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In an instant, the air plunged into a dead silence.
Zuo Qingshan stood at the door as he looked at the scene in front of him. He felt complicated and shocked. At this moment, he didn’t know how to control and manage his expression.
Lu Xingwang slowly put down the teddy bear in his hand. He said calmly, “Why didn’t the young general let the attendant notify me that you’ve arrived?”
“Uh, well…” Zuo Qingshan, a big guy with strong bones, suddenly panicked. He didn’t do anything wrong, and obviously, the one who should be panicking was Lu Xingwang, but he was inexplicably abashed. “I saw Aruo wasn’t outside, so I came in. I unexpectedly disturbed Your Highness.”
Lu Xingwang raised his brows. “Why does the young general say this?”
Zuo Qingshan’s gaze fell on the stupid bear with a particularly strong sense of existence. The orange bear had a smiling face, looking innocent and honest. For some reason, it was hard for him to say a word, so he coughed softly and forced himself to look away. “I didn’t expect that Your Highness’ hobbies in private are so…different.”
Lu Xingwang was expressionless. “This thing isn’t mine.”
Zuo Qingshan’s inner gossipy soul was awakened. “Then whose is it?”
In fact, he wasn’t really the kind of person who loved to pry into other people’s interests. However, if the topic of gossip was Lu Xingwang, it’d be completely different! Who wouldn’t be curious about the dream lover of half of the girls in Stan Star!? Who would refuse to probe about that silly and foolish teddy bear!?
Lu Xingwang’s dark eyes swept Zuo Qingshan. “I didn’t know that the young general had a hobby of gossiping in private.”
Zuo Qingshan coughed softly. “It was just a casual question.”
He didn’t know why, but he was still a bit resistant when he came here and he still felt distant from Lu Xingwang. However, that distance was somehow shortened by that silly bear. The strangeness seemed to decrease all of a sudden. The Lu Xingwang in his mind was the kind of unreachable figure on God’s altar, but now, such an unreachable person came down from God’s altar holding a teddy bear.
Lu Xingwang’s voice sounded. “Young General, please sit.”
Zuo Qingshan responded. He walked over and sat down. “Does Your Highness have any clue about what happened to my father?”
“En, I have a few guesses that need to be confirmed.” Lu Xingwang zoomed in on the communication terminal screen and several floating boxes popped up, full of information about the interstellar bandits. “Although it took a bit of time, I still managed to find out that within half a year, these people had several businesses with the Stan Star Bank.”
All signs indicated that what happened wasn’t an accident.
Zuo Qingshan’s expression became even more serious. His clenched fists underneath unconsciously tightened even more. The grumpy young man spoke. “It must have been the people sent by the empress!”
Lu Xingwang closed the information on the communication terminal slowly. He said, “The old minister had numerous properties under his command, including the largest Bilge Bank on this planet. If he wanted, he could use a safer and more covert way to manage this account.”
Zuo Qingshan said, “Do you mean that the empress herself made the decision without consulting the old prime minister?”
Lu Xingwang was silent for a moment before he said, “What I mean is that the mastermind behind the scenes might not be the empress.”
“Not her?!” Zuo Qingshan was displeased upon hearing this and became very agitated. “If it wasn’t her, who else could it be? Why is Your Highness trying to defend the empress?”
Lu Xingwang frowned. “What can I gain from defending her?”
For a moment, Zuo Qingshan became speechless.
Because Zuo Qingshan was face-to-face with Lu Xingwang, he could clearly see the ghastly scars on Lu Xingwang’s handsome face. It was so shocking that people didn’t even dare to think about how painful it was for him at that time.
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“Then…” Zu Qingshan finally calmed down and unconsciously began to believe in Lu Xingwang. “Then, what does Your Highness mean?”
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Lu Xingwang said, “It’s most likely.”
The second prince had always maintained a sense of harmlessness and uncompetitiveness. Sometimes, he’d even reduce his sense of existence. However, from another point of view, how many of those who could grow up healthy and pleasing in the royal family had a simple character?
Zuo Qingshan’s expression gradually became serious. He also started to talk about real business. “Your Highness entrusted me to have the medicine you usually drink tested; I got the results, and there are indeed some problems.”
Lu Xingwang wasn’t surprised at all. “Even if I won’t live that long, they still don’t want me to live for long.”
Zuo Qingshan didn’t know who to believe now. “I just don’t know whether it’s the crown prince or the second prince’s doing, but you definitely can’t keep taking this medicine.”
Lu Xingwang nodded.
The more peaceful and natural Lu Xingwang was, the more Zuo Qingshan felt that Lu Xingwang was indeed unpredictable. Lu Xingwang had a completely opposite personality to his — if he didn’t say anything, he’d choke to death. “Haven’t you thought about what you’re going to do? After all those priests were bribed, and you can’t take those medicines, then what about your illness?”
Lu Xingwang said, “Just find another doctor somewhere else. I’ll leave this matter to the young general.”
Zuo Qingshan was speechless.
“Do you trust me that much?” The more he thought about it, the more Zuo Qingshan felt incredulous. “What if I can’t find someone? The priests in the palace are among the best in medical skills. Not to mention how difficult it is to find someone outside the palace. If I can’t find someone, then won’t you…”
“Young General, you don’t have to worry.” Lu Xingwang sat in front of the desk. The boy’s posture was upright but didn’t seem tense. His slender hand picked up the teapot on the desk and poured a cup of tea. He said slowly, “If I don’t drink the medicine in the palace, maybe I can still live for a few more years.”
Zuo Qingshan: ……
Your Highness, you’re so humorous.
Zuo Qingshan was worried, but when he saw Lu Xingwang’s calm and collected appearance, he felt that he was meddling in other’s business. He was ready to turn and leave when he heard a call from behind him. “Young General.”
“Whether it’s about your father or about the crown prince since the enemy is in the dark but we’re in plain sight, we can’t alarm the enemy, but…”
Lu Xingwang sat by the desk. The boy’s black eyes looked at Zuo Qingshan for a moment. Compared to the carelessness just now, he was showing some sharp edges at this moment. His lips pursed up, and the words he uttered were somewhat sharp and arrogant. “We will get even for all of this.”
It was just a few simple words, but it was like a reassuring pill.
What the current Lu Xingwang showed was different from his previous indifference, but inexplicably, Zuo Qingshan didn’t feel that there was something wrong. It was as if…he was born competitive and audacious.
It’s just that now wasn’t the right time yet, but he could trust Lu Xingwang.
On the other side.
Jian Mei came back after putting away his clothes and was looking for his bear all over the room!
Shen Meina came over to call him for dinner but saw that he didn’t stop searching, so she asked. “Meimei, what are you looking for?”
Jian Mei looked for it for a long time and became sweaty all over. He stood up and replied, “I’m looking for my bear. It was on the bed, but when I came back after getting my clothes, it disappeared.”
“How come?” Shen Meina didn’t believe it. “Did you put it somewhere and forgot it?”
Jian Mei scratched his head and muttered to himself. “I put it here ah.”
In the end, the whole family helped him look so he would eat. The house was already searched all over but it still couldn’t be found, making it a supernatural event of the day.
Shen Meina wondered. “What the ghosts.”
Father Jian, who had always believed in science, comforted his wife and sons. He said, “There are no ghosts in this world. We must believe in science, or maybe it’s just because there are a lot of people coming and going in the house these days. It’s unknown who took it.”
Grandpa Jian said at the dinner table, “Looks like it’s better to have a surveillance camera installed in the yard.”
Jian Mei was so sad that he didn’t even eat much at dinner. Everyone saw his low mood and couldn’t bear it.
Jian Changjia was the first one who spoke. “It’s just a teddy bear. You look like you lost your soul. Just buy another one.”
Jian Mei pursed his lips and was a little aggrieved. “It’s not just any teddy bear. You can’t just buy it…”
Jian Changjia didn’t believe it. “What’s the difference?”
“That teddy bear was from gege,” said Jian Mei. His head was lowered as he spoke in a low voice. “It’s your first gift to me.”
All of a sudden, everyone’s gaze fell on Jian Changjia.
Jian Changjia, who was suddenly surrounded by gazes, became a little flustered. His tone wasn’t nice. “When did I give you a teddy bear?”
Jian Mei replied, “It was when I was nine years old.”
Jian Changjia still wanted to refute, but he suddenly recalled something, and the words got stuck on the tip of his tongue. He seemed to have some impression of that bear. It should be when he was younger. He looked good and many girls liked him. At that time, there was a person who blocked him in front of the house and gave him a bear.
When he returned, he was about to throw it away when he ran into his annoying brother. He was noisy and kept saying that the bear was so cute. So in order to make him quiet, Jian Changjia casually said, “If you like it, then I’ll give it to you.”
At that time, Jian Mei seemed quite happy.
It was something casual and effortless for him. He had even forgotten about that bear a long time ago, but he didn’t expect Jian Mei to treat it like a treasure. Now that he lost it, he even lost the desire to eat.
Jian Changjia coughed softly. His mood was a bit complicated. “That’s been so long. Have some aspirations, okay? The old stuff should’ve been thrown away.”
Jian Mei raised his head and looked at him with slightly red eyes. His look inexplicably made people feel guilty. The child was in a bad mood and obviously didn’t want to talk to Jian Changjia. He casually took a few bites and stood up. “I’m full.”
Jian Changjia: “Ai…You!”
Jian Mei huffed, but his voice was still soft. “Gege, you continue eating.”
He dropped these words, turned and left the dining table, and ran upstairs.
After returning to his room, Jian Mei didn’t give up and looked around again but he still couldn’t find the teddy bear. He was very sad and sent a message to Lu Xingwang. “Are you there?”
When he sent it out, he regretted it a little bit.
He felt that he was like a source of negative energy. Would that annoy people?
Jian Mei sighed and put down his phone again. He started exploring the [All Kinds of Medicine] app that had just been downloaded. There were a variety of herbs and below them were buttons to add them to the shopping cart. They could only be bought with points, and paying with RMB wasn’t an option. The rarer the herb was, the more expensive it was. Some were even worth several hundreds of points each.
Jian Mei saw a search box and tried searching for some herbs and was surprised. “They really can be found here!”
He was very happy. Then, he remembered that his grandpa was still worried about not being able to find the herbs, so he quickly jumped out of the bed and sneaked into the study. Coincidentally, he found the prescription that his grandpa was talking about on the table. His family was downstairs eating dinner and no one knew what he was doing, so after taking a picture, he returned to his room and started searching for the medicine on the prescription.
Candlewort, the most precious herbal medicine, was worth 200 points.
Buying it and all the remaining herbs cost Jian Mei all of his points.
After all orders were placed, the app gave a prompt. [The order has been successfully placed. Items are being distributed and expected to arrive within 48 hours. Please keep the communication open.]
It was Jian Mei’s first time buying things online. He didn’t know whether this software was a scam or not, but there was no loss in trying. He held his phone and said, “I hope it’s real.”
At this moment, he was completely unaware of the unfathomable fortune he had acquired. Those rare plants and herbs that had long since become extinct could no longer be bought with money. Not to mention the fact that they were redeemed through free points in an app.
“Ding dong”
A WeChat message came in.
Jian Mei clicked on it. It was sent by Lu Xingwang. [What’s up?]
After placing the orders, Jian mei wasn’t as dispirited anymore. He didn’t want Lu Xingwang to be unhappy because of him, so he brushed it off and said, “Nothing.”
Lu Xingwang was sensitive and noticed it. [Are you sad?]
[En…it’s okay.] When Jian Mei was questioned like this, the grievances he had suppressed resurfaced. [I lost my teddy bear.]
Lu Xingzhao was silent for a moment and glanced at the teddy bear by his table.
Jian Mei was indeed sad. [They all blame me for being forgetful and losing the bear.]
Lu Xingwang looked at the silly-looking teddy bear and asked him. [Do you like it a lot?]
Jian Mei took the red mecha warrior that Xiao Peng gave to him from the bedside table. He held it for a while and replied to Lu Xingwang. “In fact, it’s not that I haven’t grown up and still liked toys, just like what my brother said. The bear is very old. Its eyes aren’t as bright as before. It also used to have a button that could make it sing. Now, it’s just an ordinary bear with faded color and damaged inner parts. But it’s been with me for a long time, so I can’t let it go.”
The more he talked, the sadder Jian Mei became. After he finished talking, Lu Xingwang suddenly didn’t reply to his message as if he disappeared, which made him more upset. Lu Xingwang was the one asking him the question and then ignoring him which was really annoying.
He’d ignore Lu Xingwang later too.
Even if he lost the bear, he still ordered the herbs in the app, so he could treat Lu Xingwang. But now, Dazhuang-ge didn’t even reply to his messages. It was like he poured his heart out for nothing.
Jian Mei placed down his phone and was about to sleep for a while. However, just when he was about to fall asleep, his phone suddenly vibrated, and a ‘ding dong’ woke him up.
Jian Mei, who just said that he’d ignore Lu Xingwang suddenly perked up and hurriedly picked up his phone. He saw Lu Xingwang’s reply. [Is it this bear?]
Then, the charger nearby lit up right in front of Jian Mei.
A white glow surrounded the body of the charger, slowly outlining a bear before it gradually became clearer, and finally, an orange bear appeared out of the thin air and fell on the bed. It was…shining brand new. The faded color and mechanical failure he had mentioned were gone.
“Oh my god.”
It was like a dream.
oh! Oh! Oh! Finally Mei Mei now know it hahaha. I’ll be waiting for the interaction with the glowing transporting portal charger heheheh, thanks for the update♥
Ohh~ i mean thru the glowing portal charger with LXW. HAHAHA
Meimei is so cute! I’m looking forward to them sending other things to each other.
Meimei is adorable. I will take no arguements. Haha! One step closer to a cure for future hubby~!
Thanks for your hard work translating!
Yo…… I really want this phone 😂😂
God, the things I could accomplish with this phone lmao
Thanks for the chapter! 😘
And so the cold image collapsed today haha
Ei, Meimei finally knows about the transport function! Aaaah I hope he won’t foolishly divulge this info to others! But I’m also looking forward to Meimei exchanging stuff with Xingwang ah~
Awwww hubby fixed it for him 🥰🥰🥰
yay now meimei can cook up the medicine aaaand send it to lxw
meimei is the cutest as always
Bear repair! So sweet!
I am really curious about this mobile phone and the app…just what is its origin and purpose?
that is so sweet ;_;
»After placing the orders, Jian mei wasn’t..« Jian Mei
The herbs arw bought :3 Now I wonder who will make the medicine? Mei Mei himself? His grandpa? (But then he will (maybe) have many questions.) Or will he send them directly to LXW?
Thx for the ch (ㅅ˘ㅂ˘)
Finally hhhhh
So sad… I’m not on discord….
I WAS SUSPICIOUS OF THE SECOND PRINCE SINCE THE VERY BEGINNING
HOW COULD A MIDDLE CHILD HAVE THAT KIND OF SETTING!!! AND IN AN EMPERIAL/ROYAL/POWERFUL FAMILY AT THAT!!!
SUPER WEIRD
Mei Mei : it’s some kind of magic
Lu XIngWang : …. Listen to your parents. It’s technology
I wonder if it can send the person wwww
What if JM accidentally transferred himself through the charger..
I thought it would take 3 years before he realize the tp 🤣