Chapter 661: Lil Pea’s Hard Questions
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
Due to that freaking summoning ritual, it was already two o’clock in the morning when Vivian finally finished analyzing the blood sample. Unable to fight her biological clock, Lily was already sleeping like a log on the sofa, sucking her mouth occasionally as if she was dreaming about sothing delicious. In fact, it was an achievent for Lily to stay up so late. Hao Ren could still rember the husky’s heroic skill back when she ran while asleep during a business trip abroad. She was following them around to different ti zones, yet making no fuss about it. Lily had certainly co a long way.
“Let her sleep here tonight.” Hao Ren looked at Lily, curling up into a atball on the sofa. “She’s in deep sleep. She’s prone to bite if you disturb her now.”
Nangong Sanba yawned and said, “I got to hit the sack too. If there’s anything else, we’ll talk about it tomorrow.”
Nangong Wuyue and Ayesha nodded. “We’re tired too…”
Hao Ren looked at the two marine creatures bizarrely. During the battle earlier, the two of them had curled up in a ball and hid in a corner. On Mars, they even blended into the background. Now, they still had the nerve to complain.
After Y’zaks also brought his daughter back into the room, Hao Ren mumbled as he scratched his jaw. “Actually, I have a question of concern.”
Vivian did not sleep much at night. At this ti, she was still there with Hao Ren. “What question?”
“The evil spirit kept repeating so puzzling words before she was killed; she said, ‘co back, co back’ and nothing else.” Hao Ren beca even more curious. “I’m not sure if the evil spirit had a mind of its own, or just a magical summoned object.”
“Co back?” Vivian’s brows were knitted together as she also felt the sa. “What does that an?”
Hao Ren shrugged. “Judging from the phrase, it sounds like a ghost call. I’m not kidding, the evil spirit looks exactly like you, but a version of you on drugs in terms of her aura. You really don’t rember having another doppelganger other than Hessiana? Maybe aside from transcended bats, your blood transcended too?”
Goosebumps instantly popped up on Vivian’s skin. “Stop that. One Hessiana is already annoying enough; two would be the end of my world.”
“Well, I’ll stop here. I’ll wait until you find Hessiana to confirm the origins of the magic book.” Hao Ren exhaled, got to his feet, and did a stretch as he yawned. “I’m going to sleep now, you should too.”
Hao Ren lay in bed after he returned to his room. He suddenly heard water splashing on the side table. Lil Pea quietly poked her head out of the pot and said. “Daddyyy, you’re back!”
Hao Ren was surprised that the little one was still awake at this ti. “Haven’t slept yet? Did I wake you?”
Lil Pea was in her growing stage, so she basically spent most of her ti eating and sleeping. She would usually get sleepy after dinner. Before everyone went out to perform the freaking “summoning ritual”, the little one had already fallen asleep. However, she was now awake. The little one gently paddled in the water, and her voice sounded unusually serious, “I was dreaming! Dad-dy, do you think I’ll be just like all of you when I grow up?”
Hao Ren was startled for a mont. “The sa?”
“Just like all of you,” said Lil Pea, gesturing with her little arms and fingers in the air, trying to express herself clearly. “Becoming as big as Daddy, fish sister, and also doggie sister to be able to run around!”
Only then did Hao Ren understand what the little one was thinking. His first reaction was surprise. He did not expect Lil Pea’s ntal developnt to be so fast. She was only less than a year old and she already realized how different she was from others. He had to be extra careful about how he said things and explained to a fish sothing that was a bit above her understanding. “Well… you’ll surely grow up. You may grow as big as Daddy, but by then, you’ll still be a little different from others…”
“Different?” Lil Pea’s eyes glittered in the dark, “Why?”
Hao Ren thought for a mont and said, “Look, your doggie sister has a hairy big tail, battie sister can fly, fish sister can turn into a snake, big uncle can catch fire… Aren’t all of them different? Our family composition is unique. We’re all different, so you’re going to be very special… Well, I an unique. That’s what it is.”
“Is unique good?” Lil Pea asked curiously.
Hao Ren nodded energetically. “It is good! Personality is the in thing now! You’re going to stick out if you have a unique personality. Just look at how aweso your big uncle is—that’s simply because he stands like a scenic tower…”
“Then, am I different from you, Daddy?” asked Lil Pea, in hot pursuit. “Shouldn’t Daddy and I be the sa?”
Cold sweat imdiately ran down Hao Ren’s forehead. He felt that he was not under such great ntal pressure even when he fought the monster on Mars. Was the little one suddenly enlightened or sothing, that she suddenly ca up with so many sharp questions? “Umm… You have to learn to understand this question. In theory, any father and daughter will certainly not look the sa after growing up, but I guess you’re definitely not asking that…”
Lil Pea stared at Hao Ren with her bright little eyes. Her face looked the most innocent, and she was full of curiosity as well as anticipation. Hao Ren could not help but surrender. He spread out his hand and said, “Yes, when you grow up, you won’t be the sa as Daddy. Daddy doesn’t know if you’ll grow a pair of legs next ti, but Daddy does know that Daddy won’t grow a tail in his entire lifeti—however, that’s not important. The important thing is, I’m your Daddy and the goddess has our record. So, in case even if the universe is destroyed, I’m still your Daddy.”
Lil Peas blinked. Many things were still beyond her understanding. However, it seed that she got the answer she wanted. So, the little one shook her body in satisfaction before splashing back into the water to sleep, leaving Hao Ren alone, who quietly breathed a sigh of relief. The sharp questions of the little one had finally ended.
He suddenly realized another thing: the accelerated developntal talent of Lil Pea’s race… seed to be showing its power.
He had to begin considering the issue of the rmaid’s growing ntal maturity.
Hao Ren still got up on ti the next day despite sleeping pretty late the previous night. As his ntal strength increased, he was able to recover his energy more quickly than before; sleep was gradually becoming a controllable and customizable thing. The first thing he saw in the morning was Lil Pea working out on the edge of a small table. The little one was stretching her arms and playing with her tail excitedly. When she saw that Hao Ren had woken up, she imdiately jumped onto the bed and slapped her tail to greet Hao Ren. “Good morning, Daddy!”
Hao Ren was little startled before he found that Lil Pea looking like a happy bunny did not seem to have any confusion from those questions last night. He could not help but sigh of relief and gently knocked on the little one’s head. “Good morning—and when are you going to rember not to co onto my bed? You do know you’re wet, don’t you?”
Lil Pea clapped her tail happily. “Got it!”
Hao Ren looked at the watermarks on the mat; luckily, it was sumr, he would not have to dry the mat and quilt outside—if neighbors spotted him doing that, he would have a hard ti explaining the question of a big man’s quilt with a water stain on it all day long!
It was probably much easier to explain why his pants were wet every day…
As soon as Hao Ren stepped out of his room, he saw Vivian making a phone call in the living room; she seed to be a bit emotionally agitated. “…This is no small trouble. You have to quickly find out exactly who wrote the book and passed it down… Okay, I get what you an, I’m not complaining about anything else… It would be the best help if you could help investigate it… Absolutely not, you stay ho! Don’t bet on this… I’m fine. You take good care of yourself. Mr. Landlord? He’s fine. I followed him on a business trip a few days ago… You could have used your energy to help investigate the magic book!”
“You spoke with Hessiana?” asked Hao Ren after Vivian hung up.
Vivian looked at her mobile phone, her heart aching. “…International roaming… This life is too extravagant…”
“I’ll take care of your phone bill.” Hao Ren rolled his eyes. “What about the magic book?”
“She said she’ll investigate, but she also didn’t know who wrote the magic book. It was a tribute to her from a mber of her man’s family. It was an antique bought from a black-market auction. There’s no way to find out its origin.” Vivian sighed and suddenly said, “I have sothing else for you to see.”
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