Ch. 1561..1570
Chapter 1561
Marlee and Fraser stared at the merchant ship’s sensors.
Time passed slowly.
Every single second was torment for the people on the merchant ship.
Suddenly, Marlee noticed the approaching object in front of her move, and it was moving in the direction of the ship.
When she saw that, Marlee’s heart rose to her throat.
She was afraid that she was only hallucinating because she was too nervous.
Thus, she hastily rubbed her eyes with both hands to look closer.
What she saw immediately made her eyes widen in horror.
On the sensor, a light spot in front of them was rapidly approaching the merchant ship.
Originally, although the two were getting closer, they were like two parallel lines that could never intersect.
Now, the light spot changed its trajectory and started to move toward the merchant ship.
If this continued, their paths would soon intersect.
The other party was obviously coming for the merchant ship.
‘Did we run into space pirates?
‘Why did this happen?
‘Why did fate treat me like this?
‘Why won’t it give me a chance?’
Seeing that they would soon arrive at a place of hope, but now, there was an unbridgeable gap.
Marlee felt a strong sense of powerlessness.
Back when she was wandering outside, she was unfairly treated by fate which caused her to return to the Jung family alone while pregnant.
Over the years, Marlee gave birth to her daughter Peggy alone. How much criticism and pressure had she
endured since then?
Even the members of the Jung family talked about her behind her back, let alone outsiders.
If not for her daughter’s sake, Marlee would not have been able to handle it anymore.
She did not want to think about anything now. She just wanted to bring up her daughter Peggy safely until Peggy could be independent.
Despite this, it seemed that fate did not want to satisfy even this simple request.
Perhaps she used up all of her good luck in the first half of her life, and that was why Marlee had such a miserable life in the second half of her life.
She used to be the proud daughter of the Jung family.
Not only was she talented, but her beautiful appearance was also famous in the galaxy where the Jung family was located.
A lot of the heirs of countless forces were attracted to her and there were waves of people who came to ask for her hand. 1
On the contrary, whenever her name was mentioned now, she would be as the butt of their jokes.
Fraser also saw what was happening on the sensor.
He yelled in horror, “M-Miss! It… It’s coming toward us, w-what should we do?”
When the rest of the staff in the control room heard Fraser’s voice, they all turned to look at the two of
them in horror.
Marlee’s mind was also in turmoil at that moment.
‘What should we do?
‘How would I know?’
In this situation, the only thing they could do was to pray that the other party would only ask for some money and let them go.
She would then think of it as paying some money to avert disaster.
She did not want to encounter the cruelest space pirates.
Otherwise, the hopes of the people on this boat, as well as the entire Jung family, would be shattered.
Smack!
Marlee recovered and slammed down on the alarm again.
Buzz buzz buzz!
Harsh alarms resonated throughout the entire merchant ship again.
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“Uncle Fraser, order the whole ship to be on alert to defend against foreign enemies,” Marlee ordered, staring at the light spot on the sensor that was getting closer.
“Yes, Miss!” Fraser replied and immediately left the control room to convey Marlee’s order.
He could only follow Miss’ orders now.
“Miss… Do we need to change the route?” A staff member asked cautiously.
“It’s useless. Even if we turned around and fled as soon as we spotted the other party, it’ll still be useless. Once the space pirate notices us, our ship has no possibility of escaping,” Marlee shook her head and said.
“Then… Then what should we do?”
“Continue moving forward! If it’s a blessing, then it’ll be good. But if it’s not, we can’t avoid the disaster anyway. Now that we’ve reached this point, we can’t escape. So let’s hope that the other party’s request will not be too excessive.”
After receiving Marlee’s orders, the whole merchant ship began to change.
Energy cannon barrels appeared around the merchant ship, arming the merchant ship like a hedgehog. At the same time, the defense system of the merchant ship was also increased to its maximum level.
If this light spot approaching them was a space pirate, it would be impossible for them to fight back with this little power.
However, even if they were not strong enough, they would not surrender.
Everyone would fight to the death.
David was still telling stories to Peggy in the room when the alarm drowned David’s voice as he was telling the story.
After the alarm stopped, David asked, “Peggy, do you know what that sound was?”
“Mister, that’s the alarm. It will only sound in case of emergency,” the little girl replied.
“It sounded twice in a row, so does that mean something important happened? Are you not worried about your mother?”
“Don’t worry, Mister! No matter what happens, my mother will take care of it,” the little girl said with some pride.
To her, her mother was probably an invincible existence and she could solve anything.
“Oh? Is your mother so powerful?” David asked curiously.
In his opinion, she was just a peak Infinity Ranker, and she was not even in Eternal Realm.
How could she be strong?
Especially in a place where Eternals were abundant and Saints were all over the place.
When David first came to Star Kingdom, he saw many Eternals and three Saints in the Iridescent Sect. Hence, this caused him to make a major misjudgment of Star Kingdom.
“Of course! My mother is very powerful. When I was at home, Mom would beat anyone who dared to bully
me black and blue. Even if they went back to complain, no one would dare to trouble Mom. Gradually, nobody dared to bully me anymore.” The little girl raised her head like a proud little peacock.
David understood.
It seemed that the Jung family where this little girl belonged was just so-so.
It should be a small family since they could regard a peak Infinity Ranker as the top combat power.
Even if there were Eternals, there would only be very few, with at most one or two.
“Since your mother is so powerful, shall we continue with the story?”
David was not going to ask now.
He would wait until Marlee ran out of ideas before he went to see what was going on.
David would offer a hand if it was within the scope of his ability.
On the contrary, he would not if it was beyond his ability.
Now, he had a lot of responsibility on his shoulders.
In addition to rescuing Celeste, he also needed to guarantee the safety of Celia and others.
Therefore, he could not let anything happen to himself.
‘I’m still too weak!’
David sighed in his heart.
“Okay! Mister, please continue telling me stories. Mom will come back to pick me up once she finishes
her work.”
The two were not affected by the alarm at all as they continued the unfinished story.
One had absolute confidence in her mother while one felt that his strength was too weak, and as he had heavy responsibilities, he was unwilling to cause too many extra problems.
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Somewhere in the void of Star Kingdom, a merchant ship carrying goods and a battleship driven by space pirates faced each other.
When the distance between the two sides grew smaller, the battleship suddenly attacked.
Boom!
A bright light flashed in the void.
At such a short distance, the merchant ship had no time to react and was hit.
The entire merchant ship shook violently.
Fortunately, the defense had been increased to its maximum level, so this attack did not cause any substantial damage to the ship.
However, if there were two more attacks of this level, it would definitely break through the defense of the merchant ship and destroy it.
The merchant ship slowed down after this attack.
The purpose of the battleship was not to destroy the merchant ship but to force the merchant ship to stop.
This was so that they could continue what they wanted to do next.
Marlee’s face turned white inside the merchant ship.
The other party attacked before they even met.
The other party was definitely a group of space pirates.
The other staff also looked terrified.
‘We really ran into space pirates.
‘Can we make it out alive?’
David was telling a story when the ship shook violently.
“Ah!”
The frightened little girl screamed.
David stood up quickly and held Peggy in his arms.
“It’s okay! It’s okay! I am here, so don’t be afraid, Peggy,” David comforted.
The two ships soon met.
“Miss, what should we do? Should we stop or just go full speed ahead?” A staff member in the control room asked nervously.
“Stop. We won’t be able to make it. The attack just now was to make us stop. If we are not sensible enough, they will break through our defense with the next attack,” Marlee sighed and said helplessly.
The merchant ship stopped.
The battleship soon stopped opposite the merchant ship.
Before Marlee could speak, a group of space pirates immediately descended from the battleship. There were dozens of people in total, and they spread out and surrounded the merchant ship.
“May I ask what’s the purpose of you stopping us?” Marlee’s voice came from the merchant ship. “Hey! It’s a woman! It seems that we were lucky today, boys! Hahaha!”
A man’s boorish laughter was also heard from the battleship.
Immediately afterward, countless laughter followed.
“Hahaha!”
“Boss, you’re right! We haven’t stopped a woman for a long time. It seems that it’s our lucky day!”
“That’s right! I haven’t touched a woman for so long that I almost forgot what a woman is like. Boss, don’t kill her. Keep her alive so we can have a taste too.”
“Of course! Boss, you have to think about us too and you can’t have her alone.”
“Everyone, don’t worry! We share all our spoils, so how could I forget about you boys?” The boorish voice said again.
“You said the same thing last time, but you killed that woman and left us with a dead body. We are space pirates, not creeps.”
“Cough cough cough… Everyone, stop arguing. It was an accident last time. Who knew that woman was so weak? I will be gentle this time.”
“You said it yourself.”
“That’s right! Boss, you weren’t careful last time.”
“Enough! Look at yourselves. Since there is a woman on this merchant ship, who knows if there will be a second or third? Maybe after this, everyone can get their share! If that’s the case, we can have fun with them every day and when we get tired of playing with the one we have, we can swap, wouldn’t it be so nice?”
As soon as he said that, the other space pirates’ eyes shone.
They were staring at the merchant ship not far away like sharks smelling blood.
‘Yeah, what if there are many women on this merchant ship?
‘Wouldn’t we have struck gold?
‘Everyone gets one, and we can swap when we get tired of the same one.
‘That will be so fun.’
Their conversation fell on the ears of the people on the merchant ship.
Marlee’s heart sank, and her face became even paler. There was almost no trace of blood on it.
Upon hearing the conversation of this group of space pirates, she knew that the other party was the most frightening type of space pirates.
There would be nothing left after they were done.
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They would take all the money and goods, kill all men, and take all women to use as objects of lust until they were tortured to death.
‘Oh no! Will there be any chance of us getting out of this alive after encountering this kind of space pirates?’
Knowing her attractiveness toward men, Marlee had already imagined of her tragic end after being
caught.
‘No! I must not fall into their hands.
‘Even if I die, I have to die with dignity.
‘But what about Peggy?
‘She is still so young and there’s a great life waiting for her.
‘She shouldn’t have died like this.
‘And David…
‘Right, David!
‘Maybe there is something he can do.’
At this moment, Marlee thought of David, the mysterious young man.
If there were any uncertainties on this ship, it was David.
If even he had no solutions, then there would be no hope at all.
If so, Marlee could only use herself in exchange for a chance at life for David and Peggy.
If these space pirates dared to disagree, she would commit suicide in front of them.
Marlee believed in her own attractiveness to men.
These shameless lechers would not watch her die.
However, if Marlee did this, what awaited her would be a hellish life until she died in pain.
Marlee finally decided to go all out for the sake of her daughter.
Women were inherently weak, but mothers were strong.
This sentence could not be more appropriate for Marlee at that moment.
If she did not have Peggy, she would definitely not have made this choice.
She would rather die than be the object of these space pirates’ lust and be tortured to death by them.
The other staff members on the merchant ship all showed fear.
They also knew that they had encountered the cruelest gang of scum among space pirates.
It seemed that they might not be able to escape from this calamity today.
Therefore, they could only fight to the death.
Their originally terrified eyes gradually became firm.
Even if they died, they still had to make these space pirates pay a high enough price.
All the staff were prepared.
Naturally, David also heard the unabashed dialogue of these space pirates.
David’s frown deepened the more he listened.
Their attitude towards women enraged David.
‘Are they even human?
‘They’re worse than animals!
‘Not only they will take turns, they will even commit necrophilia.’
David wanted to attack them right now and annihilate all of them so that these scum would also experience the fear of impending doom.
However, he held himself back temporarily.
It was not time yet.
David decided to wait and see until he learned of his opponents’ strength.
Marlee should have a way to handle this. If he attacked out of nowhere, he would only make things worse.
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The space pirates’ conversation did not last long.
They also knew that now was not the time to discuss these things.
They could only slowly enjoy the fruits of victory after robbing the merchant ship in front of them.
As for how many women were on the merchant ship, they would only know after robbing it.
In the eyes of these space pirates, this small merchant ship did not even bear a crest, so it was clear at a glance that this was from a small family.
Hence, they wanted to try their luck.
If this ship could reach the Central Sacred Continent safely, the value of the goods on board could be multiplied ten times or even dozens of times over.
It was much better than selling them to those big trading houses.
However, there were always risks.
If they made a mistake, not only would their goods be gone, but they might even lose their lives.
This was the reason why countless small and medium-sized forces in every corner of Star Kingdom. would still come to take risks knowing that there were space pirates entrenched at the entrances of the wormholes to the Central Sacred Continent.
After all, the profits were huge.
If they were successful even once, they could get a huge reward.
When the interests were large enough, there would always be someone willing to risk their lives to give it
a try.
Moreover, there were patrols sent by the Central Sacred Continent to guard the entrances of various wormholes.
The odds of success were still relatively high.
If the merchants ran into space pirates, it could only mean that they were unlucky.
“Okay, everyone, stop chattering and get down to business!” Said the man that was addressed as Boss.
“Since Boss has spoken, let’s get down to business.”
At this time, Marlee could not help asking loudly, “What are you guys trying to do?”
“What are we trying to do? Do you still need to ask? Since you’ve met us, of course, we’re going to kill you all and rob you clean,” one of the space pirates replied with a smile.
“Aren’t you space pirates afraid of retribution for committing so many sins?” Marlee cursed angrily.
Since she ran into these guys, it was useless to say any more.
Unless she was stronger than them, the space pirates would not let go of any merchant ships.
“Retribution? Hahaha! I have been in the space pirate industry for so many years, and so many people died by my hands! Not to mention most of them died of brutal torture. So Ma’am, where is the retribution you mentioned? Why have I never seen it? If there is retribution, let it happen to me! I am not afraid. Hahaha!” The boorish voice barked as he guffawed.
He was the boss of this group of space pirates and the people working for him would call him Boss.
He had been in this area for many years, and he was notoriously cruel.
If he took action, he would spare no one’s life.
However, he was quite self-aware.
He would only rob the merchant ship of small forces like this one and he would never touch medium or large forces’ merchant ships.
That was why he could live until now.
“God is always watching. You scum and degenerates will suffer retribution sooner or later, and then it will be the time for you to atone for the sins of those who died by your hands!” Marlee continued to curse.
Since she could not change the ending, she should at least let herself curse at them as much as she
wanted.
“Really? Then let it come quickly! I can’t wait, but whether that day comes or not, you will never have a chance to see it, sweetcheeks. Judging from your voice, you should be pretty hot, right? After this, I will let you experience the happiness of a woman. I hope you can bear it. Don’t be like the woman last time, who died before I had my fun. Hahaha!”
“You… You scum! You degenerate! If your mother knew that she had given birth to a scoundrel like you who would commit all kinds of evil, she would definitely have strangled you to death, lest you come out and harm others now.”
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“Okay, very good. Great, I love a fiery woman like you,” Boss said gloomily.
However, he was used to it.
He was often cursed out when he was killing people these years.
Once the other party saw see no hope of survival, they would hurl all kinds of vulgarities.
Over time, he had slowly gotten used to it.
“I won’t let you get away with it!” Marlee yelled.
“Really? Let’s wait and see. Attack!”
Dozens of space pirates surrounding the merchant ship acted immediately, but Marlee was not weak either.
Although this was a merchant ship for transporting goods, after the transformation, its offensive and defensive were not too weak.
Many accidents were bound to happen during the long distance from the Jung family to the Central Sacred Continent.
Therefore, they would still need some means to deal with these simple problems.
After Boss the space pirate ordered his people to attack, Marlee immediately ordered in a deep voice,’ Everyone, attack!”
Boom boom boom!
All the cannon barrels on the merchant ship fired energy cannons at the space pirates rushing over.
However, these space pirates were all at Universe Realm. Most of them were Cosmos Rankers and Celestial Rankers, and there were nearly ten Infinity Rankers.
Hence, the energy cannons would not work on them.
At most, it would just slow down their approach.
”
As the energy cannon continuously fired, the space pirates also constantly approached the merchant ship.
The fastest ones were naturally the Infinity Rankers, and then Celestial Rankers.
The Cosmos Rankers were slightly more affected by the energy cannon, so they could only approach slowly.
“Miss, what should we do? The opponent is too strong, and our attacks won’t have much effect. The stronger ones can avoid our cannons easily, and they are almost on the edge of the ship,” Fraser asked, wiping the cold sweat off his brow.
Marlee clenched her teeth and looked at the space pirates approaching all around them.
She did not have any solution at this moment.
If the dozens of space pirates who were not even peak Infinity Rankers were the strongest among them, Marlee could still fight them with her peak Infinity Ranker strength alongside Fraser, a late Infinity Ranker, and the several beginner and mid-Infinity Rankers she paid a lot of money to hire.
However, the leaders of the other party still had not come down from their battleship.
They were the most dangerous figures.
Even if Marlee and the others could eliminate the guys surrounding them, they were still not the opponents of the leaders.
Marlee figured this group of space pirates had at least one partial Eternal, and there was a high probability that it was the so-called Boss.
As for how many peak Infinity Rankers there were, it was hard to say.
If the other party dispatched all of their power, they could kill Marlee and the others instantly.
The only thing Mariee could do now was buy time.
She would delay as long as she could.
Even if it did not work, this was still the only option.
“How long can we last if we increase our defense as much as possible and allow these people to attack?” Marlee asked.
“There are nearly ten Infinity Rankers on the other side, and the rest are Cosmo and Celestial Rankers. If we dodged that blow just now, we could last for half an hour. Now, we can only hold on for ten to fifteen minutes at most. It will still depend on whether those guys will attack us with full force,” Fraser said.
“What if we use energy cannons to interfere with them?”
“We can definitely last longer, but it won’t be too long.”
“What should we do?”
“But Miss, this won’t solve any of the problems at all. They will still breach our defense in the end and we will still have no escape.”
“Do as I say!”
“Yes, Miss!”
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Nearly ten space pirates at Infinity Rank first came to the side of the merchant ship to attack the defense of the merchant ship.
Then, the space pirates at Celestial Rank also arrived, and finally the space pirates at Cosmos Rank.
Dozens of space pirates at Universe Realm began to attack the merchant ship continuously.
Marlee ordered the merchant ship to continue to interfere with these space pirates with energy cannons, but it did not have much effect.
Energy cannons were inanimate after all, while humans were alive.
Moreover, the level of the energy cannon equipped on the merchant ship of the Jung family was too low, and it would not work well for the powerhouses at Universe Realm.
However, Marlee decided to do it anyway just so they could hold on for a little longer.
David was in the room. He first released a trace of mind power to go out to investigate the situation.
Although Celeste told him to avoid using mind power as much as possible before he had the strength to protect himself, she also said that mind power was something only Eternal Realm Sovereign Rankers possesed.
David did not think that a Sovereign Ranker would come to rob the Jung family’s merchant ship that did not even have an Eternal.
A powerhouse of this level was also an elder in the Iridescent Sect.
How would they commit such a shameless act?
It would really be overkill.
As long as he did meet someone with mind power, David’s mind power would not be exposed, and he
could use it with confidence.
The space pirates kept attacking the merchant ship while avoiding the energy cannons.
The defense of the merchant ship was also continuously declining.
If this continued, in about twenty minutes, the defense of the merchant ship would be completely broken.
The core of this group of space pirates gathered to watch this unfold from the battleship.
There were as many as seven people.
Three of them were partial Eternals, while four were peak Infinity Rankers.
Their strength was far beyond Marlee’s imagination.
She thought that the group of space pirates consisted only of Boss, a partial Eternal.
“Boss, this is too slow. Why don’t I go over and break the opponent’s defense?” A middle-aged man said. “No, they can’t escape anyway. Orion, don’t you think it’s very enjoyable to make them suffer in despair?” Boss asked with a smirk.
“But Boss, I’m afraid that they can’t bear this kind of despair and commit suicide. If that happens, we would have done this in vain. It’ll be such a waste of time. We finally ran into women, so we can’t let them die like this.”
“Don’t worry! They won’t commit suicide, otherwise, they would have done it already. Why bother resisting so stubbornly? As long as there is a glimmer of hope, no one will want to die. Committing suicide requires a certain amount of courage.”
“Okay then, I shall listen to you.”
Boom boom boom!
Bang bang bang!
Pow pow pow!
Time passed amidst various chaotic attacks.
Five minutes later, the merchant ship had 30% of its defensive power left.
Ten minutes later, the merchant ship had 20% of its defensive power left.
Fifteen minutes later, the merchant ship had 10% of its defensive power left.
As Marlee watched the dwindling defenses, she gave up hope.
The merchant ship’s defense would be breached in five minutes.
What could they do in five minutes?
It was just enough for her to say a few words to her daughter.
“Uncle Fraser, tell everyone to persevere and not give up hope. I’ll see how Peggy is doing.”
Marlee turned and left the control room without waiting for Fraser to answer.
She had been focusing on space pirates and had not noticed that another light spot had appeared on the merchant ship’s sensor at some point.
Moreover, this light spot was already very close.
In ten minutes or so, it would arrive at the scene.
However, could the ship’s defense last for more than ten minutes?
It obviously could not.
In another five minutes, the defense of the merchant ship would be breached by dozens of space pirates at Universe Realm.
At that time, the entire ship would be exposed to the opponent’s attack.
None of them noticed that an object was approaching rapidly, including the space pirate on the opposing battleship.
David spread out his mind power bit by bit.
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He finally understood the situation clearly.
Immediately he breathed a sigh of relief.
There was not even a Ruler Ranker, let alone a Sovereign Ranker.
There were just three partial Eternals with a bunch of people at Universe Realm.
As long as David cast the Eternal Golden Body, all of them would be killed in a slap.
He got rid of the Nine-Headed Serpent Clan and the five partial Eternals of Sangruil with just a slap in the Milky Way last time.
Partial Eternals were just ants in front of Eternals.
They were only slightly stronger than people at Universe Realm.
After finding out the specific situation, David was no longer in a hurry.
He started teasing the little girl Peggy again.
“Peggy, where’s your dad? Is he on this ship?” David asked curiously.
He felt with Marlee’s beauty and charm, the man she chose would surely not be that bad.
However, David had been on the ship for so many days, and he had never heard Peggy calling for her dad.
David was confused.
How could a man let his wife and daughter do such a dangerous job?
If he were not on board today, Marlee and the others would surely have died if they had to face the space pirate gang led by three partial Eternals with their measly strength.
All plots and tricks were futile in the face of absolute strength.
Furthermore, David did not think that Marlee had any secret plans to deal with this group of space pirates.
Once she was caught by this group of space pirates, one could only imagine the fate of this beautiful woman named Marlee.
“No!” The little girl shook her head and said.
“So, your dad is at home?” David asked again.
“No!” The little girl continued to shake her head.
“Then where is he?” David was even more curious now.
“Mister, I don’t have a father,” the little girl said aggrievedly.
“No father? How is it possible? Where did you come from if you didn’t have one?”
“My mother said that my father died before I was born, so I never had a father, and I never saw what he looked like.”
David froze for a moment.
‘Died?
‘I see!
‘No wonder Marlee took her daughter out to do such a dangerous job.
‘It turns out that her husband was already dead.
‘I knew it.
‘Which man would not cherish Marlee after marrying a woman like her? How would he let her come out to do such a dangerous job with such a lovely daughter?
‘They would never return if they ran into a situation as dangeorus as this.’
“I’m sorry, Peggy. I shouldn’t have mentioned something that will make you sad,” David said with a little apology.
“It’s okay, Mister. Although I don’t have a father, I have the best mother in the world,” the little girl said proudly.
David could not help but sigh in his heart.
This little girl was so sensible.
He also wanted a daughter like this in the future.
“Peggy, you’re such a good girl. If you can think like this, your mother will be so pleased.”
“Mister, I want to ask you something,” the little girl looked at David and said seriously.
“Peggy, tell me. As long as I can do it, I will definitely fulfill it for you,” David promised, patting his chest.
In his opinion, he was an Eternal, so wouldn’t it be easy to fulfill the request of a seven or eight-year-old girl?
“Mister, I want you to be my father, is that okay? From now on, me, you, and Mom will be one family and we will never be separated,” the little girl said with a smile on her face.
‘Um…’
David was stunned when he heard this request.
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“Um… Uh… Peggy, I can’t be your father,” David came back to his senses and said helplessly.
“Why? Do you not like Peggy?” The little girl pouted and asked sadly.
She was obviously not satisfied with David’s answer.
“I like Peggy very much, but I can’t be Peggy’s father!”
“Why is that?” The little girl did not understand.
“Well… Because… Because your mother won’t agree.” David did not know how to explain it, so he could only blame Marlee.
He really liked Peggy and he really wanted to have such a sensible daughter, but he would work hard to have one with the person he loved.
Although a mature woman like Marlee was very attractive to men, David could not accept this buy-one-get -one-free deal.
No matter how attractive Marlee was, she was still far behind Celeste.
Therefore, her effect on David was also limited.
“No! Mister, don’t worry! Mom will definitely agree. She likes me and Mister Dad also likes me, so from now on, the three of us will never be separated.” The little girl narrowed her eyes into two lines and smiled.
She did not know what the word ‘Dad’ meant yet.
She lacked fatherly love since childhood.
In addition, the children of the Jung family always bullied her. They would call her a fatherless child and an illegitimate child.
It made the little girl yearn for a father in her heart.
She would not be bullied or scolded if she had a dad.
If she had a dad, he would protect her and her mother.
Now she had met David, a man who treated her well and whom she liked very much, so naturally, she wanted him to be her father.
After Marlee left the control room, she came to David’s room. When she was about to knock on the door, she heard the conversation between David and her daughter Peggy inside.
She knew her daughter had always wanted a dad, but she never mentioned this to outsiders.
Unexpectedly, her daughter made such a request after meeting David.
It seemed that she really liked David.
Marlee had to create a chance for them to escape when the defense of the merchant ship was breached.
Even if she had to experience hell, she would not hesitate.
Marlee had been watching David these days.
From her judgement, David was not a bad person. He had a good personality and his image was impeccable.
He was a very fine young man.
Therefore, if her daughter followed him, Marlee would also be relieved.
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At the same time, after hearing David’s answer, she could not help but think again.
‘Have I fallen to this point now?
‘Can I not even attract a young man like David?
‘Otherwise, why would he keep rejecting Peggy?’
As she thought about this, Marlee did not forget to look down at her proud figure.
She figured she should not have gotten much worse, right?
Her figure did not go out of shape after giving birth to Peggy. Even if she did, she only became more mature and plumper.
Compared with the youthfulness of the past, she was the most attractive in her current state.
This was what most men liked.
In the past few years, Marlee had received private letters from many people, hoping to develop a secret relationship with her.
If she had agreed, the Jung family would be safe.
Marlee refused all of them without mercy, which was why the Jung family was where it was today.
At this time, David’s voice came from the room again.
“Peggy, you’re still young, and you’ll understand some things when you grow up. You can’t call someone dad so indiscriminately. Your mother needs to like the man as well.”
“As long as you agree, my mother will definitely like you, Mister,” Peggy said without hesitation.
“It won’t count if you say it. Besides, not only must your mother like me, but I also need to like your mother. That is to say, we must like each other.”
“Do you not like my mother?” The little girl asked sadly.
Before David could answer, she continued, “Mister, my mother is the most beautiful woman in the world. When many disgusting men see my mother, they won’t want to look away. It’s like they wish they could eat her alive.”
“Peggy, your mother is indeed very beautiful, but it has nothing to do with whether she is beautiful or not. It mainly depends on the feeling. You don’t necessarily need the person to be beautiful or excellent to like them. You will only feel fondness if there’s mutual attraction after getting to know each other better,” David patiently explained.
This was the first time he had explained to a seven or eight-year-old girl what attraction was.
“Then what do you want to know about my mother? I can tell you. I have been with my mother since I was a child, so I know her best,” the little girl asked.
David forced a smile and shook his head.
He really did not know how he should explain this.
Who could clearly explain to an adult what attraction was, let alone to a seven or eight-year-old girl?
One man’s meal was another man’s poison.
Everyone had different tastes.
Relationships needed to be cultivated slowly after two people got to know each other.
The probability of success for love at first sight was extremely low.
A person would usually only be attracted to the other party’s appearance the first time they met.
However, if two people wanted to be together for a long time, character was often the most important
factor.