October 31, Jubilife Breeding Center.
Li Wei looked at his parents, who were still chatting in the living room.
"Dad, Mom, Roland's coming over the day after tomorrow."
Comrade Leon slapped his thigh excitedly.
"Little Roland's coming? Great!"
Wen Hui followed up with a question. "How many days is she staying? I need to get things ready."
As it happened, his parents knew Roland better because she had studied cooking under the Old Master.
Especially since Roland was such a sweet talker.
Just how sweet?
Sweet enough that his parents wanted to make her their goddaughter on the spot.
Li Wei was partly responsible for that.
Li Wei's parents felt that raising him had given them very little sense of accomplishment.
They had let him grow up with little supervision, and he had simply turned out like this.
Back when they were in Celestic Town, they had adored the cute, sweet-talking Roland and treated her entirely like their own daughter.
Had Li Wei been an ordinary child, he might have been jealous of Roland and wondered why his parents treated her so well.
But Li Wei wasn't. After all, despite having a child's body, he had an adult's soul.
Li Wei could understand both Roland and his parents.
Roland's parents had both died before she was old enough to remember them, so she had never experienced a father's or mother's love.
Cynthia had at least spent a few years with her parents and enjoyed a very happy childhood.
It was only natural for Li Wei's parents to be a little kinder to Roland.
Because of their work, his Elder Uncle and Elder Aunt were closer to Cynthia.
Of course, as his Elder Uncle put it now:
They were all family.
Li Wei's parents had always liked Roland.
Now that Li