Shen Ling's affection was depressed by Sidney's words, but the next day he received news that made him very excited.

After sending Celia to school, Shen Ling received a text message from a stranger. When he opened it, the other party claimed that he was Yuzu, the former clerk of Maria's candy store, and wanted to meet Shen Ling in the coffee shop on the shopping street.

After Shen Ling bought Zhi Brain, he went to College Street and gave his contact information to the owners of nearby shops, asking them to notify him if they saw someone coming to the candy store. It should have been the shopkeeper who gave his contact information to Yuzu, who happened to visit the shopping street, and Yuzu contacted him.

When Shen Ling was working in a candy store, he always had a good relationship with Yuzu, a strong woman who looked weak but was actually domineering.

Yuzu is her mother-in-law's most intimate assistant, in fact, she is an assistant, and her mother-in-law treats Yuzu more as a daughter. If you can contact Yuzu, you will definitely be able to contact your mother-in-law.

Shen Ling immediately stopped a taxi and rushed to the shopping street, and as soon as he entered the agreed coffee shop, he saw Yuzu sitting by the window waiting anxiously.

Yuzu also saw Shen Ling, her face full of surprise and disbelief. When Shen Ling approached quickly, she got up, grabbed Shen Ling's collar and angrily punched him in the face.

"Where have you been hiding for the past ten years? Do you know how worried your mother-in-law is about you? Yuzu roared as she almost broke down.

Shen Ling touched his beaten face and explained to Yuzu what he had experienced in the past ten years.

Yuzu's tense facial lines relaxed slightly, she apologized to Shen Ling guiltily, and then said, "Come with me to see my mother-in-law, my mother-in-law has been hit too hard, and an old man who is so healthy and energetic has fallen ill." Bring your daughter with you, and your mother-in-law will be happy to see her. ”

Shen Ling got into the grapefruit hovercar, and the two went to the basic school to pick up Celia first, and then came to a small villa on the outskirts of Kamilia together.

Led Celia to the second floor of the villa, Shen Ling saw his mother-in-law who he hadn't seen for a long time.

The mother-in-law, who was in a wheelchair, leaned against the window, staring out the window in a daze, with a white woolen blanket on her lap. Her hair had been carefully groomed and braided, but it was all gray. Shen Ling looked at his mother-in-law's rickety back and found that her mother-in-law's figure was thinner than he remembered.

Shen Ling's eyes moistened, he squatted down and whispered a word in Celia's ear.

Celia nodded, and slowly walked towards the old woman, who was very strange to her.

She walked up to her mother-in-law, who looked down at her in a daze. The millet mouse, which was lying on her mother-in-law's lap and taking a nap, also opened its eyes, and the little black bean's eyes flashed brightly, and then it raised its little paws and "squeaked" wildly.

Ahh (╯‵□′)╯︵┻━┻

The squeaky mouse successfully attracts Celia's attention, and Celia reaches out and pokes the mouse twice in the head.

"You are?" The mother-in-law was old, and she saw that the little girl in front of her was very familiar, but she couldn't remember when she had seen her.

Celia looked up at her wrinkled mother-in-law, blinked nervously, took a deep breath, and shouted crisply, "Grandma." ”

The mother-in-law smiled and reached out to stroke Celia's face, as if she had a little idea of who this little girl was.

It's the child of Fu Chenhui's family.

Shen Ling walked up to Maria's mother-in-law's wheelchair and squatted down, looking at her mother-in-law guiltily.

"Grandma."

The mother-in-law's face looked older than her back, her wrinkled face was sickly white, and her eyes, which had been in good spirits, were now cloudy and dull.

Seeing Shen Ling, her mother-in-law couldn't help but tremble as she touched Celia's hand, and her lifeless eyes were filled with tears, she reached out to touch Shen Ling, but her hand was too shaky to touch him.

Shen Ling grabbed her mother-in-law's hand, and then held it tightly with both hands.

He sobbed and said, "I'm sorry grandma, I will never leave again." ”

When the millet mouse saw Shen Ling, he also threw himself into his arms, grabbed his clothes and cried.

It really misses the owner. /(ㄒoㄒ)/~~

……

Shen Ling asked Celia for leave and asked her to accompany her mother-in-law in the villa with her. With the company of the lively children, the mother-in-law's spirits were obviously much better, and she was soon able to take a walk in the garden of the villa with the help of Celia, and at dinner she was clamoring to make Celia her best thick chocolate cake.

Celia obviously likes her grandmother too, and obediently accompanies her grandmother every day, and tells her interesting stories about her past on planet D14.

Of course, Celia also likes the millet mouse, the millet mouse is small, and she likes to pester her, it's so cute!

The happy days passed quickly, and a week later, Sidney invited Shen Ling to the palace as agreed.

After the mother-in-law also heard about Gohra's ball for Ludwig to choose a princess for him, she scolded and said: "With my family's Shen Ling, what is he not satisfied with, he even dares to find someone else." ”

The mother-in-law asked Yuzu to prepare a very handsome evening dress for Shen Ling a few days earlier.

The style of the white tuxedo is extremely simple, and every just right detail shows its unique luxury.

After Shen Ling put it on, her mother-in-law and Yuzu were full of praise, and Celia was also fascinated by her father's handsome appearance, and she hung on his waist and refused to let go.

Sidney followed Shen Ling's prompts and came to the small villa in the suburbs to wait for Shen Ling, he deliberately changed into a black evening dress tailored by the top tailor he invited from the planet Hera today, and the whole person looked extravagant.

Standing outside the hovercar, Sidney looked up at the villa.

He knows this place, this is one of the most expensive villa areas in Kamilia, and the price of this villa is definitely not affordable for ordinary people.

He had investigated Shen Ling before, and knew that Shen Ling and his daughter lived in a rented house in the city, and Shen Ling definitely didn't look like a rich man, he didn't expect Shen Ling to have such a big villa in the suburbs.

However, he thought about it, maybe Shen Ling was just at a friend's house, and his villa was more advanced and luxurious than the villa in front of him, and he was still very confident that he could capture Shen Ling's heart.

Not long after, Shen Ling walked out of the villa, and Sidney stared at Shen Ling with straight eyes for a long time.

Shen Ling asked embarrassedly, "Is there any problem?" ”

"You look really different today." Sidney quickly recovered from his gaffe, and he gentlemanly opened the hovering car door for Shen Ling, making an inviting gesture, "Please come in." ”

When Sidney arrived at Dragon Castle with Shen Ling, all kinds of high-end hovercars were already parked outside the palace, and Sidney's shining hovercars had become inconspicuous among these gorgeous hovercars.

Through the corridor full of flowers and trees, stepping onto the steps of the red carpet, Shen Ling heard the sound of glamour coming from the banquet hall.

The ball had begun, and on the dance floor, the aristocratic young ladies dressed as peacocks danced to the waltz of the famous orchestra invited from Hera.

More aristocrats are recuperating, ready to wait for the protagonist to appear and show off their dancing. They chatted leisurely at the buffet table lined with lace tablecloths, as they tasted the food prepared by the celebrity chef invited by Dragon Castle.

Entering the banquet hall, the brilliant lights, melodious music, and handsome teenagers reminded Shen Ling of the Ludwig entrance banquet he had attended when he was still in school.

That day, because he was drunk, he fell to the ground and was carried back by Ludwig, and when he woke up the next morning, he experienced a very embarrassing scene for both of them.

Thinking of the embarrassed appearance of the two at that time, the corners of Shen Ling's mouth rose slightly.

Sidney, who had been watching his every move beside him, smiled at him, and his heart became more and more proud.

He bowed gentlemanly to Shen Ling and invited him to join him on the dance floor.

Shen Ling pointed to the buffet table and said with a smile: "Why don't you go eat first?" ”

Sidney was more interested in food than dancing, so the two of them went to the buffet table together.

Ten minutes later, Granny Maria, dressed up, walked into the banquet hall with Miss Yuzu and her most precious great-granddaughter.

Many of the nobles in the banquet hall recognized Granny Maria as her, and they probably guessed the purpose of Granny Maria's arrival by thinking of the relationship between Granny Maria's grandson and Her Royal Highness Ludwig, as well as the nature of the ball.

However, most nobles are very disdainful in their hearts, even if His Royal Highness Ludwig once loved your grandson deeply, it has been ten years, His Royal Highness's deep affection for his former fiancée is obvious to everyone, and he has the right to have a new lover, instead of guarding the dead fiancée for the rest of his life.

Shen Ling, who was tasting food in the corner with Sidney, didn't notice that his mother-in-law had brought Celia over, he picked up a piece of cheesecake, chewed it carefully, and guessed who the chef was preparing desserts for the banquet this time.

Xia Li should have read the card he prepared for her, not only that, but she also adjusted the ingredients and methods of making his zuò cheesecake, so that the taste of the cake this time was even more wonderful than the taste of Shen Ling's zuò.

Xia Li is really very talented, and her talent is obviously higher than herself.

Shen Ling sandwiched a piece of cheesecake and handed it to Sidney, Sidney was a little surprised that Shen Ling would be so attentive, he attributed this to the fact that he brought Shen Ling, who had never seen the world, to this misunderstanding, so successfully brushed Shen Ling's favorability.

After biting into the cheesecake and munching on it for a few moments, Sidney eagerly took a second and third bite, and soon he had the cake completely destroyed.

"I've never had such a delicious cake." Sidney exclaimed, "W-Is this your ......?"

"Not me." Shen Ling smiled and said, "I can't make this kind of taste." ”

Sidney's enthusiasm for looking at Shen Ling was obviously extinguished a lot, and he sandwiched another piece of cake for himself and muttered, "I really want to see who it is." ”

Shen Ling hesitated for a moment whether to tell Sidney, the music stopped abruptly, and then the entire banquet hall suddenly fell silent.

All eyes were on the entrance of the banquet hall.

His Royal Highness Ludwig, the third prince of the Empire, walked in with his mother, Empress Gohra, in his arms.

The nobles got out of the way, and Ludwig led Empress Gohra to the center of the banquet hall. Gohra lifted her chin and looked around the banquet hall with a wide range of graces, the corners of her mouth always rising in a proper arc.

"Today is a gathering of young people, and I hope everyone will not be restrained and have fun." Her lips were slightly open, and her voice sounded like she was singing a ballad.

The noble young ladies present looked at the beautiful queen with admiration, and when their eyes turned to the handsome and godlike Ludwig beside the queen, their admiration immediately turned into fanatical admiration.

From the moment Ludwig walked in, Shen Ling's gaze had been glued to his body.

He's really changed.

For a moment, Shen Ling even felt that he couldn't recognize this person anymore.

The tall and burly body, with a resolute and handsome face like a knife, just standing there, exudes a domineering aura around his body that makes people unable to take their eyes off.

He looked as if he was invincible, no wind or rain could defeat him anymore, and he was no longer the sunny and elegant boy he was back then.

At this time, Ludwig was very much like Arthur the Great.

There was a dull feeling of weakness in Shen Ling's heart, and he couldn't imagine what Ludwig had gone through in the past ten years to become what he was now.

He really wanted to go over now, hugged him and told him that I was back.

His thoughts had just come to him, and his legs were already moving uncontrollably, only more people were in front of him.

The young aristocrats here are here for Ludwig, and when the protagonist appears, of course they have to rush up and invite him to dance with themselves on the dance floor.

Shen Ling was squeezed into a corner, and could only watch gloomily as those people surrounded Ludwig.

"Your Highness is indeed Your Highness." Sidney walked over and sighed, "The momentum around me is terrifying, I don't know what kind of person he will choose today." ”

Ludwig refused everyone, and he sat down next to Gohra, his face as if a layer of cold ice had condensed, and the terrifying momentum clearly showed that no one should enter.

The rejected young nobles did not dare to approach him, but kept circling around him in an attempt to attract his attention.

Ludwig drank the summer red wine glass by glass until a young girl in a flaming red dress approached with a smile. The girl said something beside him, and the ice on Ludwig's face melted slightly. He stood up, made an inviting gesture to the girl, and the two of them stepped onto the dance floor.

The people on the dance floor automatically let out, and Gohra gestured to the orchestra, and a new piece was played.

The handsome Prince and the beautiful girl in red dance in the middle of the dance floor, the scene is as beautiful as a delicate oil painting.

Shen Ling heard the people around him whispering about the girl.

"She is Mia, the daughter of the polar star general, and she is as beautiful as the legend."

"It seems that no one here has ever competed for her, and sure enough, as rumored, today is the engagement banquet for these two people."

Looking at the two people on the dance floor, Gohera smiled with satisfaction, although Mia's personality is a little worse, but in general, she is still very satisfied with this daughter-in-law.

In fact, as long as someone can make Ludwig forget the former Shen Ling and smooth the wounds in his heart, no matter what he likes, she doesn't want to stop it.

She is a mother, she never wants her youngest son to join the army to participate in any war, she just hopes that her beloved youngest son can live happily and happily.

But in the past few years, Ludwig has had a hard time, in order to avenge his grandfather and lover, he resolutely joined the army, and accepted those high-risk missions countless times, each time it was full of dangers.

She dreamed at night that she would be afraid that Ludwig would be able to come back safely from his next mission.

……

In the other corner of the banquet hall, Granny Maria, who was sitting on the sofa, pointed to Ludwig in the middle of the dance floor and said to Celia: "See, that's your father." ”

"I don't believe it, it's not him." Celia pouted and shook her head in disgust, "If he is really my father, then how can he dance with women." ”

Granny Maria tugged at Celia's hair and smiled, "Baby, he is really your father, you can see his eyes and his hair, and you are the same color." ”

Celia's mouth pursed higher and higher, and she scolded angrily, "I don't want him." ”

"I'll teach you a trick." Granny Mary squinted and smiled, and leaned into Celia's ear to speak.

Celia nodded ignorantly, she jumped off the couch and rushed to the dance floor without hesitation.

Celia was very small, but there were only Ludwig and Mia on the dance floor, so everyone saw her the first time she rushed in. Someone whispered how someone could come in with a child.

And Shen Ling, who saw Celia, opened his mouth even more in surprise.

Why is she here? Who brought her here?

Sidney, who was beside him, also asked strangely, "Is that your daughter?" ”

Celia ran to Ludwig's side, she hugged Ludwig's thighs violently, and shouted in a crisp child's voice: "Daddy! ”

All the nobles in the banquet hall were stunned by Celia's "Daddy".

Gohra stood up abruptly without an image, the child was so much like Ludwig when she was a child that she almost thought she had crossed over.

Ludwig let go of Mia and looked down at the little girl who was hugging his thigh.

The little girl's "Daddy" reminded him of the child he was supposed to have, and grief caused anger, and he grabbed the little girl by the back collar with one hand and lifted her up, and said to her coldly, "I'm not your father." ”

Mia hurriedly persuaded: "It's just a child, don't be angry." She coaxed Celia and said, "Little girl, who brought you here, do you know that you can't just call Daddy?" And this is the prince of the empire, he doesn't have a daughter as old as you. ”

Celia was so frightened by the terrifying momentum of the tall man who grabbed her that she didn't dare to move, she didn't feel how terrible this man was just now, but now, she only felt that this person was really terrible, so scary.

The grievance and fear made her cry "wow".

Celia was Shen Ling's lifeblood, of course he couldn't see her being bullied like this, so he struggled to squeeze out of the crowd, and ran to Ludwig's side in three steps and two steps.

Celia saw her own father coming, and the grievances in her heart were magnified tenfold, she fluttered her hands and feet and shouted "Daddy", tears fell down, crying so desolately.

Celia cried so much that Shen Ling's heart was broken, and he snatched Celia from Ludwig's hand, and then glared at him angrily.

"I'm sorry, my daughter is not sensible, so I bothered you." Almost every word, he squeezed out between his teeth.

Seeing that the child's father was coming, Mia said sharply: "This gentleman, please take care of your daughter, this is the palace banquet hall after all." ”

"I'm sorry." Shen Ling bowed apologetically to Mia, tears had reached the corners of his eyes, he didn't dare to look at Ludwig anymore, he just wanted to squeeze into the crowd quickly, and then leave here with his daughter.

Ludwig grabbed the shoulder of Shen Ling, who turned to leave.

"Is that you?" Ludwig asked cautiously, he was afraid that this time it would be another good dream, and soon, this dream would wake up, and the person in front of him would disappear.

Shen Ling pursed his lips and didn't dare to make a sound, he was afraid that as soon as he spoke, he couldn't help crying.

"Dad, don't cry, let's go." Celia, who was frightened by Ludwig, hugged Shen Ling's neck and wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes for him.

Shen Ling uttered a syllable in a hoarse voice. "Okay."

"Don't go!" Gohra slapped the table, lifted her skirt and walked quickly in front of Shen Ling, she smiled at Shen Ling, and her eyes fell on Celia.

"What's her name?" The more Gohra looked at the little girl, the more she liked it, and she couldn't help but rub her hand on her pale blonde hair. She wanted a daughter a long time ago, but this wish has never been realized, and now that God has sent a baby to her, how can she let her go so lightly!

"Celia." Celia blinked her big emerald eyes and said, "Sister, you're so good-looking. ”

Gohra laughed from ear to ear, she wouldn't believe this child if it weren't for Ludwig's species, and she would have killed her.

"Can I hug her?" Gohra said to Shen Ling with an expectant face.

Shen Ling looked at Celia, who bit her lip and nodded shyly in agreement.

As soon as Gohra took Celia from Shen Ling's hand, Ludwig immediately grabbed Shen Ling's waist and carried him to his shoulder, ignoring Shen Ling's exclamations and Celia's crying shouts behind him, he carried Shen Ling and hurriedly left the banquet hall.

Daddy is taken away by the bad guys, and Celia starts crying again, struggling to get out of Gohera's arms to get her back.

Gohra was so upset by her that she put her down, and Celia only ran two steps before she was stopped by her mother-in-law who came over with Yuzu in her arms.

"The bad guys took Daddy!" Celia complained loudly to her mother-in-law.

The mother-in-law smiled and took Celia's hand and said, "It's not a bad person, it's your father, let's not bother them." ”

When Gohra saw her mother-in-law, she came over with a smile on her face and welcomed her to the seat of honor.

Mia, who was still standing in the middle of the dance floor, was embarrassed and her face was red and white, she didn't understand what was going on, why Ludwig was suddenly so excited, where did he carry the man and take him? Did they know each other before? Why was Gohra so affectionate to that little girl?

The aristocrats around them were talking about the episode they had just discovered, and everyone was speculating about the identity of the man who had been resisted by Ludwig.

I only heard someone suddenly say: "It's a mermaid!" ”

"Merfolk? The fiancée whom His Royal Highness Ludwig publicly recognized back then? Yes, yes, it's him, I wonder how I look at him so familiar! ”

"So, that little girl is really the child of His Highness Ludwig?"

"You look at the color of her hair and eyes, and Queen Gohra likes her so much, do you think it's fake?"

"It's incredible that the mermaid has come back to life!"

……

Mia gritted her teeth and stomped her foot fiercely, leaving the banquet hall angrily.

Sidney, on the other hand, stood in the corner with a bewildered expression, as if he ...... Almost seduced the fiancée of His Royal Highness Ludwig?

He shook his head and decided to go to the Dragoncastle kitchen to see what kind of pastry chef could make such delicious desserts.