"Why are you suddenly contacting me at this time?"

Mingmei hadn't expected to receive concern from her nephew at this moment.

"You're my aunt. With something like this happening, how could I not contact you?"

Ming Song didn't initiate a video call, only a voice call with Mingmei. Perhaps it was Mingmei's imagination, but she thought she could hear a lot of noise on Ming Song's end.

Ming Song himself hadn't anticipated that his sudden concern would be met with Mingmei's suspicion.

Shouldn't this make people feel warm and touched?

How come, with his aunt, it felt like he was a weasel offering New Year's greetings to a chicken – up to no good?

"I appreciate your concern. So, can you tell me what your dad asked you to do?"

Regardless of Ming Song's pitiful act with that seemingly harmless face, Mingmei cut straight to the chase.

Ming Song: This isn't fun anymore!

"Maybe it wasn't my dad?" Ming Song chuckled, prompting Mingmei to roll her eyes. "Oh, really? Then tell me, what did your mom ask you to do?"

"No, Aunt…"

"Your Great Uncle Jiu?" Mingmei didn't give the little actor Ming Song a chance to perform.

"Ah, that's right, probably..."

Ming Song truly felt that his aunt was being uncooperative.

"It was Great Uncle Jiu who asked me to find you."

"What does he want?"

Speak of the devil.

"It's nothing much, Great Uncle Ruan Xun just said you need to protect yourself."

"That's it?" Mingmei didn't believe it at all.

However, she was surprised that it was Ruan Xun who was looking for her.

"Great Uncle Yan Hui didn't look for you?"

"Nope."

Mingmei: …

Mingmei didn't believe it. If Great Uncle Ruan wasn't aware of something, he definitely wouldn't have asked Ming Song to say anything to her.

As for what he knew, it was either from the Main Brain or from Yan Hui.

Mingmei was more inclined towards the latter.

"Stop joking around and get serious. Is what you're saying true or false?"

"Aunt, you're my dear aunt. Why would I lie to you? What I said is true. My Great Uncle just said to protect yourself and not overthink things!"

The tone sounded half like Great Uncle Ruan, half like Great Uncle Yan Hui.

Mingmei figured that this was definitely the beginning of some collective scheme by the big shots in her family.

"It's fine if you don't want me to act rashly, but then tell me, what's your plan?"

At this moment, Ming Song just wanted to laugh awkwardly and brush it off.

But his aunt was truly one to get to the bottom of things, someone who bullied the weak and feared the strong.

Why didn't she just ask the person involved?

Listening to Ming Song's silence, Mingmei couldn't help but sneer in her heart.

They still expected her to be obedient? What a pipe dream!

Did their family have such good genes from top to bottom?

"Just tell me what your Great Uncle asked you to do, other than calling me and giving me instructions? Didn't he ask you to do anything else?"

"Well, not really."

Ming Song blurted out a denial of the fact that he was just a messenger.

See? Even her own nephew knew more than she did.

Mingmei was truly exasperated.

"Aunt, don't be angry. I, I'll come rescue you later~"

Perhaps sensing Mingmei's displeasure, Ming Song softened his tone to coax her.

"How are you coming?"

"Didn't the Federation military issue an order to come and support you? I'm leading the way for them."

"You're leading the way? Why?"

"Because the Federation army can't directly cross over from the Empire."

Ming Song stated the actual situation, which Mingmei had probably already anticipated.

"So, why are *you* leading them? Leading them where?"

"I'm leading them through the Outer Star Sea. I'm familiar with that place!"

"You're familiar with it, so you're leading the way?!" Mingmei was truly angered to the point of laughter.

She was almost scared out of her wits when she saw Ming Song's NPC in the game, afraid that someone would recognize him.

And now, he was admitting it without being forced?

Did her family have ties to the Outer Star Sea?

"Wouldn't doing this show that you really did something bad in the Outer Star Sea, right?"

"Hey, what's so bad about it?"

Ming Song flatly denied it: "That's called business, business, understand?"

"Don't understand."

Ming Song: …

Did she have to be so confident?

"Isn't that because Feng Li isn't around right now?"

"Hey, why does this have to do with Feng Li not being around?" Mingmei suddenly remembered that the Outer Star Sea was currently under the joint control of Feng Li and Uklean. How did Feng Li suddenly leave?

"Where did Feng Li go?"

After Mingmei asked, she didn't hear Ming Song speak.

"So, Feng Li also has something to do, so everyone I know has something to do, and only I have nothing to do?"

"Aunt, you've done a lot already. You can rest well now and protect yourself, understand?"

Ming Song's meaning couldn't be clearer: he just didn't want Mingmei to get involved.

"Hurry up and explain clearly. You're all being vague and doing your own things, and you want me to be honest? Do you think that's possible?"

"You also know that none of us in this family have that kind of honest and obedient personality. Hurry up and tell me, so I don't do something that you can't clean up afterwards."

Faced with Mingmei's blatant threat, the corners of Ming Song's mouth couldn't help but twitch violently.

"Aunt, the way you're saying it…"

Ming Song gave a dry laugh, unsure how to answer.

"Isn't Second Uncle about to break off relations with his father-in-law? My uncles are going to lend him a hand."

"Then how many people know about this?"

"Know about what?" Ming Song was slightly stunned.

"The truth of the matter!" Mingmei expressed her disdain for Ming Song's sudden obtuseness. "Besides our family, who else knows about why my Second Brother is falling out with his father-in-law? Does the Main Brain know?"

"Isn't Godfather a member of our family?"

"So, you mean to say that Main Brain Godfather and the others also know?"

"Ah, you can understand it that way."

So, Mingmei finally understood that she was the only one in this whole family who didn't know?

"Little Aunt, don't worry, I'll definitely save you."

"Forget it, take care of your own safety. I don't need you to worry about me."

Mingmei waved her hand and then said, "Will Qilan Star be implicated after you do this? And those words the Queen Insect said, besides Qilan Star, are there other planets that have been targeted by the bugs without even knowing it?"

"I really don't know about this."

"A Song, do you know how many people have died in this war?"

Mingmei suddenly sighed, "Qilan Star has already been dragged into this. Do you want to drag another one down? Or rather, how many more?"

"Aunt, I understand your thoughts…" Ming Song sighed, he could understand Mingmei's feelings.

His aunt had witnessed too many people dying or sacrificing themselves before her eyes.

Just like his uncle, she had seen too much separation and death, and always wanted to fight for something.

Whether it was for the dead or for the living.

"Aunt, if you're worried, why don't you tell your thoughts to the upper echelons of the legion? They will definitely take it seriously."

"No need, I've already said it."

Just as Ming Song gave Mingmei a suggestion, Mu Chen suddenly emerged from behind Mingmei, "I just mentioned this matter to the command. At least within the Canglan Star System, the Sixth Legion will conduct a self-examination, including the planets they are stationed on. Information for confirmation and screening will be sent soon."

"You can rest assured about this."

The last sentence was as if Mu Chen was saying it to Ming Song in the communicator, and also to Mingmei.

Mu Chen took Mingmei's hand, reached out and turned off her communicator, and pulled her away.

Mingmei only remembered following him, forgetting to ask him what he was going to do, until he followed Mu Chen to the place where the mecha was being repaired to pick it up, then she remembered to ask him what he was doing.

"Just now, Mr. Yan Hui sent a message."

"My uncle?"

Mingmei didn't know whether to be angry.

Her uncle was looking for Mu Chen and not her!

"What did my uncle want from you?"

"He wants us to capture the Wandering Firefly Insect General alive."