Chapter 13

Outside Huo Lin’s room stood his most familiar bodyguards. In addition to the guards he brought with him, there were several people left by General Mans.

The number of his guards completely overwhelmed the infiltrating star thieves.

“You guys, come in.”

Huo Lin called out a few people from the doorway and began to give orders: “From now on, not all of you should stand outside my room.”

Huo Lin often played games of capturing enemies.

Like ordinary children playing hide-and-seek, in Huo Lin’s view, capturing enemies was of the same nature as playing hide-and-seek.

General Mans had accurately provided him with the number of star thieves.

There were a total of 15.

“Your Highness, your arrangement like this may put you in danger.” The accompanying guard captain, Aoben, spoke up after hearing all of Huo Lin’s arrangements.

Huo Lin nodded to indicate that he understood.

Aoben’s speaking up was not meant to stop him, but to explain the danger to the young prince. As long as the other party is clear about what he was saying, he would not intervene.

He was both the young prince’s guard captain and a soldier who obeyed all the young prince’s orders. It was his duty.

The dispersal of guards and soldiers made Zhang Xi, who was keeping watch outside, frowned: “The protection for the young prince is too loose.”

If his son was in the young prince’s current position, he would never allow such a loose defense.

Looking at the young prince waiting for them inside like a little lamb waiting to be captured, Zhang Xi turned to Ling Qi and asked, “Is Ningning sure not to be discovered?”

They had to take everyone with them to kidnap the young prince.

Ningning had been hidden by them, and only Duo Bi was watching over him. The location where they are hiding Ningning was well hidden and should not be discovered.

“Ningning was sleeping quietly without making a sound, and no one should be able to discover him.”

“Okay, let’s go then.”

Although Zhan Xi knew he couldn’t act rashly, the group of people in front of them was unusually relaxed. If they didn’t take advantage of this opportunity, it might be difficult to find another chance again.

The little prince wouldn’t stay on Original Stone Star for long, so if they could capture him as soon as possible, they could move on to the next step.

Zhan Xi and his team silently approached the target.

Ling Qi followed closely behind, but at the moment they moved forward, Mans’s face suddenly flashed through his mind. Mans was always a thorough person. Did he really not notice them this time?

“Ling Qi, keep up.”

Zhan Xi’s words interrupted Ling Qi’s thoughts, and he calmed down and focused on the task at hand.

Meanwhile.

Mans, who they were hoping were still resting, did not stay in his room as they hoped. After he finished washing up, he casually put on some casual clothes and went out.

His silver hair, just washed, was only partially dry as he walked outside. Occasionally, drops of water would fall from his hair tips as the wind blew.

There was also a Star Thief responsible for watching him.

However, even though the Star Thief was completely focused and didn’t blink, he still didn’t notice that Mans had already been gone for a while.

Before officially becoming an imperial general, Mans had been an assassin for many years.

Up to this day, he still had a group of secret guards approved by the Emperor. This guard was small in number, but all of them were killers he personally trained.

They were assassins, but also soldiers who received military pay from the Emperor and were loyal only to the Emperor.

The sky was hazy, and the stars couldn’t be seen.

Mans strolled leisurely along the path, his posture relaxed and casual, as if he were taking a leisurely stroll without any goal in mind. However, the direction of his walk was getting closer and closer to where Jian Ning was hiding.

Mans wasn’t interested in the star thieves left for the little prince.

What interested him more was a small bundle wrapped tightly in swaddling clothes held by the thieves. The swaddling clothes were tightly wrapped, revealing only a tuft of brown curly hair.

It was very unusual.

He had never seen these star thieves so nervous and protective of an infant.

It was precisely because of this curiosity that after discovering these star thieves’ entry; he didn’t eliminate them immediately, but treated them like toys, rewarding them to the little prince to play with.

Time passed by.

A faint trace of blood drifted in the air, but Mans’s expression remained unchanged as he continued to move forward.

After about ten minutes of walking, Mans stopped and looked towards a nearby small house. His golden eyes narrowed slightly, and he whispered in the wind.

“I found it.”

The little curly hair that had piqued his curiosity.

In the innermost room of the small house, Duo Bi looked down at the tightly wrapped little baby in his arms, muttering softly, “The temperature difference between day and night here is too great, Ningning, are you cold?”

The wrapped-up little baby didn’t even open its eyes, so naturally, it couldn’t speak.

Seeing this, Duo Bi took out a pair of gloves from his pocket and muttered, “Uncle learned how to knit gloves for a long time, but they were a little ugly, so I didn’t dare give them to you to wear. Now that there’s no one here, let’s put them on Ningning and let Uncle have a look.”

Duo Bi said as he lightly took Jian Ning’s small hand and tried to put the glove on him. Before the glove was put on, Duo Bi suddenly turned his head and stared fixedly at the door. The surroundings were quiet, and there was no sound outside the door.

However, without any hesitation, Duo Bi picked up the wrapped-up Jian Ning and jumped out of the window directly towards the dark. He ran very fast, so fast that Jian Ning in his arms was bounced up and down and his chubby face became uncomfortable.

He didn’t know how long he had been running. Duo Bi leaned against the dark alley, holding Jian Ning tightly in one hand, and holding the gun with the safety bolt opened in the other. There was a thin layer of sweat on his nose and forehead, and his heart was pounding like a drum.

Years of life on the edge had made him more perceptive to danger than ordinary people. Even if he didn’t hear any footsteps, he was very sure that someone was following him. And the other person was an extremely dangerous character.

He was tense all over, holding the gun straight at the darkness.

“Shooting in front of a child is suspected of intimidating children and violates Imperial Law 1321. The offender will be sentenced to three to five years in prison.”

“You still have a chance now. Put down the gun.”

The man who came out of the darkness was wearing casual long clothes and pants. Although he had a beautiful and compelling face, the dangerous aura emanating from him made people ignore his appearance.

As soon as Duo Bi saw him, his blood seemed to have cooled down. His hand holding the gun tightened, and his throat seemed to be stuck, making his speech extremely difficult: “General Mans, did you already find us?”

If Mans had not already discovered them, he would not have appeared so casually and easily in front of him.

Even though he held a gun in his hand, at this moment, Duo Bi felt he had no chance of winning against Mans, who was unarmed. Despite the lack of a chance of winning, he couldn’t back down. He couldn’t hand over the baby in his arms to this man.

Duo Bi’s conviction was strong, but reality was cruel. Within five minutes, the baby he swore to protect was now in Mans’s hands.

“Give him to me!”

Duo Bi’s face turned pale as he knelt on one knee, ignoring the blood on his mouth as he growled low at Mans, demanding the baby.

Mans looked down at the baby in his arms. The baby had delicate and beautiful features, and at first glance, was a very likeable baby. He didn’t have much experience holding babies, so he held the baby casually.

After a few seconds, Duo Bi couldn’t take it anymore and said, “Support his head when you hold him! Otherwise, he’ll be uncomfortable.”

Mans changed his posture, but almost dropped the soft and fluffy baby in the process. Duo Bi watched in terror.

After adjusting his posture, Mans looked up at Duo Bi and said in a low voice, “Take him away.”

As he finished speaking, several people suddenly appeared and took Duo Bi away.

Duo Bi’s mouth was covered as he quickly disappeared from Mans’s sight. Meanwhile, Mans held the baby and walked in the direction of the little prince. His job was done, and now he had to see how the little prince would react.

After walking a few steps, Mans’s voice sounded low, “He’s still not awake even after this. Were you given sleeping pills? Poor baby, did you encounter some kidnappers?”

In the Empire’s legal system, the punishment for trafficking was the harshest.

Mans carried the suspected kidnapped young baby in his arms and walked forward slowly.

During his walk, Huo Lin’s game had just come to an end.

The guards had controlled half of the infiltrating star thieves, but this group of star thieves was indeed fierce, and Huo Lin’s guard team was also severely injured.

Looking at the injured star thieves, the prince walked up to them with his military boots on.

“You are strong. I underestimated you.”

Huo Lin reflected on his mistakes and concluded, “If it weren’t for our better weapons, my guards wouldn’t have been able to catch you.”

The strength of these star thieves caught Huo Lin off guard.

At the same time, Huo Lin also noticed something: “You could have left at the beginning, but you didn’t. What is your purpose?”

Being questioned by the prince, Zhan Xi, with a wound on his chin, became impatient and said, “Why do you have so much to say?”

Although they were both young children, Zhan Xi couldn’t help but feel dislike for the child in front of him. He couldn’t explain why he didn’t like this child, but he just didn’t.

Zhan Xi’s disrespectful attitude towards the prince made the guard captain’s face sink. The next second, the guard captain used force and broke Zhan Xi’s arm.

The intense pain of a dislocated arm spread through Zhan Xi’s body, but he didn’t even frown. He had fought fiercely with the guards just now and had injuries all over his body, but even though he looked disheveled, his eyes were still fierce and full of aggression, like a wolf.

Standing in front of this arrogant star thief, the prince felt offended by his attitude.

He announced coldly with a poker face, “After I return, I will send you to a military court and let you receive the punishment you deserve.”

Zhan Xi looked at him with a heavy gaze, but did not speak.

Just as the young prince was about to continue his tough talk, a figure walked in and said, “Your Highness, is your accompanying doctor here?”

Mans asked for the doctor, but he didn’t seem nervous. After all, the little infant in his arms was breathing steadily. When he poked his chubby face, he would react.

Even Mans’ strand of silver hair accidentally touched his hand, and he reflexively grabbed it and wouldn’t let go.

Before entering the door, Mans just cut off that strand of hair.

The young prince, who was facing off against the star thieves, frowned and asked, “What do you want the doctor for? What are you holding in your arms?”

As Mans approached step by step, before he could answer, Zhan Xi began to struggle like crazy, “Give me back my baby!!!”

“Get the f*** away from me! Don’t touch my baby!”

Zhan Xi struggled wildly. If it weren’t for the fact that the chief of the guards had just disabled one of his arms, with his strength, he really could have broken free.

Zhan Xi’s reaction was too great, which made the already stern face of the young prince even uglier.

The baby raised by the star thieves was likely to become a bad child.

He took two steps forward and wanted to see this bad child.

Mans saw that he wanted to see, so he bent down and showed him the unconscious baby.

As the two children faced each other, the young prince looked at the little face of the baby in front of him and his eyes suddenly widened. For several seconds, the young prince felt his brain buzzing.

He reached out his trembling little hand and took the baby into his arms, his voice shaking, “Ning, Ningning?”

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The author has something to say:

The young prince, who had just finished beating up Zhan Xi: It’s over, it’s all over.

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