Dragon King's Son-In-Law
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Zhao Yanzi was about to chase after Little White after she got out of the water, and she saw Little White in the grasses and leaving behind a classic golden pile of…
Little White’s behavior was no different than a tourist carving their name and date of visit on a tree… Seeing that, Zhao Yanzi stopped her forward motion and sought shelter by Hao Ren’s side instead.
After being washed and scrubbed by the seawater, her entire body had turned from a tender white to baby pink as if she were a porcelain doll that changed colors.
The jade pendant on her neck was emitting radiance in the sun, making the skin by Zhao Yanzi’s neck and chest look silky and delicate.
“This is the Heavenly Mystic Jade, very precious and rare!”
While Zhao Yanzi was brushing her hair with her head tilted up, Lu Linlin and Lu Lili walked over and commented.
As their eyes were directly glued to Zhao Yanzi’s chest, a blush appeared on Zhao Yanzi’s face as she hurriedly stepped back.
Instinctually, she looked at her own chest and then peeked at the Lu sisters’ chests.
Immediately, she covered up her chest by crossing her arms.
“Little Zhumu, you are going to have a great figure.” Lu Linlin comforted her and added, “Your jade pendant is quite unique.”
In fact, they noticed Zhao Yanzi’s jade pendant yesterday. They did not take a close look then, but they realized that the jade pendant was no ordinary jade pendant right now.
Heavenly Mystic Jade was the most precious of all jades. A piece that was the size of a knuckle could cost more than 10,000 spirit stones, let alone this jade pendant which was the size of two fingers put together.
“Oh, what history?” Zhao Yanzi’s eyes widened with curiosity as she asked the sisters.
She felt a little guilty since the jade pendant was snatched from Duan Yao of Sixth Heaven.
“Heavenly Mystic Jade has a very soft texture and therefore can’t be made into dharma treasures. However, it is the best medium for connecting with the nature essence and can increase your cultivation speed.” Lu Linlin explained.
Lu Lili nodded in agreement. She held up the jade pendant and examined it closely. “Moreover, Little Zhumu, your jade pendant similar to Pixiu Jade; it’s so dominating that it can devour the nature essence in the area. Little Zhumu, you should take good care of it and not lose it.”
After hearing them, Zhao Yanzi thought, “This jade pendant is awesome! Too bad I lost one of them, but I will definitely find a way to get it back in the future!”
Her mind was on getting the other jade pendant back and didn’t pay attention to the fact that the Lu sisters were addressing her as the ‘Little Zhumu’.
Plop… Xie Yujia popped up to the surface of the water.
She was the worst at swimming, so she was the last to come up.
Yet, it was the instant that her upper body popped out of water that took Hao Ren’s breath away.
Lightly kicking her legs, Xie Yujia swam to the shore, and Hao Ren bent over and reached out his hands to grab Xie Yujia by her arms, pulling her out of the ocean.
Now completely out of the water, Xie Yujia looked bright and beautiful. From her smooth shoulders to her delicate toes, every inch of her body was flawless and impeccable.
“We’re heading back, let’s go!” Zhao Yanzi announced as she abruptly got in between Hao Ren and Xie Yujia and started pulling them back to the hotel.
“Gongzi, the Little Zhumu is very fierce.” The Lu sisters joined in as they said to Hao Ren smilingly.
Then, they followed Zhao Yanzi toward the five-star hotel.
Chatting over their coffee, Yue Yang and Zhao Hongyu had already changed back into their casual outfits and were seated comfortably on the sofa in the lobby on the main floor.
After they checked out of their rooms, Zhao Yanzi and the others also switched back into their summer outfits.
Following Zhao Hongyu’s lead, they returned to the yacht that was docked by the pier.
Elder Sun had been waiting for the group for a long time. As soon as he saw that Zhao Hongyu and the group return, he immediately started the engine of the yacht.
Thinking that Elder Sun had to spend the night on the ship, Yue Yang couldn’t help but feel sorry for him.
However, Hao Ren knew that Elder Sun must have returned to the East Ocean Dragon Palace for a good rest last night.
On their way back, the excitement had died down in comparison to when they were on their way here. This time, Hao Ren, Xie Yujia, and the others were relaxing in the sun and the ocean breeze on the upper deck of the yacht.
While Hao Ren was dozing off, Lu Linlin and Lu Lili moved their chairs right next to Hao Ren’s. Leaning against him, they placed their soft faces on each side of his shoulders.
Even though Xie Yujia found the sisters to be playful and frisky, she didn’t think they were bad people. Therefore, she couldn’t bring herself to get mad at them. Instead, she felt a little helplessly toward them.
Likewise, Zhao Yanzi wasn’t hostile toward Lu Linlin and Lu Lili’s attachment to Hao Ren. Her focus was on Xie Yujia, and she felt like the Lu sisters’ involvement with Hao Ren could help keep Xie Yujia in check.
The yacht did not end up stopping at the pier by the beach near Hao Ren’s house but at a small pier close to the estuary of the Yellow Dragon River.
It was more convenient for them to get off here since it was very close to downtown. Under Elder Sun’s command, Zhao Hongyu’s SUV had been shipped to the pier.
Since Elder Sun was running martial arts dojos, he was never short of staffs to carry out tasks for him.
Zhao Hongyu was in a great mood.
After they got back from Coral Island, she drove the group to the most famous restaurant in the city for lunch. At the dining table, the atmosphere was harmonious as Zhao Yanzi and the others chatted away at once.
“Ren, you are going to the U.S. with your auntie tomorrow. Be good and don’t cause trouble.” During their meal, Yue Yang prompted Hao Ren.
“Tomorrow…” Hao Ren was surprised.
“Well, Yujia is going to the U.S. to visit her parents, and your dad wants to take the chance to catch up with his good friend. As it happens, Hongyu and Zi are going to see Zi’s second uncle who is also in the U.S., so I asked Hongyu to help us get your visas and book your tickets altogether,” Yue Yang explained.
Hao Ren turned to Xie Yujia and then to Zhao Yanzi.
It was true that Zhao Yanzi’s second uncle was in the U.S., and it was nothing strange about Zhao Hongyu wanting to take Zhao Yanzi there to visit her uncle’s family while on summer break.
“Since we are all going to New York, we might as well go together,” Zhao Hongyu said with a grin on her face.
Xie Yujia missed her parents dearly and planned to go to the U.S. after they got back from Coral Island. However, she did not expect Zhao Hongyu to be so thoughtful and had already prepared the trip on her behalf.
Upon learning about the trip, Lu Linlin and Lu Lili looked to Yue Yang in anticipation.
“Linlin and Lili, why don’t you stay here with me in East Ocean City? Ren and the others will be back in a few days anyway,” Yue Yang told them.
“Oh…” The Lu sisters were a little disappointed. Nevertheless, the thought that these few days could be the best time for them to please and impress Hao Ren’s mom soon came to mind, and they smiled sweetly.
“Is Zhen Smart going, too?” Hao Ren asked.
“He has no interest in the U.S. Since Grandma is going to the countryside, you and your father are going to the U.S., and I will be busy with work, we won’t be able to look after him. Therefore, he’ll be staying with Luoxue temporarily.” Yue Yang clarified.
“So he’s staying in Wu Luoxue’s home! That means he gets to spend time with the girl he likes; he must be overjoyed… this guy is just as shameless as Little White!”
Hao Ren was suddenly envious of Zhen Congming.
After lunch, Yue Yang had
to go finish up some work at her workplace and accepted a ride from Zhao Hongyu. After spending two days together, the relationship between the two moms had grown even stronger; there was nothing they couldn’t or wouldn’t say to each other now.
Since the arrival of the sweltering summer season, all types of natural disasters including tropical storms and flooding could affect the East Ocean Region at any moment. Therefore, Yue Yang had to stay in East Ocean City to keep everything in control.
Besides, through their trip to Coral Island, Yue Yang found that this island which was 50 kilometers away from East Ocean City’s shoreline was a great marine observation platform.
As a result, she had been consulting with Zhao Hongyu about building a small-scale weather station there.
Unsurprisingly, Zhao Hongyu agreed with the suggestion readily.
Yue Yang was now going to the Weather Bureau to dispatch personnel, hoping to get this project started and finished as soon as possible.
The two mature and sophisticated women genuinely appreciated each other and almost regretted not having met each other earlier.
After giving Yue Yang a ride to her workplace, Zhao Hongyu drove Hao Ren and the others to his home by the beach.
Since Zhao Yanzi insisted on staying at Hao Ren’s home, Zhao Hongyu could only agree after failing to convince her daughter otherwise.
“Tomorrow, Elder Sun will come and pick you up, and we’ll meet directly at the airport.” After dropping them off, Zhao Hongyu further reminded Hao Ren.
“Okay!” Hao Ren nodded.
He suddenly remembered that Xie Wanjun, Xie Yujia’s cousin, should be on summer break right now and wondered how he was doing.
Now that Grandma had left for the countryside, there was one empty room in the house. Needless to say, this room on the second floor was naturally taken over by Zhao Yanzi.
Hao Ren made a call to Grandma and found that she had arrived at the village safe and sound. She was still staying in the same courtyard since it was situated right against the mountains, and it wasn’t hot at all.
Over the phone, Grandma couldn’t stop praising Su Han and said that she was attentive, considerate, gentle, and kind. She almost mentioned that Su Han was a great driver since they arrived at the village in the blink of an eye…
After finishing the phone call with Grandma, Hao Ren tried to call Su Han. However, it was evident that Su Han did not bring her cell phone with her since Hao Ren waited a long time, and no one answered.
Even though the inspector’s token allowed communication with other inspectors nearby, it was outside of the token’s communication range since Su Han wasn’t in the city anymore.
Therefore, Hao Ren did not have the opportunity to express his gratitude to Su Han.
Tonight, since Yue Yang and Hao Zhonghua were working overtime in their respective department, the house was occupied by the ‘kids’.
Xie Yujia was cooking with the help of Lu Linlin and Lu Lili, Hao Ren was in charge of washing vegetables, and Zhao Yanzi was only responsible for eating only…
Little White was sprinting around aimlessly, and it had fun.
…
“Ren, time to get up!”
Hao Zhonghua’s voice traveled across the house and sounded in Hao Ren’s room.
Rubbing his eyes, Hao Ren slowly sat up.
He focused on cultivating the Light Splitting Sword Shadow Scroll so hard last night that he didn’t even remember how he fell asleep in the end.
Propping himself up with his hands, Hao Ren felt that both of his hands were resting on something very soft…
He looked down and saw that in their small pajamas, Lu Linlin and Lu Lili each lied to his left and right all hurdled up.
Hao Ren’s hands were positioned right on top of their soft bellies.
Seeing that they had their arms around his waist, Hao Ren realized why he had such a comfortable and warm sleep last night…
“Cough!” Bringing back his arms that were slightly numb and rolling his eyes around to observe the sisters, Hao Ren pinched their supple cheeks and said, “Stop pretending that you’re asleep!”
Looking up, Lu Linlin and Lu Lili opened their sparkly eyes while still embracing Hao Ren tightly with their arms.
Watching them, Hao Ren felt a tingling feeling in his heart. Not only were their pajamas small and thin, but they also left their bellies and waists uncovered. It was absolutely tempting…
“Gongzi, come back soon!” Lu Lili murmured as her face reddened.
The ‘Poison Pill Plan’ that Lu Linlin thought up was not executed on their trip to Coral Island, and Hao Ren now had to leave for the U.S.
“Ren, you have a plane to catch! I’ll come in if you don’t get up now!” Hao Zhonghua began knocking on the door.
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“Dad! Stop…” Hao Zhonghua already flung the door open before Hao Ren could finish speaking.
To him, going into his son’s room was for sure not a problem.
“Why is it so messy?” Hao Zhonghua looked at Hao Ren and said to him in dissatisfaction.
Hao Ren turned around and looked like Lu Linlin and Lu Lili who were enveloped by red energy spheres. He rubbed his nose because he was embarrassed, and he said, “I’ll fold my blankets right away.”
“Hurry up!” Hao Zhonghua opened Hao Ren’s closet and chose a pair of medium-length pants and a polo shirt.
Then, he threw the clothes to Hao Ren.
Hao Zhonghua usually never cared to bother Hao Ren.
Since they needed to catch their flight, Hao Zhonghua had to rush Hao Ren today.
“Change your underwear too!” Hao Zhonghua threw a new pair of underwear to Hao Ren.
Because it was summer, Hao Ren was only wearing his underwear when he slept. It felt like at this moment, Hao Zhonghua was supervising Hao Ren.
“Dad…” Hao Ren picked up his underwear and shouted.
“What? Are you shy in front of me?” Hao Zhonghua stared at Hao Ren.
“Um… um…” Hao Ren hid inside his blankets. Then, he took his underwear off and put on the new one.
Lu Linlin looked at Hao Ren and put her hands over her mouth, trying not to laugh.
On the other hand, Lu Lili blushed, but it was clear that she was trying to hold back as well.
“Hurry up. Don’t be so slow.” Hao Zhonghua dragged Hao Ren out and slapped him on the butt.
This was something between father and son, but it was really interesting in Lu Linlin and Lu Lili’s eyes.
“Gongzi… We’ll help you wash your underwear…” The Lu sisters snuck into Hao Ren’s blankets and said to him lightly when Hao Ren was being dragged out of the room by his dad.
Xie Yujia and Zhao Yanzi were waiting in the living room; they were all dressed up and ready to leave.
Xie Yujia had a large leather suitcase with her, and she had packed quite a lot of clothes because she was going to spend the summer in the U.S.
Elder Sun’s car was parked in front of the house.
It was a stretched black Lincoln which looked incredibly stunning. It felt like they weren’t just going to the airport to catch a flight. Instead, they were going to get married.
Hao Ren remembered that Lu Linlin and Lu Lili were still in his bed, and he was a little scared.
When he cultivated, he never fell asleep.
It was probably because the sisters gave him some sort of medicine so that he couldn’t stay awake.
“These two girls are getting more and more daring. I will have to talk to them after I come back,” Hao Ren thought.
“Why is your hair still so messy?” Xie Yujia looked at Hao Ren and went over to help him smooth out his hair.
Zhao Yanzi snorted and thought, “I know that I couldn’t just let these two be alone with each other.”
Hao Ren helped Xie Yujia carry her luggage to Elder Sun’s car, and the vehicle arrived at the airport in only half an hour.
Zhao Hongyu was waiti
ng for them, and she had a pile of photo IDs in her hand.
“Mom!”
Zhao Yanzi flew across the street and jumped into Zhao Hongyu’s arms.
“Mr. Hao.” Zhao Hongyu nodded elegantly at Zhao Zhonghua while Zhao Yanzi was still in her arms.
“Mrs. Zhao. Thank you so much for this.” Zhao Zhonghua shook Zhao Hongyu’s hand lightly.
“No worries. We’re a family. It’s my pleasure.” Zhao Hongyu smiled gently as she led them to the VIP Lounge.
Zhao Hongyu booked first-class tickets for everyone. Since the flight from East Ocean City to New York City took over ten hours, she didn’t want them to suffer.
The first-class cabin was filled with large and adjustable seats.
Zhao Yanzi wanted to sit with her mom but also with Hao Ren. She hesitated for a moment and ended up choosing the seat next to Hao Ren.
Hao Zhonghua picked up a magazine and started to read. He liked Xie Yujia more than Zhao Yanzi. He didn’t dislike Zhao Yanzi, but he just thought she was still too young.
The plane flew into the sky, and their journey had just started.
If Hao Ren, Xie Yujia, and Zhao Yanzi were riding on Little White, they would have arrived much faster. However, they wouldn’t be able to explain how they got to the U.S. to others.
Hao Ren took Xie Yujia to the U.S. since she missed her parents so much.
Now that she came to the U.S. legally, she was able to see them officially. She was filled with excitement.
Hao Ren looked at her happy face and understood that Xie Yujia was a person with filial piety.
Most passengers were sleeping through the long flight, but Hao Ren quietly cultivated his Light Splitting Sword Shadow Scroll. He could not risk getting complacent.
He turned over to Xie Yujia and saw that she looked extremely serious. He knew that she too was cultivating, and she was probably working on the Spells’ Origin Note Scroll the old Grandma gave her.
He then turned over to look at Zhao Yanzi who was sitting in front of him, and he saw that she was sound asleep.
She even had opened her mouth wide, and her tongue was hanging out.
She was only passionate about things for a very short amount of time, so she was only slightly more diligent than before in cultivation.