Xiao Zhong Liyi quickly looked up at his father, his tension and concern palpable.
Lu Wanqing's heart pounded. She looked at the man before her, and the scene attracted the attention of onlookers, with several people already approaching curiously.
"You..." Lu Wanqing moved forward, wanting to speak, but unsure how to begin.
Lu Wanqing lowered her gaze to the mutated animal the man had brought and changed the subject. "Are you here to sell mutated animals?"
"How much for this mutated animal?" Lu Wanqing asked.
The middle-aged man seemed to snap back to reality. He nodded, glanced at his prey, then looked at Lu Wanqing and said, "One hundred interstellar coins."
"Sell it to me. I need to buy meat anyway," Lu Wanqing said.
The middle-aged man: "..."
"Okay." A moment later, the middle-aged man agreed.
The people nearby, seeing that they were merely engaged in an ordinary transaction, soon shifted their gaze away.
Lu Wanqing opened her light computer and transferred one hundred interstellar coins to the middle-aged man. Then, she bent down to pick up the prey from the ground, but...
Lu Wanqing looked at Xiao Yi, who was tightly gripping the middle-aged man's clothes. Ah, she didn't know how to describe this.
Lu Wanqing looked at the middle-aged man again. She was blind; she couldn't see any resemblance between this scruffy middle-aged man and Zhong Li Feiyu.
Lu Wanqing wouldn't dare to say for sure that this man wasn't middle-aged. The camouflage technology of the interstellar era was very advanced, and after being out for so long, this was the first time Xiao Yi had grabbed a man and said such a thing. What if it were true...
"Do you know us?" Lu Wanqing hesitated for a moment, couldn't help but ask, a little cautiously.
Lu Wanqing thought that if the man before her was indeed Zhong Li Feiyu, he should recognize them, right?
No.
She and Xiao Yi were both disguised.
Lu Wanqing suddenly remembered.
Looking at the man before her, she suddenly became nervous too.
She and Xiao Yi were disguised. If this man was Zhong Li Feiyu, he must also be disguised. How would they recognize each other?
Lu Wanqing suddenly admired Xiao Yi. If it weren't for Xiao Yi, she might not have recognized him?
The atmosphere became awkward. Lu Wanqing didn't know what to do.
Xiao Zhong Liyi tightly held the man's clothes, unwilling to let go. This was his father; he recognized him!
"This child... is looking for his father?" A moment later, the middle-aged man looked down at Xiao Zhong Liyi and asked in his slightly hoarse, smoky voice.
Lu Wanqing listened to this voice and doubted again in her heart. Zhong Li Feiyu's voice was actually very pleasant; it was definitely not this hoarse. Could Xiao Yi really be mistaken?
"Yes," Lu Wanqing nodded.
Fearing a mistaken identity, Lu Wanqing thought for a moment and quickly said, "Please don't mind, darling. My husband had an accident. We came to Twilight Star this time to find him. He might miss his father too much, so he mistook you. "
As Lu Wanqing spoke, she quickly reached out to pull Xiao Yi and whispered, "Baby, come here quickly."
Xiao Zhong Liyi didn't move. He even gripped the middle-aged man's clothes tighter.
Lu Wanqing looked at the middle-aged man, hesitating. Should she just find an excuse, whether it was true or not, and take him home to confirm properly, to see if it was him?
"What happened to your husband?" the middle-aged man asked again as Lu Wanqing was thinking.
Lu Wanqing: "..."
Was this something she could just say?
Lu Wanqing thought for a moment and quickly fabricated a story.
"Well... it's my sister. She ran off with some wild man. Our family was so worried, so you went out to look for him, no, I mean, your husband went out to look for her, but who knew he'd have an accident? He disappeared without a trace. The child really misses his father, and I'm also worried about him, so I brought the child here to find him."
The people nearby who had been eavesdropping couldn't help but chuckle at Lu Wanqing's words. Gossip!
The middle-aged man was also stunned. He was silent for a moment and then said, "You're not familiar with this place, are you? Why don't I take you back?"
"Twilight Star is very chaotic. It's dangerous for you, a single mother and child, to be out here," the middle-aged man added.
Lu Wanqing really wanted to trick the man into going back with them. Hearing this, she quickly nodded. "Can you really? Thank you so much."
As Lu Wanqing spoke, she quickly looked at Xiao Zhong Liyi and said, "Baby, why don't you thank uncle quickly!"
Xiao Zhong Liyi: "???"
Xiao Zhong Liyi didn't know why he had to call his father uncle, but his parents were both looking at him. He thought for a moment, then looked up at his father and said seriously, "Thank you, uncle."
Lu Wanqing smiled, her mood greatly improved.
The middle-aged man looked at the smile on her face, and his heart inexplicably began to beat faster. He felt... perhaps this child hadn't mistaken him? Seeing this mother and son, and hearing their voices, he also felt a sense of familiarity.
"I'll carry the prey," the middle-aged man thought and reached out to Lu Wanqing.
Lu Wanqing reacted and quickly handed the prey to the middle-aged man. However... as the prey was handed to the man, she hesitated for a moment. Could this be a scammer? She had already spent one hundred interstellar coins to buy this prey. If he was a scammer, what if he tricked her out of the prey again?
But the hesitation was only for a moment. Lu Wanqing quickly handed the prey to the man.
Xiao Yi refused to let go of the man's clothes, so Lu Wanqing had to go to the other side and take the child's hand.
It didn't matter if the prey was tricked away. It was only one hundred interstellar coins. The child couldn't be tricked away. If this man was fake, she had to keep a close eye on her child!
The three of them returned home together. Upon arriving at the small courtyard, the middle-aged man looked up, curiously observing their living environment.
Lu Wanqing quickly closed the door. Some things, if they were to be verified, should naturally not be seen by outsiders.
The middle-aged man also became slightly alert when he saw Lu Wanqing close the door.
"It's Dad!" Xiao Zhong Liyi seemed to sense that the two adults didn't trust each other and said again.
Lu Wanqing looked at the middle-aged man.
The middle-aged man looked at Xiao Zhong Liyi, then at Lu Wanqing.
Xiao Zhong Liyi thought of something and quickly pulled the man to the bathroom. He quickly washed off the disguise makeup on his face and looked up at his father, saying, "Dad, look, I'm Xiao Yi!"
Lu Wanqing's heart suddenly hung in the air. If this man wasn't Zhong Li Feiyu...
The middle-aged man looked at the child whose face was clean and a few images flashed through his mind, images related to this child.
And the feeling of familiarity in his heart wasn't fake either.
The middle-aged man hesitated for a moment, then also went to the sink and washed off the disguise on his face.
When the man looked up again, Lu Wanqing's pupils dilated. She couldn't believe it. This... was really Zhong Li Feiyu?