Part 2
Zong Hao nudged the little guy away with his head several times, telling him not to get so close for fear of infecting him.
But the kitten cub hugged the Big Cat’s head even tighter. “How can I dislike Cat-Cat at a time like this? We have to sleep with Father together tonight.”
We agreed on it this morning, how can it change?
“So, Cat-Cat, you have to get better quickly.”
Zong Hao, his nose and mouth covered tightly by the headscarf, sighed. Tell the truth. Are you just afraid that if I don’t get better, I’ll drag you down and you won’t be able to sleep in the same bed as your father?
Hearing Ning Yunyi’s footsteps, Ning Xiaomiaoāwho had just been a caring, well-behaved babyāimmediately shot up and hugged his father’s thigh. “Father, where is Grandpapa? And Uncle?”
Ning Yunyi bent down and picked up the little guy. “They went out and will be back later. Let me check on Big Cat’s illness.”
He took a temperature gun and checked. The temperature hadn’t dropped at all. Good heavens, this fever is quite stable.
Zong Hao was also depressed. He had never been sick before. Who knew he would get sick just from a swim in the water?
It was likely a result of his severe injuries and spiritual riot not fully healing, combined with forcefully maintaining his human form during the engagement banquet.
Ning Yunyi patted his head. “We’ll check again tonight.”
If it didn’t work, he would try infusing some spiritual energy into the Big Cat to see if it had any effect on this kind of illness.
For now, since he just got sick, it wasn’t necessary to use that yet.
Big Brother Ning returned quickly. Second Uncle Ning and Ning Mengde had been detained, but the specifics would require investigation, and inquiries would have to be made with the Mu and Ji families.
Professor Ning didn’t return until after dark. He looked desolate. Meeting the worried gazes of Ning Yunyi and his brother, he shook his head. “I didn’t see anyone. They just said the message was passed in. If permission is granted, someone will come to the Ning house to notify us.”
However, on his way back, he received news of his reinstatement. He was to return to work at the Research Institute starting tomorrow.
Ning Yunyi’s expression grew solemn. Although no news was often good news, the current situation didn’t look promising.
They still needed to find a way to probe the situation inside the palace.
But he didn’t know anyone in the palace; he couldn’t even find out as much as Professor Ning and Big Brother Ning.
That night, Ning Yunyi stayed at the Ning house with Ning Xiaomiao and the Big Cat.
The Big Cat was still sick and needed observation and medication. Plus, Ning Yunyi hadn’t gone to the branch store opening today, so he needed to visit tomorrow.
The branch store was in District A, so he wouldn’t have to run back and forth.
He could check the store situation and then return to District F; it wouldn’t be too late.
At night, Ning Yunyi rested with the two pets in the room the original host used to occupy.
Perhaps because Second Uncle Ning’s family knew Ning Yunyi might have died on the Garbage Star and felt it was taboo, they only occupied the main courtyard in the front and hadn’t touched the small building in the back where Ning Yunyi used to live.
Ning Yunyi took the two into the room. The Big Cat came in and lay down on the soft mat in front of the bed.
The headscarf had been taken off, but he covered his face with his large paws, looking completely wilted and pitiful.
Ning Yunyi checked his temperature again. It had dropped a little, but was still in the high fever range.
Nearby, the kitten cub lay on the bed, poking his head out to look at the Big Cat. “Cat-Cat, do you want to come up? The bed is very big; we can all three sleep together.”
Zong Hao thought of the scene from that night and shook his head silently. Cub, you know nothing about your father.
The kitten cub hadn’t slept with his father in a long time and was too excited to sleep. Especially watching his father bring a bowl of medicine, and when the Big Cat tried to dodge backward, he grabbed its mouth without hesitation and poured it straight down.
Immediately, both pets were stunned. The kitten cub silently pulled the quilt up and lay down properly.
Zong Hao felt surrounded by the bitterness of the medicine. This special effect medicine from the Research Institute tasted terrible.
He had been fed once during the day, but because he was dizzy, the sensation hadn’t been as strong.
He suspected Ning Yunyi had increased the dosage.
Ning Yunyi said innocently, “I read the instructions. With your weight, adding a bit more is fine. Don’t worry, it’s within the safe range. Good medicine tastes bitter. Big Cat, be good.”
Zong Hao lowered his eyes silently. What could he do? He could only pretend to sleep.
Fortunately, as the medicine took effect, he felt dizzy and actually became drowsy lying there.
Ning Xiaomiao quieted down, simply turning back into a kitten cub and nesting in his father’s arms. Soon, exposing his little belly, he fell asleep too.
Ning Yunyi then opened his wristband to search for information on exotic beast illnesses.
But there was very little to be found.
Firstly, most exotic beasts were used for meat. Secondly, very few people kept exotic beasts as pets, except for special rare breeds that were raised professionally, so there weren’t many medicines for them.
Therefore, the special effect medicine developed by the Federal Research Institute executives was truly the only medicine that could treat exotic beast illnesses.
However, its original purpose was to subdue large exotic beasts and to deal with beast tides.
So, it contained some sedative ingredients.
The efficacy was okay, but obviously, taking it might have side effects.
Ning Yunyi thought about it and decided to wait and see tomorrow. If the cat still wasn’t better, he would expend some spiritual energy to try.
After checking this, Ning Yunyi planned to close his wristband when a pop-up window appeared on the Star Network.
[Announcement: Crown Prince’s Engagement News!]
Ning Yunyi clicked on it. A day late, the Royal Family and the Herman family announced their marriage alliance. It kept the citizens awake all night.
[No way? Really the Herman family again? How many Empresses has the Herman family produced? Marrying the Crown Prince this time, she’s guaranteed to be the future Empress, right?]
[Who asked the Herman family not to interfere in politics? This is probably the most reassuring in-law for the Royal Family.]
[Not interfere in politics? Haha, what are you thinking? Maybe in the past, but look at the current Young Master of the Herman family. Does he act like a normal person? A man who kills even his own people when he goes crazyāare you sure he can run this family well?]
[But so far, this Young Master hasn’t done anything, right? Besides, with the Young Master’s looks, he ranks in the top ten of the Capital Star, no problem, right?]
[Hehe, I think Marshal Zong is the most handsome.]
[General Ning is also handsome.]
Ning Yunyi scrolled down but found nothing useful.
The only conclusion was that His Majesty was truly worried about maternal relatives interfering in politics. So, the speculation that His Majesty might have moved against Marshal Zong because his achievements overshadowed the sovereign was plausible.
So, Mother Ning being in the palace… would she really be released?
Now that Big Brother Ning and Professor Ning had been released, Mother Ning remaining in the palaceāwasn’t she essentially a hostage?
Ning Yunyi backed out of the engagement news dominating the top spot. Just as he was about to close it, his gaze shifted down, and his brow furrowed.
He looked at the last entry on the Star Network’s trending list.
#Accident involving the spaceship of the Lyman Family Head from the Fifth Planet! Lyman Family Head and his family missing, fate unknown (Hot)#
Ning Yunyi frowned at the words “Lyman Family.”
Obviously, he hadn’t expected the accident involving the Lyman family head to happen so early. The book didn’t mention the specific time of the accident, only mentioning a sentence or two in the protagonist Gong’s occasional recollections.
It was also connected to another event.
The protagonist Gong was the adopted son of Mu Jiayi and Zong Ling after their marriage in the book, and he was the main character of the book Ning Yunyi had read.
At the same time, the protagonist Gong’s biological father was this Lyman family head.
The Lyman family fought for the position of family head. In the end, only the protagonist Gong survived from his family. He fled to the Capital Star, wandered in District F, and was unintentionally saved by Zong Ling.
Later, Zong Ling used the Zong family’s power to help Little Lyman retake the Lyman family.
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thanks for the chapter!