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In the next few days, Yuan Ning prepared food and put it in the place where he met the boy yesterday. He didn't look around for anyone, and he didn't leave a note. He just went for a walk with his grandfather and fed the cats and dogs.The animals were very cautious at first, but they gradually relaxed. When they saw Yuan Ning and his grandparents, they rushed up and surrounded them, meowing and meowing, and there were also birds chirping and singing in the trees. Song.

Every time we turn back, the food boxes placed on that section of the road will become empty and return to their original places neatly.Yuan Ning knew that the young man was more sensitive than the animals, so he didn't go out of his way to find it, but continued to prepare abundant food for the young man.

On the evening of the fifth day, Yuan Ning finally saw the boy's true face.The young man has gray-brown hair, a pair of gray-green eyes, yellowish skin, and is very thin. His hands and feet are bony, and he is malnourished.He stood a few meters away from Yuan Ning's grandfather and grandson watching them vigilantly and cautiously, his gray-green eyes were full of defense, but also revealed a bit of unseen hope.

Seeing that Yuan Ning didn't have the contempt and contempt of other people in his eyes, the young man became a little more courageous. He licked his dry and shriveled lips, and his Adam's apple moved again and again. After a long time, he managed to force out a hoarse voice: "But, can you give me some more food? It doesn't have to be so good," he stumbled out the plea that made him feel embarrassed, "It's just like what you feed those animals, I tasted it, it was very, very tasty."

Yuan Ning has been guessing whether the young man is someone like Luo Yuanliang these days. After all, this young man is agile and vigilant, and he feels very similar to Luo Yuanliang who lived alone in the past.

Hearing the young man's words, Yuan Ning knew that he had guessed wrong. The young man was not isolated or abandoned. Behind him were some people who needed food—these people might be more pitiful than him. The sick, the old, the young, the sick and the disabled.If it wasn't really helpless, this boy probably wouldn't even come to grab the cats and dogs' food.

Yuan Ning asked gently: "Are there still many people in need of food?"

The boy lowered his head, not knowing whether he should answer Yuan Ning's question.

Yuan Ning said: "Well, you count the number of people who need food, and then tell me the total number, so that I can prepare for you. If there are too many people, my grandfather and I will not be able to handle it alone. It may take You bring some people to help."

Yuan Ning's words sparked hope in the boy's eyes: "Is it really possible?"

Yuan Ning said: "Yes." He smiled slightly, "Our family has a big farm, which grows a lot of natural ingredients and can feed thousands of people. If you want, you can move there to live."

The boy opened his eyes wide.

Yuan Ning took out a piece of paper, left an address for the young man, and drew a simple road map by the way: "Go back and discuss with other people, and come to this place to find me after the discussion. I'll go back and see if I can give it to you." About how many of you are preparing a dinner?"

The young man gradually let go of his guard: "More than 180..." He looked as if he was about to cry, "There were originally two hundred, but people died every day, so there are only more than 180 left."

Yuan Ning frowned: "Are you sick?"

The boy sniffed to keep the tears from falling.He tried his best to calm down and told the whole story.It turned out that their hometown was sold by the nobles and the rich, young and strong went out to work, the spaceship had an accident, and all of them died on the way, leaving them who were unable to work to wait to die on the original planet.Half a year ago, someone wanted to punish those nobles and rich people, and sent them here with the help of interstellar pirates, asking them to seek justice for their hometown.

They were already desperate, so they agreed naturally, and became the "mob-people" in the mouth of the people.After their denunciation, the people who let them come seem to have benefited and sent people to drive them out.In other words, instead of seeking justice for themselves, they were used as guns by those people——guns that were thrown away after they were used up!

Yuan Ning finished listening in silence, and asked the boy to go back and discuss with the others first.

Grandpa sighed.

"This kind of thing is too common." The grandfather said with a sigh, "When a planet begins to fail, nobles and rich people can apply for asylum and obtain capital to gain a foothold on the new planet by selling the remaining resources. Civilians do not have resource ownership and can only I just watched my hometown being sold and hollowed out. The fringe planets we lived in were abandoned like this. If we go back now, I am afraid that it has completely changed and is no longer suitable for living..."

Yuan Ning returned home, checked on Skynet, and found that his grandfather hadn't lied—it really happened everywhere.Humans migrate from habitable planet to habitable planet like locusts, constantly hollowing out new planets for resources.The habitable planets that are favored by the nobles are very lucky, they can escape the fate of being destroyed and abandoned-the excessive resource requirements of these planets will be continuously transported back from the vast starry sky.

The vastness of the universe is enough for human beings to live a life of profligacy.

Yuan Ning turned off Skynet.This is not the same as the "future" he imagined.Since so many habitable planets can be found in the universe, shouldn't everyone live and work in peace and contentment?

Why do some people still not have enough to eat?

Why is there a distinction between nobles and commoners, and under the commoners there are even lower "poors"?

Yuan Ning felt a bit at a loss, not knowing how such a "future" evolved—maybe this is a "future" that has nothing to do with their world. People have never known what freedom and equality are, so they never Will not fight and resist.

There was a knock on the door, and Yuan Ning went to open the door.It was the boy with brown hair and green eyes who came. The boy stood awkwardly at the door with a stiff face, looking down at his tattered shoes, not daring to take half a step inside.

Yuan Ning reached out to hold the young man's hand, took the young man into the room, asked him to sit down, and asked him if he had discussed it with other people.

The young man nodded, and talked about the specific situation with Yuan Ning. It turned out that there were 180 of them in total, basically none of them were able to work, and half of them were sick.They came here on the spaceship of the interstellar pirates, and they were black households in the White Wolf Star, and they didn't have a penny, and no doctor was willing to treat them.Now they are hiding in several dilapidated alleys, relying on the eaves to shelter them from the wind and rain, only thinking about when White Wolf Star will send out the black households and send them back home.

In the past, Yuan Ning and his grandfather alone would not be able to prepare food for 180 people, but Yuan Ning assembled some automatic bread machines, cooked meat machines and other machines in order to make cooked food for cats, cats and dogs, which can be used in batches. Process ingredients to make soft and delicious bread and fragrant meat.Yuan Ning first gave the young man a batch of food, and then said: "You guys have a good night's rest first. If you are willing, I will send someone to pick you up to my farm tomorrow."

The boy's eyes were bright: "We are willing!"

A farm!A farm full of food!What a luxurious place that was for them!If anyone feels hungry, just walk around the farm, and you can find all kinds of fresh food: plump and ruddy tomatoes, fresh and sweet melons, green vegetables... as long as you can eat, Then never go hungry!

Yuan Ning said: "I will assemble a bread machine and cooked meat machine like this for you tomorrow. If none of you can handle the ingredients, you can rely on them." He paused, "But you have to remember, when you When the body is restored to health and strength, then you must work in exchange for food and houses on the farm."

Yuan Ning is willing to help all those who are willing to make progress and get out of the predicament, but he is unwilling to be a "philanthropist" and help the other party solve everything, turning the other party into a waste in captivity.

The young man listened carefully to Yuan Ning's words, nodded vigorously after Yuan Ning finished speaking, and said, "Don't worry, we will definitely not eat and drink for free, we will work hard!"

Yuan Ning packed the food for the young man, and after sending the young man away, he said to his grandfather, "Grandpa, I'll go find Consul Xiao."

The weather on White Wolf Star is still very good, clear and rainless, not even a single cloud can be found in the clear sky.Yuan Ning walked out, but he lost his usual leisure and ease. He suddenly felt that there might be many not-so-beautiful things hidden under the bright sun.

Consul Xiao was still busy cleaning up the interstellar pirates. When he heard the knock on the door, he raised his head and showed a gentle smile: "Xiao Ning is here? What's the matter?"

Yuan Ning sat down at the invitation of Consul Xiao, and talked with Consul Xiao about the boy.

Consul Xiao was rarely silent, and after a long time he shook his head and said: "These things happen everywhere. We should have sent them back early, but," Consul Xiao paused, and raised his hand to let some photos appear in the light screen.Soon, many scenes of devastation appeared on the light screen, bare rocks, messy mines, rusty machines, and even the soil was dug up in some places, and dark black lines appeared on the ground. Bottomless ravine.Don't talk about people, you can't even see a blade of grass."Sending them back to a place like this is not that different from sending them straight to hell," said Consul Shaw.

Yuan Ning calmed down.

Consul Xiao said: "But even if I am the consul of the White Wolf Star, I can't give them more help. Accepting these people unconditionally will bring huge pressure to the economy of the White Wolf Star, and it may even cause similar encounters. People swarmed in and wantonly used the limited resources of White Wolf Star, making White Wolf Star the next abandoned planet—this is not fair to the people living on White Wolf Star.”

Yuan Ning knew that what Consul Xiao said was true.Some people may really be as lonely and helpless as the teenagers, and they have no food and clothing, but there may also be many people who are lazy and greedy for enjoyment. At that time, these people will sweep everything in the White Wolf Star like locusts. People who live a stable life on the planet will live under threat all the time.

Yuan Ning asked: "Then what should we do if there are more refugees like this?"

Consul Xiao met Yuan Ning's Wuliang eyes, remained silent for a while, and said: "You can help them as much as you can, but since you decide to help them, you must be responsible to the end, and you cannot let them do harm to the White Wolf Star." Residents. Once they do something that violates the regulations, they will be punished many times more severely than anyone else - you have to make them understand that."

Yuan Ning nodded.

After talking about the business, Consul Xiao's tone became a little more relaxed, and he said with a smile: "I thought you were only interested in various courses."

Yuan Ning paused.If he hadn't met the boy and heard about these things, he was really only interested in various courses.Because he has never had a great sense of belonging to this world, he feels that this must be just a dream.

But even if it was a dream, the feelings of his grandfather, Consul Xiao and that young man gradually became clearer to him.When he really encountered something that needed him to do, he couldn't use "this is a dream" as an excuse.

Yuan Ning said, "It just happened to happen."

Consul Xiao said: "Many people will just turn a blind eye even if they encounter them."

If you need to bear a huge responsibility while helping others, many people will choose to pretend that they have never seen it.

What's more, the responsibility here belongs not only to the individual, but to the entire family - and even the entire planet.

Yuan Ning and Consul Xiao bid farewell, and did not go back immediately, but took a car around the neighborhood, saw the bustling streets, and also saw the dilapidated "slums", and felt that they had passed through many different worlds , The development level of each world is different. Some people can use tons and tons of ingredients to make a small dish, and some people can't even eat.

When Yuan Ning returned home, his elderly grandfather was still sitting in the living room watching the news while waiting for him to come back.He obediently shouted: "Grandpa!"

The grandfather raised his hand and touched his head, and said, "You're back? Have you been chatting with Consul Xiao for so long?"

Yuan Ning said, "No, I'm still going around in circles."

At this time, an interview with His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was broadcast on the news, and His Highness the Crown Prince answered the reporters' questions indifferently, without any fluctuation in mood.Grandfather originally wanted to switch channels, but Yuan Ning stopped him.Since he wanted to do something, he naturally had to learn all kinds of information about this world.

Only by mastering the rules can we control the rules and make use of the rules.

Yuan Ning patiently listened to His Highness the Crown Prince's presentation of the various arrangements, and she admired His Highness the Crown Prince in her heart.Although he only watched the news for a while, Yuan Ning also realized that the power in the hands of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was not as great as it seemed, and he needed to contend with the military and the nobles.

Regardless of whether it is the military or the aristocrats, both have capital that the royal family cannot compete with - one side has troops and weapons, and the other side has resources.And once the imperial power shows signs of revival, the seemingly opposing parties will quickly join forces and work together to push back the imperial power.

After His Royal Highness got rid of his puppet status, he began to walk a tightrope life. He must always balance the relationship between the military and the nobles, let them check and balance each other, hate each other, and eliminate any possibility that they might unite.

It's not easy to be a crown prince!

After watching the news, Yuan Ning told his grandfather to go to bed early, took a bath himself, and fell asleep after preparing for a course.

the other side.

emperor star.

After finishing a round of interviews, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince returned to the lounge to sit down, opened Skynet with a blank expression, and checked the only person on the watch list for any new developments.

No.

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince thought about it and searched the homepage of Consul Xiao.Soon, the latest developments of Consul Xiao caught the eyes of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.

"Seeing the eyes of a child is like seeing my former self."

Mingming Consul Xiao only said one sentence, but the fans below kept interpreting——

"Why do I think the title 'child' is very pampering?"

"I think so too. It will be more pampered if I become 'my child'."

"Bet on a spaceship, this 'child' refers to our cute little Ningning."

"Report, Xiao Ningning has a new development just now, and he passed another course."

"Our cute schoolmaster Xiao Ning Ning! I've gone to occupy a seat to watch!"

"Suddenly I feel full of desire to learn. I don't browse the web and I go to choose a class."

"Everyone is far away, right? Shouldn't we ask Xiao Xiao to show us what kind of eyes are in the picture above?"

"Ask Xiao Xiao for the picture above +1"

"Ask Xiao Xiao for the picture above +2"

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince brushed through all the messages expressionlessly, turned back to Yuan Ning's homepage, glanced at Yuan Ning's latest news, and silently gave him a heart.

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince turned off Skynet, just when he heard a knock on the door.

The old servant who had followed His Royal Highness the Crown Prince for many years came in. Seeing His Highness the Crown Prince's face, the old servant knew that the Crown Prince was in a bad mood.He hurriedly got to the point: "Your Highness, the two nutritionists you sent to White Wolf Star have returned, and they said they want to see you..."

His Royal Highness the crown prince's brows twitched, and he said, "Why did you come back suddenly? Let them in."

The old waiter withdrew, and soon brought the two nutritionists with angry faces.They were full of righteous indignation and talked about how Yuan Ning despised them, and how petty and embarrassing Yuan Ning's grandfather was, and finally said that they would never go to White Wolf Star again.

Of course, they will never mention their arrogant attitude and contemptuous words.After all, it is normal to say those words in front of civilians, and you can't be so rude in front of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince thought of Yuan Ning's reluctance when he said "very satisfied", and looked at the communicator that had not moved so far, feeling a little sullen.But when Yuan Ning's face came to mind, he quickly calmed down again.

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince knows what kind of urine these nutritionists are.Maybe they won't really put their contempt on the surface, but they will also show a superior attitude inadvertently-the young man may not care about being despised, but he will definitely not tolerate the people around him being bullied.

So the contradiction that the two nutritionists said should have really happened, but they are definitely not as innocent as they said.

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince comforted the two nutritionists and sent them away.With a slightly gloomy face, he sent out the old servant and invited Yuan Ning to connect.

Yuan Ning was going to sleep, but had already changed into pajamas.After receiving the connection invitation, he was stunned for a moment, looked at the pajamas on his body, and hesitated whether to change it or not, but the second connection invitation from His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was sent again.Yuan Ning thought that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was in a hurry, so he just clicked to accept.

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was still wearing the clothes he wore during the interview, looking very formal.

Yuan Ning: "..."

Yuan Ning looked at his pajamas and explained, "Your Highness, I am going to sleep."

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was a little sullen because Yuan Ning drove the nutritionist back, but when he saw Yuan Ning wearing pajamas, he forgot what to say.After putting on the loose pajamas, Yuan Ning looked even thinner, feeling empty inside the pajamas, and I don't know how thin the waist, legs and arms will be.

His Highness the Crown Prince's eyes dimmed, and he forced himself to withdraw his thoughts.He said, "You don't like the nutritionist I sent over?"

Yuan Ning hesitated for a moment, but still told the truth: "I live with my grandfather, and I don't need a nutritionist. I still prefer the food made by my grandfather, thank you for your kindness!"

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince said: "I didn't think about it."

Yuan Ning was slightly surprised.

He thought His Royal Highness the Crown Prince would be angry.

His Royal Highness seemed to see what he was thinking, and said, "Actually, I feel the deepest about what kind of people they are." Also include these nutritionists.His Royal Highness the Crown Prince didn't want to discuss this unpleasant topic further, he asked with concern, "Just now I saw that you have taken some courses, is your body able to take it?"

Yuan Ning said: "Your Highness, don't worry, I won't force myself."

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has never been a talkative person. After finishing talking, he was speechless for a while.It stands to reason that he should end the connection at this time, but he doesn't want to leave this simple living room just like this.

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince took a sip of the still steaming tea and asked someone to bring some snacks.He said: "From the afternoon to the evening, I haven't had time to eat, so you can have some snacks with me."

Seeing His Highness the crown prince's brows full of exhaustion, Yuan Ning nodded softly, and also took a sip of tea sullenly, feeling a little strange.Why did His Royal Highness the Crown Prince come to drink tea and chat with him after the divorce?

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince seems to be thinking about this issue as well.Seeing the doubts in Yuan Ning's eyes, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince put down his teacup and said, "The situation on the Emperor Star side is too complicated, and my position is just looking good. I didn't have the chance to make friends before, and I have no chance now either." His Royal Highness the Crown Prince stared at Yuan Ning, "I am very glad that you can stay away from Emperor Star, and I sincerely hope that you can live a free and happy life."

Yuan Ning was taken aback.

He saw the shadow of his eldest brother in His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.

The elder brother used to be like this too, even though he has the ability and status far beyond his peers, there is still deep loneliness and loneliness hidden in his eyes.

If his eyes hadn't followed his elder brother all the time, even he wouldn't have realized that his elder brother needed care and love from others.

Did Big Brother come into this world?

Could it be that until the end of the "dream", he could only look for the shadow of his eldest brother in others?

Yuan Ning said in a muffled voice, "Thank you."

His Royal Highness said, "You don't need to thank me." He didn't take his eyes off Yuan Ning, "As long as you are willing to chat with me like this."

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Big brother: I always feel that this person is angry, it must not be me