After Lin Fan and Angela finished discussing their plans, Angela headed through the Any Place Door and disappeared from the Mu Stellar Kingdom.
As for where she was heading, only she and Lin Fan knew.
Xin'er was naturally upset that Angela was gone for a few days, but Lin Fan promised that Angela would bring her back a souvenir from her trip, so she settled down a bit.
She understood that Angela was on important business, so she knew that she shouldn't pout. But this was her first time having a mother, so it was hard for her to not feel this way.
Luckily there was still Yuki and the five sisters to help Xin'er tide this time over.
Lin Fan on the other hand had something else that he had to deal with.
He hadn't noticed it earlier, but when the second prince had come, he had received a strange mission from the system.
It wasn't like any other mission that he had received before because there was nothing for him to do for this mission. The mission just gave him a simple prompt.
"Watch the succession race of the Mu Stellar Kingdom."
There weren't any instructions on what to do for the succession race, all it told him was to watch over it.
What did that mean?
Even the reward was a mystery.
This really made him at a loss for what to do when it came to this mission.
But after a while, he realized that thinking too much was no use. What would come would come and the system had a reason for giving him this mission.
So all he had to do was wait and react when the time came.
Over the next few days, the city was bustling with activity as the various families started making their moves.
All of the various pill and artifact stores were emptied out as various families started stocking up on supplies.
While it seemed like the succession race would be peaceful because of the tournament, that was only on the surface. Everyone knew that people would be plotting under the surface to increase their chances.
There was no telling who would be targeted by who, so everyone was preparing for the worst.
In the end, it might even result in an insurrection by one of the leading princes if they didn't win the succession race.
So it was better for them to prepare for a worst case scenario.
It was even surprisingly busy in Lin Fan's store.
It wasn't because he was getting plenty of new customers, but rather because an old customer was bringing people to his store.
The day after the tournament was announced, Yang Xi Ruo brought many different people to Lin Fan's store. These were all people that Lin Fan was unfamiliar with, but based on the way that they acted around Yang Xi Ruo, they should be the subordinates of the Yang Family.
There was also Jun Xie who came with Yang Xi Ruo which Lin Fan wasn't surprised by. What surprised him was how they were holding hands and walking quite close together.
The last time he saw them was when the incident involving the princes happened in his store. When they had left the store, it was clear that there had been a rift that had been created between them by the prince.
How was it that just in a few days, they were this close?
As he thought this, Lin Fan couldn't help feeling worried about Jun Xie because he knew what he had seen in Yang Xi Ruo's eyes.
It was good if they were in a relationship where they mutually loved each other, but if they were in a relationship where Jun Xie was forced to be with her…It wouldn't end well for them.
Lin Fan liked Jun Xie, not just because he was his first customer, but because he was a bright young man. If possible, he didn't want to see Jun Xie end up like this.
So while Xiao Tu was taking care of the pets for the Yang Family subordinates, Lin Fan pulled Jun Xie aside to have a little talk with him.
Jun Xie was still happy to do so because Lin Fan was a sort of idol for him, but when Lin Fan started asking him questions about his relationship with Yang Xi Ruo, his expression fell and he said, "I'm with Xi Ruo because I want to be with her."
The firm way that he said it and the look in his eyes surprised Lin Fan, but at least he was able to tell that they were indeed together because they liked each other.
He revealed a bitter smile and patted Jun Xie on the shoulder as he said, "Good luck."
Jun Xie was confused when he heard this, but he still gave a happy nod and said, "Thank you."
Based on Lin Fan's experience, he knew that kind of person Yang Xi Ruo was because he was with someone similar to her. Jun Xie's life in the future wouldn't be easy, but at least he was happy, so that was fine.
But he really couldn't help feeling sorry when he thought of Jun Xie's future.
Or could it be that he was actually feeling sad about his own future with…?
He would never admit that even if he was beaten to death! Which most likely would happen if Angela were to find out that he was having these thoughts.
When they came back, Yang Xi Ruo narrowed her eyes to look at Lin Fan. There was a clear hostility in her eyes as she looked at him, but then when she turned to look at Jun Xie, she said with a sweet smile, "What did you talk about with the owner?"
Jun Xie patted her head and said with a smile, "It's nothing, just some guy talk."
As he patted her head, Yang Xi Ruo revealed a warm smile and wanted to nuzzle up against him.
Lin Fan was once again surprised when he saw this and he couldn't help looking at Jun Xie with a strange look.
Could it be that Jun Xie was a secret chad and he had actually been able to tame Yang Xi Ruo?
If that was the case, then he would have even surpassed what Lin Fan had done and tamed this wild mare…
Lin Fan even thought about getting some tips about how to tame women from Jun Xie, but when he thought about the relationship between him and Angela, he knew that it was unlikely that he would be able to tame her like this. After all, there was a large disparity between them and before he was able to close that disparity, it would be impossible for him to tame her.
He should just be happy that he had her and not think about anything else.
Once again, he couldn't help heaving a sigh of relief since Angela wasn't here.
If she was in the store, she most certainly would have picked up on his thoughts. She was just strangely sharp about these kinds of things.
But before he could let his guard down completely, Xin'er suddenly came over and wrote something down.
Normally Lin Fan wouldn't care about these kinds of things, but he felt that there was something off about this, so he couldn't help asking, "Xin'er, what are you writing?"
Xin'er thought for a bit before showing him.
To Lin Fan's surprise, it was actually observations about him that he couldn't make sense of. So once again, Lin Fan couldn't help asking, "Xin'er, what is this?"
Xin'er said with a proud look, "Mom told me to record things for her about dad. She told me about all the things that I should look out for and I haven't missed a single one."
Lin Fan's face couldn't help turning black when he heard this.
He looked carefully at the book again and he found that there were many things that Angela didn't like seeing in there. It seemed like he had let his guard down too easily since he thought that she was gone…
She had actually trained Xin'er to watch over him for her!
This…was…just…too…much!
But of course, Lin Fan couldn't do anything to Xin'er…So the only thing that he could do was try to bribe her to erase all of these things. But to his surprise, he found that his bribe didn't work at all.
Xin'er firmly shook her head and said, "I want to show mom what a good job I did!"
Lin Fan could only reveal a bitter smile when he heard this, but there was nothing that he could do. It seemed like he couldn't break the mother and daughter bond that these two had…
But he was also a bit happy seeing this.
He was worried that Xin'er would still have some misgivings in her heart about taking them as her new family, but that didn't seem to be the case.
It seemed like she had sincerely treated them as their family.
Thinking this, he couldn't help thinking about things that he could do to make Xin'er even happier. After thinking for a bit, he asked, "Xin'er, do you want to go out for a meal with dad tonight?"
Xin'er looked over at Yuki and the five sisters before turning back to ask, "Can aunt Yuki and the others come with us?"
Lin Fan looked at Xiao Tu when he heard this since he knew that this also included Xiao Tu who he didn't want to let anywhere near Xin'er, but he also knew that Xin'er would be unhappy if he did this, so he nodded and said, "Of course."
Xin'er happily ran off to Yuki to tell her this while Lin Fan watched her go with a smile.
But there were also some worries deep inside.
There were things that he needed to do to keep this happiness, so he shouldn't have any hesitations…But he couldn't help hesitating.
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