Chapter 521 (1/2)

It seemed that the unusual creatures in Hao Ren’s house were very adaptable beings. After Becky arrived for the first time, she became a fashionable Earth girl through-and-through in less than two months. Y’lisabet on the other hand, knew every street in town in under two months. Some of the old electrical appliances she was toying with were salvaged from some remote corners of the town. Some were picked up from the refuse bins while some were thrown out by the locals.

The most abundant material in this old residential area was electrical waste. As long as one cared to search, old household appliances were basically thrown out every other day, and Y’lisabet would pester her papa to go out to collect some of these used appliances, which had been thrown away. Technically, Y’zaks had a job now. It was just a payless job.

Dust was all over the little girl’s face and body. She dropped the broken tube and lunged towards Hao Ren when she saw him. “Uncle Ren, you’ve gone to save the world again? I heard Sister Doggie bragging in the house.”

Before Hao Ren could react, the girl had wrapped her arms around him and transferred the dirt onto his new clothes. Helpless, he looked at Y’lisabet who was covered in oil and soot. Her extravagant gothic dress was smeared with soot as well upon taking a closer look. “Look at how dirty you are. Do you know how troublesome it is to do the laundry?”

“There’s always the washing machine!” Y’lisabet said happily. “I know how to tear down a washing machine!”

Hao Ren was flabbergasted. “What?!”

“Oh, I mean I know how to use a washing machine!”

It was only later that Hao Ren found out why Y’lisabet took apart and reassembled the appliances. It was to study them. That was how she learned to use the appliances.

At this time, the back door of the house was pushed open. It was Lily, who heard the explosion and came out to check what had happened. She saw Hao Ren and greeted him happily, “Mr. Landlord, you’re back! What shall we eat tonight? Can we take a walk outside after dinner?”

Hao Ren facepalmed and sighed, thinking that these people had immediately revealed their true selves as soon as they got home.

Well, actually they never bothered to be pretentious at all even when they were outside.

Hao Ren dragged Y’lisabet, who by now looked like a briquette, back into the living room. He swiftly handed her to Nangong Wuyue. “Clean her up! I can’t see her face at all. Y’zaks, why don’t you teach your daughter to behave a little?”

Sitting on the couch reading the People’s Daily, Y’zaks looked almost like he had just been released from jail. He turned and smiled helplessly at Hao Ren. “Can you stop Lil Pea from chewing up other people’s furniture when you go out?”

Hao Ren was speechless.

“Daughters are a father’s weakness.” The great demon spread his hands. “And to tell you the truth, my temper is still too good. You won’t believe how other demons teach their children: after the full moon, they would throw their children into the lava lake; the disobedient ones would be flung at the wall, so before the age of three, kids would be tame like a horse. But I didn’t have the heart to do that. Y’lisabet is too weak, she won’t stand for two hours, soaking in the lava…”

It sounded paltry when Y’zaks spoke of disciplining a child. Cold sweat was trickling down Hao Ren’s spine just from listening to him. Hao Ren suddenly felt a little fortunate that Y’zaks had not “disciplined” Y’lisabet that way. Were those not the same torturing methods used on their enemies?

He saw Nangong Sanba sitting not far away, burying himself in his thoughts. He raised his hand and said hello, “Did you hear all of that?”

Nangong Sanba looked up, confused. It seemed like he was still in the process of repairing his perception of things, having no mental threads to respond to Hao Ren. He stumbled for a while and finally said, “You’re back! So, what my sister said just now was true?”

Hao Ren smiled wryly as he sat down next to Nangong Sanba. “Of course it’s true.”

“You really had a baby fish with the pot, and the husky helped with the delivery?”

Before Hao Ren could sit down, he was shocked by the question. He stumbled to the ground and got up, glaring and looking for the mantis shrimp. Nangong Wuyue did not give him a chance; she quickly excused herself and went into the bathroom with Y’lisabet. “Let me clean her up!” she said.

Hao Ren eyeballed Nangong Sanba. “That. Is. Not. True!”

But before his voice trailed off, Lil Pea had jumped onto the coffee table. The first thing the mermaid did was give the pot (her mom) a hug just as she always did when she came home. “Mom, I’m back!” she said joyfully.