"Recently, the spiritual energy between heaven and earth had started to become unstable. The battle at Tian Feng Mountain had probably run into some trouble, but that was no longer my concern."
As she spoke, her beautiful eyes turned sharp as she looked at Wang Jing. "So don't come disturb our peaceful lives!"
"Understood!"
Wang Jing's heart skipped a beat, and he hurriedly replied.
"But, Big Sister, do you really not intend to interfere? Tian Feng Mountain, Ten Thousand Burial Valley, the Abyssal Sea, Sunset City..." Wang Jing cautiously glanced at Xiao Qingya.
"Because of what happened at Tian Feng Mountain, the seals on the other three forbidden zones have begun to loosen as well. He... is still in Sunset City..."
Xiao Qingya's hand froze as she lifted her cup. Then she smiled in relief. "It's fine. I believe in him."
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"Mom, what exactly is your relationship with that Uncle Wang? Let me tell you, I'm not stupid."
"Wang Jing, the director of the Tianmang City Hazard Monitoring Bureau—we saw him on TV before. Why was he so afraid of you?"
On the way home, Xia Ranran kept firing questions at her mother.
"If you keep asking questions, Brother Ling Yuan won't like you anymore. Boys hate girls who talk too much."
"Mm!"
Xia Ranran immediately covered her mouth with both hands, her eyes widening like brass bells.
"Alright, stop fooling around. Go ask Brother Ling Yuan to come over for dinner tonight. Consider it a welcome-home meal for you."
"Yay! Thanks, Mommy!"
"Before, it was 'Mom,' and now it's 'Mommy'?" Xiao Qingya speechlessly flicked Xia Ranran on the forehead.
"Hehe."
Amid Xia Ranran's silly laughter, the two of them walked home beneath the setting sun.
Elsewhere
Monitoring Bureau
Director's Office
Wang Jing sat with a stern expression, staring at the four people before him.
"I remember telling you to invite the formation master here, didn't I? Invite! And you people went and tied her up instead!"
"Luckily, she didn't hold it against us. Otherwise, we'd all have been in trouble!"
"Um, Director, when you usually say 'invite,' doesn't that mean issuing a wanted order?" one person asked weakly.
The others quickly nodded.
That was right. They still remembered how Wang Jing had emphasized the word "invite."
Whenever the director said to invite someone in the past, it usually meant arresting them. How was it their fault that he hadn't made himself clear?
Wang Jing: "???"
So this was my fault?
After his initial confusion came a surge of blood pressure. He hurled a pen heavily at the man's feet. "You still dare to talk back!"
That man: "..."
After a round of scolding,
the man who had led the group returned to the dormitory. As he looked out the window, a sinister glint flashed through his eyes.
"Tsk, I actually caught the wrong person. I almost could have lifted the seal beneath this city."
"But the powerful force inside her was real. As long as I made a little use of it..."
He had been the one who ordered them to bring the electric machine guns, and he had passed the orders along to the others. Yet they had somehow gotten the wrong person in the end?
Damn it!
Meanwhile,
at Ling Yuan's house,
after using the 3D modeling system to create the basic character models, it was time to outfit them with suitable clothes.
"Alright, that's enough for today. I'll dress them tomorrow." He saved the files and closed the computer.
Ling Yuan stretched comfortably.
"Time really flies. In the blink of an eye, the day is almost over." Ling Yuan looked at the sunset outside and sighed.
No matter what someone did, once they got absorbed in it, it was easy to lose track of time.
Bella fluttered over on her tiny wings and landed on Ling Yuan's shoulder.
Ophis walked to Ling Yuan's side and watched the sunset with him.
Knock, knock, knock.
The front door suddenly rang, followed by a familiar voice outside.
"Brother Ling Yuan! Is Brother Ling Yuan home?"
That voice...
Ling Yuan put Ophis away and went to open the door.
Sure enough,
just as Ling Yuan had expected,
a familiar figure stood outside, looking at him joyfully.
"Brother Ling Yuan!"
Without hesitation, the carefree young woman threw herself straight at him.
Just like four years ago.
"Ranran, when did you get back?" Feeling the pressure against his chest, Ling Yuan was secretly shocked.
It felt completely different from Xiao Fei and Hongyu!
How should he put it? Like slime?
"Today. Brother Ling Yuan, you haven't decided what to eat tonight, right? How about coming to my house?" Xia Ranran pressed herself against Ling Yuan and looked up at him.
But the moment their eyes met, Ling Yuan noticed something different.
"Ranran, why have your eyes turned golden?"
"Oh, this? Brother Ling Yuan, let me tell you—I've become the contractor of Gabriel, one of the Seraphim. Gabriel's power now resides inside me."
"You don't seem to respect her at all?"
"Because we're friends."
"I feel like Uncle Pope is going to cry himself to death." Ling Yuan laughed.
"Huh? Brother Ling Yuan, how did you know? Every time Xiao Bai and I see Uncle Pope, his expression looks a little pained. Um, like he's constipated."
Ling Yuan: "..."
If I were the Pope and saw how close you were to the exalted Seraphim, I'd be jealous too.
"Alright, alright, we can talk about that later. Brother Ling Yuan, you still live alone, right? Hurry up and come over."
Xia Ranran looped her arm around Ling Yuan's and pulled him toward the door.
"I'm coming, I'm coming. Don't be in such a rush."
And just like that, Ling Yuan was dragged out of the house.
"Ling Yuan, where's your little sister? Why didn't you bring her along?" Xiao Qingya, who was washing vegetables, turned around the moment he entered.
Seeing only the two of them, she could not help but freeze.
"Huh? Brother Ling Yuan, you have a little sister?"
"What kind of question is that?" Aunt Xiao gave her silly daughter a chop to the head.
"Mm~"
Xia Ranran instantly wilted.
Ling Yuan smiled. "Xiao Fei went back to our hometown to deal with some household registration matters. She'll probably be back in a few days."
"Xiao Fei? Is her name Ling Fei?"
"Yeah."
"I really want to meet her."
At that moment, Xia Ranran was already thinking about how she should get along with her future little sister.
After the three of them sat down,
Aunt Xiao kept putting food into Ling Yuan's bowl.
"Ling Yuan, which university are you planning to attend?"
Ling Yuan: "..."
Why did all parents like asking questions like this?
Couldn't they spare a thought for how an outstanding student like me felt?
Just think about how miserable those students who failed the entrance exams were.
Xia Ranran also stopped eating, looking at Ling Yuan expectantly.
University was practically the best time to start a relationship.
That way, she would have the chance to be with Ling Yuan every day, and everything happening around them would bring endless freshness.
"Modu University."
After a moment of silence, Ling Yuan recalled the school Wang Ming and Yurou had mentioned before.
"Then I'm going too!"
"Then let's go together," Ling Yuan said.
Aunt Xiao smiled as she watched them.
This was good. If they went to the same school and were assigned to the same classroom, how could their relationship fail to progress?
After dinner,
Ling Yuan chatted with Xia Ranran for a while before heading home.
He opened the door.
After letting Xiao Fei out,
he took out the roujiamo he had bought earlier from System Space and handed it to her.
Watching Ophis take small bites of the roujiamo, Ling Yuan could not help patting her head.
Poor kid, she must have been starving.
He took out his phone and began checking the day's news.
"Oh? An aid shrine maiden in the island nation has gained the favor of eight snakes and obtained the power of an Orochi? Trash. Next."
After glancing at Ophis beside him, Ling Yuan swiped past it.
"Hm? This is a little interesting. The Bible, the Vatican Pope's treasured sacred relic supposedly bestowed by God, was stolen. How careless did their security have to be?"
"..."
Just as Ling Yuan was scrolling through the news,
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