The Entire Demon World is Fighting for My Favor: A Shura Field 71

Chapter 71

“A-Ran…!”

Snowball on the other end immediately called out “A-Ran” again, but this time the tone was clearly different from before, with an added sense of urgency, confusion, and grievance.

A-Ran clearly said he only wanted the scarf!

Why did he refuse his gift, but accepted the pile of things Little Feather gave him!?

An Xun looked at the full wardrobe of gifts that Little Feather was smugly showing off to A-Ran, and his snow leopard tail almost bristled.

“Little Feather, be good, bring the phone back!”

Lin Ran looked up at Little Feather near the ceiling, already feeling helpless and a headache coming on.

Just from Snowball’s voice, he could tell what the little guy’s mood was like now.

But Little Feather’s pile of things was a special case, they couldn’t be returned. It would be really difficult to explain this clearly to Snowball.

“Ee…”

Being scolded by A-Ran, Little Feather flapped his wings and obediently flew back to A-Ran with the phone.

He had the feeling of knowing he was wrong, but would do it again next time.

An Xun on the other end of the video was clearly holding back his emotions and preparing to set off directly.

Lin Ran, getting his phone back, tried to soothe him, but the thousands of words he wanted to say were stuck in his throat. After all, this kind of thing couldn’t be coaxed over a video call. He could only helplessly remind him, “Be careful on the road, Snowball.”

An Xun nodded and started packing his things.

The small figure packed his backpack in the hotel in a serious manner, which made Lin Ran feel relieved and proud that his cub was really independent and capable.

Most children of this age were still being picked up and dropped off by their parents for school, but Snowball could already take care of himself like a little adult.

After temporarily hanging up the phone, Lin Ran caught Little Feather.

“Little Feather, look at the trouble you’ve caused.”

“Ee!”

Unexpectedly, Little Feather rubbed against A-Ran instead.

Being so carefully coaxed by the cub, Lin Ran naturally couldn’t really get angry, he just felt helpless and amused.

“If Snowball gets serious, you’ll have to bear the consequences yourself. In the human world, Snowball earns money much faster than you ‘delivering packages’.”

Lin Ran looked at Little Feather, who knew nothing about Snowball’s capabilities, and reminded him quietly.

“Ee?”

Little Feather clearly had an expression of disbelief.

Little Feather is the most! Powerful!

Both in the Demon World and the human world!

The little guy stood in front of A-Ran, trying to make him believe that he was really, really powerful, and many very powerful demons were afraid of him.

[Ding——Triggered Cub Exclusive Task: Virtue Development (2) Humility!]

Coincidentally, a new notification from “Demon World” appeared.

Looking at the new system prompt, Lin Ran looked at the cub in front of him again, inexplicably feeling that this virtue training was indeed necessary.

The word “humility” seemed to have never appeared in Little Feather’s small dictionary.

“And can our Little Feather read?”

After mentioning the dictionary, Lin Ran suddenly thought of something and looked at Little Feather thoughtfully.

Little Feather: ?

The little guy looked down at the few words A-Ran suddenly wrote on a piece of A4 paper for him to recognize.

“Can you read them? Hmm? Not even one?”

Lin Ran pointed at the words with his pen several times, realizing that Little Feather really had no reaction at all.

Not only did he not react, but he also blinked at him blankly.

That’s right, if Little Feather could read, he wouldn’t have drawn pictures to leave a message last time when he sneaked out to buy things.

If Little Feather really stayed by his guardian’s side all the time, wouldn’t he really become illiterate in the future?

This time, the “kindergarten” that a certain big lion had mentioned with ulterior motives was truly being considered by Lin Ran.

It seemed that it was indeed necessary for Little Feather to receive some basic school education in the future.

He didn’t expect Little Feather to get a master’s or doctoral degree, but at least a kindergarten or elementary school diploma?

“Ee, A-Ran…”

Little Feather felt a little intimidated by A-Ran’s gaze for the first time. He reached out his small hand and carefully touched A-Ran, only to have his small head pressed down by A-Ran in the next second.

“I really have to consider sending you to kindergarten.”

Little Feather felt wronged. What kindergarten? Couldn’t he just stay by A-Ran’s side forever?

“Kindergarten is a place with many children, and teachers will teach you to read, sing, and play games.”

“Ee…”

Is A-Ran in kindergarten?

“I’ll pick you up after work.”

Lin Ran replied with a smile.

“…”

Then Little Feather didn’t want to go.

Little Feather secretly crossed out kindergarten in his heart.

“Well, if you don’t study hard, you’ll probably be the least literate little guy. Sootball is also attending classes, and Snowball even goes to tutoring while filming.”

Lin Ran clearly noticed Little Feather’s duplicity and started to chuckle as he compared them.

“!”

Sure enough, the “aggressive method” was the most effective on Little Feather.

Of course, it also had a lot to do with the fact that the user was A-Ran.

If someone else said this, Little Feather would probably have dismissed it with disdain, or even stepped on them. In more serious cases, even eating them wouldn’t be excessive.

But if it was A-Ran, Little Feather couldn’t accept it even thinking about it.

However, just ten minutes later, when Lin Ran received a message to go downstairs to pick up An Xun, a small black fluffy ball was flying over the old dormitory area of S University.

It’s A-Ran’s scent.

Oni and Yorke weren’t around today, so Sootball directly bypassed the secretary of the board of directors and flew all the way from the hotel, flapping his wings unsteadily, following the scent to the old dormitory area.

But when Sootball flew into the dormitory through the window, he found that the dormitory had already been emptied.

Sootball pouted a little and searched everywhere, even under the bed boards.

They said he could see A-Ran?

In order to surprise A-Ran, Sootball had deliberately kept it a secret. Now, Sootball was a little regretful. He should have told A-Ran.

On the eve of the evening party the next day, there were many lively student activities. Because Lin Ran wanted to spend more time with Snowball, he could only regretfully decline Luo Xiao’s invitation.

Luo Xiao and the others thought that Lin-zai was simply nervous and was preparing for the final rehearsal before the performance.

“Lin-zai, good luck! We have a surprise prepared for you!”

Zhu Yao chuckled and patted Lin Ran’s shoulder, successfully making Lin Ran subtly uneasy.

“Don’t do anything silly…”

Lin Ran’s tone was clearly uncertain.

“Hehe, how could it be silly? Good luck, Lin-zai! Our whole class is your strong backing!”

“Go, go! I specially brought my camera, haha. Go get ready.”

Luo Xiao also showed the huge camera around his neck, successfully making Lin Ran even more flushed and helpless.

Just then, a group of people who were clearly school leaders walked over to inspect and show concern for today’s student activities, occasionally stopping at club booths to take a look, with photographers taking pictures throughout.

Lin Ran wanted to avoid the camera, so he paused.

“Wow, is that little guy a foreigner or mixed-race? He looks so much like a movie character.”

“And he’s sleepy, so cute!”

Many students around were also discussing, especially among the group of adults in suits and ties, the human cub following behind his parents, clearly forced to participate, was extremely unique.

His relaxed face looked a little sleepy, but even so, the natural nobility between his brows left a deep impression on people.

“Nemo, you can yawn, but at least don’t be so exaggerated, okay? This is basic etiquette.”

Ms. Oni patted Nemo’s head helplessly and amusedly, immediately attracting the attention of many surrounding students who were captivated.

And Nemo felt that the human world really wasn’t that interesting.

Everyone around him was cautious, and there were always strange people who wanted to talk to him for some reason.

Nemo felt that the most effortless way to deal with this was to pretend not to understand their language until they left awkwardly after talking themselves dry.

Nemo’s indifferent, uncooperative, and somewhat aloof attitude naturally attracted some subtle gossip.

For example, some people who failed to curry favor with him secretly thought that the young son of the new board members might be a slightly problematic child.

Otherwise, why would he maintain an indifferent and arrogant look no matter how people tried to communicate with him?

But the moment Nemo perked up and raised his head, he stared fixedly in a certain direction.

That figure… looks like A-Ran…?

But there were too many people, and the scents were completely mixed up.

Just as Nemo was about to chase after him, he was blocked again by the surging crowd, and Ms. Oni subconsciously held her young son’s hand, worried that Nemo would do something irrational if he was jostled.

To be honest, Ms. Oni was extremely pleased that Nemo had been so cooperative and stayed by her side this time.

After successfully bypassing the school leaders, Lin Ran went directly backstage for the final rehearsal.

It was said that he would be paired with Snowball, but it actually turned into Snowball accompanying him.

Although Snowball was young, he had much more experience in performing and could even tell Little Feather how to fly out for better effect!

“Junior Lin Ran, so you’re rehearsing here?”

Just as Lin Ran was preparing, Xiao Mingfei, the student council president, also happened to see him and came over to greet him with a smile.

“The backstage has just prepared refreshments for everyone. Actors and staff can go over there to rest anytime if they’re hungry. Don’t work too hard.”

Xiao Mingfei greeted him familiarly.

“Okay, thank you, Senior. I’ll go over there when I’m tired.”

Lin Ran simply nodded in agreement without responding much.

“Ee!”

After Xiao Mingfei left, Little Feather flew to his guardian and gestured seriously.

That guy tried to put strange things in A-Ran’s backpack!

In short, he’s a strange guy!

Lin Ran watched Little Feather’s gestures for a long time, frowning slightly.

“But I’m not even familiar with him, am I?”

Although Xiao Mingfei had indeed been very enthusiastic towards him since the beginning of school, Lin Ran considered himself to have a bit of “trendy person phobia,” and the other party was really too much of a social butterfly, so Lin Ran really hadn’t interacted much with him.

“He has the scent of a demon.”

An Xun, on the other hand, observed for a long time and hesitantly told A-Ran.

“Could he also be a mutated demon?”

Lin Ran was surprised.

Could this guy’s ability be a 100% social talent?

“But he doesn’t seem like a mutated demon.”

An Xun shook his head, a little troubled.

Lin Ran stroked Snowball and looked thoughtfully in the direction Xiao Mingfei had left.

Could it be that demons had other forms of mutation in the real world?

But to be honest, Lin Ran liked all the demons he had met so far, except Xiao Mingfei, who gave him a bad feeling.

And something even stranger happened.

Lin Ran’s performance costume disappeared right before he was about to go on stage.

“Didn’t you find anything after checking the surveillance?”

Guan Qianqian, the class president who considered herself Lin Ran’s stylist, was very angry and puzzled when she learned about the situation. This was clearly deliberately taken away, right?

Otherwise, how could it be such a coincidence?

“But that angle is indeed not covered by the surveillance cameras. In short, it’s gone.”

The teacher in charge of the staff was also very troubled. This kind of situation where things went missing backstage wasn’t uncommon.

“Forget it, anyway, I…”

Lin Ran didn’t really mind and tried to comfort the class president, saying that he could go on stage in his regular clothes.

“No, Lin-zai, we have to investigate this matter! Let’s see who dares to target our class’s entertainment committee member!”

Guan Qianqian directly decided that they would take care of this matter.

This gave Lin Ran a strange feeling of being protected by a big sister. The class president’s way of caring for others was quite unique, he hadn’t noticed it before.

Unexpectedly, at this time, An Xun pulled Lin Ran and looked up, indicating:

“A-Ran, I have clothes.”

Lin Ran, being pulled to the nanny van, suddenly had a bad premonition.

No wonder the little guy hadn’t exploded last night even after being shown off to by Little Feather…

Because when Lin Ran saw the several unopened large boxes in Snowball’s trunk, he finally confirmed that the things the little guy bought before hadn’t been returned either.

And the suit that Snowball took out just happened to fit the “Mysterious Magician” style perfectly.

The unique suit fabric, like the night sky, had shimmering, flowing specks of light, with a quiet and profound feeling that exuded a unique aura.

“Ee…”

Even Little Feather, who had been hiding in A-Ran’s pocket to maintain a sense of mystery, couldn’t help but land on the clothes and admire them carefully.

“I saw it at a fashion show and liked it very much, so I ordered a large one for A-Ran.”

Snowball explained with subtle joy.

This kind of clothing was indeed not for everyday wear, it was more suitable for walking the red carpet or attending very formal banquets.

But after looking at the clothes for a long time, Lin Ran finally stared at Snowball and asked, “How many clothes did you actually buy, Snowball? It’s not just these four boxes, right?”

If even this niche type was included, Lin Ran had a hunch that what Snowball usually saved up was definitely more than this.

“…”

He was discovered by A-Ran.

An Xun instantly pursed his lips, not daring to tell A-Ran the truth.

Ever since he started paying attention to collecting clothes for A-Ran, An Xun had developed a strong interest in the fashion industry and designers he came into contact with through his work for the first time in his life.

Whenever he saw a beautiful and stunning design, he would order an adult size with an anonymous private account and hang it up.

Just like preparing a secret wardrobe for A-Ran!

Even though An Xun knew that A-Ran wouldn’t wear some of the styles inside, he couldn’t resist collecting them all. Just imagining A-Ran wearing them made him happy.

At this moment, An Xun suddenly understood why Lu Ya had already started frantically preparing a pile of clothes for her unborn baby brother before he was even born.

Perhaps the joy was exactly the same?

“I’ll listen to your explanation after the evening party.”

With time being tight, Lin Ran could only poke An Xun’s head, and An Xun rubbed against A-Ran’s fingertip silently.

As for Little Feather, he was still squatting in front of the four suitcases with a serious expression.

Because Little Feather was incredulous to find that: Snowball actually bought more styles and types of clothes than he had seen!

Could Little Feather really lose to Snowball in this aspect!? [Bolt from the blue.jpg]

No, he must help A-Ran win back the magic show and prove that Little Feather was A-Ran’s most powerful baby…

In fact, when the lights came on and Lin Ran appeared on stage a few minutes later, the exclamations from the audience quieted down.

Even Zhu Yao and his group, who were sitting in the audience and were about to take out the humorous banners they had prepared, froze, feeling embarrassed to take out the cheesy banners.

Because Lin-zai on stage had a completely different aura than usual!

Dressed in a well-made black suit that perfectly outlined his figure, his slightly exposed wrists were dazzlingly white, and his features under his black hair were so stunning that it was impossible to look away.

“I get it, Lin-zai, with this kind of magician’s looks, the audience’s attention can be drawn away from his hands… This is a sure win.”

Zhu Yao silently declared this a sure win.

As roommates, he and Luo Xiao had already seen most of Lin-zai’s magic show, and the difficulty wasn’t high, it was mainly about entertainment.

The opening and several audience interaction segments were mainly to quickly liven up the atmosphere.

“But this is cheating. As expected, it’s most appropriate for Lin-zai to take on this important task.”

Class President Guan Qianqian, who had been worried for a long time, couldn’t help but smile.

Because when Lin Ran walked down to the audience and interacted with the chosen lucky audience member, anyone could see that the chosen junior was so excited and happy that he only stared at Lin Ran, the magician.

He didn’t even pay attention to Lin Ran’s hand movements!

So when the playing cards were shuffled from the audience’s perspective and reappeared in Lin Ran’s palm, the whole audience burst into very cooperative applause and encouragement.

“Senior Lin Ran – so cool!”

“Pick me, pick me for the interaction!!”

Cheers like these were extremely supportive, and they indeed made Lin Ran relax.

Actually, his expressionless face when he first appeared on stage wasn’t intentional, but purely because he was nervous.

When he was nervous, he naturally became expressionless, which unintentionally gave him the cool demeanor of a magician.

And Lin Ran’s performance, which was originally just a small interlude, was able to achieve such a good interactive effect. Naturally, it made the school leaders smile along with the young people and become curious about Lin Ran.

Not only was this young man handsome, but he also seemed to be very popular? Many teachers and students in the audience seemed to know him.

Counselor Da Ding happened to be sitting in the row behind the party secretary, so he immediately started to promote his proud student’s glorious deeds to the leaders.

Things like self-improvement, role model for hard work, academic pioneer… and now even taking on responsibilities in entertainment activities!

This was simply too valuable! A true student among students! Excellent among the excellent!

Da Ding’s enthusiastic promotion left the school leaders stunned.

So much so that no one noticed the loving and proud gazes of Oni, Yorke, and other demons in the VIP seats not far away, as if they were watching their own cub receive applause and cheers from the whole audience.

Sootball almost flew over directly, but was coaxed back to his seat by Ms. Oni.

If you transform back into a little demon and fly over to A-Ran now, A-Ran will really be on the news tomorrow.

Ms. Oni signaled to Nemo with her eyes, hoping that the little guy wouldn’t rush these few minutes. She, as the chairman, couldn’t take the lead in breaking the rules.

“But A-Ran…”

Sootball clung to the chair, wanting A-Ran to interact with him.

“And A-Ran might not recognize you now. He’s only seen the fluffy Nemo before, right?”

Mr. Yorke stroked his cub’s head and continued to soothe him.

“…”

Sootball only quieted down after hearing Mr. Yorke’s words.

He had forgotten that A-Ran couldn’t recognize him now.

But in fact, just a few minutes ago, when Lin Ran’s gaze inadvertently swept over the VIP seats, he looked at Nemo in surprise.

Because although he was much smaller than the Nemo in the Time Mirror, he could clearly see that this was definitely a smaller version of Sootball!

Could it be that the surprise the little guy had been keeping from him these past few days was that Sootball had also come to school to find him?

Therefore, when there was only one prize left for the interaction segment, Lin Ran, trying to confirm his guess, had already walked behind Sootball.

“Do you want to guess what the last card is? There’s a small gift if you guess correctly.”

Sootball：……!

When the familiar voice sounded in his ears, Sootball turned around incredulously and saw A-Ran smiling at him from close range.

A-Ran in the human world looked even better in different clothes!

The cameraman carrying the camera was quite satisfied with the last interactive audience member Lin Ran chose. After all, just by looking at him, one could tell that his good looks would be pleasing to the eye on the big screen.

The number of online viewers in the live broadcast room started to soar.

This interactive effect was definitely very good.

And in front of so many people, watching A-Ran explain the interaction rules to him, Sootball really tried hard to pretend that he didn’t know him and cooperated with A-Ran.

Although the way the little guy looked at Lin Ran made countless viewers watching the school anniversary gala live broadcast sense something was wrong.

[Hahaha, is this a staged performance? I feel like this little cutie is almost glued to him, what’s going on?]

[This seems to be the VIP seats, the ones invited are all big shots closely related to the school. Does anyone know whose cub this is?!]

[So cute, so cute, so cute, but I feel like the little guy actually knows which card is the right one, but he deliberately moved his finger away and chose the wrong one?? Is it just me? Is this rigged?]

Whether it was the audience watching the big screen on site or the online viewers in the live broadcast room, they were all very observant.

The eyesight of a demon indeed allowed Sootball to immediately know where A-Ran had hidden the playing card.

But Nemo looked at A-Ran reluctantly for a long time and deliberately chose the wrong one, worried that he would make A-Ran’s performance fail.

After noticing Sootball’s small action, Lin Ran couldn’t help but chuckle softly.

This was really Sootball, otherwise he would never be so obedient as to deliberately cooperate with him.

It’s just that Sootball probably didn’t expect that such an obvious small action would make him look even more like a shill for his magic show.

And when Lin Ran looked at the man and woman to Sootball’s left, especially the woman who was holding her phone the whole time, filming his interaction with Sootball with a smile on her face, he had a hunch: Could this be Ms. Oni and Mr. Yorke?

Had the two guardians also accompanied Sootball to find him?

Lin Ran, lost in thought, finally smiled and handed the gift in his hand to Sootball.

“This is your gift. The game is over, baby.”

“A-Ran…!”

The next second, Sootball, holding the gift, couldn’t help but hug A-Ran as he was about to finish the interaction and go back.

Lin Ran subconsciously caught Sootball in his arms and looked at the cameraman not far away with a slightly flushed face, only to find that not only did the cameraman not cut away, but he also keenly captured this hot scene and gave it a close-up.

Amidst the good-natured laughter from the audience, many juniors and younger students who knew Lin-zai screamed: “Help, I want to hug him too, do cubs have special privileges?”

Of course, there were also many girls like Guan Qianqian who were captivated:

“This is too cute! A screenshot could be used as a phone wallpaper.”

Luo Xiao’s expression was subtle: “That row seems to be the school directors’ seats. It’s probably someone’s young son.”

“Hehe, it shows that our Lin-zai is really popular! The program popularity vote is currently in first place.”

Zhu Yao held his phone, showing the program popularity vote. Lin-zai’s “Magic Medley” was only halfway through, and it had already jumped to first place.

The first place popularity award every year could win a prize of 30,000 yuan, and Zhu Yao and his group had already sworn to help Lin-zai win this year’s best popularity award.

But the moment Lin Ran was hugged by Sootball, he felt Little Feather in his pocket clearly about to make a fuss.

Because Little Feather’s final grand finale hadn’t arrived yet, but Sootball in the audience had already stolen all the attention!