GRMFBS CH215

Zhan Suiru saw the message from Approaching Science, along with two files.

One file described Yang Ran’s condition and the solution in detail, while the other file was a “map” of Yang Ran’s soul.

The map was not very complete.

Approaching Science said he hadn’t had time to chart it completely, and he would send it over once he finished organizing everything.

But a soul isn’t 2D or 3D; it’s hard to display clearly through files. He hoped to use the flexibility of the Dawn World to transfer the information directly.

He said, “Please trust me.”

Zhan Suiru read through these materials back and forth three times.

Every condition she had detected in Yang Ran’s soul using her mental power corresponded with these files.

There was a high probability they were real, but she couldn’t rule out the small possibility that it was a trap.

Who is Approaching Science? Why does he want to help her? Is it possible he’s being controlled by the Infinite?

She had placed a mental brand on the Infinite, preventing it from using other worlds to revive. It must be desperate to find her weakness and force her to remove the brand…

Zhan Suiru took the files to the Abnormal Affairs Management Bureau.

Ning Xi asked about the source of the files and read them carefully.

“Trust him.”

“Why do you think he’s trustworthy?” Zhan Suiru remained guarded.

Ning Xi pondered for a moment. He understood that Rong Sui wasn’t guarding against a person, but against the Infinite’s capabilities.

What she needed wasn’t persuasion, but proof.

“What do you trust?” Ning Xi asked.

“The Celestial Master,” Zhan Suiru said. “The Celestial Master embodies thunder; the Infinite cannot influence her. If the Celestial Master vouches for him, I will believe it.”

Ning Xi understood. “I’ll send her a message.”

Ji Yueming was packing her things, getting ready to go home. Yanyan’s internship ended yesterday, and he was going home today; she had previously agreed to go home tomorrow.

Sigh, she hadn’t seen the three kids at home in a long time. Last time she went home, she saw the three little ones separately, but didn’t see Old Zhan.

The mess with the Infinite had finally come to an end, and the remaining monitoring wasn’t her responsibility. Now she could stay at home for a while with peace of mind.

Nie Yu was helping her pack, roasting as he worked: “Approaching Science is way too reckless. I just said we could model our avatars, and he rushed right in. I didn’t even have time to stop him. When he came back out, he had turned into a dragon head.”

“What kind of dragon head?” Ji Yueming asked.

Nie Yu: “Similar to the dragons of the Wan Yao Alliance, but the horns are more spread out, and the mane and horns transition from white to green at the ends.”

Ji Yueming looked thoughtful. “That should be quite good-looking.”

Nie Yu continued roasting: “He also modeled himself a two-meter height, tall and strong. He wouldn’t look out of place sitting in a Dragon King Temple.”

Ji Yueming’s communicator suddenly rang. She clicked it open; it was from Ning Xi.

Really bad timing. Who wants to see work messages right before getting off work?

Ji Yueming opened the message, and her expression became solemn.

She put on her mask and went to Ning Xi’s office.

Ji Yueming sized up Rong Sui. A black trench coat and a wide-brimmed hat; the hat’s shadow held supernatural power, obscuring her appearance. This was still her outfit from the Black Market.

Understandable. At a glance, she was just like herself—someone with secret identities.

There were three people in the office; only Ning Xi didn’t hide his face. He symbolically introduced the two.

Although Rong Sui’s face was covered, Ji Yueming felt an affinity with her.

After Ning Xi finished explaining the situation, Ji Yueming didn’t hesitate: “I can vouch for him.”

Zhan Suiru asked, “Do you know each other? Why do you trust Approaching Science so much?”

Ji Yueming: “Why do you think I am trustworthy?”

Zhan Suiru’s reason was very pragmatic and had nothing to do with whether she was a fan of the Celestial Master.

If even the Celestial Master, who embodied thunder, was influenced by the Infinite, it would mean the rules of this world had already been penetrated by the Infinite. No amount of caution on her part would be useful.

Ji Yueming listened to her reason and said, “I trust him for the same reason you trust me.

“If even Approaching Science has been influenced by the Infinite, then it means the situation has already reached a life-or-death crisis.”

Zhan Suiru couldn’t help but feel curious about Approaching Science’s identity. “Who is he?”

Ning Xi said, “Can’t say. And don’t investigate. I trust you understand what this means.”

Zhan Suiru understood. She nodded. “I’ll go contact people.”

After getting up, she glanced at Ning Xi’s desk and said, “By the way, that moss ball you’re raising is plastic. Don’t bother changing its water.”

Ning Xi: ?

His disciple gave him that moss ball.

That rotten child!

After Rong Sui left the office, Ning Xi couldn’t help but pick up the glass jar with the moss ball and examine it closely.

Ji Yueming laughed out loud.

Since twenty-six… no, it was now twenty-seven years.

Ever since that great battle twenty-seven years ago, all divination arts had lost their effect.

Ning Xi originally had several disciples, but they later switched to other paths. Ning Xi became the Deputy Director and was incredibly busy, so they saw each other less and less. However, these disciples kept him in their hearts, sending blessings and gifts during holidays.

Ning Xi put down the moss ball jar. “You feel an affinity with her?”

He was asking about Rong Sui.

Ji Yueming: “Yes, looking at her makes me feel at ease.”

Ning Xi looked thoughtful. “Your personalities have similarities. She defended you quite a bit on the forum using her Artisan identity.”

Ji Yueming smiled.

Indeed. Her two most famous little fans on the forum were the Artisan and Approaching Science.

Beneath the thunder-patterned mask, Ji Yueming’s gaze was distant and gentle.

May all bitterness end and sweetness begin; may everything go smoothly.

…

After breakfast, Zhan Yan immediately took a moment to message Deep Shadow to ask.

Big Shot Deep Shadow might be busy with other things and didn’t reply for the time being.

Gu Jiancheng pulled him along, demanding the date they had agreed on earlier. “You’re going home this afternoon; we agreed on this.”

He had repeatedly studied the classic scenes of that melodramatic TV drama. The most classic scenes in this drama all happened in heavy rain. Breakups in the rain, reunions in the rain, confessions in the rain. The sweet, angsty, moving climaxes were all in the heavy rain.

The part where Yanyan stayed up all night chasing the drama and crying must also be in the heavy rain!

Gu Jiancheng decided to create a heavy rain too.

The weather forecast showed no rain recently. So, Gu Jiancheng quietly, very quietly, dragged over several shadows of clouds. The clouds were dragged over like kites on strings. Now they were all hovering in the sky nearby, just waiting to gather together so the air could no longer hold the accumulated moisture, releasing a heavy downpour. He had even summarized melodramatic lines from the drama.

Gu Jiancheng planned for this heavy rain to fall before noon. That way, they would still have time to shower after returning, eat lunch, and it wouldn’t be too late for Yanyan to go home in the afternoon.

He had calculated the time seriously. Before the rain, they could have a sweet date first.

Zhan Yan and Gu Jiancheng played all morning.

He was very curious about the surprise Gu Jiancheng mentioned, but until almost noon, everything was normal.

Zhan Yan had almost forgotten about the surprise.

“Should we go back for lunch? I have to leave in the afternoon,” Zhan Yan said.

Gu Jiancheng decided it was time.

“This lotus pond is the surprise I prepared for you,” Gu Jiancheng suddenly said, chin slightly raised, gaze proud.

Huh?

Zhan Yan was applying floral water [mosquito repellent]. Being out for so long, the effect had worn off. He had to reapply; the mosquitoes by the water bit hard.

He looked at Gu Jiancheng in confusion. What’s surprising about a lotus pond? And why is Gu Jiancheng’s tone so weird?

But if Xiao Gu thinks it’s a surprise, then let it be a surprise.

Zhan Yan poured another palmful of floral water, ready to apply it to Gu Jiancheng. He just saw a large tiger mosquito flying near Gu Jiancheng’s face. Otherwise, if he got bitten, a big red bump would swell up on that handsome face.

“Surprise, surprise, rowing in the lotus pond is also very nice…”

Before Zhan Yan could finish, a sudden “crash” sounded between heaven and earth.

Zhan Yan looked up blankly, watching the sudden torrential downpour—they were currently on a boat in the middle of the lotus pond, with nowhere to hide.

The weather forecast said no rain today…

The rain was warm, heated by the sun, feeling like a warm bath.

Suddenly, BGM started playing around the lotus pond. Accompanied by the heavy rain, it was sorrowful, heavy, and determined.

Zhan Yan was even more confused. He looked around; the lush lotus leaves blocked everything.

Gu Jiancheng gripped his shoulders and delivered the most domineering CEO declaration he had ever made: “No! I forbid you to leave me!”

Zhan Yan: …

Did someone possess Gu Jiancheng?

Zhan Yan: “Are you okay?”

Gu Jiancheng: “I knew it, you definitely care about me!”

Zhan Yan: ?

He finally, belatedly, realized that Xiao Gu’s recent occasional domineering CEO quotes didn’t seem to be because of his chunibyo [8th-grader syndrome].

Zhan Yan opened the Gossip System and started searching for Gu Jiancheng’s “surprise.”

[Gu Jiancheng thought you liked melodramatic TV dramas. After meticulously studying the climax scenes, he prepared speakers, lines, and heavy rain as a date surprise.]

Why would Gu Jiancheng think he liked melodramatic TV dramas??

He continued searching by combining “Gu Jiancheng” and “melodramatic TV drama.”

Found it… This blame still fell on him. He had casually used “stayed up late watching a drama and got angst-ed” to fool Bao Qingshan back then. Bao Qingshan relayed it to Gu Jiancheng, and Gu Jiancheng believed it!

How could this happen? Is his taste that bad?!

Zhan Yan’s expression changed unpredictably.

Gu Jiancheng realized belatedly that Yanyan didn’t look like he was pleasantly surprised…

The two stared at each other.

The silence was deafening.

The BGM was still playing faithfully. The lotus pond owner’s shout came from the shore: “Hey, young lad, it’s raining! I’m packing up your speakers, don’t let them get ruined by the rain!”

The BGM stopped.

Only the sound of the pouring rain remained.

Lotus Pond Owner: “This weather is really strange, raining just like that!”

The heavy rain also gradually stopped—careful, tentative, awkward, and pitifully shrinking, becoming smaller and weaker.

After the rain cleared, a small rainbow hung in the sky.

Zhan Yan watched Gu Jiancheng’s expression change rapidly. A flush started from the base of his neck and spread upward to his ears, cheeks, and forehead.

Zhan Yan quickly hugged Gu Jiancheng, buried his head in his shoulder, his voice distorted: “Wuwuwu, I’m so moved!”

If he didn’t bury his face, he wouldn’t be able to hold back his laughter! He pressed his face against Gu Jiancheng’s shoulder and neck, shaking uncontrollably.

Hahahahahaha, why would Xiao Gu actually go study melodramatic TV dramas hahahahahaha!

Gu Jiancheng stiffened for a moment, then slowly raised his hands to hug him back, mumbling, “Laugh, just laugh…”

Zhan Yan: “Hahahahahaha, sorry, I really can’t hold it in hahahahahaha!”

Gu Jiancheng whined and grumbled in his ear.

When Zhan Yan had laughed enough, he wiped his tears and comforted him: “It’s okay, I was very surprised.”

At least he laughed very happily.

And he was moved.

Although he misunderstood his preferences, studying and preparing so seriously was because he liked him.

“The rain stopped, let’s go ba—” Zhan Yan stopped halfway.

The rain stopped so coincidentally, and came so coincidentally. Wait, what did the Gossip System say?

Gu Jiancheng prepared the heavy rain? How do you prepare heavy rain? Did he do artificial rainfall? A private individual can’t set that up, right?!

Gu Jiancheng: “Yanyan?”

Zhan Yan: “Nothing, nothing. Um, let’s go back first.”

He felt things were starting to get weird.

Gu Jiancheng was punting the boat.

Zhan Yan was scrolling through the gossip feed about this heavy rain.

[Deep Shadow used shadows to drag six rain clouds over the Qiping Town Lotus Pond. A rain that shouldn’t have fallen fell over the Qiping Town Lotus Pond.]

Zhan Yan: ???

He felt his brain frying.

Why did Deep Shadow drag rain clouds over? Why did he want it to rain here?

Gu Jiancheng prepared heavy rain… Deep Shadow dragged rain clouds over…

Gu Jiancheng was still rowing the boat. Zhan Yan couldn’t help but stare at him in a daze.

No way, no way… No, he had to reorganize his thoughts.

Gu Jiancheng is related to Deep Shadow. Gu Jiancheng, Deep Shadow, Gu Jiancheng, Deep Shadow…

Xiao Gu acts cute, acts spoiled, is clingy, and is good at everything. Big Shot Deep Shadow is cool, domineering, and arrogant to the extreme.

Xiao Gu is a chunibyo. Big Shot Deep Shadow is generous but needs coaxing.

Xiao Gu…, Big Shot Deep Shadow…

Zhan Yan kept staring at Gu Jiancheng.

Gu Jiancheng started turning red from the base of his neck again.

Why does Yanyan keep looking at him? Is it because of the surprise he got wrong? He knew it, Yanyan couldn’t possibly like melodramatic TV dramas!

Zhan Yan dragged the information words “Gu Jiancheng” and “Deep Shadow” together.

The timeline unfolded, gears meshed, gossip feeds merged or refreshed. Old information words fused into a new golden star, rising and hanging high at the zenith of his information starry sky.

Zhan Yan’s mental state crumbled a little.

He felt this world was too psychedelic.

The small boat reached the shore.

Gu Jiancheng got on the shore first. Turning back and seeing Zhan Yan hadn’t moved, he reached out his hand: “Shall I pull you up?”

Zhan Yan was frantically scrolling through gossip feeds. The Deep Shadow who often “Heh-ed” at him was Gu Jiancheng?

He snapped back to reality and took Gu Jiancheng’s hand to get on shore.

Gu Jiancheng felt his boyfriend was looking at him strangely. Was it because his act of surrounding the lotus pond with eight speakers to play BGM was too silly?

“Shall we go back?” he asked.

Zhan Yan: “Go back, go back!”

Go back and scroll through the gossip feeds slowly.

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