14 chapter 14: do you still have the pride of a genius!?
translator: 549690339
blue star, district 2,
dragon sparrow street,
loganâs figure gradually materialized in his room, with slightly curly hair and dark eyes on his handsome face, showing a calm expression.
pushing the door and entering the living room, a large table of dishes was already set. the people sitting at the table surprised him a bit.
besides his parents, there was a familiar face.
âlittle dan is out.â
loganâs mother, leanne tang, stood up when she saw logan come out, and led him to introduce the three guests who came to their home,
âthese two are your cousin and your cousinâs mother. a few days ago, i found out that your cousin and us actually work at the same company with your dad.â
the middle-aged, square-faced man sitting at the main seat and the younger cousinâs mother nodded slightly. their eyes on logan carried a sense of distance.
leanne tang continued to introduce a young girl,
âthis is melinda tang; you should call her cousin.â
âcutie is extraordinary, born with the initial race of the high-level monarch race, the shadow elf clan. she has a boundless future.â
âperhaps, sheâll even be the first transcendent player in the tang family!â
âyou should get closer to your cousin.â
seeing the awkward smile on his father, usually more reserved, logan could only nod repeatedly.
at this point, he understood the situation.
it turns out his parents worried that he would be overwhelmed by awakening in the lowest-ranking goblin race and put himself in danger, so they sought help.
what normal guest would sit in the main seat when they visit someoneâs home?
even if this cousin was his motherâs cousin â¦
logan fell silent for a moment, looking at the enthusiastic smile on leanne tangâs face, the restraint on his fatherâs face, and the light distance from his cousin and cousinâs mother.
as for melinda tang⦠logan didnât have any particular thoughts about her.
just as logan was about to nod in agreement, he didnât expect his cousin melinda to stand up with excitement, unable to suppress her excitement, and take charge of the conversation:
âauntie, uncle, donât worry!â
âi will definitely take good care of my cousin!â
meanwhile, she screamed in her heart,
âoh my god!â
âoh my god, my cousin is actually logan!â
âwhat do i do now? how am i going to keep him safe?â
âno matter, we are both deity players. thereâs no rule about not marrying someone within three generations of kin. letâs wait and see, thereâs still a chance.â
âhmm, seeing loganâs expression, he probably canât accept it yet. his reality of falling from genius to rock bottom.â
âi must not upset him.â
âright, he must be needing some information on how goblins can get stronger now.â
âmaybe i can start with thatâ¦â
âahem, little dan, right? sit down quickly and letâs eat.â
the cousin spoke up, and the cousinâs mother followed suit,
âyes, letâs all eat. we can talk while we eat.â
âyes, yes, letâs eat and chat.â
leanne tang hurriedly replied, âlittle dan, you and cutie sit together, and get to know each other.â
her cousin wrinkled his brows subconsciously but didnât say anything. everyone settled down before picking up food and making small talk. he picked up a glass of spirit wine and smiled,
âsister leanne, brother-in-law roshe, let me toast to you two. congratulations on your promotion and being transferred to the green emperor research department. this is the companyâs top-tier department now.â
âoh, cousin, youâre too polite.â
under the âsuperiorâsâ toast, everyone raised their glasses to take a sip. melinda tang was no exception, but her bright eyes were staring at logan throughout the process.
feeling helpless, loganâs father had to speak up,
âcutie, you and little dan should be deity players in the same batch, right?â
âwhen itâs convenient, please take good care of your cousin.â
he deliberately emphasized the word âcare.â
he knew the self-esteem of these young men very well and deliberately emphasized his tone, hoping logan could realize the difficulties and step back.
tanner knew why his cousin had invited him to visit their home. wasnât it because he was interested in his precious daughter?
even if it wasnât a setup, just wanting his daughter to help logan, he wouldnât want that either.
he paid attention to recent events too!
how dangerous were deity players in the t world community?
his daughter was fortunate to be randomly assigned to a high-level monarch race, having self-protection power and a great future.
but under the current situation, she was barely able to protect herself, let alone having spare energy to take on a burden!
at first, leanne tang and roshe didnât sign a contract to transfer their primal believers and primal world early on, and they didnât sell at a good price.
instead, they insisted on consuming all their resources before selling, which had no advantages and even signed a 30-year long-term contract. the contract was about to expire soon, and since the experiments in the world were important, their treatment had improved a bit.
of course, what leanne tang said about just learning about it recently was to hide her embarrassment and not let logan look down on them too much. in fact, she knew about his middle management position in the company a long time ago but had no chance to get in touch with him.
if it hadnât been for their involvement with him and his needing their help, and the fact that it was just a meeting without any matchmaking purposes, he wouldnât have come to eat this so-called âhome-cooked mealâ!
before coming, he was confident in his daughter.
being a high-level monarch race wasnât a joke, and even calling her a genius would be modest. how could she possibly hit on a mere prisoner breed goblin?
but what happened after meeting them ignited his anger, and he wished he could directly grab melinda tangâs ears and ask her sternly,
âdo you have any self-awareness of being a genius?!â
âyour eyes are almost melting! youâre practically sticking to him!â
the next words from melinda tang further ignited his anger, making him completely speechless.
melinda tang, with her red cheeks, said softly after having a few drinks,
âbrother logan, let me tell you, i met a believer who was also a goblin just a few days ago. heâs so powerful that the goblin chieftain killed a third order mantis sword sect member in an instant!â
âiâm very close to him, so add me as a hyperdimensional mark friend. iâll see if i can introduce him to youâ¦â
âvery close?â
logan couldnât help but snap. how could he not know he was close with this little girl he had saved on a whim?
âyou crafty little brat, you deserve to die!â
mount tanner was feeling suffocated, âand you melinda tang, what a fine job you did! you added the contact information of a guy willingly, is that what you should be doing?â
âyou wait and see how i deal with you when we get back.â
melinda tang shivered subconsciously, but she raised her flushed little head, scanned around without finding her enemy, and fell asleep on the table the next second.
âhehe, cutie is drunk.â
mount tannerâs lips twitched with a stiff smile, and as he heard melinda tang mumbling drunkenly about âbrother logan, hehe, loganâ¦â and such, his smile became dangerous. he stood up and said,
âsister leanne, brother roshe, iâm sorry, but cutie is drunk. iâll take her home now, and weâll talk another time.â
mount tanner: (â¯#-ç¿-)â¯~~â§ââ§
cousinâs mother: (â.â)
leanne tang: (¬、¬)
roshe: (ï¿¢_ï¿¢)
logan: â®(à¹â¢Ìââ¢Ìà¹)â
after sending mount tannerâs family away, leanne tang, roshe, and logan sat together in silence.
glancing at the father and son, leanne tang sighed and silently cleaned up the table and entered the kitchen.
with logan not speaking for a long time, roshe broke the silence,
âdad once gave up the path of deities.â
âdad knows youâre a genius and doesnât want to give up, but dad doesnât have the ability to do more.â
rosheâs eyes reddened slightly. as the pillar of a family, admitting his lack of ability in front of his son, who most wanted to establish his fatherâs authority, was painful for him. but after the pain came relief,
âthis is the deity crystal that your mom and i have saved up over the years.â
roshe said, opening his hyperdimensional mark for a face-to-face transaction, intending to give logan the tens of thousands of faith points they had saved up over the years under the harsh contract.
but logan shook his head slightly, opened his deity panel, and showed it to roshe.
âthisâ¦â
seeing the five-digit faith points on loganâs panel, which were several times what he and leanne had saved up, roshe was stunned.
âi have the ability to walk my own path.â
âyou and mom just need to take care of yourselves. if work is too tiring, you can quit, especially since your contract is about to expire anyway. i can support you.â
after seeing the âhumilityâ that roshe and leanne tang had shown for his sake, logan had decided to take care of them as his own parents. he had never experienced someone willing to let go of their dignity for his future since he was an orphan in his previous life,
âbut i hope you and mother can keep this a secret for now.â
with roshe and leanne tang nodding continuously and their eyes reddening, they were both worried and relieved to see their sonâs success.
âalright, you two carry on. i have to go back to the world fragment now.â
his parents nodded and didnât forget to give him some usual remindersâ¦
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this chapter may not be written very well, but the little author wants to sort out the protagonistâs family affairs and then go all out.
please donât abandon the book if you donât like this chapter, give the little author a chance, thank you.
actually, the little author could have stretched this part out, and there are many writing techniques that the protagonist could have used to stay silent or accept rosheâs faith points, making the readers anticipate the protagonistâs futureâ¦
itâs just that the little author doesnât wish to spoil a fatherâs heartfelt passion, although the result might not be so good, at least the protagonist is a normal person (knowing that the parents are worried but not telling them so they continue to worry while making it easier for himself in the future, which isnât normal)â¦
from tomorrow on, the protagonistâs journey as a dominator of the heavens will officially set sail!
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