GRMFBS CH103

Zhan Yan’s worries faded, and after the excitement passed, the aftereffects of staying up all night came flooding in.

So sleepy, so sleepy!

Zhan Yan wrapped the blanket around himself and lay down to sleep.

Xingxing, who had just gotten excited: Huh?

It extended its little paws to pat Zhan Yan.

What are you sleeping for? Get up and party!

Zhan Yan grabbed the little kitty and stuffed it into the blanket: “Sleep!”

…

On the other side, Zhan Yunkai called Xia Yuexian to ask if their Yanyan was particularly close to anyone on the film set, close enough to seem like they were dating!

Meanwhile, Ji Yueming logged into the Chaofan Forum. She had already received a message from Nie Yu and knew that Approaching Science said he had important news to send her.

Ji Yueming was very curious. Important news from Approaching Science was definitely not a small matter. However, the kid had been leaning towards the Wan Yao Alliance for some reason recently, which she had found to be a pity at the time.

Ji Yueming received the file Approaching Science sent her. She opened it, and the more she read, the colder her expression became. A spark of electricity accidentally shot out from her hand.

The phone, specially made by the Abnormal Affairs Management Bureau, flickered, and its screen tenaciously lit up again… halfway.

Ji Yueming: …

Luckily, she had brought back a spare one beforehand.

Just then, Zhan Yunkai came back from his call. Seeing Ji Yueming’s grim face, he asked with concern, “What’s wrong?”

Ji Yueming quickly covered the electric burn marks on the phone case, “Nothing, I accidentally dropped my phone and broke it. I’ll switch to another one.”

“This phone’s quality is too poor!” Zhan Yunkai unconditionally stood by his wife. “I’ll go out with you to buy a new one tomorrow?”

“No need, I have a spare one.” Ji Yueming smiled and pulled his arm, slipping the broken phone into her bag. “Are you done with your call? What did they say?”

“They said Yanyan has a few good friends on the set, and he’s particularly close with one of them, his roommate.”

“A roommate, huh…”

The two of them weren’t quite sure and discussed for a long time, deciding to find an opportunity to meet the person first.

“It would be good if he could make a particularly close friend,” Ji Yueming sighed softly.

Yanyan, this child, had been so easy to raise since he was little. He was popular and very likable. Everyone thought he must have a lot of friends.

But as parents, they knew that this child was actually a bit of a “loner.” He seemed to get along well with everyone and was always in the middle of a lively crowd, but he had no deeply close friends. Since he was young, he had never invited classmates over to play, and during vacations, he only liked to play with his family.

It was as if Yanyan had a circle in his heart. He placed all his family members inside the circle and pushed everyone else outside. It wasn’t that valuing family over friends was bad, but he also kept himself inside the circle, not giving others a chance to get to know him deeply, not building more intimate relationships with outsiders.

So since he was young, he had almost always changed his social circle every time he changed his living environment.

This was the first time Zhan Yan had a very close friend, and both of them were a little nervous.

What if this person wasn’t good and hurt Yanyan’s feelings, causing him to withdraw again?

We have to find a way to meet them!

If this person dares to treat Yanyan badly…

His Majesty the Demon King and the great Tianshi narrowed their eyes in unison.

…

After switching to her spare phone, Ji Yueming browsed through all the materials Approaching Science had sent her. Then, through a private channel, she contacted Deputy Chief Ning Xi and forwarded the files to him.

Ning Xi was indeed sick at the beginning.

His cultivation had been crippled twenty-six years ago. Although his body had been nursed back to health, there were inevitably some aftereffects. Every once in a while, triggered by some unknown cause, he would fall ill.

The Da Wule had once paid special attention to him during the suburban sacrificial ritual. After the ritual ended, however, he frowned with a puzzled expression. The Da Wule said he felt there was nothing wrong with his body, but there was some strange power in him that was hard to define, though it probably wasn’t malignant, otherwise, the washing of heaven and earth’s power would not have had no reaction.

Since that was the case, Ning Xi didn’t bother with it.

This time, Ning Xi was only sick for a few days at the beginning, and then he was just pretending. The thoughts of those people in the Bureau could only be hidden from him for a short time. After he sensed a problem, he began to feign illness, using this time to collect clues to cooperate with Ji Yueming’s plan.

Ning Xi received the data. After a few minutes, he replied to Ji Yueming:

“Where did you get this information?”

It was too complete. The direction of his collection was different, but this was very useful.

Tianshi: “Approaching Science gave it to me.”

“This kid is too thoughtful.”

Ning Xi was also sighing, “What a pity.”

How could such a good kid lean towards the Wan Yao Alliance?

Ning Xi: “Can you try harder to poach him? The fact that he can send this to you shows that you are still very important in his heart.”

“I think there’s a lot of hope. Talent is rare.”

“And the atmosphere in the Wan Yao Alliance is too lax and free. Talented kids will all be ruined in their hands.”

“Such a good seedling needs to be carefully cultivated.”

Tianshi: “Stop.”

Ning Xi had this habit. When there was a goal that seemed hopeful but was unattainable, he would keep nagging, trying to achieve the goal by annoying the person until they couldn’t stand it anymore. Control freaks were all like that.

Tianshi: “The Bureau is in chaos right now. Let’s think about poaching people after the situation is sorted out.”

Ning Xi regretfully changed the subject, “You’ll have to go to the tribunal in two days.”

“You should hold back a bit. Don’t beat someone up in court.”

This kid, Approaching Science, was good in every way, but the information he gave was a bit too blunt. He had good self-control, but even he got angry looking at it. For the Tianshi, who had just had an outburst and hadn’t adjusted her state yet, her thunder magic might become a little uncontrollable…

Tianshi: “Got it.”

…

Zhan Yan slept until the afternoon and was starving.

He casually ran his hands through his messy curls and went downstairs to find something to eat. There was chestnut chicken and fish ball soup left for him in the pot, both still warm.

So blissful, sob!

Xingxing smelled the aroma and rubbed against his legs, meowing delicately, “Meow~ Meow~”

“I want to eat, I want to eat~”

No. This has seasoning. I’ll make cat food for Xingxing later.

The cat food was taken care of by Zhan Yunkai.

While cutting pumpkin, Zhan Yunkai asked, “Yanyan, do you have any good friends at school?”

Zhan Yan was puzzled, “Yes, I get along well with everyone.”

Zhan Suiru: “Then you can bring your classmates home to play during the vacation.”

The whole family had discussed this again. Since they were particularly close, no matter what the relationship was, they could meet them first!

Hearing this, Zhan Yan glanced at his sister and understood.

They’re suspecting I’m dating again, aren’t they?

Sigh, my sister’s acting is really bad!

“Sure, I’ll invite them over to play when I have time.” Zhan Yan pretended to consider it seriously. “Mmm… I’ll have to see if they have time. When the weather gets warmer, we can go hiking in Qixia Mountain.”

The topic was thus concluded.

The others looked at each other. He was so calm. It probably wasn’t a relationship, just a very good friend?

Zhan Yan raised an eyebrow smugly.

Hmph!

They won’t get any of my gossip!

For the next few days, Zhan Yan was constantly scrolling through the gossip system, hoping to find a way to resolve the conflict between the Wan Yao Alliance and the Abnormal Affairs Management Bureau.

And then, the more he searched, the more worried he became:

[The Da Wule cosplayed as the Nine-Tailed Fox at a comic convention, deliberately dressing in a soft and cute style that the Nine-Tailed Demon King dislikes the most. After learning about it, the Nine-Tailed Demon King fought with the Da Wule.]

[The Qing Yun Demon King heard that the Abnormal Affairs Management Bureau’ Traveler runs faster than him. Unconvinced, he believed the Traveler was spreading lies to step on him, so he found an opportunity to secretly pour Chaofan superglue into the Traveler’s shoes. The man and the demon had a fight.]

…

He worried. Has the relationship between the two sides become so hostile that the masters would fight over such small things?

How could he possibly mediate this conflict!

Zhan Yan searched for a few days and worried for a few days.

At this moment, he suddenly received a message from Weng Yan.

This elder of the Chiyang Sect had kept this matter in mind ever since he met Zhan Yan at Old Master Luan’s place.

This young man, no matter how you looked at him, was a solid ordinary person, yet he had dreamed of the Candelabra Dragon and could feel that the stone containing the Candelabra Dragon’s power was unusual. Weng Yan himself hadn’t noticed it the first time and only paid attention after this young man pointed it out.

This couldn’t be a coincidence.

Weng Yan went back and studied himself several times but couldn’t find anything wrong with himself.

So, he would check Zhan Yan’s social media feed from time to time, paying attention to whether this young man showed any signs of awakening supernatural abilities.

After observing for a while, Weng Yan didn’t observe anything, but he learned a large amount of internet slang and got a taste of a lot of internet gossip.

Hehe, the gossip is quite tasty!

This time, Weng Yan came to find Zhan Yan to invite him to the Practitioner’s Conference. This conference had nothing to do with the major organizations and was mainly for practitioners of various inherited traditions. Those from sect lineages could come, rogue cultivators could come, human cultivators could come, and demon and ghost cultivators could also come. It was very free and casual for exchanges.

Weng Yan felt that there were many capable people at the conference, and someone would surely be able to figure out what was going on with this kid!

Zhan Yan looked at the time. It was after the Lantern Festival and would last for seven days. He could go and leave anytime within those seven days.

Zhan Yan was tempted!

This Practitioner’s Conference was open to humans, demons, and ghosts, and it had been held peacefully for many years. The conflict between humans and demons was not that deep. He could use this to build some connections and find more ways to understand the Bureau and the Wan Yao Alliance. This might be the breakthrough point for mediating the grudge!

Moreover, perhaps he could also collect some information about the Candelabra Dragon’s remnants at the conference. The gossip system couldn’t load some hidden information, but with the Candelabra Dragon’s remnants, it would be possible. Maybe a key to easing the relationship between the two families was in there!

Zhan Yan happily agreed to Weng Yan’s invitation and booked his tickets, expressing his sincere gratitude to the old man.

Thank you, great master, for being willing to take a novice like me to broaden my horizons and for always being concerned about my situation. It’s so good of you to be willing to take care of a junior like me!

Weng Yan blushed a little at the praise.

Ahem, yes! That’s right! I am just such a caring senior who looks after the younger generation!

After settling this matter, it was time for his evening exercise again.

The retired uncles and aunts were very enthusiastic about exercising. A few days ago, after it had just snowed, they organized everyone to go to the small square to sweep the snow so as not to affect everyone’s exercise.

Bai Linghui sent Zhan Yan a message, mysteriously saying that they were going to start trying a new exercise method.

Because the weather had cooled down, everyone was wrapped in down jackets, and it was too thick to do square dancing comfortably, so they researched a new method.

Zhan Yan went curiously, but unfortunately, he couldn’t drag his brother and sister along.

But he wasn’t completely alone:

[The ghost Shan Yankai is wandering idly in the residential complex, feeling very bored, and decides to follow you for a while.]

On the small square, the sky was dim, the streetlights cast a faint glow, and a group of people formed a circle, facing inward, completely silent.

What are they doing?

Zhan Yan was about to go over and ask when he suddenly heard them all burst out laughing together:

“Hahahahahahahahahaha!!!”

Zhan Yan shivered.

What are they doing?!

[The ghost Shan Yankai was scared by the square-dancing group’s “Laughter Fitness Method,” believed that an anomaly had controlled them, and, yelling “Oh my god! Help! There’s an anomaly!”, floated off to the Abnormal Affairs Management Bureau to report it.]