Chapter 17 (2/2)

Sun Lan’s heart skipped a beat, but her expression remained unchanged. She nodded, looking at Zhang Che with a smile and said, “Alright, so what good news does Xiaoche have for Mommy?”

“Mom, I passed the beastmaster aptitude test and am now an official beastmaster!”

“Really?” Sun Lan’s eyes widened slightly. She feigned a happy look and said, “Then Mom will have to congratulate Xiaoche!”

In Sun Lan’s heart, however, she sighed, -In the end, Xiaoche still set foot on this path. I can only hope that he won’t be unlucky like his father. I’d be content if he could live his life out safely.-

Seeing as Sun Lan didn’t seem too happy, Zhang Che revealed another shocking piece of news.

“I’m sorry, Mom, I lied to you. I wasn’t participating in school activities over the past few days, but I entered the beast world-”

“What!?” Sun Lan cried out in dismay. “Xiaoche, how could you go into the beast world? It’s too dangerous in there! What if something happened to you? How is Mommy supposed to continue living by herself?”

Although she was no beastmaster herself, she still had some knowledge regarding the beast worlds. She knew how dangerous it was in there, and after hearing that her son was in there for the past few days, her heart was immediately in disarray.

Even if her son was sitting in front of her in one piece at this moment, what if something untoward had happened to him? What would she do in the future?

Moreover, her son might have returned safely this time, but what about the next time? And the time after that?

This was something nobody could guarantee, not even those powerful beastmasters. There were many who went missing after entering the beast world, let alone Zhang Che, who’d just become a Tier One beastmaster!

After seeing the complete change in Sun Lan’s expression, Zhang Che knew what she was worrying about. He couldn’t help but console her with a slight smile,

“Don’t worry. Mom. I know I’m weak. I was only hunting near the edge of the safe zone, killing some low-tier beasts. I didn’t dare to venture out at all.

“Didn’t I say I have some good news for you? It wasn’t me becoming a beastmaster, but that I obtained some decent beast cards in the beast world. Your illness can be cured now!”

As he spoke, Zhang Che opened his personal terminal and navigated to his account balance. He brought it to Sun Lan and said, “Look, Mom. I earned almost a million Alliance dollars on this trip! We’ll go to the hospital to buy the genetic restoration medicine in a few days. Your illness will surely be fully cured.”

Looking at the long chain of numbers displayed on Zhang Che’s personal terminal on his account balance, Sun Lan was taken aback, and had to confirm what she saw again. Her eyes reddened, and two trails of tears rolled down her cheeks.

She knew that although Zhang Che spoke about this in such a relaxed manner, and how safe this was, she knew that with his strength as a new beastmaster, only the heavens knows how many exotic beasts he hunted in the past few days to earn this much money!

Not only that, who knew how much danger he had to overcome to have accomplished this!

Looking at the increasingly less childish face of her son, Sun Lan felt inexplicably touched. Tears flowed as she smiled, “My Xiaoche has grown up…”

Zhang Che’s eyes were slightly red, too, as he replied with a smile, “I’ve grown up, Mom. Not only am I able to earn money to cure your illness, I will even let you live a much better life in the future.”

“Good, good, good. I trust that Xiaoche will surely be able to do just that. But you have to promise Mommy, that you must pay attention to your own safety. Mommy doesn’t wish to see you end up like your father. Can you promise me that?”

“Don’t worry, Mom. I still have to find you a beautiful daughter-in-law, and give birth to a bunch of cute grandchildren to let you enjoy your days.”

Zhang Che nodded deeply, as he promised to himself inwardly, -For your sake, I will definitely become much, much stronger!-