Jilted by Day, Cuddled At Night-Chapter 652: Su Yao Gets Injured

Before, Xi Le had always been curious about the relationship between Lord Insect God and Gu Jue’s daughter, but the little girl was too young then, and Xi Le thought that Lord Insect God was doing it as a gesture of maintaining a friendly relationship with Gu Jue.

However, at this moment, he suddenly wasn’t so sure anymore.

Bai Li stood up, "You go back first, arrange the defense of the various planets, and once you encounter their starship, take action immediately! I will be back tomorrow."

"Yes."

As for why Lord Insect God would return tomorrow rather than today, Xi Le didn’t dare to ask.

Nevertheless, before he left, he still secretly visited the Su Family restaurant to check on his daughter.

His wife stubbornly left their daughter on Landis Star, fortunately, Su Wan, out of kindness, took in Yaoyao. Xi Le, in fact, sometimes understood his wife’s stubbornness, but thankfully, despite her stubbornness, her capabilities were limited, and she couldn’t create too much of a disturbance.

Xi Le had come to Landis Star in private, of course not wishing to alarm the official authorities of Landis Star, but when he arrived at the employee residential area of the Su Family restaurant, intending to see his pitiful daughter alone, he almost bumped into Su Wan!

Su Wan had just arrived at the Su Family restaurant, and she looked a bit helpless at the sight before her.

"Sheng Le, what’s going on?"

Sheng Le had also entered work at the military department, but Su Teng was his mentor, and even when Su Teng was busy, he still called Sheng Le back to the kitchen to help out.

Then, he got tangled up with Su Yao.

Specifically, Su Yao wanted to learn to cook, and asked Sheng Le to teach her, which Sheng Le was not happy about.

As a result, when Sheng Le was chopping vegetables with a kitchen knife, an accidental push during their struggle... led to Su Yao getting hurt.

The wound wasn’t serious, but there was a lot of blood. Su Yao was just a purebred human; her wound healing ability wasn’t as fast as a Beastman’s, and on top of that, so much blood had frightened the girl into tears.

Being only thirteen or fourteen, she was indeed still a child.

Despite finding the girl annoying, Sheng Le still found a doctor first, and luckily it was just a minor injury, which after bandaging and disinfecting, was no longer a significant issue.

But the girl was still crying.

Sheng Le felt extremely annoyed, but he couldn’t just leave her alone, so... he sought help from Su Wan.

After Su Wan examined the girl, and, hmm, the wound was not serious. Although she was a pure human, it was also close to healing, but she continued crying, looking incredibly wronged as if she had been bullied.

Su Wan had already pulled up the kitchen’s surveillance footage and, to be honest, even though it was an accident, she didn’t blame Sheng Le.

Su Wan looked at Su Yao, "Xiaoyao, why did you insist on pestering Sheng Le to teach you cooking?"

With red and teary eyes, the little girl received a very gentle tone from Su Wan. After having interacted with her for a while, Su Wan felt that the child was still good, not twisted like her mother.

If she really did turn out like Su Man, Su Wan would definitely not hesitate to pack her up and send her straight back to the Insectoid Planet.

Su Yao hesitated for a while, then said softly, "I’ve watched, and he is the best at cooking, certainly, of course, not better than you, Aunt Su Wan, and also, you’re very busy. Then, I thought I’d learn to cook from Brother Sheng Le, so that... I’d have a skill."

Once the little girl started talking, she found it hard to stop.

She sighed and said, "My mother has been telling me since I was little that it’s useless to be excellent on my own, I must marry well. She said that if I marry the best man in the future, I could trample everyone else under my feet."

"But I’m just an ordinary person, and I look average, why would such important people take any notice of me?"

"Yet my mom is delusionally confident. She also said..."

Su Yao looked around, making sure the three of them were alone without anyone else.

The little girl whispered, "She said that as long as I marry better than Sister Gu Yan someday, she will be at ease."

Su Wan’s mouth twitched.

However, these words indeed sounded like something Su Man would say.

Having competed with Su Wan her whole life, and because of her crushing defeat, Su Man now hid away on the Insectoid Planet, but she herself had not given up on comparing with Su Wan.

If she couldn’t win herself, she would let her child compete.

Su Wan reached out and gently stroked Su Yao’s long hair, "Fortunately, you take after your father, not your mother."

Hidden in the corner, trying hard to conceal his presence, Xi Le inexplicably detected a note of affirmation and praise in Su Wan’s words.

He, too, let out a sigh of relief.

Su Wan asked Su Yao, "What do you think then?"

Su Yao shook her head, "No matter how good a man is, you can still divorce him after marriage. It’s better to be capable on your own. I plan to learn cooking well, so even if my mom completely rejects me someday, I can still survive on my own."

Su Wan nodded, "Alright, I’ll have Sheng Le set aside some time to teach you. When he cooks, you can help out and observe by his side, but you cannot cause him any trouble, understand?"

"Yes! Thank you, Aunt Su Wan!"

Sheng Le also looked at the little girl with complicated emotions. Previously he thought she was the daughter of the Insectoid Commander and must be spoiled and unreasonable.

On top of that, there was her mother’s reputation.

The inherent bias made Sheng Le dislike the little girl.

But now it seemed... the little girl was quite pitiful, burdened with a mother like that.

Not to mention, now that Su Wan had spoken, Sheng Le eventually nodded and said, "Okay, but I only come over two days a week."

"Thank you, Master!" The little girl immediately bowed deeply to Sheng Le in gratitude.

With the matter perfectly resolved, Su Wan turned and left; there were still a pile of things to take care of at home.

As for Su Yao, she happily returned to her dormitory. Because of her injured hand, the manager had given her a day off.

But when she entered her room, she saw a wing fragment the size of a fingernail on the ground, which carried a familiar scent.

Su Yao suddenly looked up and saw Xi Le closing the doors and windows carefully, avoiding the other people in the restaurant.

"Dad!" The little girl was excited. After all, it was her first time being away from her family for so long.

Xi Le felt very conflicted as he hugged his daughter who had thrown herself into his arms. He said with difficulty, "Yaoyao, you don’t have to worry. No matter what, Dad can definitely support you."

"I know, but what if something happens to you? Look, your wings are shedding. Are you getting old, Dad?"

"..."

All traces of sympathy and emotion vanished in an instant.

Xi Le cleared his throat, "How are you doing here? You don’t have to bother with your mother. If you don’t like it here, I can take you back right away."

Su Yao shook her head, "I won’t go back. It’s quite nice here, and the people at the Su Family Restaurant are good to me too. If I go back, I’ll just have to listen to my mother nagging again. Dad, actually, after spending some time here, I’ve come to understand that Mom is also very attached to this place, but she made too many mistakes before and can’t come back. By staying here, I guess I’m indirectly fulfilling her dream of returning to her homeland."