“System, I have a question. You said there are no vegetables in the interstellar era. Don’t people get constipated?” Ye Muqing asked curiously.
The system fell silent. The semitransparent light screen began to flicker as if it had crashed. Only after several seconds did it stabilize.
【Laxative solution. One vial is enough to take effect. An essential product for interstellar people's homes and travels. Does the host need to exchange for it?】
Huh?
Ye Muqing was both amused and exasperated. She had only asked casually; that did not mean she needed any!
“Um, I probably don’t need it for now. If I get constipated in the future, I’ll come to you.”
【Understood, host.】
Ye Muqing casually ate a few bites of the bread she had bought at the twenty-four-hour convenience store by the residential complex the previous night, then changed her clothes and went out.
There was a supermarket for daily necessities in the residential complex, and Ye Muqing happened to need to stock up on some essentials for herself.
After returning with a full load, Ye Muqing lined up all the vegetables she had bought across the dining table.
“Don’t say I’m taking advantage of your interstellar people. I bought everything that was available.”
【System scanning in progress—Items meet the conditions. Exchange established.】
The dining table instantly became completely empty.
Ye Muqing waited for a while, then realized that nothing had appeared. Her expression immediately darkened.
“System, are you messing with me?”
【Holographic technology has no physical carrier and can only be stored within the system. If the host needs it, it can be sent to the corresponding server at any time.】
Ye Muqing looked away. After feeling slightly guilty for a moment, she immediately became self-righteous. “Then you could have told me that beforehand.”
【Understood, host.】
Tsk. Its emotions were so stable that she felt embarrassed to say anything else.
Ye Muqing folded her arms and paced back and forth in the living room, mulling over what the system had just said.
It could be sent to the corresponding server at any time.
If that was the case, she could simply ask the system to send the holographic technology directly to the people above. That way, she could avoid exposing herself for the time being, while also accomplishing her goal of handing the technology over to the country.
Ye Muqing snapped her fingers. That was what she would do.
Before having the system send it, Ye Muqing made a point of asking, “You can hide my location, right?”
【Yes, host.】
“Good. Send it.”
Ye Muqing, who had calculated everything perfectly, had no idea that the elite human leaders of the interstellar era were going insane over the vegetables she had exchanged.
It was the same laboratory, but this time, the upper echelons of the Human Federation had gathered there.
They had absolutely no understanding of the types or quantities of vegetables that had existed on Earth millions of years ago. All they saw was the tiny culture dish suddenly being filled to the brim, with some vegetables even rolling onto the floor.
A man dressed in a black training uniform picked up the potato that had rolled to his feet and knitted his brows tightly.
“What is this thing?”
Potato: You’re asking me? →_→
Fortunately, they did not need to test samples one by one this time. The system had copied and pasted over the Baidu Baike entries for all the vegetables.
Someone picked up a red chili pepper and, unable to restrain his inner longing, took a bite. The result was so spicy that he began to question his entire existence.
These usually lofty upper-level officials of the Federation were now all hugging various vegetables and howling like idiots. Anyone who didn’t know better would have thought they had wandered into some kind of interstellar zoo.
The old professor who had managed to remain somewhat calm raised his light computer and recorded the scene. When the opportunity arose, he would definitely show it to that child from the past.
It was her arrival that had brought them unprecedented light.
After having the system send the holographic technology to the relevant research institute that day, Ye Muqing stayed home for three whole days without going out.
If she had not received a call from the old dean of the orphanage, she felt that she could have continued staying home.
Don’t ask. If you ask, the answer is that this was simply a homebody’s basic discipline.
When Ye Muqing took a taxi to the orphanage, she happened to pass by a black commercial vehicle.
Looking at the large iron gate covered in mottled marks, Ye Muqing felt deeply moved.
She had grown up here. When she was little, she had once suffered a serious illness, and the old dean had cared for her for three days and three nights without sleep. It could be said that without the old dean, she would not be who she was today.
So to hell with Liu Yang—this was her home! The people here were her family!
Family, I’m here!
Ye Muqing pressed the doorbell, and before long, someone came running to open the door.
The two of them froze when they saw each other, then simultaneously let out a cry.
“Ye Muqing!”
“Tao Qian!”
The two childhood friends had not seen each other in a long time, and immediately threw their arms around each other in excitement.
But their excitement did not last long, because someone who ruined the atmosphere appeared.
The moment Ye Muqing saw Liu Yang getting out of the vehicle, her face immediately turned cold, and she pulled Tao Qian behind her.
She had not expected Liu Yang to find this place.
She really was like a lingering ghost.
Behind Liu Yang’s sunglasses, her eyes were full of disgust. But the moment she removed them, the emotion in her eyes changed into pleading.
“Qingqing, go get another medical examination with Mom, all right? You can’t just ignore your own health.”
Ye Muqing let out a derisive laugh. “Stop putting on that hypocritical act here. What, you haven’t found a suitable match for your son these past few days?”
The remark struck Liu Yang directly in her sore spot. Her expression changed, and she glared at Ye Muqing with disgust. “How could I have given birth to a daughter as cold-blooded and heartless as you?”
Ye Muqing rolled her eyes. “I’d like to ask you the same thing. What gave you the right to give birth to me without my consent? Since you gave birth to me, you should have raised me. You neither raised me nor took care of me, and now you only remember me because you need someone to donate bone marrow to your son. How can you be so shameless?”
After being bombarded by Ye Muqing’s words, Liu Yang’s face flushed red. Enraged and humiliated, she shouted for the bodyguards behind her to come forward, intending to forcefully take Ye Muqing away.
“Don’t move!” Tao Qian jumped out, holding up her phone and shouting sternly, “I’ve already called the police. Don’t come any closer!”
The other orphanage staff also heard the commotion and rushed out one after another, confronting Liu Yang and her bodyguards.
Ye Muqing slowly clenched her fists. The person who had given birth to her did not care in the slightest whether she lived or died, while people with no blood relation to her had always protected her.
Especially when she saw the old dean walking out with a cane, Ye Muqing drew a deep breath and called loudly to Liu Yang, whose expression had turned ugly. “I’ll say this one last time. I will not agree to be tested as a match for your son, and I definitely won’t donate my bone marrow to him. Whether he lives or dies has nothing to do with me.”
Ye Muqing’s words were decisive. Liu Yang’s face turned livid with rage, but she could do nothing to her. All she could do was glare at her hatefully before leaving with her bodyguards.
Ye Muqing turned to Tao Qian. “You really called the police?”
“Of course! Ah! I need to hurry and tell the police uncle, or they’ll think I made a false report!”
Seeing her dash off in a flurry, Ye Muqing shook her head and laughed.
When she turned back to look at the old dean slowly walking toward her, Ye Muqing restrained her smile, feeling slightly nervous. “Grandma Chen.”
The old dean merely raised a hand covered in frostbite scars and gently stroked her face, answering with a smile, “Good girl.”