Ji Zhaoming didn't actually have a childhood where he listened to stories before bed, and thinking about it now, he felt it wasn't bad to make up for it today.
After gulping down his milk, Ji Zhaoming took a tissue from Gu Yunzhou, wiped his mouth clean, sank back into bed, snuggled closer to the covers, and whispered, "Goodnight in advance."
Gu Yunzhou said, "Good night."
Gu Yunzhou flipped through the book in his hand. It was a book he had brought from the Imperial Star, a book his mother would tell him by his bedside when he was a child. Gu Yunzhou had read this story countless times: "The story begins a long, long time ago..."
Ji Zhaoming slowly fell asleep.
*
More envoys from other planets arrived at the reception room one after another.
The Gu family dismissed the news about the garbage planet, and the imperial planet was too far away. Even though the Gu family rushed there, by the time they arrived at the garbage planet, they had already met many of their peers.
The Gu family sent their second son, Gu Yunyang. When the starship landed, he looked around at the starships parked all around and fell silent.
After a while, Gu Yunyang got through to Gu Yunzhou on the phone.
The call was answered quickly.
Gu Yunyang said, "I've arrived at your planet, Trash. Come pick me up."
Gu Yunzhou said "Oh," and directly transmitted the map to Gu Yunyang's mind: "I've sent you the map, now do it yourself."
Gu Yunyang laughed in exasperation: "You want me to do it myself?"
Gu Yunzhou belonged to a collateral branch of the Gu family. If it weren't for his outstanding abilities, he wouldn't have been able to secure a place in the family back then. Otherwise, with countless descendants in the Gu family, Gu Yunyang, a direct descendant, might not have even known Gu Yunzhou's name.
Besides, no matter how glorious Gu Yunzhou was, that was all in the past. Now he's just the former city lord of Garbage Planet. If the Gu family patriarch hadn't given him a few words of advice before he left, he would have even said the name of Garbage Planet outright.
Today, I'm giving Gu Yunzhou face.
Gu Yunyang sneered a few times, "If you don't come to pick me up, believe me, I'll just turn around and leave?"
Gu Yunzhou gave Gu Yunyang a deep look.
He knew his older brother looked down on him, but he never expected...
I never expected the Gu family to be so out of touch with reality, or rather, the Gu family is beyond saving, otherwise why would they send someone like this over here?
Gu Yunzhou laughed and said in a relaxed tone, "Okay."
He was currently in the reception room, using his personal terminal to scan the room. He recognized everyone present, and in fact, he was a generation younger than many of them.
Gu Yunzhou said, "Whatever you want."
He paused, his tone tinged with disgust: "Don't treat me like you're still part of the Gu family. From the very first second I arrived on this garbage planet, I was no longer a member of the Gu family, was I?"
After saying that, he turned off the personal terminal.
Ji Zhaoming was a little surprised: "This is the first time I've heard you speak in this tone."
Gu Yunzhou countered, "Will Master be afraid?"
Ji Zhaoming replied quickly: "No, it's them who abandoned you for no reason. They are the ones I should be afraid of—no, disgusted by."
Gu Yunzhou smiled gently.
Even if it were just a few days ago, he wouldn't have imagined that he would feel disgusted by this.
He thought he had let go of all the bad things that happened to the Gu family.
As he said, he had broken away from the Gu family and was no longer a member of the Gu family, arriving on the garbage planet all alone.
This is not his home either.
Gu Yunzhou always felt that he no longer had a home or family, and he couldn't find a goal to strive for, so he wandered aimlessly through the streets every day.
He didn't know where he came from or where he was going.
This is the greatest philosophical question we will ever face in life, and even in today's technologically advanced era, no one can answer it.
After meeting Ji Zhaoming, Gu Yunzhou experienced joy, anger, sorrow, and happiness from him. This feeling slowly permeated his entire being, and Gu Yunzhou suddenly realized that because of Ji Zhaoming, he had unknowingly undergone a great change.
Even though his master knew nothing about the inside story, he completely trusted him.
“Yes. From now on,” Gu Yunzhou said, “the master is my family.”
On the other end of the line, Gu Yunyang stared blankly for several seconds as Gu Yunzhou hung up the phone without a second thought. Then, overcome with anger, he dialed Gu Yunzhou's number again.
However, the connection was not even established and was immediately disconnected.
Gu Yunyang angrily wanted to call the family head back, but just as he was about to dial, he suddenly remembered the people Gu Yunzhou had shown with his computer. He bit his lower lip and forcefully shut down the computer.
If the head of the family finds out about this, will I be labeled as someone who has failed in their duties?
Gu Yunyang dared not gamble.
Gu Yunyang then opened the map that Gu Yunzhou had sent him.
After Ji Zhaoming became the city lord of the garbage planet, Gu Yunzhou was afraid of enemy invasion, so he set up a defensive shield around the garbage planet, and starships were only allowed to stay in designated places.
There are three places to stay, one for internal use and the other two open to the public, one far away and one near.
When Gu Yunyang arrived, he didn't even think about notifying Gu Yunzhou. In his opinion, no matter where he stopped, Gu Yunzhou should come out to pick him up personally.
Now, looking at the distant view on the map, he took a deep breath to suppress the anger in his heart.
That's way too far!
Having no other choice, Gu Yunyang had to get back into the starship and maneuver it to a port closer to the castle.
However, the place was full of starships, and Gu Yunyang tried to calm himself down, waiting impatiently for a long time.
The port inspectors stopped him: "Pass."
Gu Yunyang asked, "What pass?"
Those who would come at this time are people who once looked down on this garbage planet but now have to curry favor with it. The search team had long disliked these people and said irritably, "This port has been seeing a lot of traffic lately, so you need a pass to enter. Either apply to our city lord or chief, or you'd better leave now."
Gu Yunyang was used to causing trouble on the imperial planet, and this was the first time he had encountered someone so arrogant. He angrily said, "I am Gu Yunzhou's brother."
The searchers scoffed, "Our leader is all alone now, he doesn't have any relatives. Can't you come up with a better excuse? Go away, go away."
He waved his hand to shoo the man away, threatening, "If you don't leave, I'll put you on a suspicious list, and then you won't be able to enter the other port either."
Gu Yunyang took a deep breath, his eyes bloodshot, but he had no choice but to sit back in the starship, slam the door shut, and return to the port.
As soon as he left, the searchers took out their personal computers and said, "A member of the Gu family should be coming over in a little while. Remember to search thoroughly and don't let him bring in any dangerous items."
Don't worry.
When Gu Yunyang returned to the port, the search there became inexplicably stricter. Although they didn't do anything to Gu Yunyang, they stared at him with suspicion and searched him from head to toe as if he were a suspect.
That wasn't a search, that was an insult.
Gu Yunyang glanced at the sun outside, bit his lower lip hard, and finally walked to the outside of the castle.
Outside, they were searched again by soldiers.
Gu Yunyang, seething with anger, found out where Gu Yunzhou was, stormed into the conference room, and shouted, "Gu—Yun!"
--Boat--"
However, when he saw everyone in the conference room looking at him, Gu Yunyang's anger vanished instantly.
Ji Zhaoming, sitting in the highest seat, said knowingly, "You're the Gu family's second son?"
Gu Yunyang immediately recognized who the person in front of him was.
It was they who sent people to arrest him.
She is also currently the only omega in the interstellar world.
He usually liked it when people mentioned that he was a member of the Gu family, but he felt inexplicably uncomfortable in front of Ji Zhaoming.
It was as if Ji Zhaoming's tone was full of contempt, as if to say, "You are only known to everyone because of the Gu family's name. Once you go to the Gu family, you are nothing."
Gu Yunyang used to use such words to mock Gu Yunzhou, but now they were all firmly deflected.
Gu Yunzhou naturally realized this as well, and possessed Ji Zhaoming.
With eyes everywhere, and everyone knowing that the newly appointed city lord and the former city lord had a good relationship, they assumed that the two were whispering to each other.
Ji Zhaoming's ears turned red.
Gu Yunzhou spoke close to his ear, and the vibrations traveled through his eardrums.
Gu Yunzhou enunciated each word carefully, pitifully pleading, "Thank you, Master, for standing up for me."
At this moment, Ji Zhaoming felt that Gu Yunzhou was really a pitiful little thing, helpless and waiting for Ji Zhaoming, his master, to vent his anger.
From this day forward, he will be Gu Yunzhou's only master.
Now, the poor little thing finally saw the light, so it offered up all its loyalty and said ingratiatingly, "It seems I should read more bedtime stories to my master from now on."
With so many eyes watching, no one knew that Gu Yunzhou, who seemed serious and unsmiling, was saying the most ambiguous things to his master in public.
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Chapter 48
<Only for me to smell>
Ji Zhaoming tilted his head slightly to the side and muttered softly, "It itches."
The breeze that blew when he spoke went directly into his ear, which Ji Zhaoming found very strange and unbearably itchy.
But it doesn't seem to refer to just itchy ears.
Gu Yunzhou chuckled softly, straightened up, and looked at the people in the hall.
Gu Yunyang stood there feeling frustrated, feeling all the gazes around him subtly drifting towards him. What was infuriating was that he was powerless to do anything about it. Just then, he saw Gu Yunzhou's tall and straight figure, which made him even angrier.
He was clearly the second son in the Gu family, the one who was all the rage, but now it seems like everyone is fawning over Gu Yunzhou instead.
On what grounds?
However, when he thought about how Gu Yunzhou's parents died, he felt instantly relieved.
Gu Yunzhou probably still doesn't know that his parents' car accident wasn't an accident.
Gu Yunyang followed Gu Yunzhou's example, straightened his back, and raised his voice, saying, "Yes, I am Gu Yunyang, the second son of the Gu family."
Ji Zhaoming's gaze lingered on Gu Yunyang for a moment before he chuckled, "So you're from the Gu family."