Although selling those basic supplies at a low price at this time is akin to offering benefits and discounts to others, as the saying goes, "It’s good to keep your wealth unseen."

If Dong Tianyu had been living here all along, it would have been fine, but now that he often goes out like this, keeping a low profile usually ensures a stable life.

Mr. Thompson talked about their recent situation and, once Mrs. Thompson arrived in the study, Dong Tianyu saw his mother’s hesitating expression and asked her curiously, "Mom, if there’s something on your mind, just tell me."

Hearing her son’s question, Mrs. Thompson hesitated slightly and then began, "It’s about your cousin again. Before the disaster, he was always in Magic City, wasn’t he? After the disaster struck, we lost contact with him, and now that we’ve moved here, see if you can come up with a way to find your cousin."

Hearing his mother’s instructions, Dong Tianyu then remembered about his cousin.

Dong Tianyu and his cousin were not much different in age when they were young, so the two could play together, and their brotherly relationship was fairly good.

But as they grew up, his cousin, with his handsome face, got admitted into an art school and then stepped onto the path of show business.

Although his cousin did not become one of those leading actors frequently seen in TV dramas, he did become a golden invited guest in some short dramas and micro-films. Though not well-known among ordinary people, at least he was fully booked with roles usually.

However, as his cousin’s career became increasingly smooth sailing, his visits home became less and less frequent, eventually to the point of not even returning for New Year’s or Spring Festival dinners.

On the rare occasions he did return to Pengcheng, it was for some important matters, and the number of times the two met gradually decreased.

With the rampaging virus, his cousin hadn’t returned for several years. Perhaps he had gotten used to living in the big city, so even after the disaster had passed, his cousin stayed in Magic City and didn’t come back.

With the emergence of the electromagnetic pulse, all communication devices were damaged. Coupled with the successive natural disasters, his cousin also lost contact with family living here in Pengcheng.

In fact, Mrs. Thompson had initially asked Dong Tianyu to look for his cousin, and Dong Tianyu had also asked people to help search for him. However, after the electromagnetic pulse damage, what was once a quick search through online traces had become much more complicated.

With those disasters that forced relocation from the surface, the difficulty of finding someone increased again. As time went on, the matter was dropped, and had his mother not brought it up today, Dong Tianyu might even have forgotten about it.

Yet even though Mrs. Thompson had mentioned it, Dong Tianyu was rather reluctant to continue searching for his cousin.

To be honest, now that the Network on the Platform had been restored, finding people had become very convenient because everyone who lived on the Platform long-term had to register their residence.

No matter what his cousin’s current strength was like, Dong Tianyu guessed that if his cousin hadn’t died in the previous disasters, regardless of his present strength, he should have already settled down within the Magic Capital Base.

Now, with the network restored, looking for someone simply involved going to the Officials, and Dong Tianyu believed that with the privileges he now had, checking someone’s registration was quite straightforward, of course, assuming they hadn’t changed their name.

But even though it had become so simple to search for someone, Dong Tianyu was nevertheless unwilling to look for his cousin.

It wasn’t that Dong Tianyu didn’t care for old times. Honestly, it would be best if his cousin were found, and Dong Tianyu also hoped to find him. But even if he couldn’t find his cousin’s registration details, Dong Tianyu could accept that.

After all, just as Dong Tianyu had thought earlier, if his cousin had changed his name or wasn’t within this base, this could still leave some hope for Mrs. Thompson.

But if the registration showed his cousin had died, it could cause enormous emotional distress to Mrs. Thompson.

And to put it crudely, just like Dong Tianyu, although they both had several cousins, they were the only male descendants with the same surname from their fathers’ side.

In ancient times, that was the sole heir and eldest grandson. If it were an ancient royal family, that would be the only prince with the right to the throne.

Although Mrs. Thompson wasn’t severely obsessed with her nephew, how could she not care at all, considering he was the only direct male descendant of the Clarke family? Otherwise, she wouldn’t have kept this matter close to her heart for so long.

Despite many thoughts running through his mind after his mother’s command, Dong Tianyu immediately agreed to undertake the task.

He would start by looking himself. Finding someone alive would be the best outcome, but if he only found a record of death, Dong Tianyu would have to concoct a kind lie for his mother.

Upon hearing that Dong Tianyu had accepted the task, Mrs. Thompson’s expression relaxed considerably.

Then she began to ask Dong Tianyu all manner of questions, perhaps because she had never witnessed the outside world herself, sometimes inquiring about things Dong Tianyu found very simple.

But Dong Tianyu still patiently answered his mother’s questions, with Father Dong chipping in his opinions occasionally, and the warm atmosphere continued until late into the night.

Although both Dong Tianyu and his parents could go several days without sleep without feeling tired, since they were in the base, why bother being so hard on themselves? A regular sleeping schedule wasn’t uncomfortable.