StarCraft: The Extinction Commander is completely smitten.

Chapter 83 [083] Turning Faces Faster Than Turning a Book
"Commander Thunder, President of the Ground Forces, Grand Marshal Helian Cheng, General Tantai Huang, Emperor Liancheng Jinheng, hello, it's a pleasure to meet you, welcome to the Starry Sky Empire."

Mu Xingyue smiled gently, her attitude kind and approachable, but she didn't let Lei Ting succeed. Instead, she instantly released her mental power to stop Lei Ting from embracing her.

This also sends them a signal that Mu Xingyue will not be swayed by power, much less submit.

Following closely behind, everyone wanted to embrace the Holy Maiden. Lu Zhan, Helian Cheng, Tantai Huang, and Liancheng Jinheng, who were paying the highest respect to her, also felt the resistance.

Even with their formidable strength, they couldn't advance an inch.

It was as if there was an invisible wall in front of the Holy Mother, or rather, a force that imprisoned them, forcibly separating them from the Holy Mother and her beast husbands.

At that moment, Thunder and his companions were utterly horrified!

They considered all sorts of possibilities, but couldn't figure out whether it was the Holy Mother or one of Xia Lanling's group, someone so powerful that even they had to reconsider, revise their plans, and treat the Holy Mother with caution.

Tantai Huang quickly came to his senses, abandoned the idea of ​​hugging the Holy Mother, nodded and smiled: "Hello Holy Mother, I am Tantai Huang. It is an honor to meet you. I hope our meeting will be pleasant."

He displayed politeness and humility, which was quite contrary to his previous ideas.

Lu Zhan's eyes were deep and unfathomable. It was great that his allies had turned against him. It seemed that their alliance had been easily dismantled by the Holy Mother the moment they met her.

"Your Excellency, I am Lu Zhan. It is an honor that Your Excellency has taken time out of your busy schedule to receive us."

"If the opportunity arises, as the President of the Cloud Star Empire, I would like to invite Your Excellency the Holy Mother and your beast husbands to visit the Cloud Star Empire. I wonder if I would have that honor?"

He compromised, knowing full well that what they were thinking was that this time it was destined to be fruitless.

Seeing his allies change their attitudes faster than flipping through a book, Lian Cheng Jinheng looked at Mu Xingyue with a smile and said in a clear voice, "Holy Mother, I am Lian Cheng Jinheng from the Golden Jade Empire. It is an honor to be a guest in your home."

"We've been waiting at the door for a while, and now we're starving. Would you be so kind as to offer us a meal or a drink?"

He smiled and said that he didn't care about saving face as long as he could get a meal from the Holy Mother.

Mu Xingyue chuckled and watched their performance quietly without interrupting. Now that their performance was over, it was her turn: "Thank you all for coming all this way. Our family has prepared a small feast. Please do us the honor of having some."

She sincerely invited Lei Ting and the others into the house together with the beastmen, and then quickly exchanged glances with Xia Lanling and Pei Yi.

With her clever maneuvering, she believed that these people would be much more polite in their actions later.

She didn't want to suffer any injustice herself, and she certainly didn't want her beastly husband to suffer any injustice because of her.

Thunder and the others exchanged glances, quickly changed their expressions, and said in unison, "Holy Mother, you are too kind. Holy Mother, please. Emperor, Commander, and everyone else, please."

They knew very well that Xia Lanling and Pei Yi held a very important place in the Holy Mother's heart, and if they did not treat Xia Lanling and Pei Yi well, the Holy Mother would expel them from Chaoxi Manor.

If it were someone else, they would laugh at that person for overestimating themselves.

However, based on the skill that the Holy Mother had just revealed, they dared not make any rash moves.

Soon, Mu Xingyue and the beastmen led Lei Ting and the others to their seats, and had the dishes prepared. They also thoughtfully had them wipe their hands with sterilized silk cotton.

Even though Lei Ting and his team were mentally prepared, when they saw the dishes on the table, all of which were dishes they had never seen before, especially the green vegetables, they almost lost their composure at first glance.

They had never tasted vegetables since birth. But here at the Holy Mother's, they not only had the privilege of seeing what vegetables looked like, but were also about to taste them.

Mu Xingyue sat in the main seat, with Xia Lanling and Pei Yi sitting on either side of her, while the other beastmen took their seats.

The Thunder and their teammates instantly understood their position within the family.

Xia Lanling sat upright beside his beloved child, his posture as straight as a pine tree. Dressed in a magnificent imperial robe, he appeared even more imposing and noble.

At this moment, the emperor of the Starry Sky Empire finally opened his mouth slowly, his voice deep and magnetic: "I am deeply grateful to all of you for your hard work and for coming from afar."

"This is our home with our baby, not the palace, so let's skip the formalities and relax."

"We don't have anything fancy to offer our distinguished guests. Please don't be offended and make do with our simple home-cooked meal."

After saying that, he slightly raised his hand to signal the waiter beside him to continue serving the dishes.

Immediately afterwards, Xia Lanling raised the golden cup filled with fine wine in her hand and said with a smile, "Come, come, it is truly an honor for my Starry Sky Empire that you all have graced my humble abode today."

"Let's raise our glasses together and drink this toast to everyone who has come to our home as our guest!"

His gaze was as deep as the sea, seemingly calm and still, but in reality, it concealed emotions that were hard to hide.

Because at this very moment, he was barely suppressing the intense urge to kick Lei Ting, Lu Zhan, Tantai Huang, Helian Cheng, and Liancheng Jinheng out of their house.

As the ruler of a country, he knew he had to maintain proper manners and etiquette, and fulfilling his duty as a host was an inescapable obligation.

So, despite his dissatisfaction, he tried his best to maintain a smile and greeted everyone 'enthusiastically'.

Mu Xingyue and Pei Yi also raised their glasses in a gesture of invitation, inviting Lei Ting and the others to join them in a toast.

Thunder and his team responded politely, and after clinking glasses and downing a glass of wine, they felt a burning sensation in their throats.

Immediately afterwards, they felt waves of heat in their stomachs, which shocked them.

The Starry Sky Empire actually possesses such fine wine; this is the kind of wine that males like them should be drinking.

Mu Xingyue smiled at Lei Ting and the others, gesturing for them to quickly eat some food: "Gentlemen, how does our homemade wine taste?"

"Are you used to the taste? Come on, have some vegetables to tide you over."

Her cunning gaze made Lei Ting and the others' hearts skip a beat.

There's always this feeling that they're easy prey, being targeted by the Holy Mother.

Thunder praised without reservation: "Holy Mother, this is the best wine I have ever tasted. I wonder if they taste it the same as me."

"I wonder if the Holy Mother could sell us some of this fine wine?"

He knew he was in trouble as soon as he said it; this fat sheep really couldn't resist the temptation.