"Sister Yuyuan? What are you doing here?"

You always seem to pop out of nowhere I never expect.

A cunning rabbit has three burrows, and so do you?

Xia Shizhao, who had just gotten out of the car, looked at the person in front of him with a blank expression.

Holding a handful of colorful fabrics and cotton, Jun Yuyuan blinked: "Shi Zhao? I came to visit my aunt, what are you doing here?"

"Your aunt, Aunt Mutong?"

“Oh right, wait a minute,” Jun Yuyuan remembered what his grandparents had said on the phone and suddenly realized, “So you’re the little kid who gets along with my aunt.”

"As expected, right?"

What a small world.

"Sister Yuyuan," Gu Lian said, a little puzzled when she noticed the two people standing at the door after parking her car, "Do you two know each other?"

"I know her, she's my adopted sister." She said proudly and arrogantly. "Know her, does that mean we're close friends?" she hesitated.

Gu Lian glanced at Jun Yuyuan, ignored her, and pulled Xia Shizhao inside, saying, "Don't pay attention to her, she's not proper."

"Hey, I don't say anything when you talk about me normally, but you're ruining my reputation in front of my god-sister!"

"Last time you went to order..."

Jun Yuyuan, who was covering her mouth, gritted his teeth and looked at Gu Lian, who was expressionless. "I've told you eight hundred times, that time was an accident."

"What should we order?" Xia Shizhao asked curiously from the side.

"I'll...I'll have some drinks."

After stammering through his words, Jun Yuyuan pushed Xia Shizhao into the courtyard. He turned back and glared fiercely at Gu Lian, who had a smug look in her eyes but whose face was expressionless, cursing inwardly, "Honest but cunning."

How could the straightforward and cheerful Aunt Ling have given birth to such a repressed and brooding person like you!

She was quite cute when she was little, how come she had a genetic mutation when she grew up?

"Yuyuan, what are you muttering to yourself?"

Ling Shuang, wearing heat-resistant gloves, came out carrying steamed egg custard and looked strangely at Jun Yuyuan, who was leaning against the door frame with a blank expression.

"You're here for dinner today, go out and play with your Aunt Mu."

Grandpa Mu chased Xia Shizhao out of the kitchen and slammed the door shut, while Ling Shuang pulled Gu Lian and Jun Yuyuan inside, saying, "What are you two doing standing there? Come and serve the dishes."

"Zhao Zhao~"

Mu Tong ran downstairs with her braided pigtails, holding a newly made puppy in her hand. Looking behind Xia Shizhao, she said with a hint of disappointment, "Didn't you bring Youyou? I made a toy for her!"

“Youyou is at home. I’ll bring him over to play with you next time. I’ll keep his toys for him,” Xia Shizhao said, taking the puppy plush toy and looking at Mutong mysteriously. “Guess what I brought you?”

"What?"

"Ta-da!" Xia Shizhao took out a metal ball. "Try dropping it on the ground or turning on this switch."

Mu Tong couldn't bear to break the things Xia Shizhao had given him, so he gently pressed the small protruding switch, and the machine ball flashed for a while and made a clicking sound.

The skeletal framework of a rabbit was thus created.

What difference is there between this and seeing a skeleton moving? No matter how tolerant and understanding Mu Tong was of Xia Shizhao, her expression couldn't help but stiffen. Looking at Xia Shizhao's expectant eyes, she said against her will:

"Did you make this? I really like it, it's so cute."

"Aunt Mu, you really spoil me," Xia Shizhao said playfully, sticking out her tongue. "It's not finished yet. I can't just leave you here with a bone to bounce around in. I'll stuff it in after we finish eating and then I'll show you."

"You..." Mu Tong affectionately pinched her nose, his eyes and brows exceptionally gentle, like a willow gently touching the water's surface, "You just know how to tease me."

Xia Shizhao, who was standing next to her, affectionately took her arm and stared at her, then started to whine like a child: "You should smile more~ It looks better, hehe."

"Auntie, Shi Zhao, come and eat!"

Jun Yuyuan's loud, jarring appearance ruined the mood, and Mu Tong swallowed back what she was about to say. She led Xia Shizhao to the dining table and enthusiastically served her food.

"Eat more, you're so thin."

Looking at the mountain of Xia Shizhao's clothes, I felt like crying. There's a kind of thinness that only parents think you're thin.

After finishing their meal, Mu Tong looked at Xia Shizhao nervously, as did Grandpa Mu and Grandma Shu.

Xia Shizhao wiped his mouth and tilted his head. "What's wrong?"

Mu Tong looked nervous and took a deep breath. "I want to take you in as my daughter, not as a substitute. I really want you to be my daughter."

"Um?"

Xia Shizhao was stunned.

Jun Yuyuan's eyes widened suddenly.

Everyone looked at Xia Shizhao, waiting for her reply.

“Okay.” Xia Shizhao agreed seemingly easily, but his voice was hesitant and lacked confidence as he spoke, “…Mom.”

Mu Tong, standing beside her, looked at Xia Shizhao with teary eyes and cautiously made her request:

"Can you shout it again?"

Sensing Mu Tong's expectation, Xia Shizhao overcame the deepest, vague fear and spoke with relief, "Mom."

"Yes, Mom is here." Mu Tong hugged her tightly, tears soaking Xia Shizhao's shoulders, and said in a trembling voice, "I... I finally have a child."

Zhizhi, if you were still alive, you would definitely like this older sister.

Xia Shizhao's hand, which was suspended in mid-air, paused slightly.

He gently patted Mu Tong's back.

I feel a little dazed.

So, she... has a family now?

Xia Shizhao didn't know why she agreed to their request so easily, but her intuition told her that she would regret it if she didn't.

Grandma Shu's brow relaxed, and she happily took out something:

"My dear granddaughter! Please accept this from your grandmother."

A black card was extended.

The black card with unlimited limits and a simple, unadorned design surprised Xia Shizhao, who gaped slightly.

There are only 10,000 black cards in the entire interstellar space, and you have to keep in mind that there are hundreds of billions of people in the interstellar space.

"Grandma Book, I can't accept this!"

"Next, you are my granddaughter, so this is just the right size for you. Take it and spend it however you like."

Grandma Shu waved her hand domineeringly.

Jun Yuyuan, one of the granddaughters standing next to her, blinked, trying to get her grandmother to look at her.

Grandpa Mu nodded silently in support of his wife's words, and then handed her a dagger from the side.

The dagger was entirely black and looked extremely hard and sharp. Xia Shizhao blinked. "Is it made of obsidian?"

"Hehe, it's obsidian. I found it by accident on a deserted planet. This stuff is really hard to find these days."

Xia Shizhao's attention was elsewhere, and he asked in confusion, "An abandoned planet?"

Grandpa Mu thought for a while, then stroked his gray hair and said, "I think it's called Blue Star. It's heavily polluted there, and it's now considered a garbage planet."

Xia Shizhao's eyes widened slightly upon hearing the name: Lan Xing.

The place where she used to live.

His tone grew increasingly anxious, "When did Earth become a wasteland?"

"It was hundreds of billions of years ago, I think it was our ancestors, who caused serious pollution from nuclear wastewater, which destroyed the entire ecosystem and forced many people to leave their hometowns."

"Hundreds of billions..."

Xia Shizhao muttered to himself, utterly incredulous.

Several hundred billion.

Good heavens.

"What's wrong? Are you curious about Earth? There are very few books about Earth in interstellar history. If you're curious, I can ask someone."

Grandpa Mu looked at her with loving eyes.

Xia Shizhao shook his head. "No, it's just strange that you ended up there."

“Grandpa was a general when he was young. He was murdered, but he was lucky enough to survive. Don’t let his current appearance fool you. I doubt any of those lewd and shameless old men could beat him. If Grandpa hadn’t been so disgusted by that filthy place and retired early,” Jun Yuyuan said, curling his lip as if he were very disdainful, and muttered under his breath, “we still don’t know who the leader is now.”

Grandma Shu, sitting next to her, looked at her with a forced smile and a serious expression. "It's fine to say that at home, but if you dare to say such things outside, be careful about the businesses under your management."

"I know~ It's because I'm at home."

Jun Yuyuan waved his hand, indicating that there was no need to make a fuss. "Now, apart from the Jun family, the Mu family is in seclusion, and most of the Shu family members are in business. They probably don't care about us, since that Ye guy who suddenly appeared is a bigger threat to them."

She stood up and changed the subject to lighten the mood, "We don't have time for that, come on, let's go for a walk, let's not talk about this anymore."

We made a last-minute decision to go for a walk together, and as we walked, we decided to look at the stars.

Today was so comfortable.

Xia Shizhao lay inside the tent, his mind blank.

Mutong slept next to her, quiet and not snoring.

As for his sleeping posture, it was very 'elegant'.

Xia Shizhao felt like he was being entangled by an octopus.

It was the first time Xia Shizhao had ever slept in the same bed as his "mom," and he was really not used to it.

However, Mu Tong, who was standing next to her, seemed to notice her nervousness and reached out to gently pat Xia Shizhao's tense back.

Sleepiness gradually crept into Xia Shizhao's mind, and she drifted off to sleep in Mu Tong's warm embrace.