Chapter 31 Chapter 31

They were too excited during the day and couldn't sleep at night. They lingered in Ruan Shiqing's bedroom for a long time before reluctantly going to bed.

After the pups all went to sleep, Ruan Shiqing lay down, hugged the puppies tightly in his arms, and sighed with satisfaction: "I'm tired today, go to bed early."

Being held in his arms, Rong Heng did not struggle for the first time.

He rested his head on the boy's arm, watching him close his eyes and fall asleep.

After a long time, he rubbed Ruan Shiqing's chest gently with his head and easily broke free from the boy's arms.

The small shadow on the ground gradually lengthened, and Rong Heng returned to human form, standing beside the bed and staring at him.

Rong Heng took off the blue star necklace from his neck and originally wanted to put it next to his pillow, so that when the boy woke up and found that he was gone, he would see the necklace and would know that he had left on his own and would not worry too much.

But after stretching out the hand, the movement stopped.

The blue star necklace hung on his fingertips, swaying gently, just like his hesitant heart.

After he left, this was his only connection to this place.

After a while, Rong Heng withdrew his hand and wrapped the Blue Star Necklace around his wrist.

He lowered his eyes to look at the sleeping boy and whispered "I'm sorry".

Rong Heng jumped directly out of the bedroom window.

His injuries have completely healed, and Noah has told him the coordinates of Dares. In his prime, Joel ran at full speed, like the wind blowing at night.

Came here, but quietly.

Dareth's shuttle was suspended deep in the garbage dump.

The "Glory" G-7C shuttle is the Crown Prince's personal shuttle, equipped with a new type of sensor jammer that can completely block satellite surveillance and reconnaissance of this backward garbage planet.

Tonight, no one would notice that a shuttle had landed at B3024 and then quietly left.

Dares, who had been waiting in the depths of the garbage dump for a long time, had nothing to do. He was muttering, "Why hasn't His Royal Highness the Crown Prince come yet? How long do I have to stay in this damn place?" When he heard a voice from behind that made his soul tremble: "Dares, you are getting more and more assertive."

"Your Highness!" Dares' scalp tingled, and he turned around and flattered, "This concerns your safety, so of course your most loyal subordinate must come."

In fact, the other three captains, Mellaire, Shaw, and Jasper all wanted to come, so the four captains had a fight, and Dares narrowly won, and won the qualification to drive "Glory" to B3024.

It’s not to welcome His Highness, but to take a look at this magical garbage planet.

Oh no, it’s the magical Master Ruan!

But the fact is that Colonel Dares came with full of curiosity and excitement, and then waited for His Royal Highness the Crown Prince for nearly fourteen hours deep in the deserted garbage dump.

There was nothing to see except metal junk all over the ground.

Ignoring his sarcasm, Rong Heng sat in the passenger seat and called Noah, "Noah, erase the images from the protection system." He paused, thinking of something, and said, "Confirm again whether anyone has uploaded the images of the cubs to the Internet today."

Noah quickly searched and actually found two or three messages, all of which were from the B3024 star. "There are two or three messages involving Mr. Ruan and the cubs. Should they all be blocked?"

"Block them." Rong Heng fastened his seat belt. "Search them regularly. From now on, all information related to them will be blocked."

When he went to the stadium today, he noticed that some people with intelligent computers secretly took pictures of Ruan Shiqing and the cubs.

With Mori and Ruan Shiqing around, the three cubs are absolutely safe on Planet B3024. But if the video data is transmitted to the holographic network and discovered by someone with ulterior motives, it may cause trouble.

Before leaving, he cleaned up the tail thoroughly.

"Let's go to Sikkim."

????

Are you leaving now?

Dares tried to fight for his own rights: "Your Highness, don't we go to see Mori?" Or we can meet Mr. Ruan.

Rong Heng turned his head and stared at him without saying a word.

Dareth: ...

"Okay, Your Highness, we'll leave now."

"Glory" started up, preheated, rushed into the night sky at an extremely fast speed, and soon turned into an inconspicuous dot.

When Ruan Shiqing woke up, his arms felt empty.

He stretched himself and stood up, but he didn't see the puppy. Usually at this time of the day, the puppy would lie on the pillow, half awake and staring at him.

Are you going out to play so early today?

After washing up in the bathroom in slippers, Ruan Shiqing went downstairs and said good morning to the kids.

The little guys are full of energy. Since they were free, they get up earlier than Ruan Shiqing every day and go to the yard downstairs early to bask in the sun.

The little mermaid and the little dragon floated comfortably on the water, while the little fox lay on the rattan chair, combing its fur carefully.

The little robot 09 was diligently trimming the overly lush falling star vines in the yard. The Xiong brothers had just gotten up and were doing morning exercises on the other side of the yard.

I looked around, but didn't see the puppy.

Ruan Shiqing asked curiously, "Where's Snowball? Did you see him?"

Everyone shook their heads.

Ruan Shiqing frowned, feeling a little nervous for some reason: "Where did you go to play so early in the morning?"

He slipped on his slippers and searched upstairs and downstairs again, but still couldn't find the puppy.

The bad feeling in my heart became stronger and stronger.

Finally, Ruan Shiqing went to the workshop and turned on the positioning tracking in the Blue Star Necklace.

On the virtual screen, three blue dots were in the yard. They were puppies basking in the sun. But the other blue dot, representing the puppies, had disappeared.

Ruan Shiqing repeatedly located and tracked.

It shows that the signal cannot be searched or the signal is not within the search range.

"Impossible..." Ruan Shiqing murmured in a low voice.

The positioning system in the Blue Star necklace was a program he wrote himself, and he didn't believe that anyone on B3024 could crack it. The only possibility left was that the Blue Star necklace was no longer on B3024.

Snowball was taken away from the planet B3024.

Ruan Shiqing checked the surveillance footage from last night again. From the video, the bedroom door was never opened and there was nothing unusual in the yard.

But the biggest abnormality is the absence of abnormalities, and the protection system cannot fail.

There was no way that Snowball could just disappear out of nowhere in the bedroom.

The only possible explanation is that the person who took Snowball away erased the images in the protection system.

The opponent's level must be higher than his, otherwise it would be impossible for the alarm to be triggered and the video data to be erased without him and 09 noticing anything.

Ruan Shiqing pinched the bridge of his nose and dialed Marin's number.

"Good morning, Mr. Ruan. Is there something that makes you contact me so early?" In the virtual image, Mori was enjoying breakfast.

"Sorry to bother you." Ruan Shiqing said bluntly, "Snowball is missing, and the tracker I set up has stopped responding. I suspect he has been taken away from B3024. You happen to know someone in the inner city, so I would like to ask you to help confirm whether any aircraft left B3024 between midnight last night and eight this morning."

Even though it's just a remote garbage planet, it still has the necessary defenses.

With the help of Marin, it might be possible to confirm whether any aircraft left during the time Snowball was missing.

If there is, that would be the best. We can find out the model and owner of the aircraft and follow Snowball's whereabouts.

If not...

"Please wait a moment, don't worry, I'll contact and confirm." Mo Li didn't react for a while and hurriedly helped contact the people in the energy center.

The entire B3024 planet's protection and control system, including Jinwu-1 and Taiyin-2, is controlled by the Energy Center.

Ruan Shiqing huddled down in a chair, pinching his nose, waiting for news from Marin.

After a moment, Marin ended the call and said apologetically, "It has been confirmed that no aircraft left B3024 during this time period. Are you mistaken?"

He thought, who would go to so much trouble to steal a puppy overnight?

This simply doesn't make sense.

Just as he was about to say something to comfort Ruan Shiqing and remind him to look somewhere else, something suddenly flashed through his mind.

Mori suddenly froze.

Wait, there was indeed a spacecraft that left planet B3024 last night.

——His Royal Highness the Crown Prince’s “Glory” G-7C shuttle.

But that's not right. His Royal Highness was going to Sikkim to do some official business. Why would he steal Mr. Ruan's dog? Besides, considering the relationship between His Royal Highness and Mr. Ruan, he wouldn't take someone's pet without even saying hello.

Mori was becoming more and more confused.

Your Highness, the prince, the puppy, Your Highness, the prince, the puppy...

These two words kept lingering in Morrie's mind, and he suddenly shuddered, remembering a rumor about Jumilla - the cubs of the Jumilla tribe were very weak, and in order to protect the cubs, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince had never appeared in public before they entered the growth period.

But no one has ever seen how weak it is.

When they met His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, he had already entered the growth period. At that time, His Royal Highness was already very brave, so how could he look weak at all?

But no one had any doubts about this. After all, the birth rate of the four noble families had always been shockingly low, and the few cubs were protected like the apples of their eyes. Julius was among them, so it was not surprising at all.

Mori covered his mouth in horror. Could that puppy be the Crown Prince?

His Highness is familiar with Mr. Ruan, but he has never seen His Highness at Mr. Ruan's house; and Mr. Ruan obviously doesn't know His Highness either, because he has never mentioned anyone who looks like His Highness...

The more I thought about it, the more doubts I had. Morrie grabbed his own hands instead. In his fear, there was also some excitement that I had touched the Crown Prince's head. In his excitement, there was also some fear that my life was over.

Ruan Shiqing saw that Ma Lin's expression suddenly became distorted, and the whole person looked extremely neurotic.

He had to speak: "Mr. Marin? Mr. Marin? What's wrong with you?"

Mo Li came back to his senses, and with a guilty conscience, he put the right hand that had touched the Crown Prince's dog head behind his back, and said with a strange expression: "It's nothing, I just suddenly remembered some personal matters."

"Then go and do your work first." Ruan Shiqing was now worried about the lost pup and had no intention of caring about his personal affairs. He exchanged a few polite words and then cut off the call.

He slumped in his chair, his mind turning over the information he had so far.

Marin said that the inner city had confirmed that no aircraft had left between last night and this morning, and he was also sure that there would be no problem with the Blue Star Necklace, so the only possibility was that the other party's aircraft might have a shielding device.

It's not that there was no aircraft leaving, but that the B3024 star did not detect the other party's existence.

After staying on the B3024 planet for so long, Ruan Shiqing was sure that there would not be such a powerful person on the local planet.

And why would such a powerful character only take Snowball away?

The other party can come and go without a trace, but the three precious cubs in the family have not been coveted, so it can be ruled out that they are trying to make money. There must be other reasons that he doesn't know about.

Ruan Shiqing suddenly thought of the man he met at the beginning.

The other party was dressed as a soldier, and the "Silver Falcon" he was driving crashed in a garbage dump. He briefly met the man, and later the man disappeared. He found the injured Snowball in the sealed cabin where the "Silver Falcon" was hidden.

Now that I think about it, it was a bit strange to have a puppy on board an aircraft, especially one hidden in a sealed capsule.

Could it be that Snowball was also a rare species? After the man recovered from his injuries, he found Snowball and took him away.

The more Ruan Shiqing thought about it, the more he felt that it was very likely. He took a pen and paper and drew a sketch of the man on the draft paper based on his memory.

The time interval was too long, and the environment was dim, so Ruan Shiqing could only draw about 70% of the picture.

After scanning and uploading the sketch, he called Noah, "Noah, help me search the entire Internet for similar candidates."

Noah's reaction was a little slow. He paused for two or three seconds before saying, "Okay sir, please wait a moment."

Looking at the sketch that was 70% similar to Her Highness, Noah thought that it was fortunate that Her Highness had been fighting on the front lines all these years and rarely appeared in public. The only video information about her on the Internet had also been erased by her.

After showing the retrieved interface to Ruan Shiqing, Noah quickly informed Rong Heng: "Your Highness, Mr. Ruan has drawn your portrait and is searching the entire network for comparison. Based on the existing information, I speculate that he may suspect that you are a dog thief."

There was a subtle hint of schadenfreude in Noah's tone.

Rong Heng: ?????

"What's going on?"

Dares raised his hand: "Excuse me, may I know what a dog thief is?"

Rong Heng's face was dark, and he coldly rebuked him: "Shut up."

Dares immediately admitted his mistake, raised his hands, and made a gesture of zipping his mouth.

Noah said, "This should be an easy conclusion. The technological level of B3024 is backward, and no one can surpass Mr. Ruan at present. With my internal authority, I easily deleted the surveillance footage of the protection system. Mr. Ruan must think that the person who did it is a highly skilled outsider. And... you probably forgot that Mr. Ruan has met you before."

Outsiders, military personnel, can easily be associated with powerful forces.

If you don't doubt me, who do you doubt?

Rong Heng also fell silent: ...

After a long pause, he asked, "How is his mood?"

"Still calm." Noah said: "Before this, Mr. Ruan had already contacted Mori and borrowed Marin's network to obtain information about the inner city. But this also shows that he is really anxious."

Rong Heng pursed his lips. This was better than he had imagined.

At least there was no crying or crying.

He exhaled softly and said, "Keep an eye on that place and let me know if anything happens."

Noah said OK: "I will take good care of Mr. Ruan for you."

"..." Rong Heng thought this was a bit strange, but he didn't know where to start. In the end, he could only wave his hand and lean back in his seat.

This time he returned to Sikkim secretly and could not take the official migration channel. It would take three days to take a detour from B3024 to Sikkim.

In three days, he will return to Sikkim.

Ruan Shiqing carefully compared all the image information that Noah had retrieved, but could not find the corresponding person.

He tiredly turned off the virtual screen and just as he opened the door, he saw 09 and his two cubs sneaking around the workshop door.

Being caught on the scene, 09 stood up awkwardly and stammered, "Mr. Xianxian, we just wanted to invite you to dinner."

It's already evening?

Ruan Shiqing turned his head and glanced at the sky outside. Yes, it did take him a lot of time to compare the images.

He forced a relaxed smile and said, "Then let's go have dinner first."

The little dragon cub followed him closely, hugged his legs hesitantly, and asked in a muffled voice: "Dad, why is my brother gone?"

Nota also pulled at the corner of Ruan Shiqing's clothes and looked up at him.

The pups are very sensitive to emotions.

Dad started looking for Snowball as soon as he got up in the morning. After searching upstairs and downstairs without finding him, he locked himself in the workshop. Now that he has come out, he also looks worried.

The kids had a feeling that something was wrong at home.

Ruan Shiqing's pretended relaxed expression froze for a moment. He squatted down, gently touched the heads of the two cubs, held them in his arms, and said softly, "Snowball is gone."

The cubs sensed his sadness and carefully held his hands.

The little dragon cub is always optimistic: "Then let's find big brother together!"

Nota also blindly trusted Rong Heng, who had saved him, and vowed, "Brother is very powerful, there will be no danger."

Ruan Shiqing picked them up, hummed softly, and said firmly: "Dad will find him back."

Snowball's whereabouts became a mystery.

Ruan Shiqing asked Marin to help keep an eye out while issuing a bounty notice, offering a reward of one million star coins to anyone who could provide information on Snowball's whereabouts.

When Mori heard the news, he took a deep breath.

Mr. Ruan, this is really generous.

It made him want to earn the bonus.

Unfortunately he didn't dare to do so because his life was more important.

Because he felt guilty, he had not dared to see Ruan Shiqing recently. Fortunately, after Ruan Shiqing sent him a text message and issued a bounty, he calmed down. Except for occasionally taking the kids out for a walk, he spent the rest of his time in the repair shop.

No one knows what he is doing.

Mori only knew that the number of weapon drawings he sent in had increased significantly, and the speed of installing the production line was not as fast as his drawing speed.

Every time he saw those exquisite and mouth-watering designs, he suspected that Ruan Shiqing actually had an arsenal in his head.

Therefore, I am increasingly worried that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's actions will ruin the relationship between the two parties in the future. What will happen?

Such a nice long leg, he didn't want to let go after hugging it.

Rong Heng and Dares arrived in Sikkim secretly.

He did not return to the palace immediately, but chose a property under Dares' name as a temporary residence.

"Why don't we go back to the palace directly? According to the laws of the empire, you are the first heir. Now that you have returned safely, the regent has no reason to ascend the throne." Dares was extremely puzzled.

In three days, the Regent will hold his coronation ceremony and wedding at the Parka Palace. If we don't stop him in time, once the coronation ceremony is completed and His Highness shows up again, it will not be so easy for him to seize the throne.

"Showing up now will do no good."

Rong Heng glanced at him, opened the virtual screen, and pulled up the page of the Sikkim Daily: "You haven't read the news in the past few days, right?"

"No." Darius shook his head. He never liked reading the news.

Rong Heng sneered: "During the three days of rushing here, I have read all the reports about the royal family in the Sikkim Daily and found a piece of information."

"The actual controllers of the four major tycoons of the empire will all attend the coronation ceremony and wedding of the new king."

The four major tycoons of the Empire are the Nasch Group, the Kock Shipyard, Planck Energy, and the Schwarzschild Transport Company.

The four great tycoons divided up the entire empire and jointly controlled the economic lifeline of the empire.

They are both competitors and collaborators.

The leaders of the four major tycoons rarely get together on weekdays. Most of the time, their representatives come together.

But now, the leaders of these four families attended Si Yan's coronation ceremony at the same time, which only meant one thing - Si Yan had reached some kind of exchange of interests with them.

No relationship is more stable than the exchange of benefits.

Rong Heng was sure that if he showed up rashly, he might not even be able to enter the first door of the Parka Palace.

Dareth opened his mouth wide and said in disbelief: "Do they dare to kill the king?"

"Why are they afraid? Haven't they already done it?"

Rong Heng mocked: "Where do you think those heavy destroyer fleets in Baghdad came from? Apart from the four major tycoons, who else has such strong financial resources to mobilize more than a hundred heavy destroyers that are not in service or registered?"

Dares was speechless.

Rong Heng did not mock him this time.

This is the difference between a soldier and a politician. Dares has been in Yanjis for a long time, far away from the political center, and has become accustomed to being straightforward on the battlefield.

It's not his fault that he doesn't understand intrigue and conspiracy.

"Since you're here, learn more." Rong Heng unbuttoned the button on his collar and walked towards the bathroom.

Dares, on the other hand, became restless. He stood in front of Rong Heng and said excitedly, "Since Your Highness knew that Xijin was so dangerous, why did you come back? What should we do next?"

Of course he had to come back. He came back not to stop the coronation ceremony, but to observe the situation and verify his guess.

From the information Noah collected, he always felt that something was not right in Sikkim.

But he had been away for too long, and he had no way of confirming whether his mother and his own men who stayed in Sikkim would defect at this time.

Unable to trust outsiders, he had to go there in person.

"Next I need to take a shower and then have a sleep." Rong Heng pushed him away, walked into the bathroom and closed the door heavily.

Dareth, who was almost hit on the nose: ...

Your Highness, are you looking down on my intelligence?

After taking a shower and changing into soft pajamas, Rong Heng went to the bedroom to rest as he said.

Dareth stared at him as if he had seen a ghost.

After being on the frontline for so long, the noble Crown Prince actually lives a very rough life. When he is tired, he just takes a nap in a corner of the battleship with his clothes on. When he is thirsty or hungry, he takes a tube of universal nutrient.

But now, at this critical moment when the enemy could discover him at any time, His Royal Highness not only prepared to go to bed, but also changed into pajamas? ! !

If the enemy discovers your whereabouts, do you have to run away in your pajamas? !

Dares really wanted to grab this ancestor by the collar and question him harshly.

But he didn't dare.

So he also took a shower and went back to his room to sleep.

It turned out that it was the emperor who was not anxious, but the eunuch.