Chapter 661: Lil Pea’s Hard Questions
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
Because of that freaking summoning ritual, it was already two o'clock in the morning when Vivian finally finished analysing the blood sample. Unable to fight her biological clock, Lily was sleeping like a log on the sofa, sucking her mouth occasionally as if she was dreaming something delicious. In fact, it was an achievement for Lily to stay up so late. Hao Ren could still remember the husky's heroic skill back then where she was running while asleep during a business trip abroad. She was following them around to different time zones and yet making no fuss about it. Certainly, Lily had come a long way.
"Let her sleep here tonight," Hao Ren looked at Lily, curling up into a meatball on the sofa. "She is in deep sleep. She is prone to bite if you disturb her now."
Nangong Sanba yawned and said, "I got to hit the sack too. If there's anything else, we shall talk about it tomorrow."
Nangong Wuyue and Ayesha nodded. "We're tired too…"
Hao Ren looked at the two marine creatures bizarrely. During the battle earlier, the two of them had curled up in a ball and hid in a corner. During in Mars, they had even blended in becoming the background. Now they still have the nerve to complain.
After Y'zaks had also brought his daughter back into the room, Hao Ren mumbled as he scratched his jaw. "In fact, I have a question of concern."
Vivian did not sleep much at night. At this time, she was still here with Hao Ren. "What question?"
"The evil spirit had kept repeating some puzzling words before she was killed; she said 'come back, come back' and nothing else." Hao Ren became even more curious. "I didn't know if the evil spirit had a mind of its own, or was just a magical summoned object."
"Come back?" Vivian's brows knit together as she also felt the same. "What does it mean?"
Hao Ren shrugged. "Judging from the dialogue, it sounds like ghost call. I'm not kidding, the evil spirit looks exactly like you. Just that she was as if on drug in term of aura. You really don't remember that you had another doppelganger other than Hessiana? Maybe aside from transcended bats, can your blood transcend too?"
Goosebumps instantly popped up on Vivian's skin. "Stop that. One Hessiana is already annoying enough; two would be the end of my world."
"Well, I'll stop here. Wait until you find Hessiana to confirm the origin of the magic book." Hao Ren exhaled, got to his feet, and did a stretch and yawned. "I'm going to sleep now, you should too."
Hao Ren was lying in bed after returning to his room. He suddenly heard water splashing on the side table. Lil Pea quietly poked out of the pot and said. "Dad-dee, you're back!"
Hao Ren was surprised that this little one was still awake at this time. "Haven't slept? Did I wake you?"
Lil Pea was in growth stage, she basically spent most time eating and sleeping. She would usually got sleepy after dinner. So before everyone went out performing the freaking 'summoning ritual', the little fellow had already fallen asleep, but now she was awake. The little fellow gently paddled in the water, and her voice sounded unusually serious. "I was dreaming! Dad-dee, do you think I'm just like you people when I grow up?"
Hao Ren was startled for a moment. "What same?"
"It's just like you all," said Lil Pea, gesturing with her little arms and fingers in the air trying to express herself clearly. "Becoming as big as Dad-dee, fish sister, and also doggie sister to be able to run around!"
Only now that Hao Ren understood what the little one was thinking. His first reaction was surprised: He had not expected that Lil Pea's mental development was so fast, she was only less than a year old and already realised her differences with others. He had to be extra careful as to how he says things and explains to a fish something that was a bit above her understanding. "Well... You will surely grow up, and may grow as big as Dad-dee, but by then you will still be a little different from others…"
"Different?" Lil Pea's eyes glittered in the dark, "Why?"
Hao Ren thought for a moment and said, "Look, your doggie sister has a hairy big tail, Battie sister can fly, fish sister can turn into a snake, big uncle can catch fire... aren't all of them different? Our family composition is unique, we're all different, so you're going to be very special...well, I mean unique. That's what it is."
"Is unique good?" Lil Pea asked curiously.
Hao Ren nodded energetically. "It is good! Personality is the in thing now! You're going to stick out if you have a unique personality. Just look at how awesome your big uncle is—that's simply because he stands like a scenic tower…"
"Then am I different from Dad-dee?" asked Lil Pea, in hot pursuit. "Shouldn't Dad-dee and I the same?"
Cold sweat immediately ran down Hao Ren's forehead. He felt that he had not been under such great mental pressure fighting with the monster on Mars. Was the little one suddenly enlightened or something that she suddenly came up with so many sharp questions? "Err ... you have to learn to understand this question. In theory, any father and daughter will certainly not look the same after growing up, but I guess you certainly not ask this..."
Lil Pea stared at Hao Ren with her bright little eyes, her face looked the most innocent, and she was full of curiosity and anticipation. Hao Ren could not help but surrender himself. He spread out his hand and said, "Yes, when you grow up, you will not be the same as Dad-dee. Dad-dee don't know if you would grow a pair of legs next time but Dad-dee do know that Dad-dee won't grow a tail in my entire lifetime—but this is not important. The important thing is, I'm your Dad-dee and the Goddess has our record. So in case even if the universe is destroyed, I'm still your Dad-dee."
Lil Peas blinked. Many things were still beyond her understanding. However, she seemed that she got the answer she wanted. So the little one shook her body in satisfaction before slamming back into the water to sleep, leaving Hao Ren alone who quietly breathed a sigh of relief. The sharp questions of the little one had finally ended.
He suddenly realised another thing: Lil Pea's accelerated developmental talent of her race... seemed to be showing its power.
He must begin to consider the issue of growing mental maturity of the mermaid.
Hao Ren still got up on time the next day despite he slept pretty late last night. As his mental strength increased, he was able to recover his energy more quickly than before; sleep was gradually becoming a controllable and customisable thing. The first thing he saw in the morning was Lil Pea working out on the edge of a small table. The little one was stretching her arms and playing with her tail in excitement. When she saw Hao Ren had waked up, she immediately jumped on the bed, clapping her tail to greet Hao Ren. "Good morning, Dad-dee!"
Hao Ren was little startled before he found that Lil Pea looking like a happy bunny did not seem to have any confusion from those questions last night. He could not help but sigh of relief and gently knocked on the little one's head. "Good morning—and when are you going to remember not to come onto my bed? You do know you're wet, don't you?"
Lil Pea clapped her tail happily. "Got it!"
Hao Ren looked at the watermarks on the mat; luckily, it was summer, he would not have to dry the mat and quilt outside—if neighbours spotted him doing that, he would have a hard time to explain the question of a big man's quilt with a water stain all day long!
Probably it was much easier to explain why his pant was wet every day...
As soon as Hao Ren stepped out of his room, he saw Vivian was making a phone call in the living room; she seemed to be a bit emotionally agitated. "...This is no small trouble. You must quickly find out exactly who wrote the book and passed it down… Okay, I got what you mean, I'm not complaining about anything else... It would be the best help if you could help me investigate it... Absolutely not, you stay home! Don't bet on this... I'm fine. You take good care of yourself. Mr. Landlord? He is fine. I had followed him on a business trip a few days ago.... You could have used your energy to help me investigate the magic book!"
"You spoke with Hessiana?" asked Hao Ren after Vivian hung up.
Vivian looked at her mobile phone, heartache. "...International roaming... This life is too extravagant…"
"I'll take care of your phone bill," Hao Ren rolled his eyes. "How about the magic book?"
"She said she will investigate, but she also didn't know who wrote the magic book. It was a tribute to her from a member of the family of her man. It was an antique bought from a black-market auction. There was no way to find out its origin." Vivian sighed, and then suddenly said, "I have something else for you to see."