I wanted to be your brother-in-law, but you wanted to be my dad

"Uh, was I that obvious?" Bu Yaode made a Comical Dog Head face and readily admitted it.

He had met Long Dalin's sister once and had indeed taken a liking to that pretty girl, especially after hearing that she was going to get Cat Eye done for him. But he couldn't reveal his feelings for the Cat Eye makeup now, so he had to try his best to appear as if he was already smitten with her.

"It's not impossible. If you can win her over, that's your skill. Love is a matter of personal freedom. But you'd better come up with something good. I'm tired of steamed buns and dumplings." Long Dalin swallowed hard. He missed the delicious beef-flavored "meatballs" from Bu Yaode's house.

That stuff tasted like beef, and it had a real beefy texture when you chewed it. Although he, as a member of the younger generation, had never eaten real beef, he often heard his elders talk about things related to Earth and had even seen the legendary cows.

In short, he missed that taste very much, but it was hard to find such a thing on the market. He heard that it seemed to be something new developed by the food research department.

"Damn, you wouldn't be craving 'Beef Meatball,' would you?" Seeing Long Dalin swallow hard, Bu Yaode guessed it right away.

"It's the one we ate at your house last year, oh right, it's called 'Beef Meatball'. You can hardly find that stuff on the market now, it's really good with alcohol. I reckon getting 300 jin would be enough for one of our meals." Long Dalin said nostalgically.

Since having eaten there last year, whenever he had some free time, he would often visit all the food vendors on the several Residential Spaceship, but he couldn't find any of them selling food, nor could he find any online.

"Everything else is fine, but 'Beef Meatball'..." Bu Yaode spread his hands helplessly and said, "You know we can't find them. To be honest, we don't even have a single gram of those things, let alone 300 jin!"

"No way, my future brother-in-law is so stingy?" Long Dalin said in a half-joking tone.

"No, really."

Seeing Bu Yaode's serious expression, Long Dalin realized that the other party really wasn't stingy, so he asked to confirm, "You're not joking?"

"Do you think I would joke about my happiness for the rest of my life?" Bu Yaode asked, looking speechless.

Long Dalin thought to himself, "This guy's target is my sister. There's no need to joke about something like this." With that thought, he said, "Alright, I'll believe you this time."

After hesitating for a moment, he asked, still somewhat unwilling to give up, "Really not even a single gram?"

"Don't even think about it, we won't be able to get that stuff anytime soon," Bu Yaode shook his head.

"Is that a bit much? Where did you get that last time?"

"My Mom's family got it. That stuff is only for scientists now. Where am I, a mere soldier, supposed to get it?" Bu Yaode revealed the truth, and then added, "Unless I get promoted two more times, I have no chance within five years. You don't believe me? Call your mom now and you'll know."

Long Dalin's Mom is Long Xiaolin. He has the surname Long because another brother of his has taken his father's surname. In human society today, it is very common for families with several children to have some take the father's surname and others take the mother's surname.

"Well, I won't make the call. I trust you."

Long Dalin knew his mother was very busy and obviously didn't want to call to ask about such a small matter. Besides, he felt that he was currently in the process of building his own career, and contacting his mother too much would make people think he was using her connections.

Long Dalin seemed to still miss that taste, so he suggested again, "How about we go to your mom's house? It'll be a good opportunity for her to see what her future daughter-in-law looks like."

Bu Yaode's Mom's family definitely had it, because her mother was a scientist, the Bu Lianshi.

"What's so interesting? It's your own marriage, and I'm telling you, my Mom won't spend a single penny on my own life's big event. I'll tell her when I get married." Bu Yaode shook his head, clearly not wanting to go to his Mom's house.

It wasn't that he didn't really want to go, but mainly because he had a falling out with Bu Lianshi recently. The reason was that Bu Lianshi strongly opposed his volunteering to participate in the mission to land at Wolf 1061 c.

However, Bu Lianshi was also on a geological exploration mission on the planet at that time, so Bu Yaode found it very strange and got into a fight with Bu Lianshi in a fit of anger.

However, Long Dalin was unaware of this, so he carefully considered his words and continued, "Since you really like my sister, you should be more direct and take her to meet your parents. Besides, I heard that Professor Bu has been alone all the time and must be quite lonely. He would probably like to see you bring a girl to see her. It's almost Chinese New Year, and it would be nice to have a lively family gathering."

"That makes sense." Bu Yaode nodded, seemingly convinced by Long Dalin, but after only two seconds he suddenly became alert, then stared wide-eyed at his old classmate. "Speaking of which, could this be your real purpose?"

"Yes, 'Beef Meatball' are not available in the market at all, and I'm craving them," Long Dalin replied immediately.

"Don't play dumb with me, you know I wasn't talking about 'Beef Meatball'." Bu Yaode stared intently into Long Dalin's eyes, then continued, "Tell me, are you trying to seduce my mother?"

"How could that be? I'm not Cao Cao." Long Dalin immediately looked away and shook his head.

"Cao Cao? What Cao Cao?"

As a new generation with a poor grasp of history, Bu Yaode obviously didn't know who Cao Cao was, but he noticed a subtle hint of something else in Long Dalin's eyes. So he took out his phone and immediately looked up Cao Cao. After a few quick scrolls, he found Cao Cao's resume as "Cao's wife" in Cao Cao's glorious deeds.

Bu Yaode took a deep breath to calm himself down. "You, Long Dalin, I treated you like a brother. If you want to seduce my mother, just say so. I won't say anything. There's no need to hide it. Besides, it's in line with social values for a single woman to remarry."

"I told my sister that we're going to Professor Bu's house for dinner tomorrow." Seeing Bu Yaode say this, Long Dalin, who hadn't noticed him secretly taking a deep breath, readily admitted his true purpose.

"Damn it!" Bu Yaode's face darkened, and he couldn't help but swear. He didn't even know how he felt.

Bu Yaode was about to vent his feelings by saying a few more words, he heard his number called out through the loudspeaker in the cabin.

"Mr. Bu Yaode, Number 666, please proceed to Injection Room 6 to receive the Basic Enhancement Potion and collect the auxiliary medication!"

The voice broadcast was repeated three times.

Watching Bu Yaode's departing figure, Long Dalin comfortably took out his phone from the waiting area seat and waited for his number to be called.