Chapter 31 Mr. Sheng, Your Tail Is Showing

Chapter 31: Mr. Sheng, Your Tail Is Showing

Qiao Ling had endured over a month of hardship on the BK planet before Sheng Ye finally arrived.

He was currently on the BK planet, and Qiao Ling's father had once been the Commander's trusted Deputy General.

Originally, Qiao Ling could have lived a stable life like the other children here—studying hard, getting into a prestigious university, and dreaming of one day serving the Commander.

But a single war completely changed the course of Qiao Ling's life.

Qiao Ling's parents had died tragically in a battle against alien invaders. After their sacrifice, the family lost its backbone. None of Qiao Ling's uncles or aunts wanted to take him in, seeing him as a burden.

After pocketing the compensation money from Qiao Ling's parents' deaths, they simply dumped him at a welfare home in the slums.

Although the Qiao family wasn't a distinguished noble house, they were still a respectable family.

For such a family to dump their young master in a welfare home was simply inexcusable, so the Qiao family spun it as: "Our kind-hearted young master has gone to the slums to experience life at a welfare home."

Indeed, many wealthy young masters on the BK planet came to "experience life," but most were just putting on a show to earn a good reputation.

Yet Qiao Ling had been living here for two years straight—what kind of idiot young master would actually stay for two whole years?

Qiao Ling's uncles and aunts kept it under wraps, and once the buzz around his parents' sacrifice died down, no one cared about this child anymore.

From a young age, Qiao Ling's parents had always been serving the nation. Growing up without his parents' company had made him as timid as a kitten.

His uncles and aunts ran the Qiao family with an iron fist, and he didn't even have the strength to resist. So these past two years had been nothing short of hell for him.

Finally, after he came of age, the Commander remembered Qiao Ling's parents on a special occasion and happened to send someone to check on their descendants.

What he found shocked him to his core.

He never imagined the Qiao family could be so ruthless. Not only had they embezzled Qiao Ling's parents' compensation money, but they had also kicked Qiao Ling out!

Filled with guilt, he prepared to bring Qiao Ling back and personally raise him.

On the BK planet, the class hierarchy was extremely rigid. In the slums where Qiao Ling lived, people had little ability, and their mental strength and combat power were also lacking.

But precisely because they lacked real capability, their sinister underhanded tactics were all the harder to defend against.

Qiao Ling had been bullied terribly during this past month—not only was he ordered around to do chores, but that bastard had even crawled into his bed the night before last.

Fortunately, Qiao Ling was too exhausted to sleep soundly, so he quickly jumped out the window to escape.

Later, when word came that the Commander was coming for him, the man didn't dare lay a finger on him anymore.

But Qiao Ling was an extremely petty person. He had always been a useless minor immortal before—though no one paid him any attention, he had never suffered such humiliation!

He added another name to his list of grudges!

In the original storyline, although Qiao Ling was later brought home by Sheng Ye, the naturally timid boy had become gloomy and withdrawn after two years of torment.

The Commander intended to nurture him, but Qiao Ling had long lost that fiery ambition. He became increasingly withdrawn. He was afraid he wasn't good enough, afraid of disappointing his deceased parents, afraid of disappointing the Commander who wanted to mentor him—so in the end, he chose to end his own life...

Sheng Ye quickly lowered his head to meet the boy's timid, light-colored eyes and gently lifted his chin.

The boy, a head shorter than him, had a pallid face, his crow-black lashes shielding the fear in his eyes, never daring to meet Sheng Ye's gaze.

Ignoring the man's hypocritical words beside him, Sheng Ye asked Qiao Ling directly.

"Kid, have they been bullying you?"

Though the man tried his best to soften his voice, his tone remained icy.

The moment those words left his mouth, Sheng Ye's attendants could already predict the fate of the middle-aged man.

The boy before him moved his lips, and after a long moment, he only whispered: "I'm already an adult."

The words were somewhat strange—on the surface, it seemed like Qiao Ling was merely proving he was no longer a child.

But by Sheng Ye's standards, even underage kids were far stronger and sturdier than him.

Sheng Ye frowned deeply, knowing without needing to ask what kind of physical shape he was in.

The Qiao family lived in the A-level residential district. While the people there weren't enormously wealthy, the A-level district definitely wouldn't have anyone malnourished.

The man could dress Qiao Ling in fancy clothes to make him look better, but his physical condition couldn't be fixed overnight!

Facing Sheng Ye's gaze that seemed to see through everything, the man before him finally started to panic.

He knelt on the ground, his voice trembling: "Commander, these past two years we've treated Young Master Qiao with the utmost respect—we've never once slacked off!"

To Sheng Ye, such words were nothing but empty noise.

He was a straightforward man—he preferred to let the facts speak for themselves.

"Mo Xi."

The deputy general gave a slight nod: "Yes, Commander."

Mo Xi walked up to the man, grabbed him by the collar, and hoisted him up: "Someone, take him to court and let the judge throw the book at him!"

The man hadn't expected Sheng Ye to condemn him without even hearing a single word of explanation. He grew even more frantic, his once kind, hypocritical face beginning to twist in desperation.

"Commander! You—you can't punish me without evidence! I've treated the young master with nothing but respect! It must be my subordinates' fault! I'll cooperate with any investigation! If anyone mistreated Young Master Qiao, I'll punish them myself!"

Sheng Ye smiled, but his expression remained ice-cold.

Mo Xi, however, shot back:

"C-level slum district—this place basically gathers the people with the worst mental strength and combat power in the entire star system. Someone of Young Master Qiao's status—are you telling me you wouldn't have kept an eye on him? If he was bullied, that's on you. Besides... a quick look at the surveillance footage would easily expose your crimes.

Either way, you're being sent to the interstellar court. Why waste time struggling?"

With that, Sheng Ye wrapped his arm around Qiao Ling's shoulder and led him straight into the cockpit.

Watching the man's face fill with terror, Qiao Ling felt a wave of satisfaction.

Making him do hard labor for a month—now he'd be behind bars!

Served him right!

The System: "..."

That smug little look on your face—could you dial it back a little?

Actually, no matter what kind of world one lives in, the basic desire is still for the common good of all humanity.

Although the children here were born with insufficient mental strength and combat power, they were still well cared for, so life here wasn't too bad.

As for Qiao Ling's "special treatment"—that was, of course, thanks to the Qiao family. They had it all figured out: if he simply disappeared from this world, they wouldn't have to feel any lingering guilt or unease.