Chapter 132 Chapter 132 It feels like a wedding banquet...
Kunwu Yecheng buried his head in Shanran's neck, took a deep breath, and smelled her familiar scent.
His nostrils were filled with the scent of girls, and as he was immersed in it, he suddenly felt something strange from his chest to his waist.
It felt like something was wriggling and rubbing against him.
Ranran placed her hands on his lower back. What was that in front of him?
Kunwu Yecheng slowly released Shanran, looked down, and met the gaze of a pair of black eyes the size of mung beans.
Kunwu Yecheng:.........
"Ranran, is this your new pet?"
He saw the interaction between Shanran and the dolphin leader on the forum and found that she was quite popular with the supernatural animals. His first reaction was that she was a supernatural pet.
It's not unusual for people with superpowers to have pets with superpowers these days.
The black snake exhaled in a very human-like manner, as if it were snorting coldly. Then it stretched out its forked tongue and raised its upper body on Shan Ran's neck until it was the same height as the tall man opposite it.
Kunwu Yecheng's gaze gradually shifted from looking down to looking straight ahead. He frowned, noticing the hostility in the black snake's eyes.
The man and the snake stared at each other, creating a somewhat eerie scene.
"Captain Shanran! It's been so long, I've missed you so much!"
"I, Old Ma, miss you too~"
"Captain Shanran!"
The members of the Kunwu team rushed over and surrounded the three people and the snake.
The third person was Rhine, who had been standing to the side with a blank expression.
In the dream, he left shortly after arriving at the safe zone, and no one knows what happened between them afterward.
But the things that happened in my dreams were never happy.
Shanran greeted the group happily.
Always perceptive, Chu Liuxing disregarded the tense atmosphere between the captain and Black Snake and asked directly, "Captain Shanran, we both had the same dream last night. In the dream, we both died, and died horribly. Is it related to the illusion of the mist?"
So Shan Ran explained it again.
After listening, Maxim touched his stomach, looking worried. "Thank goodness, my intestines are still safely inside. Be careful, they might come out again."
Chu Liuxing sighed softly, "Sigh, in my dream, Xiao Wu and Ennia died before me. Fortunately, they are still alive, but thinking about it still makes my heart ache."
Kui Qing quickly spat a few times, "Alright, Brother Chu, stop talking about death and bad luck. Don't use that word anymore. We're all fine now."
Cheng Liucong: "Exactly! I just saw you talking to Xiao Wu on the phone, how come you're all feeling sentimental now? With Boss and Captain Shanran here, who can touch us? Hahahaha..."
Chu Liuxing blushed slightly, and he quickly changed the subject.
"Captain Shanran, is that black snake around your neck your new pet? Boss, do you think this little snake is cute too? Hehe..."
Kunwu Yecheng and the Black Snake turned to look at Chu Liuxing. Their eyes were unfathomable, sending chills down Chu Liuxing's spine.
Chu Liuxing felt inexplicably nervous under the gaze of the man and the snake, and his words became incoherent, "Hehe, this black, it's really black... this snake, it's really a snake..."
The black snake slowly slid off Shan Ran's body, landed on the ground, and transformed directly into human form.
"I*!"
The members of the Kunwu team couldn't help but shout it out.
Maxim is a C-rank, but he can't transform into a bear all over his body yet; he can only transform into about two-thirds of his full body.
Even at B-level, he couldn't possibly switch between human and animal so smoothly.
For Zoan-type ability users, the ability to transform their entire body into an animal is a hurdle that most people would find impossible.
The young man in front of me, who looks quite young, is at least at the B+ level.
Normally, the size of a person who transforms into an animal is not much different from their original size, but this boy, after transforming into a snake, was able to shrink to a size much smaller than a human body.
This is something he simply cannot do.
Maxim clicked his tongue in amazement, his eyes shining with envy as he looked at the black snake boy.
There were too many people on the other side, and Gano wasn't used to it, so he subconsciously wanted to become invisible.
But seeing Shan Ran chatting and laughing with everyone, he controlled himself and stood behind her.
He remained expressionless, just as before. However, as a former assassin, he had mostly done dirty work in secret, rarely revealing his appearance or whereabouts.
He turned his head and saw Shan Ran's smiling profile. Suddenly, he understood what his brother meant by the freedom he used to talk about.
You can see your sister is free and unrestrained, and you can stay by her side.
For him, this was freedom.
"Rhine, you're back."
A dignified voice from not far away interrupted the group's pleasantries.
Turning my head, I saw an elderly man with gray hair and a sprightly spirit.
Shan Ran had seen the photo and knew that this was Rhine's grandfather.
In the photo, he has a serious expression, downturned lips, deep frown lines between his brows, sharp eyes, and a serious demeanor. To Shan Ran, he appears to be a strict and rigid head of a powerful family.
However, when I first met Grandpa Rhein in real life, he had a faint smile on his face, a gentle expression, and eyes filled with the loving kindness of an elder.
As a high-level superhuman, Grandpa Rhine's old ailment disappeared, his physique improved a lot, and he looked much younger. Even the wrinkles on his face had faded a lot.
Shan Ran couldn't help but turn around and exchange a glance with Rhine.
Why does the real person seem different from my previous impression?
At this moment, Shan Ran and the others were standing at the main entrance.
This is the Lawrence family's property. Before the apocalypse, it was a resort under construction, covering a vast area, with plans for hotels, a water park, a small zoo, a forest oxygen bar, and more...
After the apocalypse, of all the Lawrence family's properties, the resort was the furthest from the mist, so Grandpa Rhine made a decisive decision to relocate the entire family there.
Thanks to Shan Ran's reminder, the Lawrence family was well-prepared and suffered very few casualties in the early stages of the apocalypse. Therefore, the Lawrence family was very grateful to her.
The place where they are standing now is the main entrance designed for the resort.
There were people on duty in shifts to guard the perimeter and relay the situation at the entrance to the higher-ups. Everyone knew that Shan Ran had arrived, and Grandpa Rhein even came to the entrance to greet them personally.
Rhine took Shanran's hand and walked to the front door. She obediently lowered her head and called out, "Grandpa."
Grandpa's eyes swept over their clasped hands, but didn't linger for long before shifting his gaze to Shanran, nodding with a smile, "It's good that you're home safely."
"Miss Shanran, it is an honor for the Lawrence family to have you grace us with your presence."
He only glanced at Rhine before focusing his gaze on Shan Ran, showing no airs of an elder and performing a noble greeting.
He was followed by a large group of people, none of whom Shan Ran recognized. However, they all looked somewhat similar and were clearly members of the Lawrence family.
They all followed Grandpa Rhine and greeted Shan Ran with a greeting.
Shan Ran returned the greeting gracefully, "Grandpa, it's a pleasure to meet you. I'm sorry to have bothered you."
"No, it's actually my grandson who has been in the Third Continent for so long and has been a trouble to you. I hope I haven't caused you any trouble."
Shan Ran quickly waved her hand, "No, no, how could Rhine cause any trouble? It's all thanks to him that I've been helped a lot."
After exchanging a few more polite words, Rhine waited for a moment to speak and then chimed in, "Grandpa, let's go inside and talk."
A short-haired woman in her forties covered her mouth and chuckled, "That's right, Dad. Captain Shan Ran has come from afar, so it's not good to keep her standing at the gate. Let's go in together; the food is all prepared."
Grandpa smiled and nodded, then beckoned the people outside to come in together.
As they walked, Rhein quietly explained that his grandfather had three children: his father was the eldest, followed by his second uncle and aunt. The short-haired woman who had just spoken was his aunt.
"Your grandfather's words are different from what you used to say," Shan Ran muttered softly.
Rhine squeezed her hand tighter and said in a very soft voice, "Times have changed. Things are different now than before. After so much time, Grandpa has accepted this reality. He doesn't participate in most things at home anymore; he's left them to my second uncle, aunt, and me to manage."
Grandpa's goal used to be to follow in the footsteps of the top families, to elevate the Lawrence family to the top and make them a member. Now, all he cares about is the safety of the entire family; he's left the future plans to them.
No wonder the grandfather I see now is so different from the one I heard about before.
Once you have a peaceful mindset and just want to live a stable life and ensure your family survives the apocalypse, you won't be so aggressive anymore; in short, you'll have a more open-minded perspective.
"And there's one more crucial point."
"Um?"
"Grandpa thinks it's amazing that I can 'get close' to you. He praised me for my good judgment and believes that the Lawrence family will do better than before under your leadership."
To side with?
Shanran turned to look at Rhine in shock, finding it hard to believe that the old man would use such words, and seriously suspected that Rhine had embellished the story.
The meal was very lavish. Shanran had been in the mist for several days and hadn't felt anything before, but when she sat down at the table, she felt hungry.
Shanran and Rhine sat together at the main table, where their grandfather, second uncle, aunt, and their children were also present.
Kunwu's team and Gano were seated at another table.
Chu Liuxing glanced at the table where people were eating and chatting happily, pouted, and whispered to Kunwu Yecheng, "Boss, it feels like a wedding banquet to me, with the bride and groom at one table and the friends at another..."
No sooner had he finished speaking than the chopsticks were slammed onto the table with a loud thud.
The commotion was quite large, attracting everyone's attention.
"Gano, what's wrong? Are you alright?"
Gano, sitting upright with a stiff back, turned his head to look at Shanran and forced a smile.
"It's okay, sister, it was my own carelessness."
Shanran nodded and did not ask any further questions.
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