Inside the Alliance Public Security Office, the small cubicle was dark and quiet.

Xiao Yang sat quietly beside the single bed.

His beard had not been shaved for several days, and it looked messy and decadent, making him no longer look like a high-spirited young student. But he really had no mood to take care of himself anymore.

It has been a month since he was suddenly arrested and imprisoned in a public security management station that is independent of the region. During this month, he has not been able to receive any outside information and has no idea what happened. He can only imagine the worst case scenario every day.

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But what drove him crazy was that he only had a vague feeling that the Xiao family was involved in something, but he didn't know what it was specifically and how serious the situation would be.

Were family members also arrested?

What kind of punishment will I face? Will I go to jail?

Xiao Yang stared blankly at the scratches on the metal of the bedpost until he saw the lights outside the corridor shift, and then he was awakened by a series of footsteps.

The visitor was wearing the uniform of an administrative officer of the Star Supervision Bureau and had an inhuman expression.

He signaled the staff to open the compartment door, then glanced at the cool but untouched food, lowered his eyes and said to Xiao Yang, "Follow me."

There were no windows on all sides of the interrogation room, and the chairs were very uncomfortable.

A month ago, Xiao Yang was afraid that he would make a big fuss, but after being treated coldly for a whole month, he seemed to have grown up overnight and learned to tolerate it.

"Xiao Yang." The man in uniform sat down across from him. He waved his hand horizontally, and the projection showed a row of documents, hanging in the air: "Male, nineteen years old, father Xiao Ao, mother Cen Shuang."

Xiao Yang was silent, listening to the man in uniform read his life story from childhood to adulthood, as if he was listening to someone else's story.

After silence, the man in uniform put away the documents and said, "Do you know what your parents and your family in Capital Star did?"

Xiao Yang finally gave some reaction.

He slowly raised his head, his eyes dry: "How are they...?"

The man in uniform did not answer, but lowered his head and took notes: "You mean you don't know?"

Xiao Yang shook his head.

"Okay, I believe you." The man in uniform wrote a line of words, turned the document over, and pushed it toward the opposite side: "Sign."

Xiao Yang was stunned, looked at the document in confusion, and then looked at the uniformed man seriously.

"Your parents confessed a lot, and at the same time tried to protect you, claiming that you had no knowledge, and produced quite a lot of evidence." The man in uniform tapped his fingertips on the table: "But the most important evidence is that you sent Major General Zhong a message.

information records.”

Xiao Yang's Adam's apple moved, and he said harshly, "...when will I..."

"Oh, it's for Qiu Qiufa. But it's almost the same. You did a smart thing." The man in uniform finally raised his eyebrows and smiled: "Killing relatives for the sake of justice, huh?"

After Xiao Yang called Qiu Qiu on Christmas Day to no avail, he did ask Qiu Qiu's classmate for his terminal number. After thinking about it, he sent a message again and again, asking him to meet and saying that he had something important to discuss.

At that time, Qiu Qiu was busy hiding from Zhong Yu and looking for Zhong Yu. He completely forgot about Xiao Yang and pitifully waited for his reply. Later, when he saw it, it was already too late. It had become a fact that the Xiao family assisted the mysterious organization in attacking Mengli Township.

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However, this piece of news about Xiao Yang proved his innocence and expressed his great ambition to follow the "right path". Qiu Qiu and Zhong Yu unanimously spoke well of Xiao Yang in front of the investigation team.

Of course, Zhong Yu's original sentence was "That little brat of the Xiao family who has failed to achieve anything but failed to do anything, he doesn't even dare to eat shit."

"After verification by all parties, the evidence is true. In accordance with the 371 version of the Alliance's Public Security Management Regulations, you are acquitted." The man in uniform watched Xiao Yang sign the last name and raised his hand to take away the document, indifferently.

Say: "You can go now."

The Public Security Management Office was located on an independent ship. The ship returned Xiao Yang to the star port in Weiyan District and then sailed away again.

After a month, Xiao Yang finally got his feet on the ground again, and his steps were wandering for a while.

His personal assets were temporarily frozen and he could not drive his car, so he took public transportation to a certain station and walked for an hour back to the Xiao family residence.

Then he didn't step in for a long time.

The carved iron door was sealed, and there was no sound of anyone inside, let alone any light.

It hadn't been cleaned for a month, and the courtyard actually looked a little run down - there was a thick layer of yellow leaves all over the ground, as if it had never been quiet in those days.

Xiao Yang's hand rested on the door for a long time and finally did not push it open.

He instead found an all-night fast food restaurant, found a seat to the side and sat down, and opened the terminal to read the news.

A month ago, a big event happened in Capital Star.

Unidentified gangsters sneaked into the star port and attacked the Star Supervision Bureau. The highest level orange alert sounded throughout the city, and even the first-level defense force was dispatched.

On that day, hundreds of warships hovered in the sky, causing the residents of the capital planet who had not been attacked in more than seventy years to be extremely frightened. Small riots even occurred in some places.

Afterwards, although the alliance announced that it had caught the gangster, it was questioned by the public because it refused to release the details of the case.

The short videos taken by everyone were flying all over the place, one after another was deleted and posted. The orange light in the picture was overwhelming, like a city full of fire, it was really scary.

Until now, the debate has not subsided.

In contrast, Weiyan District was as calm as if nothing had happened.

No matter what keywords Xiao Yang used to search, no highly discussed topics appeared. At most, a few people mentioned that when passing by Mengli Township, they found that the door was locked and the whole place was empty. Someone was there before.

Xiao Yang numbly turned off the terminal, as if he had a nightmare that he couldn't wake up from.

The next day, when he returned to school, he realized that the nightmare was far from over.

After not seeing each other for a month, the classmates didn't know anything else, but they knew that the whole Xiao family "had committed crimes and went in." Although Xiao Yang, the son, was released, no one could tell whether he was innocent or not. He had a prudent attitude of protecting himself.

, everyone subconsciously avoided him.

Xiao Yang received strange looks all morning and was unable to talk to anyone.

While going to the bathroom during class, he heard comments from classmates outside, saying that "I used to rely on my family's money to be very powerful. If only I had a good battleship," and so on.

He had never heard such slanderous words in the past, but when those people said it, they were not as confident as they are now.

Xiao Yang didn't even dare to go out.

He didn't even know that he would be afraid one day.

After lunch in a daze, a teacher found him and asked him to go to the Academic Affairs Office to go through the procedures for returning to school.

As soon as Xiao Yang entered the Academic Affairs Office, he met an acquaintance.

"It's you!" Michelle was surprised.

She still looks the same. Her complexion is snow-white, her eyes are blue, and her long blond hair is carefully taken care of, making her look like an angel.

Although this girl is a little arrogant, in Xiao Yang's eyes, she is a stupid and careless type, and she is not annoying to him. During the few times we got together, Michelle said a lot of sweet words because she wanted to chase him, and she followed him.

He would also show admiration when he was beside him.

He was completely different from now.

"Why did you come out!?" Michelle frowned after being surprised: "How can a family of shameless bugs return to school? Why does the military academy want all the rubbish!"

The teacher from the Academic Affairs Office looked at Xiao Yang awkwardly.

"My brother told me that his family colluded with terrorist organizations to carry out attacks! Remember the explosion at the food festival, it was their work! My brother said that the media is not allowed to report it, but ordinary people don't know, and your school doesn't know.

?!" Michelle spoke very quickly and was very disgusted: "Weiyan District is really a rural place, this is too unruly!"

Xiao Yang stood at the door and made no move.

Michelle is here to go through the transfer procedures this time. It is said that she will follow her brother back to the capital planet soon. She has a prominent status, and the teacher cannot offend her, so he can only let her have her own way, and finally said: "Teacher, there is nothing we can do."

Okay? I don’t want to breathe the same air as him, so let him go!”

Without waiting for the teacher to be embarrassed, Xiao Yang took a step back and left the Academic Affairs Office.

It only takes a blink of an eye for the world to turn upside down.

When Xiao Yang walked among the crowd and saw them stepping aside one after another, he thought silently.

Some of his former younger brothers transferred to other schools and some left Weiyan District because their families were more or less related to his family.

He was the only one, because even his family far away in the capital star had been wiped out, and no one could help him arrange anything.

He became a person.

He is truly one person, and he does everything he does alone.

Even outside the dormitory, no one passed by all night.

Xiao Yang saw ‌ Glass on the way to class one day, and it seemed that his health was fine.

He was dressed in a non-mainstream style and hurried over while communicating with the terminal. He vaguely heard words such as "It's not a big problem", "I'll be there later", "Leave some for me".

A classmate bumped into him and said hello in a funny way: "You have so many things to do every day, sir? What kind of big business are you doing?"

‌Grass turned over and ran backwards, waving his fist: "I am an artist! Do you understand that art is priceless——"

A group of people burst into laughter, without any malice or ridicule, it was very simple.

They gathered around Doug.

Xiao Yang watched from a distance, finally lowered his head and hurried back to the classroom.

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To be continued...