Wulan galaxy · World-Encompassing Star.
Gentle sunlight spilled across the emerald-green grass.
Two half-grown children ran back and forth across the lawn, tugging at kites in midair and shouting at the top of their lungs.
Wei He, dressed in a white short-sleeved shirt and beach shorts, lay back on a lounge chair, leisurely sunbathing with Bilian.
Beside him, Bilian wore a pure-white one-piece swimsuit. Her hands waved through the air as she operated something on a light screen invisible to others.
Though she was already a grandmother, her figure remained exceptionally good, like that of someone in her twenties.
By the pool on the other side sat Maris, wrapped in a towel.
When Wei He had first captured Maris, she had been terrified. But as they gradually spent more time together—
She discovered that Wei He did not seem to hold any hostility toward her.
Life continued as normal, as did their conversations. This father-in-law of hers acted as though what had happened before had never existed.
As time passed, she gradually adapted as well.
Indeed, just as she had thought, Wei He's greatest wish was for everything to remain quiet and peaceful, each thing returning to its proper place.
After all, life required stability before it could bring happiness.
That was why he disliked anything that might disrupt such stability.
Ever since the days of Great Yuan, he had been wandering and drifting from place to place. The people around him had never truly found fulfillment.
Back then, he had been too weak. But this time—
He would not be like he had been before.
"Wei He, your son hasn't called home for days again. As his father, shouldn't you check on him?" Bilian gently reminded him from the side.
"Don't worry. He's with my former teacher, so there