40. Sweetener at Granny Mary's house
After Ludwig got off the hovercar, he was dragged into the candy store by Granny Maria, and Shen Ling, who had not figured out what the current situation was, was dragged away.
Hicks and Iggy, who wanted to come in with them, were blocked by Granny Maria's assistant, the able-bodied Orange Girl.
"Where is that old woman taking Her Highness?" Hicks, with a black face, shouted in anger, "Do you know who you offended? It's the third prince of the empire, His Royal Highness Ludwig! Hurry up and release Your Highness, or I'll have to inform the palace guards!" ”
The orange girl was a head taller than Hicks, and she was as big as a hill, and she completely blocked Hicks who wanted to break in. She stared at her big bulging eyes and scolded in a rough voice: "Even Arthur the Great doesn't dare to call his mother-in-law 'old woman' here, what are you, get out of here!" ”
Hicks, who had never been so wronged, was so angry that his lips were trembling, but now that His Highness and his followers were not here, no one could stand up for him. He could only take a breath and retreat to the black hovercar that Ludwig had parked in front of the candy store.
Naturally, Iggy didn't bother himself, and he could see at a glance that the orc form of the woman with the body of a mountain was a big black bear. Although it was not much more difficult to kill this woman than to pinch an ant to death as long as he wanted to, he would never do such a thing that wasted his time and energy. For him, there is only one person who can arouse his interest, and his precious time and energy can only be wasted on this person.
He squeezed out of the crowd and randomly found a bench for tourists to take a break on College Street and sat down to wait for Shen Ling.
He thought about it, the attitude of His Highness Ludwig and the old woman in the form of an orc with a blue bird towards Shen Ling was very strange, maybe he could investigate it a little......
Because of the previous farce, and the popularity of the protagonist of the farce. There was a circle of people gathered in front of the candy store, which was already crowded, and most of these onlookers were students who had come to College Street after the exam, and when they heard that their idol His Royal Highness Ludwig had appeared here, they hurriedly gathered around them.
The students gathered more and more, and the orange girl had no choice but to close the door early and set up a transparent shield to prevent theft.
On the other side, on the second floor of the candy store at Granny Maria's house.
After his mother-in-law poured Ludwig a large cup of tea with a terrible taste, Ludwig, who was filled with his brain by the strange smell, finally completely regained his senses. Then the mother-in-law pressed his shoulders and let him sit on a cushioned mahogany bench.
Shen Ling was pushed by his mother-in-law to sit down on the chair opposite Ludwig, and when he raised his head slightly, his eyes met Ludwig's. Ludwig habitually showed his signature charming smile, but Shen Ling awkwardly avoided Ludwig's gaze and looked down at his fingers in a daze.
This strange development made Shen Ling feel uneasy, and he wanted to leave, but Granny Maria was an old man who was so strong that he couldn't say no.
The current situation was also very embarrassing for Ludwig, and the teenager in front of him was no stranger to him - he had hugged and kissed people (well, he admitted, it tasted really good, very sweet, and he was willing to do it again). I also checked all the people's family backgrounds, can this still be called strange?
But it's definitely not familiar, he has never said more than five words to him, and he vaguely feels that the other party doesn't like him too much.
The strange thing is that he has always been particularly confident in his charm, why does he have such an instinct to cheat?
Ludwig was a little puzzled, and what made him even more incomprehensible was why he still felt that the millet mouse in Shen Ling's arms was a little familiar? It seems to be a bit like Chubby who has been following Xiaohei, but Chubby is pure white, and this millet mouse is cow-colored, not to mention, Chubby at this time should be as big as a seven or eight-year-old child.
Because it was not uncommon to keep Mickeymon as a pet in Kamilia, Ludwig didn't think much of it.
"Apologies!" The mother-in-law knocked on the wooden table between the two with a wooden cane, and said to Ludwig sternly.
Ludwig has been a little afraid of Granny Mary since he was a child, and it was indeed because he had done something wrong at this time, so he said to Shen Ling pitifully: "I'm sorry. ”
Granny Mary turned to Shen Ling, and as soon as she faced the old face that Granny Shen Ling was holding, she immediately softened, she squinted and smiled: "Ludwig, this kid didn't mean it, good boy, you don't mind." ”
No one understands better than Shen Ling why Ludwig became what he was before, if you really want to talk about it, in fact, Ludwig's abnormality is because of his fault, of course he won't blame him.
Shen Ling shook his head and said, "I'm fine, and I don't blame him." ”
The mother-in-law said happily: "What a good boy. She looked at Shen Ling kindly, the more she looked at this child, the more she liked it, it was so good to be such an obedient and gentle child.
At this time, another assistant of the mother-in-law, the slender Yuzu girl, brought refreshments - chocolate milk and cookies made by Granny Maria's house. From the moment the yuzu girl walked upstairs, the rich and sweet fragrance made the millet mouse in Shen Ling's arms jump and scream excitedly.
The mother-in-law personally brought the hot chocolate milk from the plate to Shen Ling, and then handed a cookie to the little fat who was about to fall off his saliva. Xiaopang took the biscuit and immediately ate it, and the biscuit crumbs were thrown all over Shen Ling's body.
While eating Chubby, I recalled with emotion that the last time I ate such delicious biscuits, it seems that it was given to it by Little Lori, where did Little Lori go? Chubby misses her very much. QAQ
"There is nothing else at my mother-in-law's house, there are still a lot of snacks and chocolate milk, eat more if you like, you're welcome." The mother-in-law took another biscuit and gave it to Chubby.
Chubby is going to fall in love with this generous old woman!
After picking up the cup and tasting it, Shen Ling was immediately intoxicated by the deliciousness of chocolate milk. He's a half-baked pastry chef himself, but he can't make such a reluctant chocolate milk.
Out of respect for his mother-in-law, Shen Ling sincerely praised this cup of chocolate milk. As soon as the mother-in-law was happy, she sat next to Shen Ling and took his hand and explained to him how to make this delicious chocolate milk.
Ludwig, who was sitting opposite Shen Ling, was obviously more intoxicated than Shen Ling, and when there was still half of the chocolate milk left in Shen Ling's cup, his cup was already empty. And while his mother-in-law was talking to Shen Ling, his hand kept reaching for the dim sum plate on the table, and after a while, he ate more than a dozen cookies. However, when stealing food, he still maintains a proper sitting posture and elegant eating appearance with a good upbringing.
The little chubby who jumped from Shen Ling's arms to the table and nibbled on the biscuits was not happy!
It only ate three pieces! This person is so annoying that he actually grabbed cookies with a millet mouse to eat!
So Chubby rushed to the snack plate, spread his little paws to protect the snack plate behind him, and viciously bared his teeth at the bastard who grabbed the biscuits.
Ludwig was amused by Chubby's appearance, grabbed it and teased it in his hand.
Shen Ling, who was grabbed by his mother-in-law and chatting, used his peripheral vision to see Ludwig grabbing Xiaopang and teasing. Ludwig looked normal, almost like the crazy one he had before, as if he had no effect on him anymore. Shen Ling was a little puzzled, but he didn't think much about it. In normal times, Ludwig was indeed a delicate and temperamental beauty, and just sitting there made people feel happy.
Granny Mary was also in a very happy mood, since she knew yesterday that she might have a grandson, Granny Mary has been in a state of extreme excitement and joy, and even so excited that she almost ran to her precious grandson to confess her relatives as soon as she got the news.
But under the persuasion of the assistants Tangerine and Yuzu, Mother-in-law Maria calmed down, took out her wisdom brain and carefully read the information passed to her by Fu Chenhui several times.
"Shen Ling, male, 21 years old, orphan, was taken in by Xiali Orphanage at the age of thirteen, and was found to have the potential to awaken soul power in the same year. At the age of 18, he left the Xiali Orphanage and worked at Duoman Cake Shop and Jingzhu Genting Restaurant, specializing in making zuò sweets......"
Seeing this, Granny Mary smiled knowingly. Her grandson, of course, must be good at making zuò sweets, and she will teach all her secret recipes for making zuò sweets to her precious grandson in the future.
At the same time, she felt distressed, if Shen Ling was really her grandson, then why did this child keep wandering?
And where did her son and daughter-in-law go?
Granny Mary lived so long that even she forgot her true age. She had only one son, a child who, like his deceased father, had an unparalleled talent for carving and mecha making, and who had been obsessed with the merfolk who had long disappeared from a very young age.
Having a crush on mermaids is an experience that almost every young boy will have when he grows up, so Granny Maria didn't care about her son's little hobbies at that time, until one day her son really brought back a mermaid daughter-in-law.
In addition to her staggering identity, her cold mermaid daughter-in-law is also the only high-level soul beast master in the empire who has two soul beasts at the same time. And because of her contribution to assisting Arthur the Great in seizing the throne, she also had the rank of general awarded by Arthur the Great himself, and was the only female general at that time.
To this day, the name Elena still has a significant influence in the Empire.
Mother-in-law Maria, who loved her son, was not optimistic about the marriage of her son and daughter-in-law. Traditionally, she believes that it is always bad for a woman to be too strong. But then she realized she was wrong. The daughter-in-law, who even seems to dislike her son a little, loves her son more than she seems.
The old and new dynasties alternated, and the remnants of the old dynasty created a frenzied explosion of terror/terror/attack/attack in the large shopping mall of Lane Cauver, the capital of Kamilia. At that time, her son was in a shopping mall at the center of the explosion, and it was her powerful daughter-in-law who braved the fire and poison gas to break in and bring her lover back alone, despite the obstruction of her subordinates.
For this reason, the skin on the daughter-in-law's fair arms and legs was burned extensively, and her beautiful long hair was completely destroyed. And her unassuming son passed out in the arms of his daughter-in-law, and because of his wife's protection, he was unscathed.
At that time, Granny Mary realized how powerful the mermaid's loyalty to love and her desire to protect her lover were.
Granny Maria looked at Shen Ling's cloudy eyes a little moist, and she might not have been sure before. But judging from Ludwig's reaction, she was now 80% sure that the child in front of her was her grandson, and that her grandson was probably still a mermaid like his mother, in the stage between adulthood and estrus.
Granny Maria's gaze was too eager, Shen Ling felt a little overwhelmed, and after drinking the last sip of chocolate milk, Shen Ling decided to leave.
Granny Maria didn't force him to stay, but just got up and rummaged around the house before walking to Shen Ling and stuffing him with a bag of candy, just like an ordinary grandmother stuffing candy into her grandson's pocket.
"Good boy, you are very talented, if you are willing, let your mother-in-law teach you how to make dim sum in the future, okay?"
Hearing this, Ludwig's jaw, who had been doing a large set next to him, was about to drop. Granny Mary wants to take in an apprentice? This news shocked him more than when his father sued him and he had a second brother!
What shocked him even more was that the other party even refused!
Shen Ling was not used to being treated too enthusiastically by others, but he could feel that the old woman in front of him was really good to him.
"Mother-in-law, thank you very much for looking up to me, but I'm afraid I won't have a lot of time to come to you to learn how to make zuò desserts in the future." He's about to be so poor that it's a serious thing to find a job with a good salary rather than learning art!
"It doesn't matter, when you want to come, your mother-in-law will teach you whenever you want." Mother-in-law Maria smiled gently, "If you like your mother-in-law's snacks, you are welcome to come and eat at any time, you can eat as much as you want, and your mother-in-law will not take your money." ”
Chubby was overjoyed to hear this! Free snacks! \\\\\\\\(^o^)/~
Thanking him again, Shen Ling asked Ludwig to get back the little fat and left the candy store.
After Shen Ling left, Ludwig and Granny Maria were left in the house.
Since knowing that her daughter-in-law is a mermaid, Granny Maria has conducted a comprehensive study of the mermaid race. She understands that in a year at most, her grandson will need to mate/mate with the orcs. Although she also doesn't like her grandson's early love, this physiological habit of the mermaid is not something that she can change as an old woman, and since she can't change it, it is a good idea to choose a good object for her grandson.
As for the object, isn't there one ready in front of you!
Granny Mary looked at Ludwig with a smile.