Chapter 56: Return to the Capital Planet

Chapter 56: Chapter 56: Return to the Capital Planet

The family doctor was quickly called. Elijah, covered in injuries, was taken into the medical pod.

The three members of the Hall family stood silently outside the medical pod, their entire bodies drained of strength, especially Alexander. He only wanted to ask clearly for the reason Elijah hated Liam so much, not expecting to gouge into his emotional wound.

He sat beside his parents, silently opening his smart watch, placing a video call to Isabella’s number. The three Martinez siblings were preparing to start spreading microbial compost to terraform the soil for the first time; seeing Alexander calling via video, Liam very sensibly went into the house to avoid him. Waiting for Liam to go out of sight, Isabella finally accepted the call, turning on screen sharing so Benjamin beside her could see.

On the screen was an elegant-looking Alpha, his slightly wavy chestnut-brown hair resembling Elijah’s a little. His expression right now looked exceedingly heavy, still faintly carrying a murderous intent difficult to hide.

Isabella frowned in doubt: "Mr. Hall?"

Alexander pressed to switch the viewing angle, the image instantly shifting to the medical pod. The pod lid was transparent, therefore the Martinez siblings could see the person lying inside. The two siblings’ expressions immediately showed worry. Isabella pressed with questions in a fluster, her voice still carrying a tremor:

"Why is Elijah lying in the medical pod? What happened to the boy?"

Alexander spoke in a low voice: "This morning we interrogated Elijah, ultimately the truth left us completely unable to believe it." He gritted his teeth tight, his jaw bulging out looking somewhat terrifying: "When Elijah was nine years old, what exactly happened?"

Isabella and Benjamin were stunned, their expressions also somewhat unpleasant: "That year, the boy stood in front of the crowd pointing at our youngest uncle on Papa’s side, saying our youngest uncle had molested him. At that time my older brother and I checked, indeed seeing several very faint marks on his body.

We and our maternal grandfather’s family fell out with each other right on the spot. However, only two days later the boy changed his story, saying he was only joking, the marks on his body were caused by him falling while playing enthusiastically."

The screen shifted again, this time, all three Hall family adults were present in the frame. Liam hiding inside the house asking Nirvana to peek at the conversation also felt quite surprised. Mrs. Hall’s face looked very haggard, while Mr. Hall’s face had turned pale green.

Mr. Hall spoke in a cold voice: "He said that and you all believed it too? A nine-year-old child, if he wants to joke with adults there are many ways, why did he have to use this reason necessarily?"

The two Martinez siblings were stunned. At that time they were still too young, completely not thinking that deeply. Then Elijah revised his words, they angrily scolded the boy for joking without knowing limits, yet ignored his explanation that he did not mean it. Isabella’s face paled slightly, asking worriedly:

"Ultimately what... ultimately what..."

Mr. Hall rubbed his forehead, saying: "Is it true that after you all fell out with the maternal side, the paternal side only began to take over your family’s property?"

Isabella and Benjamin nodded. Mr. Hall sighed: "Elijah was truly molested, but the person who did that was not your uncle on Papa’s side. Before losing consciousness, he only said it was his biological paternal uncle."

Isabella’s vision went dark. Her body went completely limp, falling backward. Benjamin hurriedly supported his younger sister. His face also turned pale green. He kept opening his mouth yet could not utter a word.

Alexander picked up Mr. Hall’s words: "As for why Elijah blamed your youngest uncle on Papa’s side, you two probably understand the reason now, do you not? In his stupor, Elijah kept muttering ’do not kill my older brother and sister’ and ’do not sell my older sister’..."

Mrs. Hall covered her face sobbing: "The boy does not hate you all, he only hates Liam. He truly had to suffer these pains in Liam’s place. Yet after learning the things he did to Liam, we only knew to blame him, being disappointed in him. We had no idea what he had to endure!"

Her voice cracked completely: "We gave Liam a peaceful life from childhood to adulthood, while Elijah had to endure this terrible life! Ultimately what are we supposed to do? Both children are innocent, but just thinking about what Elijah went through, we can no longer love Liam. What am I supposed to do?"

Liam listened until he was stunned into silence. His chest choked up, a melancholy in the depths of his heart gradually spreading out. Liam temporarily did not know whether this was his own emotion or the original owner’s emotion anymore. The original owner always wanted to know the reason Elijah hated him, now he knew. But he was no longer here to hear it.

Lines of code ran wildly in Nirvana’s eyes, as though it were angry. It shouted: "Host! Kill him! Crush his bones and throw them into the compost pit! Truly disgusting!"

Mrs. Hall cried until she lost control, Mr. Hall could only hug her shoulders. Alexander’s eye rims were already red. He used a hand to cover his eyes, saying:

"Regardless you two truly treated Elijah well, we will not touch you. As for the Martinez main line, I hope you all will not hinder us."

"We will not." A familiar voice sounded in the screen on the other side, the three Hall family members were stupefied. Even Mrs. Hall forgot to cry. Isabella’s smart watch was taken off by someone, the screen shaking, Liam’s face bearing gentle and kind features appeared.

"Li... Liam?" The three people blurted out in unison.

"It is me. I apologize for the things I have done over the past time. There is one matter, I think perhaps everyone should know together, including Elijah. Now my older brother and sister and I will fly to the Capital planet, at that time, we will speak clearly."

Having finished speaking Liam hung up, returning the smart watch to Isabella. He spoke to Benjamin:

"Now we are going to Solaris. You take older sister into the house to calm down, I will arrange some matters first, after that we will go there together."

Liam’s expression and tone were very calm, so calm that Benjamin felt truly unfamiliar. Liam did not look at his older brother’s expression, only walking slowly to beside the two Robots, pausing the Grass Worm harvesting program.

The number of Grass Worms harvested during this time was enough to deliver to Mr. Mason already. He set up the working program for the two Robots, letting them replace them in spreading microbial compost on the planned area, composting the next batch and planting seedlings.

Previously when coming to the Polaris star system, Liam took a slow ship so it took more than ten days, while this time, he planned to take an express ship. The travel time would be shortened to only five and a half days, plus resolving the matter on the Capital planet, roughly calculated it would take half a month.

Fortunately the program Nirvana installed for them was very high, they could completely do these meticulous tasks.

Having finished connecting the data controlling the two Robots with Sunflower, he called Daniel:

"Daniel, for the next half month I have business and will be away, I must trouble you to look after the Customer Service department for me. Besides, the Cromwell family has also agreed to cooperate with us, I will gather information on the Capital planet first, when I return, we will deploy the next plan."

Although not knowing what urgent matter Liam had, Daniel still accepted, furthermore advising him to maintain his health, not letting himself get too tired. Liam smiled in agreement.

Disconnecting the conversation with Daniel, Liam called Logan again, reporting the fact he was about to have to go far away for half a month. The terraforming progress of Logan’s planet had entered the gas burning stage, he advised Logan to be extremely cautious. Before ensuring that the amount of Methane gas on the planet had decreased significantly it must not be burned, otherwise if it blew bodies apart there he would not bear responsibility.

Logan guaranteed he would not be negligent in this matter.

Having settled the matter with Logan, Liam inventoried and carefully packed the preliminarily processed Grass Worms again. The quantity was just enough for two weeks, he loaded them onto the spaceship, making an appointment to deliver the goods to Mr. Mason right at the port.

Having finished everything, he went into the house. Isabella and Benjamin had finished preparing, waiting for him to go together. Their expressions were slightly dazed. Liam sighed:

"Brother, sister, let’s go."

Benjamin rubbed his face looking at him, saying: "You are pregnant, taking an express ship is not suitable. How about you stay at home, letting older brother and sister go there is fine."

Liam shook his head: "No, this matter directly involves me, I will not let you all have to stand out alone. Let’s go, I have already bought tickets to the Capital planet. If we do not go we will not catch the ship in time."

Benjamin could not persuade him, forced to support Isabella into the specialized vehicle, going out to the spaceship parking area together. Isabella seemed to have lost all awareness of the outside, her whole body acting like a wooden puppet, letting her older brother and younger brother arrange things.

After arriving at the port, delivering the goods to Mr. Mason’s people and receiving the rest of the payment, the three siblings boarded the ship heading to the Capital planet.

The express spaceship travelled very fast, frequently jumping through many spatial stages, Liam’s complexion also became worse and worse. Benjamin was burning with anxiety, Isabella also no longer had the mood to live in her own world. The two of them only focused on surrounding Liam, fearing only that something would happen to him and the baby.

Liam felt warm inside, but also felt heavy.

Whether it was him or the original owner, the affection of the two families for him was based on Elijah’s tragedy, he felt he himself could not accept it calmly like before anymore.