Yi Nuo noticed that the direction of Yue Zhan’s gaze wasn’t right and was immediately ashamed and annoyed.
Yi Nuo grabbed a thin quilt and rolled himself into a baby silkworm.
At the same time, he said angrily, “Where were you looking!?”

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Yue Zhan was embarrassed for a second and subconsciously looked away, but seeing that the little prince was about to roll to the edge of the bed, he hurriedly reminded, “Your Highness, be careful—”

“Boom—”

Yi Nuo: “Ouch!”

Yue Zhan subconsciously held his forehead and couldn’t bear to look at it.

Obviously, the little prince fell down.

Ten minutes later, Yue Zhan reluctantly carried the tearful little prince and returned to his room.

Yi Nuo sniffed, slightly raised his face, and asked, holding back his tears, “Why does your room have a treatment cabin, but mine doesn’t?”

If it wasn’t because Yi Nuo was afraid that his tears would turn into pearls, he would have cried long ago.

“I didn’t expect His Highness to stay for so long before, so I didn’t prepare.” Yue Zhan said.

“Hmph, do you think I’ve been here for too long?” Yi Nuo asked provokingly.

The more he got to know Yue Zhan, the more unpleasing to the eye he became.

“The room was arranged by Major General Lin.
At first, I didn’t expect that His Highness would need a treatment cabin.” Yue Zhan explained to him patiently and promised, “I’ll have someone install one for you later.”

After all, who would have thought that the little prince would fall down when taking a bath.

Yi Nuo was nestled in Yue Zhan’s arms, but when he heard his words, he stuck his neck and said, “I’ll move away tomorrow.”

[I can’t live next door to you!]

Yue Zhan: “…”

He should have tried his best to meet the requirements of the little prince, but for some unknown reason, Yue Zhan said, “There are no spare rooms left.
The conditions at the base are still poor.
Your Highness, please bear with me.”

Yi Nuo: “…” Why did these words sound familiar?

Well, don’t move if you can’t move.

He wasn’t the kind of person who liked to make trouble without reason and caused problems for others.
Since the conditions of the base were not good, then…

“Then give me the key and door card.
You’re not allowed to enter my room on your own in the future.” Yi Nuo made another request.

He naively believed Yue Zhan’s nonsense.

The corners of Yue Zhan’s mouth twitched slightly, and he said, “I gave it to you last time.
You didn’t change the password yourself.”

Yi Nuo: “…” Nonsense, you didn’t say it last time!

He thought angrily—

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[I’ll change the password when I go back later.
Change it to my mother’s birthday, 0XXXXXX8, well, easy to remember!]

Yue Zhan: “…”

He really didn’t want to remember the new password, but sometimes, having a good memory could be a curse.

*

Yue Zhan’s room was very empty.
The decoration was a simple combination of black, white, and gray.
It looked cold at a glance, without any personality.

However, to Yi Nuo’s surprise, there was a super-large fish tank in the room, and it was eight meters long and nearly two meters high.

The landscape in the fish tank was also very beautiful.
The cold blue light shone in the water, and a group of colorful small fish was shuttling between water plants and rockeries.

Yi Nuo’s eyes were a little dazed, and he subconsciously thought—

[So big!]

Yue Zhan: “???”

Yi Nuo admitted that his thoughts were a bit crooked.

[I really want to go in and swim for a while.]

Yue Zhan: “…”

Yue Zhan inexplicably breathed a sigh of relief, then found that the little prince was staring at the fish tank, and thought silently: do you really think of yourself as a fish?

“Why is there no fish tank in my room?” Yi Nuo began to ask again.

He was like a child who didn’t have toys.
He was envious of other people’s children having toys.

Yue Zhan was very helpless and responded, “I bought it myself.”

“Oh.” Yi Nuo took another look, then reluctantly looked away and thought—

[I’ll buy one when I go back.]

In fact, it wasn’t that he hadn’t seen a larger and more beautiful fish tank, but in a place like the base, Yue Zhan’s fish tank was indeed rare, big and beautiful.

Yue Zhan didn’t think much about it.
He took Yi Nuo to the treatment cabin and checked him first.
After confirming that none of Yi Nuo’s bones were injured, he helped him adjust to the ‘1 hour light trauma treatment’ mode.

Considering that the little prince had injured his waist, Yue Zhan helped him clean the room.

But when cleaning up the bathroom, he found seven or eight irregularly shaped pearls in the bathtub that looked like water droplets.

What were these?

Yue Zhan carefully collected the beads.
When the little prince came out of the treatment cabin in a good mood, he handed them over and said, “Your Highness, this was found in your bathtub.”

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Yi Nuo was reaching out to pinch his waist, wanting to test the treatment effect.
Hearing this, he turned to look at Yue Zhan and then froze in place.

The next second, he grabbed the beads and stammered, “These, these are from a bracelet that broke.”

After speaking, he bluffed and bluntly asked, “Who, who allowed you to go to my room again?”

Yue Zhan didn’t think much about it and explained, “I think His Highness may not be able to bend down to clean up later, so I helped you clean up.”

“Well, that can be done by a housekeeping robot.” Yi Nuo breathed a sigh of relief and looked at Yue Zhan secretly.
After confirming that he didn’t see any clues, he said fiercely, “You are not allowed to enter my room and touch my things without permission in the future.”

“Yes.” Yue Zhan said with a good temper, but he thought in his heart: You like to toss around so much, next time even if you invite me, I won’t go.

Yi Nuo carefully put away the bead, rubbed his waist, and twisted it slightly.
After confirming that it didn’t hurt so much, he couldn’t help boasting, “Your treatment cabin works very well.
You can install one for me too.”

“I’m afraid not.” Yue Zhan shook his head and said with a smile, “This is specially customized according to my physical condition.”

“Your body… What’s wrong with it?” Yi Nuo couldn’t help asking curiously.

Yue Zhan rubbed Yi Nuo’s head and said, “Child, don’t ask so many questions.”

As he touched Yi Nuo’s head, the back of Yue Zhan’s hand inevitably met the little dark cloud again.
Like last time, the little dark cloud rubbed against him again, like a coquettish cat.
And Yi Nuo, like a cat with smoothed fur, narrowed his eyes comfortably.

Yue Zhan suddenly had the illusion that the little dark cloud and the little prince were one.

But unfortunately, Yi Nuo soon returned to his senses.
He was ashamed to find that he actually enjoyed being touched by Yue Zhan.
After feeling embarrassed for a while, he felt that Yue Zhan was becoming more presumptuous and didn’t respect him as much as before.

Yue Zhan also felt that the little prince was more lively than when he first came.
Especially today, he seemed to be… revealing of his true nature.

*

The next day, Hu Yichen went to the Imperial Capital Star as planned.

Before leaving, he met Yi Nuo again.
But this time, the atmosphere was a little awkward.

Because Yue Zhan was always by Yi Nuo’s side, they didn’t have the chance to speak alone.

Under such circumstances, Hu Yichen couldn’t ask Yi Nuo if he had something to say.
After holding it for a long time, he repeatedly promised, “Your Highness, wait for me.
I’ll definitely become stronger.”

“Well, come on, I believe in you.” Yi Nuo said the same encouraging words.

Hu Yichen looked at Yi Nuo for a while and then sighed in annoyance.
If he becomes useful and can help His Highness build a powerful army, His Highness… Alas.

In the end, Hu Yichen set foot on the warship to the Imperial Capital Star with a heavy heart.

But what he didn’t know was that after sending him away, both Yi Nuo and Yue Zhan were relieved.

Yue Zhan: He’s finally gone.
I hope the little prince’s delusional disorder can be alleviated after not seeing him.

Yi Nuo: I finally sent him away for further study.
The next time we meet, he must be a boss.

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Wait, why did he suddenly feel like an old father sending off his son to school?

After sighing, Yi Nuo was about to go back to business.

Knowing that he was investigating the matter of the Zong family, Yue Zhan couldn’t help saying a few words.

Yi Nuo didn’t hide it from him and said, “Recently, I sorted out the clues.
The earliest abnormality in the Zong family was six months ago.
At that time, the former chief engineer of the Technical Department of the base died unexpectedly.
I don’t think this is a coincidence.”

“You can check the interpersonal relationships of the former chief engineer.
I’ll have someone check his office later.” Yue Zhan quickly added, “However, Zong Ming later acted as the chief engineer.
If he knows anything, the office has likely been cleaned up by him, and maybe nothing can be found.”

“Yes.” Yi Nuo nodded and added with a serious expression, “I think that Zong Ming is likely to know something.
Has he made any moves these days?”

“No.” Yue Zhan shook his head.

“Sigh.” Yi Nuo sighed and said like a little old man, “Let’s ask him in person later.
In addition, the issue of the mecha factory should also be checked.
I’m going to visit the branch of the Zong family in Blue Star first.”

Yue Zhan felt that the little prince’s serious appearance was very cute and couldn’t help but say in a warm voice, “I’ll accompany you.”

“You?” Yi Nuo was surprised and hesitated, “But you are no longer a member of the investigation team.
The Zong family may not let you check the information.”

“It doesn’t matter.
I’ll go with you in the name of a guard.
Just stay outside later.” Yue Zhan said.

Blue Star wasn’t just a military base.
After the suspension rail traveled eastward for 40 minutes, it arrived at the nearest city center.
After another 40 minutes, it arrived at the branch factory of the Zong family in Blue Star.

Yi Nuo was sitting on the suspension rail overlooking the factory, thinking that it wasn’t a factory but an industrial base; because it was too big.

The whole factory area was almost as big as the military base.
This entire area — excluding the city center and the military base — was all the Zong family’s territory.

And this was just one branch of the Zong family.

No wonder Zong Ming dared to be so arrogant when he was at the base.
It seemed that he was supported by his family.

At this time, in a high-end hotel in the city center, Zong Wei was holding a wine cup, chatting with a group of wealthy businessmen.

Zong Wei was Zong Qingxu’s eldest son, Zong Ming’s cousin, and the head of the branch of the Zong family in Blue Star.

Learning from his secretary that the little prince was going to check the factory, Zong Wei smiled vaguely and said, “Don’t worry, let him check.”

The person next to him was curious and couldn’t help asking, “Aren’t you going to be present? After all…” that was a prince.

Zong Wei smiled and said, “That child is just pretending to be an adult.
What can he possibly find?”

“But I heard Major General Yue is accompanying the little prince…”

“So what?” Zong Wei didn’t take it to heart, “Yue Zhan isn’t a member of the investigation team.
He has no authority to check our family’s database.
Even if he wants to help the little prince, he can only help from the outside.
He can’t ask our family to cooperate, not to mention…”

Speaking of this, he changed his words and said, “Our family is a serious business, and we’re not afraid of this investigation.
Don’t believe the rumors on the Internet; it’s all about people throwing dirty water on us.”

“Yes, yes…” The crowd flattered.

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Zong Wei added, “What are you doing? Drink wine and dance.”

After Yi Nuo and his party arrived at the factory of the Zong family, Yue Zhan wasn’t allowed to enter the archive room.

Zong Wei’s secretary even dared to step forward and said, “I’m sorry, Major General Yue.
We can only allow people with the right to investigate to enter the room.
This is the law of the Empire.”

He emphasized the words ‘law of the Empire’ as the parliament was controlled by the big financial groups and nobles.
This explained why the regulations formulated had always been partial to them.

Yue Zhan looked at him for a moment with a faint smile.
When the secretary couldn’t stand the pressure, he said, “It’s okay.
Today I’m the guard of His Highness Yi Nuo.
I’ll wait… outside the door.”

The secretary sneered in his heart, thinking: You are here to be a guard? Who are you trying to fool? Besides, didn’t the little prince have his own guards?

Thinking of this, he glanced meaningfully at Lu Ya and Luo Yuanjie.

Yue Zhan explained casually, “This time, the task is very complicated and of great significance.
In case a cornered dog jumps over the wall1To be driven to desperate action. and takes extreme measures, I must personally protect His Highness.”

Secretary: “…” Say, who is the dog?

Yi Nuo nodded and said solemnly, “Yes, Major General Yue must ensure my safety.”

Yue Zhan looked at him.
His palm was a little itchy, and he wanted to rub the little prince’s head.

The secretary’s smile was a bit ugly, but he didn’t dare send Yue Zhan away.
In the end, he retreated after thinking: Forget it, as long as Yue Zhan doesn’t enter the archive room.
They won’t be able to find anything tricky by relying on the useless little prince.

So he said, “Your Highness, do as you please, but you can’t bring any communication or video equipment inside.
We have to ensure our trade secrets, please understand our request.”

Yi Nuo glanced at him lightly and didn’t speak.

After entering the room, Yi Nuo followed Yue Zhan’s instructions and ordered people to move all the documents close to the door.
Then—

[On January 3, 3026, the Z-series mecha was newly developed… The test was unstable…]

[February 7, 3026, after investigation…]

[…]

[On March 2, 3027, the branch of the Third Galaxy sent parts…]

Outside, Yue Zhan crossed his arms as he leaned against the wall.
A faint smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

He didn’t expect that mind-reading could be used like this.
It was a pleasant surprise.

When the secretary saw this, he was inexplicably panicked.
He couldn’t help but come forward and say, “Major General Yue, His Highness may stay inside for a long time.
Why don’t you… Go to the lounge next door to sit for a while?”

Yue Zhan shook his head and said meaningfully, “No, I like to stand.”

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To be driven to desperate action.

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