But when the little child arrived, everything changed.
No one on the barren planet ever died from mental power issues again.
Their filial little child would always come close and touch their foreheads whenever he sensed their mental power was unstable.
Touching foreheads was a form of individual mental power soothing, but large-scale soothing like tonight took a bit more effort from the little child.
Zhan Xi felt the comforting mental power from his little child’s tender sprout and closed his eyes, thinking first and foremost about whether the little child would get tired.
Even when asleep, doing this kind of thing meant that come morning, the little child would be impossible to wake up.
Zhan Xi had many thoughts in his mind. Once the soothing mental power dissipated, he immediately stood up and went to check on the little child.
The little child on the bed had kicked off his blanket, with one chubby, white, tender foot sticking out and feeling cold.
Zhan Xi bent down and tucked his foot back in.
Apart from kicking off the blanket, the little child showed no other signs of abnormality.
“Not hot.”
Zhan Xi touched his forehead and muttered, “Good, no fever.”
The little child was young, and every time he used his mental power soothing skill, he would inevitably experience some aftereffects.
Sometimes he would sleep so deeply that he couldn’t be woken up, and other times, he would have a low fever.
Zhan Xi didn’t go outside to keep watch; instead, he sat beside the little child and kept vigil all night.
That night, though long, eventually passed.
By early morning, just as expected, the little child couldn’t wake up.
Zhan Xi was no longer as panicked as before. He first checked the little child’s vital signs—
Everything was stable.
Then he simply waited. When the little child woke up, he would open his eyes.
The morning of New Year’s Day was lively. The adults came over again, bringing candies and a new little red envelope for the little child.
The money in this little red envelope wasn’t as much as the traditional New Year’s money, and its meaning was different.
The adults left the candies and the little red envelope, asked Zhan Xi about the little child’s condition, and by the time they finished exchanging pleasantries, it was almost noon.
Lunch was prepared by Zhan Xi again.
Zhan Xi was busy cooking in the kitchen while Ling Qi was catching up on sleep next door to the little children.
The little child was still sound asleep, impossible to wake up.
Lele, however, was already awake, but he stayed cozily under the warm covers, reluctant to face the cold outside. Lying in bed, he held Ningning’s hand with one hand and answered a call from Savi with the other.
Savi sounded energetic. “I’ve been up early greeting people for the New Year. Hasn’t Ningning gotten up yet?”
Lele, half his face still nestled in the blanket, replied softly, “No, he hasn’t.”
Upon hearing this, Savi immediately showed disdain: “So lazy.”
The two kids continued chatting, and before long, Lele started feeling sleepy again.
He gradually fell silent, and after calling him a few more times, Savi muttered softly, “Two lazy kids.”
Especially Ningning, who had promised to collect lots of red envelopes this New Year, yet on the first day, showed no enthusiasm!
After New Year’s Day, it was time to visit relatives.
On the second day, after waking up and counting his red envelopes, the little child started implementing the New Year plan with Savi and Wagner.
The kids had arranged to meet at the Federation Marshal’s house, then go to the Sixth Planet, followed by a visit to Savi’s hometown, and finally to White Mist Star.
Their schedule was packed, leaving no time for rest.
Before departure, the little child didn’t want his dad or Uncle Ling Qi to accompany them.
Holding Lele’s hand, his chubby face serious, he said, “Lele and I can go by ourselves. Dad doesn’t need to come!”
Zhan Xi was a bit worried. “Are you sure you two can manage? How about I take you to your destination and then come back?”
“No, no.”
The little child shook his head, not wanting his dad to take them. If Dad came along, it would affect his red envelope collection.
Knowing that the Federation would send a spaceship to pick them up, Zhan Xi, after confirming they didn’t need to be dropped off, decided not to insist.
“Here are your clothes, your toys, and your daily necessities.”
Pointing at three large bags, Zhan Xi instructed the two kids who were about to leave: “These are all your things, take good care of them. Once you meet up with Wagner, go find your uncle and aunt, understand?”
Although the little child had a good relationship with Wagner, Zhan Xi still trusted An Nuo more when it came to family matters.
This time, the little child went out, and he made sure to pack his backpack as well.
As a result, the little child got on the spaceship and flew away, but the backpack was secretly thrown into the bushes in the yard!
Zhan Xi’s bit of sadness at the child going out dissipated completely in the face of that backpack.
He clenched the backpack strap, his face turning ashen, and even the veins on his forehead were popping out.
Ling Qi looked at him with some sympathy and said, “Do you still feel reluctant to part with him now?”
Zhan Xi: “...”
Zhan Xi was so angry that he was grinding his teeth. “Just wait until he comes back. When he gets back, I’ll beat him to death!!!”
In the first year of the little child going to kindergarten, he repeatedly tested the limits of his father’s patience.
Zhan Xi picked up the backpack that the little child had thrown away and brought it back into the house.
Then, he was so angry that he didn’t even eat lunch.
On the spaceship.
The little child who had thrown away his backpack was now sitting on a children’s sofa, one chubby hand holding a chocolate bar and the other holding a milk tea.
He took a bite of the chocolate bar, drank a sip of milk tea, and was so content that his chubby little feet started swinging.
“Lele, change the channel. This cartoon isn’t good.”
The little child lazily instructed Lele to change the channel.
There was a huge TV on the spaceship, and he and Lele could watch TV together.
Lele obediently changed to another cartoon, then leaned on him to watch it together.
The little child’s life was delightful, but even after getting off the spaceship, his dad hadn’t called him.
How strange.
The little child remembered how worried his dad usually was about him; every time he went out, his dad would be very nervous.
Just as the little child was thinking of calling his dad, Wagner came over.
“Ningning!”
After the New Year, Wagner had gained a bit of weight. He was about to speak when the little child rushed over and hugged him.
“Ningning, how did you get so much fatter?” Wagner’s voice rang out first.
