Chapter 52

Chapter 52

“A long, long time ago, when our great federation was still divided, several regimes existed at the same time. The two leading forces were the military alliance and the empire. Many of the other smaller forces also attached themselves to these two big giants. These forces maintained a relatively peaceful state, until one day another group of people appeared and disrupted the peace.”

“Interstellar bandits; they were cunning and treacherous. They used despicable means to incite a war between the alliance and the empire. The flames of the battle lit up our galaxy. The people lived amidst the deep waters and scorching fires in an abyss of suffering, while those interstellar bandits hid in the dark and laughed.”

“But fortunately, the empire and the alliance joined together in the end and defeated those shameless villains. At the same time, they also decided to establish the great federation. On the day the war ended, regardless of whether it was people of the empire, the alliance, or other forces, everyone dropped their weapons and cheered, hugging and kissing each other. Everyone became brothers and sisters, just like a family.”

“That day was the first day of our great federation’s new calendar. That is, the New Year’s day that we now celebrate. After that is the three day festival.”

“You really don’t know how to tell a story.” Ning Meng tugged at a few locks of Ning An’s hair. “So dull and without any spirit. I remember that the bedtimes stories you told me when we were young weren’t like this.”

“I’m not very good at dealing with children. You’re an exception. Also, I was just reading from children’s fairy tales back then. Those books wouldn’t have a story about something like the origin of the New Year’s festival.” Ning An took off his volunteer vest. “I tried my best.”

Ning An originally accompanied Ning An to carry out her school off-campus outreach volunteer activities. Before he could realise it, he was already wearing a volunteer vest and surrounded by a group of children asking him to tell a story. However, he really didn’t know how to do so; it was almost like he was reading out a research report.

“Okay, okay. I’m hungry. Let’s go home.” Ning Meng affectionately pulled Ning An’s hand. “Speaking of which, it’s almost our birthdays. Ge, is there anything you want for your birthday this year?”

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Ever since they could remember, Ning An and Ning Meng have never worried about the costs of food and clothing. Their parents were always too busy to accompany them, so they doubled their efforts in materialistic gifts as compensation. In particular, their parents upheld the idea that girls should have a rich upbringing. Ning Meng was the little princess who was supported in the palms of the entire family. Ning An had even said that it was miracle that Ning Meng actually didn’t develop a princess syndrome.

“Ah, Ge, then how about you just play with me.” Ning Meng leaned her head on Ning An’s shoulder and lightly shook his arm. “En, I want this as my birthday present.”

“Tell me, when have I not played with you?” Ning An gently poked the tip of her nose. “This only comes once a year. You should carefully think about it.”

“I don’t want anything else. I just want you to accompany me. Ever since you went to military school, we don’t see each other as often. I heard that you guys also went to a rural area for your final exam this time. Was it particularly dangerous? You also ran into a ferocious beast, right? I actually only found out about this from someone else! We’ve been on vacation for so long now and yet you haven’t mentioned any of this to me. Humph!”

This ‘someone else’ was naturally Fu Yue. One time when they were chatting, she mentioned that Fu Ke clearly did so well in the final exam, but when he returned home, he still had dark storm clouds looming over his head every day. Also, he would constantly stand in front of her door looking like he wanted to say something, but then hesitating. Hearing this, Ning Meng then asked her about the details of their exam.

“It’s not like this is an interesting matter. I thought there was no need to tell you and cause you to worry. Also, it wasn’t that dangerous. Aren’t I just fine? Well, since you want to know, I’ll just tell you about it.” Ning An tried to rub Ning Meng’s head, but she turned away and avoided it. This was her way of throwing a little tantrum. “Alright, alright. If you want to hear about it, I will definitely tell you.”

“Humph! Like I care.” Ning Meng flicked her hair in a very tsundere manner. She then grabbed Ning An’s hand and held it towards her chest. “You’re always like this. I’m not a kid anymore. Even if you don’t say anything, I will still be very worried about you. Ge Ge, you don’t know how fast my heart would beat when I’m afraid that something has happened to you. Come, I’ll let you feel it.”

“I just think that you shouldn’t know about these, uh, not-so-beautiful things.” Ning An also hoped that Ning Meng could be a little princess. “Alright, let go. It isn’t good if you keep doing this.”

“You know, to me, even if the things related to Ge Ge aren’t beautiful, at least they don’t count as terrible.” Not only did Ning Meng not let go of his hand, she even pulled Ning An to her side. “What’s wrong?”

“Sir, please stop!” A man suddenly appeared and blocked between Ning An and Ning Meng. He faced Ning An and righteously said, “According to the Federal Omega Rights Protection Law, it is illegal to force an Omega. I have already recorded a video as evidence of you pulling her just now. Please let go of her hand. Otherwise, I will report this to the police. You shouldn’t want to make a ruckus and cause the enforcement squad to be dispatched, right?”

“Then, who are you?” Ning Meng suppressed her smile and asked.

“I’m just a good person who saw injustice in front of me. Don’t worry. So long as I’m here, I won’t let him bully you.” He turned his head to comfort Ning Meng and then looked back at Ning An with an extreme sense of righteousness.

“Okay, let go now.” Ning An resisted the urge to support his forehead as he said to Ning Meng, “This person is about to call the enforcement squad to come and arrest me.”

“Xiao Ge Ge, you’ve misunderstood.” Ning Meng couldn’t help but laugh. She let go of Ning An’s hand and patted the person in front of her. “He is my brother. We were just playing around.”

After being called Xiao Ge Ge by Ning Meng, that person instantly became flustered. Seeing his ears turn red, Ning Meng was reluctant to spare him and continued to tease: “Xiao Ge Ge, you have such a strong sense of justice. Xiao Ge Ge, you are so awesome. Xiao Ge Ge, you are so brave.”

“I’m sorry for disturbing you. I still have something to do, so I’ll be leaving first. I’m really very sorry.” His face was flushed red after hearing Ning Meng continuously call him Xiao Ge Ge. After giving the two of them a bow, he quickly ran away.

“Ah, I forgot to ask him his name.” Ning Meng suddenly recalled with a smile. She stood on her tiptoes and looked all around, trying to find the figure who had just acted heroically. “How can he run so fast? I can’t see him anywhere.”

“If he doesn’t run fast, do you think he would let you chase after him and shout Xiao Ge Ge?”

“He’s too shy, and also pretty cute. I couldn’t help myself.” Ning Meng continued to look around and found that she really couldn’t spot that person. “Ge, you won’t complain about this to mum, right? He’s very cute, right?”

“When you called him Xiao Ge Ge, you didn’t think about this Ge Ge beside you?” Ning An pinched her cheeks. “I’ll let it pass this time, but don’t do it again.”

Ning An didn’t think that person was cute at all. He was suddenly in a bad mood.