After playing to their heart's content, having caught fish and eaten cake, Xiao Harvey was very happy when he emerged from the star net pod.
The lingering shadow of being forced to study by his mother all day had vanished, his eyes sparkling brightly.
However, time was getting late; it was time to rest.
Indeed, in space, the weather offered no clear indication of day or night. Sometimes, nearing a bright planet would make it seem like daytime, constantly illuminated. Other times, entering a dark galaxy might mean continuous nights for several days. Their waking and sleeping schedules could only be dictated by the time on their optical computers.
Seeing that the time was almost up, Lu Wanqing asked Xiao Harvey to take a bath.
After his bath, the elder cub also wanted a bedtime story. Lu Wanqing was not impatient and retold the story she had told the other children countless times to Xiao Harvey. After hearing his mother's story, Xiao Harvey happily closed his eyes, ready to sleep.
Lu Wanqing smiled as she left the child's room and returned to her own. However, before going to her room, she turned and went to find Xavier first.
Xavier looked at her in surprise. "Something wrong?"
Lu Wanqing nodded. "Yes."
"Regarding Harvey's education, I think we should consider it carefully," Lu Wanqing said.
Xavier nodded. "Mm."
"What are your thoughts?" Lu Wanqing asked.
"Let's talk about it after the ship lands," Xavier replied.
Lu Wanqing: "?"
Seeing that she wasn't leaving, Xavier offered a rare explanation. "I have a few friends on Twilight Star. They might be able to arrange for Harvey to attend school."
In fact, this was something Xavier had already planned. In their era, attending school was a must, even for space pirates; they needed to be educated. However, he was surprised that Lu Wanqing cared about such matters, which pleased him greatly.
"Harvey doesn't have a formal identity. Can he attend school?"
"If he goes to school, will it expose your affairs?"
Lu Wanqing asked worriedly.
"No, Harvey will be attending as an individual. His identity won't be registered in the main network," Xavier said.
Is that so?
Lu Wanqing breathed a sigh of relief, but a sense of unease lingered. Still, since Harvey said so, the problem shouldn't be too big, right?
"You just mentioned Twilight Star?" Lu Wanqing thought, and quickly asked again.
She had visited Twilight Star once before with Xiao Yi. Was the planet Xavier was referring to that Twilight Star?
"Yes," Xavier nodded.
"The inhabitants of that planet have a high degree of mutation," Lu Wanqing recalled, unable to help but say.
"So, when we go, we'll need to do some disguising," Xavier said.
Lu Wanqing nodded. "Mm."
"Would you like to know what Harvey's disguise will be?" Xavier suddenly asked gossipy.
Lu Wanqing blinked, then looked expectant. "What is it?"
Xavier opened his optical computer and brought up a short video, sending it to Lu Wanqing.
Curious, Lu Wanqing immediately opened her optical computer to receive the video.
As she watched the video of the red-haired, pointed-eared, long-tailed little cub, her eyes lit up. She exclaimed, "So beautiful!"
"Beautiful?" Xavier asked.
Lu Wanqing nodded. "Yes!"
Xavier looked at Lu Wanqing meaningfully. "So his aesthetic sense is indeed influenced by your genes."
Lu Wanqing: "???"
Xavier glanced at her optical computer and then said, "Beauty, on higher planets, might be respected and loved, but it's different on lower planets."
Xavier smiled mischievously. "Disguised like this, he'll easily get beaten up."
The smile on Lu Wanqing's face gradually disappeared. She looked up at Xavier.
On lower planets, being too beautiful could lead to beatings. Yet, this man was allowing Xiao Harvey to disguise himself like this. He was doing it on purpose, wasn't he?
Just like on the garbage planet before, this man's twisted sense of humor was truly pervasive.
"He's still young. This might not be good," Lu Wanqing thought, cautiously.
"What are you afraid of? He won't be beaten to death anyway. A few more beatings and he'll get smarter, and it can even serve as some boxing practice," Xavier said.
Lu Wanqing's lips twitched. "Have you been to Twilight Star before?"
"Of course," Xavier said with a smile.
Lu Wanqing felt a bit uneasy about the video she had just watched. She looked at Xavier.
"Was Xiao Harvey dressed like this before?" Lu Wanqing asked.
Xavier smiled and nodded. "Of course."
Lu Wanqing: "..." How could she feel like gnashing her teeth right now? She wanted to kill this man.
"However, this landing is different from before. You gave that little cub two Ultra-3S mechs. If that kid takes out those two mechs to fight on Twilight Star, it could expose our identities," Xavier said.
Lu Wanqing suddenly understood the purpose of Xavier's unusual conversation with her today. He wanted her to remind Harvey not to reveal the two mechs on Twilight Star, didn't he?
"Why don't you tell him yourself?" Lu Wanqing couldn't help but ask.
Xavier looked up at the sky.
Lu Wanqing was puzzled. "What are you doing?"
Xavier's deep eyes stared at her and said, "If you're willing to make me an Ultra-3S mech, I can remind him."
He didn't even have one Ultra-3S mech, yet that little cub had two. If he went to remind the cub, the cub would surely say he was jealous and didn't want him to use the mechs, which would be difficult.
"Making an Ultra-3S mech requires specialized equipment," Lu Wanqing said.
It wasn't that she wouldn't make it, but many parts required instruments of extremely high precision for their grinding. Otherwise, even if the blueprints were for an Ultra-3S mech, the finished mech wouldn't truly be one.
"Like the Mu family's equipment?" Xavier asked.
Lu Wanqing nodded. "Yes."
"That's a pity then," Xavier said with a smile, showing no sign of regret.
"When you go back there in the future, maybe you can secretly make one for me?" Xavier added.
"You're incredibly shameless," Lu Wanqing said, unable to hold back after enduring for a long time.
This man, who appeared noble on the surface, was truly wicked at heart, something one could only discover through interaction. He was a genuine space pirate.
"Face can't be eaten," Xavier said matter-of-factly.
"Who said that?" Lu Wanqing retorted directly. She looked at Xavier and suddenly smiled. "If your good looks could earn you a living, you could be a kept man for rich women. Then your face would be edible."
Xavier: "..."
"Pfft!" Not far away, a member of the Undying Star Pirate Group, who overheard their conversation, couldn't help but snicker.
Xavier immediately turned his head to look at the person.
The pirate quickly averted his gaze and stammered, "Boss, I just remembered I have something to do. I'll go take care of it now!"
After speaking, the person ran off as if fleeing for their life!