Chapter 39 - Air Change & MapleDecor Furniture and Appliances

"Mother, I'm home!" Han Sen had just arrived home after traveling back to the city. Thanks to his money, he only bought first-class tickets, so he didn't mind spending four hours traveling like that.

“Good morning, Sen. How was your hunt?” Luo Sulan was at home, as Han Sen had long asked her to stay home taking care of Han Yan until she went to school. Before, she had to work to support the household, but not anymore. Thanks to this, even her appearance has changed again to that of a well-groomed woman in her 30s.

"I got some Sacred-Blood gene points. Happy for me?" He sat on the couch next to her. There were a few things on TV, but nothing too important. "Where is Han Yan?”

“In your room playing with holographic projectors. Should I call her?" Luo Sulan rested her head on her son's shoulder. Since he started hunting so frequently, he hasn't had time to spend with the family. And now that she learned he would start hunting Sacred-Blood beasts, the time he would spend here would be even shorter.

"Don't need to..." Han Sen thought about his wallet, now full, and then looked around the house.

The house was not exactly old, but it was still located in a medium and not so valued neighborhood. Its structure was also made with low-cost materials, symbolizing where the Han family came from, having more sentimental value than purely monetary. Thinking about this, he caught the attention of his mother.

"Dear Mom...”

"Here you come again. Say it." Luo Sulan immediately realized that her son was up to something. He doesn't stay too long without doing that, after all.

"My heart beats for you, like an avocado pit - ouch!" Han Sen received a light slap on his thigh and then continued speaking, "You know, I've been thinking about moving houses. The business is going well and this house only holds sentimental value for us. Wouldn't it be better to just move to another place?”

"..." Luo Sulan fell silent in response to her son's proposal. She was a strong person who had long considered giving up her charade to provide the best for her children. But she didn't want to go back to her roots, and she also didn't want to spend the rest of her life reminiscing about her husband's death in the same place where they had once lived happily.

"We can have both locations as our residence, it's just a change of place. Han Yan needs a more interactive place to play with other children, a safe and more comfortable place for us." Han Sen thought his mother didn't like the idea, because he didn't look at her face, "And the space also needs to be bigger, because when I bring my eight girlfriends and children-”

"Sen!" A vein almost burst on Sulan's forehead when she heard the last part of what he said. Even though she knew he was joking, it was still irritating.

“I will take that as a yes. Let's get ready, we're going shopping!" Han Sen laughed at her reaction and got up from the couch. When he looked back, he saw that Han Yan was there with excitement in her eyes.

"Uhuuuu, SHOOPPIIING!" Han Yan exclaimed with excitement, eagerly jumping on her brother in anticipation of going out together again.

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Inside a Furniture and Decoration store called The Furnishers.

While Luo Sulan and Han Yan were looking at different furniture and appliances to buy, Han Sen was on a call with Jade.

[Do you want to buy an apartment now? I have some contacts, depending on the type of condominium and type of housing you want.]

“Preferably an Aristocratic level. If I'm not mistaken, the manager of the finance department is from an Aristocratic family, so we can use his connections to get one. And it needs to be in Safe Haven city, I'm not really in the mood to go to another city.”

[All right, I can get this done in a short time. Will it be furnished? I'll need to know which company will be responsible for that.]

"Yes, I'm already at the store. I'll send you the contacts through the Comlink." Han Sen started walking towards his mother, but not before thanking, "Thank you very much, Miss Jade. May the rays of sunshine brighten your day, and may the image of me naked always stay in your memory-”

[Call ended!]

The voice message from the Comlink sounded while he was reciting his poem.

“It seems like she still doesn't know how to appreciate the true beauty of the world... Sigh!” Han Sen just sighed, but soon washed away his deep sadness... "I have to try harder!"

As soon as he returned to his mother's side, Han Yan jumped on him again and he could only hold her in his arms. The way they were, it seemed like he was carrying a baby.

"Brother, brother! Can we buy this popcorn maker to make popcorn??" Han Yan pointed with her eyes sparkling at something she had never seen before.

"Yes, we can." Han Sen looked at the appliance and nodded.

"Brother, brother! Can we buy that cake oven to make cake??" She pointed again to a very cute little oven, almost the perfect size for her.

"We can also do it."

"Brother, brother! Can we buy that ice cream machine to make ice creams??"

"Yes, we can, Yan."

"Brother, brother!..."

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"Has she slept yet?" Han Sen and family were inside a taxi, returning to their old house. They spent the whole day looking at furniture and decorations for the house, and he was already getting a headache from looking at all those things.

"Yes, it seems like she got really excited today." Luo Sulan laughed as she looked at Han Yan in her arms, who was sleeping soundly. After a whole day of asking questions to Han Sen, she became exhausted and collapsed.

"I have secured our apartment, they just need to contact the company to furnish the place. We can move in a short time." Han Sen delivered the news to her, which he had received from Jade a little earlier.

"Son..." Luo Sulan was about to cry again, but she held back this time, "Don't push yourself too hard, okay? You should take good care of yourself and eat properly. Your health is much more important to me than anything else you can bring us." She placed her left hand on Han Sen's cheek, gently stroking his face.

"I understand, mom. Don't worry about it." He placed his hand on hers, not taking it away. After a while, his desire was stronger, "But I have better skin than yours, so I take care of myself well-" He was interrupted as his mother angrily pulled his cheek.

"Can't you stay peaceful for a minute??"

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“Why am I like this? I can't go a minute without having a brilliant idea?" Han Sen was in his room, several hologram screens scattered around the room. Each one of them contained a detailed analysis of the structure of various appliances.

After returning from furniture shopping, Han Sen only had time to sleep a little before an invasion of ideas started to emerge. He tried to suppress it while shopping, but couldn't hold it back any longer.

As soon as he opened his eyes, he started up the systems and began designing various household appliances that he saw there, as well as domestic machines that were essential for everyday life. His expertise in Hardware Engineering greatly helped him analyze the entire structure of these items as if they were ordinary computers, which they actually were in this interstellar era. Still, to ensure success, he looked through his list of skills that he had never cared to improve and picked the Physics Skill, Mechanical Engineering Skill, and Electronic Engineering Skill. He spent only 4,500 EXP, raising all of them to Level 5, just to satisfy his addiction.

After a few hours of this, he finished designing an entire new company that sells this kind of thing. He saved all the designs in a folder under the name MapleDecor and sent it to Jade. If he invested so much time and EXP into it, he wanted at least to get some money back.

"Why can't I ever satisfy myself with what I have?..." Sad for having lost so much EXP like that, he only thought about how much he would have to fight to get everything back.

Looking at the ceiling for a while, he got up and changed his clothes to something casual. Leaving the room, he walked through the living room on his way to the door.

"Where are you going?" Luo Sulan saw that it was already late and he seemed in a hurry. 'I hope it's not one of his girlfriends, because then I'll have to tell him to control himself!'

"I'm going to spend money on some drugs-" Han Sen just opened the door of his house when he saw a slipper flying towards him, quickly stepping out and closing the door.

Bang!

"I'll still get you, Han Sen!!" Luo Sulan muttered angrily.

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Upon getting out of the taxi, Han Sen looked at the sign that read 'AEROLUY' in front of a beautiful dealership, and then his eyes went to the aircars inside.

"I need to spend money on something useful now..."