Are We Going on a Honeymoon? Anyway, Anywhere is Fine with You

Singed didn't thank him repeatedly, because the Doctor wasn't a sentimental person. He simply remembered Li Ke's words and, as Li Ke instructed, put Orianna's body back into the cabinet. After locking the safety lock, Singed filled the cabinet with medicine again, carefully preserving Orianna's body.

"It will only take three months at most, Doctor. Let's wait a little longer."

After saying that, Li Ke left, while Singed remained alone in the room, quietly sitting by the bed watching Orianna's body.

The voice he had just heard was not his imagination; it was indeed Orianna's voice. She had called his name.

Although I don't know where she is now, Li Ke had a smile on his face when he talked about that place, which means that the place should be pretty good.

At least, Singed believed it wouldn't be any worse than being in this enclosed closet.

Three months isn't a long time. For Singed, who had already waited for over a decade, waiting another three months was naturally not a problem. Besides, Singed suddenly felt that he had other ties besides Orianna.

Orianna isn't the only part of his life anymore; he has other things to do now, so time flies by.

"Can drugs help humanity?"

Singed looked down at his hands, his eyes wide, and wrinkles appeared on his forehead. He had no eyebrows, but the wrinkles on his forehead suggested that he had made a gesture similar to raising an eyebrow.

"Then let's give it a try."

He spoke softly, a smile tugging at his face hidden beneath the bandages.

Then, he touched the corner of his mouth through the bandage, as if... he could first apply a facial repair serum?

After all, it wouldn't be good for Orianna to see him like this.

Besides, hadn't Silco already asked him to make such a potion? It's just that Singed wasn't in the mood at the time, so he ignored Silco.

But now he seems to understand what Silco means.

As a father, it's true that he wants his daughter to see a better side of him.

After leaving Singed, Li Ke didn't go back to the weapons testing site. Instead, he went straight home to see what Jinx was up to. Lately, Jinx seemed busier than him, leaving early in the morning and not returning until evening.

Li Ke told Jinx in advance that he was going to take Jinx to Ionia, so that she could prepare in advance.

After all, Li Ke hoped to visit as many places as possible on this trip, but other places are not like the Twin Cities, which have everything you could want. The two city-states of Zaun and Piltover together can have things from all over the world.

This isn't just something Li Ke made up. Take Icathia, which was corrupted by the Void, for example. Zaun and Piltover have many ancient artifacts left behind there.

Do you even understand the value of the Runeterra Trade Pearl City-State?

From Freljord in the north to Demacia in the west, from Icathia in the south to Ionia in the east, there's nothing these two cities can't get. If the money's right, they can really get you anything.

Therefore, if you're going on a trip, you need to prepare a lot of things in advance to avoid inconvenience while you're away. For example, some daily necessities, such as shampoo and toothpaste, may not be available in other places.

Li Ke had even heard Ekko say that the Freljord people still use charcoal and salt to clean their teeth. In even deeper regions, because they cannot trade with the outside world, the locals do not have the habit of cleaning their teeth, or even taking baths.

Hmm, so you're saying that Ashe, who looks so clean and pretty in the game, might actually be a smelly woman?

Li Ke thought about it strangely, and then, Li Ke, dismissed the idea.

The situation with the stinky thing shouldn't happen. After all, Ashe has the Iceborn and is a woman with a magical constitution; her situation is very special.

Freljord, especially the Freljord people who can survive in the far north, all possess some special physical characteristics. These people are no longer related to normal humans; their physical abilities are even more abnormal than those of the Demacia.

This is probably why Darius led a group to fight Winter's Claw, but ended up losing everything, including their leader Sejuani, without even seeing Darius.

Another point is, given the environment in Freljord, it seems really difficult to make yourself dirty and smelly.

After all, it's a place where you can easily get an ice pop if you're not careful while peeing.

When he got home, Li Ke saw Isha, who happened to be walking home from another street and bumped into Li Ke at his doorstep.

Isha had just returned from Viktor. When she saw Li Ke, she excitedly ran over, opened her arms, and hugged Li Ke's waist, looking up at Li Ke.

Li Ke smiled and reached out to pat Isha's head. Before, the little one would only hug Li Ke's leg when she hugged him, but now she can hug his waist.

Little Isha has grown quite a bit taller in the past two years, and her tender round face has also begun to change. She has shed her childishness and is starting to look like a beauty. Moreover, she is no longer missing two front teeth when she opens her mouth.

She has already finished losing her baby teeth.

Her once unkempt and dry hair has become soft and fluffy. Isha's hair is naturally curly, and it's impossible for it to be smooth and straight unless she perms it every day. She has transformed from Scruffy Puppy into an adorable puppy.

Especially her eyes are particularly big and incredibly bright, with a mischievous and clever look that makes her look adorable.

"Isha, where's your sister?" Li Ke bent down, picked Isha up, and then pressed his cheek against hers.

Sometimes, Li Ke even felt like he wasn't raising a younger sister, but a daughter.

No. If you include Jinx, it seems he used to have two daughters?

"?" Isha shook her head and gestured with her small hand towards Li Ke, indicating that she didn't know where Jinx had gone either.

She was escorted to Viktor early in the morning by Vi, who came over early to freeload, to learn some knowledge. She just left Viktor's place with other law enforcement officers and returned home. During this time, she had no chance to see her sister.

"That's really strange," Li Ke muttered.

Today, except for the morning, Li Ke didn't see Jinx at all.

After breakfast, Li Ke went to the Zaun Council Building, where he met with Silco, Vander, and others Piltover. They then went to Piltover to see the results of the weapons experiments conducted by the two cities. At this time, Jinx had already disappeared.

Damn it, didn't they promise to pester me every single day?

Why is it that after I've been back in Zaun for a while, she's been running around everywhere?

That woman! She just doesn't keep her word!

When I first returned to Zaun, she was like a pendant, always clinging to me. She followed me everywhere Li Ke went.

For two days Li Ke insisted that Jinx carry Li Ke around during meetings, which made Auntie Marna laugh. Vi even complained, asking Li Ke where he bought the human backpack, as she had never seen one for sale in Zaun.

Jinx got so angry that Vi was just being a sour grapes, and then the two sisters started arguing in the meeting.

One said he wouldn't be that clingy, while the other said even if you wanted to be clingy, you wouldn't have the chance, since you haven't even gotten the female cop yet!

The sisters' feud brought the meeting to an abrupt end.

Li Ke, holding Jinx who was baring her teeth and claws, Vander, pulling Vi whose face was flushed red...

After entering the house and putting Isha down, Li Ke first went to look around the room. The room was small but cozy, with a faint fragrance. On the bedside table was a photo of Li Ke and Jinx, and next to it was a framed photo of Li Ke, Jinx, Isha.

The blankets on the bed were piled up in a mess, Jinx's handiwork.

Li Ke usually gets up earlier Jinx, and she'll stay in bed until Li Ke has finished cooking before getting up. So, she's the one who has to make the bed, but Jinx usually just crumples the blankets up and shoves them against the wall – that's her way of making the bed.

There was no one in the room; Jinx was definitely not home and hadn't returned yet.

"Isha, what would you like to eat tonight?" Seeing that Jinx hadn't returned yet, Li Ke went to Isha's room again and asked her from outside the door.

Isha hadn't closed the door and was sitting on the floor inside packing her schoolbag. She took out the homework Viktor had assigned her, intending to do it first. But upon hearing Li Ke's voice, the little girl immediately stopped what she was doing, ran barefoot to Li Ke, and started gesturing with her hands.

"You want to eat mutton? Okay, I'll make some mutton soup tonight, and we can have some bread to dip in the soup." Li Ke nodded.

Isha's eyes lit up, she nodded vigorously, and her mouth was watering a little.

Then, she stopped doing her homework and went to the kitchen to help Li Ke. The little girl was very diligent; whatever Li Ke asked her to do, she would run off quickly in her slippers.

Li Ke was preparing dinner, throwing large chunks of bone-in mutton into the pot.

As evening fell, Li Ke, who had just finished cooking the soup, was about to take a bowl to serve it when his ears twitched, and he lowered his head and chuckled softly.

Jinx is back.

Xiao Jin's voice arrived before she did.

Humming a strange tune, Jinx strode home with an air of nonchalance.

"Wow, it smells so good!"

"Li Ke, what delicious food have you made?" Jinx rushed into the kitchen as soon as she smelled the aroma of meat.

Li Ke turned around, looked at Jinx, and his eyes lit up. He noticed that she was dressed very coolly today.

She wore a black cropped T-shirt and a blue denim jacket on top, but paired it with very short black hot pants on the bottom, showing off her long, fair legs. With black boots and a short ponytail, she looked incredibly cool.

Jinx has a really good body proportion, especially her legs, which are white and straight. Recently, she has been fed by Li Ke and gained a lot of weight, making her look completely different from the Kha'Zix she had when Li Ke first returned.

The hot pants squeezed her thighs, making them look fleshy, but her calves were shapely and smooth, paired with black boots.

Li Ke Kede said, "Caitlyn's legs are indeed long enough, but they're really not good!"

She's too tall; her legs look disproportionately long, not like Jinx at all.

"Where did you go again?" Li Ke asked, looking at Jinx.

"The girls from Piltover invited me to see the horses, so I went up and played around." Jinx sat down at the table, patting it with her hands to signal Li Ke to hurry up and serve the food; she had been playing all day and was starving!

"Karina?"

"When did you become so close to them?" Li Ke asked, amused.

"They invited me. They were so enthusiastic, I couldn't refuse. Humph, I'm not that close to them," Jinx said.

As she spoke, she excitedly added, "But Li Ke, could I buy a horse to keep?"

"Why would you want to raise horses out of the blue?"

As the lord of Zaun, if Li Ke wanted horses, the nobles of Piltover would readily offer them. But was it really necessary?

Isn't he faster than a horse?

Another thing is, our house is so small, there's no place to keep it even if we buy one.

"Karina and the others can ride horses. I tried, but the horse wouldn't listen to me at all. I even pulled out my gun to threaten it, but it still wouldn't let me ride. That horse is so unruly!" Jinx said, somewhat frustrated.

Since the dinner in both cities, Jinx has often been invited by Karina to Piltover, sometimes for tea parties at her estate. Jinx enjoys the food, but she doesn't like spending an afternoon in the garden eating and drinking tea.

She hates boredom the most!

Seeing that Jinx didn't like the activity, Karina changed it to taking Jinx to shoot, ride horses, and see a musical.

In short, just as Li Ke thought, Jinx does indeed have friends now.

"We'll have to wait until we get back to buy horses," Li Ke said after a moment's thought, placing a bowl full of mutton in front of Jinx.

Once Zaun has established a new area and is officially using the land behind it, they might consider giving Jinx a small pony farm there.

If she likes it, let her do it; Li Ke isn't short of money anyway.

The reason I still live here is not because Li Ke is poor. Zaun is no longer poor. Compared to Piltover, Zaun is still very poor.

However, compared to other city-states, Zaun is now quite wealthy.

In Zaun nowadays, as long as you're willing to work, everyone can have enough to eat. Moreover, with various factories operating in Zaun, there's no shortage of jobs.

Whether it's Li Ke, Silco, or Vander, they're not exactly people who know how to enjoy life. To put it bluntly, they're all idealists who never thought about accumulating wealth in their own hands. Therefore, as long as Zaunite are willing to work hard, their lives will get better day by day. To put it simply, their wages are enough for them to have spare money every day for leisure and entertainment.

In Runeterra, only Piltover and Zaun could accomplish something like this.

Even Demacia, known for its wealth, cannot compare, of course, because Demacia's population is many times that of Zaun.

The reason they still live here is because Li Ke has gotten used to it. This little home holds memories for Li Ke, Jinx, and Isha. It may be small, but it's cozy.

Li Ke is a sentimental person. Changing environments might be a good thing, but if he can stay put, Li Ke would prefer to stay put.

Sometimes, he really is a pretty lazy person.

"Back?" Jinx caught the important information, biting into her meat and looking at Li Ke. She swallowed the meat whole and exclaimed, "What do you mean, Li Ke? Are we going out to play? You're taking me out to play?"

"Is this our honeymoon?" she exclaimed excitedly.

Li Ke was completely confused and looked at Jinx: "Honeymoon? Wait, where did you learn that word?"

"Karina told me that the nobles in Piltover would go away for half a month or a month after getting married, saying it was to cultivate their relationship and lay a good foundation for their future life together."

"Li Ke, are you taking me on our honeymoon?"

Jinx's excited little face was full of smiles.

"Jinx, we're not married yet." Li Ke was speechless.

"Then let's get married tomorrow!" she said directly.

"???"

"Jinx, marriage isn't something to be rushed; we need to invite a lot of people to witness it."

"What kind of logic is this? I'm marrying you, why do I need other people to witness it?" Jinx didn't understand.

She bit her chopsticks, completely bewildered. She genuinely didn't understand, because before meeting Li Ke, Jinx had never imagined she would get married or fall in love with someone.

At that time, she was confused. After Wei left, she had no idea what she was doing. She just did whatever Silco told her to do.

But things are different now. After meeting Li Ke and being with Li Ke, she started to have her own ideas and the life she wanted.

For example, recently Piltover hang out with Karina and her friends. Although I verbally expressed reluctance, as if I only went because Karina was too enthusiastic, what was the actual situation?

In reality, whenever Karina sends someone to summon her, she will run Upper City and chat with a group of Karina girls, learning things she never knew before.

So-called liking or being in a relationship is not about taking from each other, but about supporting each other and giving each other emotional strength.

Because of Li Ke, Jinx developed a love for life and was filled with hope for tomorrow. Every morning after waking up, she would stretch and then look forward to what the day would bring.

Because of Jinx, Li Ke, this "outsider," has a home in Runeterra. He's not just a fleeting visitor, but has truly integrated into this world.

"If Vander and Silco knew that I hastily married you without telling them, they'd both come after me to the death," Li Ke complained.

Upon hearing this, Jinx picked up her chopsticks, waved them, and said loudly, "It's okay Li Ke, I'll stop them. They'll listen to me."

Isha, standing to the side, looked at her sister, then at her brother, her eyes brightening.

If her brother and sister really get married, then she'll be a flower girl, right?

Although she might be a bit too old, Isha is definitely going to be the flower girl!

"Alright, behave yourself. We'll talk about the wedding later. We're going out on a mission to have fun." Seeing Jinx's excitement, Li Ke reached out and tapped her forehead.

He continued, "Doctor. Singed will be going with us then."

"Alright then." Jinx looked dejected when she heard that Singed was also going, then added, "Aren't we taking Isha with us?"

Isha, who was standing to the side, quickly looked at Li Ke and straightened her back.

Li Ke chuckled and ruffled Isha's hair, then looked at Isha and said, "Don't be too happy yet. You'll have to stay in Zaun and study hard with your teacher. Isha, you're going to school in the middle of the year, have you forgotten?"

Upon hearing this, Isha pouted, her lips trembling with jealousy.

But Isha didn't make a fuss, since her decision to study had been made a long time ago.

The two cities have partnered to establish a school that will enroll children from toddlers to teenagers, with the ultimate goal of getting them into Piltover University.

"Then we won't bring Isha along. But Li Ke, will Singed be coming with us the whole time?" Jinx asked.

"No, the Doctor will return to Zaun on his way back after he finishes his work, and then it will just be the two of us outside."

Jinx nodded and said happily, "That would be perfect."

After she finished speaking, she happily ate her meal. The fact that she had gone out with Li Ke had greatly increased her appetite.

Jinx is also curious about what the outside world is like.

She had never left Twin Cities in her entire life, trapped in this small city-state, and of course she wanted to get out!

Let's see if there are really that many strange and wonderful creatures in this world, and whether the pictures in the books we've read are actually real!

"Jinx, aren't you going to ask us where we're going?" Li Ke asked, looking at Jinx.

"It doesn't matter," she said.

With her little face upturned and a bright smile on her lips, Jinx said in a sunny tone:

"I'd go anywhere with you."