Paradise of demons and gods[En]

Chapter 2 Assignments

No sooner had the Old Granny given the command, than a loud commotion rang out as Fang Xingjian’s third uncle, Fang Yueming, walked in with a smile. “Mother, no need to call for me. Am I not already here now? Sigh, I was so busy last night… What good food is there to eat?”

Second aunt laughed coldly to herself as she thought, ‘What could he possibly be busy with? He probably stayed at the casino the whole night and didn’t come home until morning.’

The Old Granny picked up her chopsticks and whacked third uncle’s hand, which had been reaching out towards the dining table. “How many times have I told you? We can only start eating when everyone has arrived. You have no manners at all!”

“Mother, it’s because I’m hungry.” Third uncle felt grieved.

“You are really…” Looking at her youngest son, whom she pampered the most, the Old Granny’s heart softened. But she still replied sternly, “Bear with it, we will be starting the meal soon.”

While they were talking, third aunt had already carried a dignified and strong-looking four-year-old child into the room. When the Old Granny saw this grandchild of hers, the frozen expression on her face immediately melted, and she broke into a rare warm smile. In this family, the Old Granny was fondest of third uncle’s family.

Third aunt also smiled. Then, looking at third uncle, who seemed very sleepy with his pair of panda eyes, she gave him a harsh kick. Fang Xingjian knew that his third aunt was also a tough character. Her family held military power while she herself, though shrewd and unkind, was especially good in getting into other people’s good books. Not only third uncle, even the Old Granny liked her a lot. Furthermore, after giving birth to a son four years ago, the Old Granny now liked them even more.

Seeing this, second aunt became increasingly unhappy, throwing a harsh glance at second uncle, who only laughed.

The Old Granny calmly said, “Let’s start the meal.”

Maids entered like flowing water right away, setting down the cutlery, lifting the lids of various pots, and pouring wine and juice.

With a word from the Old Granny, everyone at the dining table immediately started looking alive. Fang Xingjian carefully ate the food in front of him, while second uncle occasionally got food for his wife.

Third uncle could not wait any longer, grabbing a chicken drumstick and digging in under third aunt’s annoyed glare.

Everyone ate in an orderly and quiet manner, no one daring to speak a word. It was the Old Granny’s rule that one did not speak when having a meal, and that one did not chatter before going to bed.

Unlike Fang Xingjian, who was only level 9, Old Granny had long reached the divine level, level 30. She no longer had high requirements for the food she partook in, and only took a few symbolic bites before stopping. Looking at her little grandson[1], who had oil all over his mouth because of the food, she smiled, picked up a napkin, and wiped off the oil stains from his mouth. She looked very amiable then, entirely different from her previous cold-as-ice look.

“Eat slowly. One must look proper when having a meal.”

The four-year-old Fang Xingchen had been instilled with the various rules and regulations of great clans from an early age, unlike a commoner family’s child. He looked like a small adult, sitting up straight, picking his own food, each movement prim and proper.

If one could say that the Old Granny doted on third uncle and his family the most, disliked second aunt, and detested second uncle for his uselessness, then towards her grandchild Fang Xingjian, for reasons unknown to him, she felt hatred.