Interstellar Energy Tycoon

the end of June.

Universities across the country have summer vacations one after another.

After receiving the invitation and consent of her brother Li Xingyang, the eighteen-year-old girl Vera moved into the villa on the water's edge Jiangnan again, and was able to live with her brother often.

This is something Vera is very happy and looking forward to.

Although she lived very comfortably on the campus of Suhong University of Science and Technology, her roommates took good care of her, making her feel the warmth of a family, and her classmates and teachers also liked to take care of her, and she never suffered any discrimination. Wouldn't mind her darker complexion.

In April of this year, her father, Li Shengming, took her to the police station. With the paternity test report, she successfully applied for a Huaguo ID card for her. The name was "Li Weila", and she became an out-and-out Chinese citizen. The most happy and proud thing that happened this year is that she loves and recognizes the land under her feet even more, because she also belongs here, and she can live and live in this highly developed and civilized country legally for a long time , don’t have to worry about being sent back to the Philippines one day.

This knocked a stone off Vera's heart.

In this way, he has the status of a Chinese citizen.

Recently, I lived in my brother's villa again.

With the two good things together, she should be happier and more lively. She doesn't have to be quiet and timid all the time, she can be more cheerful and confident.

But recently, Vera has not been very lively. Instead, her face is full of worry, her eyes are full of worry, she is in a daze from time to time, and occasionally she secretly cries in the middle of the night.

Say what happened?

Why did Vera, who was supposed to relax and have fun and spend the two-month summer vacation carefree, fall into a state that was not right?

Something happened to Grandpa Freeman.

The entire tribe and family suffered great changes.

Just a few days ago, Vera managed to make a video call to relatives and friends in her hometown in the Philippines, wanting to know about her grandfather’s physical health—Vera was brought up by her grandfather from a young age, and her feelings were very deep. When she came to Huaguo, a paradise-like place, she forgot about her grandfather.

She would still make a long-distance call to greet her grandfather every one or two weeks and tell him to take care of himself.

But he had been making voice calls before, and he could only hear his voice but not see the person. On the phone, his grandfather Freeman was fine, full of spirits, and seemed to be doing well.

But counting the time, it has been two years. She hasn't seen her grandfather for more than two years, so she proposes to make a video call to see if her grandfather is getting older?

Her request was rejected by her grandfather.

The reason is that the signal is unstable and the network speed is slow, and voice calls are enough, so I found a lot of excuses.

But she couldn't stand Vera's repeated requests, and she repeatedly broke down the excuses, so on June 20, the two parties made a video call.

shocked.

Then Vera was stunned.

Grandfather Freeman lost weight, at least fifty catties, and became a shriveled old man.

Grandfather's big villa disappeared and turned into a simple shack made of iron sheets. At least a dozen people lived crowded together.

The clothes of grandfather and others were also tattered and unkempt, like beggars.

And all of them are skinny and malnourished, and some uncles still have many wounds on their bodies.

The bodyguards with guns were gone.

Vera immediately asked, what is going on? How did they all become like this?

An uncle named Tai Lei explained to her the experiences and changes of the family in the past two years.

To sum it up briefly, the family's copper mine was occupied by the warlord Aoli. They were all reduced to slave miners and had to do heavy labor every day. Of the more than 300 members of the Malido family, more than 20 people have died Due to mining accidents or diseases, if it weren't for the fact that they were still valuable and knew how to use mining equipment, none of them would have survived.

But even so, under the frantic exploitation and squeeze of the warlord Aoli, in order to obtain more copper mines, their labor intensity will only increase until they are all consumed.

Even my grandfather Freeman, who is nearly eighty years old, has to work.

"Is there no one to care about this? Since you can use the Internet, why don't you record some videos and let the United Nations take care of it. I can help you. Such barbaric and cruel things should not exist in this world."

Vera said angrily.

"This is the state of the Philippines, a corner that no one pays attention to. Except for the mineral resources here, no one wants to take care of things here."

Uncle Tai Lei shook his head and said: "Vera, you are too young, this world is very cruel, as long as you have a good life in Huaguo, we wish you a happy and safe life, but don't go back to Tambia again, You have no ability to change anything, you will only be hurt, stay in Huaguo and live in peace, don't worry about us."

"You are all my family, how can I watch you live in hell? What can I do to help you?"

Vera burst into tears.

She very much wants to help these relatives get out of the predicament, no longer suffer hardships, and no longer face threats to their lives.

But she is only 18 years old, without resources and strength, she can't do anything.

All she could feel was a deep sense of powerlessness and pain.

"Vera, leave us alone, this is our destiny."

At this moment, grandfather Freeman looked at her with cloudy eyes, and tremblingly said: "Remember my words, don't come back, don't come back! You don't belong to this chaotic land, you should live in heaven."

Then there was noise and confusion on the opposite side of the video.

Uncle Tai Lei hastily hung up the video call, not knowing what had happened.

Also since this video call.

Grandpa can no longer be contacted.

Vera is also in sadness, anxiety and pain every day. She really wants to rescue the suffering relatives in her hometown immediately, but she has no ability to save people. Apart from pain, helplessness and suffering, she really can't do anything , and I don’t want to tell others to help her, because there is no obligation to help her.

She could only internally fight every day, hiding in bed and crying every day.

Weaker every day.

Until this day, his elder brother Li Xingyang saw the clues and abnormalities, called her to the study on the second floor, and asked, "Vera, have you encountered any troubles or difficulties recently? You have been listless and preoccupied all day long. Come on, tell me, what happened?"

"Brother, I'm fine." Vera squeezed out a smile and said.

"No, you have something to do, and it's not a trivial matter. Tell me, whether I can help you or not, you tell me the situation first, instead of holding yourself back every day." Li Xingyang said seriously.

"Brother, can you buy me a plane ticket? I want to go back to the Philippines. I want to save my grandfather and the others. I can't enjoy it in China alone. I don't care whether they live or die. I don't want to live in guilt every day..."

Vera broke down and cried, and began to explain the situation.

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