Gu Yumian turned off the live broadcast early because the little snow leopard looked very sleepy.
His original plan was to take it to the police station to report the case after dinner, but after calling to inquire, he was again told that they were busy and asked to come back tomorrow. Gu Yumian had no choice but to wait one night.
He made a nest for the little snow leopard on the sofa using cushions and quilts.
"Uncle will take you to see your parents tomorrow," Gu Yumian touched its little head, but was slapped away by a claw as expected. "...Okay, good night."
Snow leopards are nocturnal creatures, but Gu Yumian discovered that the animals of the interstellar age, regardless of their original habits, now follow the same schedules as humans. He thought for a moment and asked with some concern:
"By the way, are you afraid of being alone at night? Do you want to sleep with your uncle?"
“…”
The little snow leopard looked at Gu Yumian for a while with the eyes of a fool, with a hint of mockery in its laziness, then it lowered its head, curled its tail around itself, and closed its eyes.
Gu Yumian: "...How about this, I won't close the door. If you're scared, just come in."
He went to take a shower, then turned off the lights and went to sleep, leaving only a night light on.
Gu Yumian had a good sleep quality and fell asleep soon after lying down. However, in the middle of the night, he suddenly felt a dent in the side of the bed, and then his chest felt stuffy, as if something was pressing on it, and a fluffy tail brushed against the tip of his nose.
The moonlight spread all over the ground, quiet and peaceful.
But the other side is not the case.
Ever since His Majesty disappeared, the secretaries, executive officers, and all the accompanying dignitaries have been driven mad with anxiety. The executive officer from Tak hadn't slept for two whole days.
For fear of being exploited by those with ulterior motives, the news cannot be made public. Although Tak Star appears calm on the surface, the situation is already turbulent in the dark.
Compared to the many things that the bigwigs have to consider, the chief steward who is responsible for serving the monarch is worried about another problem.
"Your Majesty didn't bring any medicine with him," the steward sighed after taking care of His Majesty for thirty years, watching the monarch grow from a little boy. "I can't sleep outside, what can I do..."
Few people knew that the Monarch suffered from severe insomnia. It had been fine before, but after the war against the Zerg, his condition had become so severe that he could only barely get short periods of sleep with the help of medication.
The monarch's capricious and violent temper is largely related to this.
The most professional physicians in the empire were helpless. They said it was related to His Majesty's excessive mental strength and supernatural powers, and unless he found a partner with perfect compatibility, there was no cure.
But achieving 100% compatibility is incredibly difficult. Furthermore, His Majesty holds the highest psychic rating ever. To achieve 100% compatibility with His Majesty, a partner would also have to possess exceptionally strong psychic and supernatural powers. But where in the entire galaxy does such a character exist?
The steward clasped his hands together and prayed as he did every night before: "I hope your majesty is safe and I hope your majesty has a good sleep tonight."
The old steward had no idea that this was the first time in more than nine thousand nights that his prayer had been answered.
The next day.
When Gu Yumian woke up, he found a few short silver hairs on the bed.
Gu Yumian: “……?”
He didn't dwell on it and went to wash up. He was up pretty early, but he hadn't expected the little snow leopard to be up even earlier. When Gu Yumian emerged, it was licking its right paw. It froze, then quickly lowered it, sitting upright and staring straight ahead.
Gu Yumian's heart was trembling with loveliness.
After breakfast, he brought the little snow leopard to the police station.
Gu Yumian had discovered that this little ancestor must have been spoiled at home. He refused to walk on his own and instead used Gu Yumian's shoulder as his own VIP seat, maintaining a look of contempt.
After entering the police station, the police first took the little snow leopard for a basic checkup. Then, some words were said that were not suitable for a child. Gu Yumian asked a female police officer in the waiting room to take care of the little snow leopard. The little snow leopard wanted to follow him, but was rejected. He then looked like he was about to lose his temper and was in a bad mood.
Policewoman: "Be good, baby. Your brother is just leaving for a while, he's not abandoning you."
Little Snow Leopard: “…”Brother?
I feel even worse.
The light screen in front of the waiting room was floating in the air, broadcasting news clips of Tucker Star reporters interviewing Grand Duke Finnick and others.
"Your Majesty is unwell and is resting," Grand Duke Finnick said with a smile, looking at the camera, tapping his index finger casually on the edge of the table. "Yes, we also hope that Your Majesty can recover soon."
The background noise was so loud that the sound of Grand Duke Finnick's typing was almost drowned out. Only the most perceptive people could tell that he was typing a military Morse code. Translated, it was -
"Your Majesty, please be careful. If your condition is unstable, do not reveal your identity to prevent being exploited by those with ulterior motives."
This time, they were accompanied by a certain duke, who had become quite complacent recently, so greedy that he wanted to get involved in everything, his intentions obvious to everyone. Finnick knew that His Majesty had originally been too lazy to care about him, but since there was nothing else to do this time, he wanted to take advantage of the situation and deal with him.
Unexpectedly, this mistake gave the other party an opportunity to take advantage of.
That's what they call 'people with a heart'.
The little snow leopard looked at the light screen, moved its ears, and narrowed its eyes after a moment.
The other side.
Gu Yumian explained everything he knew to the police in detail, then asked, "Officer, could this be a missing child? Without a computer, how can we contact the parents?"
The police officer had already understood half of what was said and shook his head: "It can't be a missing child."
Gu Yumian: "What do you mean?"
The police officer told him a cruel truth: "If you don't have a laptop, you're not a missing child."
In the interstellar age, the importance of optical computers, which combine ID cards and mobile phones, is self-evident. Optical computers are difficult to damage easily; as long as they are intact, they will automatically follow their owners and thus cannot be lost.
To damage the optical computer, it would be necessary to undergo a long-term attack by mental power of SS level or above.
"But in the entire galaxy, only His Majesty has a mental strength level greater than SS. So, theoretically, without a light brain, they are all homeless children abandoned at birth."
"Also," the police officer transferred a document to his laptop, "this is the child's report."
Gu Yumian took a look and saw the words written on it:
[Race: Albino leopard.]
Mental strength rating: Not awakened.
Awakening Difficulty: Extremely High. 】
"That's not right," Gu Yumian frowned. He studied animal science and there was no way he could be wrong. "It's a snow leopard."
The police officer shook his head. "Snow leopard? I've never heard of this species. Albinos have a hard time awakening their spiritual powers, their intelligence is low, they can't communicate verbally, and they can't transform into human form... It's normal for them to be abandoned."
"Well, anyway, sir, please think about how to deal with this. We understand whatever choice you make. After all, life is not easy for everyone."
In the waiting room across the wall, the little snow leopard sat upright in his seat, his gray-blue eyes flashing with mockery.
It is a universal consensus in this world that albinos are considered trash. The abandonment rate of albinos is extremely high, and there are very few people willing to adopt them.
It is familiar with all the comments people have made about albinos——
"How could the royal family give birth to an albino? After all the anticipation, they gave birth to a waste."
"Bastard."
"Your Majesty didn't even bother to give it a name. The Queen almost wanted to strangle it to death. What's the point of giving birth to such a thing?"
"What are you afraid of? Albinos are all mentally retarded. It can't understand anyway—Hey, right, little bastard?"
“…”
“I want to grow up with it.”
The little snow leopard's eyes suddenly opened.
The young man's voice was clear yet vague, like a drop of oxygen injected into the frozen deep sea thousands of meters deep, faintly revealing a light.
He said, I want to grow up with it.
For a moment, it didn't even hear the specific content of the words.
Half an hour later.
Gu Yumian left the police station with the little snow leopard. The little guy had a cute-looking child-sized laptop computer wrapped around his neck. Gu Yumian had just made some money the day before, but after buying the laptop, he was now broke again.
The Q-version optical brain has a small bow tie-shaped collar, which is specially designed so it won't be uncomfortable. The little snow leopard looks cute and looks like a little gentleman in the bow tie. Gu Yumian likes it very much.
But the little snow leopard was disgusted with the optical computer. He bit it but failed to bite it off and wanted to get angry with Gu Yumian.
"We're out of money, little ancestor, so we'll just have to make do for now," Gu Yumian consoled it. "If we spend all our money in a flash, how can we give you something delicious to eat, right?"
The little snow leopard still looked unhappy and gloomy.
Gu Yumian suddenly felt even cuter.
Gu Yumian certainly couldn't abandon the little snow leopard. After the formalities were completed, he became the little snow leopard's guardian and would be regularly evaluated. If he failed to fulfill his guardianship duties, he would be held legally responsible. Of course, this was not an adoption relationship, as he and the little snow leopard were not of the same species. It was just a guardianship.
"Let's take you shopping for some daily necessities first," Gu Yumian said. "By the way, let's give you a name... How about Xuetuan? Tuantuan?"
Gu Yumian's naming talent is indeed not that good, as he can give pandas names like "Da Guo" and "Er Guo".
Gu Yumian likes this name very much.
Little Snow Leopard: “…”
It pressed its claws on Gu Yumian's lips, with an unhappy look on its face, expressing strong protest.
"It seems you like it too," Gu Yumian lied with his eyes wide open, "Then it's decided."
Little Snow Leopard: “…………”
Then, Gu Yumian took the little snow leopard to the store to buy daily necessities for it.
Because of poverty, he couldn't afford to go to a high-end supermarket, so Gu Yumian went to a private store with high customer ratings, which still maintained the ancient earth business model.
The shop owner is a golden retriever. Outside the shop, two golden retrievers are lying in the sun. The shop owner greets him: "Sir, what can I buy?"
"Buying daily necessities for the kids," Gu Yumian said. "Is there a cat section?"
Gu Yumian counted and found that he needed to buy a small bed, a quilt and pillow, various common medicines, special bathing supplies...it was quite a lot.
"Yes, I'll take you there."
The two golden retrievers woke up at this moment. One of them twitched its nose, wobbled its way to Gu Yumian's side, grabbed hold of his trouser leg and climbed up. The other one barked twice at Gu Yumian's feet and also began to climb.
Gu Yumian's heart melted. He had no resistance to these little animals. Just as he was about to reach out and pick up the two cubs, the little golden retriever suddenly froze.
Gu Yumian: “?”
Gu Yumian didn't notice the little snow leopard sitting upright on his shoulder, glaring at the two puppies with indifference, its tail loosely wrapped around Gu Yumian's neck. It had designated this human as part of its sphere of influence and had no interest in sharing it with other creatures.
The little golden retrievers trembled in fear at the look in their eyes, and after a few seconds, they fled in panic.
Gu Yumian: “???”
This has never happened before.
In order to support himself and the little snow leopard, Gu Yumian has to work harder to make money.
If it was just him, he could live frugally and on a minimum wage, but now he has a child to raise, and the expenses have increased significantly.
Although the police said the little snow leopard was unlikely to awaken its spiritual power and had low intelligence, Gu Yumian didn't care. Since he was raising the child, he wanted to give it the best he could.
That evening, Gu Yumian carefully analyzed his live broadcast from the previous day. Broadcasters were either talented, good-looking, or cheerful and good at telling jokes. To be fair, Gu Yumian felt that he wasn't particularly outstanding in any of these areas.
However, the audience response was good in the end. What was the key?
He is not a chef by profession, and even if he can use his cleverness to make some meals that are just right for people's taste, he is still not qualified to be a food host.
Gu Yumian analyzed his video and comments from yesterday and finally found the key point.
The barrage of comments only started to get heated when the live broadcast switched to the first-person perspective of the little snow leopard in the second half.
He has some ideas about how to conduct the next live broadcast.
"Tuantuan," Gu Yumian picked up the little snow leopard and begged, "Can you help me with the live broadcast tomorrow? I promise it won't be tiring at all."
Little Snow Leopard: “…”
It stared at the human with great displeasure and anger. Who was it calling with such a stupid name?
In the past, when it showed this look, the eunuchs and officials would have knelt down and trembled, but this human didn't take it seriously at all.
He held the little snow leopard's paw and shook it: "Agree, ancestor, please."
Little Snow Leopard: “…”
After the humans begged and said many nice things, the little snow leopard pretended to be calm and nodded reluctantly.
The next day, the little snow leopard was sleeping in. Gu Yumian spent the whole morning quietly making various preparations, and then at two o'clock in the afternoon he logged onto the Starry Sky Live Platform again, planning to start a live broadcast.
Then he was shocked by the number of his fans.
One, two...did he add an extra zero?!
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