I Have Infinite Skill Points-Chapter 647 Not tight enough

He hadn’t expected Feifei to be wearing makeup today, nor had he imagined a girl’s transformation after applying it could be so drastic. It was no wonder; after all, the last time he’d seen Feifei was two years ago. At Hu Feifei’s age, two years could make a world of difference.

Two years ago, Feifei had only reached Wang Lan’s chest, but now she already surpassed his shoulders. Two years ago, Feifei was still a little girl, barely budding. But now... after putting on makeup, she didn’t look like a child at all.

Teased by Wang Lan like this, Hu Feifei immediately stamped her foot in anger, "Lan, did you really forget me, or are you purposely making fun of me?"

"No, no, it’s just that Feifei is so beautiful today, I didn’t recognize her at first."

"Your sister-in-law taught her," Hu Qing said. "She said Feifei is already fifteen, and it’s time for girls to learn about makeup. I couldn’t argue with them both. In my opinion, what’s the point of putting on makeup? A face is given by our parents, it’s natural. After applying makeup, even your own parents can’t recognize you. What’s the meaning in that?"

"What exactly are you trying to say?" Lingling glared at him and scolded in a low voice.

"Nothing, I just think that one’s appearance is innate, and beauty is something one should strive for..."

He caved faster than one might expect.

"Feifei must be taking her middle school entrance exams soon, right? Is her study load heavy? Today isn’t the weekend, is it? Isn’t she in school?"

"Her? She’s pretty much free-range now; she goes to school if she wants and doesn’t if she doesn’t feel like it," Hu Qing said, clinking his glass with Wang Lan’s.

"In the last mock exam, Feifei scored seventh in the entire city. Plus, being a Star Martial Warrior, she’s already received an admission notice from the Star Martial Arts Campus."

"Suzhou No.1 Middle School. I haven’t heard that name in a long time. By the way, Feifei, Jiajia is coming back in a few days."

"Really?" Feifei’s eyes suddenly burst with surprised and joyous light.

"Jiajia awakened her Star Martial Innate Ability, and I thought she’d join me at Star Martial Academy. Unexpectedly, she left instead. We haven’t been in touch for the past two years; I don’t even know what she looks like now."

"It couldn’t be helped; she wasn’t allowed to call you from her end. As for changes... Jiajia cut her hair."

"Huh?"

"She cut it short. Now she looks very refreshing and capable. Besides, Jiajia’s strength has improved a lot. She said she’s also broken through to the Galaxy Stage. Who knows how many power-ups she’s used. If I find out she solely relied on Soul Beads to advance her Star Martial Art level, she’s going to be in big trouble."

Looking at Hu Feifei, who now had long hair reaching her back, Wang Lan’s eyes gleamed with a hint of amusement. Back then, Song Jia had beautiful long hair—that was always his aunt’s belief, that girls ought to have flowing locks. Hu Feifei, on the other hand, had started off bald and later always kept her hair short.

Seeing her again after two years, Hu Feifei now had flowing long hair, whereas Song Jia had cut off all her long locks. It was probably due to the influence of military training. As Jiajia put it, her hair length was already considered long at the base; all the other boys had buzz cuts.

「The night deepened, and the dinner party drew to a close.」

Unable to resist Hu Qing’s enthusiasm, Wang Lan drank two extra bottles. In the end, the two men, as if unleashing their inner cosmos, started chugging baijiu straight from the bottle. Eventually, Hu Qing spurted out a mouthful of strong liquor and collapsed on the couch, unconscious.

"I’m sorry, Sister Lingling, I lost control for a moment," Wang Lan said with an apologetic smile, scratching his head. His mind was still clear, but his steps were slightly wobbly. "It’s very late, so I’ll take my leave now. Sorry for the trouble."

"Don’t be so formal with me. Besides, it was Old Hu who kept pushing the drinks; it had nothing to do with you. Once he wakes up, I’m going to give him a piece of my mind. Who urges others to drink and ends up getting themselves completely wasted? Feifei, see Wang Lan off."

"Sure thing," Hu Feifei sweetly complied, reaching out to take Wang Lan’s arm.

"I’m not that drunk yet. No need, no need." 𝕗𝕣𝐞𝐞𝘄𝐞𝚋𝚗𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗹.𝚌𝕠𝚖

"People who are drunk always say they’re not."

"Who told you that?"

"That’s how they always show it on TV."

"Then that’s definitely fake. People who can still talk are definitely clear-headed. Those who are truly drunk are like your brother there, the kind who fall asleep and start snoring soundly as soon as their head hits the pillow. So, you girls must always be vigilant. Don’t believe a boy’s excuse that he’s drunk. No matter what they might do, someone truly drunk can’t do anything. If they can still do things, they’re definitely not drunk."

Wang Lan rambled on, walking arm in arm with Hu Feifei as they moved further away. One person chattered endlessly while the other listened quietly with her head down, Hu Feifei’s ears gradually turning red.

Though the days were warming, the nights were still quite chilly. A gust of cold wind blew across his face, and Wang Lan suddenly sobered up. Looking around, he asked, "How did we get here?"

"Huh?" Hu Feifei was equally bewildered. She had only come down to see Wang Lan off, but after leaving their residential complex, for some reason, she had started walking alongside him under the streetlights, unintentionally walking more than halfway around the complex.

She was captivated by the feeling of just the two of them strolling together, as if they were a couple.

As she grew older, Hu Feifei’s mind had gradually transitioned from youthful confusion to clarity, and she had begun to face her own emotions squarely. Deep in her heart, she had always harbored feelings for one person.

Even if that person could only remain hidden in her heart forever.

Not everyone can give you a reason to live. Besides her parents, only Lan had.

Two years prior, Lan’s slight withdrawal had led the perceptive Hu Feifei to suddenly realize something. And just as her youthful feelings were blossoming, her affection for him had surged, becoming irrepressible.

When my hair grows to my waist, will you come and marry me?

Time passes silently, without a word. If you are well, then the skies are clear.

"Taxi—" Wang Lan suddenly stretched out his hand to hail one, and a taxi smoothly pulled up beside him.

"Feifei, you should hurry back now. It’s getting late, and your sister-in-law will be worried."

"Oh, you be careful too, Lan."

"Yeah, head on back," Wang Lan said as he got into the car.

Wang Lan had flown over previously, but now he couldn’t fly back. Drunk driving is out, and so is drunk flying.

Three days later, Wang Lan and Jiang Xinyu drove his long-unused Mustang to the underground parking lot of Fangshuo Airport. His aunt’s flight was scheduled to arrive at Fangshuo Airport at ten o’clock sharp.

At ten past ten, a wave of passengers surged out of the arrival area. His aunt, dressed as a stylish urban woman, along with Jiajia in relaxed sportswear and a baseball cap, stood out sharply in the crowd, allowing Wang Lan to recognize them at a glance.

"Auntie, over here!"

"Ha!" All of a sudden, Song Jia, who was in front of him, vanished. Wang Lan spun around, his hand grasping at the air behind him, but he caught nothing. A figure then materialized right behind him. Wang Lan easily grabbed Song Jia’s ankle.

"This is impossible... It’s unscientific!" Song Jia cried out, her face filled with disbelief. "How did you find me? Even Star Martial Warriors at the Star Sea Stage in the base, those with extrasensory perception, can’t detect my stealth movement technique. How did you sense me?"

Song Jia’s invisibility Innate Ability was of a very high level. When she first awakened it, even Wang Lan, who was a Titled Strongman at the time, couldn’t detect her. Although Wang Lan’s strength was vastly different now, Song Jia was no longer the newly awakened Star Martial Warrior who couldn’t even control her Innate Ability.

Of course, Song Jia had reason to be incredulous. Standing right next to Wang Lan was a perception-type Star Martial Warrior at the late Galaxy Stage. Jiang Xinyu hadn’t even noticed Song Jia, yet Wang Lan had instantly grabbed Song Jia’s attacking foot.

"My foolish little sister, you’re still too young. Before these eyes of mine, nothing you do can be hidden," Wang Lan’s deep voice rang out, his eyes instantly turning blood-red, with two large pinwheels slowly spinning within his pupils.

"This... this..." Song Jia gazed at Wang Lan’s eyes, utterly captivated. "What beautiful contact lenses... Where did you buy them?"

"I..."

"Jiajia, you’re a grown person now, yet you still act like a child. Can’t you be more composed? Always jumping around like you’ll never grow up," Wang Qi said sternly as she walked up to Wang Lan and took off her sunglasses.

When Wang Lan returned to Suzhou City, the Tianjian Bureau had originally planned to arrange his full protection and transportation. But once they learned Wang Lan was going to the airport to pick someone up, the arrangement was promptly canceled. It was no surprise, really. What could be safer than having Wang Lan as an escort?

"Aunt Qi, it’s good to see you. Jiajia has grown so tall," Jiang Xinyu said as she took Wang Qi’s luggage, and with a flick of her wrist, it vanished into her space equipment.

Song Jia looked on with envy. "Space equipment is so great! My mom is too stingy; she won’t buy me one."

"You haven’t even started university yet. What do you need space equipment for?" Wang Qi chided again.

"If Jiajia likes it, I’ll give you one," Jiang Xinyu offered.

"Really?"

"Xinyu, don’t spoil her. She’s becoming more and more unruly; I can barely control her anymore. The more you indulge her, the wilder she’ll get—she’d tear the roof off if she could."

"It’s fine. We produce them in my family anyway. Space equipment isn’t like a mobile game. A Star Martial Warrior should have their own; it’s more convenient when they go out."

After all four got into the car, Wang Lan stepped on the gas, and the car roared out of the airport.

The house hadn’t been lived in for a long time. After learning his aunt was returning, Wang Lan immediately arranged for a cleaning company to give it a thorough cleaning, and all the bedding was replaced with new sets.

"Ah—my bedroom, my bed! Ah, my stuffed animals, I’ve missed you so much..." As soon as Song Jia got home, she jumped onto her bed, tightly hugging the stuffed animals she had once cherished.

She had left in such a hurry last time that many of her things were left behind. Under those circumstances, she hadn’t been allowed to take them.

"Lan, I might be very busy these next few days, so I’m entrusting Jiajia to you. Remember, don’t spoil her, and make sure she sticks to her daily training. This is the training plan Jiajia’s teachers have devised for her."

As Wang Qi was unpacking various items from her luggage, she suddenly thrust a training schedule in front of Wang Lan.

"This training schedule..." Wang Lan took it, and his eyebrows immediately furrowed deeply.

"Brother, you see it too, right? My teachers are basically torturing children! From seven in the morning until eight at night, we only get one hour for rest and meals!

I spent two years like that, Brother! Do you have any idea what those two years were like for me? It was... utter darkness! Brother, you have to stand up for me!"

Speaking of the training schedule, Song Jia immediately collapsed onto the sofa, launching into a heart-wrenching lament to Wang Lan, her voice so pitiful it would make any onlooker weep.

"This training schedule... isn’t packed enough."

"Uh..." Song Jia looked at Wang Lan in shock, her finger trembling as she pointed at him, her grief-stricken face rendering her speechless.