Looking at the congratulatory gifts they had brought, which had overflowed every stone table and piled up beside them into little mountains, Chen Mu considered what to do.
Better a short pain than a long one, he figured. He would find a chance to make it up to them later.
As for Ye Qingcheng?
She had long since gone from her initial bewilderment and uncertainty to fitting perfectly into her role, interacting with all the relatives and elders.
For an instant, she even made Chen Mu think that having a wife who understood how to handle people so well... might not be bad?
[Signing in...] [Sign-in successful! Congratulations, host. You have received Eastern Sea Luminous Pearl +10,000!] [Sign-in successful! Congratulations, host. You have received Heavenly Tribute Imperial Tea +10,000!] [Sign-in successful! Congratulations, host. You have received Divine Rank Divine Weapon +10,000!] [Sign-in successful! Congratulations, host. You have received Tenth-Tier Pill-Vein Pill +10,000!]
The system panel had suddenly popped up before his eyes without the slightest warning.
Watching the constant sign-ins and rapidly refreshing rewards, Chen Mu furrowed his brows in confusion. System, what madness has gotten into you now?
System: [On such an important day for the host, the system naturally must offer congratulatory gifts too!]
Hearing its matter-of-fact reply,
Chen Mu was even more speechless. Can't you read my thoughts? You don't even know this is fake?
System: [Please rest assured, host. This system only reads information the host wishes it to know and will never invade your privacy!]
Chen Mu exhaled through his nose and pressed his lips together. He truly had no way to deal with this system that loved finding opportunities to show off.
He had never seen a system with such odd quirks!
So he said, *All right,