Free Web NovelChapter 148: Chapter 148: He Hanshi’s Trio Returns to the Capital Star
Mu Tangfeng’s heart leaped into his throat. He remembered Shi Lan’s Fertility Value was 0 and worried she would use that as a reason to push him away completely.
But Shi Lan clearly hadn’t thought that far ahead. She was just making a casual inquiry on a whim.
She nodded.
Mu Tangfeng cautiously watched her expression from the corner of his eye. He lowered his gaze slightly. Against his porcelain-like skin, his dark lashes and pupils created a stark contrast of black and white, lending him an air of vulnerability.
He watched Shi Lan closely for a moment through lowered eyelids. Seeing that she didn’t seem to be bothered by it, he let out a barely perceptible sigh of relief.
He did like children, but he cared more about his partner than having them.
The trip back was much faster since they didn’t need to stop and buy anything along the way.
Shi Lan still had groceries at home, so she got busy as soon as she returned.
Ever since being praised for his cooking at Aunt Gao’s house yesterday, Jiang Xia had developed a strange new confidence in the kitchen. Seeing Shi Lan go in, he eagerly trotted after her.
"Lanlan, I’ll help you wash the vegetables!"
He offered enthusiastically.
Mu Tangfeng was clueless about kitchen matters, so he didn’t follow them in to cause trouble. Instead, he looked around Shi Lan’s house and placed a few orders on the Star Network.
It was probably because He Hanshi and the others had begun announcing that their spiritual power had been restored to a low-level. He had just received a notification that his chip permissions were fully unlocked.
While Mu Tangfeng was placing his orders, his mother excitedly placed a call to him.
"Feng’er, has your Spiritual Power Level lowered?"
Mrs. Mu asked joyfully the moment he answered the call.
Behind Mrs. Mu stood a crowd of people. His parents were at the very front, and behind them were his mother’s other Beast Husbands. They all looked at him with excited, expectant faces, awaiting his answer.
Mu Tangfeng couldn’t help but smile. Facing his family, who had always doted on him, a hint of pride crept into his expression. "Yes, it’s better."
"That’s wonderful! I knew it! My son has always been blessed with good fortune. He was bound to turn this crisis into a triumph."
A smile instantly lit up Mr. Mu’s eyes. Even though he was one of the commanders of the Royal Army and was usually composed, he had lost all his usual solemnity.
Mrs. Mu gave him a helpless look, then asked with concern, "So where are you right now, Feng’er? Why haven’t you come back yet?"
As she spoke, she glanced at the unfamiliar background behind him. The decor seemed rather outdated. Mrs. Mu had never been to such a place and couldn’t recognize it at all.
Mu Tangfeng was on the second floor of Shi Lan’s house. Listening to the bustling sounds from the kitchen downstairs, his ears grew a little hot. He felt too embarrassed to tell his family.
After a long moment, he pursed his lips and admitted frankly, "I’m at the home of the female I like."
As he spoke, he glanced down again, as if terrified Shi Lan would overhear him.
But seeing her completely focused on cooking, occasionally instructing Jiang Xia on how to wash vegetables, he felt a little disappointed.
On the other end of the call, the family members instantly broke into teasing expressions. "Well, well, well. Feng’er is all grown up, chasing the female he likes."
"Is it that young lady named Shi Lan? When are you going to bring her home for your mother to meet?"
Mrs. Mu had never met Shi Lan, but she had heard her name from her son many times, so she was her first guess. Sure enough, her son’s expression didn’t deny it.
He just said somberly, "Not yet. She hasn’t said yes to me."
"That’s alright, son. You have to work hard. It took me quite an effort to court your mother back in the day."
Mr. Mu quickly comforted him, afraid of damaging his son’s confidence. After all these lonely years, his son was finally taking his own marriage prospects seriously. freēwēbηovel.c૦m
Mu Tangfeng nodded. "Okay, I know."
"I’m going to hang up now. I’ll tell you more when I get back."
"Alright. Son, take good care of yourself, and remember to take good care of the young lady, too. Remember, control your temper, okay? Don’t go scaring her off."
Listening to his father’s nagging, Mu Tangfeng couldn’t help but mutter, "Lanlan isn’t that timid."
Still, he took his father’s words to heart and listened carefully until the end before hanging up.
He went downstairs. Seeing the two were still busy, he went into the kitchen as well and took the initiative. "Lanlan, is there anything I can help with?"
Shi Lan felt a headache coming on as another person entered. The kitchen was quite small, and with the housekeeping robot already inside, it really couldn’t fit so many people.
Besides, she preferred to be alone in the kitchen, where she could have everything under her own control.
Shi Lan watched Jiang Xia wash the vegetables leaf by leaf as if he were giving them a massage and rubbed her temples. ’At this rate, when will we ever get to eat?’
After a moment of contemplation, she simply shooed them both out and closed the door. "I don’t need your help. I’ll be quick. It’s enough to have Xiao Ou."
Jiang Xia’s hands were dripping wet from washing vegetables. He stared at his soggy hands, then glared at Mu Tangfeng outside the kitchen before saying unhappily, "It’s all your fault for coming in."
Mu Tangfeng scoffed. "You have the nerve to blame me? It’s obvious you were being so clumsy that even Lanlan couldn’t stand to watch anymore."
"How was I clumsy?"
Mu Tangfeng recounted the scenes he had witnessed from the second floor. "You couldn’t tell the vegetables apart, you splashed water all over the floor while washing them, you nearly peeled away all the flesh when you were peeling them..."
Jiang Xia was suddenly speechless. He just snorted and ignored him.
Just then, his family contacted him as well. Jiang Xia’s eyes lit up, and he immediately went to answer his mother’s call.
「Meanwhile, on the Capital Star.」
The return of He Hanshi, Ye Ming, and Yan Huoshui caused a massive uproar. What fueled public discussion even more was the sudden lowering of their Spiritual Power Levels after their spiritual power had collapsed.
Regarding this matter, more than a dozen different medical teams had come to witness it firsthand.
In the end, everyone had to admit that the situation was real.
After dealing with the medical examinations, the first thing Ye Ming did was secretly hand over Fang Yuan’s body and the bullet to his subordinate for investigation. Then, he washed up and returned to the palace to see his father.
Leo, knowing he had been safely released from prison, followed behind him with a happy expression, glancing at him from time to time. He sighed sincerely, "This is wonderful, Your Highness. You truly are blessed by heaven to have made such a recovery."
Ye Ming’s turquoise eyes gave him a dark look. "What, from the way you’re talking, it sounds like you didn’t want to see me get out?"
"No, no! I was just so happy I misspoke."
Leo quickly slapped his own mouth. A barely perceptible smile touched the corner of Ye Ming’s lips, and he didn’t press the issue.
He understood Leo. He had always been loyal, and everything about him was fine, except for the matter of him pursuing Lanlan, which displeased him.
Thinking of this, he asked as they walked, "Have you been in contact with Shi Lan recently?"
Leo shook his head with a regretful look. "Last time, Miss Shi Lan said she has no plans to marry for now, so I felt it wouldn’t be right to bother her anymore."
"Oh."
Ye Ming responded casually, feigning indifference. Then he heard Leo add happily, "But Miss Shi Lan’s marriageable age seems to be approaching. She did say she would consider me."
Ye Ming stopped in his tracks.
