Mu Lan glanced at her father and said, “I’m sorry that you had to see something like that. Let’s go inside. We have so many things to catch up.” Her eyes landed on the father and the son who just experienced their family member’s death. She nonchalantly said, “We have things to talk about. Get inside.”
While they all went inside, Mu Lan used her power to bring Zhuang Lei inside. She didn’t show any mercy to her at all. She dragged her bloody body on the ground. In the castle, she didn’t let her bloody body touch the clean floor. She flew her away and threw her in the dark, cold prison in the dungeon of the castle. Before leaving, Mu Lan told her, “Since you have to give some explanation to your sister, I will let you live for now. Stay here and don’t try to make any stupid move.”
Before Mu Lan could enter the living room, Mu Liang embraced her slender body tightly. She was enveloped by his warmth. Then, she noticed that his body was shaking. She asked, “Liang, are you okay? Why are you shaking?”
“I was scared.” He said in a shaky voice. He saw many fights and combats but he never saw something like wind versus snake fight. It was something beyond his capability. He realized for the first time in his life that his wife’s enemies were so powerful that he had no chance to do anything to give her a helping hand. He felt powerless against such supernatural powers.
After hugging her for a long time, he looked at her properly. “Are you alright? Are you hurt anywhere?” Her expression was full of worry.
Mu Lan shook her head. “Don’t you know how awesome your wife is? Of course, nothing happened to me. That woman couldn’t lay a finger on me. I’m a super girl!”
Mu Liang chuckled and planted a light kiss on her forehead before agreeing with her. “Yes, you are a super girl.”
She was satisfied and asked, “Where are my rice balls?”
“They are inside. Let’s go.” He took her to the living room.
She went to the living room and found the babies were very lively as they met the uninvited guests. The Cobra members were all present and they were having a good time with the rice balls. They didn’t seem bothered that she had to fight with a member of The Mongoose.
Rice ball number one still needed time to open up to strangers. Rice ball number two and three were having a great time. The second rice ball was sitting on Orio’s huge stomach. When Orio laughed, the second rice ball laughed with him. When Orio made a serious expression, he also made a serious expression. Rice ball number three was running around with Romano and Shintaro. He was very happy with the flying helicopter that Shintaro made for him.
Rice ball number four was so shy that he hid under the wooden tea table in the middle of the room. Others were calling him to come out and showing him the chocolates and toys they had bought before coming here, but he wouldn’t come out at all. Mu Liang felt bad for him so he went forward. When the fourth rice ball saw his father, his expression changed as though he was relieved from the misery. He quickly went to his daddy.
“What are my rice balls doing?” She playfully asked.
The rice balls noticed her and cheerfully went to her. “Mommy!”
“Ma… ma….”
“Mam… ma…”
“Mooom!”
They tottered towards her and she couldn’t help but hug them close to her. She loudly kissed their round apple cheeks.
Romano was as lively as ever. His eyes twinkled seeing the adorable scene. “They are so cute! I love them so much.”
Mu Lan let them play on their own. Then, she put her arms on her waist and said, “I’m very happy to see that you don’t care about me at all.”
He said, “Not at all, little princess. We were so worried that we flew here hearing that you were in danger. We also dragged your father with us. Ryu (Ryuren) said that he wanted to talk to his younger brother, so he brought your uncle as well. If we didn’t care about you, we wouldn’t do that, would we?”
Mu Lan asked, “When did you become so intelligent to talk like that?”
Romano agreed at first saying, “You are right…. What did you say?” He caught up later.
Mu Lan sighed and shook her head. “You never learn.”
Mark said, “But miss, you have done well against the snake woman. We were prepared to help you. But you didn’t need it. We know that you don’t like us to ruin your ‘fun’. So, we waited for you inside.”
Kilimanjaro said, “Oh, I remember something. A snake came inside after Ryu (Ryuren) left. I killed it the moment I saw it. It was a cobra.”
Mu Lan frowned. “For real? She wanted to kill a Cobra family by using a cobra. That woman was a witch.”
“Yes, you made a good decision by killing her. If you let her live, she would attack you and your family with the whole team. You wouldn’t win against them.” Liam said. He gave her a thumb’s up.
“I don’t want to imagine that.” She looked around and then asked, “Where is uncle and my cousin?”
Lou Yicheng answered her in a poker face, “They saw too much. Carl took them to an empty room for you-know-what.” Certainly, it was Carlo’s job to make them forget all about it and rearrange their memories.
“Good for them. I need to ask Carl a favor.” She was about to leave but someone caught her shoulder and turned her around.
“Before that, let me take a good look at you, little one.” Juan looked at her deeply. Then he patted her shoulder and said, “You have worked hard. I’m so proud of you.”
Mu Lan smiled in return. “You all sacrificed so much for me. I had to compensate for everything you have done for my happiness.”
