Xuan Lan beamed even more brightly. He nodded again and again, praising the idea, then greeted Lin Bule and Lin Lele with an amiable smile. "Greetings, two esteemed ladies! Since you are Lin Qi's cousins, we are all family. I won't eat you. It's just... such a pity. Look at your skin, so tender and juicy—you ought to be enjoyed while fresh..."
Xuan Lan lightly slapped himself, then turned his head aside. "Fine, you are Lin Qi's cousins. I can't eat you, and I can't even fantasize about eating you. What agony. You smell so fragrant, so tempting—you really whet my appetite!"
Lin Bule's face turned green by turns, while Lin Lele had already begun shrieking herself hoarse. "Lin Qi, you actually keep company with an evil man-eating giant? You—you—how did you come to know this fellow? How could you mix with someone who eats people? You shameless degenerate! I'll report this to the ancestors of the main family and have them punish you properly!"
With a soft chuckle, Lin Qi patted Xuan Lan's ankle. He cast Lin Lele a cold glance and sighed faintly. "Xuan Lan eats people, or other humanoid creatures. How is that any different from us eating pigs and sheep? It is simply his way of life! As his friend, all I can do is restrain him from eating people indiscriminately. I have fulfilled my duty. As for him eating people..."
Shrugging, Lin Qi looked at Lin Lele unconcernedly. "Xuan Lan eats people, but he has never harmed anyone from behind their back! He may eat people, but he would never stab me in the back. So I believe in him. I trust him. He is my best brother; ours is a friendship forged through life and death! Compared to him, I have far more faith