CHAPTER 21: CHAPTER 21: INTERSTELLAR YOUNG LADY (20)

When Zhuo Shaojun pushed the door open and entered, he immediately locked eyes with Li Shuning.

He was a bit stunned; the child’s eyes really resembled Lanxin’s.

These past few days had been his most grueling; he had thought the child would remain in a coma for several more days, but unexpectedly, she had awakened, and he still hadn’t figured out how to talk to her.

Seeing Zhuo Shaojun’s dazed expression, Li Shuning couldn’t help but ask, "Hello, may I ask where my uncle is?"

Zhuo Shaojun sighed but didn’t answer Li Shuning’s question. Instead, he walked in and sat on the couch by the window in the room.

"Xiao Ning, I’ll call you that, as I heard Zimo also calls you that. Your uncle and I are friends."

"Zimo is still on Nadis Planet handling matters. This is the Yun Family."

Li Shuning nodded, pondered, and then asked, "Uncle, do you know what happened to Li Bingyi?"

The person called "uncle" was full of gloom in his heart, but he still smiled and said, "Li Bingyi has been imprisoned by the Yun Family. The Insect Clan carrier in his body has been removed, and his limbs have been disabled."

Li Shuning was momentarily stunned, feeling a bit lost. She didn’t even know what she had done in this world; it seemed like everything had deviated from its path.

Her fiancé was long gone, Li Xin was no longer a threat, and her "father" had become a prisoner.

The only thing was that she had returned to the Yun Family; was she meant to stay in the Yun Family and be an innocent little princess from now on?

Li Shuning sat in silence, pondering her own matters, while Zhuo Shaojun was also a bit conflicted. After thinking for a moment, he said, "Xiao Ning, there are some things I want to tell you."

Li Shuning raised an eyebrow; what did he have to say to her? They didn’t seem to be familiar.

"Xiao Ning, let me introduce myself. I am Zhuo Shaojun, from the Zhuo Family. Like the Yun Family, our entire family comprises Spiritual Ability Users. However, we Zhuo Family members are fewer than those in the Yun Family. I am a Super Rank Spiritual Ability User, and most of my family are at least Eighth Rank.

Due to some reasons, the Yun Family and the Zhuo Family don’t get along very well. However, I had a good relationship with your mother Lanxin and Zimo back then. But because of family concerns, our interactions were clandestine."

"I was your mother Lanxin’s lover back then. I loved her deeply. However, because I had to break through to a higher rank, I returned to the family. I never expected Lanxin to be pregnant. Considering the situation between our two families, she didn’t want to reveal the child was mine. I..."

Zhuo Shaojun’s heart was filled with sorrow, yet no tears came. He just felt that no amount of regret could bring Yun Lanxin back. Now, he only wanted to acknowledge Li Shuning and take good care of her.

Li Shuning’s mouth was agape, struggling to believe that this too had deviated from the original path, and now she had unexpectedly gained a Super Rank Spiritual Ability User as her father.

Seeing Li Shuning’s somewhat disbelieving expression, Zhuo Shaojun also felt a bit helpless.

He had investigated these past few days, and over the years, this child had had a really difficult life. She even nearly died once. If this child resented him or harbored anger towards him, it would be understandable.

He also resented himself, was angry with himself, and just hoped the child could live well.

"Xiao Ning, would you like to come back to the Zhuo Family with me? I will take good care of you from now on."

Li Shuning was not the original protagonist; she thought for a while and then said, "I want to wait for my uncle to return before discussing this issue, is that okay?"

Zhuo Shaojun was quite pleased, at least Li Shuning didn’t outright reject him.

After Li Shuning said she wanted to rest, Zhuo Shaojun left. Shortly after that, people from the Yun Family brought food.

After having some food, the person claiming to be her grandfather also came to see her.

In his words, her mother sacrificed her life for her, while her father avoided responsibility back then, leading to her mother’s death. Over the years, she had suffered outside. He asked her to consider staying with the Yun Family, as it was her home.

Li Shuning didn’t say much, just smiled. However, she felt a bit helpless inside; she had become quite the sought-after person.

She was not the original Li Shuning; her mission was just to allow Li Shuning to live well.

To be honest, Yun Yuling’s words were somewhat biased. There were many reasons for her mother’s death.

Zhuo Shaojun hadn’t been by her side, and instead of revealing the truth to her family, she chose to hide it. Before the family even did anything to her, she left home with the child. Children were rare in this world. Even if she didn’t want to reveal the father, the Yun Family would have raised the child. After having a child, she still didn’t think of contacting Zhuo Shaojun. She was naive about people’s intentions and wanted to breathe fresh air in the outside world, ultimately losing her life.

As a mother, in the end, to protect the child, she locked up the child’s spiritual world and left a spiritual mark on Li Bingyi, which was quite thoughtful.

Besides, the Yun Family raised the child to be so naive, too innocent, and unaware of the perils of human hearts, which was also a problem, wasn’t it?

Zhuo Shaojun, of course, also had faults. Yun Lanxin didn’t contact him; after having an intimate relationship with Yun Lanxin, he didn’t bother to check in, not feeling that Yun Lanxin’s lack of contact posed any problem.

When Yun Zimo returned, the two discussed, and ultimately Li Shuning decided to go to the Zhuo Family. The fact that she was Zhuo Shaojun’s child couldn’t be changed.

Of course, Li Shuning regularly went back to the Yun Family.

The Zhuo Family had quite abundant resources. Eventually, Li Shuning also became a Super Rank powerhouse. By then, she went to see Li Bingyi; he was already looking haggard and not long for this world. Seeing Li Shuning made him grind his teeth in anger, but there was nothing he could do to her.

As for Li Xin, during the battle between Li Bingyi and the Yun Family, along with the Alliance, she was responsible for logistics on a starship and had already died.

As a descendant of both the Zhuo Family and the Yun Family, Li Shuning was granted a high status by the highest Governor of the Alliance. At a certain celebratory event, she saw her former fiancé. He looked withered, old before his time, yet was only at the Sixth Rank in Body Technique, while Li Shuning had already become a Super Rank powerhouse.

In the following years, Li Shuning often went with the military to eradicate the Insect Clan, and her reputation grew rapidly, earning her the respect of many people.

When Li Shuning heard the notification of mission completion in her mind, she was momentarily stunned. She had stayed in this world for over ten years. This time, she led everyone to eradicate the Insect Clan; the Insect Nest was enormous, and the Insect Queen was formidable. However, being a Super Rank powerhouse, she hadn’t expected the Insect Queen to self-destruct in the end. Naturally, she died along with it, feeling a bit hopeless at that moment but now just surprised.

"The host has completed the mission. The mission difficulty is four stars, earning 8 space-time energy points."

Li Shuning pondered and asked, "Ticket, I want to ask, why did the events in this world later differ completely from the information I received?"

"Host, you can call me 006. Since you had no space-time energy points, the information you received wasn’t complete."

"Li Shuning was a child of the Zhuo Family, it’s just that Yun Zimo had already died, so there was no search for Li Shuning back then. Since Li Shuning had no spiritual power and was just an ordinary person, Li Bingyi didn’t do anything to her. Later, when Zhuo Shaojun inadvertently saw Li Shuning, he remembered Yun Lanxin and realized she was indeed his child. So he ultimately killed Li Bingyi. However, Li Shuning had already married someone else and was ordinary, unwilling to return to the Zhuo Family, so Zhuo Shaojun had no choice and thus supported Nangong Yu, making him a Marshal to take good care of Li Shuning."

"It’s just that Li Xin was reborn, and Li Shuning died directly, which caused things to veer off track somewhat."