Didn't you go to Teyvat to earn money to support me?

I know what you're thinking, baby. I can sense all your emotions. But in your eyes, is it Rosalyn, or someone else with a similar personality?

What did you say? I don't understand.

"Who are you looking at? Darling, who are you looking through her eyes?" Mistelin said softly. "Do you like fire, or do you like the girl who is as fiery as fire, who gives you warmth and friendship, who opens up a new world for you?"

Shen Liang couldn't understand what she was saying, but he sensed a trace of sadness in Mistelin's words. He wasn't a particularly empathetic guy, but the feeling was so obvious—that trace of sadness... a shared sorrow of being in the same boat.

—Who are you looking at through Rosalyn's eyes?

—Who are you looking at through my eyes?

Shen Liang subconsciously looked at the coffin placed in the center of the living room, and felt a sudden tightness in his heart.

Followed by.

Shen Liang walked into the kitchen, looked at the fully stocked cabinets, and wondered what to cook for Gan Yu.

First of all, this dish needs to be quick enough, because the other packed dishes have already arrived, and it's impossible to make a particularly time-consuming dish while the others are already cold.

Secondly, Gan Yu seems to be a vegetarian, probably unable to indulge in meat and fish. After all, she is a fairy in the form of a Qilin, who eats only auspicious grains and drinks only sweet dew, and doesn't even need to use the toilet.

But he couldn't possibly deprive himself. How could he possibly eat a cold lotus root salad in the dead of winter? The general might be alright, but the little fox girl would definitely be furious. She'd say, "Brother, you bastard! I've been eating compressed biscuits for two days, don't I need to replenish my nutrition? Brother, you're giving me this so I can make up for it with a midnight snack? I knew you had ulterior motives, you were making me so hungry while pretending to refuse in front of me! Hypocritical!"

But Liang'er wasn't being hypocritical; she just wanted her younger sister to eat something good.

Thinking about it that way, there really aren't any dishes I could make.

After thinking for a while and making his decision, the sound of a knife clattering against the cutting board came from the kitchen.

Rosalyn was entertaining Gan Yu by the fireplace while she was making pear soup when she heard the clanging of knives. She stood up in surprise and exclaimed, "Liang'er, you...you can cook?"

"You think my brother's comment yesterday that your dish was a bit undercooked was just the pickiness of a nobleman?" Yae no Miko squatted in front of the fireplace, roasting her tail, and said leisurely, "That was my brother's arrogance as a chef."

"Does Liang Jun cook in Daoqi?" Gan Yu smiled. "I really can't believe that such a young child, with such a noble status, has the leisure to take care of such a skill. Do you need any help?"

“No need. Sister Gan Yu doesn’t seem like someone who can cook, so she’ll just be a hindrance. Hmm… Governing a large country is like cooking a small fish, Mother told me that principle.” Shen Liang replied from the kitchen. “There’s a reason why Daoqi isn’t as prosperous as Liyue. Mother and Sister Ying basically have no talent for cooking.”

The four girls smiled kindly.

“No one would dare to say such things outside. Only Liang Jun, as the daughter of the God of Thunder, could speak so recklessly about her mother.”

Shen Liang glanced at her and realized that she had not been misunderstood or brainwashed.

Yes, she even hugged me before; maybe I saw it with my own eyes when I was little.

Tsk.

Then the girls started talking about the next topic.

Following up on what she had just said, Gan Yu held the enamel cup in both hands, took a small sip of the sweet pear soup, and said softly, "Speaking of Liang, he had quite a few interesting stories from his childhood."

Shen Liang subconsciously pricked up his ears.

The other three girls sitting around the sofa by the fireplace, whose combined age was less than a fraction of Gan Yu's, perked up and waited curiously for Gan Yu to speak.

"Looking at me like that, it seems everyone is quite interested in Ryo-kun."

"That's right, the little princess Inazuma suddenly appeared, the child of the Thunder Ruler. This is the biggest topic in Teyvat recently. Do demon gods actually have children? Or is it like the official statement, that there is no blood relation at all?" Rosalind's face was full of "I'm very gossipy".

"Everything is based on the information released by Inazuma. My brother is the second-in-command of Wakatsuki Narukami, and he is the successor of Mitake Narukami, the main deity. How can there be any blood relation between gods?" the general said calmly.

"Then why does Liang'er call the Thunder God Mother?"

"This has nothing to do with you, Miss Rosalyn."

Rosalyn blinked. "That's an adopted son? Where did you find him? I want to adopt a demon god as my son too!"

"That's quite simple, you can have a child with your brother..." Yae no Miko blurted out without thinking.

"Hey! How can girls have children together?!"

Yae no Miko covered her mouth in surprise, "She didn't even question having a child with her brother...?"

"Watch me grab your tail and pluck your fur!"

After chasing and playing for a while, Gan Yu glanced at the busy Shen Liang and said with a light smile, "When Liang Jun was first brought back to the Sky Keep, he only weighed eight or nine pounds and was still at an age where he needed to be fed. Perhaps he was hungry, because he kept crying in Lord Thor's arms, which made Lord Thor very anxious and helpless."

Feeling helpless?

"Just give me some food."

The girls were puzzled.

"How can this be explained... Lord Thor has never had such a moment. She is an unparalleled and noble god, and has never experienced the identity of a mother. So although she knew that Liang Jun needed to be nursed at that time, there was nothing Lord Thor could do, after all, she was not a woman who had just given birth."

The little fox bit its finger and pondered for a moment, then suddenly realized: "Oh, it's because there's no milk?"

Gan Yu chuckled: "Gods are not human after all, how could they have such common sense? Young Liang Jun asked for it for a long time, and in the end, she cried even more. So the Thunder God summoned his retinue and tried it. But the gods' friends are also great demons in the form of young girls, so how could they possibly be right after giving birth? In the end, they tried until Liang Jun was so hungry that she could cry until she could no longer cry, and her breath weakened."

"Is this a deity or a stupid mother?" Rosalyn couldn't help but say. "We should find a wet nurse."

The general, who knew everything, sat expressionlessly in Rosalind's lap. She had the memories of the movie, and she knew exactly what happened next. Yae no Miko, however, tugged at Gan Yu's sleeve curiously, "Sister Gan Yu, you sound like you were there. How do you know all this?"

In that instant, the fair face of the aloof fairy beast girl was flushed.

"Oh—" the little fox chuckled, "Alright, I won't ask anymore."

“The wet nurse was useless. I don’t know why, perhaps it’s because Liang Jun is ultimately a god, and ordinary milk is useless to him,” Gan Yu said. “In the end, it was Zhai Gong who came up with a solution. He said that since it requires life forms of the level of demon gods and great demon immortals to nourish him, it means that what is needed is not milk, but powerful life force. So Hu Zhai Gong took a knife and cut the wrist of Lord Lei Shen, extracting divine essence into delicious milk to feed Liang Jun.”

"Then Sister Ying also used her blood to nourish him. The female demons of Inazuma spontaneously offered some of their essence blood, and even I couldn't help but... well, Sister Ying begged me, saying that the Qilin is a benevolent beast, and it is said that contact with the Qilin can turn bad luck into good, so she asked me to give Liang Jun a little bit. I couldn't refuse Sister Ying, so I kept a little bit." Gan Yu said with a smile, "Fortunately, Liang Jun is not an ordinary person and grows extremely quickly. He was weaned after only two or three months of nourishment. Don't be fooled by Liang Jun's current youthful appearance. In fact, he had already grown into this appearance when he was about seven or eight years old, and he has remained so ever since. He probably won't grow any longer."

Rosalyn listened to these words with longing, imagining the scene more than ten years ago when Shen Liang was surrounded by the demons and fairies of Daoqi, a symbol of his future cries, nurtured by the blood and milk of countless families. She didn't find the image of his cut wrists terrifying at all; instead, she felt that it represented countless ecstatic gazes, filled with the love and expectations of countless people.

Chapter Sixty-One Extra Chapter: The Shaniat Family's New Year

Consider this a New Year's gift for everyone, depicting ordinary days many years from now, after everything has settled down, though it's not finished yet.

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Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo.

After leaving the graduation ceremony at St. Freya Women's University, the group carried their bags and prepared for winter break. Shen Liang opened the door of his pure white Koenigsegg Gemera in the garage and adjusted the driver's seat. The cute-style seat, covered with a white cashmere carpet, was a bit too far back; he tried pressing the brake pedal but couldn't reach the bottom.

Sirin was in the passenger seat, and Kiana jumped into the back seat without hesitation. The white-haired little queen buckled up, glanced at him disdainfully, and mocked, "Seriously, human, you haven't changed at all in the past few years. Don't you find this body a bit too inconvenient?"

“I know you envy my immortal genes, but haven’t I already passed on the ‘snake molting’ characteristic to you?” Shen Liang started the sports car. “Don’t worry, you two won’t continue to grow. At most, we can only maintain this difference in appearance. Don’t worry about the future where we look like mother and son instead of siblings.”

"Ha, is that what I'm worried about? How ridiculous. I'm just thinking about what will happen if you have children in the future, and they grow up to be ten or so and face a father who looks just like them, or maybe even younger?" Xilin scoffed.

Sitting in the passenger seat, Xilin was wearing a beige round-neck long sweater, and her beautiful legs were encased in milky white knitted tights.

Beneath her youthful and stylish sweater, her full breasts and slender legs swayed casually, quite attracting Shen Liang's attention. Seeing Shen Liang looking over, a smile appeared in her bright golden eyes.

Shen Liang ignored such a distant problem. The reproduction of living things was extremely difficult for him to achieve. It might be a grand plan that would take hundreds or thousands of years or even longer. Anyway, with Mebius's "immortality," he and Kiana had plenty of time.

"Whose car is this?" Shen Liang asked casually.

"Mom, who else would buy a supercar to go out in? It's not low-key at all." Kiana leaned on Shen Liang's shoulder from behind and chuckled. "Mom has a great figure, slim waist and long legs of 1.69 meters. You definitely wouldn't be able to move around in her seat. She's at least 10 centimeters longer than you! But I can't blame Mom. This car wasn't designed with kids in mind."

Shen Liang turned her head and glared at her, "How dare you talk to me like that?"

"It's the truth, okay, sweetie?" The fluffy little girl hugged the boy's neck and gave him a big kiss on the cheek, not caring at all that her sister was there. The little queen looked away, crossed her arms, and said indifferently, "Watch where you're going. We'll have plenty of time to be lovey-dovey when we get home. There's no need to do it all in front of me."

"Miss, are you envious?" Kiana pinched her cheek.

"What do I have to envy?" Sirin scoffed. "And let go! I'm the head of your family, not some acting head anymore. Show me some respect. Don't think that just because I'm your sister you can act like this and bend the law!"

"Hmph~ What kind of family head is he? He just lives in his junior brother's house, waiting for him to come home and cook for him every day, just loafing around and waiting to die~"

"Fun fact: I paid the remaining balance for that apartment. Essentially, Pandora only had control over half of the property."

"The property deed is in my junior brother's and my names, sis, you're just here to freeload, okay? Or are you some kind of wicked, malicious sister-in-law who chased away all her legitimate sisters to freeload here?"

"Staying over for free? Ha, try saying that to your mom if you dare."

The eldest and second young ladies of Shaniat were attacking each other's weaknesses in the car, going head-to-head. Shen Liang glanced at them through the rearview mirror.

Unlike Sirin, who had already entered society, Kiana's St. Freya school uniform exuded an exceptionally cute vibe, which Shen Liang, who hadn't seen Kiana for a week, quite admired. The vibrant sailor-style blazer paired with a plain pleated skirt, and her slender, delicate legs encased in black knee-high socks, perfectly complemented her look.

Although the sisters are of similar age and look exactly alike, one is noble and dignified while the other is a cheerful and carefree high school girl. Even when the sisters bicker together, they are still incredibly beautiful.

Therefore, Shen Liang really enjoys his current life.

Despite experiencing countless complex lives, after everything was over, Shen Liang found that he still preferred to make a living as a novelist. So he turned down the high-paying job offer from Xilin and decided to stay home and enjoy the best time together as a couple.

Of course, it's just him and Kiana in their private time.

Kiana has now been forced to reinstate her student status under the dual pressure of Cecilia and Theresa. St. Freya Academy, due to its growing influence on the supernatural side, has finally expanded into a full-time sixteen-year education program, including university. The white-haired girl, who has skipped classes her entire life, is now being forced to skip a grade and attend her third year of university.

Although Shen Liang didn't know how Kiana, who failed seven out of ten subjects, managed to get to her junior year, it was clear that some people were blatantly abusing their power. Now twenty-one, Kiana was still as clueless as she had been at sixteen, and even her appearance seemed unchanged.

So Shen Liang had to go to St. Freya every week to bring Kiana back so he could have some happy days with his girlfriend... That was how it was originally supposed to be.

But perhaps finding him too idle, the Shaniat family wasn't going to let him off so easily. Sirin and Cecilia moved into his private apartment one after the other, vowing to open up the East Asian market and ignite the fierce competition in East Asian real estate and finance. Shen Liang had no choice but to take care of these arrogant, spoiled young ladies who were taking advantage of him, just as he had taken care of Rosalia and Lilia a few years ago.

Sometimes Shen Liang would wonder how there could be such a person in the world, who did nothing, too lazy to lie in bed waiting for him to knock on the door and make breakfast, lunch, and dinner, and even fell asleep in front of the TV while playing games, requiring him to carry him into the room... The most crucial point is that he's an adult! An adult!

When asked, she'd put her hands on her hips and say, "You're the only boy in the family! If you don't work hard, who will? I've entrusted my ultimate, invincible, super cute Kiana to you!"

That's incredible! It turns out there really are people who can survive as long as they're pretty.

Picking Kiana up to go home today is also to prepare for the Chinese New Year.

The Japanese New Year is different from that of China. Japan has been using the Gregorian calendar since the Meiji Restoration, while Shen Liang has been celebrating the Lunar New Year since he was an orphan. So after finishing the New Year's ceremony at school, Shen Liang stayed with Kiana at school for several days until New Year's Eve, when he reluctantly returned.

"What were you doing in St. Freya for a week?" Sirin asked abruptly.