Qiao You was already lying on the sofa with his legs crossed, eating snacks and playing on his personal computer.

Sister Nuonuo is amazing!

His fingers started typing rapidly. He had already learned how to switch to a secondary account, and was now using it to act as a fanatical fan of his brother!

Under the entry for "Your Highness has worked hard," Qiao You immediately began to flatter, "Your Highness led the Imperial army to not only reclaim the planet Sol occupied by the Alliance, but also incorporated the planet Gil into the Imperial territory, resolving the war in less than a month! Amazing! In the entire Empire, besides His Highness the God of War, who else is there? I ask you, who else is there?"

"The empire is fortunate to have Your Highness."

After writing several praise comments, Qiao You twisted his neck at the right moment, very satisfied with the content he posted, especially seeing the number of likes in the background soaring!

"Little Fish?" Helian Jue's voice came.

Feeling guilty, Qiao You immediately hid his personal terminal and asked, "Brother, did you call me for something?"

Helian Jue came downstairs and saw Xiaoyu looking flustered. He was a little puzzled. "It's okay, just ask Xiaoyu what she wants to eat tonight?"

"I like everything my brother makes." Qiao You went up to him, quickly putting his personal terminal into his pocket.

It's normal for a little fish to have some secrets, so I didn't ask any more questions and went into the kitchen.

Qiao You lagged two steps behind, patted his chest, and was terrified.

This is a secret between him and Sister Nuonuo. If his brother finds out, will he blame Sister Nuonuo?

"Want some mushroom noodles?" Helian Jue felt that Xiaoyu was acting strangely today. Usually, she would have already come over by this time. Why was she spacing out now?

Helian Jue washed his hands and started cooking. Qiao You didn't go into the kitchen. He stood outside and looked at the computer for a while before going into the kitchen to keep his brother company.

When I came in, the noodles were almost ready.

"What did Xiaoyu play today?" Helian Jue asked indirectly. What could be more important than him?

Qiao You casually rambled on, "Watching the TV series Xiaxia mentioned."

Helian Jue clearly didn't believe it, but he could only suppress his disbelief.

Before going to bed, Qiao You looked at Helian Jue with an unhappy expression, feeling very aggrieved. Wherever Helian Jue went, Xiao Yu followed.

Even the slowest person could tell that Xiaoyu was unhappy, or that he had done something to upset her.

"Little Fish, go to sleep," Helian Jue said, pulling Little Fish into his arms.

The little fish landed in his arms, and he could even hold it—so cute!

Qiao You glared angrily at Helian Jue, saying nothing, and even poked Helian Jue's face in frustration.

"What's wrong? Tell your brother." Helian Jue gently touched Qiao You's face.

"Who made Little Fish angry? Brother will stand up for Little Fish."

Qiao You smirked and pointed at Helian Jue, his meaning quite clear.

Helian Jue never imagined that he was the one who had angered Xiaoyu...

The little fish was very upset, especially when she saw the surprise on her brother's face, who hadn't even noticed!

Yet he still cares so much.

Helian Jue was heartbroken and quickly tried to coax Qiao You for a while before he finally spoke.

It turned out that after returning to the capital planet, he only called her Xiaoyu instead of Baobao, which made Qiao You feel that he was cold...

Knowing the reason, Helian Jue was both amused and exasperated, and began a new round of calling him "baby" before finally calming him down.

With that little knot in her heart untied, Qiao You slept soundly.

Helian Jue stared blankly at Qiao You in his arms for a long time.

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The following day, Helian Jue began various reporting duties to the royal family, the military, and the people.

He won't be back until tonight, so Qiao You will be home alone. He Lianjue even asked Qiao You if he wanted Su Xia to come over and keep him company.

Qiao You refused and assured Helian Jue with a firm promise.

When Helian Jue left, Qiao You followed him to the villa entrance and waved to him.

After confirming that Helian Jue had left, Qiao You patiently sat for a while before taking out his personal terminal to start making purchases.

Although Helian Jue was strict with Xiaoyu, he opened a new computer account and deposited money into it every three to five days. Xiaoyu's own earnings from live streaming were also directly deposited into the account.

Qiao You can freely use the quantum computer to buy whatever he likes, and he can tell his brother if he wants to; if he doesn't want to tell, Helian Jue won't know either.

Yesterday, while he was secretly chatting with Sister Nuonuo using his personal computer, he learned that his brother's birthday was coming soon, in about a month and a half.

Sister Nuonuo said that her brother has never mentioned the word "birthday" since Empress Qingyue disappeared.

Although there's still a long time to go, Qiao You doesn't know anything, so he needs to prepare properly first.

In the past, his mother would make him a birthday cake by hand, and he wanted to make one for his older brother as well.

Shortly after, the tools and materials that Qiao You had ordered via the computer arrived.

But Qiao You, a complete novice in the kitchen, didn't even know what these things were for...

Fortunately, he could find relevant videos on his computer, and Qiao You followed along to learn slowly. The first time, he couldn't even crack an egg properly.

It took three or four hours to figure out these materials.

Qiao You was afraid her brother would come back early, so she quickly tidied up her things.

Helian Jue returned at nine o'clock in the evening.

This was the first time he had come home late and seen the lights on in the villa. Just thinking about the warm little fish waiting for him at home made Helian Jue quicken his pace.

The little fish was curled up asleep on the sofa, hugging a pillow in its arms. There was still a lot of food left on the plate on the table, almost all of it was left half-eaten.

Today, Helian Jue is not at home, so I made a special reservation at the only handmade restaurant in the capital city to deliver food to Xiaoyu on time.

I guess Xiaoyu thought these tasted good and specially saved them for him.

Only his little fish would leave half of everything, instead of adhering to any unwritten rules.

His victorious campaign, however, exposed quite a few people with ill intentions.

After all these years of silencing him, do you really think he's lost his temper?

Helian Jue knew better than anyone what kind of people were on the capital planet. He used to not care, but now that he had someone he didn't want to wrong him, he naturally wouldn't act the same way as before.

Thinking of this, Qiao You murmured "brother" twice, which softened Helian Jue's heart even more.

“Baby, your brother is back,” Helian Jue replied, picking the baby up and carrying him back to the bedroom.

On the third day, a press conference was held in the main hall of the East Palace. Qiao You used the excuse that he had never seen this before to transform into a little mermaid and successfully became a little tail.

After chatting so much with Eleanor these past few days, they successfully reconnected, and the two of them, one human and one fish, had so much to say to each other.