Chapter 472: Chapter 472: The Mermaid Egg is Hatching!
As they spoke, both of them had entered the house, and Sheng Le felt it wasn’t his place to say anything. Hua Yueran, on the other hand, was quite pleased to see Zhuo Yun, hastily asking about his parents’ health and such.
Seeing that Sheng Le got along with Zhuo Yun and seemed quite happy about it? Sheng An breathed a small sigh of relief.
Since he was a guest, he definitely had to stay for dinner. Hua Yueran had been getting quite close to Lin Ranyue lately and had learned a few simple dishes from her. Although the taste surely couldn’t compare with the Su Family’s restaurant, Hua Yueran enjoyed cooking very much.
Sheng An offered to help her mother in the kitchen, which left Zhuo Yun and Sheng Le in the living room, where the atmosphere was a bit delicate.
Now that it was just the two of them in the room, Sheng Le’s hackles were up again, and he glared at Zhuo Yun, "Did you come today just to see Aunt Hua and then leave?"
Zhuo Yun was looking at files sent to him on his light computer. He said, "No, I’ll be staying here for a while. My brother told me to learn more from Commander Gu."
Mentioning Commander Gu, Zhuo Yun sighed lightly, "I have no idea when Commander Gu will return. For now, I can only study with Commander Li Rui of the First Starship Fleet."
Commander Gu was Sheng Le’s number one idol in his heart!
He immediately said, "Commander Gu will surely return safely!"
Zhuo Yun turned his head, looking at the kid with a slightly more favorable eye and nodded, "Right, Commander Gu will surely return safely."
This topic might have been one of the rare common grounds for the two of them, and they actually started to talk about Commander Gu’s situation.
"Didn’t you know how Commander Gu disappeared? Weren’t you also on the Insectoid Base?"
"I was in charge of attacking another place, the Insectoid’s energy station. I only found out something was wrong afterwards."
"Didn’t they investigate thoroughly on scene? How can a living person just disappear?"
"It must be that Insect Queen’s spatial superpower."
In the kitchen, Sheng An was helping her mother and Hua Yueran whispered, "Xiao’an, won’t those two start fighting?"
Sheng An: "I don’t think so. They seemed to be having a good chat just now."
Hua Yueran had long noticed that Sheng Le liked Sheng An, and Zhuo Yun... although it wasn’t quite clear whether he liked Xiao’an or not, one could feel that he didn’t dislike her.
As a mother, Hua Yueran only hoped that her daughter would eventually choose the one she liked.
She whispered, "Which one of them do you like?"
Sheng An: "I don’t like anyone."
"Maybe you don’t like anyone now, but that could change after some time."
Sheng An looked at her mother’s teasing expression and gave a helpless wry smile, "Let’s talk about that in the future. Anyway, I’ve made it clear to both of them that I’m not in the mood right now and don’t intend to get married anytime soon."
Although her friends had one by one gotten married and had cute babies, to Sheng An, her career still seemed a bit more important.
If she were to get married...
Sheng An said, "Not until I can be elected as a squadron commander."
Hua Yueran felt a bit helpless. That could take several more years. After all, Xiao’an was currently just an ordinary Star Warrior under a squadron.
Although the dinner wasn’t lavish, all four of them were very satisfied. But after dinner, Sheng An shooed both men away. The house wasn’t big, and it was enough for her and her mother to live in.
The two men were both very obliging, exchanging a glance before leaving together.
Sheng An breathed a sigh of relief as the world finally quieted down.
Sheng An had the household robot clean up the dishes and then asked her mother to go back to her room to rest. She was about to handle some official business on the light computer when she saw two messages, one after the other.
Zhuo Yun: "The house you and your aunt are living in is too small. If your aunt plans to stay here for a long time, you could consider moving to a bigger place. Otherwise, I’ll talk to your aunt."
Sheng Le: "Sister, that goose has no good intentions. You stay away from him, okay?"
After reading the messages, Sheng An fell silent for a few seconds and suddenly felt that Sheng Le was still too young and childish.
She didn’t reply to either message and turned back to continue reviewing documents.
Zhuo Yun really did take the initiative to contact Hua Yueran and sincerely talked to her about the housing situation.
"Auntie, the place you and Xiao’an are living in seems a bit remote, right? Isn’t it far from the military department where she works? And do you have any friends around here? Aren’t they quite far from you as well?"
"Yes, there are some," Hua Yueran said, "When I first arrived, I also felt that the house was small and out of the way. I wanted to buy a bigger house for Xiao’an, but she said there was no hurry at that time, so I didn’t mention it later."
"When you first came here, Sheng An was worried that you wouldn’t adapt to life here. Since she is such a proud person, she naturally wouldn’t agree to buying a house. But now, you must be planning to live here long-term, right?"
"Of course."
"Well, then we should find somewhere larger, more comfortable, and closer to Sheng An’s work. If you need help with money or anything else, just tell me."
Hua Yueran didn’t really want to bother Zhuo Yun too much, but his suggestion was very tempting to her.
As for money... when her husband had died unexpectedly, he had left quite a sum. Over the years, as she was alone, apart from medical expenses, there wasn’t much else she spent money on.
Buying a bigger house was indeed possible.
But where to buy it?
Hua Yueran didn’t talk to her daughter directly about this matter but instead mentioned it to Lin Ranyue, with whom she had a very good relationship.
Lin Ranyue said, "Are you afraid that your daughter will disagree? Then just say that you want to settle down here and hence need to change houses. There’s a place for sale near mine. I can help you get in touch with the owner."
"That would be great. I really want to be neighbors with you!"
Because Hua Yueran had only been on the Empire Planet for a short time, she didn’t have many friends, making Lin Ranyue her best friend there.
Lin Ranyue wasted no time contacting the neighbor. The owner agreed readily and the price was reasonable; Hua Yueran was very pleased with the offer.
Then Hua Yueran turned around and told her daughter about it. Since it was her mother’s own decision to buy and she wanted to be neighbors with Xiaowan’s mother, Sheng An naturally wouldn’t disagree. She just said, "Mom, do you still have enough money?"
"Of course, there’s enough. Your father, actually, left us a lot of Star Coins."
Sheng An had no memory of her biological father, but hearing Hua Yueran mention him often made her wonder if their family of three would have been very happy if he were still alive and she hadn’t been lost.
Soon, Su Wan learned from her mother Lin Ranyue that Sheng An and her mother had bought a new house near Lin Ranyue’s home.
For Su Wan, who was about to go rescue Gu Jue, this was good news.
If she couldn’t return, her mother would have some familiar people nearby; nothing could be better than that.
Su Wan made all the necessary preparations and just waited for the moment when the child would break out of the shell.
And that day finally arrived.
