"Mommy!" Xiao Mu Lan was always happy when he was with his mother, his eyes sparkling.
Lu Wanqing reached out and ruffled the child's hair, smiling and saying, "Let's go."
Lu Wanqing chose the teleportation destination, directly transporting them to Star Live.
"Mommy, it's Star Live!" Xiao Mu Lan's eyes lit up as he saw the Star Live company sign appear before him. He looked up at his mother and said excitedly.
Lu Wanqing lowered her gaze to look at the child and nodded with a smile, "Mhm."
"Let's go in and take a look," Lu Wanqing said, taking the child's hand as they entered.
Watching Star Live on the star network was different from watching it on a light computer. On a light computer, it opened directly, similar to watching videos in the 21st century on Earth. But on the star network, it was as if entering a three-dimensional space akin to the real world. It was described as similar to the real world because the design here was beautiful and fantastical, something that the real world could never achieve, resembling a sci-fi world.
The doors of Star Live were wide open. Lu Wanqing led Xiao Mu Lan inside. As soon as they entered, they heard many people discussing them.
"Ah, they've been rescued, that's great~"
"Even though I knew the goddess and the general were finally rescued and returned home, safe and sound, I still feel a little reluctant, what should I do?"
"Ahhhhh, the live streams of the goddess and Lan Lan on the barren planet were so good, I really want to watch them again!!!"
"Yeah, yeah, I want to watch too!!!" someone chimed in.
Xiao Mu Lan's lips couldn't help but curve as he heard everyone's fondness for them, his eyes smiling into crescents, happy.
"Mommy, everyone really likes our streams," Xiao Mu Lan looked up at his mother and said happily.
Lu Wanqing heard him and raised her hand, placing a finger to the child's lips, reminding him, "Shush!"
"Mhm mhm!" Xiao Mu Lan immediately understood his mother's meaning and nodded quickly.
They were currently at Star Live. If everyone knew their identities, they would surely be surrounded. So many people, it was dangerous just thinking about it. Therefore, they had to protect their identities, keep their covers, and not reveal themselves.
Lu Wanqing looked up at the public screen in the lobby. As she looked, she saw a pinned announcement, and the announcement was related to her. It explained that she, Zhong Li Feiyu, and Xiao Mu Lan had been rescued by the rescue ship dispatched by Marshal Zhong Li that morning and had already returned home, safe and sound.
Xiao Mu Lan also looked up at the announcement, but his literacy was limited, and he couldn't understand the long announcement text.
"Let's go inside and take a look," Lu Wanqing said after reading the announcement. She knew Mu Sijie had made all the arrangements. Now that everyone knew they were safe, she was no longer worried.
"Mhm!" Xiao Mu Lan happily nodded again upon hearing his mother's words.
As Lu Wanqing led the child inside, she suddenly saw a small boy standing in the crowd below the public screen of the live broadcast hall. It was the red-haired child she had encountered once before.
Her heart tightened, and she instinctively pulled Xiao Mu Lan closer.
Lu Wanqing observed the situation around the red-haired boy and noticed that the child was alone, with no other adults accompanying him.
Thinking that this child might be another one of her children, Lu Wanqing's heart began to beat faster. She walked over and cautiously extended her hand, intending to grab the red-haired boy.
But just as her hand was about to reach the child, the red-haired boy seemed to sense something. He instantly turned around, and at the same time, he raised his other hand, about to strike her.
Lu Wanqing's expression changed. She quickly let go of Mu Lan's hand, raised her own, and grabbed the red-haired boy's hand.
It was only for a moment. The red-haired boy reacted extremely quickly and soon pushed Lu Wanqing away.
Lu Wanqing hadn't expected a child over four years old to react so swiftly. She was pushed away and looked at the red-haired boy before her in surprise.
The red-haired boy, however, had already turned around swiftly and bolted.
Lu Wanqing was startled and, almost by reflex, wanted to chase after him. However, after running a few steps, she suddenly remembered that Lan Lan was still here. Lan Lan was only four years old, and she had to take good care of him, she couldn't leave him here alone.
"Mommy," Xiao Mu Lan quickly caught up. He extended his small hand, grabbed his mother's hand, and called out anxiously.
Lu Wanqing felt an inexplicable urgency. She watched the direction the red-haired boy ran. Only when the child had run far away and was out of sight did she take a deep breath, shift her gaze, and look down at Xiao Mu Lan.
Xiao Mu Lan also looked curiously at the little boy who had just run away. The red hair was so strange. But it was even stranger that Mommy suddenly went to grab that little boy.
"Mommy, do you know him?" Xiao Mu Lan couldn't help but ask, thinking.
Lu Wanqing was stunned for a moment, then she took Xiao Mu Lan's hand and walked outside. She couldn't control herself. Seeing that boy, especially knowing that the child always came to the star network alone, she felt an indescribable worry in her heart.
Lu Wanqing walked quickly, and soon she pulled Xiao Mu Lan out of Star Live. However, there were many people outside, and Lu Wanqing could no longer see the red-haired boy.
Mu Lan looked at his mother, increasingly puzzled. He couldn't help but tug at his mother's hand and asked again, "Mommy, do you know that child?"
Lu Wanqing was certain the red-haired boy was gone and she probably wouldn't find him, just like last time. He wouldn't come back even if she waited a day. A sense of unspeakable disappointment washed over her.
Mu Lan was asking her a question, so she lowered her gaze to look at Xiao Mu Lan.
"Mommy saw him on the star network before. That child is still so young and always comes to the star network alone. Mommy is a little worried about him, so she chased after him," Lu Wanqing thought, then crouched down and explained to Xiao Mu Lan seriously.
The child's identity had not yet been confirmed, and Lu Wanqing didn't want to tell anyone about the possibility of him being another one of her children, just in case...
She had five children. Besides her two daughters, she had Mu Lan and Zhong Li Yi. The last one, whose genes were stolen by space pirates, became the child of the pirates.
Mu Lan was here, so that child was definitely not Mu Lan. If the other child was General Zhong Li's son, Zhong Li Yi, that would be fine. If the other child was not Xiao Yi, but the last child—the child of the pirates—her rash exposure of the child's information might put him in danger.
Mu Lan was stunned after hearing his mother's explanation, then asked in surprise, "Is that so?"
Lu Wanqing nodded and at the same time, educated Xiao Mu Lan, "Lan Lan, you must remember that you are still young. Don't wander around on the star network alone. The outside world is chaotic, and it's not good if you encounter bad people."
"If you want to come up and play, remember to call an adult and let them accompany you out to play, okay?"
Mu Lan nodded in agreement, "Okay."
Lu Wanqing breathed a sigh of relief and couldn't help but pinch the child's cheek, smiling, "Mhm, Lan Lan is such a good boy~"