The little kid, who was originally very sleepy, was completely confused when he saw what his brother ordered.
"Brother, what are you looking at?"
"I want to see how long you play the game."
Huo Lin answered while looking at the screen. Soon, he saw the device usage time: "Have you been staying up late playing games these two days?"
Little cub: “…”
The sleepy little cub was so frightened that he lost all his sleepiness. He grabbed his brother's hand and tried to get the Star Machine back.
"Baby, baby is sleeping."
The little boy was holding his brother's hand, fearing that his brother's own star machine would be confiscated.
Huo Lin's grip was very strong. If he didn't want to let go, the kid would have no chance of snatching the Star Machine even if he used all his strength.
"You opened the game for 15 hours. Combined with your daytime activities, I can reasonably infer that you played for several hours at night."
After Huo Lin finished speaking, he looked at the little boy's eyes again.
This little cub is very worrying if you don't keep an eye on him.
The kid who was caught was still struggling: "I just dreamed about it at night." "I don't believe it."
Huo Lin used these two words again.
Seeing his brother so cruel, the little boy tried to hold back his words but couldn't come up with any other excuses. He leaned against his brother and could only beg for mercy in a sticky voice: "Brother, I know I'm wrong, please don't take the Star Machine away."
"I won't play at night anymore, cub."
The little boy kissed his brother several times while speaking these sweet words, perhaps to coax him.
But Huo Lin took one look at him and knew he was just kidding.
The big and the small just stared at each other. Under the little boy's eager gaze, Huo Lin did not confiscate his star machine, but pressed the screen a few more times.
A few seconds later.
Huo Lin handed the Star Machine with child mode turned on to the little kid.
"for you."
The little boy didn’t know that his brother had turned on the kid mode for him. His eyes curved and he happily took the Star Machine and hid it under his pillow.
"Brother, you're the hottest!"
"Okay, you can sleep for a while and leave when you wake up."
Huo Lin originally planned to dress the kid up, but seeing that he was still sleepy, he let him continue sleeping.
The little boy held his brother's hand with one hand, put his chubby face against his brother's hand, and fell asleep.
Huo Lin saw that he fell asleep in just a few seconds and knew that he was very sleepy.
Since both cubs were sleeping, Zhan Xi changed his departure plan to the afternoon.
Before leaving, Zhan Xi received a call from Tang En. The cubs of both families had agreed to raise Lele, and naturally, what the cubs had to do had to be arranged by their adults.
This time when Zhan Xi went to Planet B1, Tang En asked him to bring a gift to Lele's mother on his behalf.
After Zhan Xi met and talked with Lele's mother, Lele's guardians were directly decided to be the two of them.
The two adults chatted for a long time before they finished. Before they finished, Tang En suddenly asked, "Does Ningzi still sleep with you now?"
"He is sleeping with Lele now, in the next room. What's wrong?"
Tang En frowned and said, "Wagner has also taken the initiative to sleep alone these past two days, but he is not in a good mood when he sleeps alone."
It feels like I've been staying up all night.
Zhan Xi thought about his own children: "Ningzi and Lele haven't been in good spirits these past two days. I guess they are tired from making up for half a month's study. By the way, after Wagner went back, did you hire a tutor for him?"
"not yet."
The adults chatted for a few minutes about the cubs' education and the conversation ended.
It was afternoon.
Huo Lin checked the little boy's schoolbag and stuffed a lot of toys into it: "Ningzi, if you want to play, play with the toys. Don't stare at the screen of the star machine all the time, otherwise your eyes will hurt, understand?"
The Star Machine game industry is well developed. The little one found more than 400 mini-games on the mini-game website. Compared with the Star Machine mini-games, the toys don’t seem to be that fun.
The little guy kept saying "hmm hmm" in agreement, but looking at the expression on his chubby face, you could tell that he was just being perfunctory.
Huo Lin narrowed his eyes perfunctorily: "Ningzi, does your father know that you are staying up late to play Star Machine?"
Little cub: “…”
The little boy froze suddenly. He raised his chubby face and slowly looked towards his brother.
"Brother, are you going to tell Dad?" The little boy's voice was full of panic.
Huo Lin said nothing.
Seeing that he didn't say anything, the little boy thought he was going to complain.
The little boy, who was just trying to please his brother, suddenly got anxious. He hugged his brother and begged, "Don't tell Dad, or he'll spank me!"
Dad said that playing the star machine all the time is bad for the eyes. If Dad finds out that Zizi stays up late to play the star machine, Zizi will definitely be beaten.
The little cub was terribly frightened.
He hugged his brother and pleaded with him pitifully: "Zi Zi doesn't want to be beaten."
After begging for a long time and saying many nice things, the brother who just wanted to scare the little cub nodded reluctantly under the kiss attack of the little cub.
"It's okay not to tell your dad, but you have to promise not to get addicted to games."
"Baby, I swear!"
The little boy swore with his middle finger, his fat face was serious.
Huo Lin looked at his fingers and silently bent his second finger up.
The little boy learned the swearing action from a villain in a cartoon. He actually likes this villain very much.
However, this cartoon has been reported and removed from the shelves by parents. The little kid couldn’t watch this cartoon and cried for several days.
After packing up all the things, Zhan Xi left with the two cubs.
Before leaving, the little cub sat in his father's arms, waving his hands with tears in his eyes: "Brother, wait for cub to come back!"
"The cub will miss his brother!"
When they were about to leave, the little boy thought that he would not be able to see his brother for many days, and then he began to miss him belatedly.
Especially when the spaceship took off, the little cub looked at his brother who was still standing there, and cried so hard that no one could comfort him.
"Brother, I miss you!"
Zhan Xi looked at the little cub who was separated from his brother, and he didn't know whether to laugh or cry, so he carried him into the spaceship: "Don't cry, we will be back after the New Year, and then you can see your brother."
"I'm going to the cab, Ningzi, you and Lele can play by yourselves."
Zhan Xi coaxed the kid for a while, and when his crying subsided, he put him down: "By the way, it's not that Dad wants to put pressure on you, but Dad wants to remind you that you haven't done your winter vacation homework yet."
The cram school teacher in the palace made the little boy write a lot of homework, but the homework assigned by the cram school teacher was his own, not the little boy's winter vacation homework book.
Even though he has been studying for more than half a month, the kid hasn't done his winter vacation homework yet.
"Dad, the baby knows."
The little cub, who was placed on the blanket on the floor, sniffed.
It's still early before school starts, so it's useless for Zhan Xi to remind him because the kid is not in a hurry at all.
After Zhan Xi left, only Ningzai and Lele were left on the floor.
Seeing that Ningzai’s eyes were still red, Lele raised her little hand to wipe them.
Ningzi glanced at the window of the spaceship, and said in a hoarse voice: "Zizi, I won't be able to see my brother for a long time."
"Brother is so good, I love you the most."
The little boy who missed his brother said a few more words and then took out the Star Machine.
Dad, Uncle Lingqi, and brother are not here, so the kid can play with the star machine for a while.
"Hey, the star machine is broken."
After opening the Star Machine, the kid was confused to find that there were fewer mini-games inside. "There used to be 435 mini-games, but now there are only 40."
Among the 40 mini games, most of them are childish and look down upon by the kids.
His favorite shooting game is also gone!
The kid was so confused that he held the Star Machine and poked at it for a long time but couldn't get the shooting game out.
After failing to solve the problem on his own, the little cub called Wagner.
"Wagner, are you still playing the gun game?"
"Yes, what's the matter?"
Wagner had just woken up. He was full and wanted to find Ningzai: "Ningzai, do you want to play now? Savi has also registered an account. We can play together."
Little cub: “…”
The little guy was even more confused: "All the games on my Star Machine are gone."
Wagner was also stunned when he heard this.
The kids on both sides of the phone were lost in thought. After a while, Wagner was more experienced: "Ningzi, has your father touched your phone?"
"No."
The little boy answered honestly: "My brother touched it."
Wagner said confidently: "It must be Cesar who did it, Ningzi, he set your phone to children's mode!"
A mobile phone in child mode will filter out many games that are not suitable for children, as well as videos, texts, etc.
The little kid, who was just thinking about his brother, is now getting angry.
"Did my brother lose the game?"
"Yeah! My dad did it to me before, and I begged him for a long time."
"If you beg your dad, will he fix it for you?" the little guy asked eagerly.
Wagner said honestly: "That's not the case. I begged him for a long time, but he still wouldn't do it for me."
"Then one time when he was drunk, I secretly took the Star Machine away and coaxed him to fix it for me."
Little cub: “…”
The little boy's face fell: "My dad doesn't drink."
Zhan Xi used to drink, but since he had a child, he basically stopped smoking and drinking.
Wagner listened to the boy's frustrated voice and continued to give him advice: "Aren't you going home? Ask the other uncles to get you a star machine."
It's unlikely that Dad and Uncle Ling Qi can get the star machine.
The call made no progress. After the little boy hung up, he angrily called his brother.
The little prince, who had returned to the palace, had started training. After receiving a call from the little boy, Huo Lin temporarily interrupted his training.
"Ningzi, what's wrong?"
"Brother, did you set the child's star machine to child mode?"
"Well, your age is that of a child, so you have to use child mode."
Huo Lin's tone was steady, and he didn't sound guilty at all.
The little kid was about to cry: "I don't want the child mode, I want to play games. Wagner is playing games, I want to play too."
Seeing that he mentioned Wagner, Huo Lin pondered for a few seconds and replied, "Don't worry, I will call Marshal Tang En later and remind him to set the children's mode for Wagner's star machine."
The kid who called to condemn his brother never expected that he would also implicate his good friend.
"You, you deliberately pissed me off!"
The angry Zi Zi was stunned, and finally grabbed Xingji and got angry: "Zi Zi doesn't miss you anymore, and I don't want to talk to you anymore!"
After hanging up the phone, the kid fell backwards in anger, lying on the blanket on the floor. His chest was heaving, and his face was red. He was really angry.
Zhan Xi and Ling Qi were in the cab, and Ling Qi came out only at lunchtime.
"Ningzi, don't eat too many snacks on the spaceship at one time, or you won't be able to eat later."
"You've got to be next!"
Without games to play, the little guy turned his grief and anger into appetite and ate most of the snacks that Ling Qi had stockpiled.
Looking at the cub who was still crunching his food, Ling Qi walked over and touched his belly: "You can't eat snacks anymore. You will need these snacks when you go back."
These snacks cannot be bought on the deserted planet. If the kid finishes eating them now, he will have nothing to eat when he returns.
Ling Qi put away the snacks and went to make lunch for the two cubs.
After the meal, the cubs went to sleep with their full stomachs.
Ling Qi returned to the cab and switched shifts with Zhan Xi.
"It is expected to arrive at night. We will spend the night on the spaceship and look for people when it is daytime."
"OK."
It was already very late when they arrived. It seemed inappropriate for two grown men to go look for Lele's mother in the middle of the night.
"Ling Qi, I'll continue driving. You go and accompany Ningzi and Lele to sleep."
"They don't need me."
Ling Qi sat next to him and said to Zhan Xi, "Ningzi has been sleeping like a piglet. Before going to bed, I saw that he was in a bad mood."
"Bad mood?"
Zhan Xi thought about it and speculated: "He probably misses Linzi."
Ling Qi also felt that this was the reason: "He and Linzi have a good relationship. Now that they have to be separated for so many days, he must be in a bad mood."
The two adults thought that the little boy was thinking about his brother, but they didn't know that the little boy was actually wondering sadly and angrily why his brother wanted to mess with his star machine!
So infuriating.
It’s really hard to coax the baby this time!
The little boy who has no games to play finds it boring to scroll through the Star Network videos. He used to be able to see many beautiful uncles and aunts who danced beautifully, but they wore too few clothes and he didn’t know if they would be cold.
Now that the star machine has been set up by his brother, the baby can’t even see the dancing uncles and aunts!
The kid who always falls asleep while playing Star Machine fell asleep this time because he was so angry.
It was late night.
The spacecraft stopped and they had arrived at planet B1.
Zhan Xi and Ling Qi returned to their room on the spaceship and took a nap next to the little one.
Lele sleeps very well, with his two little hands under the quilt and he never takes them out.
But the little ones are different.
He was sleeping on top of Lele's head with one of his fat feet on the bedside shelf. It was a very puzzling sleeping posture, but the little cub was sleeping soundly.
Zhan Xi straightened the restless baby who was sleeping soundly, and then squeezed onto the bed with Ling Qi.
They slept like this all night, and at dawn the next day, the two adults woke up the kids.
"Ling Qi, have you noticed that Ningzi is much more energetic when he sleeps with me?"
Zhan Xi took a close look at the little cub's eyes and found that the dark circles were almost gone.
Ling Qi was still rummaging through clothes in the closet. He didn't bother to look back: "What do you think of these two sets of clothes?"
Lele is going to see her mother, so naturally she has to wear her best clothes.
Zhan Xi looked up and said, "Red is a festive color. Let's wear this color."
The Chinese New Year is coming soon, and the cubs should wear red.
The two cubs each wore a small red cotton jacket and red tiger-head shoes.
“Festive and beautiful.”
Ling Qi looked at the two cubs dressed in red and was very satisfied: "It's a bit cold here in the winter, you can't just take off your hats and scarves, understand?"
"If you get cold, you'll have to take medicine and get an injection."
Under the threat of taking medicine and getting injections, the two cubs nodded obediently and vowed not to take off their hats and scarves.
In addition to hats and scarves, Ling Qi also personally knitted small gloves for them.
"Uncle Lingqi, the baby is so red."
The little boy looked at the red gloves Uncle Lingqi had put on him and thought that if he went out in red, he would definitely blind others' eyes.
“This looks good.”
Ling Qi dispelled Zizi's worries with just one sentence.
The boy, who was a little narcissistic, touched the hem of his red cotton-padded jacket and looked at his tiger-head shoes. He happily held his father's hand and walked out with him.
The two cubs were dressed warmly, and after walking for a short while, they could hardly walk.
Zhan Xi and Ling Qi simply held one baby each and walked away with the babies in their arms: "Le Le, have you seen these streets before?"
"No."
Lele is relatively light, so Zhan Xi asked Ling Qi to hold Lele. After he put on a cotton coat, the little fat boy's weight doubled.
Lele returned to Planet B1, but he was not in a good mood. He leaned on Ling Qi's neck, looking at the people on the street, still a little timid.
Ling Qi held him in his arms and walked on the street, buying him some toys that children liked from time to time.
"Uncle Lingqi, the baby wants that!"
The little boy was not socially anxious at all. After discovering that there were many stalls selling food on the street, he struggled to get out of his father's arms.
He didn't want his father to hold him or hold his hand. Instead, he excitedly went to one stall after another and asked his father to buy him food.
There are many local special snacks that look delicious and fragrant.
The little cub's two fat hands were almost unable to clench, but even though he had a lot of food in his hands, he was still envious of other things.
"Zhan Xi, we can't let him eat recklessly anymore."
These street snacks are good for the sake of convenience. If you eat too much, who knows if it will be bad for your stomach.
Zhan Xi also felt that what Ling Qi said made sense.
When Xiaozaizai pointed at the stall selling handmade spicy strips again and said he wanted to buy some, Zhan Xi rejected his request without hesitation.
"Instead of buying food, you can pick out something else to buy. I see there's a bookstall up ahead, let's go pick out some composition books, okay?"
Little cub: “…”
Little cub: "Not good!"
The little kid who only wants to eat, drink and have fun doesn't want to buy any books to read at all.
They were walking on the street, and Lele's mood became much more stable after being comforted by shopping. He also struggled out of Lingqi's arms, and on the busy street, he held Lingqi's hand and looked around curiously.
He grew up here, but he had never even seen the streets here.
Zhan Xi and Ling Qi didn’t know Lele’s mother’s address, but he told Lele’s mother his itinerary.
Before getting off the spaceship, Zhan Xi even told her his route for the day.
If she wanted, they could meet here.
If she didn't want to show up, she could also look at Lele in the crowd.
“It’s so fun here.”
The little boy was eating, looking at the bustling streets, and praised with squinting eyes: "Le Le, your hometown is really lively."
Lele was holding a marshmallow and thought this place was pretty good.
Their group was quite conspicuous. After all, there were only two of them wearing red on the entire street.
The two cubs are also very good-looking, and look even prettier than the child stars on TV.
Zhan Xi and Ling Qi were stopped by other parents and asked where they bought their clothes and shoes.
Zhan Xi smiled and pointed at Ling Qi: "The clothes were bought on Baiwu Star, and the shoes were made by him."
This kind of tiger-head shoes is hard to buy on the market, but Ling Qi can make them.
Ling Qi spent a long time researching before he finally made these tiger-head shoes, which symbolize that the cub will be as strong as a tiger cub.
When the parent who asked for directions heard that the shoes were made by himself, he immediately felt very regretful: "I wanted to buy two pairs, but it seems that I can't buy them now."
Tiger-head shoes are troublesome to make, so Ling Qi can only spare some energy to make them for his own cubs.
Play from morning to evening.
The little boy sat on a chair in the small private room of the noodle shop, wondering: "Why haven't we gone to find Lele's mother yet?"
Zhan Xi was about to speak when Ling Qi suddenly pulled him.
"Ningzi, Lele, we'll go outside and buy you some water. You two can continue eating here. Remember to wait for us to come back."
"Um!"
After the little cub responded, he reminded worriedly: "You have to come back early, don't lose the cub."
When the adults are not around, it is easy for the babies to get lost.
By the time the baby is lost, it will be too late for adults to cry.
The two adults, who were lectured by the little kid, almost sat there and refused to move. Fortunately, Ling Qi forcibly pulled Zhan Xi away.
They didn't go far, just watched from a distance.
At this distance, even if the cubs encounter danger or other emergencies, they can rush over in the first time.
"Have you seen Lele's mother?"
"Well, she's been with us for a long time, I guess it's her."
Ling Qi said as he bought some food nearby: "If we don't leave, I don't think she will come out."
Now they are just making some space for Lele’s mother.
really.
Not long after they left, a woman who looked a little frail walked into the small private room.
As soon as the woman came in, Lele, who was pouring his noodles into Ningzai's bowl, loosened his grip and the bowl and noodles fell into Ningzai's bowl.
The little kid who was caught off guard and got himself into trouble: "!"
Oops, is this edible?!
The little guy looked at the bowl of noodles and was so anxious that he wanted to scoop the noodles up.
Lele, who was lying on the ground, looked at the woman who came in. Her eyes turned red and tears fell down.
"Mother."
He dropped the bowl and threw himself into his mother's arms.
The woman, who was covered up tightly, took off her mask, revealing a beautiful pale face. She caught the cub that rushed over and hugged it tightly.
Although the cub was wearing very thick clothes, she could feel that her cub had grown a lot of weight.
"Mom, are you here to see Lele?"
Lele was in her mother's arms, crying out of breath: "Lele misses mom so much, mom, please don't leave Lele, okay?"
Although Lele said that he wanted to live with Ningzai's father, he missed his mother more than Ningzai, the mother who gave birth to him and raised him for three years.
Lele cried so sadly that Lele’s mother’s eyes turned red and her whole body was trembling.
Her current condition is normal, and precisely because it is normal, she can think rationally and make rational plans for her cubs.
"Le Le, Mommy can't raise you anymore. You should live with Ningzi from now on."
Lele's mother tried to stay calm and said to the crying cub in her arms: "When there is a chance in the future, mom will come to see you."
After she finished speaking, she couldn't help but shed tears.
With tears in her eyes, she trembled as she kissed the cub's forehead: "Le Le, you must be obedient and good, and grow up well in your new family."
She was cowardly and incompetent, and she couldn't raise Lele.
If Lele follows her, they will be discovered sooner or later, and then death will be waiting for them.
Kelele’s new family is different.
She looked for information from various channels and watched videos on StarNet. She knew what kind of background Ning Zai, who played with Lele, had.
As long as Lele leaves her, she will get the protection of the imperial royal family and even the federation.
Her Lele can survive.
You don’t have to hide in a small room, you don’t have to be away from people all day, you don’t have to hide in a timid manner, you can still survive.
"LeLe, I'm sorry."
Lele's mother was clearly crying, but she reached out her hand and wiped the tears from her cub: "It's my fault, I'm sorry, you have to be well..."
Lele hugged his mother and cried. The little baby, who had just lost a bowl of noodles, looked at Lele and then at his mother.
He hesitated for a moment, took a tissue from the table and walked over.
"Aunt, this is for you."
The little boy took the tissue and handed it over, but Lele’s mother didn’t take it. Instead, she hugged him.
"Ningzi."
Lele's mother looked at the cub in front of her pleadingly, her tearful eyes showing a sign of weakness.
"Can you help auntie and take good care of Lele?"
"Aunt, I was supposed to take good care of Lele."
The little cub straightened his chest and said to Lele's mother, "If there is a bottle of milk from me, there will be a bottle of milk for Lele. Don't worry, I will take good care of him!"
Lele's mother stayed in the private room for a long time. After she left, the two adults, who had been squatting outside until their feet were numb, hurried in.
In the small private room, Lele cried herself to sleep.
The little guy was still eating noodles from the bowl. He ate all the noodles except the soup.
The noodle soup was contaminated, and the little boy was having a fierce ideological struggle to decide whether to drink the soup as well.
Fortunately, Zhan Xi came in in time and stopped him from continuing to drink the noodle soup.
"Don't drink the soup. I'll order you another bowl."
Zhan Xi ordered another big bowl, and only then was the baby almost fed.
Lele hadn't woken up yet, so Zhan Xi asked his little cub, "Has Lele's mother been here yet?"
"Yeah! I've been here!"
The little boy thought about Lele’s mother and felt that Lele’s mother still loved Lele.
He wanted Lele's mother to move in with them so that Lele wouldn't have to be separated from his mother and could continue to play with him.
"Dad, how much does a house on White Mist Star cost?"
"It's a bit expensive, what's wrong?"
"I want to know how much it is. Please tell me."
When Xiaozaizai asked him further, Zhan Xi gave a number: "This is one year's rent. If you want to buy the house, you have to pay many times more."
The little boy counted the money, and his fat face looked a little worried: "It's so expensive."
It seems that Zizi will have to receive more red envelopes this year and work hard to bring Lele’s mother over as well!
After staying on planet B1 for two days, Zhan Xi finally returned to the barren planet with his two cubs.
On the way.
The little cub successfully coaxed Lele. It was okay when Lele didn’t see his mother, but once he saw his mother, he missed her very much.
Whether it is Ningzai, Wagner, or Savi, they cannot be compared with Lele’s mother.
The little boy looked at Lele who missed his mother, and realized that his previous decision to separate Lele from his mother and live with him was a bad one.
No cub would be willing to be separated from its parents.
Just like him, he was reluctant to be separated from his father.
The little boy carried Lele on his back and held an emergency meeting with Wagner and Sevi. The focus of their meeting was how to let Lele's mother continue to live with Lele.
Saiwei pointed out sharply: "Lele's mother's mental state is a little abnormal. She needs to see a doctor."
Wagner also said: "Lele's mother is unwilling to raise Lele because she is afraid that she can't support Lele!"
The three cubs summarized Lele's mother's situation, and the more they summarized, the more solemn they became.
Finally, the three cubs, who couldn't think of any good solution for the time being, decided to make some money for the New Year while asking the adults for help.
"We will use the red envelopes we received to help Lele's mother see a doctor!"
"Yes! We also need to ask Lele's mother to move in. Dad said that the rent on White Mist Star is 50,000 star coins a year."
"Ningzi, there is another way to make money. After Lele receives all the red envelopes from you, I will bring him over and let him continue to receive them from me. The parents here are very generous."
The little boy was moved by what he heard: "Why don't you invite me and Wagner to go and receive the red envelopes together?"
Saiwei: “…”
Savi was silent.
His parents are not easy to get along with, and if he only takes Lele in, it will be very difficult for him to take care of him.
I can’t think about taking Ningzai and Wagner over together. My head hurts.
Ningzai and Wagner saw that Savi only wanted to pick up Lele and not them, and they both looked unhappy.
snort.
They originally wanted to invite Savi to receive the red envelope, but now it seems that there is no need to invite him.
The three cubs were all thinking about how to get the red envelopes from the rich adults, while the adults were completely unaware.
Especially Zhan Xi, he has already figured out how to coax the little one to give him a red envelope this year.
The kid is still in kindergarten, so he has no place to spend the red envelopes. As a father, he has no choice but to work hard and keep the kid in his care.
"Ling Qi, if I tell Ningzi during the Chinese New Year this year that I took his red envelope to help him invest and make money, will he give me the red envelope?"
Ling Qi: “…”
Ling Qi glanced at him and said, "If he asks you how much money you made later, what will you say?"
Zhan Xi said calmly: "Just say that the investment failed."
(End of this chapter)