Chapter 1687 - We Are Family (1/2)
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
Reality proved that even ace students were not all fond of homework. Even a good studious girl like the goddess of creation would grumble if you were to force her to do twenty-eight sets of questions. And when the grumbling “good girl” was your mother-in-law, it was a totally different ball game…
Every time he thought about it, Hao Ren could not help but sigh at this absolute mess of a relationship…
A moment later, Hao Ren and Rheia were before the main gate of his old house in the Southern Suburbs.
“Ohh…” The short goddess of creation dragged her voice as she looked up at the rather aged house, “So you live in this place?”
“Different from what you’ve imagined?” Hao Ren was, however, used to such a reaction. “You’re not the first to be surprised.”
“It is different. I thought you would be living in a big palace or a military base of sorts.” Rheia nodded. “You are a pope after all, and a commander of the droid army. I never thought you’d be living in this sort of place. Feeling hermit-y?”
“I’ve been living here all this while.” Hao Ren shrugged. “Been here even before I signed the agreement with Raven 12345, and I didn’t move after I got the job. It’s just a home, a place with a roof over your head. The most important thing is where the people are. With everyone staying happily here, isn’t it home?”
Rheia listened on quietly before a sad expression appeared on her face. “Yeah… it is nice, everyone living together happily…”
Hao Ren immediately wanted to punch himself in the mouth the moment he saw that. He was really stepping on a landmine despite knowing that it was there! Here was this lady before him who had just lost everything, had almost of her people all killed, and had her Star of Creation blown to smithereens, yet he was derping out and reminding her about it!
He quickly tried to shift Rheia’s attention, “Ah, don’t just stand there. Everyone’s inside now, let’s go and greet them. Let me tell you, Vivian will definitely be surprised…”
Just as he was about to put the key into the door, before he could even reach for the knob, he heard loud footsteps behind the door. Following that, the door was swung wide open as Lily’s glowing and excited face appeared before him. “Oh! Mr. Landlord you’re back! I heard you coming from inside. Why didn’t you just teleport back instead of coming from the outside—”
Before Lily could finish, Hao Ren stepped aside slightly to reveal Rheia behind him. “Oh, I brought her over for a visit.”
Lily’s eyes widened immediately. “Whoa! It’s Rheia!”
She then quickly pushed the door to the side, making way for them. “Come in! Come in! Say, why are you here?”
Rheia looked on in a daze at the super energetic Lily and the ajar door before she turned to Hao Ren with a confused expression. “Is it really al—”
Hao Ren nodded stiffly. “This is a daily occurrence.”
Thus, the goddess of creation was let into the house in a daze, and the first thing she saw was the old demon who was sitting cross-legged on the sofa reading the newspaper. Next to him was a little demoness who was busy poking a broken radio with her screwdriver. At the same time, Nangong Wuyue in her octopus form was sprawled on the floor alongside Lil Pea as she held seven to eight pieces of rags with her tentacles, cleaning the floor while playing nanny…
The three people (and the fish) in the living room were surprised by Rheia’s sudden appearance. They were probably not expecting the goddess of creation of the Plane of Dreams to pay them a sudden house visit. Everyone’s eyes widened, and Y’lisabet, distracted, ran her screwdriver directly through the radio, tearing a new hole in the already dying device…
“Ah, hi, everyone.” Rheia awkwardly raised her hand to greet them all. “I’m just here to have a look.”
Thankfully, Hao Ren popped out from behind to dispel Rheia’s awkwardness. “It’s a projection. We just got back from Raven 12345’s place, and her projection still has some time remaining, so I just brought her over to have a look.”
The kitchen door was suddenly pushed open as Hessiana, clad in an apron, walked out of it. The little bat familiar was half-covered in flour, and Hao Ren had no idea what she had been up to earlier. The little bat only came out to have a look upon hearing the commotion outside. She soon noticed Rheia, who was the center of everyone’s attention, and a curious look materialized on her face. “May I know who you are?”
The lot in the living room struggled to find a proper explanation after a good while, and they all started to talk at the simultaneously, “A friend.”
“A goddess.”
“A partner.”
“Your grandma…”
No one knew who said the last bit, but all that commotion pretty much drowned everything out. It was not until the end when things died down that Hao Ren opened his mouth. “She’s Rheia, she’s Vivian’s…”
Before he could finish, Hessiana had already taken a menacing stance like she had just seen her nemesis. “She’s Lady Vivian’s what? Let me tell you, don’t you dare go around taking people in like it’s nothing! I haven’t even fully recognized you as my dad, don’t come introducing relatives to me!”
The words Hao Ren had planned to say immediately ran back down his throat. With his local TV-drama experience, he could not determine what sort of imagination had already taken root in Hessiana’s mind, and what the brat said really made him depressed. Such grumpy back and forth between a step-father and his rebellious step-daughter was based on whose goddamned script? She had only been staying there for two days and was already giving him attitude?