His Origin
“Mr. He is very popular among treasure-hunting mouse cubs,” Jin Fugui broke the awkward silence and changed the topic.
“By the way, this time Marshal Xi’s eight-star military rank insignia was partially provided by Mr. Fu. It seems that the treasure-hunting mouse clan and Mr. He have quite a connection.”
The shoulder insignia symbolizing honor was pure gold. Except for the marshal, the shoulder insignia of other general officers were made of gold, while the marshal’s insignia were made from invaluable gold marrow.
The necklace worn by Fu Xi was polished into a circular gold marrow. Without sunlight, it looks like an ordinary yellow gemstone. However, under sunlight, it appears like flowing gold.
A complete gold mine, only the size of a fingernail, the brilliant golden marrow hidden deep in the ground, seems like the earth has veins of gold, and the marrow was the first condensed blood.
It was believed that wearing gold marrow can bring wealth to oneself. For the eight-star military rank, eight high-quality gold marrows were needed. The Federal Treasury could only find seven gold marrows, and finally, Fu Xi took out an excellent quality gold marrow from his private collection.
From this, it can be seen that the treasure-hunting mouse clan was indeed very rich.
Fu Xi took off his gold marrow necklace and placed the gold marrow next to He Ruge’s bulging pocket. “Zhi Zhi.”
He looked up at He Ruge, silently asking, “Is this his name?”
When he saw He Ruge nod, he called out again, “Zhi Zhi, what do you see here?”
The attraction of gold marrow to treasure-hunting mice was irresistible, and the sound of gnawing on the reserve food continued. The little ball turned in one direction, seemingly attracted by the gold marrow in Fu Xi’s hand.
He sneakily opened the zipper himself, revealing two small eyes looking at the gold marrow, showing a hint of longing.
At this moment, Fu Xi naturally reached out and placed his chubby palm in front of Zhi Zhi.
“Child, if you come with me, this necklace will be yours.”
The small eyes flashed with intense struggle. Zhi Zhi was obviously very moved, and its tail was about to fan out like gold, but its paws firmly clung to the edge of the pocket.
Fu Xi held his breath and moved the gold marrow closer. The little paw lifted up.
Under Fu Xi’s expectant gaze, Zhi Zhi pressed down its excited golden tail and swiftly nestled back into He Ruge’s warm pocket, unmoving like a mountain.
Fu Xi: “…”
There was nothing in this world that money cannot solve.
It must be that I didn’t give enough.
He Ruge felt a bit embarrassed. If Zhi Zhi really refused to come out, would he have to pull Zhi Zhi out of his pocket?
And if Zhi Zhi held onto his hand and refused to let go, what would he do then?
Fortunately, Fu Xi didn’t insist on taking Zhi Zhi out. The old treasure-hunting mouse awkwardly put away the necklace, pondering what other treasures on him could move Zhi Zhi.
Compared to convincing with reason, treasure-hunting mice prefer to be convinced with money. Fu Xi activated his brainlight and remotely controlled a pile of jewels from his treasure trove that were worth as much as gold marrow, and had them sent to Central Star by intelligent robots.
Fu Xi still couldn’t believe that Zhi Zhi wasn’t moved by so many treasures.
“Then I’ll entrust Mr. He to take care of Zhi Zhi for now. I happen to be attending the Wealth Gathering held at the Eternal Tower this morning.” Fu Xi said.
The Wealth Gathering is unrelated to parties; it is a private gathering where members are business friends. There are five members in total: the non-partisan Fu Xi, the Dovish Jin Wangcai, Wu Chengdeng, Mao Zhengqi, and the Hawk Hang Shikuang, who cannot attend due to being on military trial.
They will enjoy delicacies, discuss situations, share intelligence and resources at the Wealth Gathering.
The reason why the Wealth Gathering was held at the Eternal Tower was that three members are Dovish congressmen, and Fu Xi had the privilege to enter the Eternal Tower — some rare materials in the Eternal Tower were contributed by the treasure-hunting mouse clan.
The Eternal Tower has a total of ten floors: the first floor is the hall, the second floor is a dedicated conference hall, and the third floor is a restaurant.
When twenty congressmen rarely gather together, they will discuss the post-war arrangements of the sixteenth and seventeenth stars these days.
The routine consisted of eating, meeting, eating, meeting, eating, and then disbanding.
Perhaps this was why the food in the Eternal Tower was exceptionally delicious. After all, to feed big shots well, they must be full of energy to discuss national affairs passionately.
Before attending the Wealth Gathering at the Eternal Tower, Fu Xi had a private conversation with He Ruge. He told He Ruge about Zhi Zhi’s background.
Before mentioning this matter, Fu Xi confirmed multiple times that Zhi Zhi was not around He Ruge, sighed, and told the story of Zhi Zhi:
Zhi Zhi was the cub of a young couple of treasure-hunting mice, who were very loving. The treasure-hunting mouse clan always spoiled their cubs excessively, and this young couple were typical treasure-hunting mouse parents, full of expectations for their cub. If nothing unexpected happened, Zhi Zhi would have been doted on since birth.
However, an accident occurred…
A case of mistaken identity.
In order to steal Zhi Zhi, those driven by greed dyed the tail tip of a hamster cub, which looked very similar to a treasure-hunting mouse cub, with gold, and then swapped it with Zhi Zhi.
Dyeing is a unique technique that never fades throughout one’s lifetime. Those people dyed the tail of the hamster cub with a faint golden color.
Only highly talented treasure-hunting mice possess the ability to hunt for treasures. Those with slightly golden-tipped tails, low in talent, were indistinguishable from ordinary hamsters.
Zhi Zhi was taken away, separated from his biological parents’ embrace for a full year. During this year, he was constantly traded, his body exhausted in the pursuit of treasures, yet no one taught him how to speak.
To those people, Zhi Zhi was merely a tool. There was no need to teach Zhi Zhi how to speak; teaching too much would increase uncontrollability.
The tail of a treasure-hunting mouse is the best treasure-hunting compass. They only need to look at the direction pointed by that tail to know where the treasure is.
Even if Zhi Zhi had his hands and feet severed, as long as his tail remained, none of it was a problem. Luckily, Zhi Zhi was particularly timid.
When those bad people made Zhi Zhi go east, Zhi Zhi felt unable to go west. He obediently behaved like a treasure-hunting machine. For Zhi Zhi, the boldest thing he did in his life was to jump into He Ruge’s palm and hold onto this person’s finger—never willing to let go again.
“Information about Zhi Zhi was sent to me during the morning court. After comparing it with the genetic database, I found Zhi Zhi’s biological parents and also discovered that the cub replacing Zhi Zhi’s position was a hamster cub.”
Fu Xi said this matter with a very complex expression,”I don’t know how to bring it up. Originally, I should have informed Zhi Zhi’s parents and let them take Zhi Zhi home. But… in the end, I didn’t inform that young couple at the first time.”
“They are average talented treasure-hunting mice, owning a house and a car, with savings enough to support them for the rest of their lives. They love their cub very much, even if that cub has no talent. That cub has already started kindergarten, is very smart, likable, lively, and cheerful.”
“That cub has received a good education. He can speak fluent Interstellar Universal Language, do addition and subtraction within fifty, and is talented in drawing…”
“He has acquired the name, wealth, and love originally belonging to Zhi Zhi.”
Zhi Zhi was innocent, but he was also innocent.
“I really don’t know what to do.”
