Fu Bingwen was near tears when she slowly read over the page with his fertility. He just wanted her to move on now. This was simply too much for him to take. How could they treat a small man like this? Don't they know how to be a gentlewoman?
She almost couldn't stop the smile on her face as she read the documents, most of her attention on Fu Bingwen who was pouting. He was really healthy despite the life he lived, his fertility was strong and his ranking didn't matter as hers were S+ Rank. The Fu family also had very good history, so the kids should be strong.
Fu Bingwen was very... interesting. Nothing like his reports.
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Tsuyoshi helped them rewrite the terms, not saying anything about the fact Vanessa was supposed to cancel it. He gets paid and he planned on never truly understanding the upper class. He just wanted their money.
Vanessa stayed at one of the houses that she has on the planet, not the Flores house. It was just too- the house was- she didn't feel like cleaning up the place. It was better to stay in the small apartment, it was closer to the stores and City Hall.
Vance was excited about everything, so curious about this and that. They went on many trips to places where parents ranked it the top 20 places to take your toddlers. Vanessa was thankful for the lists that she used to think was stupid. Children were difficult to keep entertained and happy.
Especially as they got older and older, she couldn't wait until he was a teenager. By then, he should love weapons and fighting, she could start teaching him all the little tricks and tips for flying a mecha. Only 13 years to go and she can bring him to get his permit.
One of his favorite places was the petting zoo, he liked to feed the coastal slimes. It ate everything you gave it and made a quick 'whoop' noise when it ate. The slimes were from a planet that had only islands, it came in various colors and sizes. There was also a fresh water slime, but they were more violent than their coastal cousins.
Vanessa looked at the keeping of the slimes and found it was easy to care for. She only had to pay attention to having a tub of salt water nearby and feed it the scraps of their food. She applied for the license to have one after they had stayed with the slimes for a whole day. She wanted to do other things and if she can get a mini slime for Vance, they can finally go to the Children's Museum of Mecha.
There she can buy him a mini Mecha and hover car. It was best to start their love early, it was the same thing their parents had done for her. She remembered the excitement and anticipation of getting her first kid Mecha. It doesn't do much, it was more of a protective suit. It will grow with the kid until they are six, if you were rich enough, you can buy an upgraded one that will last them until they turned ten.
Then you had to wait until you had a mecha license before you can a civilian grade Mecha. Vanessa will wait until Vance gets his Military License before getting him his own Mecha. He could use the civilian Mecha that they own, they weren't made for anybody.
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Fu Bingwen was locked up in the room for another week until the first 'date' between him and Vanessa. They didn't tell him she had a baby brother, he only learned about him when he met them at the restaurant. He was a happy baby, who was the total opposite of his sister, despite being an exact copy of her in looks.
"Boo!" Vance giggled as he covered his eyes again, Fu Bingwen gasped lightly. They have been playing Peek-A-Boo while waiting for the food to come. Vanessa was watching them quietly, unknown to him, she was recording them.
"My current location is on my largest planet, it has no other people living on it." Vanessa told him, "I am planning on moving to a different planet after Vance gets older, probably after his fifth birthday. We will of course have small vacations to socialize him now and then."
Fu Bingwen felt a flash of envy, he didn't even own a house, everything is under the Fu name, even the so called gifts he got over the years. The original was too stupid to see the fact that his family was prepared to abandon him at any moment. "Are we going to have a wedding?"
"Yes, when we choose the date, we can start the planning and then send the invitations out." She took a drink of the wine, poking Vance's chubby cheek with a small smile. "If you want, we can have one of the greatest weddings of the century."
Fu Bingwen looked at her with shiny eyes, every male in his world wanted to be a prince on their wedding day. Even if he wasn't marrying out of love, he still wanted to have a great wedding. He could learn to love her, she was handsome and rich. As much as he had seen of her personality, she was the definition of Strong Soldier, a straight steel daughter.
"Okay, then we can pick a date that will work and start planning." Fu Bingwen wished he knew how to pick a wedding date. Most Chinese traditions had died out and disappeared, along with other traditions as the human race advanced. He would know, he looked over his new memories over and over.
Bits and pieces of Chinese culture had survived, most of it was recipes like the other cultures. So he didn't really have to worry about tasting familiar food. He was sad, he had never payed attention to the traditions, he always thought he could learn more later, he didn't need to worry. If he forgot anything, he had his parents and the internet to ask about it.
He thought he knew enough, but now that he is in a place where males were like females, he realized he really didn't know much about his culture and history. And in this world, no one will know it.
"Hey, the food is coming," her voice snapped him out of the depression he was working himself in. He looked at her for a moment, before smiling at the baby who was playing with his older sister's bracelets. "Don't worry too much, okay? Everything will work out eventually, it might take a while, but it will."
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As Vanessa got to know her fiance, she noticed his random bursts of depression. It was more like grief, she didn't quite know what to do for him. Vanessa might lost her family two times, but the first time she felt it was better than them living to see how horrible their world got. The second time, most of them were happy to die for their government in battle. Plus, she doesn't even know why he was grieving.
Should she go find a grief counselor? Do they have grief counseling?