King of Ultraman

Fan Jian greeted Luo Ye and Su Baizhou with a grin and brought them home.

Today's lunch was made by Su Baizhou and Luo Ye.

Su Baizhou cooked while Luo Ye chopped vegetables and helped out.

Dish after dish was carried out of the kitchen by Luo Ye.

Watching this scene, Fan Xinya and Fan Jian both felt that this kind of life was truly wonderful.

After placing a dish on the table, Luo Ye said, "Auntie, Uncle, if you're hungry, go ahead and eat. I'll go help Senior Sister in the kitchen."

"Thanks for your hard work, Xiao Ye."

The more Fan Xinya looked at him, the more pleased she became. She found the young man before her extremely satisfactory.

After Luo Ye returned to the kitchen, Fan Xinya sighed. "This child... his eyes are full of affection for our Fanfan."

"You can tell."

Fan Jian suddenly fell silent. He said quietly, "Sis, do you know about his family?"

Fan Xinya glanced at him and shook her head. "When has our Fan family ever looked at a man's family background when marrying off a daughter? Brother, if he's wealthy, then our Fanfan is outstanding enough to be worthy of him. If he's poor, our Fanfan wouldn't look down on him either."

"That's not it, Sis."

Fan Jian whispered something into Fan Xinya's ear.

Her expression changed slightly, and surprise appeared on her face.

What followed was deep regret.

"So that's how it is..."

When Luo Ye came out of the kitchen again, Fan Xinya looked at him with even more tenderness, as if he were her own son.

Just then, a phone rang.

Fan Xinya picked up her phone, and her brows furrowed when she saw the caller.

Fan Jian directly snatched the phone away, answered it, and roared, "How dare you call my sister?"

Su Baizhou's father, Su Changqing, spoke from the other end of the line.

"Xinya, is Zhouzhou with you?"

"Fanfan is my niece. What does it have to do with you whether she's here or not?" Fan Jian was utterly furious.

Before Fan Jian could continue arguing, Su Baizhou walked out wearing an apron. She snatched the phone away and said coldly, "If you divorce my mom, I'll stay with her."

Then she hung up and returned to the kitchen with an impassive expression.

Fan Jian and Fan Xinya sat frozen in their seats. They looked at each other, not knowing what to say.

Before long, Luo Ye brought plate after plate of food to the table.

This was the result of his and Fairy Senior Sister's work. Though he had not helped much, the sight of the lavish lunch still filled him with satisfaction.

After lunch, the neighbors needed to harvest corn, so they asked Fan Jian for help.

With his warmhearted nature, he agreed without hesitation and even brought Luo Ye along.

For Luo Ye, it was a magical experience that let him understand the hardship of farmers.

It was October. Though summer had reached its end and autumn had begun, the weather had yet to cool down.

The sun hung high in the sky, and sweat streamed endlessly down Luo Ye's body.

For the past two days, he had been harvesting corn in the fields. His down-to-earth nature also won over the neighbors.

In the end, he earned two hundred yuan.

Compared with the nearly tens of thousands of yuan he received in monthly manuscript fees, these two hundred yuan in cash were far more precious to him.

With two red banknotes tucked into his pocket, Luo Ye rode a small three-wheeled vehicle home with Fan Jian in the back.

Over the past few days, he had become completely familiar with everyone and had even become the king of the village children.

In particular, his skills in Battle Royale and Honor of Kings instantly conquered all the elementary school students within several kilometers.

The Invincible War God and Honor of Kings ranks were legendary existences to elementary school students.

Moreover, Luo Ye had spent money on his Battle Royale account.

That golden Maserati car skin made all the children green with envy.

But happy times always came to an end.

The seven-day holiday had reached its fifth day.

Su Baizhou and Luo Ye were about to return to Jiangcheng.

At the village entrance, the two sat in Fan Jian's electric tricycle.

A large group of children followed behind the vehicle. One chubby child cried, "King of Ultraman, I'll wait for you to come back."

Hearing that, Su Baizhou instinctively looked at the young man beside her.

Luo Ye wore an awkward expression.

"I, Father of Ultraman, will wait for you to come back too."

"I, Tiga, will wait for you too!"

The other children chimed in, their eyes seeming to shine.

One little girl shouted, "Brother Luo Ye, when I grow up, I want to marry you!"

Su Baizhou's face darkened at once.

Luo Ye shuddered all over, feeling as if a murderous aura had appeared beside him and making him restless.

When he looked toward its source, he saw Su Baizhou staring expressionlessly elsewhere, as though nothing had happened.

Fan Xinya smiled. "Fanfan, it'll be getting colder soon. Buy some more clothes and don't catch a cold."

"Mm. Mom, you should take care of yourself too."

Perhaps a parent's concern was always simple.

They could not help their children much with school or work, so all they could do was remind them not to catch a cold and to eat properly.

"Mom, divorce him. I'll stand by your side," Su Baizhou said seriously.

"I know. After I recuperate at home for a while, I'll go back and talk to him about it."

After the mother and daughter talked for a while, Fan Jian sat at the front of the vehicle and turned back. "Sis, don't worry. These two kids are both sensible. Our Fanfan has Xiao Ye to take care of her."

As soon as he said that, a group of elementary school students covered their mouths and gasped. The looks they gave Luo Ye and Su Baizhou turned mischievous.

Su Baizhou glared fiercely at Fan Jian. He scratched his head with an embarrassed smile, then turned on the tricycle.

"Let's go!"

The tricycle was still as over-the-top as ever. Though it was an electric vehicle, it somehow felt like it was spewing exhaust, kicking up a cloud of dust behind it.

When they arrived at the station, the two boarded the train back to Jiangcheng. Su Baizhou and Luo Ye seemed to return to how they had been at school.

They sat in their respective seats, neither of them speaking.

Luo Ye looked at Su Baizhou and comforted her, "Senior Sister, don't be sad. When the bad leaves, the good comes, right?"

"I'm not sad."

In truth, Su Baizhou really was not sad.

In her heart, her mother should have divorced that man long ago.

So now, she only felt happy for her mother.

"Then why are you pulling such a long face, Senior Sister?" Luo Ye asked curiously.

At that, Su Baizhou glanced at him and said blandly, "Haven't I always been like this..."

It was just that over the past few days, she had acted like a good daughter in front of her mother. Now that she had suddenly returned to her usual self, Luo Ye was a little unaccustomed to it.

Fairy Senior Sister's expression was icy. Luo Ye stared at her profile, lost in thought...

At first, Su Baizhou could pretend not to notice, but Luo Ye kept staring. She felt as though even her heartbeat was becoming abnormal.

The moment she turned her head, intending to question why Luo Ye was staring at her, she suddenly froze.

The instant she turned around, her eyes met Luo Ye's.

Luo Ye's eyes were beautiful, carrying a clear and pure quality.

Those eyes seemed untouched by the stains of the world. Looking through them, one could see their owner's thoughts.

Luo Ye was like this—before Fairy Senior Sister, he did not hide himself at all.

Luo Ye spoke softly. "Senior Sister, when you're with me, you don't have to work so hard."