"How is it? Have they been found?" Yu Nong, who was usually as calm as a still pond and indifferent to everything, was now also very anxious and worried.
Mu Sijie glanced at Yu Nong, and then his gaze shifted away.
"I'll go look again," Mu Sijie said coldly, his voice hoarse.
When he went out, his optic computer had already been set to auto-dial. He had been trying to contact Lu Wanqing and Mu Lan continuously. If even one of them had answered, he would have known their situation. But there was nothing. So much time had passed, and the communication was still not connected.
What did no one answering the communication mean? Mu Sijie dared not think about it, nor did he want to. He would definitely find them. No matter where Lu Wanqing and Mu Lan had gone, he would bring them home!
"I'll go too!" Yu Nong said quickly, following Mu Sijie onto the spacecraft in his haste.
Mu Sijie ignored Yu Nong and directly launched the search and rescue spacecraft, leaving.
Fortunately, Yu Nong was fast enough to get on the spacecraft.
Inside the spacecraft, the atmosphere was extremely heavy. After a long time, Yu Nong finally spoke, "I'm sorry."
"This time, it was a joint decision between Wei Xingzhou and me. We wanted Lu Wanqing to come out for a bit..." Yu Nong was not good at speaking to begin with, and halfway through his sentence, he suddenly found himself unable to continue.
A fleeting look of shock flashed in Mu Sijie's eyes. He abruptly looked at Yu Nong. Mu Sijie knew that Lu Wanqing had gone to see Wei Xingzhou this time, but he had never expected that Yu Nong would also be involved.
If Wei Xingzhou's child had simply missed his mother and wanted to see her, Wei Xingzhou could have said so directly. There would have been no need for such a roundabout method!
Mu Sijie thought of the trickery involved almost instantly. He cast a cold glance at Yu Nong, then said hoarsely, "The priority now is to find them!"
First, find Lu Wanqing and Mu Lan. All other matters could be settled later!
Yu Nong naturally knew he had made a mistake. He nodded, "Yes."
An hour later, Wei Xingzhou finally arrived from another planet, accompanied by a highly elite space rescue team.
A group of interstellar reporters who had been waiting nearby saw this scene and quickly used professional recording balls to capture it, broadcasting the rescue footage to all interstellar citizens.
On the net, billions of interstellar citizens were watching the live broadcast. Everyone was tense. No one wanted to see a bad outcome. Everyone was praying that among so many rescue teams, any one of them would successfully find Lu Wanqing and Mu Lan. They had to bring them back safely!
*
The night passed in the blink of an eye. The darkness was pierced by the clear light of dawn, and the world brightened.
Lu Wanqing didn't know how long she had slept. When she vaguely woke up, her mind quickly thought of Mu Lan, her child.
"Lanlan..." Before she even opened her eyes, her lips moved, unconsciously calling her child's name.
Mu Lan, so small, had been guarding his mother's side. He had stayed up all night, holding his mother's hand and watching her. He was terrified that his mother would die. Several times, he couldn't help but quietly put his ear to his mother's chest to hear her heartbeat, and only when he confirmed she was still alive did he feel relieved.
But when would his mother wake up?
Would his mother get better?
When would his father come to rescue them?
If his father never came, would his mother just die here?
Little Mu Lan was extremely scared. Ever since he was a child, he had lived in the Mu family, carefree and without worry. He had never experienced such fear.
After an unknown amount of time, he held his mother's hand and dared not move, afraid that any movement would disturb his mother.
It wasn't until early morning that he suddenly heard his mother call his name. He immediately opened his eyes in delight and rushed to look at his mother, "Mommy!"
Little Mu Lan thought Lu Wanqing had woken up, but when he looked excitedly, he saw that his mother's eyes were still closed.
"Mu Lan..." Just then, little Mu Lan saw with his own eyes that his mother was calling his name. His mother was not dead; she was calling his name, and she was still thinking of him.
Little Mu Lan suddenly burst into tears. He quickly squeezed his mother's hand and choked out, "Mommy, please wake up soon, okay? I don't want you to die, I'm so scared."
Lu Wanqing heard him. Little Mu Lan was crying. Her Lanlan said he was scared.
She felt uneasy and anxious, trying hard to open her eyes, trying to lift her hand. She wanted to hold Mu Lan and pull him into her arms, to tell him that Mommy wouldn't die, Mommy was fine, Mommy would always protect him, and he didn't need to be afraid.
Her efforts were rewarded this time. The hand resting by her side trembled slightly. She had moved.
Lu Wanqing felt that her eyelids were not as heavy as yesterday. With her effort, she slowly opened her eyes.
Little Mu Lan finally saw his mother wake up!
Mommy was awake again!
The child, whose face was streaked with tears, immediately got up and looked at his mother, his voice choked with emotion and excitement, "Mommy, you're awake!!!"
Lu Wanqing wanted to nod. Yes, she was awake, she was fine. In fact, she had succeeded. She felt her body was better than yesterday. At least her back no longer burned like fire. The feeling of continuous bleeding and being on the verge of death seemed to have disappeared.
She tried to lift her hand, and with her other hand, she grabbed Mu Lan's. She held the child's small hand and comforted him, "Lanlan, don't be afraid, Mommy will be fine!"
Little Mu Lan nodded quickly, "Mm-hmm, Mommy will be fine, Mommy will definitely get better."
As little Mu Lan spoke, his stomach rumbled again.
Lu Wanqing heard it and looked at her child's stomach.
Little Mu Lan also reacted. He looked uneasy, covering his stomach with his small hand, and looked up at Lu Wanqing, shaking his head, "Mommy, I'm not hungry!"
They hadn't brought any food. Even if Mommy knew he was very hungry, there was nothing she could do. Little Mu Lan was young, but he vaguely understood that if Mommy knew he was hungry, she would worry. Maybe Mommy would even struggle to get up and find food for him.
He didn't want that!
Mommy was so badly injured, she almost died yesterday. Mommy was still very weak now. She needed to rest. He didn't want Mommy to go find food for him!
And...
There was no food.
Little Mu Lan had never survived in the wild, so he didn't know that in the wild without vendors, one could still find food.
This was a common sense that a child who had grown up in a prominent family in the imperial capital lacked.
Lu Wanqing was silent for a moment. She carefully felt her current state and quickly realized that she was indeed much better than yesterday.
"Lanlan, what medicine did you give me yesterday?" Lu Wanqing couldn't help but ask.
Without medicine, she couldn't have recovered this much. So Lu Wanqing was now almost certain that the medicines she had brought with her must contain drugs that were very effective for her.