Chapter 1166: The Gift is Heavy, the Affection is Heavy! (Bonus Update)
After the selection ended, after a round of screening, the newly recruited students were less than three thousand!
The rest were either eliminated or weeded out!
The mentors and Qin Shou and the others had all returned to the academy, and on the way, they gave the new students two days off to prepare for enrollment!
Those who weren't selected naturally went back to their own homes, each to find their own mothers!
Jiangnan, on the other hand, went to Kun City with Shanmao and Luo Tianqing!
Even Luo Changge and Bei Bei shamelessly tagged along!
Shanmao drove the car while heading towards the Luo family residence.
The ride was a bit bumpy because all four tires had blown out!
At this moment, Jiangnan was feeling a little nervous inside!
Going to meet Shanmao Jie's parents?
Just thinking about it made Jiangnan feel flustered!
(•︠～•︡) "Mm... did you hear what I said?"
Saying this, Shanmao's face turned red like crazy.
Jiangnan nodded slightly, a bit distracted.
The Luo family wanted to set him and Shanmao up to become a family.
Then complete the Spirit Muscle Jade Bone, so even if he learned it, it would still be within the family.
It was basically like firmly tying him to the Luo family's war chariot!
Jiangnan was speechless.
Why are these aristocratic families all the same?
Sending a wife as soon as they meet? The Chen family sent Chen Xi, and the Luo family went so far as to bring out Shanmao!
On one hand, there was her grandfather who was about to die, and on the other, there was himself. These days...
Shanmao Jie must have had a hard time, right?
Seeing Jiangnan distracted, Shanmao said nervously, "Then... what are you thinking?"
Before Jiangnan could speak, Luo Changge in the back seat stuck his head out.
(๑ิᗜิ) "What else could he think? Who would refuse a beautiful wife handed to them for free? Right, Nan Shen?"
"Going back this time, we'll directly eat the wedding candy, huh? Then won't I be your brother-in-law? Ehehe~"
"You dared to hit your brother-in-law? Nan Shen, you're pretty cocky, huh?"
Jiangnan finally snapped back to reality.
Damn! If this really happened, this guy would actually become his brother-in-law!
At this moment, Shanmao's face was red enough to bleed. She gripped the steering wheel so hard it creaked.
And Luo Tianqing, who was lying on the car roof, hung her head upside down.
(˃̣̣̥᷄╭╮˂̣̣̥᷅) "That's right, that's right! Your sister-in-law wants a piece of candy and you won't even give it? Just be stingy!"
"When the time comes, I'll make sure to give you a hard time, got it?"
Shanmao gritted her teeth and slammed on the brakes!
Due to inertia, Luo Changge's body was thrown forward and wedged right into the front seat!
Shanmao grabbed Luo Changge's head and slammed it into the center console repeatedly!
A loud "bang bang bang" sounded, and the center console cracked!
(งᵒ̌皿ᵒ̌)ง "You talk! Say it again?"
Luo Changge quickly begged for mercy.
(;꒦ິ།།Д།꒦ີ) "Cousin! I was wrong! I was wrong!"
Meanwhile, Luo Tianqing was thrown off the car roof by the inertia, crashing to the ground.
Shanmao floored the accelerator, nearly shoving it into the fuel tank, and ran right over Luo Tianqing's leg!
Luo Tianqing desperately clung to the hood!
(‧̣̥̇#ŏ口ŏ#‧̣̥̇) "Don't be so violent! With a personality like this, who would dare marry you?"
Shanmao glared: (◦͡’~͡’◦) "You keep talking!"
The SUV's rims scraped against the ground, throwing sparks!
Pedestrians on the street watched this scene in terror!
"Should... should we call the police? That's way too brutal, right?"
Jiangnan's mouth twitched: (•́ω•̀٥) "Calm down... let's talk about it when we get home, okay?"
Shanmao was already thin-skinned, and those two were fanning the flames. Asking for trouble!
The car drove all the way to the north of Kun City.
It slowly stopped at the entrance. Luo Tianqing had been hanging on the bumper the whole way back!
As soon as the car stopped, thick white smoke billowed from the engine!
Two people stood at the door. One was tall, probably over two meters, with a ruddy face and firm features, though he had quite a few wrinkles.
He must have been handsome in his youth!
Next to him stood a woman, exceptionally well-maintained, also about one meter ninety, looking like an international supermodel.
She had slightly wavy long hair and looked at Jiangnan with smiling eyes.
(◞･᷅◡･᷄) (*⁰̷̴͈◡⁰̷̴͈)
Luo Yuhui and Yun Jin had been waiting at the door!
Seeing Jiangnan get out of the car, they came over with beaming smiles!
"Haha! My good son-in-law! I've been waiting for you day and night! Finally, you're here!"
"I heard something happened at the Ant Nest Maze. You weren't too exhausted or anything, right?"
As he spoke, he walked over with "thud thud thud" steps, making the ground shake!
Jiangnan's forehead was covered in sweat.
So these were Shanmao Jie's parents?
Luo Yuhui was at Starlight Six level, and his weight was probably even more terrifying than Luo Tianqing's!
And Yun Jin was at Starlight One level!
Yun Jin came over and grabbed Jiangnan's hand, full of fondness in her eyes.
(٥⁼̴ㅂ⁼̴)۶٩(ᵒ̴̶̷ヮᵒ̴̶̷๑)
"Look at this fine young man! So handsome! Xiao Hong has good taste! Mom really likes him!"
Luo Tianqing was snickering on the side!
(˵ಡกಡ˵) Giggle giggle giggle~
Luo Changge greeted, "Hello, Uncle and Auntie!"
Jiangnan was clearly flustered by the enthusiasm!
୧(･᷄ㅂ･᷅) "Hello, Uncle and Auntie!"
Luo Yuhui glared: (͡ಠʖ̯͡ಠ) "Nonsense! What uncle? Call me Dad!"
Jiangnan's mouth twitched.
This was the first person to openly take advantage of him that he couldn't just crack over the head!
Shanmao's face was red enough to bleed!
(⑉Ծ﹏Ծ⑉) "Dad! Mom! If you two keep this up, I'll take Xiao Nan and leave right now! I'll never come back!"
This was too embarrassing!
What would Xiao Nan think of me?
Luo Yuhui's smile froze: "Ah ha... ah haha... The girl is shy! Come on! Let's talk inside!"
With that, he led Jiangnan into the house!
And seeing Jiangnan arrive, many people in the Luo family courtyard gathered around!
Luo Changge's parents also came!
The Luo family had seven siblings in total! Five sons and two daughters!
Luo Yuhui was clearly the eldest!
The whole Luo family was experiencing a small earthquake!
It felt like the entire villa was shaking! Not to mention anything else, the seismic rating of the Luo family's building must be top-notch globally!
Looking around, except for some children and elderly people in steel-tracked wheelchairs, no one was shorter than one meter eighty!
Jiangnan swallowed hard.
A whole family of heavyweight figures!
As soon as they entered the house and sat down, Luo Yuhui warmly pulled Jiangnan to sit beside him!
The other Luo family siblings also gathered around!
"Haha! We've long heard of Nan Shen's reputation! Indeed, seeing is believing!"
"Got to hand it to you! Xiao Hong's partner is really handsome!"
"Successful at a young age — that's what a young man like Jiangnan is, right?"
Jiangnan scratched his head, looking embarrassed: "Well... this is my first time here, and I didn't bring Uncle and Auntie any gifts."
"Just a little token of my appreciation. Please don't mind it, just accept it."
With that, he pulled two large gold bricks engraved with hundred-fold weight-increasing runes from the alternate dimension and handed them to Luo Yuhui and Yun Jin!
୧(๑⁼̴◡⁼̴)ᓄ-`/¯¯\´-`×2
As soon as the two gold bricks appeared, the entire reception room fell silent!
Everyone's mouths twitched. This gift was really crude, wasn't it?
Bringing two large gold bricks as a door gift?
The couple's faces stiffened as soon as they took them!
Runed with weight-increasing spells?
If they didn't have some skill, they really wouldn't be able to catch them!
And why did they have to engrave runes on them? Was this "the gift is heavy, the affection is heavy"?
Shanmao was stunned when she saw Jiangnan pull out two gold bricks!
This was the first time she had seen Xiao Nan give gold bricks to someone else!
For Jiang Pichi, the importance of gold bricks went without saying — they were his life! His life!
But now he was actively giving two gold bricks to her parents? It showed how much Xiao Nan valued this!
Luo Yuhui laughed heartily!
"Oh my god! You came! And you even brought the bride price?"
Yun Jin smiled too: "Our family doesn't stand on such formalities. As long as you're good to Xiao Hong, that's..."
Before she could finish, Shanmao suddenly stood up from her chair, her delicate fists clenched, eyes slightly red!
The room fell silent again, all eyes on Shanmao!
Shanmao quickly walked up to Jiangnan, grabbed his hand, and turned to head toward the side hall!
"Come with me!"
Jiangnan was practically dragged away by Shanmao!
In the reception room, the atmosphere suddenly became tense!
Luo Yuhui swallowed nervously!
(๑◔﹏◔ิ) "Wife, Xiao Hong isn't going to run away with Jiangnan, is she?"
Yun Jin ground her teeth: (｀⌒´メ) "It's all your fault! Why did you mention the bride price? Don't you know Xiao Hong has been thin-skinned since she was little?"
"Wait till I come back — I'll beat you to death!"
Luo Tianqing giggled slyly: "Let's go take a look, shall we?"
So she crept toward the side hall, with Luo Changge, Bei Bei, and the others curiously following behind!
They quietly opened the door a crack!
Heads piled on top of each other as they peeked inside!
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Luo Changge was crushed at the bottom, his face red, his expression extremely pained!
"No, no, I'm about to be crushed to death! Don't lean on me! Pwaah~"
Who knows how much weight those several people added up to?
Luo Tianqing was completely focused, covering Luo Changge's mouth!
"Shh~ Keep it down! Don't get caught!"
In the side hall, Shanmao looked seriously into Jiangnan's eyes, her expression gloomy!
"Don't listen to my parents' nonsense. They're just messing around. Sorry for putting you in a difficult position!"
"I knew this would happen, so I didn't want to ask for your help. But Grandpa, he..."
Jiangnan cupped Shanmao's face in his hands and gave a bright smile!
"What others say doesn't matter. The most important thing is you. What do you think?"
Shanmao was taken aback, her delicate fists clenched: "Marriage and stuff are too unrealistic. I don't have that idea yet."
"Besides, I'm not an object, nor a tool for trade."
"I think I'm fine just the way I am."
Saying this, Shanmao suddenly realized she had misspoken and quickly explained!
୧(⁎˃﹏˂⁎)୨ "Don't get me wrong! I'm not saying I don't like you, or that I don't want to marry you!"
"You are especially great. You're the best person I've ever met. Since I left home, you're the one who's treated me the best!"
"You mean so much to me—so much that I even dream about you!"
"I once thought that meeting you back then used up all the luck in my life!"
After saying this, Shanmao suddenly covered her mouth!
(٥ᵒ̌ლᵒ̌)‼
Damn it! What was she even saying?
Not disliking — so that meant she liked him?
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Author's Note: