Chapter 54: The Whole Family Are Professional Actors

Chapter 54: Chapter 54: The Whole Family Are Professional Actors

At eight in the evening, the film was officially screened.

The film had a runtime of 98 minutes. From the moment the film began screening until about five minutes after it finished, absolutely no comments appeared.

After this silence, the Interstellar Connection network crashed directly. The Central Smart Units of the star systems had to work to the bone to bring the network connection back to normal. Everywhere were deeply moved words of thanks dedicated to the film’s producer and restorer.

[The film took away half a lifetime of my tears. Thank you, Walt Disney Animation Studios! Thank you, restorer Benjamin Martinez! You all brought the breath of life back to me.]

[Why was such a good film not screened before? Is Robots possessing feelings not a very good thing? They become more vivid and closer to us, why would anyone want to destroy them?]

[Our Galaxy once searched desperately for the color green just like that.]

[If we had not awakened early enough, we would also have become fat people unable to move like in the film.]

[Oh, a film carrying many messages. Sincere thanks to the producer, thanks to the restorer!]

...

Benjamin sat reading these comments, feeling the effort they had put in these past few days was truly worthwhile. Bringing an unscreened film to everyone, letting everyone know about a film studio that had faded into the past, he felt incredibly proud.

Liam sat beside Isabella reading comments together, smiling as he looked at Benjamin: "Brother, do you understand how to make films yet? Actually making a film is not difficult, is it?"

Benjamin nodded, a slightly strange emotion rising in the depths of his eyes. Liam did not speak further, letting the older brother ponder it for himself. He felt very sleepy, therefore saying goodbye to his older brother and sister to go up to bed first.

Liam had been gone a short while, Isabella also returned to her room to finish the unfinished triangular shawl she was crocheting. On the terrace right now remained only Benjamin raising his head to look up at the sky, falling into deep thought.

The phone ring suddenly sounded, cutting off Benjamin’s train of thought. He lowered his head to look, it turned out to be a call from White Narcissus. Only then did Benjamin remember he was late for his appointment with the other man.

He answered the call, apologizing in a low voice. Daniel on the other end of the line said it was fine in a low voice. He lowered his voice, asking:

"The hot film on the network today was shot by you, was it not?"

Benjamin was startled: "How do you know?"

Daniel’s voice carried a laugh: "Your channel is Farming with the Martinezes, the restorer written on the poster is Benjamin Martinez. You are so good at filming, I made a slight connection and guessed it immediately."

At this moment, Benjamin was startled as though thinking of something, speaking hurriedly to White Narcissus: "You wait for me a moment!"

He exited the chat interface, went to his main page, hurriedly changing the original avatar from Liam’s back silhouette to a random picture of flowers and grass. He scrolled down and deleted the two status updates for the old and new avatars as well. Only then did he feel slightly more at ease.

Daniel always followed Benjamin’s channel so when Benjamin changed the avatar, he was the first person to see it. Connecting it to the story Liam told a few days ago, he immediately recognized the problem. Benjamin feared that rich family would follow the trail to find Liam.

His lips curved, pretending to ask: "Why did you change the channel avatar suddenly?"

Benjamin deflected immediately: "I just wanted to change it. That is right, you watched the film already, did you not? What do you think of this film?"

Daniel also did not expose Benjamin, beginning to speak out his feelings about the film. He spoke a great deal, to the point of forgetting to disguise his voice. Benjamin still did not discover anything, still listening attentively to the Omega’s chirping voice on the other end of the line, a gentle smile always hanging on his lips.

Daniel spoke until his mouth was bitter and his tongue dry, only then discovering he had spoken too much all this time, not knowing whether Benjamin recognized his voice or not. (QAQ)

Naturally Benjamin did not recognize it, he still used his normal tone to talk to Daniel. Hearing Benjamin’s voice, Daniel gradually calmed back down. He listened in silence to the Alpha talking, completely lacking any sleepiness whatsoever. Benjamin spoke for a while, glancing at the clock to see it was already ten forty, saying immediately:

"It is too late, you should go to sleep now. Otherwise you will be unable to wake up again tomorrow."

Daniel said regretfully: "I still want to talk more..."

Benjamin burst into a laugh: "No. Children refusing to sleep early will not be able to grow taller."

Daniel pouted secretly, he was only two years younger than Benjamin. But if Benjamin had assumed like that he would not refute it either, avoiding exposing himself. Daniel muttered:

"But I cannot sleep."

Benjamin said gently: "Then I will read a book for you to listen to again, all right?"

He stood up to return to his room, subsequently lying with his back leaning against the bed, beginning to read the unfinished section from yesterday. This Handbook of Plant Species was almost finished, perhaps he should switch to another book soon.

Daniel listened in silence to Benjamin’s steady reading voice, snoring soundly after only fifteen minutes. This sleeping speed left Benjamin feeling caught between laughing and crying. He also turned off the light and lay down, listening to the Omega’s steady breathing on the other end of the line, slowly sinking into sleep.

This was Benjamin’s recent habit.

The next morning, Benjamin was awakened by the phone ringing even before his biological clock. Looking at the strange number on the smart screen, Benjamin was slightly dazed.

Subsequently he let out a long yawn while answering the call: "Hello? May I ask who is calling?"

The other end of the line was clearly stupefied by his sleepy voice, subsequently discovering he called too early, the man said in embarrassment: [My apologies Mr. Martinez, because I was in too much of a hurry I forgot to pay attention to the time, having disturbed your sleep.]

Benjamin rubbed his eyes, opening the window to let the cool wind blow into the room. The sleepiness was pushed back as well. He spoke unhurriedly: "It is fine, it was almost time for me to wake up anyway. May I ask who you are?"

[I am Alexander Hall.]

"Huh? Who?"

Benjamin’s mind was sluggish for a moment, temporarily unable to think of who Alexander Hall was. After blurting the question out loud, he realized this was an acquaintance. His expression turned cold. Sure enough he investigated it this quickly?

His mind spun extremely fast, beginning to think of a countermeasure. On the other end of the line, Alexander hesitated for a moment, only then saying: [I am Alexander Hall, Elijah’s biological older brother.]

Benjamin began pretending: "Elijah? What are you saying? What biological or not biological?"

Alexander opened his mouth slightly, trying to determine whether Benjamin was lying or not. He asked back: [Elijah is not the Martinez family’s biological son, but our Hall family’s biological son, do you not know?]

Benjamin tried to adjust his voice to sound truly angry, speaking to Alexander: "Sir, I do not know what you are saying at all! How could Elijah not be our family’s biological son?! You are the person he hired to deceive me, are you not? You tell him to get his ass back here for me right now! Daring to steal the family’s money to run away, now he even colludes with outsiders to deceive his older brother?!"

Alexander: "..." It seemed to be true. The Martinez family still did not know Elijah was not their biological son even now, meaning they also did not know of Liam’s existence. He slumped his shoulders in disappointment, switching to message mode, sending a blood test report along with a photograph of Liam over.

[I am truly not lying, this is the blood test report and a photograph of the Martinez family’s true son.]

Benjamin’s side remained silent for a very long time, so long that Alexander thought Benjamin had hung up. It took half an hour later for Benjamin’s hoarse voice to transmit from the other side:

"It is truly not a product created by a smart unit. The person in this photograph looks exactly like my maternal grandmother!" Benjamin’s breathing gradually became hurried: "Meaning, Elijah is truly not our family’s biological son?! The boy in this photograph is?!"

A sigh transmitted from the other side: [It is indeed exactly like that. He came looking for us a year ago...]

Benjamin cut Alexander’s words off, his voice very loud: "A year ago?! He stole my medical money to go looking for your family a year ago?! You all always knew, did you not?!"

Alexander choked: [That... the fact that he stole money I only found out recently as well...]

Benjamin let out a cold laugh: "Then do you know the money he took was my medical money? Do you know because we lacked money we were forced to sell the family’s final property? Do you know because we lack money we are currently working as hired hands on a desolate planet?"

Alexander choked. Naturally he knew, last time he went looking for the Martinez family, learning they had sold the planet. He even went to the Administrative Headquarters on planet Altair to find information on the two siblings, but the file did not clearly state the Martinez siblings’ current residence.

It was not until yesterday after seeing this news, then reading information on the network to learn Benjamin had a vlog channel and using special privileges to obtain his contact number, that Alexander was finally able to contact him. He apologized profusely:

"I apologize, we truly did not know. I will send compensation equal to the price of the planet you sold, but that is not the purpose of my seeking you out. I..."

Benjamin cut Alexander off again: "I do not need compensation. You give me the address, I am coming to pick my biological younger brother up to bring him home! As for Elijah, from the day he took my life-saving money then left without a trace, we have stopped treating him as a younger brother!"

His voice was so loud it woke Isabella in the next room, she hurriedly ran over to knock on the door: "Brother, what is it? Why are you so angry early in the morning?!"

Benjamin opened the door and winked at Isabella, pulling her into the room then closing the door. He turned on sharing mode on the smart watch, Alexander’s hesitant voice transmitting from the other end of the line: "That... he... is missing..."

Benjamin’s voice became stern: "What do you mean missing?"

Alexander took a deep breath, as though having exhausted his resolve: "A month ago, a few days after his birthday, he left the Hall house. We have searched for a month now but his whereabouts are completely unknown."

Benjamin’s breathing became hurried, Isabella hearing up to this point understood. She cooperated with her older brother perfectly, shouting out in full panic: "Brother, what is wrong with you? Hurry, 621, open the medical pod quickly!!!"

On the other end of the line, Alexander also panicked completely. Only now did he remember Benjamin suffered from a Pheromone Disorder illness, if he said these words making Benjamin so angry he dropped dead right now, it would be adding crime upon crime.

"Mr. Martinez, please calm down first. We will exert all our strength to search for Liam’s whereabouts..."

"Get lost!!!" Benjamin’s gasping breath transmitted into the microphone accompanied by the beeping sound of machinery. Only then did Isabella interject urgently: "Sir, despite not knowing what you and my older brother are talking about, my brother’s condition is currently very unstable. I must trouble you to not say anything more at this moment!"

Alexander: "..." He said bitterly: "I apologize. Then I will call at another time..."

Having said that, he hung up the call.

Outside the door came a suppressed sound of laughter, Isabella and Benjamin turned their heads back, seeing Liam holding onto the doorframe, laughing until his tears flowed. The three siblings looked at each other, ultimately letting out a "pfft" and bursting into uproarious laughter.

Nirvana was also clutching its stomach rolling around in the soul space, its laughter on the verge of turning into duck noises: [Ha ha... I am dying... Host, your whole family are professional actors!]