"Ah, what the..."
Su Xiaoqi was stunned. What kind of scheme was this Meng Yiran playing now?
A Douluo Continent version of a honey trap?
However, when he caught a glimpse of Xiao Wu's complicated expression as she looked at Meng Yiran, he immediately understood — this was most likely real.
"Interesting. Whether the Titan Giant Ape did it intentionally or not, once Meng Yiran learns the truth, she will definitely become mortal enemies with Tang San and Xiao Wu."
"So if he just does a little maneuvering behind the scenes, wouldn't those points just come pouring in?"
At this moment, Meng Yiran, kneeling in front of Su Xiaoqi, saw him standing still without moving. She grabbed his pants leg, tears streaming down her face as she pleaded desperately, "Please, as long as you're willing to save my grandpa and grandma, I'll agree to anything."
She had already run out of options. Although she had had some grudge against this person before, she didn't have time anymore. If she delayed any longer, her grandparents would truly die.
And the reason she chose Su Xiaoqi was simple — based on what happened last time, she naturally regarded him as the leader of this group.
"Points? No. Chuunibyou girl? Also no. Uh… whatever. You get up first and lead us to your grandparents, but I'm not a healing-type spirit master, so I can't guarantee I'll be able to save them."
Su Xiaoqi put the unpleasant words out first — if in the end she didn't give him any points and only caused trouble for him, that would be a huge loss.
"Thank you, thank you." Meng Yiran repeatedly thanked Su Xiaoqi before standing up timidly and asking, "Shall we go now?"
"You lead the way." Su Xiaoqi nodded, then turned to Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong. "Let's all go and take a look."
Just as Tang San was about to follow, he noticed Xiao Wu's expression was somewhat unnatural and asked with concern, "Xiao Wu, what's wrong?"
"I'm fine," Xiao Wu shook her head, then looked at Tang San and said, "Brother, I want to go find Teacher Zhao and the others."
She didn't dare to meet those two now, nor did she want Tang San to go. After all, this matter was related to Tang San. The Titan Giant Ape had just vented its anger it had received from Tang San onto those two.
And to avoid exposing her connection to the Titan Giant Ape, she did not stop it.
Tang San gently patted Xiao Wu's hair with a smile. "Okay, then let's go find Teacher Zhao and the others."
Meanwhile, when Meng Yiran led Su Xiaoqi, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ning Rongrong to where Dragon Grandpa and Snake Grandma were, they found Dragon Grandpa already dead, and Snake Grandma breathing with difficulty — her death was only a matter of time.
Seeing this, Su Xiaoqi transferred some of his qi to Snake Grandma to allow her to say a proper farewell to Meng Yiran.
Ning Rongrong, witnessing this sorrowful scene, angrily said, "That Titan Giant Ape is truly despicable. If Sword Grandpa and Bone Grandpa were here, I would definitely make them go kill it."
"Zhuqing, I'm going to check over there. You explain Tang San and Xiao Wu's situation to Rongrong."
After spending some days together and observing her behavior, Su Xiaoqi felt he could reveal some of the Douluo Continent matters to Ning Rongrong, but only that part.
Before Snake Grandma died, she entrusted Su Xiaoqi with several tasks. Su Xiaoqi did not fully promise but said he would do his best.
Some things he could help with easily; others, he simply couldn't.
After burying Dragon Grandpa and Snake Grandma together, Su Xiaoqi looked at the grief-stricken Meng Yiran and said, "If you want to avenge your grandparents, start working hard to get stronger from tomorrow. We will give you help, but ultimately, you have to rely on yourself."
Zhu Zhuqing nodded at Meng Yiran, and Ning Rongrong encouraged her, "Meng Yiran, keep it up."
Now knowing part of the situation, Ning Rongrong had just promised Zhu Zhuqing that from now on, they would always be comrades-in-arms. As long as Su Xiaoqi gives her some cannons, she would even charge into the front lines.
"Thank you all." Meng Yiran bowed deeply to the group, then wiped away her tears, her eyes resolute as she said to Su Xiaoqi, "I will definitely work hard to get stronger and avenge my grandparents."
Su Xiaoqi nodded. "Say your final goodbyes to your grandparents. Then let's find a place to spend the night. Tomorrow morning, we'll help you look for a suitable spirit beast."
Afterwards, they found a suitable place to camp. Su Xiaoqi had Ning Rongrong accompany Meng Yiran to rest, while he and Zhu Zhuqing kept watch.
Though they called it keeping watch, both of them were really just waiting for midnight to come, eagerly anticipating today's rewards.
[Notification: Group member Su Xiaoqi successfully changed the plot, gaining 18,000 points.]
[Notification: Group member Zhu Zhuqing successfully changed the plot, gaining 25,000 points.]
The moment the reward notification appeared, Su Xiaoqi looked at Zhu Zhuqing excitedly and said, "Zhuqing, how about we go finish off Tang San? I bet we won't miss out on those points."
Despite all the things he had done this time, none compared to Zhu Zhuqing taking down the Human-faced Spider with one shot — it was obvious how much value Tang San carried.
Zhu Zhuqing gave him a side glance and said, "I don't care, but can you get used to sleeping alone now?"
"Uh..." Su Xiaoqi was a bit lost — that damned temptation was hard to resist.
After buying the Gravity Room he had longed for from Nami, Su Xiaoqi nearly spat out blood — the store's buyback price was only 2,000 points, meaning Nami had made 25 times the profit from him.
After counting the remaining points they both had, Su Xiaoqi decided to go all in. These darn group members were too stingy; he would rely on himself.
Su Xiaoqi had already decided: as long as he could pull a Dimension Travel Card in the upcoming draw, he would go and "finish off" Tang San tomorrow.
"Sky spirits, earth spirits, please bless me with good loot."
Before opening the draw, Su Xiaoqi performed his usual prayer, then sucked in a breath of 'immortal energy' from Zhu Zhuqing.
[Notification: Congratulations, Su Xiaoqi obtained a Doraemon-style Bamboo Dragonfly.]
[Notification: Congratulations, Su Xiaoqi obtained a pair of Storage Rings.]
[Notification: Congratulations, Su Xiaoqi obtained a Ku Kotaro-style wig.]
[Notification: Congratulations, Su Xiaoqi obtained a commemorative Ultraman Tiga Spark Rod.]
[Notification: Congratulations, Su Xiaoqi obtained one Senzu Bean.]
[Notification: Congratulations, Su Xiaoqi obtained 520 points.]
[Notification: Congratulations, Su Xiaoqi obtained 1314 points.]
[Notification: Congratulations, Su Xiaoqi obtained an original Tokisaki Kurumi underwear.]
[Notification: Congratulations, Su Xiaoqi obtained a Tokisaki Kurumi-style school uniform.]
[Notification: Congratulations, Su Xiaoqi obtained a Kurumi Yukata figurine.]
[Notification: Congratulations, Su Xiaoqi obtained a Kurumi eyepatch figurine.]
[Notification: Congratulations, Su Xiaoqi obtained a Kurumi bandage figurine.]
[Notification: Congratulations, Su Xiaoqi obtained a Kurumi loli figurine.]
[Notification: Congratulations, Su Xiaoqi obtained a Super-type Transparent Fruit.]
[Notification: Congratulations, Su Xiaoqi obtained...]
[Su Xiaoqi: Damn, did I just poke Tokisaki Kurumi's "nest"?]
[Nami: Although I know I shouldn't be laughing right now, I just can't help it, hahaha.]
[Lu Linglong: Same here, hahaha.]
[Kaito Kuroba: @Su Xiaoqi, do you have some unspeakable story with Miss Tokisaki Kurumi?]
[Sakata Gintoki: Zhuqing, need Silver-san's Armstrong Cyclone Jet Armstrong Cannon to fire one more shot at him?]
[Tokisaki Kurumi: Oh my, if you like these things, just tell me next time, okay\~]
Zhu Zhuqing looked at Kurumi's message and her expression turned completely dark.
"Su Xiaoqi, no more lottery draws from now on."