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There are so many strange creatures in the deep sea, which he finds very novel.
"As you wish."
"Being seen? It's okay."
After disconnecting, Zhang Mu rushed out of the sea to high altitude and summoned a portal to the continent of Thor.
The affairs of Blue Star are progressing steadily, and the puppets are sufficient to handle trivial communications, so there is no need to supervise them personally.
Besides, the messenger from the royal capital might arrive at any time, and it would be difficult to explain why I was not in Gul City.
Coming out of the portal, Zhang Mu walked into the study and sat behind the desk, looking up at the ceiling in a daze.
After a busy month, I finally have some free time. I don't have to force myself to find something to do. I'll go and spend some time with Leah.
He got up and went out, wandering to the backyard.
The two of them held hands and walked in the yard.
"Lord City Lord."
"Brother City Lord!"
Hearing Zhang Mu's intentionally heavier footsteps, Leia turned around and ran over in surprise.
He squatted down, picked up the little cat girl, and weighed her as usual.
Well...after some time, I won’t be called Little Cat Girl anymore, but Big Cat Girl.
Perhaps it was because of the stable life after moving into the City Lord's Mansion, coupled with the rich and nutritionally balanced meals, Leia's weight has not only caught up with normal peers, but the hair on the back of her cat ears has also become smoother and more shiny.
Apart from these reasons, Palina's meticulous care also contributed.
Look ahead.
Today, Palina was still wearing loose clothes that made it easy for her to lift her feet and squat. The color was not bright, but a simple linen gray.
Compared to Leah, she was much more reserved, with her hands folded over her belly, standing still.
Rubbing his blond head, Zhang Mu slowly walked over and said, "I've been very busy recently. Thank you for your hard work, Leah."
"It's what I should do, and I like it, Leah."
After each of them spoke, he didn't know how to continue the topic. Palina wasn't the type to initiate conversation, so they both fell silent.
After a long while, perhaps feeling that the atmosphere was too stagnant, she mustered up the courage to speak: "Lord City Lord, were you injured in the battle not long ago?"
"No."
Palina: “…”
The air is quiet again.
After another ten minutes, Zhang Mu felt a little uncomfortable and turned to walk towards the gate of the mansion: "I have nothing to do today, I will take Leah out for a walk."
"Lord City Lord." A voice with a slightly raised tone came from behind.
"What's wrong?" he asked, turning his head.
"Will you be back for dinner tonight?"
"Maybe not..."
"Brother Zhang Mu." Leah leaned close to his ear and whispered in a low voice, "Sister Palina's cooking is delicious!"
"Then come back and eat."
"Well..." Zhang Mu just raised his foot, but Palina stopped him again, "You still locked Ivan in the room. He dared not come out without your order."
Ivan? Who?
After being confused for two seconds, he remembered that this man was the city lord's eldest son, and he had locked him in a room on the first day he entered the city lord's mansion.
I was so busy that I actually forgot about him.
Zhang Mu was silent and deep in thought. Seeing this, Palina thought he was still angry about the funeral, so she quickly said, "Lord City Lord, he has admitted his mistake."
Looking up, she looked a little anxious, not like she was acting.
But... Soran said that the city lord ignored Palina, and his son also looked down on her. He was usually rude and bad to her, and had no respect for her stepmother at all.
Why speak up for him?
"Palina." Zhang Mu lifted Leah up in his arms. "I remember that Ivan didn't love you very much."
"Yes, Lord Mayor."
"Then why..."
"The eldest lady cares about Palina."
That's it...
Zhang Mu suddenly realized and put Leah down randomly: "I remembered something urgent, Leah, let's go out and play tomorrow."
"Oh..." Although she was disappointed, Leah still pricked up her cat ears and said happily, "Don't lie!"
"it is good."
In response, Zhang Mu walked to the door of Domit's room and asked, "Are you taking a nap?"
"No." The moment the voice came, he pushed open the door and stood up straight, "Marshal, is there an emergency?"
"This was our first time in the Silent Forest. Do you still remember the village that was massacred by the soldiers?"
"Of course!" His eyebrows shot up, "I've been wanting to find him for a long time, but I've been busy."
"Haha, that's great, come with me."
After saying that, Zhang Mu turned right and walked towards the side yard. Domit followed him in confusion: "Did you find him?"
"I was as busy as you are, forgetting that I had him locked up in the City Lord's Mansion a long time ago."
Hearing this, Domit became visibly excited: "Leave it to me?!"
"It's not our turn to deal with him. Please take the trouble to send him to Moza Village."
"As ordered!"
Soon, the two arrived in front of a wooden door. Zhang Mu knocked on the door with a smile: "Ivan, are you there?"
"Father!
Have you finally forgiven me? "
"Hehe..." His laughter was weird, and the little guy in the room was frightened and didn't dare to talk to him.
Not wanting to waste time with him, he kicked the door open and entered the room. Before he could scream, Domit chopped him on the back of the neck with a knife.
Then they stuffed the unconscious him into the "world" and quickly left the city.
When they reached a deserted place, Zhang Mu pulled Ivan out and threw him on the ground. He waited until Domitt carried him on his shoulders and ran away quickly before turning back to the City Lord's Mansion.
Flying is not allowed in the city, and Gul City is not narrow, so we have to rely entirely on our legs to travel. By the time we returned to the City Lord's Mansion, night had already fallen.
It was dark, all the shops outside were closed, so there was no place to walk around the streets.
So Zhang Mu practiced meditation in the study room all night, taking medicine.
The next morning, after washing up, he took Leah's hand and walked out of the house. They walked until the street lights on both sides of the cobblestone road turned on dimly, and then they went home carrying their bags.
"Lord City Lord, Leah, you are back."
As soon as they entered the gate, Palina came out of the main hall with a smile on her face, took the cowhide bag from Zhang Mu and handed it to the servant, then took off his coat behind him and said, "Dinner is ready."
Nodding in response, Zhang Mu took the jumping Leah by the hand and went to the restaurant with her and sat down at the table.
"Oh! Dinner cooked by Sister Palina herself!"
Leah unpacked the steak from the grill and shook her cat ears happily.
Although he was still not used to the taste of food in Sol Continent, Zhang Mu was not a pretentious person. He looked at Leia with an old father's smile on his face and reached out to the porcelain plate on which the tableware was placed next to the dinner plate.
Ok?
His eyes fell on the table, and a pair of silver chopsticks were placed horizontally in the middle of the porcelain plate.
Zhang Mu looked in front of Leah and Palina respectively, and saw only a knife and fork on the plate.
His brows slowly raised: "Who told you?"
Palina was cutting steak. When she heard the low voice, she looked up and saw Zhang Mu staring at the silver chopsticks. She immediately stood up:
"When I went to the study to bring you breakfast, I felt that you were uncomfortable using a fork, so I went to ask Soran."
"What did he say?"
"He said that the city lord prefers this kind of stick-shaped tableware."
Before Zhang Mu took over the city lord's position, Palina had hardly ever had meals with the city lord, so naturally she was not aware of his living habits.
It is not difficult to understand why he went to ask Soran.
Zhang Mu trusts Sauron very much.
Since he told Palina, he probably won't reveal any flaws and should have thought of a reasonable explanation.
His gloomy complexion returned to normal: "It's just a question, don't be nervous, sit down and eat."
"Yes."
After sitting back in the wooden chair, Palina never raised her head until the meal was over.
Leah looked at him to the left, then to the front, her cheeks puffed up: “Brother City Lord, you are bullying Sister Palina.”
"No way." Zhang Mu smiled and wiped his lips with the napkin, "I am..."
"Lord City Lord, someone is looking for you." The servant said softly outside the door.
"who?"
"I don't know him. He said...he came from the capital."
So fast?
Zhang Mu was a little surprised. He asked Palina to take Leah back to the bedroom to rest, and he got up and walked quickly to the door.
On the road outside the door, a griffin stood with its wings folded. On its back stood a man wearing a fully enclosed helmet, so his face could not be seen.