"She's a new friend of my master's these past few days. I'll give her a ride later."

"What's your name? Can you tell me how old you are? You look a lot like someone I've been looking for. Please tell me, okay?" Ling Wenying looked at Song Ye with great eagerness and sincerity, her voice trembling slightly.

Seeing her like this, Song Ye couldn't refuse too much, and even felt a little helpless. Then he looked at Song Xia for help.

“Miss Ling…” Song Xia sighed softly, “Let’s leave this place first.”

"I'd like to verify this first." Ling Wenying eagerly took out a photo of five-year-old Ling Wenye, who was smiling innocently at the camera.

“This is my younger brother. He was kidnapped by pirates when he was five years old. Sir, did you look like this when you were a child? We have been looking for him for many years.” She looked at Song Ye earnestly, her voice trembling slightly.

“I’m sorry.” Song Ye simply shook his head. “I don’t remember what I looked like when I was a child.”

"Aren't there any photos of you as a child?"

"I am an orphan raised among pirates. Which pirate would take a picture of an orphan?"

Song Xia hesitated, but there was something she wanted to say. The year she formally began teaching Ye'er, she took a group photo. Later, during training, she took many more photos. Ye'er himself knew about these. As for why he didn't say anything, perhaps he had his own reasons.

Ling Wenying persisted: "Then sir, can we do a genetic screening? I suspect you might be my younger brother."

Song Ye's face showed a sneer: "You want me, a pirate, to do a genetic test with you? What, do you want to capture me after we get out and make sure I can't go anywhere?"

"That's not what I meant. I just want to confirm if you're my brother. Please, I'm begging you."

“I already said no, there’s no need for that,” Song Ye said impatiently.

Then he said to Song Xia, "Master, let's leave here first."

“Okay.” Song Xia nodded, then helped the excited Ling Wenying up. “Miss Ling, there’s no point in arguing here about whether it is true or not. Ye’er is a pirate, and you are a soldier. Even if it is, recognizing each other now is not a good thing.”

“But we’ve been searching for many years. If it is true, wouldn’t it be better to go back to the capital? Our family will definitely do their best to make it up to us in the future.”

Song Xia shrugged: "Miss Ling, you still don't understand the current situation. Even you, the eldest daughter of the Ling family, can be schemed against like this, let alone a child who was kidnapped and raised by pirates since childhood?"

Ling Wenying's body trembled, because she really couldn't give an absolute guarantee of her safety after returning.

"You have no sense of caution, but doesn't your father, the marshal of the First Legion, have any?" Song Xia pressed again. "Besides, it's not even certain whether Ye'er is your brother. When it comes to diagnosing someone, shouldn't we respect his wishes? Maybe he just wants to be a pirate in the future?"

"But pirates are ultimately..."

Song Xia interrupted her: "Given the current situation in the Federation, being a Federation soldier doesn't seem like a good choice."

Ling Wenying pursed her lips in frustration, but kept staring at Song Ye. After boarding the spaceship, although she no longer mentioned things like genetic testing to recognize him, she still kept asking him about his daily life and preferences, but Song Ye didn't pay much attention to her.

After Ling Wenying was recently dropped off by Yijuxing, Song Ye couldn't wait to leave with Song Xia, ignoring Ling Wenying's desperate pleas and leaving no contact information.

After jumping through the wormhole, the spaceship came to a stop in space. Song Ye remained silent for a long time before speaking: "Master, is she really my family?"

"Don't you already have a plan in mind?" At this moment, Song Xia was also struggling with whether she should take this opportunity to tell everything.

"The photo she showed me does look a lot like me when I was a child, but that doesn't mean I'm the person she's looking for." Song Ye's tone grew colder as he spoke. "Although I lost my childhood memories, there's one scene I remember very clearly: I was abandoned. How could someone who was abandoned have family looking for me?"

Song Xia's heart pounded a few more times. Could it be that the moment Ling Chengrong turned around had left such a deep impression on Ye'er?

"Perhaps it's a misunderstanding?"

"It can't be a misunderstanding. Even after taking the medication, I can still clearly remember how I felt at that moment, which means that I was truly, truly heartbroken. If you didn't want me before, why are you coming to find me now?"

"Is it possible that only one person made a mistake, and the others didn't want to?"

"But it's true that I was kidnapped to a pirate crew when I was a child, and the suffering I endured was real. Master, if it weren't for you, I don't know if I would have been able to grow up safely. I think my life now is pretty good, and I don't want to be associated with anyone else anymore. Master, let's not mention this person anymore, okay?"

In fact, Song Ye was also afraid. He realized that the person was the daughter of the marshal of the First Legion of the Federation, which meant that he might be the marshal's son. If the identification confirmed their kinship, wouldn't he be forcibly taken away? No, he didn't want to leave his master. His master had long been like a mother to him, the closest person to him in the world.

Song Xia's heart ached terribly as she listened. Since her son was so resistant, then so be it. In any case, she would soon be the vice-captain of the pirate group, and staying here was indeed better than going back to the Federation.

"I'll do whatever you say, Ye'er. Your master won't force you."

On the other side, after contacting her own people, Ling Wenying immediately contacted Ling Chengrong: "Father, I think I may have been attacked by my underlings."

"What did you say?" As soon as these words were spoken, there seemed to be a sound of something being knocked over on the other end.

“Father, I met someone who looks a lot like you and is about the same age.”

"Where did you see them? Did they have ill intentions?"

"Father!" Ling Wenying said with some disappointment, "Isn't your biggest concern whether that person is my younger brother?"

"Wenying, I heard you've been framed."

“If I hadn’t been tricked, how could I have ended up on a deserted, desolate planet? Given my circumstances at the time, no one could have found me in such a short time. Father, I’m sure it was fate that brought my younger brother and me together.”

There was a long pause before the other person continued, "So... how is he now?"

“He’s a pirate now, and he’s unwilling to have his identity verified, nor has he left me any contact information. However, I’ve confirmed that he serves the Fog Sea Pirate Crew.” Ling Wenying paused, then continued, “Father, will you despise him for being a pirate? He was forced into piracy. If we can reunite in the future, can you put aside your prejudice?”

Ling Chengrong was stunned. Prejudice? In his daughter's eyes, was he now such a cold and heartless person?

He truly knows he was wrong, and he genuinely wants to make amends.