Deducing Godhood from the Fetal Stage

Chapter 62 Grandfather

Ling Kuo stared at Jiang Yun.

Seeing that pure and innocent baby smile, even his perpetually hard facial muscles couldn't help but soften.

The invisible pressure that had permeated the ward dissipated silently.

He looked away and gazed at Ling Jiu, who was holding the child.

"How are you feeling?" The voice was harsh, like issuing a military order.

"That's fine." Ling Jiu's reply was equally dry.

The air between the father and daughter seemed to freeze. Jiang Rang took half a step forward, half his body blocking Ling Jiu's bedside, meeting Ling Kuo's gaze.

"Father-in-law," Jiang Rang said, bowing his head.

As a son-in-law who wasn't chosen by the other party, he became the child's biological father. He felt a little awkward, but he still had to call him that.

Ling Kuo looked him up and down, her eyes critical.

"Early stage of the Hidden Spirit Realm, second-level trainee in the Business Path. You're quite capable."

Ling Kuo mercilessly exposed his true feelings, "What, you want to be a live-in son-in-law?"

He scoffed, "You're overthinking it. Our Ling family is dirt clean. If we want anything, we have to earn it ourselves by doing odd jobs, or we have to pass a test and receive resources voluntarily donated by our clansmen."

Jiang Rang shook his head: "I will do what I can."

Ling Kuo raised an eyebrow, her eyes sharp as knives, and her oppressive aura slowly rose. Jiang Rang remained neither humble nor arrogant, and even though his body trembled involuntarily, he did not do anything disgraceful.

"He's a man, at least."

Ling Kuo snorted, all the oppressive aura dissipating completely, as if acknowledging the situation. "Fine, I'll talk to the Wang family."

He casually pulled out a card and tossed it to Jiang Rang.

"Don't worry, they're not that stingy. Anyway, they won't lack resources. As for you... whether you can ride the wind and soar to great heights depends on yourself."

Jiang Rang took the document and glanced at it, then solemnly clasped his hands in a fist and said, "I will certainly not fail my father-in-law and Daoist Master's trust."

Upon hearing the word "father-in-law," Ling Kuo rolled his eyes, but upon hearing "Daojun," his gaze suddenly darkened.

"She was here just now."

This is not a question, it is a certainty.

Ling Kuo walked to the window, looking at the bustling buildings of the Imperial Star outside, her tone filled with suppressed irritation.

"Your grandmother has been avoiding the Ling family like the plague for so many years, but she has actually come back for this baby."

He turned his head, his gaze falling on Jiang Yun again, filled with scrutiny and incomprehension, "This child..."

A thought fell upon Jiang Yun, who immediately withdrew all her abilities, lay quietly in the swaddling clothes, and continued to innocently blow bubbles.

As if his suspicions had been confirmed, his voice maintained the calm and dignified tone characteristic of a soldier, yet it still carried a hint of unconcealed shock.

"Truly a primordial Dao body!"

"I thought she would always be noble and elegant, and would stick to her path of 'going to the people' and 'going deep into the grassroots'."

Ling Kuo sneered, "So she can be tempted by worldly desires after all."

He seemed to be asking Jiang Rang, or perhaps talking to himself.

"We were born at the pinnacle, controlling the empire's most premium resources. Isn't it a faster and better shortcut to directly plunder, control, and dominate them, then suppress rebels and protect the so-called people?"

"Ultimately, it's because of her practice of 'following the will of the people,' isn't that just another form of selfishness?"

Jiang remained silent.

He came from a humble background and could actually understand Ling Caixin's thoughts better, but arguing with Ling Kuo was clearly not a wise move.

The scheme Aksero had set for him made him realize that he was only safe and sound because of Ye Zhigui's inheritance, Wei Yun's protection, and Ling Caixin's karma.

Even if he loses just one, he will suffer a great loss.

None of these powers belonged to him.

Regardless of family background or talent, only by being down-to-earth and improving one's own abilities first, reaching a point where one can think about those issues, can one avoid being easily taken advantage of.

He was too ambitious before.

So now, as a baby, he only needs to focus on eating and developing as quickly as possible.

Meanwhile, Ling Kuo was having an awkward conversation with Ling Jiu. "How have you been lately?"

Ling Jiu was taken aback. "It's alright."

Have you named the child yet?

"I want to call her Yoon-ah, Jiang Yoon."

"Being a mother is not easy. You'll have a tough time from now on. Be a good mother."

"Um."

"Remember to get your marriage certificate."

"Um."

"Tell me what you need; I'm on a long vacation."

"it is good."

The scene became awkward at one point.

Ling Kuo stood in the ward for less than five minutes before becoming extremely uncomfortable. The decisive and ruthless general on the battlefield didn't know what to do with his hands and feet here.

Seeing that Ling Jiu was unwilling to talk to him, he hesitated for a long time before taking out a black pendant that was neither gold nor jade from his military uniform pocket and carefully placing it on Ling Jiu's bedside table.

"Dad just finished his mission and took leave to come back. He has to rush back to the military region to report... This thing is for the child to take. It can stop three fatal attacks. Your grandmother's karma is too great, so it's better to use this as an extra layer of insurance."

"besides."

He hesitated for a moment, then a flash of light appeared in his hand, and a pink teddy bear plush toy over a meter tall appeared. He said somewhat awkwardly, "I heard little girls like these things, so I bought it a while ago... I didn't expect you to become a mother so soon..."

A tough-looking soldier is now holding a large teddy bear, which looks rather comical.

He didn't speak, as if waiting for his daughter's answer.

Ling Jiu stared at the teddy bear for a few seconds, then looked at Jiang Rang, and said to him, "Jiang Rang, could you bring it to me?"

Jiang Rang nodded and accepted it. Jiang Yun subtly noticed that the corner of his grandfather's mouth suddenly turned up, but then quickly disappeared.

"I asked, and you said you'll be discharged in about two or three days. What are your plans after that?"

His voice seemed slightly thinner than when he first entered, "Are you going to your grandmother's, or back to the military compound?"

The question was raised, and Ling Jiu's grip on Jiang Yun tightened slightly. She looked at her father's face, etched with the marks of military life, took a deep breath, and spoke with a hint of helplessness:

"Dad, I should go to the hospital for postpartum care first."

Ling Kuo's facial muscles tensed for a moment, and a hint of annoyance welled up in his usually sharp eyes.

"Okay. I'll drive to pick you up in three days."

……

Finally, all the big shots left, and Jiang Yun activated the Fate Connection to check the development of the stake method he had previously planted for his mother.

His previous achievements had also helped his mother.

My biological mother has now reached the second level of perfection in the three arts of literature, martial arts, and art, but she is still a step behind in nurturing and destiny.

It seems that the logical aspects of fortune telling are indeed difficult to learn, so it's probably hopeless.

However, Tianxingluo and Liuguangyao had already been developed, and the two stance techniques had entered his mind.

It's no use, since he can't even stand up right now.

How to practice?

Let's have milk first.