While I'm at the martial arts academy, my wife is cultivating while I enjoy life.

Mu Lan wasn't angry.

"Spending 2500 yuan to get a free meal is not a loss at all."

As the director of the military hospital, an SS-level wood-elemental big shot, and surnamed Mu, her annual salary is no less than Fang Hongbo's, and her family background is definitely among the top 100 on Earth.

To put it bluntly, they just don't want to give it.

It is evident that Fang's second wife's antics, such as taking the opportunity to hold a grand 45th birthday celebration, are not well-received by the public.

This is similar to the modern society where people celebrate their children's third and tenth birthdays to collect money, which is just as annoying.

A dignified and proper woman would never do such a thing.

"Looks like you, the Fang family's son-in-law, are going to compete with the grandson of a grandmaster. You got a big one in Jiangling City. I won't compete with you, I'll just buy a razor."

"How about I add 2500 for you to buy my father-in-law a better razor? He's an eighth-rank official; he needs a high-quality black razor to shave his beard," Yang Ding mocked.

Mu Lan generously extended her hand, "Sure, give it to me, you have money anyway."

Fang Jing slapped away Yang Ding's hand, which was about to take out money.

"Don't give it, 250 is fine too. Let that stupid woman see that no one cares about her marriage alliance with the Wang family."

"tracheitis"

Mu Lan gave Yang Ding a disdainful look and then left.

Zhang Peng asked Yang Ding, "Don't you think she didn't originally want to go, but wanted to confirm whether you would go or not?"

Yang Ding nodded. "I feel the same way. A beautiful, talented, and high-class woman like her would probably have a hard time finding a husband more suitable than me, so she wants to follow me to protect me."

Ye Rou rolled her eyes.

Fang Jing rolled her eyes.

Zhou Ruoxi rolled her eyes.

"whispering sound!"

As a master of mergers and acquisitions, Yang Ding certainly had the confidence, and Mu Lan was truly there to protect him.

In fact, his three exceptionally beautiful wives have formed a high-quality ecosystem. Women with poor qualities, such as Huang Bingbing and Sun Li, would be too embarrassed to marry into the Yang family.

"I'll find out when the time is right and give it a try."

Zhang Peng looked at his wife, Cai Xiaoling, and said, "Why are you rolling your eyes at me?"

"I didn't flip it, did I?" Cai Xiaoling denied it.

"By the way, when you were in Yaoguang Guard, did you meet Dean Mu, or have you ever heard of him?"

Cai Xiaoling shook her head. "How old is she? I've been gone for ten years. When I left, General Mu Qingyao of the Yaoguang Guard wasn't even a Grandmaster yet."

"Did you see what she looks like?" Zhou Ruoxi asked.

Cai Xiaoling continued to shake her head, "Only the Queen and the Princess have seen her, right? She always wears the silver mask of the Yaoguang Guard. Her figure is somewhat similar; they are both very thin, but have flesh on their chests."

"That must be very ugly," Ye Rou analyzed.

"Not necessarily. Don't forget that the Queen has precognitive abilities. Who knows what mission she might be given?" Fang Jing analyzed.

Ye Rou waved her hand and said, "No need to guess anymore. I'll continue to use my clever brain to get closer to her and gather the latest information."

Yang Ding handed her the "Record of Strange Beasts of the East Sea".

"By the way, I'd like to ask her about the mermaids. The information says that the mermaids are similar to the primitive tribal system of humans. Are there any chiefs or leaders in the East Sea? What is their total number? Where do they usually appear?"

Ye Rou took the documents and went off full of confidence.

Zhang Peng could only sigh with envy: "Instructor Ye is probably the first extraordinary woman in human history, no, even in the history of the universe, to help her husband find a concubine."

Before he could finish speaking, Cai Xiaoling slapped him hard on the back of the head.

"What's wrong? Are you envious? Do you think I'm not as sensible as Instructor Ye?"

"Madam, you misunderstand. You are more confident than Instructor Ye."

Ye Rou confidently knocked on the door of the dean's office.

Mu Lan opened the door and saw it was her again, which puzzled her greatly.

"Miss Ye, why aren't you at your job? What are you doing here?"

"I'd like to discuss with you the matter of the General's birthday gift."

Mu Lan waved her hand, "You really think I'm interested? Come on, I'm busy!"

"It seems my husband was right."

Mu Lan opened the door again, almost closing it, and asked, "What did your good husband say?"

"My good husband said that you went to General Fang's birthday banquet to protect him, but you didn't really want to go."

Mu Lan gave a guilty laugh, "He has three incredibly capable wives like you, and he's surrounded by experts. Does he need my protection?"

"Isn't the eldest daughter-in-law of the Wang family skilled in concocting poison pills? Aren't we still missing a wood-element sister who can detoxify and cure diseases?"

"presumptuous!"

Ye Rou, thick-skinned, chuckled and held up the "Records of Mythical Beasts of the East Sea".

"My husband asked me to consult the mermaid."

Mu Lan glanced at Wang Gao in the secretary's office, then pulled her in and closed the wooden door.

"You can't take this picture book with you without permission."

"Return it after you've finished reading it."

As Yang Ding expected, Mu Lan didn't hold it against him. "You encountered a mermaid beast?"

"When the drilling platform was attacked by the one-eyed crab, my husband and my third sister were taken into the deep sea area. There seemed to be ten mermaids there, but they didn't attack them."

Ye Rou deliberately referred to Zhou Ruoxi as "Third Sister" in front of her, and her intention was quite obvious.

That means no matter who marries into the family, her position as the eldest sister cannot be shaken.

Mu Lan raised an eyebrow. "Ten? That many? Did your husband see them clearly?"

"It seems Dean Mu is also quite interested in mermaids."

Mu Lan hesitated for three seconds, then used her mental power to enhance the office's anti-eavesdropping measures before saying, "There are rumors during the Cataclysmic War that the water elemental force of the entire universe originated from the Merfolk Beast Race. Their planet has no land, and they feed on human dragons. They may be the rulers of the water element, or even the sea gods."

"Poseidon? How did he end up on Earth?"

"I don't know. In short, the Merfolk Beast race is so powerful that no one has been able to capture or study it for nearly a hundred years. Your father, Grandmaster Ye Jian, accompanied Wang Xuehua to Dongying Island to search for the Merfolk Beast 25 years ago, but they ended up with nothing."

"What's the relationship between my father and Wang Xuehua?"

"Of course not. He did it to improve human combat power and prepare for the final battle. Your father is only interested in your mother."

Ye Rou asked cautiously, "Excuse me for being so blunt, but Dean Mu should only be in his early twenties, how does he know so much?"

Mu Lan immediately became alert and bristled again.

"go out!"

"I still have so many questions... wait, wait, my husband asked me to ask these: where do mermaids usually appear? What's the use of Grandmaster Wang Xuehua capturing mermaid beasts? Can her cultivation continue to break through?"

"roll!"

Mu Lan kicked Ye Rou out again, but Ye Rou, just like last time, hid by the door to eavesdrop.

Wang Gao walked over at that moment. "Instructor Ye, what are you doing?"

Ye Rou straightened her back. "Talking about sisterly topics with your dean is none of your business."

"I just heard you call me Grandpa Wang and his wife. I'll let it go for the sake of you being Master Ye's daughter, but don't blame me for telling on you next time."

Ye Rou walked with her hands on her hips, pouting as she went.

"Oh dear, I'm so scared!"