Translator: Mukyuu
Editor: Mokyuu
QC: Mukyuu
Zuo Feng only had ten days of marriage vacation. He wasn’t like Xiao Lingyu, who had never taken a vacation before he met Lei Jue and had always busied himself with work. Therefore, his vacation was shorter than Xiao Lingyu’s. After this break, he wouldn’t have any more off days until the children were born since he had barely gone into the military after he met Di Lin. He really did have a lot of work piled up.
He was more than likely to become the highest commander of the Huainan military district in the future, so nobody would dare say anything even if he didn’t work. But that was back when he had been poisoned with the balai tree poison, and he could do as he wished. Now he couldn’t do that anymore. After all, no matter how excellent his abilities were, he had to display them.
He planned to spend this time with Di Lin and then return to the military. As for Di Lin, if he wanted to accompany him, he could. If not, he could also stay home.
After the Golden Fruit Tree blossomed, the primary fruit developed. Di Lin nourished it every day with his blood and carefully controlled the amount he used. He didn’t give it blood frequently like Lei Jeu did, so even though the primary fruit grew pretty fast, it was still at a pretty safe rate and didn’t split open like Lei Jue’s did.
On the fourth day of Zuo Feng’s vacation, the primary fruit on Di Lin’s Offspring Tree had grown to the size of a football. Lei Jue saw the photo that Di Lin sent him and suddenly felt worried. He and Xiao Lingyu were about to move Little Odd Flower from the Holy Eagle Mecha Corp to their home. That was a major operation, and when they moved Little Odd Flower, they had to be extra careful to not damage the primary fruit.
Xiao Lingyu found someone who specialized in moving large items, had two super transporters and, goodness, knows how many large-size plant diggers. Anyways, it was more involved than when Xiao Lingyu moved the tree-habit for the snow-capped jadewings from the Amethyst Cloud Mountain.
General Si Wanian had also instructed the Holy Eagle Mecha Corp that they needed two teams to be responsible for moving the tree.
Currently, all the personnel involved in digging, transporting, and protection had arrived. Lei Jue transmitted his thoughts to Little Odd Flower to let it know that it was about to move again and return to its original home.
Lei Jue’s original intent had been to let Little Odd Flower know what he was thinking. He hadn’t counted on Little Odd Flower not only understanding but also responding after he did so!
Lei Jue paused and then said to Xiao Lingyu, “Tell everyone to step back for now.”
“Why?” Though Xiao Lingyu asked, he still waved a hand and indicated for people to move to the outer perimeter of the weapon depot.
“You’ll know soon.” Lei Jue said and took Pipi from Xiao Lingyu’s arms. He told Xiao Lingyu to take them out. That meant Xiao Lingyu held the adult and the child in his arms and leaped onto the ground with a single leap.
On the ground, Lei Jue raised a hand and shot out a stream of pure wood natural energy toward Little Odd Flower. The wood natural energy got absorbed by Little Odd Flower, and then it began to move.
The people on the scene were surprised to discover that this amazing tree could move on its own! When the powerful root system pulled out forcefully, the surrounding ground shook!
“It can get out of the dirt by itself?” Qi Yu’s jaw dropped open in utter shock.. The tree was too smart!
“Clearly, it can,” Lei Jue was very happy. This meant they didn’t have to do anything, and Little Odd Flower would take care not to hurt itself.
Lieutenant Colonel Xiao, if that’s the case, we’ll have our digging team go back first. Does that work for you?” The foreman for the moving company said, “As for the commission, we can deduct the cost for the digging.”
“Sure, but since the digging team’s already here, I’ll still pay for the travel expenses to and from,” Xiao Lingyu looked at the two super transporters and said, “Just be careful not to hurt the tree in a bit.”
The foreman nodded, “Don’t worry, Sir. My people will be very careful during the move.”
Who was he kidding? This was the precious tree from the Xiao family. If he damaged it, he wouldn’t have anything to compensate for it! Of course he had to be careful with it. Thankfully, though the challenge was great, the commission was also great.
When Little Odd Flower had arrived at the Holy Eagle Mecha Corp, the snow hadn’t completely melted yet. But now, it was almost autumn. It had lived there for so long that its roots had grown a bit more. That, in addition to Lei Jue frequently supplying it with life energy and nutrients, meant its roots were almost as long as its trunk. It took a while to pull itself out from the ground, and by the time it could be moved, it was almost noon.
Lei Jue gave Pipi a packet of instant nutrient milk to drink. Pipi held the pouch between his teeth and occasionally took a sip. Most of his attention was on the tree. Little Odd Flower was his mother tree, and he had a special sentiment for it.
“Pipi remembers Little Odd Flower, right?” Xiao Lingyu remembered how they had searched all along the ground for their son and had to laugh. His oldest was born unable to sit still.
“Mommy!” Pipi suddenly cried as he pointed at Little Odd Flower.
“Yes, it’s mommy too.” Xiao Lingyu answered as he thought, well, Little Odd Flower did provide nutrients to you for a lot of days.
Pipi then looked at Lei Jue and said nothing. He sucked at the instant nutrient milk and then handed the packaging over to Lei Jue in a rare moment of obedience. Then he leaned into Xiao Lingyu’s embrace and fell asleep.
The transporters tossed down delicately made chains that wound around Little Odd Flower. Then the transporter slowly lifted into mid-air and flew toward the Xiao family home. The two mecha teams guarding the tree circled the transporter, and the scene was quite a sight to look at.
Lei Jue snapped a photo of the moving team and transmitted the image to Di Lin. When Di Lin saw, he sat up straight with a whoosh and said, “Feng, let’s go visit Jue. I want to see their new greenhouse. I heard that it’s an extendable kind.”
Zuo Feng was worried about Di Lin not doing anything except for wanting sex every day during the honeymoon. So as soon as Di Lin brought up the suggestion, Zuo Feng immediately agreed, and the two boarded the flightcraft and rushed toward Bulacca city.
When the two of them arrived, Lei Jue had just gotten started. The transparent walls around the greenhouse slowly lifted to reveal the nutrient soil underneath. The staff responsible for the move followed Lei Jue’s instructions and put Little Odd Flower onto the ground, roots first. Afterward, they carefully retracted the wires used for binding the plant. Lei Jue provided Little Odd Flower with life energy to help it settle into its new home.
Now one of their burdens was finally lifted; otherwise, Lei Jue would keep worrying about Little Odd Flower if it was kept by itself in the Holy Eagle Mecha Corps.
“So when do you want children again?” Zuo Feng asked. Though this wasn’t the first time he had seen Little Odd Flower, it still felt odd seeing it again. Such a giant fruit house was a rare sight anytime he thought about it.
“We’re not sure yet. Pipi and the others are too small yet, so we’ll wait at least a year.” Lei Jue answered since Xiao Lingyu was seeing the employees of the moving company out.
“These… are not Little Odd Flower’s clippings, are they?” Di Lin’s attention was immediately drawn to the origin wood that Lei Jue had revived earlier.
“Uncle, how could you tell?” Lei Jue thought about it and then chose not to lie. At first, he had wanted to tell Uncle that those were clippings from Little Odd Flower. But clearly, Uncle could tell the difference with just a glance.
“It feels different. You and I are related. Since the Little Odd Flower is your Offspring Tree, I can also feel it. But these…” Di Lin looked at the groups of Golden Fruit Trees, “I don’t feel very close to them. It’s just the familiarity of being in the same clan.”
“These are the revived origin woods that we brought back from the laboratory on Mount Mao. I plan to take care of them here,” As for the seeds, it was best not to let Uncle know for now.
The seeds were in the ground and hadn’t sprouted, so Di Lin didn’t see anything odd. He nodded in support of what Lei Jue had done.
They toured the greenhouse for a bit and then moved on to the dining room.
While Di Lin ate the local delicacies from Bulacca City, he asked, “You guys made such a fuss bringing Little Odd Flower here. Did Party Leader Li not do anything?”
Party Leader Li was, with the exception of Emperor Suron, one of the most desperate people to return back to his youth. He had naturally heard the news that Lei Jue and Xiao Lingyu were planning on moving Little Odd Flower back home. But even though he knew, he didn’t dare do anything.
If this had been before, Party Leader Li would have tried to get his hands on Little Odd Flower. But now, when he saw how Emperor Suron’s and Vice Party Leader’s people had been completely wiped clean, he didn’t dare make any moves. Though he did help because he had wanted to get rid of the Vice Party Leader, he knew very well just how helpful that assistance had been in the efforts to get rid of them. It was fortunate that he could keep his position.
According to Casweir’s rules, the next election would be in two years. So if nothing special happened, Party Leader Li could remain in charge for two more years. But the current situation made him uncertain.
If at least 60% of the Parliament opposed the current Party Leader, then there must be a new election.
Party Leader Li was very well-behaved recently because he already figured out the situation. While it appeared that Emperor Suron had been “accidentally” killed by a poison bug bite, Vice Party Leader Li could more or less guess what had happened behind the scenes.
Xiao Lingyu had gathered quite a lot of evidence on Party Leader Li’s crimes. Still,they were so busy trying to get rid of the royal family that the main decision-makers hadn’t had the time to consider what to do with the old guy. So Xiao Lingyu held his peace, but the old guy would, sooner or later, be chased off the stage.
“Before Emperor Suron had faked his death, Party Leader Li had tried to sneak someone off to Maikalun, but Lingyu managed to intervene half-way. That was probably the last major move he made. Right now, he can barely take care of himself and doesn’t have the energy to make designs on the Golden Fruit Tree,” Lei Jue frowned as he saw his younger son stick his tree legs into a bottle of nutrient liquid and suck the liquid happily into his body. The feeling of having something stuck in his throat was as powerful as a thunderstorm.
The little brat had clearly learned the bad habit from his granduncle while staying with Zuo Feng’s family.
Now Kangkang didn’t really want to drink instant nutrient milk anymore. He liked the kind that Di Lin brought, the kind that only Zuo Feng could get his hands on.
“Ahhhh~~~~” Kangkang smacked his lips and lay there on the dinner plate, looking completely happy with himself.
Pipi hated seeing his younger brother being this carefree. He grabbed him and tossed his brother into his glass of juice.
“Slurp, slurp”…
Kangkang didn’t bat an eyelash as he slurped up the juice and let out a hiccup of satisfaction.
Without changing his expression, Lei Jue pulled his younger son out from the glass upside down and swirled him around in a glass of water.
Zuo Feng: “…”
Why was it that he vaguely anticipated this, even if the scene was too bizarre to contemplate?
He must be crazy.