When Qiao You woke up, her brother was already gone, but when she saw the little note he left behind, her sadness quickly vanished.
After rolling around on the bed twice, I crawled to where Helian Jue was sleeping and closed my eyes for a light sleep once again.
The little fish, which had been lying on the bed like a silkworm cocoon, wriggled and rolled over, burying itself in Helian Jue's pillow. "Mmm! It smells like my brother."
I lingered in bed for another half hour before finally getting up and, as if by magic, picking out a shirt from the closet—the one I wore to bed last night, now crumpled and lying on the side of the bed.
On the bedside table were pastries and milk prepared by Helian Jue. Qiao You took two pieces to try and found them quite good; each pastry had a different flavor.
The little fish had a simple idea: it bit off half of each pastry and deliberately left half on the plate.
When Helian Jue returned, Qiao You was watching a TV series on his personal computer. Helian Jue immediately noticed that Qiao You had changed his clothes and had crumpled them up and thrown them on the corner of the bed.
"Little Fish." Helian Jue called out when he saw Qiao You watching intently.
The little fish was probably too engrossed to hear, still absorbed in the TV series.
Helian Jue put down the plate, tidied up the room, picked up the dirty clothes, and sorted and put away the toys that Xiaoyu had played with.
As the episode of the TV series ended, Qiao You glanced up unintentionally and saw Helian Jue. She threw down her personal terminal and excitedly rushed towards Helian Jue, asking, "Brother, when did you get back?"
Qiao You wrapped his arms around Helian Jue's neck and rubbed against him like a kitten.
"Just got back, what's Xiaoyu looking at?" Helian Jue tidied Xiaoyu's hair, which looked messy like a playful puppy.
"Xiaxia recommended it to me before, 'The Little Mermaid's Adventure on Planet Ao Xing,'" Qiao You recommended. "Brother, I think the little mermaid in it is quite like me!"
"He just wasn't as lucky as me; he met my brother."
Helian Jue secretly made a mental note of it, thinking that he would have to find time to read this "Little Mermaid's Adventure on Aoxing" or something, otherwise he wouldn't know what the little fish was saying in the future.
Qiao You's gaze shifted to the pastries he had specially saved for his brother, and he pointed to them, "Brother, I saved these especially for you."
Helian Jue glanced at the pastry left by Xiaoyu, which still had fresh teeth marks on it. Who would leave pastries like that? Only his Xiaoyu.
"Thank you, Little Fish." Helian Jue picked up the plate. "Which of the little fish is the best?"
Qiao You picked up one of the pale yellow pastries, sprinkled with white sesame seeds, and exclaimed, "This one!"
"It's fragrant and sweet."
He stuffed it directly into Helian Jue's mouth, saying, "I've already eaten. This was specially saved for my brother."
"Brother must finish it all."
Under Qiao You's watchful eye, Helian Jue had no choice but to finish the few pastries that Xiao Yu had specially left for him.
Qiao You had already started eating the small fish-shaped sweet buns steamed by Helian Jue. Holding the lifelike little fish buns in his hand, the expression on his face was a little... well, strange!
"Brother, little fish eat little fish!" Qiao You showed it to Helian Jue, and then started taking big bites.
Helian Jue smiled and wiped the crumbs from Qiao You's mouth, coaxing, "Good little fish."
After eating half a plate of mushroom noodles and two small steamed buns, Qiao You waved his hand repeatedly to indicate that he was full.
Helian Jue ate two or three times as much as Qiao You. After Qiao You finished eating, he happily watched Helian Jue eat, propping himself up on his hands.
"Have another bite?" Helian Jue picked up a piece of carrot and put it to Qiao You's mouth.
Qiao You looked at Helian Jue's handsome face and was momentarily bewitched. He opened his mouth uncontrollably and ate the carrot that he would never have eaten before.
Once it was in her mouth, she chewed it a few times, her little face scrunched up. Not wanting to waste food, she had no choice but to swallow it, then complained, "Brother, you're bad!"
Helian Jue coaxed her gently, "Little fish can't be picky about food. Did you forget what the doctor said during your previous checkup?"
The little fish shut up, looking aggrieved, and turned to play with its fingers.
Helian Jue thought he had teased the person too much and planned to coax her properly during dinner. Unexpectedly, as soon as he put down his chopsticks, Xiaoyu handed him a cup of spiritual spring water. "Drink."
Helian Jue knew his background, so Qiao You had nothing to hide in doing these things, which made it convenient for his daily activities.
His little fish truly made him both fond of and heartbroken.
"Little Fish, you can be a little willful in front of your brother," Helian Jue said tenderly as he hugged her.
Qiao You looked at Helian Jue with her round eyes, her gaze filled with doubt, as if pondering the meaning of her brother's words. "Brother, can I stop eating carrots from now on?"
Looking at Xiaoyu's appearance, Helian Jue really couldn't bear to refuse, and finally nodded in agreement.
"Oh ho! Thank you, brother~ You're the best!" Qiao You jumped up and started showering Helian Jue with compliments.
It turns out that Xiaoyu really doesn't like carrots. Helian Jue thought to himself, if she doesn't want to eat them, she doesn't want to eat them. Lu Yiwen has been relatively free lately, so he'll let him figure out a way to make up for the nutrients Xiaoyu is missing by not eating carrots through other means.
After dinner, Helian Jue took Xiaoyu out for a stroll around the lounge area. He had Lin Zhong clear the area beforehand, not because he thought Cui Jing and the others were unreliable, but because he couldn't bear to let Xiaoyu be in any danger.
Xiaoyu has a lot of questions, and the most frequent questions these days are about his injury a few days ago.
"Brother, is there a way now?" Qiao You didn't understand these things, but he trusted his brother and only wanted him to be safe.
Helian Jue tried to keep his tone calm, "Yes, but we'll have to try again."
Qiao You nodded obediently, "Brother, I have a lot of spiritual spring water."
Helian Jue was amused by Qiao You's chest-patting gesture, "Alright! Brother really wants to ask Xiaoyu for a drink."
Qiao You wished she could go to her spatial storage immediately to get a cup, but there weren't any here. "Brother, let's go back quickly!"
After saying that, he grabbed Helian Jue and ran towards the lounge.
Helian Jue hadn't run like this in a long time. Since his mother's disappearance, Helian Jue had been tasked with appeasing the people and elevating him to the position of Crown Prince. Instantly, the attention of the Empire and the Alliance was focused on him, and he had to be meticulous in everything he did, without the slightest mistake.
I remember the first time I went to the battlefield, when Helian Jue used a battleship to defeat the space pirates for the first time, I was completely stunned. In military school, all the training was just simulation, but that time was real killing.
Afterwards, countless battles, large and small, allowed Helian Jue to gradually mature and establish himself as the Emperor of War, but that battle...
"Brother, why are you spacing out?" Qiao You stopped and gestured for Helian Jue to open the door.
Helian Jue snapped out of his reverie, opened the door, and Qiao You, in no time at all, brought out five cups of spiritual spring water. "Brother, take these and use them first. Let me know if you need more."
"Okay! Thank you, Xiaoyu!" Helian Jue accepted the gift, spent some more time with Xiaoyu, and then went to the testing room.
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