"Don't go." Bai Xiao grabbed Yuan Fang's arm, her voice firm and brooking no refusal. "You're not going anywhere right now!"

"Xiaoxiao is right, you can't go anywhere!"

While the two were arguing, Yuan Fang's maternal grandfather appeared in front of them in a wheelchair, looking just as serious as when they first arrived.

Ever since Yuan Fang and the others were taken into custody, Yuan Fang's maternal grandfather, Yuan Lao, has maintained this serious expression.

"Grandpa!"

Yuan Fang's voice grew louder, but he still received only the deep gaze of Elder Bai.

Old Bai kept saying, "You're not allowed to go anywhere..."

"Why?"

Yuan Fang felt incredibly depressed about his potential wealth, and now, with the opposition of certain people, his emotions were becoming increasingly unstable.

"You are the only treasure my daughter left me."

Yuan Fang stared blankly at the elder, who then looked up at him with a nostalgic expression, saying, "You look just like your mother did when she insisted on going to save your father."

"Grandpa."

Yuan Fang also realized that his behavior just now reminded Bai Lao of sad things.

"But I..."

Yuan Fang wanted to say a few more words in his defense, but seeing the sorrow in Old Bai's eyes, he stopped talking again.

“I shouldn’t have stopped you from going to the palace. But I think you should understand some things.”

Yuan didn't want to expose the image of Cyros in his grandson's eyes, after all, Cyros was his uncle who had raised Yuan Fang since he was very young.

Her affection for Yuan Fang was genuine.

The emotions behind this affection are just too complex.

"You must understand one thing: your uncle is first and foremost the emperor of the empire. Only secondly is he your uncle. On what grounds are you going to see him? And on what grounds will you ask the questions you wish to ask?"

"But...but this time, Uncle Huang's reaction to Qilan Star and Hualan Star is really intriguing."

Yuan Fang could never understand why, even though the elders had told him many times that this matter was not as simple as just saving people.

It involves many complexities.

But Yuan Fang felt that this was a matter of human life, a matter of the entire planet. What reason could make his uncle hesitate to issue a rescue order?

Even after manpower was mobilized for the rescue, he still sensed that Ceres was not taking it seriously.

"Perhaps... the royal family has something to hide?"

The elder unexpectedly dropped this bombshell, startling the two inexperienced youngsters in front of him.

"Well, this is just some random thought that came to mind of a strange old man like me after my daughter died."

Seeing the two little ones who were terrified, the elder suddenly chuckled and changed the subject, saying that he was just joking.

But the more he acted this way, the more Yuan Fang and Bai Xiao felt that something was amiss, and the more Bai Xiao and Yuan Fang wanted to know the truth.

"Grandpa, is there anything you can talk to us about?"

What Bai Lao said didn't sound like a simple joke. Did he really discover something to make such a remark?

Is His Majesty hiding something from us?

Before Yuan Fang could ask, Bai Xiao couldn't help but blurt it out.

The elder, maneuvering his wheelchair, simply turned around and said, "Let's go back and talk about it slowly."

He sighed as he turned to leave.

Hearing him sigh, Bai Xiao and Yuan Fang exchanged glances, unsure of what to say...

Meanwhile, the video call between Mingmei and her brother had already shocked the viewers in the live stream to their core.

I was initially happy that Qilan Star was out of danger for the time being, but who knew that in the blink of an eye it would become what it is now.

After learning the news from Gui Gui, Mingmei became much quieter when talking to her brother.

Seeing that Mingmei's voice was getting softer and softer, Meiqiu said, "Why aren't you saying anything?"

Instead, it provoked a furious glare from Mingmei.

Is her brother pretending not to know what's going on?

"It's nothing, brother. But you need to be careful over there. The Queen Insect Mother is over there."

Mingmei rejected her older brother's concern, instead expressing concern for his current state.

"Instead of worrying about me, you should worry about yourself. Do you know what your situation is right now? You're like fish in a barrel, you know? I don't need to explain what that means, do I?"

Brightness needs no explanation, but the viewers in the live stream do.

Hey, what does "a turtle in a jar" mean? Can someone explain it to me?

I don't know either. What exactly is this turtle?

【Oh, never mind what kind of turtle it is, just know that a jar is a container. It's used to put things in a jar, and those things are readily available and easily manipulated by them!】

The comments section was a mess, and the topic was about to go astray, but thankfully it was quickly brought back on track.

On the live stream, a group of people were crying, some were crying, and on Mei Qiu's side, another group was crying for Ming Mei and the other group who were on Qilan Star.

In short, both sides have their own misfortunes, and both feel that they can see the final outcome at a glance.

In short, the bright outcome they imagined was something they didn't want.

After silently hanging up her brother's video call, Mingmei took a breath, set the flight to slow auto-fly, and then looked up at the sky.

Mingmei gazed at the dark sky, devoid of any light. The once vibrant and beautiful aurora-filled night sky was now only visible as the "colorful" eyes of the Zerg.

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