Chapter 4: Uncle came to pick me up on a tricycle

That night, Mingchuan started to have a high fever. His temperature was frighteningly high. Mingnuo was so frightened that he was at a loss. He put his father's face close to his, feeling the scorching heat, and cried, "I'll go get you some medicine."

"Ahem... no need." Mingchuan held Mingnuo. His voice was weak. His face was no longer pale and transparent due to the high fever. Instead, a rare glimmer of life emerged. "Arnold, please stay with me."

Ming Nuo wiped his tears and nodded heavily, "Yes! I'll stay with you."

"Okay, stop crying." Mingchuan gently wiped Mingnuo's cheek with his fingertips, his eyes shining with tears. "If you keep crying, you'll really become a little blind."

Ming Nuo wiped his tears carelessly, his voice choked with sobs, "Okay, I, I won't cry anymore."

Mingchuan smiled gently. He did not seem to be in despair of facing death. Instead, he was looking forward to its arrival.

"Arnold, you've grown up so much in the blink of an eye." Mingchuan looked at Mingnuo, raised his thin wrist slightly, and stroked his soft cheek. "I remember when you were little, you were very timid. Even a small dragonfly flying over would scare you."

Ming Nuo's eyes moistened and he laughed, "I'm not afraid anymore now."

"Yes, because our Arnold has grown up and is now a big boy." Mingchuan stared at Mingnuo steadily. He suddenly held his hand and said softly, "Arnold, I love you."

Ming Nuo hugged Ming Chuan's arm, rubbed his hand with his little face, sniffed, and said loudly, "I love you too, I love you so much!"

Love him? Mingchuan stared at Mingnuo's face, tears instantly falling from the corners of his eyes. He wiped the tears from his face with trembling hands and kissed his forehead, "Thank you... Thank you for loving me."

Mingnuo could see that Mingchuan was looking forward to death. If passing away quietly was a blessing for his father, then Mingnuo would gladly accept it even if he was reluctant.

Mingchuan died at six o'clock in the morning on the second day of his illness.

Mingnuo didn't sleep all night. He stayed by the bed, his tears had long since dried up. He listened quietly to his father's breathing becoming weaker and weaker, and his heart stopping beating.

The light from the artificial dome penetrated the gaps in the curtains and shone into the narrow room. Ming Nuo turned his head blankly to look at the light, and tears welled up in his eyes again.

The aunt next door was washing clothes, and passersby passing by his door were discussing what flavor of nutrient solution to eat for breakfast. Ming Nuo suddenly felt that the house was eerily quiet. He whispered, "Dad...?"

“…”

No one responded.

Mingnuo lay on Mingchuan's chest and burst into tears.

The woman who was washing clothes next door heard Mingnuo crying and hurriedly knocked on the door to ask Mingnuo what happened. Mingnuo went to open the door for her. Needless to say, the woman knew what had happened at a glance.

The woman helped deal with Mingchuan's funeral and gave Mingchuan's urn to Mingnuo. As for further help, she was unable to do anything else.

Ming Nuo returned to the tin hut carrying the urn. He sat on the bed with his brows lowered, his mind blank.

"Buzz buzz buzz..."

The intelligent computer vibrated, and Ming Nuo slowly lowered his head and looked at the call on the screen with the note "Brother".

——It’s my uncle.

Ming Nuo quickly answered the call, his voice hoarse from crying filled with confusion and bewilderment, "Uncle."

Uncle was silent for a long time, "Is it Mingnuo?"

Ming Nuo sobbed, "It's me, it's Ming Nuo."

"Where's your father?"

"Dad passed away."

“…”

Ming Nuo heard something being broken over there. When his uncle spoke again, his voice was trembling. "Don't be afraid... I'll come pick you up right away."

Ming Nuo sullenly said, "Hmm," and said, "I'll wait for you."

The uncle spoke very little. He first asked Mingnuo for the specific address of his home, asked him to wait for a while, and then hung up the phone. Mingnuo stroked the smart computer with tears in his eyes, and felt relieved.

He also has an uncle.

It’s okay, don’t cry anymore, he doesn’t want to be a blind little boy.

Ming Nuo rubbed his eyes, forcing himself to divert his attention and recall the contents of his favorite lamb's growth diary. He muttered, "Sheep are mammals with strong adaptability... Woohoo daddy, lambs, lambs can survive in various environments, including mountains, grasslands and deserts. They feed on herbs."

But sadness was like a wildly growing vine. Ming Nuo sobbed sadly after every two sentences. It was very difficult for him to accept his father's death. After Ming Nuo finished reading the lines in the documentary and vented his emotions, he felt much better.

He started packing up his things at home again. His uncle would be coming to pick him up soon, so he had to take all his things with him.

Ming Nuo fumbled for a long time before opening the suitcase and stuffed everything he had at hand into it. When he picked up the pillow, Ming Nuo noticed a piece of paper passing by his hand.

Ming Nuo was stunned for a moment, then squatted down to pick up the paper. He turned on his smart brain and called its built-in intelligent system, "566, please look at what's written on this paper."

566 A cheerful young man's voice rang out from the intelligent brain, "Okay, little master."

"After 566's inspection, this is a letter from Master Mingchuan to the young master. Would you like 566 to read it aloud to you?"

A letter from his father?! Ming Nuo's eyes suddenly filled with tears again, and he uttered a heavy "hmm".

More than ten minutes later, after listening to the contents of the letter, Mingnuo sat on the small stool in a daze. His mind was confused, and it took him a while to sort out the message his father seemed to be conveying to him.

First of all, he is not his father's biological child. He is the youngest son of the previous emperor of the Perseus Empire. When his father picked him up, he was covered with wounds. Later, his brother became the current emperor, so his father suspected that his brother had murderous intentions towards him.

It was common for brothers to kill each other for the throne.

So in the letter, his father told him to be careful in the future and not let Emperor Perseus discover his identity, otherwise his terrible brother would probably kill him if he found out that he was not dead.

"Arnold, if possible, I hope you can stay away from the arena of power. Humanity has been annihilated there. It's just beasts in human skin, eating raw meat and drinking blood."

“The lamb will live under the endless blue sky, where there will be lush pastures and sweet streams of water.”

"Arnold, I hope you are free."

566 had already stopped talking, and the room was once again filled with silence. However, Mingnuo's mind was still echoing with the contents of the letter. His father was not his biological father...

Blows came one after another. Mingnuo was silent for a long time and began to search for information about Perseus's reign as emperor, with his lips tightly pursed. He was a monarch with a very bad reputation. The descriptions on the Star Network basically revolved around the word "brutal".

The reputation of the current emperor was surprisingly consistent. Could it be that the Perseus Empire chose its emperor to see who was more evil and vicious? Ming Nuo couldn't understand it. Fortunately, he was far away from the Perseus Empire now. The emperor would not come to the underground city.

A few minutes later, Mingnuo brought out a small stool and sat down at the door.

It is noon on the Z-16 planet, and the light of the artificial dome is at its brightest. Ming Nuo did not bring the white cloth. He raised his white eyelashes and stared at the fake sky with his glacier-blue eyes.

There was a monotonous white in front of Ming Nuo. He then looked around. The houses whose general shapes he could see before were now swallowed by the white fog. Ming Nuo knew that his illness had become more serious.

Mingnuo lowered his eyes, rested his chin on his knees, and curled up into a small ball.

The woman next door had been looking at Mingnuo, and a little pity couldn't help but arise in her numb heart. When the child's father was sent for cremation, she clearly saw a big hole in his chest, and it had begun to rot.

With such a serious injury, death must be a relief.

It's a pity for the child, he lost his father before he even reached adulthood.

The woman sighed in her heart, took a last look at Mingnuo, and returned home at the urging of her husband and children.

"Ding-dong."

Ming Nuo heard that there was something in front of him, so he reached out to touch it. Judging from the pattern on it, it was a round star coin. "Whose money has fallen?"

"This is for you, keep it." A strange man's voice sounded, and he whispered to his companion, "Alas, you're so young and you're already a beggar. Isn't there a child protection law here?"

His companion sighed and said, "The adults are starving to death, let alone the children."

The two people's voices gradually faded away, and Mingnuo's voice was no longer heard.

"I'm not a beggar, I don't want your money." Ming Nuo felt aggrieved. His hair was messy and his delicate face was covered with dust. Without him noticing, he turned from a beautiful girl into a dirty bag.

But the two men had already left.

All this was seen by the adjutant who was hiding in the corner not far away. The adjutant with a resolute face almost burst into tears. He knew that the child had a miserable life, but he never expected that he had become a little beggar.

Even though his mind told him that this young man was not their little prince, the adjutant's heart still ached when he saw how miserable he was.

He had already found out that the child had no relatives now. If he was willing, he and the major general could take him back to the Perseus Empire. They could not only let him live a luxurious life, but they would definitely not let him become a beggar.

The adjutant wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes and turned to report the news to his superior.

In the best hotel in the dungeon, Murphy was lying on the sofa, looking at the pictures of the items in tonight's auction. The adjutant knocked on the door, and Murphy called out to come in. The adjutant pushed the door open and explained Mingnuo's current situation to Murphy.

"Became a beggar?" Murphy's tone was astonished. He obviously didn't expect Ming Nuo to live such a miserable life. "If we meet him on the way, just bring him back and let him go back with us."

Then, Murphy stood up and lightly clicked his earrings. His facial features changed instantly, and in just a few seconds, he turned into another handsome face.

The adjutant was stunned. "You want to go out?"

Murphy pointed to a purple energy stone in the product brochure and said confidently, "Go steal something."

The adjutant was puzzled. "But didn't Miss Finelt give you 200 million star coins to buy this tanzanite? Why did you take the risk and steal it?"

"Why should I pay when I can buy it for free?" Murphy blinked. "Two hundred million! I can equip you with better weapons and equipment, why should I pay this black market? Besides, everything on this black market is looted from other planets. They didn't pay for it, so why should I pay?"

adjutant:"……"

That makes a lot of sense.

But the adjutant was still hesitant, "But Miss Finelt..."

Murphy slowly put on his black gloves. "I've already given her my stuff. What else do you want? If she doesn't want it, just give it back to me. I'll sell it and get another 200 million."

In order to do something big secretly, Murphy didn't even go out the main door, but directly climbed out of the window.