Chapter 203 Different Dads, Different Education
Sang Luo: "Don't try to argue, your mother saw it."
Zhenzhen shuffled her claws on the ground and said softly, "But didn't Mommy say I couldn't use my innate abilities?"
"Your brother is just playing with you, not trying to fight you to the death. Did you see your brother use his innate abilities on you?"
"Even if he did, he couldn't beat me." She retorted unhappily, "Anyway, I'm the most amazing number one."
Sang Luo pressed her forehead, speechless. Zhenzhen was indeed the child with the best innate talent she had given birth to. Merfolk were not royal beasts with divine beast blood, and the talents of the child in her womb might not necessarily be better than hers.
This child had been cherished and spoiled by Si Jiong and the clan since she was little, never receiving a scolding. Her personality was inevitably too competitive. No wonder Si Ye insisted on taking her to his side to raise himself.
She might suffer a loss in this regard in the future.
Simply blaming her would be counterproductive. She should just slowly nurture her.
"Of course, Mommy hopes that her precious daughter will be as outstanding as possible. Mommy also encourages you to be the best in everything, but your brother is your family. Innate abilities are not for family members, but for enemies outside, understand?" Sang Luo softened her tone, "What if your brother gets hurt? Your brother likes you so much and gave you so many toys. Do you want your brother to get hurt?"
Zhenzhen shook her head, "I don't want my brother to get hurt. I just wanted to win against him. I didn't expect him to get hurt."
"You must think twice before you act in the future, and don't be so impulsive."
"Okay, I understand, Mommy."
After returning to the City Lord's mansion, Zhenzhen jumped out of her arms, took a small box from her space, and went to apologize to Little Stone.
"Dinner's ready!" Lan Cang shouted towards the courtyard.
He made more than a dozen dishes: sweet and sour pork ribs, stir-fried green peppers with meat, squirrel-shaped mandarin fish, fish-flavored shredded pork… a combination of meat and vegetables, with a wonderful color, aroma, and taste.
Sang Luo ate a mouthful of rice and a mouthful of vegetables, enjoying it immensely.
Over the years, her favorite was still his cooking. He had been seriously studying her tastes.
"When will you let A Ze come over and learn a few tricks from you!"
Lan Cang was warming a milk bottle for Little Zhenzhen. He looked over and said, "The Sea Emperor used to come here often to ask about your tastes."
"I knew it. How could his cooking skills improve so rapidly?" Sang Luo lightly tapped the little claws that Zhui Zhui stretched out with her chopsticks and put several large pieces of sweet and sour pork ribs into the cubs' bowls. "Aren't you afraid that he'll learn all your best skills? That would really be teaching your apprentice and starving your master."
"I spend less time by your side. If there's one more person to take good care of you, I'll feel at ease." Lan Cang raised his eyebrows and smiled, "If you really want to come, you'll come no matter how good or bad my cooking is. If you don't want to come back…"
"I want to come back!"
"Okay, whenever you want to come back, I'll be here."
After dinner, the three little cubs took the initiative to clean up the table, which made Sang Luo feel flattered. "You guys go out and play. Let Mommy and Daddy clean up."
"Mommy and Daddy should go rest. This work is very simple. We can do it." Little Zhi Xin wagged his tail and wiped the table clean.
Little Stone and Zhui Zhui were clearing the dishes and washing the dishes.
The three cubs had a clear division of labor.
Sang Luo looked at Lan Cang and sighed, "These three cubs were the naughtiest when they were little. I didn't expect them to become more and more well-behaved and sensible as they grew up."
Lan Cang said, "The cub stage is the time to cultivate character. Doing some chores within their capabilities can also exercise themselves, avoid impetuosity, and when they grow up and do things, they will be more down-to-earth and steady, know what they want, and be able to endure their temperament to work hard to pursue it."
Sang Luo nodded and looked at Little Zhenzhen, who was lazily sleeping in her arms after dinner. Different dads really raised different children.
After dinner, the cubs were also sleepy and went back to their rooms to sleep.
Lan Cang originally wanted to arrange a separate room for Little Zhenzhen, but Sang Luo said to let her sleep with her three older brothers and sisters to cultivate their relationship, so Lan Cang took Little Zhenzhen to the wolf cubs' room to sleep on a big bed.
The cubs were sleeping sprawled out in all directions. Zhi Xin's hind claws were almost reaching into Zhui Zhui's mouth.
Sang Luo touched the four cubs and smiled with satisfaction. After turning off the lights, she and Lan Cang gently closed the door and went back to their room to rest.
Lan Cang let her lie flat on the bed and carefully covered her with the quilt.
Sang Luo's belly was very big, and he didn't dare to hug her. He lay by her side, looking at her gently, as if he couldn't get enough of looking at her.
Sang Luo turned slightly, took his slender and broad palm, and squeezed it, "Some time ago, I videoed with the children and heard them say that you led the team to excavate and discovered the Earth Core Fire."
"Yes, it's on a plain a hundred miles away from Breaking Ice City. It's not difficult to excavate." Lan Cang carefully told her the whole story, "Originally, a team of earth-type beastmen accidentally discovered underground fire energy during excavation. They thought there were fire-attribute ores below, but they didn't expect to discover that an escaped Earth Core Fire Seed had escaped after continuing to excavate. If used properly, it might improve the environment in some areas of the Northern Continent."
Sang Luo was quite interested in this Earth Core Fire Seed. The next morning, after breakfast, Lan Cang took her to the plain.
Several meters of ice melted, revealing moist, dark brown soil, with faint sprouts of tender green weeds.
There was a giant pit in front, with no end in sight, and thousands of beastmen were working hard to mine.
Little Zhenzhen suddenly jumped out of Sang Luo's arms and jumped into the pit.
Sang Luo, Lan Cang, and the surrounding beastmen were all startled.
She used her mental power to see that the giant pit was extremely deep, estimated to be tens of thousands of meters, and the temperature below was extremely high, with flowing magma surging at the bottom.
It turned out to be an underground dormant volcano.
Beastmen other than the fire type could not get close and could only use specific excavation tools.
Little Zhenzhen was soaking in the magma and surprisingly enjoying it.
Sang Luo breathed a sigh of relief and wondered, "Strange, Little Zhenzhen is not a fire-type beastman either. How come she's not having any problems at all?"
Lan Cang thought for a while, "Is her father a fire-type beastman?"
"I guess so. He has two beast forms, one of which is a fire phoenix."
"That's right. Zhenzhen didn't awaken her fire-type talent when she was born, but she has the recessive fire-type talent genes left by her father's phoenix body. There's a chance that it will be stimulated in the acquired environment… This may be an opportunity for Little Zhenzhen."
Sang Luo originally wanted to pull the child back, but after hearing what Lan Cang said, she was not in a hurry, "Then let her soak for a while and come back to take a look in a few days."
Lan Cang nodded, took out a Qiankun bag and handed it to Sang Luo, "I settled the accounts last night. The beast crystals earned in the past two years, excluding the ones used for me and the children to cultivate, as well as the expenses in the city, the remaining beast crystals are all here. Raising this child of yours costs more beast crystals than Little Stone did at that time… Besides these, I can't help you with anything else."
Sang Luo accepted the Qiankun bag and kissed him on the face, "Cang Cang will always be my pillar behind me."
"Then stay a few more days." He whispered.
"Okay, I came back this time to accompany you and the children anyway."
Saying that she would stay for a few days, Little Zhenzhen never came out, and Sang Luo stayed in the City Lord's Mansion for a month.
One morning, she finally ran back.
Her appearance had changed drastically.
Sang Luo almost didn't recognize her.
