Chapter 54: Unclaimed Territory No. 38

“Mom, I’m back.”

“How come you’re so early today?”

“There haven’t been many customers recently.”

“Oh. Wash your hands, I’ll heat up your meal.”

Su Ping went to wash his hands and returned to sit at the table.

While waiting, he was wondering if he should let the family know that he had awakened as a battle pet warrior.

After all, fire couldn’t be wrapped up in paper. It was only a matter of time before his sister and mother found out about him.

Soon, some hot dishes were delivered to Su Ping.

Su Ping was surprised, since he saw some meat in the dishes. “She skipped dinner?”

Judging by the astral power vortices upstairs, Su Ping knew that his sister had been home for a good while. However, there was meat in the dishes left for him. What a miracle!

Li Qingru was happy that he would think of his little sister. “She already had dinner. This is another share I saved for you.”

Su Ping understood.

No wonder…

“Mom.” Su Ping hesitated for a moment, ready to spill the beans about his awakening.

“Mom,” someone said at the staircase.

Su Ping’s words were stuck in his throat.

Then, someone hurried down the stairs and went to the dinner table. She sounded surprised as she asked, “Mom, didn’t I finish all the dishes? Where did this come from?”

Su Ping curled his lips.

“She finished them all…”

“How cruel!”

Li Qingru said, “I cooked some more.”

Su Lingyue pouted after she heard the answer, but she regained calmness soon enough. She stared at him coldly and asked, “Why are you back home so early today? The store should be open at this hour.”

Su Ping talked back grumpily, “What’s it to you?”

“What?”

Su Lingyue raised her eyebrows?

“How dare you talk to me like this?”

“What gave you the courage?”

She sat down casually and threw out a remark, “It’s been a long time since I did some exercise.”

Su Ping pretended not to have noticed the hostility in those words. He just replied with curiosity, “Haven’t you been participating in contests? How could you not exercise? Are you saying that you’re cowering at the back and shouting while the pets do all the work for you?”

The table trembled.

The iron spoon held by Su Lingyue was bent a little bit.

“Hmm. Interesting.”

She smiled, showing her teeth.

She stretched out her fingers and the iron spoon in her hand was straightened at once.

“Hmm.” Su Ping grinned as well.

He grinned and ate at the same time.

Su Lingyue looked at him with a smile for a while. Then, she looked away and said to Li Qingru, “Mom, I’ll take a shower now.”

“Sure. The water heater should be ready now.” Li Qingru nodded. “Go ahead. I’ll have your clothes ready in a moment.”

“Thanks, mom.”

Su Ping quickly finished the last bits of his dinner as Su Lingyue was leaving. Making the most of the time while trouble was away, Su Ping mentioned after some thought, “Mom, I have some errands to run tonight. I need to go away and may come back late.”

Su Ping knew that he probably couldn’t return home that night, even though he claimed he would be back late.

However, he had to act first and report later so that he could leave the house.

“Errands? What errands?” Li Qingru was surprised.

Su Ping had prepared an excuse for this. “It’s about the pet store. A customer asked me to drop by for some home service…”

Li Qingru was relieved since it was something related to the store. She gave her permission. “Then take