My carefree life in space

Chapter 86 Temporarily Not Recognizing Each Other

An Xiaojie's earlier disappointment vanished, and she looked at Lin Shushu with some excitement. When An Xiaojie looked over, Lin Shushu tried her best to control her emotions and pretended that nothing had happened.

However, An Xiaojie still noticed the strangeness in her eyes and asked curiously, "Sister Shushu, what's wrong? Why are your eyes red?"

"Oh, it's nothing. I just heard you talking about your great-aunt earlier, and I felt a little sorry for her," Lin Shushu said dismissively.

“Who can argue with that? If she hadn’t married into the Imperial Star, she certainly wouldn’t have passed away so early, and her great-grandparents wouldn’t have…” An Xiaojie stopped there, not knowing what to say about the elders’ affairs.

The surname An, marriage into the Lin family of Dixing, and early death all point to the fact that she was indeed her grandmother. However, Lin Shushu still needed to confirm one last thing.

"May I ask what your great-aunt's name is? Perhaps we'll meet her descendants someday, and then we'll tell you."

“That’s a good idea. Finding my great-aunt’s descendants was my great-grandfather and great-grandmother’s last wish. If it works, I want to thank you properly. By the way, my great-aunt’s name is An Sheng.”

As soon as An Xiaojie finished speaking, Lin Shushu felt a weight lifted from her heart. Looking at the young girl in front of her, she realized why she had felt a strange, inexplicable feeling upon their first meeting—was it really the bond of blood?

The young girl in front of them was unaware that the person they were looking for was herself. But should they confess? Could it be that she was An Sheng's descendant, the descendant of the person indirectly responsible for all the subsequent changes in the An family?

Judging from the An family's subsequent actions, Lin Shushu guessed that the An family did not blame An Sheng, but it is undeniable that An Sheng's marriage to a distant place led to the decline of the An family to some extent.

Perhaps An Sheng regretted it later, otherwise why didn't she tell her family about her experience on the Imperial Star, and even on her deathbed she didn't think of telling them.

She chose to bear everything alone, perhaps as punishment for her willful and reckless behavior, or perhaps because her guilt made her ashamed to face her family again. Isn't this a kind of escapism?

Because of her stubbornness, both her family and her descendants have experienced countless hardships, even though she did not expect them, the damage has already been done.

Lin Shushu didn't know how to evaluate her grandmother; if it were her...

If she were in that situation, how would she handle it? In her previous life, due to her low self-esteem, she wouldn't easily accept other people's feelings. But in this life, because of her own strength, she's not afraid of any obstacles.

In short, only when you become strong can you take control of the situation and face all challenges. Even in the worst circumstances, you can gracefully turn away and leave.

Lin Shushu suppressed her complicated emotions, looked at the completely unaware An Xiaojie, and made a decision. Fine, she'd keep it a secret for now. Aside from herself, the An siblings probably weren't prepared to accept the sudden truth.

Although they don't plan to acknowledge each other for the time being, now that they know the An siblings are their relatives, they should do their best to protect them.

Knowing that An Yuanheng was currently dealing with the strange beasts, Lin Shushu decided to go and check on the situation. If there was no danger to his life, she would just observe secretly and not interfere. If An Yuanheng encountered any problems he couldn't solve, she would be happy to lend a hand.

It must be said that Lin Shushu's decision came at a very opportune time; otherwise, her newly minted cousin would have died young before they could even be recognized.

Returning to this morning, after An Yuanheng registered at the registration point, he and four other people were divided into a small team to patrol and clean up a small ravine near the mining area.

"What a pleasant surprise! Joining the cleanup team means I'm exempt from paying for ore. I'm so glad I signed up," said Li Fei, a team member, excitedly.

“Yes, even though doing a task for one day only counts as one day of exemption, it’s still very worthwhile,” another member, Yang Feng, agreed.

People who are willing to risk coming to mine are usually not well-off, so being exempt from paying for ore is an extra benefit for them, which is sure to make them happy.

"Why wasn't this mentioned in the notice? Otherwise, more people would have signed up, right?" another member, Lu Xiang, asked.

“It’s probably intentional that they didn’t say so. The military definitely wants people who are willing to do the job, and this mission is risky. If it were explained beforehand, there’s no guarantee that no one would try to fill the position just to avoid paying for ore,” An Yuanheng said, expressing his guess.

After listening to his words, the other members of the team all felt that they made a lot of sense.

"So this trip is quite risky. Everyone needs to be extra careful and be sure to warn us immediately if we notice anything unusual," team member Luo Yuan reminded everyone.

Everyone nodded in agreement. Although it was a temporary team, no one dared to be careless when it came to safety.

After patrolling for half a day, they found nothing unusual. Just as everyone relaxed a little, Li Fei, who had just gone to relieve himself, suddenly shouted, "Come quick, there's a strange beast!"

Upon hearing this, the other team members tensed up and rushed in the direction Li Fei had gone.

When everyone arrived, they saw Li Fei staring at a level-one alien beast. Seeing this, everyone was speechless. Li Fei could have easily dealt with this level-one alien beast on his own.

Perhaps sensing the reproaches of the crowd, Li Fei chuckled and said, "Didn't I just say that we should warn others immediately if there are any strange beasts?"

That makes sense. The team members put away their dismissive expressions and carefully surveyed the surrounding area again, but they did not find any more strange beasts.

Unbeknownst to them, a pair of dark eyes had been watching them for a long time, but unfortunately, none of the five of them were particularly strong enough to detect the presence of those eyes.

After Li Fei dealt with the level-one alien beast himself, and everyone finished their rest and prepared to continue their patrol, An Yuanheng noticed something was wrong with the air.

"Can you smell something? There seems to be a fishy smell in the air." The fishy smell was faint, but just to be on the safe side, An Yuanheng still mentioned his discovery.

Upon hearing this, everyone took it seriously. If it was true, it meant that there was a strange beast nearby, and the fact that it could remain undetected meant that the beast was stronger than them all, which was extremely dangerous.

The five people immediately formed a circle, carefully observing the surrounding movements while sniffing the air to distinguish the smells.

"Oh no!" Everyone exclaimed in alarm. The stench grew stronger, and the ground beneath their feet seemed to shake.

Before they could take any action, a drooling beast appeared before them—it was a level-five beast, the Flame Wolf.

The group immediately tensed up. The highest level among them was only level three combat power, which was no match for the strange beast in front of them.

Lu Xiang shakily pulled out his signal device, preparing to send a distress signal, but before he could even move, a claw attacked him, instantly swatting him and Luo Yuan and Yang Feng flying.

After swatting the three people away, Yanlang's gaze fell on An Yuanheng and Li Fei, who were still standing, and he raised his claws again.