Believe me

"You finally woke up!"

Luo Tan opened her eyes and saw a vast expanse of white. The air was filled with the strong smell of disinfectant. She blinked slowly and realized that she was lying in a room that looked like a hospital ward.

The young nurse with a bright smile and snow-white clothes changed the medicine on the infusion stand and said happily: "It was His Royal Highness Wang Chu who saved you!" There was a hint of yearning and envy in her voice.

Who is Wang Chu?

"Ah." Luo Tan opened his mouth, but only exhaled a layer of breath onto the oxygen mask.

"You can't talk yet." The nurse tucked the corner of her blanket and said, "I know what you want to ask. Your injury is not serious, but it's not light either. Well, how should I put it? If it were in the ancient earth era, you would probably be missing limbs and could participate in the Paralympics. However, thanks to today's technology, we have put you back together!"

"Rest a little longer. Sweet dreams."

Her voice seemed to have some kind of magic. Luo Chen's eyelids drooped and he fell asleep again.

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A few hours later, Luo Tan was sitting in a wheelchair, wearing a white hospital gown.

There was nothing wrong with her legs, and the doctor suggested that she go for a walk in the garden behind the hospital, but she had no strength, so she had to use a wheelchair.

A TV screen was suspended in the air above the garden. A female anchor, elegantly dressed and serious-looking, was reporting the news:

"Yesterday, an animal attacked a person at the Chishui Zoo on its first day of operation. The cause of the accident is still under investigation. As Chishui's medical conditions are not yet perfect, the injured were immediately transferred to the neighboring Luochuan City for treatment. Please pay attention to the follow-up situation..."

Luo Chen's wheelchair was suddenly pushed from behind. She was startled and was about to turn around, but the wheelchair stopped steadily. A deep and gentle male voice sounded from behind her: "Hello."

The man who walked slowly in front of her had neat short hair and gentle and clear eyes, but what could not be ignored was the golden medal on his left chest.

The golden medal, with a majestic lion stepping on a blazing flame in the center, is the symbol of the royal family.

"Are you Wang Chu?"

The man smiled and said gently, "My name is Andre."

"How do you know it's mine?"

Luo Tan complained quietly in his heart:

[Isn't it obvious wearing this? 】

But on her face, she tried hard to imitate the happiness and expectation in the nurse's eyes when she mentioned Wang Chu just now, and her body seemed to be filled with pink bubbles: "I heard from the nurse that it was you who saved me."

Andre's smile deepened.

"I didn't do anything. You just happened to hit me when you fell from the building, turning me into a human cushion."

“…”

Luo Chen had to change the subject and asked what she was most concerned about: "What exactly caused the zoo accident?"

"The cause of the accident is still under investigation..."

"But you are the king, you can't be completely ignorant, right?"

When Luo Tan said this, there was a hint of tea in his mouth and his face was full of anger: How could you bear to disappoint a little girl who adores you so much?

Andre was defeated. He said with some regret, "Many years ago, when the Chishui Zoo was closed, the lizard specimen in the reptile house was forgotten. But no one knew that it had an egg in its stomach. The egg spread a lot of strange viruses in the air. As soon as the zoo reopened, it caused an animal riot."

Luo Chen pointed out the key point: "How can a specimen of a lizard lay eggs?"

"Maybe it was before it became a specimen..."

"Then this egg should be just like its mother, without any movement."

Wang Chu Andre looked at her with admiration: "You are really smart and sharp."

"Some experts have the same idea as you. They speculate that the egg was stuffed in later, but..." Andre sighed, "Now there is nothing to be found. Officer Xu desperately put the egg in the container at the last minute to prevent a more violent second riot of the animals. However, under the impact of such a violent explosion wave, the egg was eventually reduced to powder. There is no evidence."

"What about the bomb? Was it buried underground as well?"

His Royal Highness Wang Chu rubbed his eyebrows with a headache: "It is very likely. I didn't expect this to happen. If I had known in advance, I would not have come at all..." He paused and explained apologetically: "No one would attack a zoo. They might have wanted to assassinate me."

Luo Chen didn't know whether Andre's guess was true or not. In fact, according to her usual personality, she didn't care about the reasons for the bugs at all.

A bug is a bug. If there is a reason, is it still called a bug?

But this time——

She opened the system and her eyes fell on the progress bar of the zoo mission.

She earned 1,200 points for this mission, which was no problem.

However, the task bar did not reach the end. There was a closed door at the end. She tried to open the door with her mind, and a prompt box appeared:

7000 points to unlock.

She vaguely felt that there was a deeper secret hidden behind the bugs in the zoo.

"Are you cold?"

A breeze blew, and a cloak was suddenly draped over Luo Chen's shoulders.

At the same time, Xu Cheng walked into the garden and saw two people under the tree.

Luo Tan was sitting in a wheelchair, with the gentle and polite His Royal Highness Wang Chu behind him. They seemed to be discussing some light-hearted and pleasant topic. Wang Chu even put his cloak on Luo Tan.

Xu Cheng's injuries were the most serious of all the victims.

When the explosion occurred, he was closest to the source of the blast and thus avoided most of the damage.

Although the surface skin has been restored to its original state under the most advanced surgery, he can still feel the pain spreading deep in his bone marrow.

He shrank his fingers, looked at the two figures under the tree again, and turned away as if he was hurt.

"I'm not cold, thank you."

Luo Tan returned the cloak to Wang Chu. She stood up and felt that her strength had recovered a lot.

Andre looked a little frustrated, but his star-like eyes were still gentle and forgiving: "No matter what, the reason you encountered this incident was ultimately due to the incompetence of us, the rulers and managers. Father has approved a special relief fund, hoping that it can barely comfort the psychological damage you have suffered."

Luo Chen's injuries were not serious and she could be discharged from the hospital in the evening, but Andre insisted on sending her home.

"The slums may not be very safe at night."

On the floating train to Chishui City, as soon as Andre got on the train, he looked at the walls and the table with a puzzled look.

"What are you looking for?"

"Artificial intelligence for food delivery. I remember a similar button should be on..."

Luo Tan called the waiter to deliver the meal.

The waiter placed two glasses of water and the lunch box on their table and left.

Andre looked at the waiter's back: "There is no artificial intelligence here."

Luo Tan replied: "This is not the capital planet."

The implication is that the young man who relies on technology should return to where he came from.

Andre smiled and said, "I like it here very much."

Luo Chen looked at him with some surprise, but he didn't look fake, but full of yearning: "This place is just like what was described in the books I read when I was a child. It's a life on ancient Earth, without too much complicated technology. Everyone can find a suitable job and a life that suits them regardless of their status and ability."

Andre turned his head: "You seem to have some opinions about me."

But the next second he laughed again: "This is normal. Since the interstellar migration, the Empire has governed seven planets with very different economic resources and wealth levels. The other six planets will have opinions about the capital planet. However, class solidification is an inevitable result of human development. If someone wants to become strong and gain wealth and power, another group of people will inevitably be stepped on. Even my father can't change this."

Luo Tan looked at the brightly lit building outside the car window and said, "People who live in the gutter will try their best to climb out."

"I will help them."

Luo Tan turned his head and met Wang Chu's smiling yet sincere eyes.

"My lifelong wish is to do my best to help these weak people. Although this sounds funny, I sincerely hope you can believe me."

After a while, Luo Tan said "OK", put away the fangirl attitude she had been playing, stared at him and said: "So you must send me back just because you want me to trust you?"

Andre smiled bitterly: "I really can't hide anything from you. I have a very difficult matter and I hope you can help me."

.

When Luo Tan got home, he felt something was wrong as soon as he turned the doorknob.

She clearly locked the door when she left, so how come it opened when I turned the key?

She reached out and turned on the wall light.

What caught my eye was a large empty bag on the dining table.

Andre, who followed in, exclaimed, "Isn't this the special bag for distributing the victim relief funds this time?"

Luo Tan: “…” She almost wanted to curse.

[How come someone is stealing the government aid money? ]

Neighbors who were about to fall asleep woke up one after another, rubbing their tired eyes:

Whose money was stolen?