The little child’s mouth slightly opened.
“Yeah.”
“Big brother is Uncle Lulu’s son, so he can inherit Uncle Lulu’s inheritance!”
Just like how big brother could inherit Uncle Lulu’s treasure trove, the little child could inherit dad’s things too.
“Big brother.”
The little child tugged at his big brother’s hand, and when big brother looked down, his chubby face looked pleased. “In the future, the little child can inherit dad’s junkyard!”
His dad was super awesome. He’s running a junkyard now!
Dad wouldn’t have to collect junk along the road anymore in the future. After he picked up junk, he could sell it to dad and get more pocket money.
One was the imperial emperor’s treasure trove, the other was a not-so-large junkyard.
But the little child didn’t feel any disparity. His chubby face was full of pride, genuinely thinking his family’s junkyard was super awesome.
They stayed in the palace for quite some time before Zhan Xi brought the two children back.
He took away the two children, and the other two children in the palace also went back the same day.
Savi was a little unhappy when he went back. He originally wanted to bring the idiot Lele back to celebrate the New Year, but Lele wanted to go to the barren planet to celebrate.
Returning from the palace to home, Ling Qi had already tidied up the house and prepared hot meals.
“Ningning, Lele, wash your hands and eat.”
“Uncle Ling Qi, help Ningning wash this bowl!”
Ningning struggled to lift his small golden bowl, wanting Uncle Ling Qi to help him wash it. “Ningning wants to use this to eat!”
Ling Qi looked at this shiny big bowl and asked, “Did Uncle Lulu give it to you?”
“Yeah!”
The little child happily said, “It’s Uncle Lulu’s New Year’s gift to Ningning.”
“Did you wish Uncle Lulu a happy New Year?”
“Yep!”
The little child’s childish voice was sweet. “When it’s New Year’s, the Ningning will kowtow to Uncle Lulu again.”
In the customs of ancient Earth, juniors wishing their elders a happy New Year would usually involve kowtowing for a red envelope.
When the little child celebrated the New Year on the barren planet before, he had already kowtowed to the adults there.
Ling Qi washed his bowl while talking to him.
“Alright, take it to use.”
With a newly replaced large golden bowl for meals, the little child’s eating was even more enjoyable than before.
Ling Qi poked his chubby little face teasingly, saying, “Ningning, will food taste better when eaten in a golden bowl?”
“Much better!”
The little child, enthusiastically eating, raised his spoon and exclaimed, “Ningning can eat more!”
With the addition of a large golden bowl, the little child’s appetite had increased compared to before.
After eating and drinking their fill, the little child slept with Lele, while Zhan Xi continued to sleep in the same room with Ling Qi.
There were only two rooms in their house with beds, and when guests came, it was always crowded.
“Zhan Xi.”
With the lights out, Ling Qi nudged Zhan Xi with his foot, urging him, “Didn’t you say you were going to clear out another room? There are too few rooms now, and it’s getting crowded.”
Hearing this, Zhan Xi chuckled, “Aren’t we too busy? When do we have time to clear out a room?”
“Let’s talk about it after the New Year. Anyway, it’s not too crowded now.”
Ling Qi nudged him again, “We’ve been crowded together for how long now, and you say it’s not crowded?”
Zhan Xi: “...”
Zhan Xi, with a straight face, patted the space beside him, “If you come closer to me, it won’t be crowded anymore.”
“Get lost.”
While two adults stayed up late in the room, the two kids secretly played star device games under their blankets.
“Finally, no more classes. Lele, we can play games all night tonight!”
In the palace, there were teachers watching, so Ningning didn’t even dare to play on his star device.
Before going to the winter camp this time, his father did not confiscate the star device his brother gave when he returned. So now he can play games with Lele.
There were many mini-games on the star device.
The two kids stayed up stubbornly until dawn before rubbing their eyes and going to sleep.
Before going to bed, the little child hid the star device under his pillow in advance so that when his dad came to wake him up the next day, he wouldn’t find out that he was playing games.
Not long after.
As the sky fully brightened, Zhan Xi indeed came to wake up the child. Seeing both children sleeping soundly and not responding no matter how he called, Zhanxi furrowed his brow, “Could it be that the pressure of study has been too much lately?”
He and Ling Qi were planning to go out to buy things today, originally intending to take both children with them to see what they wanted to buy.
But now both children couldn’t get up, so Zhan Xi gave up taking them along.
He bent down to tuck the quilt for both children and then quietly walked out.
The breakfast prepared by Ling Qi was already heating in the pot, and Ningning would come find it himself after waking up.
The stove was not high, and Ningning could stand on a chair to reach the food.
“Ling Qi, let’s just go out ourselves. The two children may be tired from studying recently, so let them sleep a little longer.”
“Okay.”
Zhan Xi and Ling Qi bought a lot of things. The resources in the barren planet were scarce, lacking everything. White Mist Star was the capital of the empire, where everything was available.
Zhan Xi and Ling Qi bought several bags of things. When they were shopping, Ling Qi suddenly asked Zhan Xi, “By the way, when do you plan to open those big boxes the Zergs sent for Lele?”
Zhan Xi’s mouth twitched. “I do want to open them, but all those boxes are locked, and Barry forgot to give me the keys.”
Ling Qi: “...”
Ling Qi was speechless.
Zhan Xi was more relaxed. “Barry said the boxes contain Lele’s living expenses. Anyway, our family doesn’t really need his tuition fees, so we don’t need to touch the boxes for now. We’ll talk to him about it when we have the chance to meet him in the future.”
“Okay.”
Zhan Xi and Ling Qi had too many things to buy, so they were delayed for two more days. During these two days, the two children couldn’t get up in the morning, but they had time in the afternoon. Occasionally, they would come out with their parents, and the parents would buy them food and toys.
Zhan Xi and Ling Qi each held a child, and they also bought gifts to visit Lele’s mother.
“Ningning, Lele. Why do you two look like you have dark circles under your eyes?”
Zhan Xi was a little puzzled. “Did you two not sleep well at night?”
After Zhan Xi finished speaking, the little child became nervous. He choked on the candy directly, unable to breathe, his chubby face turning red.
Zhan Xi was startled and quickly lifted him up, using first aid techniques to help him cough up the candy.
The little child coughed and cried, frightening Zhan Xi.
After the commotion, Zhan Xi didn’t have time to ask about his dark circles.
“I’ve told you so many times to be careful when eating candy.”
After taking care of the little child, Zhan Xi began to scold him, “If you dare to eat candy like this again, I’ll confiscate all your candies.”
Ningning was scolded by his father and didn’t feel like talking.
The two adults stayed on the White Mist Star for another day before packing up and taking the two children to the barren planet.
On their way there, they could detour to B1 planet. B1 planet wasn’t big, but it was said to have a good environment.
On the night before leaving...
Ningning was worried that Lele would miss his mom and wouldn’t sleep well, so he decided to keep him awake by playing games with him.
As long as they didn’t sleep, they wouldn’t sleep poorly!
The two children stayed up until dawn, sitting on the bed feeling drowsy.
Huo Lin arrived at the house relatively early.
When he arrived, the little child saw him and yawned, leaning into his arms, “Brother, Ningning is sleepy.”
Huo Lin frowned and carefully examined his chubby face.
“What were you doing at night to be this sleepy?”
“At night... I missed my brother!”
“I don’t believe you.”
Huo Lin wasn’t easily fooled. He reached under the pillow and found the star device.
The little child had already closed the game by now, so he wasn’t worried about his brother seeing it.
He leaned against his brother, watching him not play games but instead adjusting the settings of the star device—device usage time.
Ningning: “?”
