This was a very unique turtle. Le Yao put aside the small piece of cracked eggshell, then lifted up the turtle egg to peer carefully into the crack. He realized that the color of this guy's shell was not the green he had seen on Earth before, nor fully gray or black. The head was indeed black, but the shell was an opaque jelly pink, with two little red flowers on it…
This reminded Le Yao of a time in his previous life when he had seen some small colored turtles being sold in a park, but those had been deliberately painted by the stall owner to attract the attention of passersby. But, this little turtle was very amazing. He was born with a naturally beautiful pattern on its shell.
"Leslie, what kind of turtle is this? Do you know why the General would gift this to me?" asked Le Yao, whilst holding a turtle that had not yet fully climbed out from the shell.
"Yes, Madam. This kind of turtle was originally named the Fu Lai turtle. Later, it was discovered that the little red flower on its back was very similar to the flower 'Qing Nuo'; so it is also called the Qing Nuo turtle. Qing Nuo flowers only bloom once in a lifetime and each plant only grows a pair of flowers. Interestingly, if one of them withers or is destroyed, the other will also die quickly. In flower language, this flower represents 'a lifetime companion.'"
"Ah, do all Qing Nuo turtles have this color?"
"No. They have other colors too. This one is for females, and males have a different color."
"That can't be right. Even the Internet doesn't have records of this kind of turtle egg." If it hadn't been for the colorful outer shell, he might have been able to guess that it was a turtle egg, but he hadn't even considered the possibility because it was just too fancy.
Leslie suddenly stopped talking.
Le Yao poked the communicator, "Leslie?"
"Madam, the General didn't tell me anything about it, so I can't guess what he meant," said Leslie.
Hmm. Could these eggs have been painted with color? He had searched the Internet for information on the Qing Nuo turtle, but the eggshell images online all showed an ordinary white egg. So why? Just to prevent him from discovering it was a turtle egg? What other reason could there be?
In any case, it was quite fun. Le Yao guessed that Xu Yao had sent him the turtles, firstly to occupy him and keep him company, and then also for convenience. This little turtle wasn't like a kitten or puppy; whilst the latter were also very cute, they might not be able to adapt to the Huaxia's high temperatures.
Le Yao carefully placed the egg back into the small box. He had previously read on the Internet that it was better not to put newly hatched turtles into water immediately. Instead, just like how humans left a baby's navel to grow well by itself, turtles should be left in their eggshell to absorb the yolk first. Thinking to this point, he put the eggshell pieces back together. As for the other eggs, he felt it should be fine not to take any more photos. One of them hatched as a turtle, so the rest should also be turtles, right?
Le Yao browsed online before buying a beautiful crystal turtle tank, pebbles and turtle food. After that, with his light brain, he used his student ID to log into the online classroom to ensure there weren't any problems with his registration. Then, he browsed around and ordered some clothes. He bought a couple's set of summer pajamas and some loose-fitting clothes from the local mall, so it only took one hour for the delivery to arrive at his door.
It didn't take long to arrange the clothes in the wardrobe, but the sky gradually darkened, as if it was going to rain. Le Yao asked the intelligent chef to make him a large plate of fruit salad, cake and a cup of warm milk.
Recently, he was eating more and more, and his mouth didn't remain idle for the whole day. He had eaten four full meals, not to mention the countless times he ate snacks. He seemed to be getting lazy and liked moving around less and less.
"Isn't that normal? Your body is instinctively saving energy." Xiang Xing smiled and said, "Did you sleep this afternoon?"
"No." In the morning, he had gone to school, and then to the mall, before returning home to play with the eggs and purchase more things on the Internet. There had been no time to take a nap.
"I think you're tired. Don't wait for that boy and go to sleep. It's going to rain soon. Mom is here with you."
"No, it's okay, Mom."
"Yes, sleep. Someone told me that his wife doesn't like rainy days. He must accompany his wife to sleep on such days." Xiang Xing lovingly patted Le Yao's hand and sat to the side with a smile. "Go to sleep, we'll leave only when Xu Yao returns."
Ordinary people would feel strange being patted to sleep by a ghost, but Le Yao felt only warmth. He didn't object any more. He gradually closed his eyes while briefly thinking about the things he had to do the next day, and eventually fell asleep.
At eight o'clock the next morning, Le Yao signed in for his online class, while Xu Yao continued to maintain his streak of leaving early and returning late. After a few days, three more little turtles had hatched from the eggs; including the original one, there were four in total, three females and one male. The male turtle had a light blue shell and a little red flower on it. It was cute.
Le Yao waited for a suitable amount of time before placing them into the turtle tank. Some of these little guys were very lively. They moved around freely in the tank, making him wonder when the last two eggs would hatch from their shells.
Strangely enough, although the remaining two eggs were the largest of them all, they hatched the latest. Le Yao observed them closely for the nth time during his lunch break and still didn't see any movements from them. They just didn't seem to want to come out!
"Get out of my way!" A sudden sharp shout came from outside the door.
"Esteemed Madam, this is the General's mansion, bestowed upon him personally by the Emperor. You are not permitted to enter as you wish. I repeat, you are not welcome here," announced the Guard Captain with anger.
"Hmph, I don't have to go in. You, let Le Yao come out for me!" Jiang Xinduo's face was pale, with two large black circles under her eyes. She looked at the guards gloomily. She seemed to be totally different from before.
Le Yao stood at the window, watching for a while before leisurely walking out.
"Ah, I was wondering who it was. So it turned out to be Aunt Xin. Do you have something you need me for?"
Jiang Xinduo asked, "Doesn't it have something to do with you? Wasn't it you who told your father to not let me go home?"
Le Yao and Jiang Xinduo maintained a distance of about five or six meters from each other. The guards didn't intend to let Jiang Xinduo in at all. After hearing her words, he just smiled, "You are really interesting. I asked him to do that? If he won't let you go home, you have to ask him for the reason. What's the use of looking for me?"
Jiang Xinduo yelled unreasonably, "I don't care! It must have been you. You want me to divorce him! Also, you should keep that man away from me! Stay away from me!" After shouting, Jiang Xinduo's trembling hand pointed at Le Yao, and she continued, "Don't think I don't know what your intentions for sending that ghost are! I'm telling you, you won't succeed!"
"I don't know what you're talking about," replied Le Yao. "Who is that ghost? Is there someone around you?"
Upon hearing this, Jiang Xinduo suddenly felt numb, as if she had been electrified. She looked around nervously for a while before remembering that it was daytime. She didn't have to be afraid because Zheng Yiyang couldn't appear at this time. So, she yelled at Le Yao again, "You, just you wait!"
Her eyes seemed to be spitting out fire. If her gaze could be given substance, he was afraid that he would have been cut by thousands of knives already.
Le Yao watched as Jiang Xinduo boarded her hover car and asked Han Mo, "Brother Han, hasn't Jiang Xinduo been living at the Jiang Family's house recently? Do you know why she wants to go back home suddenly?"
Han Mo replied, "She has gone crazy during this period of time, to the point that she can't differentiate between black or white. The Jiang Family couldn't stand it anymore and tried to send her back home. However, that day, General Le had a meeting in the Hall of the Great Moon, and when he returned at night only to see his wife toss from side to side, it made him feel queasy. So he also tried to send her away to the Jiang Family's house. Frankly speaking, neither side wants to see her now."
Le Yao then understood. Perhaps, because Zheng Yiyang had accompanied Jiang Xinduo to the Jiang Family house, Le Feishan could hide quietly. So he didn't want to let Jiang Xinduo come back, he didn't want to return to the restless nights when he couldn't sleep well at all.
I thought their relationship was good, but it was just this much.
Le Yao sighed in his heart, and grew increasingly disgusted with Le Feishan.
Le Feishan didn't have it easy either. Since the time he had offended the Davis Family in the Hall of the Great Moon, Old Davis and Grand Marshal Koncz hadn't given him much face, which in turn caused him a lot of stress. Although, due to the current situation, Old Davis and Grand Marshal Koncz didn't intentionally make him wear tight shoes, it was just a matter of time. As Aldrich had still not been released since being taken into custody, these two people were very angry with him. He really was in a bad situation now. Even if Zheng Yiyang didn't visit at night, he would still be unable to sleep peacefully.
Not to mention, he was burdened with the regret of not having treated Le Yao better from the beginning itself. Otherwise, he wouldn't have ended up in such dire straits today.
The onlookers were not stupid either. At first, they were unsure about Xu Yao's attitude towards Le Feishan and the Jiang Family, but now they could clearly see that Xu Yao had no intention of making friends with either of them. Otherwise, with Le Tianyu's death, how could they not pay them any attention? Moreover, they now had less contact compared to before any of these situations unfolded.
Analyzing to this point, people with good vision could see that Xu Yao treated Le Yao like a treasure. Considering Le Feishan and Jiang Xinduo's attitude towards Le Yao, it would be strange if Xu Yao made 'good friends' with the both of them. Previously, people unaware about the internal details had only sympathized with Le Feishan. It wasn't easy to be a father to a problematic son after all. But now, ah, they could see that there were reasons behind it.
"This afternoon, Le Feishan also hinted that he wanted to see you, but I refused." Xu Yao said from the bathroom, "The conference will last about three more days. By now, the majority of the problems have been settled. We'll leave as soon as we're done here."
"Alright." Le Yao was sprawled out on the bed. "Ah, I want to play in the cold shed."
"Your clothes…" Coming out from the bathroom, Xu Yao saw that, unexpectedly, Le Yao hadn't changed into the newly bought pajamas. "They seem to be mine?"
"En." Le Yao looked down at the white short-sleeved T-shirt on his body, "It smells like you, so it's comfortable to wear. It also feels better than the newly bought pajamas. It belongs to me now."
"Are you sure the smell on those clothes can satisfy you?"
Le Yao sat up and hooked his finger towards Xu Yao. "Husband, come here."
Xu Yao sat down beside him on the bed with a "Hmm?"
Le Yao climbed up and straddled Xu Yao's lap. He lifted his clothes up and faced Xu Yao's abdominal muscles with his bulging bare stomach.
Xu Yao: "…you're playing with fire."
Le Yao: "Shh!"
Xu Yao: "???"
Le Yao hugged Xu Yao and laid his head on Xu Yao's shoulder without speaking.
After a while, Xu Yao suddenly felt his abdominal muscles being kicked by a small force!
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Babies: Let's say hello to Dad first, so that we can ride wildly on his head later! Ha ha ha~~
Ahhh, they're kicking, kicking~~ so cute~~