A Qualified Husband

"Daddy, come back quickly. I still want Daddy to teach me how to draw."

Li Ziyang took the schoolbag and said obediently.

Li Ran gave a grunt of acknowledgment and bolted toward the elevator.

Just then, a cold female voice drifted from inside the house.

"What could possibly be more important than eating? Can't you just get it tomorrow?"

Li Ran's turning footsteps came to an abrupt halt. His Adam's apple bobbed involuntarily before he finally managed to force a sound from his throat.

"Actually, it's nothing. Getting it tomorrow... let's just get it tomorrow."

With no other choice, Li Ran turned and walked into the house.

As soon as he entered, he saw takeout containers stacked neatly on the dining table like bricks.

Through the transparent lids, he could see something wriggling inside the dishes.

"What the hell, they're crawling with worms!" Li Ran's stomach began to churn.

Not only did she refuse to cook, but she was also making him eat bugs.

(Warning: Li Ziyang is feeling very low after seeing you eat takeout again. If you don't eat either, he will eat you.)

(Hint: Make Li Ziyang feel the warmth of a family as much as possible. Do not let him realize that you and your wife are divorced.)

Li Ziyang began to crack again, and something terrifying was wriggling within the fissures.

Divorced?

Damn it!

But why were they still living together?

Could it be that they were only cohabiting temporarily for the sake of the child?

After a long, exhausting day, returning home to a table full of cold takeout would leave any head of the household feeling a bit dejected, let alone a child who was still growing.

"Son, we won't eat takeout. How about Daddy cooks for you himself?" Li Ran said gently with a wink.

"That's great! Daddy is going to cook!"

Li Ziyang's face gradually healed, his little face returning to an innocent and guileless expression.

Li Ran pushed his son toward his room: "Go back to your room and do your homework first. I'll call you when dinner is ready."

As long as his son wasn't cracking open, everything was manageable; the more he looked at him, the more pleasing he seemed.

Li Ran turned his head to look toward the floor-to-ceiling window in the living room at his wife, who was wearing a silky camisole nightgown. She stood with her hands behind her back, her left hand resting slightly bent over her dangling, lotus-root-like arm. Her waterfall of black hair perfectly covered her slender, jade-like waist, making her look like a fairy who had descended to the mortal world, untouched by the smoke and fire of human life.

In an instant, Li Ran was stunned.

The city neon outside the window paled in comparison to her silhouette.

She turned slowly, spitting out a cold voice.

"Cooking yourself? That doesn't sound like you."

There wasn't a trace of emotion on her stunningly beautiful face, and her pair of pretty eyes radiated a cold, icy frost.

High-cold, elegant, and undeniably sexy!

Li Ran's heartbeat accelerated involuntarily, his blood surging.

Before this, he had thought that his wife might have a very ordinary appearance, as long as she wasn't His Highness Qiao.

When he saw his ex-wife's face clearly, he solidified his initial conviction.

If a member of the opposite sex makes your heart race, then you must overcome all obstacles to sleep with her, so as not to waste this life!

[Task Completed: Pick up Li Ziyang]

[Reward: Mysterious Power +10, 100 Points]

[New Task Triggered: Repair the broken family, time limit seven days.]

[Reward: Mysterious Power +50, 500 Points.]

[Failure Penalty: Death!]

The sound of the triggered task pulled Li Ran back from his brief moment of distraction.

Everyone starts with zero Mysterious Power.

Li Ran gained Mysterious Power: 10.

Mysterious Power is the strength used to confront Mental Infectors in the instances; the higher the Mysterious Power, the greater the strength.

The increase in Mysterious Power wasn't much, but Li Ran could feel a faint, warm current flowing through his limbs and bones, making his physique and spirit stronger.

Points can be used to exchange for items and equipment in the shop.

But one hundred points wouldn't buy anything good in the shop.

Li Ran gave a bitter smile in his heart, protesting against the stingy reward: "Heh, 10 Mysterious Power? That probably wouldn't even be enough to twist off one of my son's thighs."

If he wanted to defeat his C-Class Infector son, Li Ran's Mysterious Power would need to reach at least 60, and only then would weapons, equipment, and items come into play.

Even a tiny gap in Mysterious Power can be an uncrossable chasm.

At this moment, a prompt panel appeared above his ex-wife's head.

(Name: Su Bingyao)

(B-Class Mental Infector)

(Mysterious Power: 100)

(A lonely woman who no longer wishes to trust her husband. She cannot forgive everything he has done to her. If it weren't for the sake of the children having a "happy" home, she could make you lose your happiness below the waist at any moment.)

(Possessing mysophobia and obsessive-compulsive disorder, she cannot tolerate a single grain of sand in her eyes; even the slightest mistake is infinitely magnified in her sight.)

(She is very hungry, but does not want to eat takeout. If you possess exquisite culinary skills, you can slightly bridge the gap between you.)

(To regain her trust, do not touch her bottom line, and try your best to act like a qualified husband.)

Good grief, a Mental Infector monster with 100 Mysterious Power, and a B-Class one at that!

What kind of unforgivable sin did the original body commit?

Li Ran inexplicably felt a chill in his crotch; was his ex-wife planning to put an end to their marital life?

He took a deep breath, forced to accept the reality before him.

The mission had to continue; failure meant death.

Did he have a choice? No, he did not.

However, after seeing the prompt, the sense of crisis in Li Ran's heart faded slightly.

He wouldn't dare boast about anything else, but his cooking...

Children of the poor take charge early; in his past life, he was already cooking up a storm by the age of eight, and his culinary skills were now good enough to move one to tears.

"I will make you re-evaluate me with today's meal," Li Ran said, full of confidence.

Su Bingyao sat elegantly on the sofa, one hand supporting her temple, staring coldly at Li Ran.

She didn't take his words to heart at all; compared to the cold, disgusting takeout on the table, she would much rather eat her ex-husband.

Reaching the kitchen.

Li Ran opened the refrigerator.

"Damn, it's full of fresh vegetables, yet you make me eat bugs?"

Li Ran skillfully took a kitchen apron from the wall and tied it on. Then, he methodically took the vegetables out of the fridge, placing them neatly in a basket one by one...

A series of "clattering" sounds erupted from the kitchen.

Su Bingyao's icy eyes narrowed, her gaze sweeping over the knife rack. Her ex-husband had taken a kitchen knife from it, leaving a gap in the previously aligned rack and destroying its original symmetry.

Seeing that gap, Su Bingyao felt as if a claw were scratching at her heart, making her irritable. She wanted to smooth out the small gap or take another bite out of the other side to restore symmetry, which was the only way to soothe her agitation.

Just as a cold, murderous intent shot from her eyes, Li Ran took the other knife from the opposite side, perfectly creating a symmetrical gap on both sides of the rack.

The murderous intent in Su Bingyao's eyes gradually faded; if her ex-husband committed such a mistake again, he would be dead!

After a while, The rhythmic sound of a cleaver hitting the board echoed from the kitchen.

It was Li Ran, wielding two knives to mince garlic.

Fragments of garlic and bits of skin flew from the cutting board, landing clearly on the floor, grain by grain, piece by piece.

The previously spotless floor became speckled, covered in debris.

Su Bingyao stood up abruptly. She felt extremely uncomfortable; watching the debris fall to the ground, she felt as if countless ants were crawling over her, an indescribable misery.

In the end, she could no longer tolerate the man before her.

He was still the same as before, having made no changes for her. He was still so selfish, disgusting, and completely indifferent to her feelings.

At the thought of having to endure days of having her heart scratched by a hundred claws, she felt like she was going crazy.

The last shred of affection for her husband vanished completely at this moment!

A layer of cold frost appeared on her flawless face, and her eyes shot out intense murderous intent.

Her fair neck elongated, her beautiful features protruded, and her waist slowly deformed. Her form-fitting nightgown fell to the ground as her body stretched and twisted.

Patches of palm-sized white scales emerged on her skin, her hands melted into her white torso, and her legs fused together, growing into white, jagged tissue before transforming into a terrifying white tail.

In the kitchen, Li Ran swung his cleavers with rhythmic skill, whistling happily.

He was completely unaware that a terrifying white entity had appeared behind him!