Translator: Mukyuu
Editor: Mokyuu
QC: Mukyuu
By the time they sat down at the dining table, Di Lin was back in his human form.
Actually, he mostly stayed in his human form now because he needed to gradually become acquainted with more people. So he was trying to slowly get used to his new life.
In his heart, though, he preferred the feeling of “running around naked” in his tree human form. Not only was that freeing, but he could also silently go anywhere. However, if he changed from a tree person into his human form, he wouldn’t have any clothes. He mostly hung out with Zuo Feng before, so it didn’t matter. But now, he regularly encountered other members of the Zuo family, and that was no longer convenient.
Currently, he didn’t want to make his ability into turning a tree person public. So the Zuos and the Xiaos have decided that they’d only publicize information on the Golden Fruit Tree clan, including his and Lei Jue’s stories, only after all the problems have been solved.
Zuo Zhihuan said kindly, “Di Lin, you and Feng are getting registered today and you’ll also run into the problem of a pre-marriage check. But don’t worry because I had someone talk to them and they won’t find any problems. Also, Feng’s vacation has been approved. So if there’s anywhere you want to go after getting registered, get Feng to take you.”
Since they all knew that Di Lin had come to Casweir by himself and lived by scavenging until he met Lei Jue, everyone in the Zuo family treated him well. Though he was Lei Jue’s uncle, he wasn’t that much older than Zuo Qiu and Zuo Zhihuan treated him like a son.
“Thank you, Uncle,” Di Lin smiled shyly and then looked at the food on the table that was supposedly good for men.
“Also, after today, you will be part of our family from now on,” Zuo Zhihuan said again, “In the future, as long as you are being reasonable, you don’t have to be too cautious. No matter what kind of trouble you get into, you’ll have a lot of family members to support you.”
“Feng’s words do carry some weight here in Huainan,” Zuo Qiu said to Di Lin with a smile, “Besides, everyone knows that Feng and Di Lin are getting married, and I doubt anyone would try to get him in trouble. If there really are people that blind, Di Lin, you just mention Zuo Feng’s name.”
Zuo Feng, after listening just a little while, really didn’t know what else to say except, “Who acts like you guys do? It’s like spoiling a little kid.”
Di Lin had been born with a personality that meant he never took the easy path. By saying so, they’re practically opening the door for him to find a way to climb up to the skies.
Thankfully he was, by nature, a good egg. Otherwise, he wouldn’t even dare get married, not when Di Lin’s already become the boss of him.
Zuo Feng turned around to glance at Di Lin and, just as he thought of how this guy had become the family’s biggest treasure after joining the Zuos, he discovered that Di Lin’s eyes were slightly red. He also remembered that, yes, Di Lin now had no other family member except for Lei Jue. Lei Jue was also a nephew and married to Xiao Lingyu, so it wasn’t convenient for him to stay with them.
To wander the world for so long while bearing the burden of having to seek vengeance — he really was a pitiful guy.
Zuo Feng did feel a little bad. After the meal, he and Di Lin put themselves together and boarded the flightcraft. As they did, Zuo Feng couldn’t help but say, “In the future, no matter where you are, you don’t have to hold back. If anything’s hard to do or you run into troubles, you have to tell me.”
Di Lin wore a white suit and leaned against the couch. When he heard those words, he turned around and blinked, “Got it, Daddy Zuo Feng. [1]”
TN1: Calling someone “daddy” in Chinese (often between males) implies that the person is more powerful and authoritative, etc.
Zuo Feng: “…”
That teaches you to feel sorry for him! That teaches you to feel sorry for him! That teaches you to feel like he deserves pity!
Pitiful, my ass! He screwed you so hard yesterday that you cried and begged for him to stop!
Dammit!
It definitely wasn’t me who cried!
Zuo Feng’s face resembled a dye factory, capable of producing at least a dozen colors in a minute.
Since every city had an office where people could register their marriages, and Di Lin and Zuo Feng didn’t need to rush to Lin City like Xiao Lingyu and Lei Jue did, it only took them about three minutes to arrive at the registrar’s office. By then, Lei Jue and Xiao Lingyu had already arrived.
Xiao Lingyu had gotten here early in order to control the marriage check robot, just as he had done for his own marriage, so that it wouldn’t detect any abnormalities in Di Lin. But after he got here, he realized that the Zuos had already taken care of that. so he, Lei Jue, and the kids basically wandered around inside.
Everyone in the family was beautiful, and the triplets were really eye-catching, so they gathered a crowd in a short amount of time.
Nobody dared to get close because they knew that both boys had metal natural abilities and were so young that they probably couldn’t control themselves yet. Still, they couldn’t hold back their curiosities.
Lei Jue and Xiao Lingyu didn’t intentionally stop them from looking. They brought the kids to a waiting area to play, and Lei Jue was bored enough to flip through some promotional pamphlets that encouraged high-rank ability users to reproduce.
Just then, a woman of about thirty walked over to them with a little boy in tow. The woman looked pretty but worn out. She wasn’t walking very fast and seemed to hesitate over something. But for some reason, she still gathered the courage to walk until she was about three meters away from Lei Jue.
“Dr. Lei…” She bowed to Lei Jue and bit her lip, “I’m begging you to help my child.”
“What is it?” Lei Jue held Qiuqiu and looked at the little boy by her side. The little boy resembled his mother in beauty and looked to be seven or eight. There wasn’t anything outwardly wrong, but when he examined closely, he realized the child’s eyes were off. Not only did his gaze constantly wander so that he wasn’t really looking at anyone specifically, he also didn’t react to people talking about his mother and himself. Normally, the child should have some reaction; after all, a child his age would be pretty sensitive. But the child didn’t react at all and looked around everywhere, sometimes even staring at a certain place for a while, but it was in a very unfocused manner.
“My son’s brain got injured, and he had to undergo a craniotomy when he was four. That saved his life, but he caught the t74 virus soon after. Even now, the virus doesn’t have a cure, and we are managing it with medicine, but….” The woman stroked the child’s head and started weeping. She didn’t need to finish the sentence in order for people to guess what was going on.
“Watch your child and make sure that he doesn’t suddenly leave,” Lei Jue instructed. He held Qiuqiu with one arm, raised his other arm, and started to gather the healing energy inside that palm. But only a tiny ball had formed when his oldest son yelled “Ah” and gave him a look of amazement.
“What is it Pipi?” Xiao Lingyu squatted down to ask his oldest son, who had been playing on the ground.
“Pipi ball! Pipi ball!” Pipi patted his tiny chest and then waddled over to the boy. Afterward, as the audience watched in shock and amazement, the kid made a humongous healing energy ball that immediately covered the little boy. The speed and power of that ball was stronger than Lei Jue’s.
At first, the boy was slightly dazed, but then his eyes gradually focused! After about a minute, his face had a hint of confusion, and he looked at the woman who had been holding his hand this entire time, “Mama?”
The woman immediately collapsed into tears and embraced her child, “Qiqi, mommy’s darling, you’re finally well…”
Pipi clapped his tiny hands, “Well! Well!”
The woman heard Pipi’s voice and turned around. She apologized while simultaneously crying and laughing. She seemed to want to touch Pipi but didn’t dare to.
Xiao Lingyu didn’t know what to say to his tiny kid, who was already so interested in showing off. He walked over and picked the child up, saying, “Good, Pipi is the best.”
Pipi giggled happily and, maybe because he really enjoyed the feeling of being complimented, he twisted his body around to indicate that he wanted down. Xiao Lingyu had no choice but to put him down to see what he wanted. Just then, an embarrassed looking man walked over to the child who had just been healed. The man said, “Since Qiqi’s well now, then… let’s not get divorced?”
So the couple was here for a divorce. Lei Jue had just been wondering why someone would bring a child here.
The woman stood up and wiped at the tears. “Divorce, why not a divorce? You didn’t take care of Qiqi when he got sick, and you wanted a healthy child. Isn’t someone else pregnant with your child? Why are you going back on your decision?” The woman then bowed in Lei Jue’s direction and walked steadfastly over to the divorce registration office.
The man didn’t want a divorce now that his son was recovered. So he went up to grab his wife. He was probably too frantic and didn’t control his strength very well. The strong pull caused the wife to stumble and coincidentally run into Pipi, who had been watching what was happening from behind them. Pipi fell down on his butt and started howling, the metal natural ability in his body exploding outwards.
Lei Jue covered him in a layer of green energy without thinking about it so nobody would get hurt.
Xiao Lingyu hurriedly picked up his son and glared at the man who didn’t want to divorce his wife.
The man immediately apologized fearfully, “So-sorry.”
Pipi’s tears fell, “Bad, bad!”
Immediately, someone couldn’t stand it anymore, “How could someone be like this? He doesn’t want the kid when the child’s sick and now the child’s well, he wants the kid again? What kind of dad is that?”
The man felt ashamed because of the crowd’s words, but he also didn’t want to get a divorce. In the end, he ran away!
Lei Jue glanced at the angry but also embarrassed figure and smiled. He didn’t say anything but, within moments, people heard an earth-shattering yell from outside. Some curious people walked out to take a look and discovered that the guy had been stung by black wasps and not just in one place.
More and more wasps surrounded the man, and a few seconds later, his face was covered by bumps. Those bumps hurt if he didn’t touch them and hurt more if he did touch them. The man hurried inside to try and ask Lei Jue for help, but Lei Jue glanced over and said, “Sorry, not my responsibility.”
Just then, Zuo Feng and Di Lin walked in. Zuo Feng asked, “You don’t have the responsibility to do what?”
Lei Jue smiled, “You guys sure are slow. Nothing, I’m thinking… today is the day you and Zuo Feng get registered. Shouldn’t we do some kind gesture on an excellent day like this? For example, after you two get registered, we could find a hospital and do some free examinations or something like that.”
Di Lin contemplated and realized that it was a good opportunity for him to gain some support in Huainan. So he nodded and said, “Sure.”
The man was about to beg Lei Jue again when Lei Jue patted his spotless clothing and said, “Scum is the exception.”
Someone in the crowd burst into laughter and uploaded the scene onto the internet.
As expected, Lei Jue naturally earned a lot of praise. People with terminal illnesses or their family members all rushed to the registrar’s office upon seeing the news. Zuo Feng and Di Lin had just finished registering when Di Lin saw people in need and unhesitantly lent a helping hand. They worked until the afternoon, and that left an excellent first impression on the people from Huainan District.
Netizen A from Huainan District: Wow! That’s amazing, that’s amazing. Now our Huainan District also has an A rank wood natural ability user. That’s super-duper amazing!
Netizen B from Huainan District: Have you guys realized that Colonel Zuo’s lover is suuuupper handsome!
Netizen C from Huainan District: They healed so many people today. I was there, and they were so generous! I hope when Colonel Zuo got home, he made it worth his lover’s time, LOL!
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Di Lin finished taking photos with Lei Jue and boarded the return flightcraft with Zuo Feng. He saw the comments on the web and turned into a little tree person as he threw himself into Zuo Feng’s arms. Then he lifted Zuo Feng’s clothes and shamelessly rubbed his face against Zuo Feng’s belly, “Daddy, I’m so tired.”
Zuo Feng: “…. Please do me a favor and put away your head-full of flowers before you tell me how tired you are. Thanks!”