The gray curtains in the room were finally opened today, and warm light slipped in through the window. A small part of it was accidentally attracted by the figure in the room and quietly fell on him.
The coldness in Xu Qingran's eyes seemed to be melted a little by the sunlight and became softer.
In his previous life, he had a younger sister named Xu Qingyao who was born on the same day.
He often thought that maybe he didn't follow her closely enough or well enough, so she disappeared in the end.
Xu Qingran came back to his senses, and a layer of coldness quickly covered his eyes again, as if the hint of tenderness revealed a few seconds ago was just an illusion.
He held the toy with a broken arm in his hand, and suddenly smiled and whispered: "Do you want to be the light of justice?"
I packed my things and was about to go downstairs to leave, but someone else came into the room.
The voice was Xu Qing'an: "Dad, whose car is that parked outside? Why is there a gold wing emblem on it?"
Father Xu didn't know: "What car?"
He didn't care much and continued, "Hey, it's rare for you to come here with Lu Cheng, but I just received a call from the Imperial Government Affairs Office asking me to go there in person."
Xu Qingan was puzzled: "What's wrong? Is it something important?"
Father Xu replied, "I don't know, they just said it's related to the Xu family. Qing'an, can you help Dad check the address of the government office they sent me, which department is it from?"
There was a brief silence downstairs, and then Xu Qingan's surprised voice was heard: "This is... the Soul Mate System Headquarters!"
Xu Qing'an returned the phone with the official government office address to his father, looking troubled: "Dad, I heard something from a friend recently."
"They all said that the soul information sample I extracted some time ago successfully matched with Boss Chen from the Golden Wing Camp, and it was over 98%. I thought they were joking, but you suddenly received a meeting notice from the Soulmate Headquarters. Could it be that you are really with me..."
When Mr. Xu heard the three words "Boss Chen", he instantly flew into a rage: "What a joke!"
"A scumbag like Chen Shengfei, is he worthy of having any connection with my Xu family?!"
When Lu Cheng came in from outside, he saw the solemn atmosphere of the Xu family.
Before he could say anything, Xu Qing'an's mother suddenly asked him in surprise: "Lu Cheng, why is your face injured?"
Your eldest son beat him.
He thought to himself.
But of course Lu Cheng couldn't tell the truth. Xu Qing'an beside him answered for him first: "Didn't he just come back from a mission? Killing enemies on the battlefield, it's normal to have bumps and bruises."
As he spoke, Xu Qing'an took Lu Cheng's hand and said with a worried look on his face, "Lu Cheng, Dad just received a call from the Soulmate System headquarters, asking him to come over."
He didn't notice the strange look on Lu Cheng's face after hearing the word "soulmate". He just continued, "It's been a hot topic online recently, saying that my brother is one of the highly compatible couple."
"What a terrible person the other match is. What if the rumor is true?"
Lu Cheng's mind was full of images of Xu Qingran and Shen Tingyu together yesterday.
He subconsciously retorted: "Impossible, how could Qingran have a highly compatible soul with that kind of person!"
Although he and Xu Qingran had ended their relationship, and Xu Qingran might have said some unpleasant things to him during that time, in his eyes, Xu Qingran was special after all.
They had known each other since childhood, and even though the love between the partners had faded, their years of friendship were still important, and he had long regarded him as a relative.
So he would have no problem with Xu Qingran being with anyone, but he couldn't accept Shen Tingyu! They had been so close before, and he had said so many bad things about Shen Tingyu, so why did he turn around and become a partner with someone like that
Lu Cheng's slightly excited tone stunned the Xu family members.
But on second thought, the target is a scumbag like Boss Chen after all. As Xu Qingran's childhood sweetheart, it is understandable that Lu Cheng feels angry on his behalf.
The sound of a heavy object falling to the ground broke the silence in the living room.
Bag after bag of handbags were thrown down from the upstairs. Only when all the bags reached the first floor did their owners appear to be seen slowly walking down the stairs carrying a large and a small suitcase.
When Lu Cheng saw Xu Qing, he became gradually stunned, and even felt a little guilty.
Seeing that Xu Qingran was about to cause trouble again, Father Xu asked angrily, "What do you want to do now, little brat? Run away from home?!"
Xu Qingran put the heavy suitcase on the ground and replied slowly, "Isn't that what you said? Get ready to get married."
"My fiancé invited me to live with him, so from today on, I will no longer live in the Xu family."
Xu Qingan covered his mouth in astonishment: "So the car parked outside is your fiancé..."
That private miniature flying ship was a limited edition of the Empire, and the owner was either rich or noble, so he paid a few more attention when it came in. Considering Boss Chen's family background, it was normal for him to have several limited vehicles.
Father Xu didn't know whether he should be angry at Xu Qingran for arranging everything for him without saying a word, or angry at him for rushing to live with someone like him even though he already knew that the suitable partner was a piece of trash like Chen Shengfei.
Xu Qingran fastened his handbags to the handles of his suitcase and was walking towards the door with his full belongings when a figure suddenly stopped him.
Lu Cheng asked solemnly, "Even if it's a notice from the empire, isn't it a bad idea to rashly live with him without knowing his personality at all?"
Xu Qingran thought about Shen Tianyi's calm face and replied, "So I'm going to cultivate a relationship with him in advance."
Building a good relationship with the target's nephew could be another backup route.
Seeing that he was about to leave again, Lu Cheng subconsciously grabbed his wrist and said, "Living under the same roof, aren't you afraid of an accidental explosion? You're being eaten up before you even confirm your relationship!"
Xu Qingran stared at him for a few seconds, then suddenly raised his eyebrows: "You mean, like you and Xu Qingan?"
Dead silence.
Only Xu Qingran's thoughts were still turning, and then he continued: "Besides, even if there is something wrong, he should be worried that I will go wild, right?"
"He's just not good enough in that state."
Xu Qingran thought, he is only 5 years old and we don’t even know if he has been weaned. What else can I do for him
Lu Cheng heard it as if a thunderclap fell on his head.
—Xu Qingran even knows whether Shen Tingyu is capable or not? !
Xu Qingran didn't know that he and Lu Cheng were not on the same wavelength. He lowered his eyes and glanced at the hand that was still tightly grasping his wrist, and reminded him coldly: "Why don't you let go?"
"Are you dissatisfied with the punch I gave you that day?"
After Xu Qingran asked this question, he also deliberately glanced at the expression of Xu Qing'an beside him.
Sure enough, the initial pride and pride on his face was gone, and he even looked at him subconsciously.
Xu Qingran saw the panic that flashed across his eyes and narrowed his eyes slightly.
Did you see that? The man you tried so hard to get is not as devoted as you thought.
More than ten years of friendship, with a 99% degree of compatibility, how could it be erased by the temporary novelty, pleasure and responsibility
But a scum like Lu Cheng deserves not to get the person he truly loves.
Xu Qingran didn't continue to appreciate the expressions of the Xu family in the room, and walked out of the house with his luggage.
The driver who had been waiting outside the house for a long time came down immediately to help him load the things into the car. When he was loading his home, he suddenly noticed that there were spots of blue-black oil paint splashed on the side of the road near the sewer entrance.
It was quite similar to the pile of reddish-brown stains he saw before he left South District 13.
He asked the driver: "Are these all right?"
The driver knew what he was referring to. After closing the hatch with the payload inside, he said nonchalantly, “This is a Class IV demon. It’s much less lethal than a Class I. It shouldn’t be a big deal.”
"However, I didn't expect them to spread to Red City. This is not a good sign. I really don't know when these evil scourges will end."
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The miniature flying ship floated high in the sky, moving forward at a fast and steady speed.
In the car, the driver turned on the radio station. The female host had a gentle voice and talked to her interviewees in a very friendly manner.
Xu Qingran held his chin, leaned lazily against the door, and looked out of the car window.
They seemed to have traveled to other cities in Hongfeng.
The sight of the tall buildings was full of colorful lights and colors, and the design was novel and bold. In the distance, there was another building that soared into the sky. The exterior design reminded him of the "Oriental Pearl" he had seen in his previous life.
There was also a lane for driving on the flat ground below, but it was no longer the asphalt road I remembered, but a series of metal plates spliced together, with two long glowing strips on them. All the cars drove along those two strips, in an orderly and calm manner.
He suddenly thought of the 'Xu Qingran' in this world, and asked the system: "After the original owner died, would the soul remain in this world? Or did it disappear directly?"
"Souls like this whose fate went wrong and caused them to die prematurely will be sent to another world and reincarnate to start a new life."
"Like the host, I guess he won't be given such a tragic fate again."
Xu Qingran sneered: "Really?"
"Why do I feel like since I traveled through time, I feel more like I'm going through a tribulation than enjoying a new life?"
The system chooses to play dead.
When Xu Qingran returned to Shen Tingyu's home, the busy general was gone.
Because of Shen Tingyu's request, Mrs. Song arranged his room downstairs, close to Shen Tianyi. The room was still spacious, and there was no troublesome shared bathroom, so he had no objection.
As for his nephew Shen Tianyi, he would go out with his schoolbag on his back every weekday morning and would not come home until four or five in the afternoon. They would almost always meet at the dinner table. And maybe the way he beat Lu Cheng that day really scared him, so he would deliberately avoid him when Shen Tingyu was not around.
In this way, Xu Qingran was happy to have some free time.
He set the alarm clock to get up at six o'clock every morning, ran around the wooded trails around the house, used the open space in the room to exercise, and tied a homemade sandbag to the branches in the backyard to train his fists and legs.
Several of them broke in a week.
Xu Qingran was happy with his practice, but the system was not very happy.
That day, Xu Qingran was lying on the bed resting after taking a shower, and the system urged him anxiously: "I just heard what Song Sao said, Shen Tingyu will be home tonight, you should find a way to do something!"
Xu Qingran: “?”
To be honest, they are both adult men, and it can even be seen at first glance that they have no interest in each other. What should he do
"Alas, I thought the plan went smoothly, and I even collected a bunch of materials for you for "The Domineering General and His Little Wife", but it turns out that I can't use them."
Xu Qingran thought, it’s a good thing it wasn’t used.
The next second, the system said passionately: "But it doesn't matter! For the host, I have worked tirelessly these past few days to collect materials, and finally got another treasure material!"
"Please watch, "The Romantic Uncle and the Pretty Niece-in-law"!"
Xu Qingran: “…”
(End of this chapter)