"Shang Yu, I have something to say to the instructor, so I’ll take his car first!" Yu Manman waved at him and got into Ackman’s car.
Shang Yu’s face was tight, his eyebrows furrowed as if they could crush a mosquito.
Listening to the repeated ’Shang Yu,’ he sank deep into doubt.
Did Manman already regard him as just a brother?
He had originally planned to wait until after Manman’s birthday, then slowly express his feelings to her, hoping she would gradually accept him.
He thought Manman hadn’t yet realized, so he didn’t need to rush, but now a sudden rival appeared, pushing Shang Yu’s sense of crisis to the peak!
"Shang Yu, you lead the way ahead!"
Shang Yu didn’t respond, somewhat lost in thought.
"Shang Yu?" Yu Manman looked at them in confusion, "Are you in a bad mood today?"
Sitting in Ackman’s car, Yu Manman looked through the window at Shang Yu, why did he seem so strange?
A thought struck her: Could it be that her sudden ’infatuation’ is something Shang Yu couldn’t accept right away? She’d have to find an opportunity to explain to Shang Yu once she got home, to ease his fears!
Shang Yu collected himself, "It’s nothing... let’s go quickly!"
Driving forward, he kept pondering about Ackman.
With furrowed eyebrows, Shang Yu eventually made a call.
"Hello, Auntie, I need to tell you something, Manman might be in a relationship..."
Yu Man, who was lazily sitting on the garden swing chair with a facial mask, stood up directly upon hearing Shang Yu’s words, half of the mask falling off.
"What? With who? You?" Yu Man ripped off the mask and widened her eyes.
"Not me..." I wish it were him! He hoped it was himself.
"Then who is it?"
Who dared to steal away her little fish?
So bold!
Sitting in Ackman’s car, Yu Manman brought up the subject of Lai.
Ackman intended to inquire about things from Lai, like Corbin Burles and Freya.
The two of them left the Burles family, disappearing after its collapse years ago.
They suspected that the people behind Corbin and Freya were secretly researching the Burles family’s secret chamber’s medicine.
But they hadn’t found Corbin and Freya’s whereabouts, so they thought of asking Lai to see if there were any new leads.
After talking about Lai, Yu Manman spoke about fun places around home.
"When we get back, I can show you around, Instructor!"
"Just call me Ackman." he said, "No need to call me instructor anymore."
Yu Manman nodded, "Right, we’ve got to keep up the act all the way!"
"...Hmm."
Yu Manman chatted with Ackman, completely unaware that Shang Yu already spilled the beans about her and Ackman ahead.
"Bang!" Yu Manman closed the car door and looked up to see her mother.
She flew straight into Yu Man’s arms, "Mom! I missed you~"
With convenient transport, Yu Manman came home almost every two weeks.
"Alright, you’re almost a grown-up, still acting spoiled?"
"I don’t care, no matter what, I’ll always be mom’s little girl!" Yu Manman giggled, "Isn’t mom busy today? Don’t you need to go to the office?"
"I planned on going, the Rest Pod’s system update is about to start and I was going to watch, but since you’re home, I’m not in a rush." Yu Man turned her gaze to Ackman, who stood quietly after exiting the car, "Manman, who is this?"
"Hello, I am Manman’s instructor, my name is Ackman Beckett." Ackman straightened his posture.
"Ackman Beckett?" Yu Man raised an eyebrow slightly.
So it’s this guy.
He seems decent enough.
Yu Man sized up Ackman.
But if Ackman intended to take her daughter away, she wouldn’t be pleased...
Yu Manman winked at her, "Mom, Ackman wants to see Fourth Dad, let’s go in and talk!"
Yu Man looked at the two with interest.
Ackman...
Manman seemed quite familiar with calling him.
Yu Man couldn’t quite tell her daughter’s attitude towards Ackman, it seemed like affection, but something was lacking.
But Ackman, the tension in his expression, he seemed genuinely fond of her Manman.
"Alright, let’s go in." Yu Man nodded and then looked at Shang Yu, "Chengzi and the others aren’t home, Xiaoyu, have dinner at my place!"
"Alright, Auntie." Shang Yu smiled and nodded, joining them.
"Sis!" Jiao Ao rushed out happily.
Quicker than Jiao Ao was the little cub Song Jingrui!
A little tiger pounced directly to Yu Manman’s feet, its chubby paws hugged Yu Manman tightly, its tiger tail dragging on the ground, swinging and assisting the cleaning robot with its job.
Yu Manman picked up Song Jingrui, stars seemed to twinkle in her eyes, "Looks like Ruirui has grown a bit again!"
Jiao Ao stared at the tiger cub, "It’s true, eating and sleeping every day, you’ll grow into a pig!"
Really, so chubby yet still so quick?
"Come down quickly, sister’s about to be crushed by you!" Jiao Ao glared at Song Jingrui.
Don’t you care about your sister!
"I am not a pig! You are, brother!" Song Jingrui bared his teeth at Jiao Ao.
But even as he said this, Song Jingrui still jumped off Yu Manman.
Humph, he’s not acknowledging his brother’s words, he just doesn’t want to tire his sister!
"I’m not as fat as you!" Jiao Ao sneered.
The little tiger crouched on the ground, taking on an attack stance, "I’m strong! Brother just can’t match me!"
"Let’s have a fight!" Song Jingrui glared at him!
"No fight, you can’t win against me!" Although Jiao Ao inherited Atier’s beastman genes, he’s been watched over and trained physically since childhood, Jiao Ao’s physique was anything but weak.
If the young cub Song Jingrui couldn’t beat him now, he might as well find a frozen tofu slice to hit in the fridge!
"Not fighting means admitting defeat!" Song Jingrui puffed out his chest.
"Hah, I’m just afraid you’ll say I bullied the little one if you lose." Jiao Ao smirked.
"Alright, stop it." With Yu Manman’s words, the two bickering brothers immediately quieted down.
The two seemed born to clash, arguing ever since Song Jingrui’s babbling phase. Yet the brothers both adored their sister from a young age, following her lead without question, if Yu Manman said east, they wouldn’t head west!
Yu Manman thought, maybe this was what they called blood suppression?
Once inside, Yu Manman asked about her Fourth Dad Lai.
"He’s in the lab with Ed..."
"Professor Ed King is here?"
Yu Man nodded, taking a sip of water, unfazed, "He can practically be considered living here now."