Becoming a life winner from infancy

"Woo... Wah."

Xia Nuo smacked her lips slowly as she awoke from a comfortable dream.

She found herself nestled in Fang You's embrace.

Fang You, sitting very upright, was in a state of closed-eye meditation.

Sensing the awakening of Xia Nuo in his arms, Fang You also slightly opened his eyes.

"..."

"Awake?"

"Mm... How did I fall asleep."

Xia Nuo rubbed her eyes, took a look around, and saw that her dad, Xia Anyang, was driving.

They were currently speeding along a wilderness road in the V8 that Xia Anyang had rented.

Unlike the sports car positioning of the V9, the V8 was a new energy off-road vehicle with the capability of independent torque vectoring control for each wheel, which allowed for extreme operation stability, blowout control, emergency water flotation, spot turning, and quick maneuvering, just as joyful as driving a tank!

Seeing Xia Nuo awake, Fang Guanghui was also overjoyed.

"Oh, Nuo Nuo, you're finally awake! Uncle has been waiting for you to wake up for a long time!"

"Meh. Waiting for me?"

"Yes! And now I can finally do something!"

Fang Guanghui urged Xia Anyang, "Hurry up, Old Xia, where's the sunroof switch? Teach me quick."

"Hey... what's the rush, right here."

Fang Guanghui opened the sunroof of the V8, climbed onto the off-road vehicle, and looked out at the vast world of mountains and deserts, letting out an excited shout!

"Wow!!!! This is so thrilling!"

The lone smoke of the desert stood erect, the long river's sunset was round, blood-red illuminated the waning sun, and the world was boundless.

The hearts of Huaguo's men always harbored indelible dreams of military life and chivalry, fantasizing about being the flying generals of Dragon City guarding the border, or the blade-wielding warriors of the North, accompanied only by their swords through the endless nights.

Fang Guanghui, who was just a second ago agonizing about not wanting to see the stars, became so happy at the sight of such desolate and magnificent scenery that he could have jumped out of his skin.

"Can you tone it down a bit? Nuo Nuo just woke up, she might get scared by you!"

"Ahhh, how can you not be thrilled by such magnificent scenery? Old Xia, are you even human?"

Look at you, acting like you've never seen the world...

Xia Anyang inwardly scoffed at Fang Guanghui's behavior, but he didn't say it out loud.

Xia Anyang, in fact, had visited many places with his parents as a child, both cultural landmarks and natural vistas.

Yet, he never really felt that thrilling excitement; many scenic spots looked good in photos, but when you actually went there, it was just a few bricks, tiles, trees, and flowers - not even as pretty as on TV.

However, it probably also had something to do with the fact that his parents took him on those tick-the-box tours everywhere.

But being with someone like Fang Guanghui, who was good at setting the atmosphere, even the already seen scenery seemed to take on new life.

No, no, no... But, it's not his doing!

It must be because I'm bringing my own child along for the trip that I feel some happiness, right!

Thinking this, Xia Anyang reminded the just-awakened Xia Nuo:

"Nuo Nuo, are you thirsty? Do you want some water? You've been asleep for a few hours, come have a drink of water."

"Mm..."

Still somewhat groggy from sleep, Xia Nuo accepted the water bottle that Fang You actively retrieved for her.

"Here."

"My hand's numb."

With a bit of grogginess from just waking up, Xia Nuo seemed slightly petulant and her words almost came with tears.

Therefore, Fang You effortlessly unscrewed the cap, supported Xia Nuo's back, and slowly fed her water.

"Look at that, just look at how well You You takes care of people."

Seeing his son so capable, Fang Guanghui was naturally jubilant.

"I'm not even this good to my wife!"

"So, is the problem with you?"

Xia Anyang mercilessly pointed out Fang Guanghui's incompetence while casually skipping over the topic of You You's capabilities.

At this time, Xia Nuo had been fiddling with Fang You's collar.

"You You, what time is it now?"

"It's half past six."

"Then I've slept for over three hours!"

Xia Nuo muttered somewhat aggrievedly, "I didn't even get to say goodbye to Sister Qiao En and Mu Mu..."

"Mu Mu invited us to watch her cross-country motorcycle race tomorrow morning, and the rocket viewing begins in the evening, so you can see her then."

Fang You said, "As for Sister Qiao En, she will also go to watch the rocket viewing with dad tomorrow. Oh, by the way, I added her contact information."

"You finally got it this time? That's great!"

Xia Nuo was very happy about the achievement Fang You had made, "You should share it with me too. I want to add Sister Qiao En as a friend. Next time we play Paru, I'll let Sister Qiao En teach me how to beat you!"

"Don't rush, you..."

Fang You patiently wiped the drool from the corner of Xia Nuo's mouth, as if remembering something, he couldn't help but ask.

"You're so happy that I added Sister Qiao En's contact info."

"Yeah, after all, You You rarely takes the initiative to ask for someone's contact information. I think it's a sign of your growth."

Xia Nuo sighed again, patting Fang You's head like he was consoling a little lion pet, "Sometimes I really worry, without me by your side, whether you could make even one new friend..."

"Hmm?"

Fang You was usually indifferent to the other kids around him because psychologically he wasn't their peer and naturally couldn't fit in with them.

Would you expect Emperor Youyou to play with a few dirty little boys on the tiled floor of the mall's ground level, incessantly tossing around origami ingot notes?

Naturally, Fang You couldn't use that reason to convince Xia Nuo.

So he could only silently endure without speaking.

Upon hearing Xia Nuo's sort of grown-up-like sentiment, Fang Guanghui also couldn't help but burst into laughter.

"Hahaha, yeah, that's exactly it. What do you think, old Xia?"

"I don't want to talk, I'm driving."

"Don't play by yourself, let me have a go too. I want to drive a tank!" Fang Guanghui said as he tried to reach for Xia Anyang's steering wheel, causing Xia Anyang to suddenly panic.

"This isn't a tank, take it easy!"

"Oh come on, there's no one around in this whole desert wasteland, what are you afraid of!"

Meanwhile, Fang You also briefly reviewed the energy he had collected during this time.

While Xia Nuo was asleep, Fang You had been organizing the Emotional Energy he had accumulated multiple times due to Wang Zihan's attacks earlier that day.

After several rounds of the Talent Lottery, he had drawn four Golden Talents, which were—

[Energy Overload]: Allows one's various energies to overflow for 48 hours.

[Extraordinary Memory]: Possess extremely strong memory, able to actively control recall, bringing up past events.

[Mud Deep Sleep]: Significantly improves sleep quality, especially by increasing the proportion of deep sleep.

[Core Enhancement]: Substantially strengthens and enhances one's core physical strength.

These four Talents were all very useful abilities for the current Fang You.

[Energy Overload] could resolve the issue of his frequently overflowing energies, especially Emotional Energy; it would at least let him consume it first. The overflowing knowledge Energy could currently be used to develop the secret base, and he was just a few hundred points short of being able to upgrade.

[Extraordinary Memory] was a Talent that could be used to learn more efficiently — and note, this is different from hyperthymesia, which is uncontrollable recall, so it's a harmless Talent.

[Mud Deep Sleep] means enhancing the proportion of deep sleep, which is more important in a sleep cycle and can replenish strength and remove fatigue, allowing Fang You to further shorten his sleeping hours.

[Core Enhancement] is standard physical enhancement. Strengthening the core muscles, including the abdominal, back, pelvic, and hip muscles, improves respiratory efficiency.

Enhancing these muscles changes breathing patterns and increases lung capacity, providing more oxygen during high-intensity exercise and increasing stamina, which is in a sense similar to [Aerobic Ace] but is more a direct muscle enhancement. Fang You could already feel his abs starting to emerge.

Fang You had been precisely controlling the fluctuations in his Emotional Energy, so when it was time to leave, his Emotional Energy was maxed out.

His growth-level Energy bar was now at 99922/100000, which meant that today, with just a few more cuddles with Nuo Nuo, he should be able to gather enough Energy from the Light of Anyang to evolve.
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