Part 2
Ning Xiao Miao sensed his father’s mood sinking lower. He couldn’t read the words, so he nudged his father’s hand, which was gripping the letter tighter and tighter, with his little paw.
Ning Yunyi hugged the little guy back and returned the letter. He entered the special ID into the account, and a sum of tens of millions of Star Coins appeared.
This should be all of Ning’s parents’ savings.
Ning Yunyi held the little guy, eyes lowered. This was left by Ning’s parents for the original body and Big Brother Ning. He wouldn’t touch it. Once he found Big Brother Ning, he would hand it all over to him.
But if Big Brother Ning discovered he wasn’t the original body, would he take the little guy away from him?
Elias didn’t bring the unconscious man and his little brother to another suburban cave until midnight.
This place was one he had just dug out as a precaution, intending to move there next time he returned. Unexpectedly, it came in handy now.
Closing the earthen door again, he looked at his little brother squatting there with red eyes, full of anxiety. He waved him over and opened a piece of the braised pork he had picked up, handing it to him. “Don’t be afraid. Big Brother is so strong; I can definitely protect you.”
The little boy held the braised pork up to Elias’s mouth. “Brother, eat.”
Elias shook his head. “Brother needs to transfer spiritual power to the benefactor again. Brother will eat later.”
The little boy didn’t move either. He wiped his eyes and stood there obediently, watching his brother transfer spiritual power.
Elias didn’t know why the man had suddenly woken up earlier. Despite his depleted spiritual sea, he had suddenly burst out with such strong spiritual power.
But he couldn’t let the man die. The spiritual power in the man’s spiritual sea was exhausted again.
Elias repeated the initial process. The man still rejected his spiritual power, and most of it returned to Elias’s body.
Just as Elias thought the man’s earlier awakening was just a flash in the pan, the man slowly opened his eyes again not long after.
In the dim cave, the man’s gaze locked precisely on the braised pork in the little boy’s hand.
Elias was focused on his benefactor, and having gotten used to the smell of braised pork, he wasn’t as affected as initially. But clearly, the man felt differently.
Not only did he wake up, but he even sat up, his deep black eyes staring quietly.
The little boy was stunned, instinctively trembling as he offered it with his small hand. “He-Here, for you.”
Ning Zhanfeng’s consciousness wasn’t fully clear; this was his instinctive reaction.
When his memory returned, he frowned and looked away. He had sealed his spiritual sea before falling unconscious to prevent a rampage.
He knew very well what the consequences would be. He was heavily injured and could no longer control the violently surging spiritual power in his spiritual sea.
Without sealing it, he would either become a madman destroying everything indiscriminately or self-destruct.
Sealing it meant he might eventually die unconsciously as his spiritual sea depleted, but at least he wouldn’t hurt an innocent person.
He could feel only a trace of spiritual power in his spiritual sea now, belonging to the red-eyed rabbit he had accidentally saved.
Back then, he had returned to the First Star hoping to notify his parents and younger brother to leave ahead of time, but he was a step too late. He was hunted down on the way and heavily injured. With blurred vision, he saw Elias fleeing with a little boy. At that time, his injuries were already severe, and he mistook them for his younger brother and little nephew, so he blocked the pursuers for them.
That was the last of his willpower. Sensing his spiritual rampage reaching its limit, he hurriedly wrote a note before sealing his spiritual power, entrusting it to the only red-eyed rabbit he could trust before him.
Elias hugged the little boy, guilty and uneasy. He pursed his lips, carefully watching the silent man sitting there. Finally, he lowered his eyes, rims red. “I’m sorry…”
Ning Zhanfeng looked up. Because he hadn’t spoken for a long time, he couldn’t make a sound at first. After a moment, he said hoarsely, “If you’re apologizing for implicating me back then, there’s no need. I saved you because I mistook you for my family. But since I saved you, I’ve never regretted it.”
Regret was useless in this world, as it was already a done deal.
If there had been even a sliver of possibility, he would have acted. After all, at that time, if it had really been his brother and nephew, not acting would have caused him lifelong regret.
Elias felt even guiltier. “It’s not just that… I’m sorry, I failed your trust. That note… I didn’t deliver it to your parents.”
Ning Zhanfeng looked up. “Who did you deliver it to?”
Elias lowered his head further. “I’m sorry, really sorry. After you fainted, I wanted to deliver it, but I found out it was very far from District F, and the suspension vehicle cost a lot of Star Coins.”
He was really poor back then. Going to District A required a hundred Star Coins. But at that time, he had to hide from pursuers with his little brother and hide his benefactor. He dared not take odd jobs everywhere to avoid people, so he really couldn’t go to District A.
“By the time I saved enough money to go to the Ning family, many days had passed. I did deliver it to the Ning family. But then… I didn’t expect the Ning family had changed owners. I thought they were your family. I’m really sorry.” No wonder no one replied, and no one came to save him.
Ning Zhanfeng frowned and looked up. “Changed owners? How could the Ning family change owners?”
Even if it was late, he was the one who made the mistake. With his father’s merits, it shouldn’t have come to this.
Elias dared not hide anything. He told him everything he knew—that the Ning family was now run by Ning Er (Second Uncle Ning) and what he had learned from Young Master Bai about Ning Er’s deeds.
He clearly felt the chill radiating from the man intensify as he spoke. He worried the man might vomit blood and faint again. “I heard the Second Young Master Ning was saved by the young master of the Ji family. His life should be safe.”
“The Second Uncle who occupied your house was also driven out of the Ning family by my boss today. The Ning residence now belongs to my boss. He’s a good person and will definitely cherish that place.”
“I’ll try to find out more news for you if I get the chance.”
Ning Zhanfeng lowered his eyes, his emotions unreadable. Suddenly, he looked up. “Is this what you brought from your boss’s shop?”
Elias didn’t hide it and agreed. “The boss lets me sell braised pork in his shop. The boss is a very, very good person.” His eyes lit up as he spoke, tinged with guilt.
Earlier, when he heard those people coming to catch him and his little brother, he initially suspected the boss had followed him.
Later, realizing it was people from North City, he felt guilty for thinking so badly of the best boss in the world.
Ning Zhanfeng thought of the people who had come earlier and looked at Elias quietly. “Tell me everything that happened in these past few months in detail, including how you ended up with your boss.”
Elias didn’t want his little brother to know about being captured by the Underground City, but thinking of those people tonight, afraid they would come again, he had to tell the truth.
Ning Zhanfeng didn’t interrupt. After listening, he looked at him with a strange expression. “You said your boss spent thirty-one million Star Coins to bid for you, but in the end only made you sell braised pork? And pays you a salary?”
Elias hugged his little brother. “Ye-Yeah, so the boss really is the best person in the world.”
Ning Zhanfeng: “…”
Recommended Reads
thanks you for the chapter 🤗💖
Your welcome. Enjoy!