What was supposed to be a three day experiential learning opportunity was forced to end after two days and one night. All the participating students were sent back to the academy.
When they got off the starship, the principal was already waiting for them at the landing site with a large group of doctors in white coats. All students were required to go through a series of tests before being sent home. As soon as they disembarked, they were led into separate cubicles.
Most of them did not face off with the galactic pirates directly and were not that traumatized. They were still animatedly discussing who had been the coolest along the way.
Ye Yun scribbled quickly on the pile of forms before shoving them back at the doctor. His perfunctory attitude was obvious.
The doctor rapped on the table with dissatisfaction. “Did you even read the questions?”
Ye Yun tsked and took back the forms. The doctor has seen this kind of behaviour so often at the military academy that he couldn’t even be angry.
In a way, careless students like this were good. They were able to easily bounce back after hardship. He waved his hand. “Fine, you may leave. You’re quite healthy if you have the energy to sass me like this.”
Ye Yun didn’t bother being polite and turned to leave. He found the cubicle Ye Muo was in and leaned against the back wall with crossed arms. Ye Muo, who was filling out the first form, turned back to glance at him.
Ye Yun: “Fill out the form properly instead of looking around. Answer whatever the doctor asks.”
The doctor across the table echoed, “Yes, listen to your–”
Ye Yun added, “Big Brother.”
The doctor: “Yes, listen to your big brother.”
Ye Muo then proceeded to keep his head down and silently fill out the form. After he was done, the doctor handed Ye Muo a piece of candy.
“You two may leave right away. The results will be sent to your guardian’s terminal after evaluation.”
Ye Muo was about to stand when a hand on his shoulder stopped him. Said hand retrieved one of the forms and set it back in front of him.
“Fill this one out again.”
Ye Muo glanced over his shoulder. It was Ye He. He had come in at some point and had been watching Ye Muo fill out the forms from behind him for who knew how long.
Ye Muo happened to meet his eyes. Ye He slowly and methodically said.
“Mother asked me to come pick you two up. She’s very worried.”
Ye Muo was indeed distracted when filling out this form and skimmed over it. He ticked off several boxes without even looking at the questions.
Ye He has always been a formidable older brother who was good at everything. He was perfect to an inhuman degree. Ye Muo and Ye Yun always listened to him.
Ye Muo took the pen and filled the form out properly this time. Ye He put it in its exact original location before handing the stack to the doctor.
When he came back, Ye He smoothly took a piece of candy from the container the doctor had set out for patients and handed it to Ye Muo. It seemed to be meant as comfort and a reward at the same time.
“Let’s go home.”
“En.”
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Ye Muo sensed based on prior experience that Ye He was somewhat angry, so he slowed down a bit to walk with Ye Yun. The duo trailed behind Ye He. Ye Muo has always been a bit afraid of his oldest brother since childhood.
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Ye He was unlike Ye Yun, who couldn’t hide how he felt and vented every frustration. Ye He was skilled at enduring. If he was angry, he wouldn’t show it on the surface. He was very subtle but also very scary. Even a fearless bear child like Ye Yun behaved in front of him.
When Ye Muo first started living with the Ye family, Ye Yun was disciplined many times for deliberately bullying Ye Muo. Not once did this happen to Ye He.
Yet in truth, Ye Yun accepted Ye Muo much earlier than Ye He. Ye Yun might have made things difficult for Ye Muo for some time, but when Lady Ye extended a hand of her own volition towards Ye Muo, Ye Yun squirmed for a while before accepting him too.
Ye He was different. It took a long, long time for him to accept someone.
During this long period of time, he would use various means to vent his discontent. Each instance left a deep impression on Ye Muo.
After Ye Yun was taught yet another lesson by Ye Zhiyuan, Ye Muo’s plants in the glass conservatory all withered and died for unknown reasons. At that time, Ye He, who was only about ten years old, stood at the door and regarded the dozen or so withered plant pots very blandly.
“I did it.”
Ye Muo felt like he might die on the spot at that moment. He had just come to this foreign place as a toddler who could barely form full sentences. At the very start, Ye Yun expressed the bluntest of disdain, Lady Ye was lost in grief, and Ye Zhiyun busy with official duties.
Ye He? He was subtly malicious.
That was when his fear reached its peak. For a long time, the only one Ye Muo interacted with was his nannybot.
Then, as Ye He grew up, he gradually accepted Ye Muo and never did such things again. Yet initial impressions were difficult to change. Ye Muo still couldn’t help but feel fear.
Ye He seemed to have picked up on this. It’s been a very long time since he lost his temper in front of Ye Muo. In front of Ye Muo, he was always gentle. He even only disciplined Ye Yun when Ye Muo wasn’t around.
When the hovercar had almost arrived at its destination, Ye Muo spotted Ye Zhiyuan and Lady Ye standing at the door waiting for them.
Ye Yun was the first to get off when the car stopped. When Ye Muo got up and passed Ye He, Ye He suddenly spoke.
“Ye Yun told us everything. Father and Mother are very angry. You’d best be prepared.”
With that, Ye He took Ye Muo’s shoulders and pushed him out gently.
Ye Muo and Ye Yun were embraced by Lady Ye as soon as they got out of the car.
Although she was informed a long time ago that they were fine, Lady Ye’s heart finally settled only after confirming with her own eyes. She burst into tears at once.
“What was the academy doing? How could there be such a big oversight… And you two, didn’t I tell you to be careful countless times? Every one more reckless than the last.
And Little Muo, your big brother told me how you refused to leave when he told you to and got yourself so badly hurt. You even insisted on charging at the insects! You know you’re not in the best of health. I was just thinking that I must scold you once you returned…”
Ye Zhiyuan was half a step behind Lady Ye and echoed her sentiments with a serious expression.
“It’s because they aren’t mature enough yet. They need to be trained more.”
Lady Ye whirled around and snapped at Ye Zhiyuan again.
“What training, ah? Aren’t they excellent enough? What’s wrong with letting them mature at their own pace? I think it’s their academy’s fault for organizing this in the first place. Why would they send such young children to fight with the galactic pirates? And how could the first thing out of your mouth after they returned safely be that they have to train more??”
She never let go of Ye Muo and Ye Yun’s hands. After she finished, she pulled the two of them inside.
“Come, come inside. You haven’t eaten or slept well these days, have you? Your dad and I have prepared a feast.”
Lady Ye and Ye Zhiyuan have already eaten, so they watched Ye Yun and Ye Muo eat. Ye He gave them a moment. He put his clothes away before sitting down next to Ye Muo.
Lady Ye kept fussing over them.
“You two scared me to death. When they sent me that message saying you encountered a king insect… King insects are something even Level S powerhouses aren’t able to deal with. I can’t bear to think about what would have happened had rescue come a moment later.
Have a bit more meat, Little Muo. Look at how badly you were hurt. Make sure to rest well at home this time instead of rushing to check on those plants of yours. I asked grandpa butler to have people take good care of them. They’re still growing well. Not a single one was damaged this time.”
Ye Muo was indeed starving. He only paused for a moment to nod before proceeding to eat again.
Ye Yun looked up unhappily. “Mom, it’s not that serious. It was just a hatchling.”
“Just?”
Ye He put down the cup in his hand, still unhurried.
“In that case, were you the one who killed that hatchling?”
Ye Yun shut up. His expression soured as he recalled how powerless he felt as he held Ye Muo at the bottom of that well.
Ye He refilled Ye Muo’s cup with water and pushed it closer to him.
“By the way, Father, I heard Ye Yun mention Little Muo’s medication earlier. When Ye Yun injected him with it, he found Little Muo’s reaction to be a bit strong. It doesn’t seem to be a good fit for him.”
Ye Zhiyuan swept the two brothers with a harsh gaze. His eyes came to a rest on Ye He.
Unlike Ye Yun, Ye He met his father’s gaze directly instead of looking away.
On the side, Lady Ye looked worried.
“What medication? What are you staring at them for, Ye Zhiyuan? Come at me if you have the guts. Don’t intimidate them. What are you hiding from me now?”
Ye Zhiyuan withdrew his gaze and soothed Lady Ye.
“It’s nothing major. You know how he’s often been sick since he was a child. His psychic power is fluctuating quite a bit now that he’s in his development period, which is affecting him in some ways. I didn’t tell you because I was afraid you would worry.”
Lady Ye wasn’t taking this crap from him. “If this isn’t major according to you, what is? What’s the deal with this medication Ye He mentioned?”
“The medical team hadn’t seen a case like his before. Perhaps the temporary medication they gave has more side effects than expected.”
Ye Zhiyuan explained patiently, “It’s fine now. The Clinton family’s medical team knows what to do. I’ve been planning to bring this up with you for some time now. We should send Ye Muo over in the near future for treatment. The sooner the better.”
……
When evening came, Lady Ye insisted on seeing them lying peacefully in their beds before retiring, just as she did when they were younger.
She seemed to want to say something when she checked in on Ye Muo, but in the end she just silently hugged him and patted and patted him on the back like he was a little kid again.
“Little Muo is also very important to Mommy. You are also Mommy’s precious child.”
Ye Muo hesitated. In the end, he didn’t hug Lady Ye back. He just smiled at her gently.
“I’m sorry for worrying you, Mom.”
Ye Zhiyuan waited at the door as Lady Ye made her rounds. They returned to their room together.
Ye Zhiyuan showed a gentler side when he was with Lady Ye. He was a bit more talkative too.
“Not angry anymore? Didn’t you say you were going to scold them?”
“How can I be angry at two children who just escaped death? You’re also not allowed to be cross with them. Especially Ye Muo. He’s been as timid as a mouse since he was a child. If you scold him, he’ll immediately start apologizing sincerely.”
Lady Ye got angry again. She hit Ye Zhiyuan on the arm.
“It’s your fault in the end.”
After a while, she got worried again.
“Quickly contact the Clintons. He’s always been prone to illness, not to mention his aversion to fighting and death. He should have entered a regular university if it wasn’t for your promotion to legion commander. Now he’s stuck fighting for his life out there with the rest of you. I worry constantly about that child.”
Ye Zhiyuan agreed with Lady Ye. Unlike the always ambitious Ye He or the rambunctious and competitive Ye Yun, Ye Muo was a gentle, plant-like soul. He was like a ball of dough that anyone could knead.
Yet in the Empire, where military service was mandatory for all, it was aggressive children like Ye He and Ye Yun that were praised from the beginning of compulsory education. Not children like Ye Muo who would be upset over the wilting of a potted plant.
40% of the compulsory education curriculum consisted of practical classes like physical education, combat and marksmanship. Ye Muo was failing all of these subjects in the beginning.
For quite a while, the school’s teachers would come to Ye Zhiyuan and Lady Ye every semester, worried that this child would not be able to keep up with the curriculum.
Ye Zhiyuan used to be perplexed over how a hyper-aggressive family like the Grantz could produce a child like Ye Muo.
It was said even the blood of the Grantz smelled of smoke.
But Ye Zhiyuan quickly stopped dwelling on this issue. There was nothing wrong with having a warm and gentle nature. He hoped that all three of his children could live out their lives in peace.
Author’s Corner
Ye Muo, a pitiful kid who almost failed out of school for quite some time because classes in the future are too hardcore.
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The Empire doesn’t understand the charm of a gentle soul at all!
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SilverRain-san you uploaded this in the wrong story
Oops I did. Thanks for letting me know!
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I have just discovered tjis story earlier and im happy i did. Let’s do our best to raise cubs! ٩(˃̶͈̀௰˂̶͈́)و
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Lady Ye is so fierce lol.
Your Majesty please don’t separate this family 😭😭😭
If one day ye he ever gets to know that li’ll muo ain’t his Little brother.
He would get shaken up so badly.
It’s character like these who’re hard to tame but once tamed they take you under their wings and protect at any cost.
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I see, Ah- Muo is gonna be one of those talk softly and carry a big (psychic) stick types.
Tsk, tsk, there can’t be only warriors. Diverse jobs are needed. Ye Mou will probably lead everyone to a brighter future.