Chapter 469: Chapter 228: Long Time No See, Su Qinwu
The little girl’s home is in the alley, a very simple little hut made of stones built haphazardly. Although it is very rundown, in her eyes, it is an extremely important home, a warm harbor. However... what greets her is not her uncle’s warm smile.
Huaixi looked at the little girl standing in front of a pile of collapsed stones, her young shoulders seemingly trembling, feeling a new sense of compassion. He stepped forward and said, "Don’t be sad yet. First, go ask the neighbors if anything has happened..."
The little girl seemed to awaken from a big dream, immediately dashed about fifty meters away, crouched down, and knocked on a basement window. After a long time, a sound finally came from there, she tried hard to suppress her sobbing voice and asked, "Sister Ju Zi, Brother Shitou, where’s my uncle, why has my home become like this?"
Huaixi followed slowly, his gaze landing on the corner of the pile of stones, suspecting silently in his heart. The thing piercing through this stone... might be a laser-type weapon, such as a Laser Particle Sword, right? The trace is very new, it was just formed not long ago...
The window opened slowly, a head poked out, also dirty, but apparently much older than the little girl, with a residual look of shock on her face, "It’s Qianhe, you better run quickly, it seems your uncle ran into an enemy, got beaten up terribly..."
The girl named Qianhe froze, seemingly unable to understand what the other person was saying. Her uncle... how could he run into an enemy? Uncle is just a very ordinary scavenger... Qianhe did not heed Ju Zi’s advice to run away but wiped away a tear and said firmly, "I want to find uncle... Sister Ju Zi, do you know where he is?"
Inside, Qianhe was still filled with fear, previously hearing Ju Zi say uncle was beaten terribly, though young, she knew what death meant! They, this group of scavengers, are like undocumented residents of Qiming Star, unwilling to go to the poor planet, going there means no hope. But precisely because of this, once dead, there’s not even anyone to collect the bodies...
In the years she wandered with her uncle, Qianhe wasn’t unfamiliar with seeing those cold, stiff corpses surrounded by flies, she absolutely didn’t want her uncle to become like that! Absolutely not! But Qianhe’s thoughts were destined not to be understood by Ju Zi.
Seeing Qianhe being so unappreciative, Ju Zi’s expression changed, coldly and angrily said, "If you want to die, go ahead, don’t drag others down."
With that, she slammed the window shut, almost catching Qianhe’s fingers. After a little while, Qianhe heard the pretty little sister say, "If you want to find your uncle, come with me, but don’t make a sound..."
Huaixi had Telekinesis as his trump card, his spiritual power was inherently exceptionally strong, though he was young and couldn’t wield it completely at will, using it to find someone was doable. Just now he discovered someone nearby who seemed like Qianhe’s uncle, but there was another stranger beside him, full of malice, probably difficult to deal with... Huaixi pondered the possibility of launching a sneak attack.
Qianhe held back her tears, nodding, then followed behind Su Huaixi step by step. Turning two corners in the alley, under the dim lighting, the two little ones encountered the pathetic state of Qianhe’s uncle today. He was half-kneeling on the ground, one hand weakly on the ground, the other forced behind his back, his face full of bruises indistinguishable, a foot was pressing on his back...
The arrival of the two little ones clearly did not escape the notice of these two people. The one holding Qianhe’s uncle sneered, heavily grinding his foot against Qianhe’s uncle’s spine, making him groan painfully, his breathing increasingly shallow.
"Two little mice hiding there, will you not come out? Do I need to personally go over and catch you, will you be satisfied then?"
A cold and glamorous voice rang out in the alley, Huaixi grabbed Qianhe’s hand, telling her not to run over and get herself killed. Since their presence had been exposed, there was no need to hide anymore, Huaixi walked out, inwardly griping, clearly this person is plenty old, calling her Auntie would seem too young, yet she insists on being called Sister... this little guy felt a subtle sense of being taken advantage of.
"Uncle—" In the end, Qianhe broke free of Huaixi’s hand, stumbled over to her uncle’s side. The face that was already dirty became even dirtier under the wash of tears. Huaixi, on the other hand, was calm; he noticed an interesting reality, this so-called "young at heart" lady, upon seeing Qianhe appear, her eyes turned green, as if she were looking at a treasure.
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