A farming master in Stardew Valley

Chapter 168: Holding the Emperor hostage to order the princes

While laughing and chatting, the two soon walked to the open space in front of the large mountain villa at the foot of the northern mountain.

Before sending Maru into the house, Leon noticed a dark shadow standing at the door of Robin's house. If it weren't for the moonlight illuminating the blue shirt on the dark shadow, he wouldn't have noticed that there was a person standing at the door.

And this dark shadow was none other than Maru's father, Demetrius.

Leon noticed Demetrius, and Demetrius naturally noticed Leon as well, but his eyes only glanced at Leon before he focused all his attention on his precious daughter, Maru. Seeing Maru's bright smile, his face instantly darkened.
Seeing that Maru didn't notice the figure of her old father waiting for her to come back in the cold wind of the mountains at night, and her eyes were all on Leon beside her, Demetrius felt so angry that his teeth were itching.

"Maru, your father is here to take you home."

It was only after Leon reminded him that Maru noticed his father standing at the door looking at him. He immediately said to Demetrius in a panic, "Dad? Why are you here?"

"Of course I'm waiting for you to come home. After all, it's so late and I'm worried about you being outside alone." Demetrius immediately put on a smile and explained to Maru.

"I'm an adult, why do you still treat me like a child?" Malu complained somewhat embarrassedly. Although she was used to this kind of love from her father, Leon was by her side now. If Leon saw this, would he think she was a spoiled brat?
"I'm just worried about your safety." It was the first time Demetrius heard Maru speak to him in this tone, and his heart almost broke, but he still forced a smile and explained to Maru.

"Yes, Mr. Demetrius is just worried about you, Maru. You have a good father." Leon also helped Demetrius explain at this time, and took out the prepared copper ingots and iron ingots from his backpack.

"Here are the metal ingots you need. Take them back and put them away. I have something to discuss with Mr. Demetrius."

"Okay, thank you, Leon. I had a great time today." Maru was no longer surprised by Leon's ability to take objects from a distance. After moving the metal ingot, he chose to follow Leon's arrangements and went back obediently.

Although Demetrius wanted to help Maru carry these "heavy" metal ingots, he stopped when he thought of what Leon had just said.
When Maru entered the house, Demetrius immediately walked up to Leon and asked, "Are you getting too close to Maru?"

"We are friends, and I need to ask Maru for something. How about getting closer?" Leon asked Demetrius with a smile.

"Maru is a good child and a genius. I don't want anyone or anything to interfere with her bright future." Demetrius reminded Leon with a serious expression.

"Did I disturb her?" Leon asked.

"What do you think?" Demetrius sneered.

"Maybe. It's also my fault that I'm too idle. I have too much leisure time after finishing farm matters every day. If there was a bat mushroom cave on my farm that needed my attention and care, I might not have time to socialize." Leon shrugged and reminded Demetrius meaningfully.

"If it's just about attracting fruit bats or making mushroom cultivation tanks, I can do it anytime, but when combining the two, there are too many things to pay attention to, and I still need time to design it." Demetrius understood what Leon meant and explained helplessly.

"Should I ask Maru to go to the farm tomorrow? After all, I heard she's off tomorrow. Maybe I could ask her to help me check the soil nutrition issues on the farm," Leon muttered to himself with a smile. "Tomorrow, tomorrow I'll help you transform the cave." Demetrius was no fool; he immediately understood that Leon was threatening him.

Although he was extremely angry, he had no choice but to do it anyway. After all, he felt that Leon would really do what he said.

Seeing Demetrius' frustrated expression, Leon's smile became even brighter. "Then I'll trouble you, Mr. Demetrius. I hope you can carefully transform the cave on my farm. If the workmanship is too crude, I may need to ask Maru to help me find out what's wrong, and then I may have to disturb Maru's bright future."

"I guarantee there won't be any problems." This sentence was basically shouted by Demetrius. Leon noticed that Demetrius couldn't help but start rolling up his sleeves.

Leon took out the Galaxy Watermelon Knife and held it in his hand, stroking its mirror-smooth blade. He said calmly, "Then I will wait for Mr. Demetrius's visit at Red Star Farm tomorrow."

Seeing the purple blade in Leon's hand, Demetrius instantly realized that the young man in front of him was not an ordinary farmer, but a warrior who could fight monsters and kill them sharply. He immediately put down his sleeves again with a clear mind.

"Okay, I hope you can get up early tomorrow morning. After all, the renovation work will take quite a long time."

"Of course, since I came to Stardew Valley, I have been used to going to bed early and getting up early. Mr. Demetrius doesn't need to worry about coming too early." Seeing that Demetrius had given in, Leon retracted the Galaxy Watermelon Knife and comforted Demetrius.

"Yeah." Demetrius nodded, then turned and went back into the house, not even wanting to say goodbye to Leon.

This made Leon feel helpless, but since his goal had been achieved, he was embarrassed to keep Demetrius to chat for a while, after all, he was not some black-loving womanizer.

And looking at Demetrius's expression was quite interesting. This feeling made Leon fully understand the joy that Boss Cao had felt when he used the emperor to control the princes.

After confirming that Red Star Farm would have a new revenue-generating project tomorrow, Lyon happily prepared to return to the farm to rest. However, just before he was about to leave, he noticed a stone falling from the sky and hitting him next to him.

Leon looked in the direction the stone came from and found that Linus was standing on the hill behind Robin's house, waving at him. Judging from the gesture, it seemed that he was asking him to come over and find him.

Seeing this, Leon did not hesitate and went straight to the eastern area of ​​Robin's house, following the relatively flat path in the mountains to find Linus.

When Leon walked to Linus's tent, he saw Linus sitting by the burning campfire, holding a wooden stick in his hand with a cleaned carp on it, roasting in the flames.

"Linus, are you inviting me to grilled fish?"

(End of this chapter)