Chapter 246 The Wrath of the Mortilan Shield
“You don’t need to worry about the baby. I’ve got Mina and Matt playing with him. If they can’t even do this little thing right, they don’t deserve to be by my side.”
Realizing his previous attitude was inappropriate, Mortilan Shield softened his tone.
The two locked eyes again, and this time he took out a piece of steaming hot, mutated veal steak: "Hungry? Eat it while it's hot!"
Zuo Shan was somewhat surprised. She hadn't expected that after those awkward conversations, he wouldn't be angry at all, but would actually prepare a loving breakfast for her.
Okay, we can ignore the word "love". Just a hot breakfast is enough to soothe her suffering all morning.
"Hmm, it tastes pretty good. Which shop sells this? I'll take Lele and Xiaobao to try it sometime." Zuo Shan chatted with him while eating.
Although she held Mortilan in awe, the thought that he was just a newbie made her feel a bit more casual.
“This was made at a restaurant in the central area. I’ll bring a few more portions next time I go back,” said Mortilan.
This was a delicious dish that Matt had tasted at a restaurant in the city center, which he had bought and stored away, but he had temporarily requisitioned it.
This was the only low-level mutated beast meat they could find after searching through all the spatial buttons; she couldn't enjoy the high-level kind.
Before deciding to pursue her seriously, he consulted Mina about what women like men to do for them. Mina thought for a long time before saying:
"I once heard from a close female friend that she loves it when men give her beautiful jewelry, gorgeous clothes, and hot, delicious food."
Like Matt, Mina is also single and completely clueless about how men and women get along.
Matt knew some things, but it was all from research and he had no practical experience, so Mordilan decided to take Mina's advice.
He had prepared the food early in the morning, but he had been busy discussing serious matters and hadn't had time to take it out.
Seeing Zuo Shan eating with relish, his mood improved as well.
After she had eaten and drunk her fill, he took out several new outfits and a few pieces of jewelry and handed them to her.
"What does this mean? Are you implying that I'm dressed too shabbily and unworthy to be the baby's mother?" Zuo Shan said with a stern face.
"No! I...I like you, and I've decided to pursue you officially! I heard that men should give gifts when pursuing women, so I bought these."
"Sector 41 doesn't have anything decent, so it might not suit your taste. Just make do for now, and I'll bring you something better next time we return to the Central District," Mortilan said, blushing.
He went to the most luxurious clothing store in District 41 early in the morning and bought several sets of the most expensive clothes, but not particularly eye-catching ones, based on his estimated size.
Unfortunately, in this remote safe zone, there weren't many decent clothes. The most expensive outfit was less than 10,000 silver coins, which was nothing compared to the clothes he wore that cost hundreds of thousands or even millions of silver coins.
"I'm sorry, I can't accept these gifts." Zuo Shan shook his head, his attitude very firm.
She had long seen that there was no possibility between them. Even if she couldn't drive him away, she couldn't really accept his gifts, which represented intimacy, like a girlfriend would.
"Why? Don't you like it?" Morti Lann's brows furrowed slightly.
After much hesitation, Zuo Shan finally decided to tell him her true feelings, since in matters of the heart, the worst thing is to be wishy-washy.
"Well... actually, it was just... that one time."
The circumstances were special at the time, so we... just took what we needed.
It's perfectly normal for a man and a woman to have a one-night stand; I have no reason to accept such an expensive gift from you.
When you were a newbie, we were friends, and I received a lot of ingredients from you. I know that was far more than a gift between friends.
But I didn't intend to take it for free. I made some of the ingredients into delicious food and gave it to Xiaobai. If he still didn't understand, I planned to use fresh vegetables I grew myself to make up for it.
In short, reciprocity is the way friends should get along, and I think you understand that too.
Besides being friends, you and I are now connected by something else: our baby.
But we are just the baby's father and mother. We won't develop love because of this, and there's no need for us to force ourselves to get married for the baby's sake. That would be too unfair to you!
And most importantly, if my identity, status, and abilities are not a match for yours, even if I really like you, I will not choose to marry you.
An unequal marriage is too exhausting. Instead of expending so much energy struggling to maintain such a marriage, wouldn't it be better to spend that time improving yourself? Don't you agree?
"A mutually beneficial arrangement? You mean I was just one of your many bed partners, someone you slept with without any qualms and then left without a trace?" The man's voice was so cold it seemed to freeze into ice crystals—truly icy!
Zuo Shan discovered that the entire room was filled with ice crystals, and the room temperature had plummeted. If she hadn't been wearing a winter coat, she probably would have been shivering.
At this moment, a trace of the pressure from a ninth-level expert unconsciously seeped out, causing her bones to crack and pop. She felt that if he continued like this, she would definitely vomit blood.
"Please calm down, my lord! I...I...that's not what I meant! I just feel that a woman like me is really not good enough for you!"
Zuo Shan instantly turned into a sycophant. Faced with absolute power, she was nothing but a speck of dust. All her pride and integrity could be thrown to the winds!
Mortilan's reason finally returned, and he realized that he had failed to control his anger, to the point that his anger had materialized, filling the entire room with ice shards and leaving behind his lingering energy pressure.
In my memory, this only happened on the day my mother passed away, but at that time his rank was not high enough to cause such serious consequences.
He quickly suppressed his anger and said, "I'm sorry, I couldn't control my emotions! I will be more careful in the future, and this will not happen again."
"It's okay, it's okay, it's normal for the boss to have a temper." Zuo Shan hurriedly waved her hand, no matter how much she was complaining in her heart, she didn't dare to utter a single word of complaint.
Mortilan Shield naturally saw through her insincerity and said with a dejected look, "Tell me, how do you want me to make it up to you?"
"Really, no need. Look, I'm perfectly fine, not missing an arm or a leg. Oh no, I'm not missing a single hair!" Zuo Shan said, twirling around in front of him.
Morti Lan was filled with frustration. She was happy and relaxed after eating the delicious food he sent, but he inappropriately sent her some lousy clothes and jewelry, which resulted in an unpleasant incident.
It seems Mina's advice is unreliable; he'll have to figure out how to pursue women on his own from now on.
After what had just happened, he had a better understanding of the woman in front of him. She seemed weak and vulnerable, but she was resilient and strong inside. Winning her heart would not be something that could be done overnight.
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