The atmosphere in the living room grew awkward for a moment.
Xiao Jingchen and the others looked a little strange. Whenever they entered a world to complete a mission, they had never considered what might become of their hosts in that world after the mission was done.
As the saying went, once a person was dead, what did they care if a flood raged behind them?
"Gulp—"
Shi Lan swallowed the boiled meat in her mouth and said seriously:
"Once I've done what I came here to do, I'll give Ning An back to you."
Ning Kangping let out a sigh of relief. Qin Yinhua beside him relaxed a little as well.
The others wore varied expressions. In their eyes, Shi Lan was a rather strange person. Her strength was terrifying, yet she always had her own principles about things other people wouldn't give a second thought to.
Given Shi Lan's strength, even this small world was beneath her notice. She had no need to care about how Ning Kangping and his wife felt. Besides, once she left, the world would soon restart.
Every trace she left behind here would be washed away by the world.
"You can head back first."
After eating a few more plates of boiled meat, Shi Lan patted her stomach, now about eighty percent full, and sent Xiao Jingchen and the others away. Then she got up and went into the room. She needed to digest the energy and recover from her injuries as quickly as possible.
Once she'd recovered, she still had something to do.
Liang Yunnan came out of the kitchen, tossed her apron aside, and gazed thoughtfully at Shi Lan's tightly shut door.
The heavy rain outside was letting up. Liang Yunnan and the others walked along the curb, all of