Chapter 73.2

He didn’t know how long it had been.

The little child still hadn’t woken up, but Raphael woke up first.

Raphael pressed his temple, feeling a bit confused about how he woke up. He subconsciously thought that An Nuo had used his mental powers again.

“An Nuo.”

Raphael was startled. His face turned pale. He sat up, gripping An Nuo’s shoulders with both hands, his voice filled with undisguised anxiety. “Did you heal me again? How is your body now? An Nuo, say something.”

An Nuo: “...”

An Nuo looked at Raphael, whose eyes were almost red, and he didn’t really want to be sentimental. Besides, he had just found his little nephew, and his mood was quite good. He couldn’t even conjure up a sad emotion at the moment.

After a few seconds of staring at each other, An Nuo cupped Raphael’s face and said seriously, “Stop crying. I can’t die just yet.”

Raphael’s eyes turned red, and the sight of such a tall and tough man with red eyes really left An Nuo unsure of what to say.

Helplessly, he leaned in and gave Raphael a kiss.

Not on his eyelids, because having red eyes was a sign that someone was about to cry. He couldn’t bring himself to kiss there.

In their royal family, aside from having a higher tolerance for their children, they had high standards of cleanliness for others, even their partners.

A kiss was enough to stabilize Raphael’s emotions.

“It wasn’t me who saved you, it was him.”

An Nuo spoke and pointed to the chubby little child sleeping soundly next to Raphael.

After exhausting himself, the little child had fallen into his usual deep slumber. When he slept, it wasn’t like others entering a deep sleep; he slept like he was dead.

His sleeping positions were quite varied.

At this moment, the little child’s sleeping posture was lying with short hands and short feet, slightly tilting his head. When he slept, his small chest rose and fell with each breath, indicating that he slept soundly.

“When Ningning wakes up, remember to thank him properly.”

Raphael: “?”

Raphael frowned, “An Nuo, what are you talking about?”

How could this little chubby kid, who only knew how to eat, possibly have saved him?

However, An Nuo’s expression did not appear to be joking. Not only did he tell Raphael that Ningning was his savior, but he also solemnly said to Raphael, “Ningning is my nephew, my own blood. In the future, you have to love and care for him as much as I do.”

Raphael: “...”

Raphael: “Hahaha, I understand now. Today must be some special day, and you’re intentionally joking with me.”

Raphael’s laughter gradually turned into a forced laugh in the serious gaze of An Nuo.

He looked at An Nuo’s determined and serious eyes, and a crack began to form in his heart. “An Nuo, no, this can’t be true, right?”

Could it be that the little child he loved to bully was actually his wife’s nephew? Even the most melodramatic TV dramas wouldn’t dare to have such a cliché plot twist!

“Anyway, Ningning is now my only relative. He is also the last child of our royal family. Raphael, you should know how important children are to our royal family.”

Raphael certainly knew.

It was precisely because he knew that he was now on the verge of a breakdown.

Damn.

He had kept the fact that he made the little chubby kid cry a secret from An Nuo. If that little chubby kid took the opportunity to complain to An Nuo, would there still be good days ahead for him?!

Raphael was feeling terrible.

An Nuo had been busy and hadn’t had rest since earlier. He was only waiting for Raphael to wake up.

“Raphael, I’m very tired.”

In fact, An Nuo really wanted to communicate his current feelings to Raphael, but his body couldn’t hold on any longer.

After giving Raphael a heads-up, An Nuo leaned against the little child and cuddled with him, closing his eyes and falling asleep.

The little child placed his chubby legs on An Nuo’s body and rested his face on An Nuo’s chest.

Looking at this big and small pair, especially the small child—

Raphael almost blacked out for a moment.

An Nuo and the little child slept for a long time, tightly snuggled together, sleeping for two days and nights.

The situation outside after the riots had completely stabilized. Raphael issued a ban on “chip implantation” and imposed restrictions and regulations on some intelligent technologies in the Sixth Planet.

Raphael issued one order after another, and even the Progressive Party dared not oppose at such a critical moment.

Raphael’s political affairs were going smoothly, but his personal matters were a bit messy.

Prince Caesar became certain of the little child’s situation when he slept through dinner.

He straightforwardly asked Raphael, “Did you let Ningning treat your mental riot?”

Raphael pondered his words for a moment. Thinking that the prince was not an outsider, Raphael confessed, “I didn’t let him treat me. An Nuo said he voluntarily treated me. Also, I have some news to tell you. Will you listen?”

Huo Lin: “...”

Huo Lin’s face was stern. “Speak.”

Seeing his stern expression, Raphael instantly felt a sense of displeasure.

This little prince was becoming more and more like his father, Ludwig.

“Ningning is my nephew.”

Raphael suppressed the faint displeasure in his heart and, in a deliberate light and casual tone, informed Huo Lin.

Ningning was his wife’s nephew. So, he was, more or less, also his nephew.

This logic was flawless.

Huo Lin: “?”

Huo Lin frowned, warning, “Please refrain from spreading rumors recklessly.”

Everyone in the interstellar knew that the king of the Sixth Planet was a recluse.

Oh, right, he also hid An Nuo in his golden palace.

While the little child and An Nuo were still asleep, Raphael intentionally played the role of an uncle in front of this little prince of the empire.

Huo Lin expressed disbelief and told the other to stop spreading rumors. His family’s child was a child of their empire, not the child of the Sixth Planet.

Huo Lin originally wanted to take the child back directly, but Raphael didn’t allow it.

“An Nuo hasn’t woken up yet, Ningning can’t leave.”

Raphael usually appeared a bit indulgent when he was teasing the child, but when he became firm, his aura was completely different.

Huo Lin couldn’t take the little child away.

Fortunately, Zhan Xi and Huo Lin had a timely phone call, which prevented Huo Lin from acting impulsively.

On the third day, during the daytime.

The little child’s hunger became unbearable and felt around with his eyes closed. When he touched An Nuo, he leaned over and sniffed, then moved away while inhaling.

On the right side of the little child, Raphael had forcibly approached.

Huo Lin was in Grandpa Ram’s yard, watching over the mechas for the little child, and hadn’t come over yet.

The little child closed his eyes and pressed his chubby face against Raphael on the right side.

The next second.

Raphael gasped and lifted his hand. On his large hand, there was still a small child hanging.

The little child had his mouth on his hand, biting down with great effort.

Raphael endured the pain and pinched the chubby face of the little child, making him loosen his grip. The child, who had nothing to eat, was forced to open his eyes.

As soon as he opened his eyes, he saw the bad uncle in front of him.

The little child pouted and was about to cry out when Raphael squeezed him again and said, “Don’t cry. I didn’t bully you. Why did you bite me for no reason?”

“Ningning is hungry.”

The little child lowered his head and lifted his clothes, revealing his tiny, empty belly.

Raphael: “...”

Was this chubby kid really from the royal family? Raphael felt incredibly complicated, but he still picked up the child and took him to eat.

Not long after.

Raphael placed the little child on a table full of food. He handed him a spoon and a bowl and said, “Eat, as much as you want.”

The chubby child ate without hesitation.

With a table full of food, the little child held the spoon with great enthusiasm. When he was halfway through his meal, An Nuo woke up and found his way to them.

Upon seeing An Nuo, the little child hurriedly lifted his chubby face covered in rice grains and urged, “Give Uncle An Nuo a bowl too!”

The child wanted to eat with Uncle An Nuo!

Even if it meant making the little child hungry, Raphael couldn’t bear to let his own wife go hungry. He brought another set of bowl and chopsticks and handed them to An Nuo.

With the influence of the chubby child, indeed, An Nuo ate more than before.

While eating, An Nuo didn’t forget to tell the little child that he was his uncle.

He spoke in a gentle and calm voice, but in reality, he was so nervous that he accidentally stepped on Raphael’s foot several times.

“Uncle?” (T/N: An Nuo used the word “舅父” or “jiufu” which meant maternal uncle, it’s different from the ‘uncle’ that Ningning used to call others.)

The little child held onto his spoon, a little confused about this new term.

An Nuo explained it carefully to him.

The little child still seemed bewildered. “Ningning doesn’t have a mommy.”

If the little child didn’t have a mommy, how could there be an uncle?

An Nuo endured the heartache and softly told him, “You have a mommy, but she’s not here anymore... Ningning, even if you don’t have a mommy in the future, you still have an uncle. Uncle will love you very, very much.”

Suddenly having an uncle, the little child was a bit dazed and didn’t quite react.

However, he changed his words smoothly. After calling “uncle” a few times, he sat in his uncle’s embrace. Like a little parrot, he repeated the pronunciation of “uncle”, finding it fascinating.

Raphael, who was beside them, casually interjected, “Ningning, call me uncle.”

The little child: “...”

The little child held grudges and stubbornly insisted, “Bad uncle!”

The bad uncle loved to tease the little child. He wasn’t his uncle!

With the presence of an uncle, the little child sat in his uncle’s embrace and earnestly made plans. “Ningning wants to earn money!”

“What do you want to do with the money?”

“Go on the merry-go-round!”

The little child held his spoon and told his uncle about the merry-go-round. “The merry-go-round can sing songs.”

Moreover, the songs from the merry-go-round couls help the little child understand what an uncle really was!

An Nuo intentionally avoided the topic of his sister, redirecting the little child’s attention to focus more on him.

Seeing the little child wanting to earn money, Raphael couldn’t resist and reflexively took out a red envelope. “Ningning, I am your uncle now as well. According to customs, I should give you a red envelope every New Year. Now that I missed these past few years, I should make up for it.”

“Come on, pay New Year’s respects to your uncle, and he’ll give you a big red envelope.”

Ningning: “?”

The little child looked at the big red envelope, torn between pride and the allure of money.

Raphael kindly began to explain how to pay New Year’s respects: “Here, during the New Year, we bow our heads, little chubby kid--“

Before Raphael could finish speaking, the little chubby kid had already rummaged through all his pockets and pulled out a star coin.

With his chubby hands tightly holding the star coin, he said in a serious voice: “You bow to Ningning, and Ningning will give you money.”