Chapter 95
Strictly speaking, this kiss was extremely clumsy.
If Shao Mian’s actions were purely instinctive exploration and possession, then Lin Ran was so inexperienced that he was at a loss, subconsciously responding while being held by the waist.
The fingers originally resting on Yuanbao’s shoulders tightened slightly, wanting to push him away, but inexplicably losing strength.
Even the contact between them was burning hot.
Lin Ran hazily felt that this was a bit too much. The next second, as he wanted to avoid it, he was chased by Yuanbao, who hugged him and repeatedly licked the corner of his lips.
Like he wasn’t satisfied yet, but couldn’t bear to truly bully him, so he circled around, wagging his tail, testing and showing affection.
“Knock, knock… Ee!” But the next second, a familiar knocking sound came from the windowsill!
“Ee~”
Little Feather had volunteered to work overtime today, flying a few more trips with Secretary Ser. At this moment, the round little bird, following behind the black raven, flew into S University and couldn’t wait to find A-Ran.
He had received a holiday bonus today.
He had officially paid off his previous loan!
From now on, all the money he earned could be used to buy things for A-Ran, without having to budget carefully.
Just thinking about this made Little Feather happily spin in the air, hovering in front of the dormitory building and accurately finding A-Ran’s window.
The light was on!
“Ee!”
But just as Little Feather landed on the windowsill and pecked open the window latch with his beak, he heard a few hurried collision sounds from inside the room.
Under the control of a crimson gold magic, Little Feather, who could have instantly flown into the room, was tightly entangled by the curtains that were suddenly blown by the wind.
After struggling for a long time, Little Feather finally flapped his wings and escaped from the bottom of the curtains, almost angrily wanting to tear them apart.
No, no, he couldn’t be angry.
A-Ran said that little cubs should be polite.
Little Feather seriously calmed his temper for a while before letting go of the curtains and flying back into the room.
“…Little Feather? Secretary Ser sent you back? Didn’t you say I should go pick you up?”
Lin Ran had pushed Yuanbao away not long after hearing the noise from the windowsill and caught Little Feather, who pounced into his arms.
“Ee ee ee!”
Secretary Ser sent him back!
Little Feather happily explained, then clung to A-Ran, blinking in confusion.
He felt that A-Ran was a little strange.
His ears were very hot, his usually cold, dark eyes had a sparkling look, and the corners of his lips were a little red.
He still looked very handsome, but in a different way.
If A-Ran was like a quiet pool of water in a mountain stream before, now it was like ripples had suddenly appeared, the light and shadow instantly becoming lively and complex.
“Okay, stop looking, go wash your face and hands.”
Lin Ran blushed even more being openly stared at by Little Feather.
He felt like he had almost been caught red-handed doing something bad by the little guy. If he was really caught, Lin Ran, who was already thin-skinned, felt that he could disappear from this world.
“Ee…”
Little Feather obediently nodded, glanced at the big lion guardian behind A-Ran, and instantly flew off to wash his face and hands.
For some reason, the big lion was a little scary.
Seeing that Little Feather had finally obediently gone to wash up, Shao Mian held Lin Ran’s hand again. Although he didn’t speak, his light golden eyes seemed to be silently asking if they could continue.
Being pushed away after only a few seconds of kissing, this pain was worse than not starting at all.
His golden lion tail had already appeared uncontrollably, his whole body filled with a restless aura of dissatisfaction.
“Behave yourself, Yuanbao.”
But he was immediately slapped by Lin Ran, and even his lion tail, which was trying to rub against A-Ran, was grabbed and pushed away.
“…”
Seeing Lin Ran checking on Little Feather, Shao Mian really wanted to immediately send all these little cubs away.
Little Feather had just wet his small towel when he saw A-Ran coming over and affectionately asked A-Ran to help him wash.
Lin Ran calmed himself down while gently touching Little Feather’s face, finding that his originally empty eye socket was gradually growing back. Perhaps, given some time to grow, he could slowly recover completely.
“Ee.”
Little Feather used to be most resistant to people touching his scar, but if it was A-Ran, whenever his fingertips brushed against it, it would give him an indescribable sense of happiness.
As if he was being carefully watched by A-Ran.
But Little Feather hadn’t been happy for long when the big lion, unwilling to be left out, also reluctantly came over.
Little Feather immediately clung to A-Ran, afraid of being handed over to the big lion again.
“Let me do it, you go eat first, otherwise it will get cold soon.”
But this time, Shao Mian actually offered to help take care of Little Feather, after all, Luo Xiao and the others had just delivered dinner.
“…You?”
Lin Ran looked at Shao Mian behind him, who was like a large pendant, and was full of suspicion, his already fair skin unable to hide the blush.
He suspected that Yuanbao was up to something again.
“Ee!”
So Little Feather was handed over to Shao Mian, who was trying to prove himself.
The tiny little guy didn’t dare to move in Shao Mian’s hands.
The two of them stared at each other for a moment.
Shao Mian had a vengeful mentality, since he couldn’t get close to Lin Ran, he didn’t intend to let Little Feather succeed either.
But Little Feather also had a rebellious mentality, but with A-Ran beside him, he had to obediently cooperate and wash his face and hands.
The big lion was so stiff!
He wasn’t gentle like A-Ran, who would hold him, and he smelled good.
The more Little Feather thought about it, the more he sighed, feeling that his life was hard.
“You’re even sighing?”
Shao Mian was amused by his serious sighing.
“…”
He couldn’t even sigh now?
Little Feather pouted.
But after sniffing carefully, Little Feather suddenly found that the big lion had a faint scent of A-Ran today.
“What are you looking at? Go to bed early tonight.”
Shao Mian sneered, and Little Feather immediately lowered his head.
He just wanted to look at A-Ran, okay!?
“Demon World” didn’t finish updating today. Lin Ran touched his cheek, pursed his lips, and opened his phone, looking at the updating prompt on the app’s main panel, knowing that he probably couldn’t play today.
Perhaps it would finish updating on the high-speed rail back home tomorrow?
His luggage was a mess, and Shao Mian, who had just finished showering and looked inexplicably aggrieved, was making things even messier, trying to help but always doing it wrong, clearly not having done any chores before.
“You don’t need to bring this book back… Yuanbao, you’re already helping by just sitting there quietly.”
Lin Ran couldn’t stand it anymore and slapped Shao Mian’s large hand, trying to stop him from handing him things randomly.
If he could see the Affection frame in the real world, Shao Mian suspected that he would have received a huge “-1.”
Although Lin Ran paused the moment he touched Shao Mian’s hand.
Because this guy’s body temperature was clearly not right.
“Did you take a cold shower?”
Shao Mian didn’t say anything but simply looked at Lin Ran silently, and Lin Ran immediately lowered his head, not giving him a chance to act pitiful.
But Shao Mian, looking at Lin Ran’s obviously reddened ear tips, felt that they were really beautiful…
And Little Feather, holding the bag of mixed nuts A-Ran gave him, nibbled on the nuts and felt that the big lion was really strange.
“Sootball will go directly to Grandma’s tomorrow morning, Snowball still has work during the short holiday, so we can only video call him, I don’t know if he can come back.”
After packing his luggage, Lin Ran thought about the schedules of the little guys and decided to visit Snowball when he had the chance, so he wouldn’t be lonely.
He wondered where Ossi would be in the real world?
Should he ask Atylanthos next time?
Actually, Lin Ran really wanted to see little Ossi in the real world, he must be beautiful and cute.
“Then what about me?”
So Shao Mian found that he was the only one forgotten.
“You? You insisted on coming back with me, you weren’t in the plan.”
Lin Ran lowered his eyes, refusing to meet Shao Mian’s gaze.
Eh, why were humans always so fickle?
He had clearly said he would take him back to see his grandma before.
The unspoken words in Shao Mian’s eyes inexplicably made Lin Ran not want to speak anymore.
“Do you have to take the high-speed rail? Wouldn’t it be better to drive back?”
The only thing Shao Mian felt a little sorry about was that he had just learned that Lin Ran had only managed to get standing tickets this time. Standing all the way back would definitely be very tiring.
Little Feather was also a little reluctant for A-Ran to stand all the way back and blinked his eyes.
“I’ve already bought the tickets, it’s okay to stand for a while.”
Lin Ran casually zipped up his luggage and was about to have Little Feather go to bed early.
After all, it wasn’t like this hadn’t happened before.
Strangely, the high-speed rail was suddenly delayed the next day.
“…?”
The moment he heard the news, Lin Ran looked at Shao Mian, wondering if this was intentional.
“I swear, I really didn’t do anything this time.”
Shao Mian explained with utmost sincerity.
Little Feather coughed. He had only asked a few little birds to fly over and cause a little interference.
When it came to caring about A-Ran, the big and small were in agreement.
However, Lin Ran, who had just gone through exam week and was about to have a short holiday, was clearly also a little tired.
Finally, when the driver drove over and loaded the luggage, Lin Ran fell asleep leaning against the car seat not long after getting in the car.
Shao Mian quietly looked at the sleeping Lin Ran from the rearview mirror and signaled for Little Feather to get a blanket.
Little Feather immediately flapped his small wings and obediently carried the blanket in his mouth, covering A-Ran with it.
A-Ran also looked very peaceful and beautiful while sleeping.
His dark hair was tangled around his neck, his long eyelashes cast a thin shadow on his eyelids, and his lips were a beautiful light pink.
Little Feather suddenly wanted to touch A-Ran’s lips, certain that today’s A-Ran was indeed different from last night’s A-Ran. Yesterday’s lips were a little redder.
However, sensing Shao Mian’s gaze, Little Feather obediently didn’t move, afraid of waking A-Ran up.
Grandma, waiting for her grandson to come back for the short holiday, was happily cooking in the kitchen.
From time to time, she would praise: “You little cat is so amazing!”
“Cheep cheep!”
Sootball, being praised, would proudly chirp a few times and then run to the windowsill to see if A-Ran had come back.
This time, Sootball went straight back to his hometown, helping Grandma with chores and starting to increase her Affection Level.
Since being sent to international school, Sootball had been working hard to improve his knowledge, so he wouldn’t become illiterate like Little Feather.
But the only bad thing about going to school was that he couldn’t always be by A-Ran’s side. He had finally waited for the holiday.
However, when the unfamiliar black luxury car with an S City license plate slowly drove into the village, it instantly attracted everyone’s attention.
Even Jiang Jie, who had come to find Lin-zai on his scooter as soon as the holiday started, couldn’t help but stare at it for a long time.
“Brother Jie, this car is awesome, when are we getting one?”
His younger brothers also chimed in, saying that this thing looked much cooler than a scooter.
“After I graduate, I’ll find a good opportunity to buy one. First, take a picture of the car logo and see what it’s called.”
Jiang Jie was also full of ambition. After all, his GPA had improved by leaps and bounds this semester, and he had even passed CET-4 in one go, becoming a well-deserved star student.
Although Jiang Jie knew that this was related to Lin-zai’s expectations of him, he definitely couldn’t become a brother who disappointed Lin-zai.
And Jiang Jie’s younger brothers, since learning that Brother Jie had passed CET-4 and started preparing for the employment exam, had also started a wave of studying.
They all said that they didn’t expect that Brother Jie, who had frowned and said he was going to do two things that day, was actually talking about the written exam and interview.
They almost even changed the pop music in their earphones to inspirational songs.
Inspirational, this was simply too inspirational!
“But Brother Jie, this car’s direction is wrong, why are we still following it?”
“No, it’s not that we’re following it, it’s going in the same direction as us!”
As they rode their scooters, Jiang Jie found that this car seemed to be heading towards Lin-zai’s house, just like them.
No, it was clearly parked at Lin-zai’s doorstep!?
Jiang Jie’s brain couldn’t process it for a moment.
And Lin Ran was still asleep. He hadn’t slept well last night and didn’t even realize he had arrived home. The blanket was still covering his chin, and he looked peaceful and quiet while sleeping.
Little Feather hesitated for a long time, not willing to wake him up.
Shao Mian, looking at him, naturally also felt his heart soften. How could a human be so cute?
“Cheep cheep!”
But Sootball, who had been eagerly waiting, squatting on the windowsill, suddenly smelled A-Ran’s scent and instantly forgot about pretending to be a cat, directly flying out while Grandma wasn’t paying attention.
A-Ran——
God knows, “Demon World” hadn’t finished updating, so he couldn’t see A-Ran.
And Lin Ran, hearing the familiar voice, his eyes trembled and opened, still a little confused. He looked out the window and realized that he was already home, the car even driving to his doorstep!
Lin Ran used to take the high-speed rail, then the bus, and transfer to another car to get to the village, dragging his luggage back home. This was the first time he had opened his eyes and was already at his doorstep.
“Sootball!”
Hugging Sootball, Lin Ran had received a message from Ms. Oni yesterday, saying that they had directly sent Sootball back to his grandma.
“Cheep cheep~”
The little guy rolled around in A-Ran’s arms, his whole body finally smelling like A-Ran again.
“Ee!”
Little Feather tried to make Sootball be quiet, he had woken A-Ran up!
And Grandma was a little confused when she found that Sootball was gone. After all, Lin-zai liked this little guy the most, wouldn’t it be a pity if he was lost before he came home?
She hurriedly wiped her hands on her apron and walked out, only to be startled by the car at the door.
This private car was clearly different from the ones driven back by the sons and daughters of the villagers. Its appearance looked unusual.
Especially when Shao Mian got out of the car to open the door with an expressionless face, Shao Mian, with his blond hair, undoubtedly attracted everyone’s attention.
“Holy crap… Brother Jie, look, dyed blond hair!”
Jiang Jie and his group were even more stunned. If they weren’t short on money, they would also really want to dye their hair this color, okay?
This effect was too good!
“Isn’t this natural? This seems to be natural! Damn, Lin-zai!?”
Jiang Jie noticed that the texture of his hair didn’t look dyed and suspected that what his younger brothers wanted wasn’t this hair color, but his overall height and style.
Shao Mian, who had already noticed this group of people, glanced over here, and Jiang Jie noticed that even his eyes were light golden.
And Lin-zai was actually getting out of the car with his backpack?
“Why did you drive directly to my house?”
Lin Ran, waking up, realized with embarrassment that Yuanbao had actually had the driver drive directly in. He didn’t even need to think to know that the village would definitely be talking about this tomorrow.
“If not driving in, should I walk in?”
Shao Mian, who considered himself very thoughtful, was criticized again and felt very depressed.
“Your hair is too eye-catching in the village.”
Lin Ran blushed and realized that he should have had Yuanbao transform into a golden tabby and hold him, but he had fallen asleep and hadn’t had time to say it.
“Lin-zai? This is…?”
Grandma hobbled out to greet her grandson and looked at Shao Mian with some surprise and uncertainty.
How did he look like someone who had stepped out of a movie poster? He was unusually tall and handsome, but he didn’t look like someone who should appear in the village.
“Grandma, this is… my friend, Shao Mian. His nickname is Yuanbao. You can also call him Yuanbao, Grandma.”
Lin Ran could only introduce Shao Mian first.
She probably didn’t understand the first part, but hearing such a down-to-earth nickname made Grandma nod repeatedly: “This nickname is good.”
Indeed, he was golden and shiny, like a gold ingot, and he looked like he had a lot of gold ingots.
“Hello, Grandma.”
Shao Mian actually called her that very naturally and solemnly, so obedient that even Lin Ran looked up at him, feeling that Yuanbao had really hidden his lion tail.
He pretended quite convincingly.
“Eh, good, all good!”
Grandma Huang Guiying responded so naturally that she even smiled subconsciously, feeling like she really had another grandson.
“A-Jie is here too? It’s so lively today, stay for dinner!”
And Grandma, looking at Jiang Jie and the others who were also stunned at the door, smiled and waved her ladle, inviting them to stay.
“Lin-zai? This is your friend!?”
Jiang Jie forgot to tell Lin-zai the news he had been holding back, that he had passed CET-4, and looked at Shao Mian with shock and confusion.
Although when Shao Mian’s gaze fell on the hand Jiang Jie had placed on Lin Ran’s shoulder, Jiang Jie felt a chill, but he didn’t let go. Instead, he instinctively hugged Lin-zai even tighter out of animal instinct.
“Mm, yes, my friend.”
Lin Ran sighed, amused and helpless.
He was thinking about arranging a guest room for Shao Mian.
“Hmph, he doesn’t look like he can do any work. I’ll go help Grandma husk corn, call me when dinner is ready!”
But Jiang Jie had an indescribable feeling that his best buddy, Lin-zai, had been snatched away.
He tried to prove that he was number one.
“Husk corn?”
Shao Mian coldly repeated.
“What? Haven’t husked corn before? Tsk, city folk, haven’t even husked corn.”
Jiang Jie sneered and waved, taking his younger brothers to the fields.
“A-Jie, dinner will be ready soon, don’t go!”
Lin Ran was speechless, he didn’t expect a chemical reaction to happen here.
As for Shao Mian, hearing the name “A-Jie,” his lion tail almost wagged.
He had never been called A-Mian…
Why? Just because he hadn’t husked corn?
And what city folk? When he was running around in the forest, this kid probably wasn’t even born yet.
“No, can you guys stop?”
Lin Ran stood at the door listlessly and saw that the group had gone to help Grandma husk corn.
Even Little Feather and Sootball were happily following behind the big lion.
Compared to the big city, the countryside was indeed more suitable for letting fluffy creatures run wild and play like crazy.
When Grandma came out with the dishes, she found that no one was there again!
“Are young people so honest these days? Why do you need so many people to husk corn? The village arranges people to help every year.”
Although they were all strong young men, he couldn’t just make them work like this, right? They were all guests.
Even if there weren’t enough laborers at home, he couldn’t let the guests do the work, right?
Grandma felt a little sorry and hurriedly asked Lin Ran to call them back.
“Grandma, leave the guest room on the second floor for Yuanbao, it’s probably his first time in the countryside, I’ll change the bedsheets and everything.”
After explaining to Grandma, Lin Ran changed his shoes and went to the fields to find them.
But just as he reached the foot of the mountain, Lin Ran suddenly stopped.
Because a giant panda was lying behind the corn stalks, sleeping soundly. After sensing Lin Ran’s aura, the panda opened its eyes.
It seemed a little unbelievable that it had actually met A-Ran!
But remembering the strategies on the forum, this black and white fluffy creature groaned for a while without moving.
Lin Ran, who originally didn’t dare to move, had a guess. Could this giant panda be injured?
The ecological environment in Jiangjia Village had always been very good, and there were indeed giant pandas in this area a long time ago, but this hadn’t happened in recent decades.
Lin Ran couldn’t be sure whether this was a purely wild animal or a demon who had somehow found him.
If it was a wild animal, he seemed to have to contact the official organization for rescue as soon as possible.
However, after boldly going forward and examining it for a while, Lin Ran was certain that he didn’t find any wounds on this beautiful giant panda.
“Baby, are you injured? Or just fainted from hunger?”
Lin Ran asked gently.
However, just as Lin Ran was rubbing the panda, the others who were dragging a pile of corn back also noticed the situation here.
Along the way, Jiang Jie had to admit with frustration that this blond guy had some skills.
He had brought a bunch of people, but they couldn’t compete with him! The other party was too domineering, directly snatching and husking a large area in the east. Jiang Jie couldn’t understand how he did it.
As for Sootball and Little Feather, they each chose the most beautiful ear of corn in their opinion, wanting to bring it back to A-Ran to play with.
The two fluffy creatures didn’t realize that after running around in the cornfield under Yuanbao’s lead, their originally neat fur had become a little messy, truly becoming wild fluffy creatures after going to the countryside.
“Holy crap, a panda!”
“Another one?”
Shao Mian and Jiang Jie saw the giant fluffy creature in front of Lin Ran at first glance.
Although Jiang Jie was shocked, he instantly looked at Shao Mian, confused as to why he seemed so hostile towards the panda. What did “another one” mean?
This made Jiang Jie suddenly suspicious of Shao Mian’s identity and really wanted to ask him what the next line of “Jade Flask” was…
Could this guy be deliberately approaching Lin-zai!?
“Yuanbao – come and see, what is this?”
Lin Ran waved, wanting Yuanbao to see if it was a demon.
This panda clearly sensed the approaching danger and subconsciously nudged against A-Ran’s hand.
Shao Mian was expressionless and had already guessed the answer from this small action.
But when Shao Mian walked over, Lin Ran couldn’t help but laugh looking at Yuanbao.
“Yuanbao, what kind of corn did you pick? There are tassels stuck in your hair.”
Even the most handsome fluffy creature would become a rustic version after going to the countryside?
Subconsciously reaching out to remove the debris from Yuanbao’s hair, Lin Ran felt that his Yuanbao was indeed handsome.
Shao Mian’s expression instantly changed, he held his breath and obediently leaned down, letting Lin Ran tidy up his hair, wishing he could get closer and be even more clingy.
Although Shao Mian also knew that with people around, if he really did this, he probably wouldn’t be able to see Lin Ran for a month.
But from last night until now, he hadn’t found a second chance to be alone with him!
Jiang Jie silently watched this scene, then also rubbed his hair. Very well, now he also had grass leaves in his hair.
Lin-zai, look at me——
