Li Chuan and Wanda

"Good evening, Pietro!"

Li Chuan had barely pushed open the door and entered the living room when he saw his silver-haired future brother-in-law bustling around the kitchen, helping out everywhere. Anyone paying close attention would have noticed that he walked much faster than normal.

"Good evening, Chuan. You don't mind if I mooch dinner at your place, do you?"

When Pietro saw Li Chuan return, he warmly waved at him.

Li Chuan smiled.

"Of course not. You're welcome anytime!"

"Darling, go change first. It'll be ready soon."

Noticing that Li Chuan had returned, Wanda happily ran over with a spoon in hand, kissed him, then immediately hurried back into the kitchen.

Pietro, who was peeling onions nearby, instantly revealed an expression that was both sad and gratified.

He was sad because those two were openly flaunting their affection in front of a single man like him, but gratified because his sister had found her own happiness.

When he had first learned that his sister was dating Li Chuan, he had opposed it. Li Chuan's reputation had not been good before, and he worried that his sister would be deceived and end up hurt.

But after getting to know him, Pietro realized that some rumors truly could not be trusted.

"I'll help too!"

Having changed into casual clothes, Li Chuan naturally joined in to help in the kitchen.

After all, he was not some spoiled rich second-generation heir who had grown up indulging in food, drink, women, and gambling. Born into poverty, he had entered his master's school and traveled abroad to fight Life-and-Death Boxing matches to repay his master's kindness.

Li Chuan's life in his previous life had never been one lived high above others.

Perhaps before his subordinates and enemies, he was imposing and cold-blooded. He would not even furrow his brow while crushing someone to death, making him seem terrifying.

But in truth, he was not bloodthirsty, nor did he ever slaughter innocent people indiscriminately.

So when there was no danger, he was still the ordinary man from his previous life who enjoyed practicing martial arts, eating meals, cleaning up, and wading into rivers to bathe and catch fish with his fellow disciples.

That was also why Wanda, Pietro, and the ordinary employees at the company all felt that Li Chuan, their CEO, had a good temper and was easy to get along with.

As they chatted and laughed, all the food they had prepared was soon placed on the table.

"Wait, there's still something missing."

Just as the three of them sat at the dining table, ready to eat, Wanda suddenly stood up again.

Li Chuan and Pietro exchanged glances and said at the same time:

"'The Dick Van Dyke Show.'"

"The Dick Van Dyke Show" was a sitcom and also Wanda's favorite television show.

Before Wanda and Pietro's parents died, their family had lived in poverty. Their father supported them by selling DVDs.

Every evening at dinner, the family would sit together and watch the DVD of "The Dick Van Dyke Show" that their father had kept hidden at the bottom of a box, unwilling to sell and saving especially for them.

"Correct answer. You each get a grilled sausage as a reward!"

Wanda speared a sausage for both Li Chuan and Pietro, then picked up the remote and turned on the television, playing the funny sitcom.

Among ordinary high society, eating while watching television would certainly have been unacceptable, considered rude behavior that showed no table manners.

But Li Chuan had never cared about such things. In his previous life, he had liked squatting in the courtyard with his fellow disciples, bowls in hand, while watching television. Later, when he lived abroad alone, he had done the same. Besides, sitcoms went especially well with a meal.

Perhaps it was precisely because of Li Chuan's many down-to-earth behaviors and habits that Wanda had truly lowered her guard and fallen in love with him.

Otherwise, money and eager courting alone could only attract vain, gold-digging women. They could not make Wanda, whose heart was filled with hatred, let go of that hatred and fall in love with him.

Completing the system's main quest was not difficult, but reaching an advanced rating to strive for the best rewards could hardly be so easy.

Without exchanging genuine feelings for genuine feelings, he would never reach the stage of marriage.

"By the way, Wanda, there's something I want to discuss with you."

Halfway through dinner, Li Chuan suddenly spoke.

"What is it, darling?"

Wanda giggled as she took her eyes off the television and turned toward Li Chuan.

Li Chuan pretended to cough, then slowly said:

"It's like this, Wanda. The company's business in Sokovia has no more room for growth. I want to enter the United States and expand the company's operations.

"So, we may need to move to New York for a while."

"Do we have to go to the United States?"

Wanda, who had been giggling at the television moments earlier, suddenly frowned, revealing a troubled expression.

I knew it wouldn't be that simple.

Seeing Wanda's expression, Li Chuan sighed inwardly.

The difficulty assigned by the panel was generally tied to the reward, and six months in a Minor World was clearly not some casual reward.

So getting Wanda to move to New York with him was not going to be as easy as he had imagined.

In truth, Li Chuan preferred missions like the one where he had wiped out Hydra, because those were the kinds of missions he was actually best at.

He knew why Wanda did not want to settle in the United States. She hated that country from the bottom of her heart, especially New York, where Stark Industries' headquarters was located.

Back then, Wanda's parents had been killed by a missile made by Tony Stark. Only because her latent magical ability had altered the odds of the missile exploding had the second missile that landed before her and Pietro failed to detonate.

"If you don't want to go, then we won't. We have a private jet anyway. If anything comes up, I can fly back and forth between the two places, just like driving to and from work."

Originally, Li Chuan had planned to make use of Wanda and Pietro's hatred for Stark Industries to persuade Wanda to go to New York with him. He had already prepared roughly what he would say before entering the house.

But when he saw Wanda's expression, he could not help changing his mind.

Although he also wanted to become stronger more quickly, so that he would have enough power to protect Wanda, if he resorted to any means necessary in everything he did, would that not already stray from his original intentions?

There would always be side quests. Sooner or later, there would be quests that rewarded time in a Minor World.

And just as he had said, he could take a private jet back and forth between New York and Sokovia. It was only a little more troublesome.

Today, because he wanted to become stronger, he could use schemes to make Wanda go to New York with him. Then if the panel released a mission in the future that asked him to kill Wanda in exchange for a reward beyond anything he could imagine, would he also choose to sacrifice her?

If everything was only for the sake of becoming stronger, then even if he became the strongest of them all, what would be the point?

At that moment, Li Chuan suddenly felt relieved.

"Yes, it's decided. Let's eat!"

"No, we should still move to New York. I think perhaps it won't be as bad as I imagined."

Yet just as Li Chuan finished giving himself that whole mental pep talk and decided to abandon the side quest, Wanda suddenly looked at him, relaxed her brow, smiled, and changed her mind.

"Wanda... you?"

Li Chuan wore a completely bewildered expression, unable to understand why Wanda had suddenly changed her mind.