Liu Family Dream (Please Keep Reading!)

Meanwhile, on the other side of Water Mountain City.

Liu Muning lay sprawled on a soft, comfortable beige sofa, an irrepressibly strange smile blooming across her charming, elegant face.

After sending a brief, straightforward reply, Liu Muning's graceful body went limp as she curled up on the sofa.

She covered her rosy lips with her delicate hand, trying to hold back the laughter surging through her heart.

Many people thought she was especially aloof, but who would have known that, behind the scenes, she was actually someone with a very low laugh threshold.

"Pfft!"

In the end, she still could not hold it in completely. Liu Muning clutched her stomach and burst into laughter, her voice gradually growing unrestrained.

"Hahaha... cough, cough."

Perhaps she had laughed too freely, but Liu Muning suddenly coughed twice. It had been a long time since she had laughed so happily.

Even her petite, exquisite feet resting at the edge of the sofa pressed down hard from the intense laughter, curving into beautiful arches that were as pleasing to the eye as crescent moons.

Before this, Liu Muning had always believed Chen Wei to be a reserved, calm young man with his own unique ideas—an aspiring youth who could even turn down money for the sake of his dreams, forever keeping true to his original heart.

But now, she only felt that Chen Wei was a boy who was afraid even of the bitterness of medicinal powder, so real that he was a little funny.

At the thought of it, Liu Muning could not help laughing out loud again.

"Knock, knock... knock, knock..." A rhythmic knocking sounded from the classically elegant door.

Liu Muning swiftly composed her expression, calmed the excitement in her heart, then curiously glanced at the latest reply lighting up on her phone before saying indifferently, "Come in."

Crisp footsteps gradually drew closer. After placing the report on the table, Gu Yun stated concisely, "President Liu, the laboratory's experimental results for this month are out. All the relevant materials are here."

Liu Muning's expression tightened. She abruptly rose to her feet, picked up the stack of documents before her, then straightened her back and examined them closely.

Gu Yun remained standing where she was without leaving.

Having memorized the procedures for all the materials, she needed to remain on standby here at all times in order to answer any questions the young miss might have.

More than ten minutes later, Liu Muning pursed her lips, a trace of helplessness flashing through her eyes as she said self-mockingly, "It seems that this month's experimental reports from the laboratory are just like the other project I'm leading—there hasn't been the slightest progress."

Looking at her slightly disappointed young miss, Gu Yun comforted her softly. "Being able to develop the evolutionary route for a Brilliant King-class Blazing Sun Ragdoll the year before last was already an extraordinary achievement!"

"It's alright, I suppose. A mere King-class is still far, far away from the goal I want."

Liu Muning sat on the sofa, lost in thought.

She wanted to use her own talent to fulfill the dream her family had always pursued, rather than simply entrusting that dream to someone else.

She had even deliberately spent a great deal of time becoming a senior researcher and an apothecary in order to better study the evolutionary forms of the Titanium Crystal Ragdoll.

Yet only after her research repeatedly ran into bottlenecks did Liu Muning truly understand that her abilities had limits after all.

Chen Wei suppressed the restless Color Spirit with just one hand. What a joke—there was nothing in this world that he could not drink.

However, sensing that something seemed off, Chen Wei looked suspiciously at Color Spirit. "What's going on? Didn't you say this stuff was just so-so? How come you've started liking it?"

"Yiyi...!" ｂ(￣▽￣)ｄ (It's just so-so, but afterward it gets all warm!)

Color Spirit's eyes narrowed into slits, and a savoring smile appeared on her face.

Seeing this, Chen Wei immediately had a bad feeling. He had originally wanted to dispel Color Spirit's long-standing curiosity about Vitality Powder, but instead, he had gotten her hooked on it!

"Yiyi." (o▽)o (Give me a sip.)

Color Spirit took the initiative to rub her little head against Chen Wei's palm, even using her Temptation skill.

It had to be said that, aside from during enhancement, this was one of the rare occasions Chen Wei got to see Color Spirit act coquettishly. It seemed the little girl really had taken a liking to this medicine.

"Alright, alright, I'll pour you some."

Watching her put on this rare adorable display, Chen Wei decisively chose to agree.

He picked up a spoon, scooped some medicinal liquid from the bowl, and set it aside. Then he said to Color Spirit, "This is yours."

Color Spirit first glanced at the small amount of Vitality Powder liquid in the spoon, then at the bowl full of medicinal liquid in Chen Wei's hands. After looking back and forth several times, a trace of grievance flashed through her bright, watery eyes.

"Yiya yi!" (▼ヘ▼#) (You're bullying a snake!)

Color Spirit could not take it anymore. All that painstaking effort spent acting cute had only earned her this tiny bit of medicine?

Humiliated and angered, she instantly tucked her body beneath the blankets.

Watching Color Spirit vanish from sight, Chen Wei smiled helplessly. It was not that he was reluctant to part with that little bit of Vitality Powder.

After all, it was a medicine specifically meant to restore the stamina of novice Beast Masters. A small dose was fine, but he was afraid that Color Spirit might suffer an adverse reaction if she drank too much.

Chen Wei shook his head, then closed his eyes and drained the Vitality Powder before him in one gulp.

After drinking it, his tightly furrowed brows gradually relaxed. He smacked his lips; perhaps because he had added enough rock sugar, Chen Wei felt that this batch's taste was barely acceptable.

It had to be said that the Vitality Powder he had made this time was especially effective.

After drinking it, Chen Wei felt that the stamina he had recovered would be enough for Dragon Crystal to undergo three or four enhancements, yet he only enhanced Dragon Crystal twice afterward.

After all, the lesson from his talent going out of control last time was still etched vividly in his mind.

After getting up and tidying the medicinal herbs and utensils in the kitchen, Chen Wei returned to the bedroom and found that the medicinal liquid on the spoon had been licked spotlessly clean—not a single drop remained.

"This really is troublesome now." Seeing this, Chen Wei sighed helplessly inwardly.

At the thought of the possible future where one human and one pet would each have to drink a bowl of Vitality Powder every day, his heart tightened, and he instinctively snuffed out that strange thought at once.

Afterward, Chen Wei, exhausted to the bone, lay limply on the bed. He then reached out and pulled Color Spirit, who was curled up beneath the covers, into his arms.

"Yiya?" (▼ヘ▼#) (What are you doing?)

Color Spirit lightly tapped Chen Wei's arm with her nimble tail.

"Nothing. I just want to hold you while we sleep," Chen Wei said softly.

"Yiya!" (I don't want to!)

Color Spirit's body suddenly stiffened at his words. Her clear eyes quietly met Chen Wei's gaze as she let out a soft, babyish cry, as if in disdain.

Watching Color Spirit turn her head to look elsewhere while her body honestly gave her away, Chen Wei simply closed his eyes and pretended to sleep.

Though his pet was usually a little tsundere, Chen Wei knew that as long as it was an order from him, Color Spirit would ultimately choose to obey.

This time should be no exception.