult and then tell him to take him to see his tribe. Maybe by that time, his tribe will It has been able to be recognized by the coalition government and become a real country.
"nothing."
Ling Xing didn't ask any more questions. Days passed, and the seeds soon sprung up.
"Look, the seeds we planted have sprouted," Ling Xing pulled Jing Yu to look at the life that was born in his hands, this feeling is really different.
"I can kind of understand what it's like for parents of other species to see their babies being born, don't you think so?"
Looking at Jing Yu's blank expression, Ling Xing remembered the fact that he was a Lone Star. After getting along for a long time, he became more and more like a normal person in front of him, and even he almost forgot about the lack of empathy for the other party.
"Look, Lupus is so far away from here, but the seeds there come to Celestial and are still growing vigorously."
"Whether it's people, animals, or plants, they all have the desire to survive. Species other than Tiansu people are also working hard to survive. Being strong is not the reason for us to invade alien races. I know that your future will definitely be defeated by the army. Fang arranged it to brutally deprive others of their lives. But please remember that on other planets, there are not only resources and killings, but also such life-breaking lives, no matter where you go, please don't ignore them The presence."
Ling Xing stood up and admired his achievements, "Can you draw?"
"Won't."
"It's a pity, neither do I," Ling Xing was annoyed, "If only some of us could draw, I want to record the growth of plants. It would be a good idea to create a hand-drawn dictionary. ."
Jing Yu lowered his eyes thoughtfully.
A few nights later, Ling Xing was woken up by a sound of brushing. He rubbed his eyes and saw that the lamp at the desk was on, and Jing Yu was sitting there with his back to him, not knowing what he was writing.
"What are you doing?" He crawled out of bed sleepily and walked over to the table.
"Have I disturbed you?" Jing Yu asked.
Ling Xing didn't hear his question, and all his attention was drawn to the paper on the table, "This is...?"
He picked it up, and there were a few sketches of various plants on it. At first, the style of the painting was very immature, but the more exquisite the painting became, the characteristics of the plants could be seen at a glance.
"You've been painting this for the past few days and nights?" Ling Xing's drowsiness was completely driven away. He didn't expect that his words would make Jing Yu so concerned.
"Aren't you going to make a drawing book?" Jing Yu's tone was as common as it was, "When I learn to sketch, I will draw and you will write, and we can achieve your wish."
Fulfill your wish...
For a Lone Star who lacks empathy, only Ling Xing, who taught him everything, knows how big a step it is from fulfilling your order to fulfilling your wish.
He had to cover his mouth to hide his sore nose.
"What's wrong with you?" Jing Yu asked him incomprehensibly.
"No," Ling Xing suddenly thought that he didn't need to hide his feelings in front of this person, "No."
He repeated it twice, and couldn't help hugging him from above.
"I'm very happy, really."