a seed of ambition

Wen Family's Sky Villa.

"What?!"

"Huo Xiao went to the school to find Wen Meng?"

During dinner, upon hearing the news, Wen Jiaren's jaw almost dropped.

This was even more shocking than Wen Meng's sudden reappearance at school after being missing for several days.

It seemed as if all these days of arduous searching and the mortal danger posed by Huo Xiao were nothing but a nightmare experienced by the Wen family.

"Mm." Wen Xin put a chopstick full of rice into her mouth and nodded, "She came to class today."

"Ah, thank goodness, the gods have blessed us."

Mrs. Wen took a deep breath to calm herself; she had been feeling chest tightness and shortness of breath these past few days

Now that Wen Meng was fine, she had no more worries

Mrs. Wen: "Old man, let's quickly bring the children back."

The three sons of the Wen family are still out there searching for this so-called sister.

Thinking about it, I have endured quite a bit of hardship.

Her three sons were the treasures of her heart; when they were hurt, she felt the pain in her soul.

That day during the video call, the younger son cried, repeatedly saying he wanted to come back and didn't want to keep searching outside anymore.

He is the genuine young master of the Wen family. Why should he suffer outside for that impostor?

But Mrs. Wen had no choice; Master Wen had spoken, and the whole family had to follow his orders without the slightest disobedience.

I could only advise him to be more patient, find a secluded little star to hide on, and treat it as a relaxing getaway.

That being said, she also understood Wen Jiaren's actions.

Mobilizing the entire family's resources to search at least demonstrated an attitude to Huo Xiao

They were truly doing their utmost to find Wen Meng

As for whether it can be found, that's another matter entirely.

After all, the legs are under Wen Meng's own feet. If she wants to run, no one can stop her.

Originally, I thought it would take at least three to five months, but now that Wen Meng has come back on her own, it's the best possible outcome.

It seems that the suggestion someone gave her worked, saying that Wen Meng might have just gone out to play

When the money runs out, they'll naturally come back home.

She was raised in luxury and comfort, surely she can't endure hardship.

So, Mrs. Wen canceled Wen Meng's credit card.

Sure enough, it wasn't long before she returned.

However, since she had returned to the Imperial Star, why didn't she come home?

Since Huo Xiao had already gone to the school to find Wen Meng, the Wen family's crisis was naturally resolved.

Wen Jiaren tapped his pipe a few times on the mahogany table, causing the overstuffed strands of tobacco to scatter across the tabletop and the carpet, creating a mess.

The nearby servant quickly and deftly lit the fire for him.

He took a deep drag, and instantly, the dining table was enveloped in swirling smoke.

Provided everyone present with a thoroughly satisfying experience of secondhand smoke.

The smoke was choking, and the air inhaled into the lungs carried tiny hooks, scratching the throat and making it unbearably itchy. One wanted to cough but was restrained by the authority of the Wen family head.

No one dared to cover their mouth, at most they held their breath.

In the realm of the stars, whenever there was an occasion with an old nobleman present, the nauseating stench of their exhaust fumes was always inevitable.

The younger generation had long abandoned this slow poison, but these stubborn old men still regarded smoking as a symbol of nobility

As if in this way, they could hold on to the glory of their past days.

They believed the world was still in their hands.

The butler conveyed the master's orders to the three young masters, telling them there was no need to search outside anymore

Wen Meng is back.

The second young master and the third young master both started cursing on the spot.

This dead girl is truly a jinx.

Only the eldest son of the Wen family, Wen Yuan, remained calm. He quietly turned off the Star Messenger and breathed a sigh of relief.

He finally no longer had to pretend to know nothing.

The torturous dinner finally over, Wen Xin began to cough loudly as soon as she returned to her room.

The old man's cigarette smoke made her throat dry and itchy, causing her to cough up tears.

However, as soon as she looked up and saw her luxurious princess room, her mood instantly brightened, and a smug smile appeared on her lips.

Compared to the luxurious and wealthy life now, what does inhaling a bit of secondhand smoke matter?

Expensive things can indeed improve one's mood, it's absolutely true

No wonder everyone wants to live the life of the upper class.

She thought of the place where she used to live, eight people crowded into a dilapidated house in the countryside.

The entire area of the house combined was not even one-fifth the size of the bathroom in her current room.

The small size is not even the most frustrating part

When I was a child, I was most afraid of rainy days. Whenever it was windy and rainy, there would be a downpour outside and a drizzle inside the house.

Her impoverished mother would always send her to fetch water with a basin.

The basin was made of plastic, colorful and vibrant, placed on the uneven, bumpy mud ground

She hugged her legs, curling up in the only corner where the rain couldn't reach, listening to the sound of water dripping from the eaves all night long.

The work is never-ending, and I still have to help my parents take care of my younger siblings.

If it weren't for what happened later, she thought, maybe her life would have just stayed like this.

Until a beam of light pierced the darkness.

A teacher from the distant star, Xingjing, who went to a remote planet to teach, saw Wen Xin working in the wheat field with a few children.

At that time, her name was still Da Ya.

"Are these your younger siblings?"

The volunteer teacher was dressed impeccably, with fair skin.

Her appearance clearly showed she had never endured the ravages of hardship; she was simply not from the same world as them.

The villagers said that these teachers were nobles from Daxing, not to be offended.

The village chief repeatedly urged that if you see him, you must be polite.

They didn't need the village chief to tell them; they already knew.

Because although their planet was poor and backward, at least the scenery was beautiful, and there had always been many tourists who yearned for a primitive experience of life.

Daye remembered, she nodded.

"Haha, you don't look like them at all."

The volunteer teacher laughed, then joked with his companions

"This little girl looks exactly like one of my classmates, as if they were carved from the same mold. At first glance, I even thought she was her illegitimate daughter."

"Which student?"

"She's the one who married into the Imperial Star, a sparrow turned into a phoenix."

The two of them talked as they gradually walked away.

A mundane conversation, the two inadvertently stepped into Wen Xin's life, and they should have been mere passersby in her existence.

Words spoken without intent, yet heard with meaning.

This sentence kept echoing in her mind, almost becoming a nightmare that haunted her in the dead of night.

From that moment on, a seed of ambition was planted in her heart, watered by obsession, and it grew wildly.