Demon's Self-cultivation

Browsing the guest list in his hand, Mandel narrowed his eyes slightly, with subtle displeasure in his tone: "Who is this Kang Ning...?"

"An author." Qiao Qiao, who is still in the sage time, replied lazily on the bed, "He wrote a very popular novel called "Cultivation of Immortals."

"...Are you a loyal reader of this book?" Mandel raised his eyebrows in surprise, never expecting that his lover is still a fan of novels - it's true that he invited the author of the novel he chased to attend the wedding or something. Are you a fanatic?

"No, I haven't read that book, I just heard it mentioned by others. Sister Shaman, Smile and the others like it very much." Qiao Qiao, who was born in the world of self-cultivation, of course has no interest in novels about self-cultivation. Negative Mandel's guess.

"Then how did you meet this Corning?" Mandel turned to look at Jojo.

"He's unlucky." Qiao Qiao hooked the corners of his lips gloatingly, "Go out for a good trip, but the ship happened to be met by the Black Vulture Star Bandit Group and caught as a fat sheep."

"Then? You two knew each other?" Mandel snorted with extreme displeasure, "You hit it off right away?"

For Jojo's rhetoric, Mandel absolutely did not believe it.After getting along with this little guy for so many years, no one knows Jojo's hot outside and cold inside better than Mandel.

Almost everyone will be deceived by Qiao Qiao’s gentle appearance, thinking that he is a heartless and careless good boy, but in fact——Jojo is indeed heartless and careless, but by no means Because of his good temper, but because he has never taken these people and things to heart or seen them in his eyes.It's as if human beings never get angry with an ant. Even if they are annoyed by the other party, they just casually raise their hands and crush them to death, and then easily forget about it.

Qiao Qiao can talk to anyone and seems to get along very well, but in fact, he can count on five fingers the people who really walked into his heart and could be remembered by him.Moreover, all of these people were sincere to him, holding him in their palms and pampering him for several years before they were gradually accepted by him.

——As for Kang Ning, what did he do that deserves Jojo's heart?

Mandel didn't know the existence of "Corning" at all, which made Mandel, who was on the throne, more and more eager to control, and was stimulated by Jojo repeatedly, highly nervous and sensitive, very vigilant.

In the past eight years, although they have never met each other, Mandel's intelligence network has been watching Qiaoqiao. Even though the whereabouts of the Black Vulture Star Bandit are unpredictable, news about Qiaoqiao has been flowing into Mandel's ears intermittently, without interruption.

Since he was never detected by the intelligence personnel of the Kainton Kingdom, it means that Kang Ning and Qiao Qiao must not have been together for a long time.And how could this Kang Ning be able to make Qiao Qiao miss him so much in such a short period of time, and he didn't even forget to invite him to participate in the wedding?

You know, there are only four invitation letters sent out in the name of Qiao Qiao: the first one was sent to Xu Zhengjie, the second one was sent to Zhang Jie, and the third one, which was destined to be impossible to get a response, was sent to the Black Vulture Star Pirate. Group—and the fourth one was given to Kang Ning, whose name Mandel had never even heard of.

At the thought of this name, Mandel felt as if he had overturned the jar of vinegar, and he felt a strong sense of crisis. What the hell is going on between him and Jojo.

Hearing that his host's tone was not normal, Qiao Qiao finally forcibly pulled back his wandering consciousness, turned his head and glanced at Mandel who was lying on the bed next to him, leaning against the head of the bed, and hesitated for a moment: "You Don't you want me to invite Kang Ning?"

Mandel looked back at him, his tone indifferent: "If I say yes, you won't invite him?"

"Yeah!" Qiao Qiao nodded quickly without hesitation—the former host who has been spoiled by him and the current host who is now more and more fascinated by him, a fool knows which one to choose!

Jojo's response made Mandel feel better, and the smile on the corner of his mouth finally became sincere.Raising his hand and touching Qiao Qiao's head, Mandel said with a generous face, "It's okay, just invite him, I'm not unhappy."

——After all, for a rival in love, one must know oneself and one another.Although Mandel is very confident that this Corning is definitely not his opponent, but if he doesn't really meet and evaluate him, he will never feel at ease.

Of course, if the other party is indeed a threat to him, then Mandel can also take this opportunity to completely eliminate him-when this Corning really enters the territory of the Kingdom of Kyndon, it means that his life and death are completely controlled by Mandel. In Del's hands, killing him without a trace is a breeze for Mandel who is in power.

Although he was deeply suspicious of his host's big belly, Qiao Qiao didn't take it too seriously, and he didn't expect that because of his invitation letter, his "father" had already half-stepped into the gate of hell and was cheated. More wronged than Dou E.

Of course, what was even more unexpected was that before Qiaoqiao's spiritual "father" stepped into the wedding venue, his physical "parents" had already thrown themselves into the trap with the invitation letter, and ran straight into Mandel. This is an active volcano in the incubation period that is suffocating fiercely.

When Daniel reported that there was an envoy from the Republic of South China requesting entry with a wedding invitation, Qiao Qiao was accompanying Mandel in his office, fulfilling his duties as a "personal secretary".

Hearing the news, Mandel put down the official document in his hand and frowned slightly: "The Republic of South China? Requesting entry now? Isn't it too early?"

"Uh..." Daniel hesitated for a moment, and looked at Qiao Qiao, who was ignorant and indifferent to this matter, "The South China Mission said that they came here early this time to...recognize their parents and children."

Hearing Daniel's hint, Qiaoqiao froze for a moment, and finally raised his head: "...recognize me?"

"Probably yes." Daniel nodded helplessly.

"Let them come." Mandel smiled inexplicably, "Since they are Qiao Qiao's parents, we naturally cannot refuse them."

Daniel looked at the royal couple who were not at all happy, but had subtle expressions on the contrary. He also had a rough positioning for the two envoys and couples of the South China Republic who came to recognize their relatives - there is no need to be too enthusiastic, as long as they do not lose etiquette, they should be treated as ordinary guests That's it.Even the accompanying staff should be vigilant against them, and they should not be allowed to say more things that should not be said or do more things that should not be done.

After thinking about it in his heart, Daniel bowed and resigned, and sent someone to arrange the next reception.

The door of the office was closed, and Mandel turned to Jojo, with a teasing tone: "Your biological parents have come to see you, aren't you happy and excited?"

"Happy and excited?" Qiao Qiao rolled his eyes unceremoniously, "Don't you know that when I was young, I was frightened, my memory was confused, and I couldn't remember anything clearly. They are two strangers to me. There's nothing to be excited about."

——If the parents of the original body found him when he first took possession of this body, Qiao Qiao might have to worry a little bit, for fear that the parents of the original body would find out that his personality is different from the original body , pointing out the fact that he seized the house.

However, now that more than ten years have passed, it is natural for a child to change into anything. Qiao Qiao is confident, and of course he will not take his original parents to heart.

"Even if I can't remember clearly, they are your parents anyway." Mandel didn't think that with the nature of Jojo White-eyed Wolf, he would value kinship so much.While picking up the half-read official document again, he chatted casually, "It is estimated that you are more famous now, and they recognized you, so they hurried over, which can be regarded as a loving father and mother."

"Hehe, I don't have such a feeling." Jojo recalled the memory of the original body again, and complained in a mocking tone, "These two people have never cared about 'I' since 'I' can remember, throwing 'I' After giving it to servants and tutors, they ignored it. Rather than saying 'I' is their son, it is better to say 'I' is more like a tool to continue their noble blood and family honor."

"They treat you badly?" Mandel frowned slightly, "Don't you remember everything?"

"...Yeah, I can't remember clearly, but I still have the general impression." Qiaoqiao blinked, secretly annoyed that she was defenseless against the host and confided everything, and then quickly turned Mandel's attention to In other places, "This time they came here, I think they have bad intentions, not to recognize their son, but to... recognize their son-in-law."

Following Qiao Qiao's words, Mandel's brows furrowed deeper and deeper, and his face gradually sank, with a hint of coldness.

Thinking of Qiaoqiao living alone in an empty mansion when he was a child, surrounded by indifferent or servile servants, but without the warm care of his parents, Mandel's heart couldn't help but feel a little dull.

——After all, Jojo was the sweetest little angel in Mandel's heart when he was a child. He was innocent, pure and lovely, and made people want to feel pain in his heart.Even if Jojo later revealed his true colors, it still couldn't completely reverse Mandel's good memory of that little guy who was tender, tender, and cute, who knew how to advance and retreat, and loved to act like a baby.

Even Mandel was a little angry.He felt that Qiao Qiao had grown into a cold and ruthless little bastard now, maybe there was no reason why no one cared for him when he was a child, and he tasted the warmth and coldness of the world.

After all, Jojo's mental strength is so strong, and his personality is so precocious, his personality must have been established very early, and he is extremely vulnerable to the influence of his parents and the surrounding environment.And a pair of dereliction of duty parents will inevitably affect the mental health of children.

——If it wasn’t for them ignoring and treating Qiao Qiao coldly when they were young, Qiao Qiao would not have become the cold-hearted and cold-hearted appearance he is now, and then he would not have suffered so much “torture” from Qiao Qiao, almost(?) Also forced to become a "pervert".

Rounding it up, this is also his own enemy.

If Qiaoqiao still has some feelings of admiration for this couple, since they gave birth to Qiaoqiao, Mandel would not mind showing them some respect and letting them taste the sweetness.

But looking at it now, instead of yearning for her biological parents, Qiao Qiao is full of rejection, so Mandel will not be stupid to press the two mountains of "father-in-law and mother-in-law" on top of his head, and make himself angry for nothing. Don't bother me, but also make my sweetheart dissatisfied.

——Perhaps, he will carry the hat of "becoming blue-faced with anger" again, to avenge the cold domestic violence that his lover suffered when he was a child, and to avenge himself?

Thinking in this way, Mandel clicked on the map of the star field, thinking about the Republic of South China, which is some distance away from the Kingdom of Kayndon.

And Qiao Qiao, who had the same heart with him, also turned on his computer, looking for the "little secret" that his "biological" parents didn't know.

——Of course, Qiao Qiao didn't intend to avenge the original body. After all, Xiao Xiaomo didn't have much empathy for the original body's experience, and he didn't have any righteous indignation when he saw the injustice.He simply didn't want himself to be kidnapped by his original parents on the basis of kinship morality, and point fingers at him under the guise of "filial piety".

As the saying goes, "The wicked will be punished by the wicked", if the other party is not kind, then don't blame Qiao Qiao, a cruel little devil, for "repaying" one or two.

——In short, no matter what, it is definitely impossible for Qiao Qiao to suffer.

Inexplicably, the middle-aged couple who had just passed the border inspection of the star field and were excitedly rushing to the capital of the Kingdom of Kayndon, both shuddered, looked at each other subconsciously, and then quickly and indifferently looked away.