stonecrandall Chapter 279 I wish there were more
Chapter 279 I wish there were more
Mo Ran looked up at the time and asked, "Mom, have you had lunch?"
"Not yet. I was planning to just find a restaurant to eat at after getting ashore, but then I ran into my son." Alice put her hands behind her back and tilted her head to look at the man in black.
"How about, should we go to Kinan Ryotei and try the food there? Or should we go back to the castle tower and cook for myself? What do you think, Mom?" Mo Ran asked.
"Well, the food at Kinan Ryotei is quite famous. I also tried it when I came to Inazuma before. It tasted pretty good."
"Then let's go to Kinan Ryokan?"
"No, let's eat the food my son cooked. Let's go to the castle tower!" Alice pointed to the tallest building in the Inazuma chapter. Perhaps Xu Li's starting action was copied from this.
After a slight pause, Mo Ran quickly followed. After all, he had just praised the restaurant's food, and now he was suddenly asked to cook. No matter how strong he was, he couldn't react.
Alice looked back at her son, who seemed a little dull in front of her, and said with a smile, "You are so slow to react, be careful not to lose my daughter-in-law one day!"
"How is that possible? It's because your IQ is above average, so your son can't keep up. This would never be the case normally!" Mo Ran raised his hand to assure.
"You're not nervous at all, so you don't like that girl, do you?" Alice said something shocking.
"Do I have to be nervous if I like someone?" Mo Ran recalled the distant memory. It seemed that before the real fight, he was always the active one.
"Wouldn't you be nervous if you liked me?" Alice asked again, then laughed, "Your dad likes me, so every time I do an experiment, he almost faints!"
Mo Ran hesitated for a moment, not knowing whether he should burst this beautiful fantasy, because his extremely smart mother should not have such a wrong perception.
"Well, Mom, maybe Dad is also worried about his own safety?"
Although the words were soft and subtle, they were powerful. Alice coughed awkwardly and waved her hands, "Impossible. When we were blowing up the ruins of the Wind Dragon, he was even more excited than I was!"
"He was shouting something, 'Drive faster, drive faster!' And the time when he accidentally blew up the gate of Mondstadt, he was a non-combatant, but he actually carried a rocket launcher up there. Wasn't that ridiculous?"
"I immediately pulled him back and threw a few tech bombs to kill the monsters, but I accidentally blew up the gate. Falgar almost wanted to put me in solitary confinement, but your father begged for me. I don't know how he got the eloquence to persuade Falgar."
"Although the old man is quite lazy and doesn't work much, it's hard to fool the residents. Where did your father get his skills? Hey, maybe he gave him money, but that's impossible. I was just watching from the side..."
Silence was the only way for Mo Ran to express what was in his heart at this moment. The things that happened to his parents just now seemed to be a replica of what happened when he was with Klee.
It's just that people are of a younger generation, and the damage and impact caused are many times smaller. Even if Klee blew up a mountain, it is not as good as a fraction of her mother's. How spectacular must the thing her mother blew up must have been?
"Forget it, I don't want to think about it anymore. I'll find him later and ask him clearly. Son, let's go to my daughter's house for dinner!"
"Oh, okay..." Mo Ran just responded, but then he felt something was wrong and asked quickly, "Where is there another daughter?"
"Didn't the current Thor acknowledge you as his brother? Then according to seniority, you are my daughter! Oh, life is so wonderful. There are so many children out of nowhere." Alice put her hands on her head and walked in front with a swagger.
Mo Ran hesitated for a while, and still advised: "Mom, if she doesn't call you like that later, just forget it."
"I know. I will definitely not make things difficult for you." Alice raised her arm, patted the head of the man in black, and rubbed it gently.
Mo Ran could only cooperate with her and bend down. Only after his temples were completely curled did Alice decide to stop.
At this time, we arrived near the castle tower. A huge stone statue was sitting beside it. It was wearing a one-piece hooded robe and had wings with patterns engraved on its back.
This is a stone statue made by Raidenjin in his true image to commemorate Istaru, the ruler of time. It has a thousand hands and a hundred eyes, and represents the world and the human world.
After watching for a while, Mo Ran pulled Alice and turned into a flash of lightning, flashing to the backyard.
"Huh?" Alice noticed the change in the scene before her eyes, looked at her son in confusion, and asked, "Why don't you just go through the door?"
"I've never shown my face outside, so the guards don't recognize me." Mo Ran spread his hands.
Alice chuckled and couldn't help saying, "Isn't it because one day, she's going to reveal her identity and scare some dandy boy to death?"
"That's not the case. The main reason is that I don't want to be stared at by others when I go out on the street. I will feel uncomfortable wherever I go." Mo Ran spoke earnestly, like an old man in despair.
Alice nodded thoughtfully and continued, "Then why don't you change your appearance when you go out? I remember Liyue's magic, which can do it."
"It would be better to disguise myself when I was the Supreme Imperial Palace. The main reason is that I've been wearing the mask for a long time, and I'm afraid I won't be able to get used to it later." Mo Ran didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
Alice reached out and tapped his forehead, smiling and said, "Forget it, Mom won't force you. Everyone has their own hobbies."
"Hey, thanks, Mom!" Mo Ran bowed his hands. If it were in ancient Liyue, this etiquette would be a necessary daily greeting. However, because it was cumbersome, it was later eliminated.
Under the eaves nearby, the door was wide open, and a woman with purple hair and purple clothes looked at the two people in the courtyard and said in surprise: "Eh? My brother brought his friends back, how strange!"
Mo Ran and Alice looked at each other and smiled without saying anything.
It’s no wonder that Lei Dianying would think so. After all, they look of similar age and behave just like their peers. Who would have thought that they were a biological mother and son?
"Hello, I'm Lei Diandian, welcome to the castle tower." Lei Diandian trotted over to the two of them, looking at them with a puzzled look on his face while smiling all the time.
Alice paused for a moment and introduced herself: "Hello, my name is Alice, I'm an adventurer. It's our first meeting, and I hope Miss Ying can give me your guidance!"
"You're too polite. My brother always tells me about his friends, and he talks about them in a very exaggerated way. Hey, I wonder what hobbies Miss Alice has? We can go and try it together this afternoon."
"Well, Xiaoran has a very good sister. She is really well-educated, sensible and considerate. Haha, I have made considerable achievements in writing. I wonder if Miss Ying is also a bookworm?"
"Haha, when it comes to light novels, I'm considered a literary master. I wonder what works Miss Alice has written. Maybe I've read them!"
"Ah, I once wrote a travel guide called the Teyvat Travel Guide. I wonder if Miss Ying has heard of it?" Alice said with a smile.
"A travel guide to Teyvat." Lei Dianying thought for a while and was stunned. Isn't the author of this book her brother's mother?
No wonder the name sounded familiar, but because Lei Dianying didn't remember the name at the moment, and he didn't mention this matter in the introduction just now, this caused a misunderstanding.
Looking at the stunned purple-haired demon god, Mo Ran couldn't help laughing out loud. The unbridled and arrogant nature of his laughter was unprecedented and would be hard to see in the future.
"Ah, um, Mom?" Lei Dianying asked tentatively.
Alice smiled softly and said, "You can call me that if you want."
"Thank you, Mom!" Lei Dianying hugged Alice.
A long time ago, when she heard her brother talk about this mother, she had vaguely had the idea of meeting her. At that time, she was worried that the mother would not acknowledge her as her daughter, so she thought of many ways to do it.
Now it seems that there is no need to worry. Alice really wants to have more daughters like her. Just think, in just a few years, she will have a demon god as a daughter. Who would not want one?
"What are you thanking me for? There's no need to say thank you between family members. Besides, I'm the one who got the better deal." Alice grabbed Lei Dianyian's sideburns and rolled them up with interest.
Lei Dianying did not struggle, still immersed in joy, and said with a smile: "Mom, let's go inside and talk. It's comfortable to sit inside."
"Okay, I'll listen to you." Alice turned her head and looked around. She didn't see her son. He must have gone to the kitchen to work. He was indeed very reliable.
In the kitchen, Mo Ran started a fire to heat the pot, but he stopped, looked towards the door, and said, "Really, there's no need to hide."
"I really can't hide it from my brother." Lei Dianzhen walked out leisurely, and his eyes changed slightly when he swept across the chopping board.
"What's the matter? Tell me." Mo Ran turned around and poured in the ingredients, stir-frying over high heat. The spicy taste and aroma immediately filled the air.
"I, I also want to cook a dish for my mother." Lei Dianzhen's eyes were a little evasive, because she could probably see that her brother and mother had been separated for a long time, and cooking should be something that they had done very rarely.
Mo Ran smiled and said, "Of course that's good. What dish do you want to cook? Once this pot is empty, I'll help you."
"OK……"
Soon, three dishes and one soup were officially served. Mo Ran made the tender and fragrant pepper chicken, golden crab, and radish and vegetable soup. Lei Dianzhen made a dry-fried fish dish, which was modified by Inazuma based on Liyue's recipe.
There was one person, one elf, two demons, and four bowls of rice on the table, and everyone was having a great time.
Mo Ran had eaten lunch, but everyone was holding their meals, so he couldn't leave his hands empty-handed. He just had to eat a little. Besides, with his current health, how much he ate, or even whether he ate at all, all depended on his mood.
"Mother, please try this braised fish dish." Lei Dian was a little nervous. Perhaps it was because she was sentimental by nature. She always felt vaguely uneasy when she looked at Alice.
Mo Ran introduced: "This dish is really specially cooked. Her cooking skills are not much worse than mine. Mom, please try it. It's guaranteed to be delicious!"
"Haha, wow, you are all so enthusiastic. You guys want to eat too. This is not my single table. So start using your chopsticks!" Alice has been traveling in Teyvat for many years, so of course she knows how to use chopsticks.
The first bite she picked up was the braised fish. Both of her children recommended this dish so much, so there was no reason for her not to try it.
Lei Dianzhen didn't dare to look up, she lowered her head and waited quietly for the result. Sometimes she could guess her brother's thoughts, but at this moment she couldn't help feeling a little nervous.
Alice chewed the fish slowly, and after swallowing a piece of it, she praised, "It's delicious, Xiaozhen. The fish doesn't smell fishy, the seasoning is just right, and the cooking method is also very good. You usually cook, right?"
Lei Dianzhen's lips trembled slightly, and he quickly replied: "No, no, if my brother is not at home, it will be my turn to cook, otherwise my brother will take over the position of chef!"
"Xiaoran, hehe, just help with the work as much as possible. I'm worried that he is too lazy!" Alice chuckled.
"No, no, brother has always been the most diligent and the hardest working. Mother, don't worry!" Lei Dianzhen said hurriedly.
Lei Dianying also said: "Yes, my brother takes good care of us, so mom doesn't have to worry about him."
"Okay, okay, Mom believes in you." Alice continued chatting with her two daughters, feeling that they had met too late.
Mo Ran sat quietly, watching himself become the focus of their relationship. For some reason, he felt a little redundant, as if he was the biological one. What was going on?