Time passed quickly, and in the blink of an eye, Mom found evidence of Dad's innocence.
Dad took the evidence to the Interstellar Court to file a lawsuit. After a retrial, Dad finally proved his innocence. Not only that, but his previous position, academic honors, and the house they lived in at the Academy of Sciences were all returned to them.
Their lives were back to normal, and they should have been happy. However, Xiao Yu Shu, and even her father and grandmother, couldn't bring themselves to be happy, as they were all reluctant to see her mother leave.
But no matter if she wanted it or not, Mom had to go.
Cui Cui, the younger sister, waited the longest for Mom. Everyone said Cui Cui was the most pitiful.
Uncle Wei was already impatient to bring Cui Cui to see Mom, which made her a little unhappy.
Perhaps it was jealousy, she was a bit jealous at first because Mom would soon go to accompany Cui Cui.
However, soon, her jealousy subsided, and she felt great sympathy for Cui Cui...
Dad was right; Cui Cui was indeed the most pitiful among their siblings.
Mom was snatched away!
Just as Mom was about to go to Cui Cui's home, a dilapidated pirate ship suddenly appeared above Shui Lu Star. Then, many pirates rushed down from it. They snatched Mom and fled!
Everyone was stunned. Cui Cui and Uncle Wei were also petrified. By the time Cui Cui reacted, her world had completely crumbled. She burst into tears, inconsolable.
Uncle Wei was flustered, holding Cui Cui and trying to comfort her in a panic.
Xiao Yu Shu hesitated for a long time before walking over and making a suggestion to Cui Cui.
Since Mom was taken away earlier, Cui Cui could negotiate with Mom to take care of her for another two years. In return for this suggestion, Cui Cui had to give her two months of the compensation year that Mom owed her.
Cui Cui stopped crying. With crystal tears still in her eyes, she looked at Xiao Yu Shu blankly.
Alas...
In the end, she didn't get any advantage.
Although Cui Cui was a bit silly, she had a father who was cunning and quick-witted. Uncle Wei negotiated many terms with her, and managed to reduce the two months to just one. She also had to promise to protect Cui Cui for the rest of her life.
However, for the time Mom would no longer be with her, Uncle Wei gave her many things. These things were very important to her at that time, so she didn't lose out.
The pirates who snatched Mom were quickly identified as the Undying Pirates.
Uncle Mu said that the Academy of Sciences had extracted five genes from Mom's body back then. One of them was intended for the Empire, but it was stolen by pirates on its way.
In short, the pirates who snatched Mom were the same group of pirates who had stolen the gene.
The video recorded by everyone's communication devices before the pirate ship left also served as evidence. When Mom was snatched, there was a red-haired boy about their age in the pirate group.
So, it meant that Mom had another child, and he was a little pirate. Mom must have been taken by that child.
Moreover...
Uncle Zhong Li privately told them that the leader of the Undying Pirates was Xavier. Therefore, Mom's safety was basically not a concern, as they wouldn't harm her.
Xiao Yu Shu didn't quite understand who Xavier was, and why the Undying Pirates wouldn't harm Mom even though they had taken her.
Aren't pirates supposed to be fierce and evil?
Later, Dad explained to her quietly for a long time. Xiao Yu Shu finally understood that Uncle Xavier wasn't a bad person. He was forced to become a pirate due to many complex reasons and was very pitiable.
Furthermore, after becoming a pirate, Uncle Xavier never robbed civilians. They mainly robbed other pirates.
In short, Uncle Xavier was also a good person. And Uncle Xavier also had a child, who was Mom's child. Their taking Mom away was likely, like them, to have Mom accompany his child.
So, when all was said and done, Cui Cui was the only pitiable one.
Xiao Yu Shu couldn't help but go to see Cui Cui again. Cui Cui really was... so pitiful.
Thinking this, Xiao Yu Shu quietly went over to befriend Cui Cui and softly comforted her.
They were both Mom's children, and they had both waited for Mom for many years. So, Shu Shu now deeply understood Cui Cui's feelings.
Fortunately, Cui Cui had come early. Before Mom was snatched away, they had saved many videos.
Shu Shu projected these videos, held Cui Cui's hand, and told her, "Cui Cui, Mom won't abandon you. She will definitely come back."
"You're lying," Cui Cui's eyes suddenly turned red again. She said aggrievedly.
Xiao Shu Shu carefully wiped her tears, "I absolutely won't lie to you."
Xiao Yu Shu then took out the handcrafted dragonflies she had painstakingly woven recently, opened her palm, and showed them to Cui Cui. "Cui Cui, look, these are handicrafts from Old Earth that I wove."
"I can not only weave dragonflies, but also grasshoppers, little birds, crickets, butterflies, little frogs, and many little flowers. Mom taught me all these. Do you want to learn?"
Cui Cui blinked her eyes and looked at Xiao Yu Shu expectantly. "Did Mom really teach you?"
Xiao Yu Shu immediately nodded. "Mm! If you don't believe me, you can call Mom to ask."
Of course, the communication would be disconnected. After Mom was taken by the pirates, they had lost Mom's signal.
She heard that pirates had special equipment to block signals. Since they suddenly took Mom away, they must have already blocked Mom's communication device signal. 138 Reading Network
"If you want to learn, I can teach you. But for each type of handicraft, you have to pay me one hundred interstellar coins as tuition," Xiao Yu Shu said seriously to Cui Cui.
Cui Cui blinked her eyes and looked at Sister Shu Shu. She nodded in agreement, "Okay."
Xiao Yu Shu's face lit up with a smile. She was so happy. She had earned money again, and Cui Cui was also consoled and stopped crying.
So, in the following days, Xiao Yu Shu taught Cui Cui how to weave one handicraft every day until she had learned all the Old Earth handicrafts that Mom had taught her.
"Anything else?" Cui Cui asked.
Xiao Yu Shu: "..."
"No more," after a long pause, Xiao Yu Shu sighed softly and said in a low voice.
"Cui Cui, don't be sad. The Federation is very capable, and they will definitely find Mom. Mom will definitely go to your house to accompany you," Xiao Yu Shu comforted.
Cui Cui nodded, but it was evident that she was still subdued and a little unhappy.