this state.

Zhan Xi took advantage of this time to carry him to the dining table.

When the two of them arrived, Ling Qi had just brought out the egg custard, the tender custard drizzled with a spoonful of fragrant oil, its aroma tantalizing.

The little child sat in his chair, his food bowl in front of him.

Zhan Xi placed the spoon into his chubby little hands and coaxed him to eat, saying, “Ningning, give it a try.
Today’s egg soup is delicious.”

The little child, whose stomach had long been empty, held onto the round spoon and sluggishly took two bites of the egg soup.

Perhaps eating brought clarity to one’s mind.

As the little child continued eating, his gaze became clear.

With traces of egg soup on the corners of his mouth, he looked at his father with his round, big, shining eyes and asked, “Daddy, will Uncle Zhan Rao and the others come for the next meal?”

He was asking his father if Uncle Zhan Rao and the others would come to eat.

Zhan Xi remained unfazed and said, “Uncle Zhan Rao has definitely eaten already.
Just eat by yourself.
Don’t worry about Uncle Zhan Rao.
After you finish eating, I’ll take you to play with Wagner.”

The little child initially didn’t react to these words.

But halfway through the meal, the little child held the spoon and asked his father, “Why do the uncles not come to see Ningning? They should come to see Ningning during the meal.”

Indeed, adults used to gather around to watch the little child eat.

However, this time, there was no one at all.
How could they not gather around?

Zhan Xi’s attempt to make up a story failed, so he could only watch as the little child, still wearing a bib around his neck, ran out while holding the spoon and calling for someone.

The room wasn’t big.

After searching around without finding anyone, the little child realized it belatedly.

His eyes welled up with tears, and his voice trembled as he said, “The spaceship is gone, and the uncles are gone too.”

Except for Uncle Ling Qi, everyone else was gone!

The saddened little child sat down abruptly, his chubby little bottom resting on the scattered wooden shelf on the floor.
He didn’t sit firmly and ended up falling backward.


Zhan Xi: “…”

Damn.

Why was this little guy so pitiful?

Zhan Xi quickly walked over, picked up the even sadder little guy and checked him over, saying, “Let Daddy take a look, where did you fall? Does it hurt?”

The little child was holding his head and crying so hard he almost passed out.

Zhan Xi checked him for a while and found a lump under his hair.

The poor little guy made even the old father feel heartbroken.
He called Ling Qi over and continued to comfort him for a while before he finally managed to calm down.

“Uncle and them went back to plant vegetables for Ningning to eat.
When Ningning misses them, they’ll come back to see him.”

“Wah, I miss the Uncles now!”

Zhan Xi: “…”

He choked up.

He had opened a video call with Zhan Rao and the others, and everyone in the video call saw the little child with a tearful face, and they all wished they could come back right away.

But now they couldn’t.

They weren’t prepared for anything.

Because the departure of several people from the barren planet had affected the little child’s appetite, and before Zhan Xi and Ling Qi fed him lunch, the little guy only ate one bowl of rice.

If it had been before, their Ningning could have eaten another bowl!

Seeing the little child’s decreasing appetite, both Zhan Xi and Ling Qi frowned.
Just then, Huo Lin arrived, and came at a good time.

“There’s a banquet tonight, and Father wants me to take Ningning to the party to eat good food.”

Once the little prince spoke, the two adults who were worried that Ningning hadn’t eaten properly glanced at each other and then handed the child over together.

Zhan Xi quietly whispered to the little prince, “He only had a little food for lunch.
I don’t think he ate enough.
Please make sure to feed him more tonight.”

Huo Lin nodded solemnly and replied, “Alright.”

The child, who was handed over by his father, lay limp in his older brother’s arms, his chubby face looking listless.

Huo Lin politely bid farewell to the adults before taking the child away.

On the way.

Huo Lin, fearing that the child would get hungry, deliberately lifted the hem of the child’s clothes and felt his stomach.

“How strange.”

Huo Lin furrowed his brow, as the soft belly he touched didn’t feel like that of someone who hadn’t eaten enough.


He continued to feel the little belly and asked the child, “Ningning, how much food did you eat for lunch?”

The child, still lacking energy, picked at the decorations on his brother’s clothes and replied, “One bowl of rice, one bowl of eggs.”

Huo Lin: “?”

And this was considered not eating enough?

Huo Lin withdrew his hand and decided not to blindly listen to Uncle Zhan’s words in the future.

The car raced all the way.

Half an hour later, Huo Lin arrived at their destination with the little child.

Before coming, Huo Lin had changed the child into a suit he had brought with him in the car.
In the palace, there were many clothes for the little child in the rooms of the little prince, and the Emperor and Empress.

“Does Ningning look handsome?”

Although feeling a bit low-spirited, after putting on his clothes, the little child still asked his older brother as usual.

Huo Lin nodded, “You look good.”

Ningning was good-looking, no matter what he wore.

In Huo Lin’s heart, Ningning had always been the most handsome little child from a baby to now.

Upon receiving this response, the little child was quite satisfied.

When they got off the car…

The little child held his brother’s hand, but as soon as they came out, his eyes were almost blinded by the flashing lights not far away.

Many cameras were pointing towards them and taking pictures.

Huo Lin glanced at the cameras, then looked at the little child by his side, and his face instantly darkened.

He forgot to tell the little child beforehand that there would usually be cameras in such big occasions.

It’s just that he had a bad temper and didn’t like taking photos.
Before, these cameras didn’t dare to blatantly take pictures of him like this.

He didn’t know what happened this time, but they suddenly started taking pictures of him.
Maybe they saw him holding a kid and thought it was an interesting topic?

At this moment, Huo Lin couldn’t care about those cameras.
He lowered his head and asked the little child beside him softly, “Ningning, are you scared?”

“Our Ningning definitely isn’t afraid, right? They are just taking pictures of you because you look good.”

Huo Lin comforted him for a few words, and the frightened little child tightly held his brother’s hand.

His chubby face was full of courage.
“Ningning isn’t afraid! Ningning is good-looking, so they can take pictures!”

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Ningning: Not afraid!

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