Chapter 20 - Ice Cream Shop & Picking Up Soft Things

Surprised by Han Yan's sudden request, Han Sen was once again shocked at how the web of fate works. Would he really have to go out for ice cream like in the original novel?

"Sorry, son. I was talking about it and she suddenly ran up to you." Luo Sulan appeared at the door, with a worried face. She was randomly talking about how they had ice cream and Han Yan listened.

"And why should that be a problem?" Han Sen put all the systems on standby and opened the window of the room, "Which ice cream do you want to have?”

"I don't know!" Han Yan continued to pout, but the way she spoke was funny. After all, she had never had ice cream before.

”Well, if you don't know, then I'll do it myself. Let's buy the ingredients and we can enjoy going out together. Right, Mom?” Han Sen already knew how to make good ice cream, much better than the expensive ones sold in the Alliance. After putting Yan down, he put on a shirt and only wore flip-flops. He was too lazy to dress up more than this.

"Yaay!!" Han Yan ran to her mother. "Mom, let's go shopping!" She was excited because Han Sen always bought her sweet treats.

"Sen, are you sure? Don't you need to finish your work?" Luo Sulan looked at the robot on the table and was surprised that it was already finished. Han Sen had told her about a project he was working on.

"I'm done. Let's go!" Han Sen messed up his sister's hair and went out with them to go shopping. He also grabbed his comlink and placed an order for a delivery of Sapphire brand ice cream.

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After a very fun day for the three of them, they arrived home and started making ice cream. Han Yan said she wanted strawberry ice cream with chocolate inside, while her mother asked for a simple vanilla (something very similar to it, but not vanilla) one. They both helped and the whole process took a while, but it was rewarding.

"So, what did you think?" Han Sen was taking spoonfuls of his ice cream and watching Han Yan and Luo Sulan, who flew into the pot and were fighting to see who could eat more.

"DELICIOUS!" x2

"I imagined it," Han Sen laughed at the reaction of the two. He had to admit that Cooking Skill Level 10 really was a miracle worker. It was so delicious that Sapphire ice cream, one of the most expensive in the Alliance, tasted like street ice cream mixed with water and sugar.

"And what kind of bad ice cream did you buy?" Han Yan tasted the other pot of ice cream on the table and made a grimace, as if she had tasted something disgusting. Luo Sulan also tasted it and made the same face, but less pronounced.

"Sapphire Ice Cream." Waiting for her reaction, he saw his mother's mouth widen at the mention of it. She knew the ice cream and knew what that meant. That her son has better skills than she imagined.

"So why don't you open a store and sell this, big brother? It's much better than the one you bought." While Han Yan was licking the spoon, her little head was thinking hard about how to eat more of it. And she soon came up with the idea of him selling this ice cream, because then it wouldn't be a rare event and she could eat ice cream every day!

"If you insist..." Han Sen wondered if it was worth it, but for the happiness of his sister, he would open another ice cream company. It would be tough to compete with Sapphire, but it would definitely boost his brand.

After all, if everyone liked his ice cream, everyone would know about the company that promotes it, Digital Crowd. And if everyone knew the marketing company, they would also know about the other companies it advertises, Moon Star Industries and their delivery robots.

'Killing two birds with one stone...'

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’I sent my ice cream project and patent to the Alliance analyst, but it should take about a week for him to respond with authorization. It's the time I can continue with other projects and finish the ice cream shop project.’ Han Sen was feeling like a true businessman now, but quite tired. If it weren't for his AIs helping him, he wouldn't have any rest at night.

While on the Maglev train heading towards the teleportation station, the train shook and trembled a bit. Since they were moving at high speed, it still swung everyone inside.

While everyone inside was shaken by it, several people stumbled and fell. Han Sen stood firm on the ground, even though he was thinking about other things. In addition to holding onto a handle of the train, he had been a martial arts master for several years. Something like a shake is not going to destabilize him. But the same cannot be said for others.

Bang!

”Hff! That hurt a bit...” Suddenly receiving a blow to his stomach, he saw a woman falling towards him, her back facing his chest. He held her to prevent her from falling, unintentionally grabbing something soft and large in the process.

"I'm sorry, I ended up falling!" The woman in his arms tried to urgently get up, and by her white hair he already knew who she was. Qin Xuan turned around and saw who had grabbed her, "Han Sen??" Now she couldn't stop her face from blushing when she thought it was the newcomer who had just grabbed her. And on top of that, he touched her breasts.

"Sorry, it wasn't on purpose," While raising his hand up, Han Sen smiled at Qin Xuan, who looked very beautiful in her army uniform. And it was a quite generous uniform, as it was the female model.

"No, no problem." She didn't want to talk about it anymore, as it was quite embarrassing. Only now did she realize that both of them were still very close, about 60 centimeters away.

”Well, since there are no problems, it was on purpose.” He couldn't let the taunt go by. It was something his soul needed, constant provocation.

"Well, now there are problems!" Qin Xuan opened her mouth in shock, unable to believe his shamelessness. She became a little angry, pinching him on the waist. She only calmed down a bit when she saw him grimacing in pain.

"You don't have to pinch so hard." Han Sen scratched the spot where she pinched him, lifting his shirt slightly with the movement and showing his abdomen. Her eyes caught on that and stayed focused longer than she wanted.

While she was avoiding his gaze with a slightly red face, the two soon left the station together. Han Sen didn't hurry to enter, as he wanted to confirm whether she would enter the Sanctuary now or not.

"You can go, I'll do something else." She noticed his actions and found him quite kind in that regard. But she didn't want to hold him back since she had things to take care of at the station.

"Alright then, I'm off. See you around!" Han Sen waved at her and left. Behind him, he could hear the soldiers greeting Qin Xuan.

"Good morning, station chief!”

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"Are you sure there's no one else? Who the hell wouldn't want money?" Son of A Wanker was talking to his subordinate, Luo Tianyang. He was shocked that no one seemed to want to join his group anymore to explore and potentially obtain sacred gene points.

"We hired all the mercenaries we could, and no one else wants to join. Those who are worth it have already been called by Qin Xuan or Fist Guy, while the rest can die halfway." Tianyang was very clear, and was also a little stressed about it. It seemed like nothing was going right.

"Damn! So let's go with this group, I think it's-" Son of A Jerk was ready to go when suddenly his eyes caught a figure emerging from the gates of the Steel Armor Shelter.

Following his boss's vision, Luo Tianyang immediately understood what his boss meant. A sinister smile spread across his face, with a more than ideal plan to kill this annoying brat popping up in his mind.

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Han Sen left the Steel Armor Shelter.

‘I think I've postponed it for too long. It's time to start my hunt for mutant creatures. Little Snake is almost evolving and it will take me at least 4 months to complete. Maybe I can do it before I have to enter Blackhawk.’ Han Sen thought about how much time he had already spent and decided to organize himself. It was time for him to start, and he would also keep an eye on the college entrance. He was interested in many things there.

He didn't go very far before he saw the Son of Heaven and his gang outside the shelter talking. He immediately remembered a few things, scenes from the novel that should have already happened, but once again he remembered the web of fate and how it wouldn't let him escape these events.

Han Sen didn't care if he crossed paths with them or not and continued on his way. However, Luo Tianyang called him from behind: "Hey, idiot, come here!"

Han Sen didn't stop upon hearing this, even though he knew it was just the way the other person was calling him. If possible, he wanted to follow them from the shadows.

"Hey, Super Novice. I'm calling for you! You'll be interested in what I have to say, it is good things." Luo Tianyang was irritated that the other party didn't even look at him, but held back his anger for the sake of the assassination plan.

"Ah, you're calling me? Sorry, I'm too busy. Maybe when I'm free." Han Sen knew that something was wrong just by the way Luo Tianyang called him. Super Novice? Good things for him? If the good thing was a stab in the heart, then Han Sen would believe it.

"Don't be like that, Rookie! The reward will be great if you follow us!" Luo Tianyang looked at Han Sen with a smile, but his dark face made it seem like someone punched him in the stomach.

"Well, since you insist." Knowing he couldn't escape this time, Han Sen went to them. Irritated by this, his thoughts were not nice.

‘I swear I'll even steal your wife if you have one, you bastard!’