When the two arrived at the restaurant, Fenrir's head was half out of the door, staring at Loki. When he saw Loki looking at him, he suddenly retracted his head.
"How is your mother-daughter relationship?" This situation made Chen Jing a little confused.
Loki placed his right hand on Chen Jing's shoulder. At nearly 5 feet 4 inches tall, this was perfectly fine, but it gave Chen Jing a strange feeling. It felt like they were very close, yet they had only just met.
As soon as Chen Jing entered the restaurant, before he could even take a closer look, he was pulled into a corner by a powerful force. Fenrir huddled behind Chen Jing, looking cautiously at Loki, and called out crisply, "Mom?"
Chen Jing lowered his head and rubbed her firm ears. Fenrir's ears were always straight and energetic. They felt like fine silk and were very resistant to pressure. Every time they were pressed, they would immediately stand up. Fenrir had always been resistant before, but this time she did not show any expression and looked at her mother vigilantly.
He had been praising his mother before they met, but now that he had met her, he couldn't let go?
Chen Jing pushed her and said, "Go and say hello."
Fenrir stopped and said, "No, I won't go."
"What's wrong? Are you afraid that your mother will touch your ears?"
"No." Chen Jing could see the mist in her eyes, but the little girl still turned her back to her mother and shook her head stubbornly.
Loki said, "Don't force her. After all, I'm just an incompetent mother."
Chen Jing was stunned, then he remembered that after Loki gave birth to Fenrir, he seemed to have allowed him to be bullied in various ways, completely ignoring him, as if he were not his own child. But... Fenrir's longing and love for his mother when he mentioned her, and his quarrel with Brendel. Loki's helplessness and tenderness when he mentioned his child, his smile and kindness, could not be deceived.
You two...are crazy.
On the surface, they dislike each other, but in reality, they love each other very much, which leads to strange and inconsistent words and deeds. What a troublesome family.
Chen Jing patted Fenrir's head. He couldn't afford to offend either of them anyway, so he just pretended nothing had happened.
"Speaking of which, have we set off yet?" Chen Jing asked.
RT5 nodded. "We've already started preparing. We'll go to a transit station first, and then we'll go explore the wasteland once we've prepared the supplies... By the way, if you have any personal matters, please take care of them quickly."
Chen Jing remembered that his original self had a nephew named… Never mind, he'd just give him a call. He didn't know how to use the communicator, but RT5 should be able to do it.
Then it was just an appointment, that was about it. Chen Jing didn't have any feelings for him. After all, it was just for the original body. Chen Jing always believed that rights and obligations were equal. Now that he had obtained this body, he had to help the original body's family.
This is not being pretentious or hypocritical, but being responsible for oneself. To put it in a more vulgar way, Chen Jing pursues a clear conscience and does not like to owe others anything.
The food on the table was unexpectedly rich. Although Chen Jing could not recognize the ingredients of most of the dishes, it did not stop him from eating and drinking to his heart's content. Chen Jing's stomach had experienced the test of many dangerous substances.
No matter what it is, as long as it doesn't kill you, you can eat it. If you can eat spicy strips, then alien creatures can eat it too.
"It tastes good." Chen Jing picked up the food he had just eaten and gave it to Fenrir: "It's delicious, try it."
Fenrir looked up at Chen Jing's smiling face and nodded solemnly: "I will definitely try my best to help you."
Loki looked at her and said, "It's going to rain, and my mother is going to get married. You don't want me anymore after you grow up. You've turned your back on me. You have friends but no family. I raised you in vain."
Fenrir: "Tsk tsk tsk, you didn't even come to my aid when I was being bullied. You didn't do anything when I was tied up. What right do you have to criticize me now? You bad mother."
Chen Jing smiled: "Speaking of which, Loki, are you leaving tomorrow?"
"Hmm? No." Loki said, holding a roasted leg of something he didn't know what it was. "Even though Odin said we'd leave in one day, like Fenrir, I don't have the ability to go back on my own. In the end, Odin will have to come pick me up, but he's been planning something lately, so it'll probably be a while before he can."
"This is not a nursery. A bunch of people come here waiting for food and we have to arrange accommodation for them, but they don't do any work." RT5 was very hostile to Loki.
Fenrir's ears twitched: "I, I will work hard, so please don't chase me away."
Jasmine sat opposite Fenrir, smiling kindly. Ai asked, "What would you do?"
"What are you going to do, you nerd girl?"
"I'm very good."
Eliza swallowed the food, a little confused: "I didn't see it."
"Ahhh! It's not something a rough guy like you can understand. I make a living with my wisdom."
Jasmine knocked on the table. "Hangar work, paid by the piece. If you do a good job, you get a weekly allowance. Do you want to do it?"
Ai nodded vigorously: "Go!" His tone was tragic and heroic, like a warrior going to die.
Fenrir shook his head: "No."
"Then eat well." Chen Jing didn't want to employ child labor after all.
Ai glanced at Chen Jing: "Different treatment."
"Bah, you have the nerve to argue with the little guy."
"How is it small? It's just the form."
"That won't work either."
“You’re biased!”
Loki smiled and said, "What a harmonious relationship."
RT5 nodded.
"Come to think of it, RT5, how is the production of this batch of soldiers going?" Chen Jing was still a little self-conscious.
RT5 brought up a three-dimensional projection and said, "It's impossible to increase the stats any further in the short term. It's roughly equivalent to level six, and its physical fitness is close to that of the top-tier Lih creations."
Chen Jing looked at Eliza: "Do you have any information about our destination?"
"Yes, our people are connected to a human force over there. As you know, there are many humans distributed outside the controlled area. This area is particularly special. Most of the human survivors here are very old and have forgotten their past glory. It is normal for their technological level to have declined significantly. Moreover, humans had not yet directly fought against Lihe at that time, but were fighting with proxies."
"so?"
"Ignorant, old-fashioned, and abandoned, it's a testament to humanity's past. It's also the area with the lowest density of Lih activity. It's basically all Lih creations, so the safety factor is relatively high."
"Well, is there anything we should be aware of?"
"Try not to start a large-scale war with Lih's creations, otherwise it will affect the peace treaty signed between humans and Lih."
Loki sarcastically said, "If you're a coward, then don't develop. If you want to develop, you have to be strong. If you're weak and can be bullied, then everyone will come and step on you."
"In fact, the current suffocating environment of humanity is largely due to the initial resistance, which led to this situation."
"It's impossible not to resist," said Chen Jing.
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