X-Dragon Era

While they were talking, Mother Lan came in with a plate of fragrant shredded meat, her face beaming with smiles, and said gently, "You're all up, the food is ready, come and have a taste!"

"Wow!" Smelling that familiar aroma, Yi Luo Xiang cheered, excitedly pulling Xin Yun over, and joyfully said, "This must be Mother Lan's cooking, it's been so long since I've had Mother Lan's stir-fried meat, it smells so good..." Continue your adventure at My Virtual Library Empire

Hearing Yi Luo Xiang's words, Xin Yun sympathetically nodded, and upon closer inspection, noticed that the shredded meat was finely cut, matched with red and green chili strips, and coupled with that tantalizing aroma, it was simply sublime. It had to be said, Mother Lan's stir-fried meat was truly unparalleled!

Swallowing a mouthful of saliva, Xin Yun hastily called Yan Qingying and Ming Xuan to sit around the table then started eating the fragrant cornmeal rice with big bites.

Taking a small bite of the food, Yi Luo Xiang leaned close to Xin Yun's ear and whispered, "Xin Yun, look at Mother Lan, she seems to have gotten younger over the years!"

Hearing Yi Luo Xiang's words, Xin Yun was slightly taken aback, then looked up at Mother Lan, and what met his eyes was Mother Lan in a fitted pale green dress, her figure graceful and beautiful, her cheeks exceptionally gentle, her face full of warmth and smiles, and at first glance, she looked like a young woman in her twenties.

In terms of beauty alone, she might not be on par with a beauty of Yan Qingying's caliber, but in terms of charm and flavor, she possibly surpassed her. That mature charm of a young married woman was enough to instantly provoke the wildest desires in any man.

After observing for a while, Xin Yun smiled and shook his head. In fact, it was not that Mother Lan was getting younger, but rather that she was originally not old—only about thirty-five or thirty-six—and for her to look around twenty was quite normal.

The key was that Mother Lan was now cultivating her character and leading a comfortable life, tending to flowers and plants every day with a cheerful heart. Naturally, she was radiant with health, and paired with the green dress, she looked almost like Yan Qingying's older sister, exuding a mature beauty.

Xin Yun couldn't help but look over at Ming Xuan, and what he saw was that although this fellow kept his head down eating, his gaze uncontrollably wandered towards Mother Lan from time to time, while Yan Qingying, who was no less attractive than Mother Lan, never caught his eye, this...

In the last life, everyone speculated that this guy had a serious Oedipus complex, and although it was never confirmed, many believed it. Especially later on, it became widely accepted, and the strangest part was that Ming Xuan neither agreed with nor denied this speculation, which made it all the more intriguing.

But in this life, after living together for a long time and through constant observation, Ming Xuan's Oedipus complex had basically been confirmed, now the only question was how severe it was.

Xin Yun frowned; in the animal kingdom, why does a peacock fan its tail feathers? Generally speaking, peacocks display their tail feathers in two situations, with the primary reason being to attract a mate!

Wild peacocks usually fan their tail feathers in March or April, which is mating season for them. The reason why Ming Xuan had been unable to display his tail feathers might be because his love was one that couldn't be declared or made known to others.

According to Xin Yun's speculation, Ming Xuan had long possessed the power to fan his tail feathers, only... he had an emotional barrier. This barrier prevented Ming Xuan from displaying his tail feathers, just as the love for his mother was not meant to be made public. It's a delicate mentality, but it affects other aspects.

If things continued to develop this way, Xin Yun feared it would take a very long time for Ming Xuan to open up and for the Peacock Dragon to display its beautiful tail feathers, but the time needed was far too long.

As of today, Ming Xuan was already nineteen and had practiced the basics to the point where there was no further value in practicing them. High-level skills still needed exploration and practice. If he wasted more time meaninglessly at the beginner stage, it would be a huge waste.

Although continuing to practice at a lower level was still effective, it was like asking a 19-year-old to go back to primary school. The basics are important, but not to such an extent. Everything was already clear and there was no need to waste so much more time exploring.

Although Xin Yun really wanted to help Ming Xuan with his current troubles, he didn't know how to do it. Could he really match up a mother and son? Not to mention whether Ming Xuan would dare, with Mother Lan's virtuous character, she would never agree. If things turned out that way, they would become unmanageable, and if handled poorly, Ming Xuan might never be able to enable the Peacock Dragon to fan its tail feathers. If it came to that, Xin Yun would be unbelievably guilty.

Since that path was not viable, the only option was to consider another. In nature, although peacocks primarily fan their tail feathers to attract mates, anyone with experience knows that peacocks also fan their tail feathers for other reasons.

Peacocks fan their tail feathers for two main reasons—the first is to attract a mate, and the second is for defense. However, Ming Xuan's battles were mostly competitions; losing was just losing, and he had become accustomed to it. If it didn't rouse him at the start, after so many years, he might even have become numb to it.