Chapter 2894 - 1372: Rice Cooked Into a Meal (Fog) Part 2

Although this situation is quite reassuring, it also harbors hidden dangers. However, because these dangers are largely unsolvable, Motan has almost no other option besides ’letting it be.’

So he just let it be.

Very soon, after making the juice, Motan returned to the living room and placed it in front of Yu Chen and Ji Xiaoge. He then sat down next to Yi Dong. By this point, this small group, which was about to become classmates at the same school, was almost complete, except for Nangong Na, who, although not very familiar with everyone previously, often appeared with Yu Chen in video chats.

"Nana actually agreed to come with me, but... hmm..."

Yu Chen lightly pressed her fingers together and lowered her face, showing an awkward expression. After quite a while, she finally said, "She’s not feeling well."

Those with high emotional intelligence, like everyone except Cui Xiaoyu, immediately understood Yu Chen’s expression and nodded in understanding.

Those with low emotional intelligence, like Cui Xiaoyu, assumed a posture of questioning to the end, craning her neck with great curiosity and asked, "What’s going on? Where does she feel uncomfortable? Did she see a doctor?"

"Xiao Yu, shut up..."

Kanglan covered her face, casting a disappointed look at Cui Xiaoyu through her fingers.

"What’s up with that? I’m just showing some concern."

Cui Xiaoyu frowned, stiff-necked and indignant, saying, "If you’re not feeling well, shouldn’t you see a doctor?"

Kanglan looked at her with eyes as if she were an idiot, silently cursing.

"Xiao Yu... that’s not the point."

Motan, who had just raised his coffee but hadn’t had a chance to drink, shook his head and gave Cui Xiaoyu a look. Yi Dong observed that it roughly meant, ’Calm down, Nangong might have unintentionally reached that monthly uncomfortable stage, so watch your mouth.’

And indeed, this was the message Motan was trying to convey.

Unfortunately, Cui Xiaoyu, unlike Yi Dong, completely lacked the extreme analytical ability to understand Motan, so she didn’t get it at all. She just kept yammering, "So what’s the matter? Is it serious? Should we go see her since we’ll all be classmates in the future? Since Yu Chen came, it shouldn’t be serious, but we should still show concern. By the way, you’ve all met Miss Nangong online, right? Am I the only one who hasn’t seen her? Is she pretty? I heard from Motan that she’s quite pretty."

Without words, Motan looked up to the sky, feeling a bit like dying.

Finally, Wanyang couldn’t take it anymore, walked over to Cui Xiaoyu, and whispered a few words in her ear.

Cui Xiaoyu was initially stunned, then slapped her thigh and laughed, "Oh! I thought it was something serious, turns out it was just a... whoa!"

"Big idiot."

Ji Xiaodao silently retracted her elbow and sighed, looking at Cui Xiaoyu, who was holding his ribs and gasping after being critically hit by her, suddenly feeling an inexplicable joy.

She thought about it and figured it was probably because this person, who had always been ranked just below her on the leaderboard, had beaten her so badly in the past. So hitting him in real life made her feel exceptionally happy.

Cui Xiaoyu also realized her comment was a bit inappropriate, so she gave an awkward chuckle and shrunk into the sofa, saying nothing more.

"Ahem, by the way..."

Motan cleared his throat, took on the host’s momentum, and changed the topic with curiosity, "What’s the theme today? Why the sudden gathering?"

As the initiator of the gathering, Yi Dong proudly smiled, gave a thumbs up, and revealed a smile showing eight teeth: "Because it seems like everyone has been quite free lately, so I gathered everyone to play!"

"To be precise, free during the day."

Kanglan was stuffing chips into her mouth while mumbling unclearly, "I’ve been nearly worked to death in the game, those absurd world missions, just one after another, the rewards are decent, but it’s too cumbersome. I really envy you guys, all playing around in Academy City, I want to join the exchange events too!"

"I’m not there."

Ji Xiaodao calmly shook his head, clarifying simply.

"I’m not there either~"

Strictly speaking, he wasn’t in Academy City but was hiding in a mass grave near the city, one of the practical grounds for channeling academies, as Yi Dong chimed in.

"I am there, though I was incredibly busy some time ago, I only just got some free time recently."

Ji Xiaoge rested her chin on her sister’s shoulder, cheerfully saying, "In a few days, I’ll go shopping with Yu Chen and Motan."

In the next moment, Fire Yang, Kanglan, and Ji Xiaodao’s expressions changed, each emitting varying degrees of killing intent. The intent from Fire Yang and Kanglan was at a level targeting ’Aruba,’ and Ji Xiaodao’s underlying hostile intent was not directed at Motan, but... at Motan...?

"Motan, you’ve gone too far."

Kanglan glared at Motan, saying angrily, "Going as a protector for both Yu Chen and Xiaoge?"

Wanyang also clenched his fists, huffing, "We’re all part of the exchange group, I’ve been here at Academy City running around as a laborer for the instructor every day without a break, wanting to see you guys but was blocked with the excuse ’sensitive period, do not disturb the Black Vatican Priest.’ I never imagined, Motan, that you, with your thick eyebrows and big eyes, would betray the revolution too."

Motan suddenly burst into a bitter smile, having no clue how he was mysteriously accused of ’betraying the revolution,’ but he could understand Wanyang and Kanglan’s feelings, so he simply smiled silently, wearing a ’there’s nothing I can do’ expression, which made him look more punchable.

"Eh? Are you guys really envious?"

Ji Xiaoge giggled, helping Motan out, smiling and suggesting, "Why don’t Yu Chen and I go find a place nearby for a stroll now, and you guys can be our protectors?"

Unexpectedly, both shook their heads quickly and said in unison, "No."

Ji Xiaoge blinked curiously, "Why not?"

"We’re not interested."

Having become very close, Kanglan spoke bluntly, shrugging, "Even if we go, we’d just be carrying bags as laborers and might have to spend money, too, it’s a loss."

Wanyang nodded vigorously beside her.

"Hehe..."

Yu Chen scratched her cheek a bit embarrassedly, revealing a sweet smile that roughly meant, ’You guys are all good people n(*≧▽≦*)n.’

"Tsk."

Ji Xiaoge pouted and hummed, "Then why complain about Motan."

"Envy."

Kanglan remained expressionless.

"Jealousy."

Wanyang put it succinctly.

"Boredom."

Cui Xiaoyu made a conclusive statement.

"All of you are nuts."

Ji Xiaoge sighed helplessly, "Actually, it’s not just the three of us, I also brought a friend, so it should be four people."

Soon after, a chillingly terrifying aura rapidly spread from Ji Xiaoge’s side, engulfing the entire living room.

"Sister..."

With the feeling that a machine gun could be pulled out at any moment for a scathing sweep, Ji Xiaodao took a deep breath, slightly narrowing her eyes, "Why didn’t I know about this?"

Instantly, the room’s temperature nearly plummeted to freezing, with everyone, except Yu Chen for some inexplicable reason, shivering in unison, including Ji Xiaoge, while Motan even started sweating.

"Haha, ahahaha..."

Ji Xiaoge scratched her head, laughed foolishly, and after much thought made the worst comment possible, "I didn’t want you to be upset, so I planned to tell you after the rice was cooked."

Upon hearing this, everyone was stunned.

In truth, Ji Xiaoge’s ’cooking rice’ innocently referred to the gathering with Yu Chen and the others, but as the saying goes, the speaker means nothing, but the listener reacts wildly, and in the next moment—

Bang!!!

Motan’s house balcony glass, suddenly, inexplicably... shattered.

Yes, shattered!

Chapter 1372: The End