The first rays of morning light fell upon Shen Mochen's face, and he slowly opened his eyes, a hint of confusion erging within them.
Why was there a sense of heaviness on his body, as if sothing had pressed down on him... But, Shen Mochen stretched, feeling quite comfortable regardless.
He had been dreaming lately that he was in a secluded valley, where the wind passing through the bamboo gaps carried a lingering fragrance, a feeling so refreshing and joyful.
"Xuexue, you're leaving so early, wait for , wait for , okay? I'll see you out!"
Xia Qingrou's clamorous voice ca from outside the room.
Shen Mochen composed himself from the peculiar state n often find themselves in during the morning and got up to head out.
Seeing Shen Mochen, Xia Qingrou humd, "Xuexue is leaving, aren't you going to see her off?"
"Seeing her off to the Sentinel Station, right? Sure," said Shen Mochen nonchalantly.
"Well... you and Yanyan can go, I'll pass. I've got to help Yuncui sister with breakfast in the kitchen!" Xia Qingrou turned away and coughed.
Shen Mochen raised an eyebrow and glanced over as Liu Chaoyan erged from the bathroom, looking freshly grood, "Then let's go. Sounds like Xia sister and Cai sister are going to have their hands full with breakfast!"
Liu Chaoyan drove Han Muxue to the Sentinel Station. At just seven in the morning, Han Muxue's parents had already arrived.
Shen Mochen had t them once before; they seed like regular citizens, though their faces carried a mix of eagerness to please and slyness.
"Uncle, Auntie, hello." Shen Mochen and Liu Chaoyan took the initiative to greet them.
Shen Mochen reached out and shook hands with Han father, his smile practiced and polished.
Han father fumbled for a cigarette in his pocket, offering one to Shen Mochen, "Hello, hello, thanks for bringing little Xuexue over."
"I don't smoke, thanks," Shen Mochen said with a chuckle, waving it away. "You're the ones who've had the trouble, having to co all this way each ti."
"It's no trouble, no trouble at all, we're picking up our precious daughter after all!" Han mother warmly took over the handles of Han Muxue's wheelchair from Liu Chaoyan.
"Hey, Yong, co say hello to your brother and sister, quick!"
Han father pulled out a little boy who had been hiding behind him; the child looked seven or eight years old, wearing trendy sportswear but seeming a bit shy and possibly scared, boldly eyeing Shen Mochen and Liu Chaoyan.
"He is..." Shen Mochen had already guessed the boy's identity.
Han mother still wore a smile, gently patting the little boy, "This is Xuexue's little brother. Co on, Yong, hurry up and greet your brother and sister!"
"Hello, brother, sister..." Yong greeted timidly, his voice youthful, "Brother, sister, you both look so pretty!"
"Your sister is pretty too!" Liu Chaoyan smiled as he gently tousled Yong's hair.
"She's not pretty at all..." Yong pouted.
"Dumbass, what did you say?"
Han Muxue reached out to hit him, but Yong agilely dodged.
"Try to hit then, try it! Freak!" Yong nimbly ran back behind his parents and then made a face at Han Muxue.
"Stay away from here," Han Muxue said indifferently to Shen Mochen and Liu Chaoyan, then maneuvered the wheelchair toward her parents.
"Co here," Han Muxue stated coldly.
"I don't want to!" Yong hid behind his parents.
"Move," Han Muxue said coldly, looking up at her parents blocking the way.
"Xuexue, he's still your brother after all, he's young and doesn't understand..."
Han Muxue's gaze was icy, "I said, move."
That tone was hardly like speaking to one's parents. Shen Mochen looked at Liu Chaoyan, "Captain..."
Liu Chaoyan made no move, just tugged Shen Mochen's wrist slightly and stepped back a bit.
"To avoid the clever Mr. Shen misunderstanding, let state in advance that this is also my first ti seeing little Xuexue's brother, so I wasn't trying to stir things up just now," Liu Chaoyan said softly.
"But... shouldn't we say sothing?"
"It's hard for an official to settle a family dispute; it's better we don't get involved right now."
"Xuexue, look, your teammates are watching..." Han father added, his voice carrying a tone of appeasent and entreaty.
Upon hearing this, Han Muxue's face slightly changed, her eyes betraying a flurry of emotions, but in the end, she said sternly, "I'll say it one last ti, move aside!"
Han's mother panicked, turned around, and scolded, "Xiaoyong, why are you being so unreasonable? Go and apologize to your sister right now!"
Xiaoyong stubbornly retorted, "I won't. She is ugly anyway, a cripple, cripple!"
"!"
In an instant, Han Muxue's gaze turned sharply intense, and the next mont, her parents and brother all cried out in agony as they collapsed to the floor under the pressure of gravity multiples heavier.
"You brought this upon yourselves."
Han Muxue looked indifferently at her parents sprawled on the ground, then turned to Xiaoyong, who was whimpering and howling in pain, a hint of pleasure and cruelty on her face, "Stand up. You are not a cripple. Stand up!"
Xiaoyong lay on the ground, crying, as urine flowed down his trousers.
"Speak up. Say what you just said again."
Han Muxue gazed down at Xiaoyong from above, scolding loudly.
"Xiaoxue, please forgive him, he's only seven years old..."
"Shut up!"
The gravity intensified further, causing Han's father and mother to cry out in pain again, their faces red with the strain, feeling as though they were about to suffocate.
"Still don't understand who is the one this household truly relies on?" Han Muxue gritted her teeth, her voice filled with resentnt.
"Sis... Sis... I was wrong... I'm sorry..."
Blood dribbled from Xiaoyong's nose as the instinct to survive made him exert his last bit of strength.
Finally, Han Muxue laughed with a hint of empathy, looking down at him coldly, "Hahaha, had you said that earlier, wouldn't things have been fine?"
The crushing gravity lifted from the three, and Han's parents imdiately struggled to their feet, attending to Xiaoyong's well-being.
Han Muxue frowned deeply but said nothing more.
Fortunately, Han Muxue had held back. Otherwise, her strength, sufficient to overwhelm monsters, would have been unbearable for her family. Aside from the incontinence, Xiaoyong appeared to suffer no significant harm.
Shen Mochen glanced at Liu Chaoyan, then stepped forward without any objection from Liu.
"Let heal Xiaoyong a bit," said Shen Mochen.
Everyone knew of the special powers of male superpower users, so Han's parents had no objections, in fact, they were full of gratitude.
After Shen Mochen's treatnt, Han's mother, carrying her son, ran to the Sentinel Station asking them to allow Xiaoyong to clean himself.
The sentries, not fully aware of what had transpired, nonetheless readily offered assistance, so even providing spare clothes for Xiaoyong to temporarily wear. However, Han's parents declined their kind offer, explaining they had new clothes in the car.
Shen Mochen and Liu Chaoyan watched as Han's parents bustled around their son without a single word of bla towards Han Muxue, their smiles still ingratiating, even being extra careful when they asked Han Muxue to get back in the car for the trip ho.
"Co here!" Han Muxue called out to Shen Mochen after rolling down the car window.
"What is it?" Shen Mochen was as jolly as ever, as if nothing had happened just now.
"I have sothing to tell you when I get back... You better stay in line these next few days!"
At this mont, Han Muxue seed to revert to her forr self, eyes darting away yet still affectatiously haughty, not like the tyrant of just a mont before.
"What is it, you can tell now!" Shen Mochen laughed.
"... You'll know when I get back," Han Muxue took a deep breath, exhaling slowly.
"Is that what a normal family looks like?" Shen Mochen asked Liu Chaoyan, as the car gradually vanished over the horizon.
"Probably not," Liu Chaoyan shook her head lightly, "You're asking the wrong person, Shen. Our understanding of that is pretty similar."
Shen Mochen scratched his head and chuckled, "I used to think families of superpower users were like Xia Xingshuang's, no different from ordinary families."
Liu Chaoyan patted Shen Mochen's back gently, "It depends on the family, right? Let's not dwell on it anymore. Are you going to try and learn to drive when you get back?"
"Sure, if the captain dares to ride with , what do I have to fear from driving!"
"I don't dare to ride, so I'll fly back."
"Hey!"
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