"Unfortunately, I haven't found them yet." After a long silence, Ling Wenying slowly spoke.

Song Xia's heart skipped a beat: "Who?"

Ling Wenying remained silent for a while before continuing, "I wonder how my stepmother and my younger brother are doing now."

"I've long heard that Marshal Ling's youngest son was kidnapped by pirates when he was young, and his wife never appeared in public again. So you've been searching for him all this time?"

“Those are our family members, of course we can’t abandon them.”

"But what if one day you find it, only to discover you can never go back?"

Ling Wenying looked at Song Xia with a sharp gaze again: "Why do you have so many questions? Do you know something? Are you a pirate?"

"I was just asking casually." Song Xia's expression remained unchanged. "After all, that's how it's written in novels on the StarNet, especially those that disappear at the hands of pirates. Maybe they were brainwashed by the pirates?"

“Then I will tell him what the truth is, and that no matter what happens, the family will accept him.”

"I'm afraid it won't be as easy as you say."

"Why do you always disagree with me?" Ling Wenying frowned in annoyance.

Song Xia chuckled: "I was just discussing possibilities with you so you could be mentally prepared."

Ling Wenying's brows furrowed again: "Now that we're stranded on this desolate planet, it's probably very difficult to go back. What's the use of being mentally prepared?"

"What if there's still hope? Don't be too discouraged. Even if no one is looking for you, there are still people looking for me!"

There was no signal on this desolate planet, and both of their vehicles were damaged, so they had no choice but to wait.

"May I have your name?"

"Xia Song".

“Xia Song?” Ling Wenying sat up and stared at the person intently, as if trying to figure out something.

"Yes, is there a problem with this name?"

Ling Wenying squinted her eyes: "My stepmother's name is Song Xia."

Song Xia chuckled: "What a coincidence!"

"You really give me a very familiar feeling."

Song Xia put her hands behind her head and stared at the sky: "If you want to treat me as your stepmother for the time being, that's fine too."

"You wish," Ling Wenying pouted, then lay back down in the same position as her.

After a few seconds, as if she had remembered something, she gripped the weapon in her hand and glared at her: "You are a member of the Fog Sea Pirates."

Song Xia blinked: "Ah, you finally found out! Are you going to arrest me now? But you might not be a match for me..."

Ling Wenying choked, feeling extremely frustrated, while Song Xia found it extremely amusing.

"Alright, we're already at this point, let's not talk about status anymore. We're not even sure if we'll make it out of this planet alive. Besides, I just saved you, are you going to repay kindness with enmity so quickly?"

"Even if you save me, it doesn't change the fact that I'm a soldier and you're a pirate, and we're enemies."

"Mmm." Song Xia nodded perfunctorily again. "So you want me to take care of you now? Be good, stop fooling around."

Ling Wenying felt that her tone was like coaxing a child. What kind of pirate would treat a federal soldier like that? But she had to admit that, whether psychologically or physically, she seemed unable to make a move, nor did she have the ability to do so.

Can I ask you for some information?

"You're a soldier, I'm a pirate. You're asking me for information? I'm not going to betray the Fog Sea Pirates."

"No, that's not it. I want to ask you, in all these years with the Fog Sea Pirates, have you ever heard of my younger brother? Don't worry, if I find him in the future, I will definitely not betray you, and I will even give you a generous reward."

"Marshal Ling's youngest son..." Song Xia paused, "Do you think that pirate would have publicized it so much after kidnapping people back then? There must have been quite a few informants from your Federation in the pirate group, right? And yet, they haven't made any progress all these years?"

Not getting the information she wanted, Ling Wenying was extremely discouraged: "That's fine, never mind."

Song Xia comforted her, saying, "We will meet again if fate allows. I think that the internal reorganization of your Federation Legion is more important than finding people."

Ling Wenying said self-deprecatingly, "Even a pirate like you could see it. Unfortunately, this is not something I alone can change."

"If you can't change the entire Federal Legion, at least purge those around you who have ill intentions. What if one day the person is actually found and the same thing happens again? Even if the person isn't found, you still have to think about yourselves. I reckon that if things continue like this, you'll have a tough internal battle sooner or later."

“But now that I’m stranded here, even if I wanted to, I couldn’t.” Ling Wenying paused. “You seem to care about me a lot?”

"I just feel that we are destined to meet." Song Xia patted her head. The child has grown up. Although they have only known each other for a few years, she is so loyal and devoted to her and Ye'er. Speaking of which, she also felt sorry for Wenying and Wenbang. As their stepmother, she had only taken care of Ye'er all these years and completely neglected them.

Ling Wenying didn't know why she didn't stop the hand on her head, even though she usually hated being touched.

Is it starting to get cold?

A cold wind blew by, and the two stood up from where they were. Because of the thin atmosphere, this desolate planet could not retain heat, so the temperature difference between day and night was particularly large.

"Let's go hide inside the mech. Staying outside like this isn't a solution."

"Can two people fit inside the mech?"

"We're all women, what's wrong with squeezing in?"

Although most of the mech's functions were broken, the remaining energy could still keep the two of them warm, but how many more days could they last like this?

The next day, the two searched the vicinity again but still couldn't find any usable energy sources. They could only wait to die. Just when Ling Wenying was almost in despair, a spaceship landed near them.

"Someone has really come!" Ling Wenying was overjoyed. After observing for a moment, she looked at Song Xia and said, "It's your person."

"Mm." Song Xia nodded, and Song Ye was walking towards her.

"Master." Seeing that there were still strangers around, he suppressed the title he most wanted to use.

"I knew you'd be here first." Song Xia gave him a hug. "Were you worried?"

"Yes." Song Ye nodded truthfully. No one knew how panicked and scared he was when he learned that his master's spaceship had exploded and his master was missing. At that time, he had already decided that if he could not find his master, he would fight the Holy See to the death.

"Okay, everything's fine now."

"I'll take you home."

"Okay, let's go home."

"Who is she?" Song Ye looked at Ling Wenying, his brows furrowing.

Little did she know that it was this frown of his that struck Ling Wenying like a thunderbolt, because it was so similar; the sharpness in his eyes and brows was exactly the same as when her father, Ling Chengrong, frowned.

"What's your name?" Ling Wenying eagerly tried to grab his arm, but Song Ye turned away and dodged her.

"This is none of your business." Song Ye said coldly, then looked at Song Xia, as if asking how to deal with this woman.