Chapter 178
Chapter 178: The Great Golden Dragon’s Praise Flows Like It Is Free
Cheng Mian waited for his partner to finish speaking, then pretended to feel distressed as he very sincerely asked Wolf Yin Feng and Wolf Luo Feng: “By the way, Yin Feng, Luo Feng, do you have any experience in raising children? Tell us a bit.”
He sighed and said: “Our Xiao Ting is not like a Wolf Tribe child at all. He is like a monkey. He is never serious. Say one sentence to him, he can talk back with ten. Before I even raise the stick, he is already jumping up and down and I cannot even hit him.”
He looked at the couple and asked: “You have more than ten children, and you raised them so well. Tell us what you do. We will learn from you, see if we can fix our Xiao Ting a bit and make him as outstanding as your children.”
He repeated again, even more earnest: “You two talk about it. We will learn from you. Maybe we can still save our Xiao Ting and make him as excellent as your children.”
Their own wolf cub had sent them a message at the crack of dawn, before the sky even brightened, telling them to watch the Lang Family Estate husband and wife, and to make sure they did not go knock on their door, especially not on Jiang Tea Tea’s door.
Since their child had sent a message like that, as parents, even if they did not like the Lang Family Estate husband and wife, they still had to cooperate with their child. They had to come over and deal with the couple, say some fake flattering words to hold them back and keep them from going to knock on that door.
Wolf Yin Feng and Wolf Luo Feng, as the White Wolf Tribe clan leader and madam, had always secretly competed with Cheng Mian and Mo Jing Chun of the Black Wolf Tribe. Hearing the two of them praise their own children, their vanity swelled, and they happily started humble-bragging.
Wolf Yin Feng waved his hand and said: “It is alright, it is alright. When we teach the children, we do not have any special methods. We just set a few goals for them. As long as they reach the goals, we give them rewards. They want the rewards, and under the lure of rewards, of course they will become outstanding.”
Wolf Luo Feng followed up: “Children should be many. If there is only one or two children, they do not have much sense of competition. Once you have five or six, eight or ten, they naturally start to compete.”
She lifted her chin and said: “Children who have a sense of competition will compete with one another and compare with one another. In everything, they chase after the best. That is how they can become as outstanding as our children.”
She turned to Mo Jing Chun and said: “That is right, Sister Jing Chun, the problem is that you have too few children and spoil him too much. Have a few more. Do not spoil them. Cut down their pocket money. I guarantee they will become positive and motivated and work hard to reach the excellent goals you set for them.”
Cheng Mian and Mo Jing Chun came to a sudden fake realization and nodded: “So that is how it works. We have learned something today, we have learned something. We will do exactly as you say when we go back and see if we can…”
Before they could finish, Wolf Yin Feng’s light-brain wrist terminal rang. Their words stopped at once.
Wolf Yin Feng gave them an apologetic smile and tapped open the light-brain wrist terminal. When he saw the caller ID, he quickly moved a few steps to the side and answered.
Less than ten seconds later, he hung up and told Cheng Mian and Mo Jing Chun: “Brother Cheng, Sister Jing Chun, something came up. I need to go out for a bit.”
Cheng Mian and Mo Jing Chun nodded: “Go if you are busy. We will look around by ourselves. It is fine.”
Wolf Yin Feng agreed, said a few quick words to Wolf Luo Feng, then left in a hurry, heading toward the mountains.
Wolf Luo Feng pressed down the worry in her heart and wanted to continue showing off her sons and daughters, but just then Cheng Xiao Ting’s voice floated down from upstairs: “Dad, Mom, Auntie Luo Feng, good morning!”
Cheng Mian, Mo Jing Chun, and Wolf Luo Feng all looked up toward the second floor. They saw Cheng Xiao Ting leaning out of the window, grinning brightly, full of youthful energy, waving down at them.
Cheng Mian and Mo Jing Chun could not help sighing in their hearts. Their own wolf cub really was handsome, shining as bright as sunlight.
Wolf Luo Feng was dazzled by Cheng Xiao Ting’s smile. She only felt that his smile was really ugly, really careless and heartless, and showed a complete lack of training and discipline.
Cheng Mian and Mo Jing Chun waved back at their son and greeted him. As they did, they also saw Jiang Tea Tea, Sui Xuan Chu, and the other seven youths leaning out as well, all smiling brightly down at them and calling “Mom” over and over.
Wolf Luo Feng’s face sank. Their smiles were really an eyesore. If they were her children, she would never allow them to have smiles like that, looking like wild brats with no upbringing at all.
After Cheng Xiao Ting, Sui Xuan Chu, and the others finished greeting the people below, they all gathered in Jiang Tea Tea’s room.
The small teleportation gate was taken out from their space knob storage device. They used it to send out a large amount of shocking evidence. Half was transmitted to their higher-ups, and half was sent to Chong Ming, the Commander in Chief.
After they had sent out all the evidence, Jiang Tea Tea and the other seven changed into loose, bright clothes and went downstairs for breakfast.
Wolf Xin Yi, Wolf Xin Wei, and Wolf Xin An showed goodwill toward Jiang Tea Tea, and Jiang Tea Tea also treated them warmly and affectionately.
Wolf Luo Feng felt very satisfied with the way she had trained her children. Look at them. So obedient, so lovable, so good at carrying out orders. Compared to that silly big fool Cheng Xiao Ting, they were a thousand times better.
After breakfast, Cheng Mian and Mo Jing Chun had some business to handle through the remote surveillance system, so they stayed at Lang Family Estate. In truth, their wolf cub had asked them to sit in at Lang Family Estate and notify him if anything happened.
Jiang Tea Tea and the other seven were taken out by Wolf Xin Yi and his brother and sister to visit the White Wolf Tribe’s settlement and get familiar with the place.
Wolf Yin Feng came back from the mountain base with a face as dark as the bottom of a pot and snapped: “Trash. A bunch of trash. They cannot even repair a power monitoring system.”
Wolf Luo Feng gently asked: “What happened to make you this angry? Tell me about it, alright?”
Wolf Yin Feng spoke with resentment: “The Hope Institute’s power monitoring system broke. It is totally down. The electrician says it will take at least three to five days to repair.”
He frowned and continued: “Our newest client will arrive in the next couple of days. Everyone is busy and has squeezed out time to come. Now just repairing the power will take three to five days. How many things will that delay for me? How much money will that make me lose? We might even have to compensate them.”
Wolf Luo Feng’s eyes rolled and she patted his back: “Do not be angry. Are we not going to hold a family banquet in a few days and introduce Tea Tea to our relatives, friends, and business partners?”
She smiled and said: “I will tell our client that our daughter is Tea Tea, Jiang Tea Tea, the only Level S variant plant-type healing ability user in the whole interstellar space. Our clients will be busy trying to curry favor with us. They will not be making us lose money.”
Wolf Yin Feng calmed a little but still worried: “What if Jiang Tea Tea is not willing to attend our banquet…”
Wolf Luo Feng said with full confidence: “She will. I will persuade her. Do not worry.”
Wolf Yin Feng looked at her with some doubt: “Really?”
Wolf Luo Feng promised: “Really.”
All of Wolf Yin Feng’s anger was instantly smoothed away. He wrapped his arm around her and said: “Luo Feng, you really are my good helper.”
Wolf Luo Feng leaned into his arms, and her eyes began to spin as she calculated how to speak to Jiang Tea Tea.
Jiang Tea Tea and the others spent the morning outside with Wolf Xin Yi and his brother and sister. They ate lunch out, then played all the way until afternoon before coming back.
When they returned, everyone went back to their rooms. Not even ten minutes later, Wolf Luo Feng knocked on Jiang Tea Tea’s door, carrying a set of jewelry and a tray of snacks.
Jiang Tea Tea opened the door. The instant she saw Wolf Luo Feng, she changed into a harmless little white flower, her voice soft and wary as she called: “Madam Lang…”
Tears came to Wolf Luo Feng’s eyes at once, and her eyes turned red in an instant: “Tea Tea, I am your mother, I am your mother…”
Jiang Tea Tea took two steps back and reminded her: “You said you would not force me to call you Mother.”
Wolf Luo Feng froze: “Yes, I did say that. I am sorry. I lost control for a moment. Do not blame me.”
She lowered her gaze and said: “This… I picked out a set of jewelry for you. See if you like it. I also made some snacks myself. Try them.”
Jiang Tea Tea lifted her hand in an easy, casual gesture, yet her eyes held a look of expectation: “Come in.”
Wolf Luo Feng felt a burst of joy. She hurried in, put down the tray, and opened the jewelry box. Inside was a full set of jewelry: a ring, a necklace, and earrings.
Jiang Tea Tea’s gaze swept over them. This set of jewelry was not worth as much as any single piece she had taken from their third basement vault. It had no fire and no shine. Just looking at it, it did not look worth much money at all.
Wolf Luo Feng picked up the necklace and said: “Tea Tea, Mom bought you this necklace. See if you like it.” She reached out and tried to place the necklace around Jiang Tea Tea’s neck.
Jiang Tea Tea dodged her hand. She had thrown those gem necklaces and jewelry from the vault straight into the nutrient fruit boxes. She did not even want to touch this cheap stuff.
She only cared about what could become her fertilizer and what could become a stepping stone on her cultivation path.
Wolf Luo Feng’s hand froze in midair. Her voice choked: “You do not like it?”
A set of jewelry worth over a million, and she did not like it?
[Has she never seen anything good? Does she not know how valuable this set is?]
Jiang Tea Tea pushed her hand gently back: “I cannot accept such a valuable thing when I have not done anything. If you have something to say, just say it.”
Wolf Luo Feng sullenly put the necklace back in the box and wanted to reach out to grab her hand.
Jiang Tea Tea stepped away from her, sat down, picked up a piece of pastry, and bit into it.
Wolf Luo Feng grabbed at air. She had been thinking about where to start, but seeing Jiang Tea Tea eating her pastry, her face lit up at once: “Tea Tea, Mom made those snacks with my own hands. If you like them, I will make them for you from now on.”
Jiang Tea Tea finished a piece of pastry. It was so sweet it was cloying, but she opened her mouth and lied without blinking: “It is pretty good. This is the first time I have eaten this kind of handmade snack.”
Wolf Luo Feng smiled from ear to ear: “That is good, that is good…”
Jiang Tea Tea did not respond.
The room fell into silence.
After about half a minute, Wolf Luo Feng spoke again, her tone careful: “Tea Tea, Mom has something she wants to discuss with you. I do not know if it is okay.”
Jiang Tea Tea put on a look that mixed obedience, expectation, resistance, and conflict: “O-okay, go ahead.”
Wolf Luo Feng sat up straight and said: “It is like this. Your dad and I finding you is a joyful thing. Even though you have not acknowledged us yet, a joyful thing is still a joyful thing. Your dad and I want more people to know that you are our daughter.”
“So your dad and I have decided to hold a family banquet and invite our relatives, friends, and business partners to come and meet you.”
“After everyone meets you and knows you, no matter what you do in the future, they will look at your dad’s and my face and take care of you a little.”
[Shameless thing. To talk about something so shameless in such a fresh and elegant way, really no one can beat you.]
[The fake young miss having such biological parents is really the worst luck in eight lifetimes.]
Jiang Tea Tea complained in her heart, but her mouth still followed the script and asked: “Madam Lang, has your business run into some kind of problem?”
Wolf Luo Feng’s face changed slightly: “Who told you that our business has problems?”
Jiang Tea Tea opened her mouth and threw the blame away in one move: “Today when I went out with Older Brother Xin Yi, Older Sister Xin Wei, and Older Brother Xin An, they looked a bit troubled, so I asked.”
“They said the family business had run into a small problem, but it was not a big deal. I… I really like Older Brother Xin Yi, Older Sister Xin Wei, and Older Brother Xin An. I want to make them happy.”
She lowered her lashes and said: “I am a triple Level S variant plant-type healing ability user. I have not officially healed many people yet, but after I healed Cheng Xiao Ting and the others, their supernatural ability levels all went up. Huang Da Zhuang, that Canine Family beastman who had not awakened supernatural abilities, even awakened dual supernatural abilities.”
She looked up at Wolf Luo Feng and suggested: “How about this, Madam Lang: invite your business partners over. When the time comes, I will pick ten or eight lucky people and help them calm their restless supernatural abilities and comb through their spiritual power. I guarantee that every one of them will have their supernatural ability go up by one level.”
“In this way, maybe I can help your family. I really like Older Brother Xin Yi, Older Sister Xin Wei, and Older Brother Xin An. I hope that the next time they take me out to play, they can smile a little happier. What do you think?”
As she listened, Wolf Luo Feng’s eyes lit up, bright like someone who was sleepy being given a pillow and someone who was hungry being served a feast. She said joyfully again and again: “Good, good, good. Tea Tea, Mom is really so happy that you have this thought.”
“You do not know. Business is hard these days. Connections are hard to build. Our White Wolf Tribe has tens of thousands of mouths to feed, and they all depend on your dad and me.”
“You being so sensible, Mom will go and tell your dad right away and make him happy.”
Jiang Tea Tea pretended to be awkward and reminded her: “Madam Lang, I have not acknowledged you yet. I just do not want Xin Yi…”
Wolf Luo Feng cut her off: “I understand, I understand, I understand. I get it. If you do not want to recognize us now, that is fine. We will give you time.”
Jiang Tea Tea forced a smile at her and did not correct her again. She let Wolf Luo Feng keep her illusion that one day Jiang Tea Tea would forgive them and recognize them.
Wolf Luo Feng happily got up and left her room.
The moment the door closed, a low, praising male voice sounded in Jiang Tea Tea’s ear: “Classmate Jiang Tea Tea, this net you cast is pretty good. Big enough and wide enough. To make the net strong and to catch more fish, I am giving you the authority to mobilize the Barley Star Garrison Troops.”