Chapter 415: Chapter 204: Four Years (Part 3)
Seeing Huaixi’s eyes turning red, Gu Ningxuan helplessly picked him up, gently patting his back to soothe him, as if he were still that chubby little bundle. While comforting, he said, "This is still not enough... You’ll understand when you’re older, silly child."
"But Mom is never home, and now Uncle is leaving too... You all don’t want me and my brother anymore... Wuwu..." The little guy’s sobbing gradually grew louder, even making it hard to breathe, leaving Gu Ningxuan at a loss for words.
No matter how mature Huaixi behaved, steadier than his peers, he was ultimately just a five-year-old child. Gu Ningxuan couldn’t understand why Changxi purposely or unintentionally instilled things in Huaixi that shouldn’t be known at his age and treated him not as a five-year-old but as an adult. However, one thing was clear to him... this child’s mind was far more mature than his age.
If Huaixi were treated like a child and deceived, he might hold a grudge against him and find it hard to forgive.
"We won’t abandon you... Uncle will be back in a few years, and if I can’t make it back..." Gu Ningxuan buried his face in Huaixi’s neck, a bitter smile appearing on his lips, replacing the words he should have said, "Then Uncle must have gotten lost."
After all, Huaixi was still a five-year-old child, and no matter how precocious, he wouldn’t know what death meant. Better to say he got lost.
"How could Uncle get lost when he’s so big?" Huaixi stopped crying, a trace of doubt appearing on his tear-streaked little face, "And isn’t there a map on the interstellar network? Uncle can follow the map and surely won’t get lost."
"Alright, alright, if I forget the way, Uncle will definitely look at the map," Gu Ningxuan said with amusement, "Huaixi is still smart, knowing to look at the map when lost... Uncle is a fool who didn’t even think of such a shortcut."
Having his topic subtly diverted by Gu Ningxuan, Huaixi seemed not to dwell further on Gu Ningxuan’s impending departure. After a while, Huaixi said somewhat forlornly, "Today, Xiao Xi graduated, but Mom might not make it back..."
Gu Ningxuan tugged at the corners of his mouth, silently lamenting how similar their situations were. Tomorrow, he would board the spaceship leaving Qiming Star, yet the person he wished to see couldn’t return... This farewell meant there probably wouldn’t be another meeting for years.
Even with the virtual network, he and Su Jiameng hadn’t exchanged friend lists, so he never knew when she would come online. The Mecha Fighting Arena was a good place to wait, but she finished her last challenge there half a year ago.
Whether she would appear in the Mecha Fighting Arena again remained an open question.
Thinking of this, an idea suddenly came to Gu Ningxuan. He put Huaixi down, held his young shoulders seriously, and asked, "Xiao Xi, do you want a father? If Uncle comes back in a few years, can I pursue your mom?"
Huaixi’s eyes widened. Having watched many intensely emotional dramas with his brother, he naturally understood Gu Ningxuan’s words. The role of a father wasn’t unfamiliar to Huaixi, since he had always treated Gu Ningxuan as his dad.
But thinking about Uncle becoming an actual dad excited the little guy, "Of course... I want that..."
"That’s good..." Gu Ningxuan, always fearful of the two kids rejecting him, felt encouraged by Huaixi’s words. He cleared his throat and said in a low voice, "But your mom is very excellent, so if someone approaches her in these years while I’m away..."
Huaixi also lowered his voice, secretly saying, "Don’t worry, Uncle. Xiao Xi will keep an eye on things for you!"
"Good boy!" Gu Ningxuan was delighted, raising his hand to ruffle Xiao Xi’s head. Just like his brother, Huaixi had a cowlick too, but their hair stuck up in opposite directions, "When Uncle returns, I’ll definitely bring you a big gift."
"Mm!" The little dumpling, tempted by the promise of gifts, readily agreed, selling off Su Jiameng from another star system.
The Dumla Star System, one of the Human Alliance’s Top Ten Star Systems, has a richer cultural atmosphere compared to other technologically advanced star systems. Most of the human-inhabitable planets within the system boast dreamlike environments, making it a paradise for all the universe’s travel enthusiasts. It’s also a shopper’s paradise, gathering the universe’s largest trade area!
The Dumla Star System was one of the later explored star systems of the Human Alliance, already possessing a strong environmental protection awareness at that time. So, although humans migrated there to live, the environment underwent little alteration. Compared to the Xilena Star System, with its towering steel and concrete skyscrapers everywhere, the planets in the Dumla Star System still showcase pristine architecture...
