Chapter 570: Chapter 570: The Loser of Garbage Star (7)
"Qiann Yan, where are you going so early?" Luoo Cheng saw Qiann Yan about to head out and quickly inquired.
Qiann Yan stopped in her tracks: "To the garbage site. Doing nothing at home will starve me to death."
As she said this, she glanced meaningfully at Luoo Cheng.
Luoo Cheng’s mind suddenly cleared up. Looking at the small, frail figure at the doorway, his face was full of guilt.
His eyes were red, and he quickly covered his face: "It’s all because I’m useless that you’ve suffered so much."
"You really are quite useless," Qiann Yan responded.
Only the naive and kind original self would try to comfort such a useless coward. And that original self had long since been smothered by Luoo Cheng himself.
Luoo Cheng stood there in shock, letting go of his hands, and one could see a trace of surprise in his eyes. Perhaps he didn’t expect Qiann Yan not to comfort him.
Qiann Yan couldn’t be bothered with this waste, took her tools, and walked away.
By the time Luoo Cheng came to his senses, Qiann Yan’s figure was already gone. Feeling hurt, it seemed Qiann Yan was genuinely angry and didn’t want to bother with him anymore.
His stomach growled, and he was indeed very hungry. Thinking about the last time he ate, which was yesterday morning, he hurried to the kitchen to look for food.
Based on past experience, Qiann Yan would definitely leave enough food for him to eat.
Perhaps because he was used to it, Luoo Cheng didn’t find anything unusual about this.
Until he opened all the pots in the house and found no food inside, he was momentarily stunned.
The idea that Qiann Yan was too angry not to leave him any food filled the mind of the perpetually drunk Luoo Cheng.
His stomach was painfully hungry, and he wondered what he should do now.
Qiann Yan was probably still angry, maybe he could go see Lei Dalong, since they got along pretty well on Mutou Star.
...
"Qiann Yan is very angry."
"I’ve searched the kitchen thoroughly, and she really didn’t leave me any food."
"This girl’s temper is quite strong."
Luoo Cheng sighed as he ate, completely unaware of anything wrong with this behavior.
Lei Dalong looked speechless, but he was already accustomed to this side of Luoo Cheng and felt more sorry for the small, skinny Qiann Yan.
"Luoo Cheng, do you feel right eating meals prepared by a ten-year-old child?"
"If I remember correctly, little Qiann Yan was scavenging for scraps with the adults on Mutou Star from the age of five. And for the past five years, you’ve been drinking every day."
"The house is cleaned by little Qiann Yan, the food is made by little Qiann Yan, you don’t work, and even the money for alcohol comes from little Qiann Yan, right?"
"I want to ask you, is it you who is raising your daughter, or have you picked up a daughter to raise you? If you really can’t take care of little Qiann Yan anymore, I suggest you send her to a welfare home. Perhaps she would live better there than by your side."
The previously dazed Luoo Cheng finally came back to his senses, and with a discolored expression, he refused: "Dalong, what nonsense are you talking about? Qiann Yan is my daughter, I can raise her, I can take care of her."
"Oh... then for these past years..."
Luoo Cheng wiped his face: "I won’t drink anymore."
"That’s how it should be, Qiann Yan is ten years old this year and needs to go to school." Lei Dalong shifted the topic, "I hope you take good care of her. Seeing her small frame carrying so many recyclables to sell every day, anyone would feel sorry. As her father, you’re truly irresponsible."
...
Qiann Yan stands in the vast garbage site, where there are quite a lot of people.
On Mutou Star, many people survive by picking up scraps.
Mutou Star is labeled Garbage Star not only because it is remote, backward, and resource-poor, but also because it is one of the interstellar planets designated for handling waste.
