Chapter 253, I Can Explain
Si Xu's gentle smile and cold eyes made Jiang Ran quickly give up the joking intention she was about to make.
She landed from his arms, stood up obediently, and raised one hand: "Professor Si, I can explain."
Si Xu: "Well, explain it. I'm listening."
Jiang Ran glanced at the psychic who was still dazed, and waved his hand in front of him: "Brother, the woman we just captured today has been rescued by Huo Xuan. Could you please notify Captain Luo who is waiting for his girlfriend to come out of the emergency room?"
Although the psychic was still in a daze, he knew that Jiang Ran was looking for an excuse to let him leave.
The man responded and quickly retreated from the ward.
There was no one else in the room. Jiang Ran smoothed over her messy hair and spoke quickly, "I was planning to go find you after this, but as soon as I got downstairs, I found..."
Let’s go back ten minutes.
After restraining Si Nian, Jiang Ran was in a good mood and came down from the lighthouse humming a song.
But before she could go out, someone walked in.
The man was wrapped in a hospital gown, his facial features so distorted that his original appearance could not be recognized. He casually raised his hand and threw the psychic who was trying to stop him several meters away.
Jiang Ran subconsciously took two steps back, avoiding his sight and hiding behind a pillar at the corner.
The man didn't notice her.
She hid in the dark and saw him relying solely on his brute force to pin down all the psychics to the ground, rushing up the stairs and encountering Si Nian who was being dragged down from upstairs.
"That half-human, half-ghost creature rescued Si Nian." Jiang Ran twisted his fingers, regretfully, "He... looked too scary, so I didn't do anything."
She couldn't act rashly when the enemy's strength was unknown - with powerful thugs around, if Si Nian discovered that she hadn't left yet, she would be gone.
"I didn't know what that monster was from, but he smelled like disinfectant. I guessed he was either stationed at the hospital or had been there recently, so I... came over to take a look."
Si Xu accepted her explanation and smiled: "Come to the hospital and see why it came out of the ventilation duct?"
"Speaking of this, it shows that you and I have a tacit understanding!" Jiang Ran stamped his foot happily. "When I was observing the exterior of this hospital, I found the ventilation hole. This hospital must have been newly built after the disaster. The building itself is in a rough state. There happened to be no one around to inspect it, so I climbed in to take a look."
"Then?"
"Then, not far from the exit, we found the fabric of a hospital gown." Jiang Ran concluded, "The monster must have crawled out of the vent!"
"The monster crawled out, and you wanted to experience what it was like to be a monster, so you crawled back in?"
Jiang Ran quietly defended herself: "I just wanted to see where this vent leads to."
"What if the other side of the vent is a monster's lair, full of those monsters? What would you do?"
Jiang Ran tugged at his sleeve and shook him gently, smiling softly: "Well, wasn't it you who was waiting here... and you even caught me? You see, this is fate."
"Yes, fate."
Si Xu grabbed her paw and glanced at her indifferently: "Jiang Ran, you collapsed someone's ceiling. Don't you want to reflect on yourself?"
Girls are naturally sensitive to their weight. Hearing him say that, Jiang Ran got furious: "Do you dislike me because I'm fat?!"
Si Xu flexed his wrist: "My arm is almost broken."
Jiang Ran: “…”
She angrily threw away Si Xu's hand and said to the pufferfish that had drunk enough water: "Si Xu, you will lose your lovely girlfriend if you do this!"
Si Xu stared at her.
Three seconds later, Jiang Ran admitted his mistake: "I was wrong. Next time I encounter such a dangerous situation, I will never act on my own again."
Si Xu was satisfied and touched the top of her head.
The sky darkened and the lights in the ward came on, dispelling the darkness surrounding the two.
Si Xu searched the ward but still found nothing.
The young man pursed his lips and frowned.
He would have this expression when he was thinking about something.
Jiang Ran, who was resting on the sofa, had been looking at him with her chin in her hand. Seeing his expression, Jiang Ran smacked her lips and asked him, "Si Xu, is that monster really Huo Xuan?"
"Um."
That's strange.
Jiang Ran knew what he was thinking: "With the brutal blow I dealt to him back then, there's no way his injuries would heal so quickly."
"Maybe... just like the Wood-type mutants?"
Jiang Ran was bewildered: "A wood-type mutant?"
Jiang Ran's understanding of superpowers was only superficial. The most common skill she knew of wood-type superpower users was to stimulate the growth of plants for combat, or to help researchers in crop laboratories take care of seeds... Wait, stimulate the growth of plants?
"You mean, Huo Xuan's injuries were healed as quickly as a wood-type mutant could grow plants?" Jiang Ran licked her lips. "Could it be that that person is a healer?"
"Healing... or perhaps through some kind of potion." Si Xu glanced at the moonlight slanting in from the window and mused, "Based on your description of Huo Xuan's appearance, I'm afraid he's not a healer."
The healing system would not harm the injured person's body. Huo Xuan's entire appearance was distorted and changed, no longer resembling his previous appearance...
"It was the potion that induced the birth."
"So, Si Nian's skills are still better." After figuring out the key, Jiang Ran sighed, "Although it was satisfying to beat her up, I still feel a little angry when I think about being tricked by her."
She jumped up from the sofa, rushed over, grabbed Si Xu's hand and walked out.
"Where are you going?"
"Go and guard Jiang Suxin—Si Nian can get rid of Huo Xuan, so he can definitely find a way to get rid of Jiang Suxin as well."
Speaking of Jiang Suxin, Jiang Ran couldn't help but complain: "Si Xu, your friend is so stupid. Si Nian has sliced her into sashimi, but she still follows Si Nian wholeheartedly."
Si Xu was silent.
"I don't know what kind of magic potion Si Nian gave her..."
Jiang Ran was still mumbling, and Si Xu pulled her ponytail - the hair that he had once cut into different lengths could now be tied into a ponytail. Time flew by.
Jiang Ran: "Hmm?"
Soft hair slipped through his fingers, and Si Xu came back to his senses: "When I first met Jiang Suxin, she was being hunted by the Nanjun Special Ability Team. It was very tragic, and I saved her.
"At that time, she told me that every time she was in a desperate situation, she would meet a benefactor, so she owed a lot of favors to everyone.
"I think the first noble person she met was Si Nian."
Looking back at the man, Jiang Ran muttered, "She's also a noble person, but this time, she chose Si Nian."
She felt sorry for him, but then she thought that saving a life was better than building a seven-story pagoda. Although it was not worth it, it was always a good thing.
only……
"Si Xu, you actually took the initiative to save someone? Did you see that the girl is pretty, so—"
"In your eyes, am I a devil who kills without blinking an eye?" Si Xu pinched her face and laughed at her incoherent words. "When we first met, you were dressed so tattered, but didn't I still save you?"
Jiang Ran refused to admit defeat: "Well, you coveted my beauty at that time, you..."
The little girl started to be stubborn again.
Si Xu pursed his lips, and while she was mumbling intermittently, he leaned over and kissed her lips.
(End of this chapter)
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