Chapter 5

In the previous era, tea was very popular and was the first choice for welcoming guests, but in the interstellar age, tea has become a luxury item. It is said to have a miraculous effect on calming the agitated mental energy of Thunder Flame Warriors, and it is also quite expensive.

Luo Bi's family had limited means, so they didn't drink tea often, but the taste had long been etched in her heart.

A faint aroma of tea wafted to her nose, and Luo Bi, recognizing the familiar scent, suddenly realized something. The guest had left, so who was going to pay the bill? She inwardly cursed Hua Chen for his lack of taste.

Suddenly being dumped, Luo Bi was in a bad mood. She settled the bill, stood at the door, and stared at the terminal on her wrist, her fingers twitching. In the end, she resisted the urge to immediately tell her family about the canceled engagement, deciding to wait until she got home to say it.

Luo Bi couldn't keep secrets. When she returned to the Wu family pharmacy, she directly told them about the canceled engagement. She didn't have the idea of keeping family matters private; regardless of whether others wanted to hear it or not, she spilled everything, feeling better once it was all out.

Whether others could handle it or not was none of her concern.

"Sister Jiang Zhu, Hua Chen and I were getting along just fine. Why did he suddenly want to cancel the engagement?" Luo Bi still couldn't understand and finally asked, because of her anger, she inadvertently plucked a leaf from a complete high-grade medicinal plant. She nonchalantly applied a medicinal liquid to preserve its efficacy, fortunately in time, so the plant wasn't ruined.

Jiang Zhu didn't notice that Luo Bi had almost ruined a high-grade medicinal plant. After pondering for a moment, she said, "It can't be because of Hua Ran's manic disorder! Hua Ran is the most promising one in your family. If something happened to him, it's normal for the Hua family to have other thoughts."

Thinking along the same lines, Luo Bi was troubled and disheartened, lacking the motivation to work. Her efficiency for the day was less than half of what it usually was. Wu Yue didn't say anything else and sent her home early: "Go home and adjust your emotions. Work hard tomorrow."

It wasn't that Wu Yue had a particularly good temper; it was simply that Luo Bi's technical skills were too high, and no one could replace her. Hiring someone else would be a loss. Besides, Luo Bi, though difficult to deal with when she was in a bad mood, was worth two people when working, and the quality of her finished products was unmatched, even by Wu Yue himself. Over time, Wu Yue stopped putting on airs as a manager and was content as long as Luo Bi worked hard.

Luo Bi's home was about ten minutes away from the Spirit Plant Street. Her running car wasn't as fast as a hover car, so by the time she slowly returned home, the whole family was there.

Her father, Luo Hang, to earn more interstellar coins, often went on missions with mercenary groups and was rarely seen for days. Today, just after Hua Chen canceled the engagement, Luo Bi saw her father at home, which made her feel uneasy, as if something she couldn't predict had happened.

Luo Hang was leaning back on the sofa, trying to hide his anger, but his face still looked bad.

Luo Bi's father in this life was not like her father in the previous life. He had a big temper and was a very upright person, which suited Luo Bi's taste. Because she found this life's father agreeable, Luo Bi impulsively arranged for her father to remarry, bringing in a stepmother and a stepbrother.

She thought he would be a burden, but he turned out to be a highly potential innate Thunder Flame Warrior. Hua Ran came from a prominent family, the Hua family, in the Fengyao Empire, but he wasn't of the main line and belonged to a distant branch. He was once called to the Imperial Star for training due to his S-level strong genes.

Unfortunately, this person was born under a curse. Later, some unspeakable incidents occurred, and he left the Hua family, coming to the Scorched Emperor Star to find his mother.