"Lu Wanqing, as long as we're alive, there's hope. If you go to the insectoids to die, Lu Yang will be heartbroken when he returns," Wei Xingzhou said.
Lu Wanqing worried, "But what if he needs help right now?"
"Even if he needs help, you can't help him by going to the insectoids," Wei Xingzhou stated concisely.
Lu Wanqing: "..." That really stung.
Wei Xingzhou looked at Lu Wanqing with a complicated expression. "Lu Wanqing, the insectoids are the insectoids, and humans are humans. We can accompany you anywhere in human society, but not to the insectoids."
"If something happens to Third Brother, I'll never forgive myself," Lu Wanqing said.
"So, you want Lu Yang to come back and find out that you went to the insectoids to die trying to save him, and then you'd commit suicide to end it all?" Wei Xingzhou asked sharply.
Lu Wanqing: "..."
Lu Wanqing fell silent. She didn't know what to do. The insectoids were extremely dangerous, and she knew her own capabilities against them, yet she was truly worried about Third Brother.
Wei Xingzhou looked at Lu Wanqing, but he was even more worried about Cui Cui. The fact that Cui Cui could speak to Lu Wanqing like that indicated that Cui Cui also wanted to leave and didn't want to stay.
Perhaps Cui Cui's rationality made her want to stay, but Cui Cui was sensitive at heart. Perhaps Cui Cui herself hadn't realized that subconsciously, she already wanted to escape, which was why she said those things to Lu Wanqing.
When Cui Cui said those words to Lu Wanqing, she was ostensibly encouraging Lu Wanqing to do what she wanted and go find Lu Yang. But in reality, wasn't Cui Cui hoping that Lu Wanqing would leave, so she could then openly leave with Mommy?
Going to the insectoids...
What could Lu Wanqing do there with her abilities?
What could Cui Cui do by going along?
Go to her death?
Perhaps...
Cui Cui appeared strong on the surface, but deep down, subconsciously, she already wanted to die.
Wei Xingzhou's expression turned extremely grim. He turned his head, quickly turned off the stove flames used for cooking, and then turned to leave.
Wei Xingzhou returned upstairs and went to Cui Cui's room at the fastest speed possible.
Lu Wanqing was already awake, so Wei Xingzhou wasn't worried about finding her asleep inside. He went in directly.
Cui Cui was already up and had just finished washing up. She came out of the bathroom and saw her father.
Cui Cui froze.
Wei Xingzhou looked at Cui Cui.
A moment later, Wei Xingzhou walked over, grabbed Cui Cui, and said, "Cui Cui, if you don't like Sisi, then Daddy won't treat her well anymore."
"We'll go and process your transfer papers today. Let's go," Wei Xingzhou said.
Cui Cui: "???"
As Wei Xingzhou spoke, he opened the wardrobe and took out all of Cui Cui's clothes, packing them one by one into his spatial distortion device.
"Dad?" Cui Cui also reacted and looked at Wei Xingzhou in shock.
Wei Xingzhou paid her no mind. He packed everything of Cui Cui's in the fastest way possible, then turned and pulled Cui Cui along to leave.
Cui Cui was completely bewildered. She didn't understand what her father was doing so early in the morning. When they got downstairs, she saw Sisi and Zhang Qiong, who were already awake and sitting in the living room.
Sisi's eyes lit up as soon as she saw her father coming down. She immediately stood up and looked at him happily.
However, Wei Xingzhou ignored Sisi. He pulled Cui Cui and walked straight out the door.
"Wei Xingzhou?" In the living room, Lu Wanqing was also shocked to see Wei Xingzhou pulling Cui Cui down. She instinctively called out to him, wondering what he was doing.
The hovercar was in the courtyard. Wei Xingzhou pulled Cui Cui into the hovercar.
Lu Wanqing sensed that something was wrong and quickly chased after them.
Lu Wanqing got into the hovercar. Wei Xingzhou didn't stop her and directly ordered the hovercar to close its doors and leave.
The hovercar started to move. Lu Wanqing was still trying to process what was happening. She quickly looked at Cui Cui and asked, "Cui Cui, where are you going?"
Cui Cui was also confused. She looked at her father and said, "I don't know."
Wei Xingzhou's expression was somber. He didn't stop the hovercar until they reached the spaceship port. He pulled Cui Cui out of the hovercar and they went to board a spaceship.
Lu Wanqing hurried to follow. For some reason, her heart was beating fast, thumping wildly.
They boarded the spaceship. Since they were boarding on the fly and hadn't bought tickets beforehand, they purchased them on the ship.
Meanwhile, back at home, Sisi only came to her senses after watching the hovercar drive away. Her father had taken Cui Cui away early this morning?
Where were they going?
Sisi felt an inexplicable sense of panic. She instinctively wanted to follow them, but they didn't have a hovercar here. By the time she wanted to chase after them, her father and Cui Cui were nowhere to be seen.
However, Wei Xingzhou was unaware of Sisi's fear at this moment. To be precise, even if he had known, he probably wouldn't have been in the mood to pay attention.
His Cui Cui, his most beloved and precious daughter, had unconsciously suffered so much injustice when he couldn't manage his own emotions.
"Wei Xingzhou, where are we going?" Lu Wanqing couldn't help but ask Wei Xingzhou on the spaceship.
Wei Xingzhou glanced at Lu Wanqing and simply said, "Home."
Huh?
Lu Wanqing was confused.
Home?
What did that mean?
Wei Xingzhou looked at Cui Cui and then added, "To avenge Cui Cui."
This time, it wasn't just Lu Wanqing who was bewildered; even Cui Cui was confused. She looked at Wei Xingzhou questioningly.
Wei Xingzhou paid them no mind. He held his precious daughter's hand tightly and didn't let go.
The spaceship flew for a long time, finally reaching the Imperial Capital. Upon arrival, Wei Xingzhou didn't go directly to the Wei family residence but took Lu Wanqing and Cui Cui to the Zhongli family.
"Zhongli Feiyu, I'll trouble you to look after Cui Cui and Lu Wanqing for a day," Wei Xingzhou said to Zhongli Feiyu.
"Wei Xingzhou, what are you going to do?" Lu Wanqing's face was grim. She had a very bad feeling.
On the spaceship ride over, she had thought a lot. Wei Xingzhou had been doing fine these past few days, and was even adapting better. He had even made breakfast for them this morning...
Lu Wanqing couldn't help but recall what she had said to Wei Xingzhou that morning. Were her words problematic?
But even if they were, shouldn't he have just stopped her from going to the insectoids? What did Cui Cui have to do with it?
Also, what did "avenge Cui Cui" mean?
Why couldn't she understand?
"Mhm," Zhongli Feiyu agreed to Wei Xingzhou.
Wei Xingzhou left quickly, his expression somber and his emotions clearly unstable.
Lu Wanqing instinctively wanted to chase after him but was stopped by Zhongli Feiyu.
"Wanqing, don't go," Zhongli Feiyu said.
"What is he going to do?" Lu Wanqing asked anxiously.
"Wei Xingzhou!" Cui Cui also shouted loudly, very anxious. She chased after him and grabbed Wei Xingzhou.