Chapter 552: Chapter 552: Eighteen Years Old
Actually, Chu Xunyang was reliable in handling matters, and Su Wan felt that there was an eighty percent chance this issue would be resolved.
The fruit and vegetable base had also started construction,, and before long, there would be fresh produce to eat. Moreover, given the current environment, it was truly safe, and no one would start any wars in the short term.
In such a peaceful environment, the children would surely grow up safe and sound.
Fourteen years later.
Today is the eighteenth birthday of the little princess of Landis Star, Gu Yan. All of the Su Family’s restaurants on Landis Star offered the first one hundred customers free meals.
Envoys from other planets also sent gifts one after another to wish the little princess a happy birthday.
Gu Chen was twenty-two years old now. He had officially taken over Gu Zilan’s position last year. In fact, Gu Zilan was still young and didn’t need to step down so early, but the men of the Gu Family all had one problem, they wanted to spend most of their time accompanying their wives and children. For Gu Zilan, of course, it meant being with his wife, because his daughter, Gu Ruanruan, was already married.
Over the years, many had sought Gu Ruanruan’s hand in marriage, even knowing that the throne had been passed to Gu Chen, but that didn’t affect the Aristocratic Families’ wishes to marry Gu Ruanruan.
Even the long-silent Mu Family had surreptitiously sent people to inquire about Gu Ruanruan’s preferences.
However, the person Gu Ruanruan ended up marrying surprised everyone. His name was Lin Rui, a classmate of Gu Ruanruan’s at Empire University. It wasn’t much that he was a civilian, but he was a pure-blood human.
Even as a pure-blood human, Lin Rui had high intelligence and combat power,, and it was said after a medical examination that there was a possibility he could evolve into a Beastman.
The number of people who evolved into Beastmen later in life had increased, not just the original Su Wan, so many more began to accept this.
Today was Gu Yan’s birthday, and Gu Ruanruan and her husband certainly came, or rather, all the important people of Landis Star were present.
But the little girl Gu Yan was in her room, talking to a mushroom, "It’s my birthday today, aren’t you coming?"
"Xiaoyan, I’ve got something on my side, but try to come before twelve o’clock."
"Okay then."
Gu Yan was a bit disappointed, but she had always known that Brother Little Mushroom was actually very busy; the two had been apart more often than together over the years.
Just then, there was a knock on the door, and Su Wan entered, saying gently, "Xiaoyan, everyone is waiting for you to cut the cake."
"Alright, Mom, I’m coming out now."
Su Wan looked at her daughter, who was now graceful and tall, a gentle smile flickering across her lips. In the past decade or so, although many things had happened, the children had fortunately all grown up healthy.
Today was also the birthday of her younger son, Gu Yu; thus, a double portion of birthday cake was prepared, a super huge one with seven layers, personally made by Su Wan and her team.
Eh, although it was also Xiaoyu’s birthday, he obviously didn’t receive as many gifts as his sister, but as he himself didn’t mind, no one else gave it much thought either.
However, the big cake still had to be cut by the siblings together. Both Gu Jue and Su Wan had exceptionally striking looks, so their children were of course no less remarkable.
The siblings stood at the center, particularly drawing attention!
The appearance of the Mermaid Clan was already outstanding, and Little Gu Yu had inherited the bloodline of Queen Gaia from a past generation, with her golden hair, emerald green eyes, and those beautiful finned ears... eh, it had already captivated many young girls on Landis Star, not to mention those from other planets as well.
It is said that recently, a little county princess from Yuanyi Planet is ardently pursuing him.
Although Gu Yu is livelier than his brother and sister and has already made many friends, he is completely naive when it comes to romance.
Uh, that is, whether they are men or women, in his eyes there is only the distinction between friends and enemies.
Su Wan once worried that her youngest son would become Neptune, a mermaid. Uh, that would make him a true Neptune indeed.
As for her daughter, Xiaoyan, how should her appearance be described? She resembles the elves in Su Wan’s memory—features pure and delicate, her golden eyes radiating tenderness no matter what they look upon.
Being a Plantman, all plants are incredibly close to her. There was once an incident when Su Wan’s family encountered an attack by mutant Star Beasts and got scattered, and when she desperately found her daughter, she discovered Xiaoyan was well-protected by the plants.
Those mutant plants even fought against the Star Beasts to protect Xiaoyan.
Although now many Plantmen have appeared throughout the universe, who are also close to plants, most are limited to certain special plants related to their own plant transformation form.
But Xiaoyan, she is close to all plants!
This secret has been carefully guarded by Su Wan and Gu Jue because the secrets their daughter carries could put her in danger and harm.
Speaking of which, in the Su Wan family of five, four have combat powers that rank within the top twenty of all of Landis Star, especially Gu Jue, whose combat abilities are ranked first on Landis Star.
In such circumstances, their family’s combined combat power is something that even a starship fleet couldn’t withstand.
Yet, Xiaoyan has no combat abilities at all.
It’s not accurate to say she has none. The young lady has two skills: one is the ability to change spatial location at will, and Xiaoyan’s superpower seems inexhaustible, allowing her to escape immediately if she encounters danger.
This superpower is especially useful.
The other is the Purple Wisteria in Xiaoyan’s palm.
Su Wan has never been quite at ease about this object, always monitoring it closely, ready to remove it if she ever discovered it could harm Xiaoyan.
But it didn’t.
The wisteria has grown a bit over the years, mainly serving as Xiaoyan’s playmate, but once, when several assassins infiltrated Landis Star attempting to kidnap Xiaoyan, by the time Su Wan and her family arrived, the wisteria had already thrashed the assassins beyond recognition.
Xiaoyan stood by, cheering on the Purple Wisteria.
When Su Wan saw her daughter safe and sound, she breathed a sigh of relief, but she finally understood: although Xiaoyan has the lowest combat power in the family, ordinary people really can’t harm her.
Su Wan looked up at her daughter, who at eighteen was standing tall and graceful, and quietly marveled, "I hope no one can harm my precious daughter."
Gu Jue stood by her side and said with certainty, "No one will be able to harm my daughter."
Su Wan glanced at the confident Commander Gu Jue and then at Xiaochen, her eldest son standing not far away, before shaking her head.
In fact, there was still one possibility that could harm their daughter, and that was the person Xiaoyan would fall in love with in the future...
