Chapter 348

At night, Xianjing Garden, Qiao Residence.

The house was pitch black, and the lights were not on.

After bathing, Lu Ran, wearing pajamas and with a bath towel still draped over his head, sat blankly on the sofa.

On Jinghong Peak, Mother's words still lingered in his ears:

"Do not lose yourself."

This was a piece of advice.

She also indirectly told Lu Ran that this world was simply different from what he saw and thought.

From Qiao Wanjun's perspective, her words might cause a huge stir in Lu Ran's heart.

But in reality, Lu Ran had long been mentally prepared.

After all, Lord Xianyang had clearly told Lu Ran that challenging the Divine Ruins and going to another world would mean facing huge risks.

And that going there would allow Lu Ran to recognize the essence of the world.

Qiao Wanjun clearly did not know that the God Xianyang was different from other gods.

From the moment Lu Ran began to worship the god, Lord Xianyang had often instilled some concepts into Lu Ran.

For example:

Gods?

Heh, just a pile of stones.

Or for example:

Everything belonging to human believers does not belong to themselves.

People's lives, people's thoughts and beliefs, even the souls after death, all serve the gods.

Those rebellious remarks and various subversive cognitions had been influencing Lu Ran.

Even the gods that people fanatically worshiped were viewed by Lu Ran with a different attitude.

What else could Lu Ran not accept?

From beginning to end, Lu Ran was never a conventional believer!

However,

There was indeed one thing that shocked Lu Ran immensely!

It was her actions when Qiao Wanjun said the six words "Do not lose yourself"!

She gently hugged Lu Ran, leaned her lips to Lu Ran's ear, and said this sentence.

Every word and every sentence rang clearly in his ears.

Lu Ran was stunned at the time!

Um... well, at this moment, Lu Ran was also sitting blankly on the sofa, still stunned.

Lu Ran loved and respected Mother immensely.

She didn't even need to be serious; even if she were smiling while giving instructions, Lu Ran would listen earnestly.

Lu Ran never expected!

She actually leaned to his ear and poured it into his mind word by word.

It... it was just like chanting a spell.

Up to this moment, the six words "Do not lose yourself" were still echoing in Lu Ran's mind!

"Brother?"

"Oh my god!" Lu Ran was startled and hurriedly moved to the side.

He turned his head and saw Qiao Yuanxi standing in front of the sofa, looking at him curiously.

The lights in the house were already on, and Lu Ran didn't know when they had been turned on.

"What's wrong with you?" Qiao Yuanxi was a little worried. "I called you several times, and you didn't react."

"Ah, ah." Lu Ran raised his hand and wiped his head with the bath towel.

Qiao Yuanxi looked at her absent-minded brother, and her heart grew more worried.

She didn't care about playing anymore, leaned over to sit beside Lu Ran, hugged Lu Ran's arm, and whispered:

"Brother, did you have your heart broken?"

Lu Ran: "..."

Qiao Yuanxi's eyes widened: "Did Sister Jiang Ruyi not want us anymore?"

Lu Ran rolled his eyes.

Qiao Yuanxi looked flustered: "Did you guys quarrel?

Did she fall for someone else?

Did... did you cheat?"

Lu Ran:???

What kind of nonsense is this!

He turned his head to look at Qiao Yuanxi and pushed her away directly: "It has nothing to do with Jiang Ruyi."

"Then what's wrong with you?" Qiao Yuanxi was very worried.

"I..." Lu Ran opened his mouth.

How can I say this?

Can I say that I was "brainwashed" by our mother?

That wouldn't be appropriate either!

Sigh...

As expected of a human powerhouse capable of destroying the world!

A simple sentence was enough to stun me until now.

In the future, I don't know how long I'll be stunned... Wait!

Did she foresee that something would happen to me in the future and leave a sentence in my mind in advance?

It's possible!

It sounds like something she would do.

Because Qiao Wanjun had a cold personality, the love she had given her two children had never been passionate.

In the three years Lu Ran had lived here, some of the things she did and some of the things she said always took a long time for Lu Ran to realize in hindsight.

Perhaps there was some care that Lu Ran still hadn't noticed.

Additionally, today's hug was also one of the factors that left Lu Ran stunned.

The last hug could be traced back to before Lu Ran was five years old.

In short, the scene that happened on Jinghong Peak today had completely left a mark in Lu Ran's heart.

"Why are you spacing out again?" Qiao Yuanxi held Lu Ran's arm and shook it back and forth. "Brother, don't scare me!"

"If it really doesn't work out, then it's over. I'll find you another one!"

"You are the number one prodigy of Great Xia; are you short of girlfriends?"

"What do you think of Sister Yiren?"

"Brother~~~"

Lu Ran was numb.

He turned his head to look at Qiao Yuanxi and said helplessly: "Is there anything else in your head besides dating?"

Qiao Yuanxi looked suspicious: "You really didn't have your heart broken?"

Lu Ran said irritably: "Why must I have my heart broken?"

Qiao Yuanxi muttered: "When Wang Ling had his heart broken, he was just like you!

Downcast, looking as miserable as a drowned... cough, then why are you like this?"

Lu Ran: "I went to see Mother."

Qiao Yuanxi's expression changed suddenly. She grabbed Lu Ran's wrist and asked eagerly: "What happened to Mother?"

Lu Ran: "She's doing fine, practicing in seclusion on Jinghong Peak. I went to visit her.

She gave me a lesson on life, ideals, and so on, and I'm currently contemplating it."

Qiao Yuanxi's heart relaxed, and then her eyebrows stood up: "You went to see Mother?"

"Yeah."

"You went to see Mother behind my back?"

"What kind of talk is that! I... hey! Hey?"

Qiao Yuanxi grabbed a pillow from the sofa, her cheeks puffed up in anger: "Stinky little brother, why didn't you take me with you, huh?"

"How dare you!" Lu Ran also grabbed a pillow.

"Ah! You dare to fight back? You... Brother! Brother~ I was wrong!"

"Who is a stinky little brother?"

"Brother~ Good brother! Woo~ You're bullying me, woo woo~~~"

"Speak! Turn on the mic! Come on!" At this moment, Si Xianxian's soul possessed him.

"I am, I am! I am a stinky little sister..."

Lu Ran threw away the pillow and released Qiao Yuanxi's hands, which he had been pinning behind her back.

Qiao Yuanxi ran away in a hurry, pointing at Lu Ran, too angry to speak for a long time.

Finally, she stomped her foot in hatred and turned to leave in a huff.

Lu Ran looked at the cute little pufferfish and suddenly said: "Shall we go eat burgers in a while?"

Qiao Yuanxi's footsteps stopped subconsciously.

Lu Ran stayed in the capital for a few days, then joined Qiao Yuanxi's team and headed to Yuxiang City together.

He participated in "The Prodigy" every even-numbered month.

So this time, on November 15th, Lu Ran and the others did not wear cameras.

This time, Lu Ran and the capital team were still guarding the square area.

The good news was that Yuxiang City did not experience any special events that night.

The bad news was that even without special events, the intensity of the demon invasion into the world had increased a lot.

This human world,

was becoming increasingly unstable.

Until the 16th of the lunar calendar, when the horizon turned white, Lu Ran looked at the devastated Yuxiang City, his heart very heavy.

Yuxiang,

I am leaving soon.

What will you do?

"Sigh..." Lu Ran thought in his heart and let out a heavy sigh.

"Lu Ran."

"Hmm?" Lu Ran turned his head to look at Guan Yiren.

After a night of fighting, she was still as white as snow.

Compared to last month, this arrogant female disciple of Jian Yi had finally regained her former style.

Guan Yiren wanted to say something but hesitated.

Lu Ran subconsciously lowered the brim of his hat and pulled up his mask: "Speak."

Guan Yiren hesitated for a moment, but still spoke: "Your state is not quite right; have you noticed?"

"Yeah, Brother Ran." Wang Ling, who was on the side, heard this and immediately echoed, "Do you have any worries?"

Guan Yiren had clearly made a great determination before "ignorantly" pointing out the number one prodigy of Great Xia:

"During the breaks in battle, you occasionally lose focus."

Lu Ran did not explain, but nodded humbly: "Thanks for the reminder; I will pay attention in the future."

Qiao Yuanxi pouted: "My brother was educated by my mother!

The way you see him now is already considered good!

On the night of the 10th, he looked like he had lost his soul.

I even thought he had his heart broken!"

Niu Zhengzheng ran over with a raspy voice: "What's going on? My Brother Ran had his heart broken?"

Lu Ran: "..."

"Smack!"

Niu Zhengzheng was full of excitement and clapped his hands hard: "Haha! Isn't there an opportunity to take advantage of now!"

Lu Ran:?

Wang Ling hurriedly punched Niu Zhengzheng: "Brother Ran didn't have his heart broken, don't talk nonsense!"

Niu Zhengzheng was stunned for a moment and smiled awkwardly: "Hehe~"

Lu Ran had a strange smile and looked at Niu Zhengzheng: "How are you doing? I've been forgetting to ask, did that girl look for you?"

Since it was already dawn and the battle had long ended, Lu Ran also opened up the conversation.

Niu Zhengzheng grinned: "We added each other last month, and the chat was okay.

Our two teams even agreed to train together this month!"

Lu Ran had actually learned about this from Qiao Yuanxi.

Otherwise, Lu Ran wouldn't have brought it up.

In fact, Lu Ran also knew about the two sides adding each other on WeChat.

On the 18th of last month, after he pushed the business card to Chang Ying, Chang Ying kept sending messages.

First, it was drooling emojis,

then it was "Sss-ha sss-ha," "My type, my type," and so on.

It could be seen that the female savage was quite satisfied.

There was a small interlude:

Lu Ran had told Chang Ying a lot, but she suddenly stopped replying. Lu Ran waited for a long time and couldn't help but ask her what she went to do.

As a result, Chang Ying replied: "Hehe~ I just went to get chopsticks."

It made Lu Ran grin.

"Hehe." Niu Zhengzheng seemed to have remembered something and grinned again, "When I first saw her photo, it gave me a big scare!

This dark-skinned girl is both beautiful and wild; it's really rare, haha!"

Lu Ran also smiled: "Chang Ying has a very good personality, very straightforward, although her aptitude is a bit poor..."

"What's there to fear about that!" Niu Zhengzheng patted his chest, "I'll protect her!"

Lu Ran was a little surprised.

He wanted to make up for Chang Ying and say some nice things to reduce the sense of distance caused by the talent gap between the two sides.

After all, in Lu Ran's eyes, Chang Ying would not follow the God Lingqian forever.

She would eventually turn to the Ran Sect, and Lu Ran would also arrange for the god's blessing.

He didn't expect Niu Zhengzheng to express his stance directly?

"Yo~" Qiao Yuanxi looked at Niu Zhengzheng with a smile, "Niu Tou is so man~!"

Niu Zhengzheng's dark face turned red, and he scratched his head.

Qiao Yuanxi looked gossipy: "Tell me about it, what do you two usually talk about?"

Niu Zhengzheng's dark face turned even redder: "Ran, Brother Ran."

Lu Ran: "Huh?"

"Pfft~ Hahaha!"

Qiao Yuanxi couldn't stop laughing: "You're dating Sister Yingying, why are you talking about my brother?"

Niu Zhengzheng grinned: "Yingying admires Brother Ran very much."

Lu Ran said helplessly: "But you can't just talk about me."

Niu Zhengzheng looked righteous: "The point is, I admire you too!

Yingying and I have so much in common!"

"Pfft~" Guan Yiren, who was standing silently on the side, finally couldn't help but laugh out loud.

Lu Ran was dumbfounded.

No!

Don't you two end up dating me while you're chatting...

(End of chapter)