Jiang Qin was discharged from the hospital the next day.

The little baby was in an infant carrier, held tightly in Shi Lichuan’s arms.

Everyone kept leaning in to take a look, a goofy smile spreading across their faces each time.

Meanwhile, on the Star Network, Jiang Qin’s announcement appeared:

Allow me to introduce the newest member of our family.

Below it was a picture of the little baby, along with her nickname: Zhaozhao.

Her full name was Jiang Jinzhao, but they hadn’t announced that publicly. As for her father, it was Lan Yuyan.

The baby had a pair of clear blue eyes like a sunny sky, just like Lan Yuyan. Of course, they had also done a gene test to confirm it.

After all, newborns needed to be registered with their citizen information and issued an infant-model Light Computer.

[GASP—Damn it, I recognized her at first glance. That’s my precious daughter, no blood relation required!!!]

[My HP bar is empty... s-so cute.]

[I’ve never seen such clear eyes, they’re as transparent as crystal!!]

In the photo, the little baby’s hazy, azure eyes were slightly open, and the corners of her mouth seemed to be curved into a smile. Her little black curls made her fair skin stand out even more.

[AHHH, I want to steal this baby!]

[Wake up, person above me. That’s a ’rot-in-jail-for-life’ offense.]

[Zhaozhao must be a female Beastman, right? With such an outstanding mother and fathers, her aptitude probably won’t be low.]

[I want to arrange a marriage, WAHH~ I can send my twin sons over right now, with a dowry of three hundred million Star Coins.]

[Aren’t you all exaggerating? The child was just born. What if she’s just a pure human, or a Half-beastman? Or what if her Spiritual Power Level is really low?]

[None of your business! We’d take her even if she were a pure human!]

On such a happy day, someone suddenly showed up to pour cold water on the celebration. They were clearly trying to be provocative.

So, Jiang Qin’s fans swarmed them, flaming the person until they deleted their comment.

[Hmph, what kind of person is that? Deliberately showing off their ’intelligence’ as if we’ve never been to school and need them for a reminder.]

[Exactly! What an annoying person!]

...

While the netizens were just talking big about marriage proposals, many people were taking it seriously.

They all began to size up their own sons.

Wen Xueli looked at her own son, who had just learned to walk, and said to him in a solemn tone, "Sweetheart, to make you more outstanding, you’ll start school after the new year.

Also, I heard that physical training helps you better activate your Spiritual Body at the age of three. So, starting tomorrow morning, you have to go out for a run every day."

Wen Xueli’s partner, who was listening from the side, chose his words carefully. "Honey, isn’t that a bit too early?"

Their little cub was only one year old!

"Early? What do you mean, early? If he doesn’t work hard now, how will he find a female master when he grows up?

But focusing on strength alone isn’t enough. Go find an experienced beautician to come and cultivate our son.

Have the beautician set our boy up with milky-smooth skin, eight-pack abs, a V-taper, all of it."

Her partner: "..."

Her son also stared at her with wide, uncomprehending eyes.

Wen Xueli sighed. "Ai, I know it’s probably impossible for our little cub to marry Zhaozhao.

But if you don’t even try, how will you ever know when it comes to fate?

At the very least, when an opportunity arises, our cub won’t be unprepared. Besides, this is all for his own good.

Even if he doesn’t marry Zhaozhao, he can still marry another female. I don’t want him to grow old and die alone."

Her partner deeply agreed with this sentiment.

Being alone might offer freedom, but after a long time, you really start to lose your sense of purpose.

It wasn’t until he had a female master and a son that he understood just how wonderful it felt to be needed by someone.

He lived every day with the feeling of being needed. He would wake up full of energy, ready to take care of his female master and his little cub.

The big, empty house was finally filled with the warmth of life.

...

Long Yue also wanted to forge a closer bond with Jiang Qin through marriage, but she didn’t have any children!

’But that’s fine. I can just have one later,’ she thought. ’After all, some females really like males who are much younger than them.’

This was especially true for older females. So, even if she waited another thirty or fifty years to have a child, it should still be in time.

For now, as the baby’s auntie, her top priority was to mail a gift to little Zhaozhao.

If not for the recent instability around the Empire, she would have flown to the Federation long ago.

What angered her the most was Long Hao.

He messaged her when he needed her, but when he didn’t, he wouldn’t reply no matter how many times she messaged him. He wouldn’t even send her a single picture of baby Zhaozhao.

If Jiang Qin hadn’t posted on her feed, she wouldn’t have even seen little Zhaozhao.

*

Just as she arrived home, Jiang Qin immediately received two large packages.

One was from Mo Chen, who had asked his sister to buy something and send it over.

The other was from an unknown address.

However, she recognized the name on it: Lan Yan.

Lan Yuyan was also a little surprised. "Lan Yan? Where is he now?"

Jiang Qin shook her head. "I’m not sure. We lost contact after he left so suddenly last time."

Her messages to him had vanished without a trace, and it was only ten days ago that she finally received a message from Lan Yan letting her know he was safe.

The postmark on this package was also from ten days ago.

’It seems the place Lan Yan is in is quite remote,’ she thought. ’It took ten days for a package to arrive!’

"You guys go on inside. I’m going to get these packages scanned before I bring them in."

"Okay, be careful."

It wasn’t that they suspected Mo Chen’s sister or Lan Yan, but packages were things that could easily be tampered with.

Especially now, with so many Star Thieves who hated them.

So, it was impossible to be too careful.

Back inside, Shi Lichuan carefully placed Zhaozhao into the crib they had prepared.

Speaking of the crib, Jiang Qin felt like laughing again. If she hadn’t been watching, that crib would have been at least thirty square meters.

She had to stop him, and only then did Yuan Ling build a normal-sized crib.

Well, ’normal’ wasn’t quite the right word. It was practically a crib-Mecha hybrid.

...

Babies love to sleep. Even though Zhaozhao had clearly been stronger than other infants since birth, she couldn’t escape her body’s natural instincts.

So now, she was sound asleep, her clear, limpid eyes closed.

Yun Xie, Cang Hong, and the others were all crouching down, peering into the crib.

Even Yuan Ling wasn’t in his lab tinkering with his machines.

The baby photos stored on Cang Hong’s Light Computer had already reached 9,999, and he was still taking more.

His fans were going crazy.

Good news: Their idol was super active, posting five times an hour, fifty times a day.

Bad news: They were all pictures of the baby sleeping.

In that moment, the ’cool and aloof god-like singer’ filter shattered to pieces.

[Does anyone even remember the Black Lion whose gaze treated everyone like thin air?]

[I don’t. It was probably just an illusion.]

[Heh, I’ve long suspected Cang Hong was a goofball on the inside. His ’look’ was probably just him spacing out, not looking down on people! You’re the ones who obsessively edited all those condescending looks and pushed that whole ’Daddy Kills Me with a Glance’ hashtag!!]

[Give it up, everyone. The top-tier singer’s persona has been completely revamped into ’super dad’.]