Chapter 1142 - 824: Eavesdropping on Secrets

Chapter 1142: Chapter 824: Eavesdropping on Secrets

As the two were about to be consumed by the destruction program, the machine suddenly stopped.

A crowd of staff swarmed over.

There were also the voices of father and mother, sounding very anxious.

"Xiao Xi, where are you?"

Xiao Xi crawled out from the heap of garbage, her face lit up with delight, but she was afraid of being punished if her parents found out she had sneaked out, so she hesitated to move forward. ℴ

Fortunately, the staff quickly located her, and together with her father and mother, brought her back.

Once her parents confirmed she was alright, they breathed a sigh of relief. Though they did not punish her severely, they forbade her from going out, effectively putting her under house arrest.

Xiao Xi returned home and saw her sister Xiao Xue was still safe and sound, appearing as charming and lovely as ever.

And Xiao Xue, seeing her return, was obviously surprised, her eyes avoiding hers, seemingly not expecting her to come back unharmed.

Even though they were only four or five years old, they understood a little of what was happening.

Xiao Xi realized it was her sister Xiao Xue who had deceived her and became very angry, demanding to her parents that she be separated from her sister and never play with her again.

The parents did not stop her, granting her request, and arranged two separate bedrooms for the sisters.

"Xiao Xi, good night, sweet dreams."

After the mother left, the bedroom fell into darkness.

The little girl hiding under the covers was not asleep.

She secretly took out a little night light, and in its dim light, pulled out a small black scorpion, half the size of her palm.

It remained motionless, as if it were dead.

A gentle and warm healing power emerged from her body and slowly entered the little scorpion.

After a moment, the little scorpion moved slightly.

He only felt he was dying, but unexpectedly, a gentle force suddenly enveloped his body, so comfortable and tender that his cold, stiff body seemed to regain its warmth.

The little scorpion opened his eyes, seeing a sweet, innocent smile.

"Great, you’re awake!" Xiao Xi said happily, "We’re safe now! This is my home, you don’t have to worry about anyone catching you."

"Little Stone, are you alright? Are you hungry? I’ll give you all my snacks to eat."

The little scorpion was still in a dazed state, completely unaware of what was happening. Upon hearing the sweet, soft voice of the little girl, he came to his senses and mumbled, "Little Stone...?"

Was she talking about him?

The little girl reached out her little hand and poked him, who was curled up, and giggled, "You look just like a little stone, and you feel like a hard stone too, so cute~ I’m Xiao Xi, what’s your name?"

The little scorpion shook his head, "Name? I, I don’t know. I don’t have a name..."

He only had a cold sequence of numbers.

Xiao Xi tapped her little pout with her finger and softly said, "Then I’ll call you Little Stone! I rescued you, so you’re mine now. I’ll take good care of you."

At this age, children don’t think much about things like life-saving grace; she simply saw a hurt, pitiful little creature, picked him up, wanting to care for him, letting him accompany her to play, no different from picking up a stray puppy from the roadside.

She would never know how deeply her innocent act affected the other party.

"Xiao Xi..." The little scorpion repeated several times, as if trying to engrave the name deep in his heart, gratefully said, "Thank you for saving me..."

"But I, I’m just a defective product marked for disposal, I’ll bring you trouble..."

The little scorpion said self-deprecatingly, his voice growing softer, faint as a mosquito’s buzz.

His long black scorpion tail curled up, wrapping himself into a ball, from a distance really looking like a little black stone.

He could guess that Xiao Xi might be the child of high-ranking personnel in the lab, living in such a large and beautiful house, pampered like a princess, possessing rare healing superpowers, a very noble being.

And he was just a lowly creature from the Insect Clan.

Insect Clan were already seen as inferior beings by other Beast Clans, chosen as experimental subjects due to their weakness and strong reproductive abilities. Among his birth batch alone, there were hundreds of sibling specimens.

He was just one insignificant specimen marked for disposal, worth less than the dirt beneath the feet, how dare he offend her.

They were creatures from entirely different worlds.