Chapter 22 "So, Dad helped you with the subsequent research on the hidden Zerg?"

Mingmei, who tossed and turned in bed all night without sleeping, finally chose to video call her second brother, Mei Qiu, with the dark circles under her eyes—proof of her all-nighter—and the culprit behind her insomnia.

As a result, Mei Qiu on the other end of the video call looked surprisingly refreshed, a stark contrast to her own haggard appearance, as if she had been tortured. This was very unscientific.

In the morning, Mingmei was chatting with her second brother about things from over the years when she heard something so outrageous.

Her dad helped her brother catch the Zerg.

"Yeah, Dad caught them. He made a move and they were completely unharmed. The subsequent live observation went surprisingly smoothly!"

As a max-level Xianxia expert, even without spiritual power in the interstellar era, her father's strength was enough to instantly kill anything.

Of course, her dad rarely took action =. =

Therefore, Mingmei was curious as to why her dad suddenly cared so much about her second brother.

Mei Qiu looked admiring and proud when he mentioned his old man, but the next moment he said with emotion, "It's not in vain that I provided them with so many years of travel expenses!"

Mingmei: =. = Huh? Wait!

Hold on a minute!

"But I remember they only started traveling after I woke up~"

Mingmei remembered that her parents were by her side when she woke up. They said they had watched over her for the sixty years she was in a coma, and only when she woke up could they finally enjoy their own world.

Knowing how much her parents loved each other, Mingmei was filled with emotion and guilt when she heard that they had watched over her for fifty or sixty years. That's why she comforted her parents, telling them to go travel and enjoy their own world, with the idea that "I'm grown up and can be independent."

But now, listening to her second brother's tone, something felt wrong.

Mei Qiu also revealed a pair of beady eyes when his sister asked him this question.

He realized that he didn't seem to have coordinated his story with his parents yet. Was he letting something slip?

"Second brother?"

"Cough... listen to me."

"Okay."

"Your parents indeed didn't travel far when you were unconscious."

"So, they just strolled around nearby?"

"Ha! You put it that way... there's nothing wrong with that."

Mei Qiu smiled awkwardly. Under his sister's cold gaze, he added, "They just occasionally wandered around the nearby star systems. Isn't that... isn't that a coincidence? They happened to catch the hidden Zerg, and then they had the funds for their next trip, right?"

Mingmei: "..."

"Ah... well, I have an appointment. I'm a missing person who just returned, so I have a lot of things to do. I'm hanging up now, sister. You should go back to sleep and catch up on some rest. Be good~"

After saying that, Mingmei watched the video call end, and the expression on her face was unreadable.

Sure enough, she was the only one who didn't know about her second brother's grand scheme?

Even her dad helped, so her mom must know too. Her uncle knows, and her godfather definitely knows as well!

So, the whole family was in on it except for her?

Unwilling to accept this, Mingmei video called her eldest brother, Ming Qi, wanting to seek comfort from her married and deeply in love eldest brother, whom she always considered to be a big salted fish.

As a result, the video call connected, and a thigh in a pair of briefs came into view.

Mingmei: My eyes!

"Shh—sister, your sister-in-law is sleeping. I'll talk to you later~"

Her eldest brother really didn't treat her like an outsider, chatting with her while getting out of bed. She didn't know how the optical brain managed to create such a terrible angle.

Fortunately, her eldest brother moved the optical brain camera up after getting out of bed.

Mingmei: I still think my eyes are blind.

The marks on her eldest brother's body... could Mingmei say that her sister-in-law was quite wild?

"Put on some clothes first. We'll talk later." Mingmei, who took the initiative to hang up the video call, didn't feel like sleeping anymore. She got up, poured herself a glass of milk, and sat at the simple dining table in her room. Soon, she received a video call from her eldest brother.

"What are you doing?" Mingmei could tell at a glance that her eldest brother was in the kitchen.

"What else? Making breakfast for your sister-in-law. We were a bit late last night~"

Her eldest brother was also very handsome. After all, he and her second brother were twins. Her second brother looked like a male fox spirit, so her eldest brother naturally wasn't far off.

The difference was in their demeanor.

Her eldest brother exuded the gentle aura of a mature, married, and family-oriented man. Especially when he was cooking, his eyes were filled with tenderness and love. Any young girl who saw that would be screaming.

Mingmei believed that after eating so much of her parents' golden dog food over the years, she should be very picky about the public displays of affection from couples. But she never expected to be caught off guard and stuffed with a mouthful by her eldest brother.

Crispy, and quite fragrant!

Oh, with a hint of sourness!

"Wasn't second brother streaming last night? Were you and my sister-in-law so focused on your alone time that you didn't watch anything?"

Mingmei casually asked as a test.

To her surprise, her eldest brother nonchalantly replied, "Ah, that thing? Isn't it just like that? Is there any need to care?"

Mingmei: ???

"Brother, you know about this?"

"I know a little bit. I was the one who brought your second brother back after he was seriously injured in the battle back then. Naturally, I know what he plans to do."

The five-hour stream from last night was summed up in her eldest brother's mouth with a light "I know, I brought him back."

That's it?

"Aren't you worried? Such a big scheme, my second brother, bearing the expectations of so many who sacrificed..."

"Worried. I can tell that his mood hasn't been high all these years. But this is his choice. Since he chose it, he should be responsible to the end~ Besides, things have already had a pretty good ending for now. He was really happy yesterday, wasn't he? I'm happy for him too~"

Just as she was touched by the telepathic connection between her twin brothers, her eldest brother's runaway train of thought ran her over.

"But your sister-in-law has been working harder lately."

Mingmei: ???

Was it because she'd been browsing some strange CP videos recently and had too much yellow garbage in her mind? Why did she hear something else?

"Goodbye."

After saying that, Mingmei hung up the video call with a wooden face, even secretly raising her middle finger.

She was so stupid!

Her two brothers were born from the same womb. With her second brother's character, how could she expect her eldest brother to be any better?

"Heh~"

With a light chuckle, Mingmei finished her milk and still felt a little hungry, so she ordered a meal from the online robot food delivery service.

Just as she finished ordering, her doorbell suddenly rang.

"Ah, is this the speed of the interstellar era?"

Mingmei exclaimed in surprise and opened the door, seeing a delivery robot standing at the entrance of her dorm.

But when she saw what the robot was delivering, Mingmei knew that this wasn't the breakfast she ordered.

She ordered wontons and buns, but what was in front of her was a delicate three-tiered bento box, along with a small pink velvet box and an exquisite card, all presented to her.

The elegant Hua Lan Star script on the card instantly told Mingmei who the chef was: Mu Chen.

She had glimpsed his notes during class before, and the handwriting was almost identical.

[A day full of energy starts with a delicate and delicious breakfast~ ps. I heard there will be a National Day holiday next month, remember our previous agreement (*^v^*)—Mu Chen.]

Mingmei: ???

What agreement?

Mingmei's gaze fell on the small silver disc in the small box, and she froze.

Where did this house key come from?