"Smelly Uncle, you're awful! You were clearly hiding such an incredible trump card, yet you kept it from me all along and made me worry sick over you."
On the way back, Lan Shi'er affectionately looped her arm through Jiang Ping An's, looking like a clingy little kitten.
She tilted up her head, her large watery eyes brimming with admiration as she stared unblinkingly at Jiang Ping An's stern face.
To her, this man was like an unfathomable fog, impossible to see through. At every critical moment, he could reveal a startling trump card and bring an unexpected shock.
Lan Shi'er guessed that besides his terrifying Mental Power, Smelly Uncle must be hiding other unknown secrets.
"You never asked me."
Without changing expression, Jiang Ping An gently withdrew his arm from Lan Shi'er's embrace.
Lan Shi'er was nearly eighteen now, and her figure had already blossomed into graceful maturity. He could not stay too close to her, lest others misunderstand and damage her reputation.
When the group returned to the courtyard outside the rented cabins on Kunpeng Island, Bai Jingqiu and the other experts had long been waiting at the entrance.
The moment she saw them return, Bai Jingqiu pulled a stern face and began berating them without mercy.
"You little brats, why are you all so irrational? Life is no joke. Once you lose your lives, everything is gone! We've already lost so many people. If anything happens to you too, Kunpeng Island will disappear sooner or later!"
"You will all be the ones shouldering the burden of reviving Kunpeng Island in the future. Learn to endure and conduct yourselves more steadily."
"Learn from Jiang Ping An. No matter when it is, he can keep a clear head and never act on impulse. Only then can you survive longer