GRMFBS CH136

Zhan Yan changed the keywords and searched in the gossip system.

[During his journey on Fengshan Mountain, Teng Yuan dreamed of a purple-clothed person with a blurry face, who requested that he stay for a day and a night under a nearby old grapevine the next day to help them survive their form-transformation tribulation.]
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[The young and curious Teng Yuan indeed found a grapevine as large as a house the next day. Under the vine, a clean, soft mat had been made from fine grass. Teng Yuan found the mat very comfortable and decided to stay there for a day and a night.]
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[Teng Yuan opened his bundle to eat dry rations.]
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[Teng Yuan tried to talk to the old grapevine, but Puyang Xia, who had not yet transformed, had no vocal organs and could not respond.]
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[Teng Yuan opened his waterskin to drink.]
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[Teng Yuan wanted to relieve himself, but he could not leave the area covered by the grapevine. Because he suspected the grapevine had already become a spirit, he felt too embarrassed to relieve himself under it.]
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[Teng Yuan fell asleep under the grapevine.]
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[Teng Yuan was awakened by the sound of rain. When he woke up, he found the sky was dark and it was pouring with rain. The rain was blocked by the layers of grapevines and leaves and did not fall on him.]
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[Three bolts of lightning struck the empty ground near the old grapevine. After the lightning, the rain stopped and the sky cleared. Teng Yuan was very amazed.]
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[Puyang Xia successfully passed the form-transformation tribulation, transforming into a purple-clothed youth and appearing to thank Teng Yuan for his help.]
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[Teng Yuan fell in love with Puyang Xia at first sight without realizing it.]

Ah, my…

Puyang Xia, still unaware, was still complaining to Zhan Yan.

He had genuinely wanted to repay the kindness. He had previously heard from passing bird demons about human storybooks, where a person who accidentally helps a demon is rewarded with either a large sum of gold and silver or a transformed fox demon who marries them.

Before encountering his form-transformation tribulation, Puyang Xia had worked hard to gather information on many treasures, but his benefactor didn’t want wealth, but insisted on eating some lychees.

Puyang Xia had tried for over seventy years to repay the kindness without success. In the end, he stood by Teng Yuan’s bed holding the most delicious grapes, thinking that what Teng Yuan wanted to eat were lychees.

What was the use of grapes being so good? Grapes couldn’t turn into lychees.

Puyang Xia felt very wronged.

Because of this sense of grievance and unwillingness, he stubbornly continued his research for another four hundred years, giving birth to the “Lychee-is-Inferior” of today.

But even after the birth of this “Lychee-is-Inferior,” Puyang Xia’s fixation remained.

Puyang Xia: “Why did he have to eat lychees?”

Zhan Yan hesitated for a moment, then forwarded that record to Puyang Xia.

Whether Puyang Xia could understand that cryptic remark, let’s just leave it to fate.

Puyang Xia clicked the link and was stunned when he saw the playful saying.

He suddenly remembered the last day he saw Teng Yuan.

Teng Yuan, with a full head of white hair, smiled when he saw Puyang Xia clearly. He held a grape in his mouth, his eyes reflecting Puyang Xia’s appearance—still young and beautiful.

The old grape, who had been transformed for over four hundred years, suddenly sighed.

No wonder.

After eating this piece of gossip, Zhan Yan also felt sad.

His father was a demon king, and his mother’s body was made of lightning. The two powerhouses had long lifespans. If they didn’t break up after their covers were blown, they could be together for a long, long time.

But he, his brother, and his sister couldn’t. At that time, his parents would have to be the white-haired sending off the black-haired… No, at that time, his parents would still have black hair, while he and his siblings would all be white-haired…

As Zhan Yan was feeling melancholic, Gu Jiancheng finished his class and returned to the dormitory. Seeing Zhan Yan’s expression, he asked gently and carefully what was wrong.

Zhan Yan: “Huh? It’s nothing, I’m fine.”

Gu Jiancheng didn’t believe him.

Zhan Yan pressed Gu Jiancheng for an answer.

Gu Jiancheng said that he had heard from other classmates that student Zhan Yan was talking to a cat due to excessive stress.

Zhan Yan: ?

He checked the gossip system. Oh, it was when he was chatting with the calico cat and was seen by the PE committee member.

Many people talk to cats, but not like Zhan Yan, who would say a sentence and then wait for the cat to reply, his tone as if he were talking to a person.

After hearing this, the PE committee member thought Zhan Yan was under too much stress, leading to some mental abnormality, and was treating the cat like a person to talk to. The PE committee member was full of camaraderie—of course, it might also be because of Zhan Yan’s half-suitcase of delicacies. He discussed Zhan Yan’s condition worriedly with other classmates, wondering if they should invite Zhan Yan out for some karaoke or a nearby trip to de-stress.

Zhan Yan: …I appreciate the kind thought.

He found an excuse: “I’m just trying to mend my relationship with small animals.”

This reason was quite convincing because that calico cat could squat right next to Zhan Yan.

With this reason, Zhan Yan successfully dispelled his classmates’ desire to drag him out to play.

Gu Jiancheng was temporarily relieved. Last time, after Zhan Yan had fallen asleep at night, he had used the Diagnostic Pen again. The Diagnostic Pen indicated that Zhan Yan’s body was in great shape, without even a single pimple. If he were under a lot of stress, there should be some physical reaction, more or less.

But he couldn’t rule out the possibility that Zhan Yan had suddenly come under great pressure in the few days since the last diagnosis. Hmm, he would diagnose him again tonight.

Gu Jiancheng, who couldn’t accompany his boyfriend, was not very happy.

It was all Professor Miao’s fault for the elective course! The killer who breaks up young couples!

After learning that Zhan Yan’s constitution was showing signs of returning, some were happy, and some were worried.

Guo Jiang, the senior from the aquaculture department, was the first to send his congratulations.

Guo Jiang: “You have no idea how anxious we were before.”

“In the beginning, we had you. Later, your animal-attracting constitution was gone, but then there was a little white cat that could help find experimental animals in exchange for offerings. Then the little white cat disappeared somewhere.”

“Now, you’re back, and our sense of security is back too!”

Zhan Yan said that was a bit of an exaggeration, and his constitution hadn’t returned, just showing signs of improvement.

Guo Jiang: “Not an exaggeration, not an exaggeration at all.”

“My classmate’s duck went missing before and was never found. You should have heard him. He cried his heart out.”

“Showing signs of improvement is a good thing! With more practice, it might come back!”

“Besides cats, practice with other animals too. It’s best to get close to every kind of animal!”

“By the way, that lake on the west side of the school, they’ve raised a few new big geese. Don’t practice on them for now.”

“Those big geese are very fierce. They twist people, and it hurts like hell.”

“An old man tried to steal goose eggs before and was chased and beaten by the big geese, ending up in the hospital.”

Zhan Yan was slightly shocked. He knew big geese bites hurt, but could they beat someone into the hospital?

Guo Jiang explained, “The old man fell while running away and ended up in the hospital.”

“He even wanted to come to the school for compensation.”

“Our school didn’t give him any.”

“Everyone treated it as a joke.”

The people at their school were sick and tired of this group of people who liked to freeload. They clearly knew that the school’s fields were for experiments and the animals were for breeding. They would pretend not to see the fist-sized words on the signs and would steal whenever they had the chance.

They were thinking of taking advantage for a few bucks, while years of others’ hard work and high investment went down the drain.

The next day during morning exercises, even the group of old professors who were learning the Yijin Jing from Zhan Yan knew about it.

The professor from the agriculture college was very regretful.

Another professor comforted him, “This ‘can command beasts on the spot’ one is gone, but isn’t there still one who ‘can subdue a pig with one hand’?”

The professors kindly asked Zhan Yan and Gu Jiancheng if they had plans for graduate school. Both students had good grades, and they were useful!

Before the two could answer, Professor Miao, the one who breaks up young couples in class, walked by with a dazed look.

“Hey! Old Miao, did the sun rise from the west today? Why are you up so early?”

Professor Miao was not one of this morning-exercise-and-health-cultivation crowd. With two clingy cats at home, Professor Miao had always believed in waking up naturally.

However, recently, Wang Wang had been having some problem. He would start scratching the door at four in the morning every day and wouldn’t stop until he was woken up.

After being woken up, he would stop scratching. If he went back to the room to sleep, he would continue scratching.

After confirming it wasn’t because the “cat food bowl was empty,” “cat water fountain was empty,” or “the litter box needed scooping,” Professor Miao really couldn’t figure out what was going on.

After several consecutive days of not being able to sleep, the devoted cat slave chose to try changing his own schedule.

After waking up early, Professor Miao would sit on his soft sofa at home and want to lie down and continue sleeping, so he chose to go out for a walk. And this walk led him to the sports field.

After learning of his tragic experience, the other professors all laughed happily.

Professor Miao looked at his colleagues with a pair of tired, dead-fish eyes.

After laughing, his colleagues did not condemn the mischievous cat. Instead, they all persuaded Professor Miao, “It’s good that you’ve changed your schedule along with this.”

“Your cat wants you to sleep early and wake up early.”

“What are you guys practicing?” asked Professor Miao, who did not like sports.

He recognized Zhan Yan and Gu Jiancheng and was very curious about what this group of teachers was doing surrounding two students.

“We’re learning a fitness exercise with them. This is called the Yijin Jing.” The other professors enthusiastically invited him to exercise with them. “Come, join us for morning exercises.”

Professor Miao refused, “I won’t learn this. If I were to practice anything, I’d practice the Five Animals Play. That one was passed down by Hua Tuo.”

Zhan Yan smiled modestly, “I know the Five Animals Play too.”

Professor Miao was taken aback and changed his tune, “I’m old and can’t practice vigorous exercises anymore. It’s better to practice something gentler, like Tai Chi.”

Zhan Yan: “I’ve learned Tai Chi too.”

Professor Miao: …

Was this retribution for not letting Zhan Yan audit his class?

After the morning exercise, Zhan Yan received a message from Qi Ye.

Regarding the “cat toy” they had discussed before, Qi Ye had finished writing the program. But now the problem was that the hardware couldn’t keep up.

A cat’s movements are very fast. This toy required a machine that could capture the cat’s movements and then quickly change the projection content before the cat completed its action, so that it could keep up with the cat’s speed.

This placed high demands on the equipment.

Zhan Yan decided to throw this problem to his sister.

Zhan Suiru was working overtime in her studio on the Lin Yuan Ghost King doll when her hyper-competitive butler suddenly spoke, “You have a new message notification.”

Zhan Suiru shivered subconsciously. “Who? Is it another work invitation?”

She didn’t know what was going on recently. She kept receiving new work invitations. Even if she rejected them, more new work would appear, and there would always be some work invitations she couldn’t refuse. Her workload in the past half-month was almost equal to her past six months!

Zhan Suiru was about to get PTSD from “new messages.”

The doll butler: “It’s a message from your younger brother.”

Zhan Suiru breathed a sigh of relief. “Let me see.”

Her brother and Qi Ye had made a cat toy for her, but now they were lacking in hardware measures.

No problem, she could handle the hardware!

Zhan Suiru thought the idea was good. Didn’t Wanyan want to catch fish? They could just project a school of fish.

Send money to her brother!

Zhan Suiru went to buy the program from Qi Ye. Qi Ye said there was no need to buy it; he would give the not-so-difficult program to his boss for free. If she had time, they could do a live stream together.

Zhan Suiru decided to give Qi Ye a raise and continue to improve employee benefits.

The doll butler stood beside the Lin Yuan Ghost King doll and asked, “Then will you still keep this piece?”

Zhan Suiru: “Keep it. Pack it up with the other things and send it to the Tie Lao Ghost King… or maybe we can integrate the toy into it!”

She had put a lot of effort into making it!

This doll was made by her based on the image of the Lin Yuan Ghost King that the Tie Lao Ghost King had recreated with magic. Besides being for display, it could also move. But because the Tie Lao Ghost King didn’t know much about the Lin Yuan Ghost King, he couldn’t perfect the doll’s behavior patterns.

Zhan Suiru simply imported all the related content about the Lin Yuan Ghost King from the forums, not realizing that it also included an “Aotian”-style Ghost King’s return fantasy fanfiction written by some five little ghosts.

The forum content, combined with the Tie Lao Ghost King’s description of the Lin Yuan Ghost King, automatically generated a virtual personality.

Now, this “Lin Yuan” doll glanced down at the cat toy design drawing Zhan Suiru had made and said with great disdain, “This Seat does not keep cats. Why should I carry this thing?”

Zhan Suiru recorded a video of the “Lin Yuan” doll and sent it to the Tie Lao Ghost King.

The “Lin Yuan” doll looked down contemptuously at Zhan Suiru. “This Seat does not like having my image recorded.”

Zhan Suiru ignored this doll, which for some reason had a bit of a “Long Aotian” complex, and continued filming.

The Tie Lao Ghost King said it was very true to character, then raised a fatal question:

A cat-hating doll this true to character, when given to Wanyan, won’t it just be returned?

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