The little child, who was afraid of getting into trouble, held Lele’s hand with one hand and Savi’s with the other. Wagner, who used to always hold hands with him, was left on the side this time.
Fortunately, Lele reached out and held Wagner’s hand.
The children waited in place for a while, and soon the people who came to pick them up arrived.
The adults who came had a bit of a retro style in their clothing. They were all very tall, and even though their bulging muscles were hidden under their clothes, they were still clearly visible at a glance.
The little child looked at these adults, lifted his chubby face, and without any shyness, greeted them, “Hello, uncles! I’m Ningning!”
The little child’s soft, cute face was quite deceptive. When he pretended to be well-behaved, adults found him very likable.
Now, the little child was again pretending to be obedient and politely asked in a childish voice, “Do you want to hold me?”
The adults: “...”
They looked down at the little child, their brows furrowing almost imperceptibly.
A bit chubby.
Looks like he lacks exercise.
After observing him for a few seconds, the lead adult said coldly, “Follow us.”
The little child: “?”
He looked at the adults’ backs, a bit dazed.
Turning his head, he asked Savi, “Don’t the adults here carry children?”
Savi hesitated for a moment but then replied, “Hmm, they don’t like carrying children.”
Not only do they not like carrying children, but they also like to train them.
Just now, when his uncle glanced at Ningning, Savi felt like Ningning might be in trouble. If his uncle set his eyes on Ningning, the chubby little child would likely have to lose a few pounds.
“Ningning, let’s follow them first.”
Savi called to him, “Otherwise, if they leave, no one will take us.”
Hearing this, the little child had no choice but to follow.
After getting off the spaceship, the road outside was quite difficult to walk on.
Lele couldn’t walk after just a few steps, and the little child, stepping on this rough path, frowned as well.
His beautiful red tiger-head shoes had gotten dirty!
“Lele, come here.”
Savi squatted down in front of Lele, intending to carry him on his back.
The little child also wanted to be carried.
He looked at Wagner, who understood his glance and quickly waved his small hand, saying, “Ningning, I can’t carry you!”
The little child had put on some weight over the New Year and looked chubbier than before; Wagner simply couldn’t carry him.
The little child, who was waved off by Wagner, squatted down and wiped the dust off his tiger-head shoes before continuing to walk forward.
The adults were walking a bit fast.
Savi urged the two children beside him, “Ningning, Wagner, walk a little faster. Don’t let them leave us too far behind.”
The little child looked at the adults’ backs, then at Savi, and asked in confusion, “Savi, don’t you know the way?”
“I do.”
Savi, who was carrying Lele and walking quickly, had a thin layer of sweat on his forehead. He whispered, “My uncle and the others want to see how well we can keep up. If we can’t, they’ll catch us and make us train!”
As soon as he heard this, the little child’s chubby face immediately became serious.
Having just been caught by his aunt to make up for a few days of language lessons, he definitely didn’t want to do extra physical training now.
He no longer cared if his tiger-head shoes would get dirty; he just started running with his short little legs.
“Ningning, wait for us!”
Seeing the little child running off, Savi wanted to call him back.
No one knew how long he had been running.
The adults finally stopped, and the exhausted little child, seeing them stop, also gasped for breath and plopped down onto the ground.
So tired.
The little child felt like he was going to die of exhaustion.
His little face flushed red, he sat on the ground, breathing heavily, but before he could even warm the ground beneath him, a pair of large hands picked him up.
“You shouldn’t sit down right after intense exercise.”
Savi’s uncle lifted the red-faced little child and tried to get him to stand up straight again.
However, the little child’s chubby legs were so soft that they couldn’t stand firm in the end. Afraid of falling, the little child quickly grabbed onto the big uncle’s large hand.
“Let... let me hold on to you for a bit.”
The little child grasped the big uncle’s hand, and only then could he barely manage to keep going on his two chubby legs.
Wagner was also quite exhausted, but after running over, he didn’t sit down immediately. Instead, he tried to catch his breath.
Lele, who had been carried over by Savi, wasn’t tired at all. He took out a handkerchief and attentively wiped the sweat off the little child and Wagner.
The handkerchief was a gift from Uncle An Nuo, embroidered with cute cartoon patterns.
After using the handkerchief, Lele carefully put it back into the small crossbody bag he was carrying.
Behind the big uncle stood several of Savi’s other relatives. These adults were observing the children.
After a while.
The children, having caught their breath, began to look at the adults.
“Hello there.”
The little child greeted them politely again. He also sensed that the adults here seemed a bit stern. Even though they were all quite good-looking, their faces seemed to be as cold as ice.
Savi then started introducing the children to the parents and other relatives.
“This is Ningning. I’ve shown you his videos before. He’s currently attending kindergarten on White Mist Star.”
“This is Wagner. He’s attending the Federation Kindergarten.”
“And this is Lele, whom I’ve also mentioned to you.”
Savi introduced each of the children, and then pointed to his own parents to introduce them to the children: “This is my dad, this is my mom, this is my eldest uncle, and this is my second uncle...”
Wagner pointed around at everyone, but the little child couldn’t quite remember all the names.
He blinked his eyes and, apart from addressing Savi’s parents as “Uncle” and “Auntie,” he called all the others “Uncle.”
After meeting the adults, the children exchanged glances and then began to offer New Year’s greetings.
Thanks to a few days of tutoring on the Sixth Planet, the children now had a much richer vocabulary for offering New Year’s greetings.
The adults were fairly pleased with their greetings, so they followed tradition and gave them red envelopes.
After handing out the red envelopes, Savi’s father looked at them and said, “For the next few days, you’ll stay here. Savi will be with you. If you need anything, just let him know.”
“Okay.”
Faced with the overly serious adults, the children all behaved like obedient little quails.
After distributing the red envelopes, the adults didn’t stay with them for long and went off to take care of their own business.
Before long, only the kids were left at the scene.
Savi let out a sigh of relief. “Alright, we can go play now.”
The buildings here have a distinctive old Earth style, with tall buildings, shops, and bustling streets. But in the distance, beyond the buildings, there were also mountains commonly seen on ancient Earth.
A few of the kids followed Savi outside for a stroll. Wagner sniffed the air and marveled, “The air here is so fresh!”
The fresh air was so intoxicating that it almost made one feel drunk.
The children also took a sniff. After smelling it, one pointed to the nearby mountains, water, and trees and affirmed, “It’s because of them that the air is so good.”
On their barren planet, they couldn’t grow such green trees, nor did they have so many plants, so the air there wasn’t as good as it was here.
Savi gently pushed down the hand of the little child who was pointing at the mountains. “We can play here. The place you’re pointing to is too far away. We’re still small, so we can’t go there.”
Savi’s family looked serious, but it was obvious they held a high status here.
Whenever Savi went out, people on the road would greet him respectfully.
Lele, who was being held by Savi, saw this and whispered, “Brother Savi is a little prince.”
