My Husband, a Marshal: Conquering the Stars with My Culinary Arts-Chapter 554 - 187: The Old Father_2
However, the Sun Family is a literary aristocratic family. When he was young, he was groomed as a future literati, a calm and gentle young man, even his walking exuded quiet elegance.
Sandbox? Mud puddle? He barely stepped into them at that time!
The family’s constraints on Sun Mulin loosened as he gradually made clear his intention to enter the entertainment industry, marking his departure from the family’s traditional path. But actually, anyone who was an early fan of Sun Mulin would know that he was much more refined than he is now, completely different from the flamboyant Sun Mulin of today!
After entering the entertainment industry, Sun Mulin spent most of his time on his career, with the remaining leisure time divided between accompanying his family or gathering with Ke Lian and a few other brothers.
Sun Mulin had almost forgotten the last time he played in a sandbox. It seemed... today was his first time playing?
Ke Lian was not very familiar with the younger Sun Mulin but knew a bit about him. Upon hearing this, he suddenly felt the old fatherly instinct rising within him again, and he sympathetically patted Sun Mulin’s shoulder: "Then continue playing for a while. Just clean yourself up before coming inside, there’s a temporary washroom next to the house."
Sun Mulin couldn’t help but laugh, unsure whether to be happy that Ke Lian agreed to let him continue playing in the sandbox or sad because he remembered to ask him to clean the sand off.
"Alright, I got it." Sun Mulin replied helplessly and, turning to look at the sandbox on the ground, felt a sense of eagerness. Although his fort and sandbox didn’t look very good, he believed practice makes perfect; he would definitely succeed!
Ke Lian no longer paid attention to Sun Mulin, who crawled back into the sandbox seemingly intent on burying himself. He turned and helped Du Xixi up, guiding her back inside the house: "The wind is getting strong outside, let’s go in to rest for a bit."
Du Xixi nodded, placing her hand in Ke Lian’s palm. The couple walked inside together, the blowing heater warming her already warm body even more. She sighed in contentment as she collapsed onto the sofa.
The live stream followed Sun Mulin, who was so engrossed with the sandbox that he could not come in anytime soon. Du Xixi naturally did not need to worry about this unseemly side being seen by outsiders, she was completely relaxed.
Ke Lian went over to hold her, her soft body leaning against his firm chest. This was a scene Ke Lian could not have imagined before, but after being with Du Xixi, it had become his everyday life: "Xixi, Sun Mulin didn’t bother you, did he? He’s been bothering you for nearly a day, according to the trending searches."
"No, Sun Mulin is interesting to speak to. After lunch, he went off to play with the sandbox, so I have been carefree." Du Xixi didn’t mind the kind of liveliness that didn’t annoy people, and naturally wouldn’t dislike Sun Mulin who brought this liveliness to the Ke Family. So what’s there to dislike?
Ke Lian lowered his head to rub Du Xixi’s forehead, their smooth foreheads almost aligned. With a slight upward glance, their gazes would meet.
This should have been embarrassing, but between spouses, such feelings are secondary, with sweetness coming first. Du Xixi smiled slightly, wrapping her arms around Ke Lian’s neck and giving him a kiss on his cheek, softly saying: "I don’t know what you’ve been busy with lately, nor do I feel capable of helping you, but remember that if you’re tired, come home—I’ll be here waiting for you."
Du Xixi was very self-aware. Her only expertise was in culinary art; in other fields, there were always people better than her, and she never let herself get a big head.
She wasn’t a qualified traditional supportive wife, but she had shoulders that could temporarily provide Ke Lian with a place to breathe. Should he need them, he could lean on her.
Ke Lian paused, seeing the sincerity in Du Xixi’s eyes, realizing she had discerned his heavy heart. Smiling lightly, he hesitated inwardly but ultimately decided not to hide his latest troubles from Du Xixi and softly confessed: "Xixi, I am a soldier, responsible for fighting the Insect Clan on the battlefield and safeguarding the Empire’s stability. But now, with their army once again surrounding the Empire’s borders, I most likely will be sent to the front lines, and I am worried..."
The Insect Clan has always been the enemy of All-Star, possessing immense destructive power and reproductive ability. Almost after a large-scale thermal weapon extermination, they would reappear in a short time, often with numbers no less than before the extermination.
