Ye Mu pursed his lips, clearly not convinced by Ceci’s words, but he didn’t say anything further. His father had told him that some things are not meant to be said, but to be done.
He would definitely do what he had just said in the future.
Luo Qi didn’t take Ye Mu’s words to heart. He was probably still thinking about the story of the dragon and the princess. He wasn’t a real princess, so why would he need a dragon to protect him?
Luo Qi sat on Ceci’s lap, held by him, thinking aimlessly while fiddling with his fingers. The noise outside gradually subsided.
Ye Yun and Madam Mu left Gal and the others to clean up the mess and walked towards the hovercar.
Ceci looked at Ye Yun. Seeing the latter nod slightly, his eyes flickered, but it wasn’t the right time to talk. Since the matter was almost resolved, there was no need for the hovercar to stay here any longer.
The group continued forward. After what had happened, no one was in the mood to eat. They parted ways at the port. After the cubs made plans to play together when they had time, they boarded their respective planet’s starships.
Ceci turned to look out the window. Bosia had already been sent to investigate, but there were very few traces left of this incident. Moreover, since they dared to make a move, they must have been prepared. Even if they investigated, they wouldn’t find anything.
Luo Qi looked out the porthole. It was just ordinary stardust floating by. He thought for a moment, then nestled on Ceci’s lap and acted cute, “Dad, what are you thinking about?”
Ceci lowered his head and rubbed Luo Qi’s little face, smiling as he asked, “I’m thinking about you, Luo Luo.”
Luo Qi tilted his head, “Thinking about what about me?” He poked his cheeks with his two little fingers, tilting his head and smiling sweetly, “Luo Luo is right here in front of Dad, isn’t he?”
Ceci was amused, “I’m thinking about Luo Luo, thinking that the people today might have come for Luo Luo, not thinking about you, you little lazy bug.”
Luo Qi climbed onto Ceci’s lap and found a comfortable position to nestle in his arms, “I don’t understand what Dad is saying.”
Ceci weighed the chubby cub on his lap. A year had passed, and the cub was still like this, looking chubby but not actually heavy at all.
“Alright, my little Luo Luo doesn’t need to worry about these things. What little Luo Luo needs to worry about is that in a week, it will be Luo Luo’s birthday.”
Luo Qi was stunned, “Birthday?”
Ceci nodded, “Yes, according to insect race customs, the day of breaking out of the cocoon should be celebrated as a birthday. But Luo Luo went through a second development, and spent a long time in the cocoon, so it’s hard to calculate.
So, Dad went to ask the Mother Tree, and she told me that your birthday should be in a week. This is Luo Luo’s first birthday since returning to the Insect Star. How does Luo Luo plan to celebrate it?”
Luo Qi was still immersed in the thought of his upcoming birthday and hadn’t recovered.
In his past life, he was alone. The day he was found at the orphanage, it was considered his birthday. In the orphanage, he would receive an extra candy on his birthday.
By the time he could work part-time to support himself, it was already difficult to eat and attend school, let alone celebrate birthdays.
Buying a small cake for a few yuan on the side of the road on his birthday was already a luxury.
Luo Qi’s thoughts drifted off again. He liked eating small cakes so much in this life. Besides the deliciousness of the small cakes, was there also this reason?
Ceci looked helplessly at Luo Qi, whose eyes were unfocused, thinking about something else again. He said helplessly, “Your birthday banquet is mostly prepared. It’s about your friends. Who do you want to invite? You need to write the invitations yourself, okay?”
Luo Qi snapped back to attention, “Should I invite my friends?”
Ceci raised an eyebrow, “Of course. It’s Luo Luo’s birthday, so of course, we should invite Luo Luo’s friends.
However, besides Luo Luo’s friends, Dad will also invite Dad’s friends. Is that okay?”
Luo Qi stared blankly at Ceci, then after a while, he chuckled, “Of course, that’s great! Thank you, Dad!”
Ceci had started secretly preparing for Luo Qi’s birthday banquet a month ago. There was no trouble with holding the birthday banquet itself, but given the recent attack, the guests attending the birthday banquet still needed to be carefully considered.
Ceci looked at Luo Qi, who was sitting by the table, holding a pen and frowning from time to time. However, on the Insect Star, no one would dare to cause any trouble.
***
After the Crown Prince of the Insect Race first appeared in the sight of the interstellar community and went to Bella Kindergarten, the Crown Prince of the Insect Race once again stirred up waves in the interstellar community.
The Crown Prince of the Insect Race was going to hold a birthday banquet.
Birthdays were not strange, and banquets were nothing special. The key point was that the venue for this birthday banquet was on the Insect Star.
Throughout interstellar history, countless people had wanted to explore the location of the Insect Star. The galaxy of the Insect Race had always been the most mysterious place in the entire interstellar community.
So, how could it be that now, the Insect Race was going to voluntarily reveal the location of the Insect Star to outsiders, and even invite people to visit the Insect Star? Was this a joke?
Besides, even if the Insect Race dared to invite people to their birthday banquet, who would actually dare to go?
That was the Insect Race. When the Insect Race entered a berserk mode, they could tear apart warships with their bare hands. Who would dare to go?
Many people were secretly waiting for the Insect Race to suffer a setback. Even though many races were now beginning to interact with and even establish diplomatic relations with the Insect Race, there was still a difference between interacting and daring to attend a birthday banquet.
Invitations from the Insect Star were sent out in all directions of the interstellar community. As for what those who received the invitations and those who did not thought, that was no longer within the Insect Race’s consideration.
This week passed quietly. Whispers circulated on the star network about strained relations between the Insect Race and newly established diplomatic races. As for these matters, both the Insect Race and other races tacitly pretended not to see them.
But on Luo Qi’s birthday, the Insect Race’s port was filled with flying ships.
Luo Qi, dressed in a custom-made small ceremonial robe of the Insect Race, trotted back and forth, checking if the plates and forks on the dining table were placed correctly.
Just then, the doorbell rang. Luo Qi trotted over to open the door and saw Ye Mu.
Ye Mu was wearing a small white suit and handed Luo Qi a bag, saying, “Luo Qi, happy birthday!”
Luo Qi’s face turned pink, looking very happy. He took the bag from Ye Mu, “Thank you, Ye Mu, and Uncle Ye. Please come in.”
Ye Yun rubbed Luo Qi’s head, “Happy birthday, Little Highness.”
Luo Qi nodded vigorously, “Thank you, Uncle Ye!”
Ye Yun walked into the royal palace and looked at Ceci, with a rare trace of teasing in his eyes, “How is it, are there any other guests besides us?”