GRMFBS CH248

The giant motorcycle carried Zhan Yan all the way to the vicinity of the hotel, coming to a stop in a hidden corner with no surveillance cameras.

Zhan Suiru stored away the giant motorcycle. Seeing her brother’s unsatisfied expression, clearly wishing for a longer ride, she directly shoved the car key into his hand: “It’s yours.”

Zhan Yan’s eyes lit up.

Zhan Suiru couldn’t help but laugh seeing him like this.

“Keep it on you at all times. Remember to run when you’re in danger.”

“Okay.” Zhan Yan carefully tucked the key away.

Back at the hotel, the two began a confession session—mainly Zhan Yan doing the confessing. After all, whether it was “Artisan” or “Rong Sui”, there was nothing left to confess to “Approaching Science”…

Zhan Yan opened the topic first: “Um, about Xiao Gu…”

Zhan Suiru: “Is he clingy with you?”

Zhan Yan: “Huh?”

Zhan Suiru: “Is he clingy? Once school starts, you need to spend more time with him and less time alone. You guys have the same class schedule, right? It’s best if you stick together when going to and from class, heading back to the dorm, eating, and going out.”

Zhan Yan: “Huh??”

Why did his sister’s attitude suddenly make a complete 180?

Seeing his bewildered look, Zhan Suiru felt a strong sense of crisis: “Does he not spend time with you often?”

If he isn’t clingy, how can you call that love!

Zhan Yan: “Ah, no, no, we’re in the same dorm and the same class, we basically do everything together.”

Zhan Suiru wasn’t very satisfied.

What did “basically” mean? What if her brother encountered danger during that brief period they were separated?

She picked up her communicator and clattered away, sending messages to Deep Shadow.

Rong Sui: “Yanyan is being targeted.”
“Keep an eye on him when he’s at school.”
“Don’t stray too far from him.”
“Aren’t you two in the same class and dorm, and dating?”
“Just openly stick together and don’t separate.”
“Until the holidays, you must ensure nothing happens to him.”

Zhan Yan paused for two seconds. Huh, the ‘Xiao Gu’ hurdle has been completely cleared. Now it’s time for Mom and Dad.

“Sis, I have to tell you something. Please don’t get worked up.” Zhan Yan poured his sister a glass of water. He decided to start with Dad’s identity first—his sister was a fan of the Heavenly Master, so confessing Mom’s identity right off the bat might be a bit too stimulating.

He waited for his sister to take a sip of water and swallow before saying, “Dad isn’t an ordinary person either.”

Zhan Suiru paused.

Dad wasn’t an ordinary person… Heh, such a trivial matter. She thought Yanyan specifically bringing her water meant it was a huge deal.

As long as Dad wasn’t an enemy helping the Infinite, she could handle whatever identity he had.

Thinking about it carefully, Dad’s culinary skills really didn’t seem like something an ordinary person could pull off. Even the superpowered chefs in the Abnormal Affairs Management Bureau couldn’t cook as deliciously as he did. So did Dad awaken some sort of God of Cooking-related skill?

Zhan Yan: “Dad is a demon.”

Zhan Suiru’s hand holding the water cup remained perfectly steady.

Demon? Oh right, their dad’s physical strength wasn’t exactly normal either. Back when she didn’t realize Dad wasn’t an ordinary person, she just thought he was naturally gifted. Looking at it now, ‘demon’ was indeed a more reliable answer.

A demon related to eating… She didn’t know much about this world’s myths and legends. The only demon related to eating she could think of was the Taotie (a gluttonous mythological beast).

Taotie, huh… Her impression was that it was a ferocious beast, which didn’t quite match Dad’s vibe?

Well, not exactly. Dad was quite fierce when facing malicious outsiders, otherwise he wouldn’t have been able to smash the desk in her brother’s teacher’s office with a single slap…

She had heard the Taotie was a very powerful demon. That made sense; if Dad was just an ordinary minor demon, she would have discovered it long ago.

It seemed the Taotie didn’t get along well with the Ten Thousand Monsters Alliance. Ah, if that’s the case, she would stop accepting orders from the Alliance in the future.

Although she had a pretty good relationship with the Ten Thousand Monsters Alliance before, she definitely had to side with her own family.

It was perfect; she was currently in closer contact with the Abnormal Affairs Management Bureau, and the Bureau didn’t get along well with the Ten Thousand Monsters Alliance either.

Seeing that his sister was still completely unfazed, Zhan Yan continued: “You know the place we live is within the Chongming Demon King’s protection zone, right?”

Zhan Suiru understood: “Are you saying our dad is the Chongming Demon King?”

Zhan Yan: Nod, nod.

Zhan Suiru pulled her straying thoughts back.

An image surfaced in her mind of the Chongming Demon King, draped in colorful feathers like rosy clouds, sweeping across the horizon. It made a lot of sense; only if the original form was beautiful would the human form look this good.

So the reason the Chongming Demon King frequently circled around Qixia Mountain and cast his protection over the surrounding cities was actually just to protect his own home?

Bird demons were neat freaks, sang beautifully, but only liked to sing to their wives. Excellent, it made even more sense now.

Zhan Suiru looked at her younger brother.

Dad was just the Chongming Demon King. Although it couldn’t exactly be called a “trivial matter”, it wasn’t enough to shock her. Her brother’s overly cautious attitude was underestimating her too much.

Ah, right, she was currently involved with the Abnormal Affairs Management Bureau. Was her brother nervous because of that?

It was fine. She was only an external member of the Bureau anyway; she just needed to defect to the Ten Thousand Monsters Alliance. However, this process had to be carefully arranged so as not to add new conflicts between the two major organizations. Zhan Suiru thought calmly.

Zhan Yan asked her cautiously: “Sis, have you fully accepted this news?”

Zhan Suiru tasted another layer of meaning from his words: “Is there more news?”

Zhan Yan: “Actually… our mom isn’t an ordinary person either.”

Zhan Suiru: ???

She hadn’t discovered Dad’s identity because Dad was actually a super powerful Demon King. And Dad hadn’t discovered Mom’s identity, which meant Mom was actually a super powerful bigshot too?

So this was two bigshots dating and wanting to experience the life of ordinary people? Also very reasonable. Given the Chongming Demon King’s experience and social circle, the likelihood of him dating another bigshot was much higher. No wonder all three of them were adopted.

Zhan Suiru: “So what kind of demon is Mom?”

Zhan Yan: “Um, Mom isn’t a demon. Mom is with the Abnormal Affairs Management Bureau…”

Zhan Suiru slowly inhaled a breath: “Don’t the Abnormal Affairs Management Bureau and the Ten Thousand Monsters Alliance hate each other?”

Zhan Yan: “When they were dating, they were both wearing their secret identities, and they both thought the other was an ordinary person…”

Zhan Suiru: …

It’s fine, calm down, this isn’t unmanageable either.

So what if their two organizations don’t get along? If they don’t get along, just matchmake them until they do! Hasn’t Ning Xi been nagging about wanting to cooperate every day? She even wanted to send the Great Dancer into an arranged marriage before. As long as their own trump card wasn’t poached by the other side, any marriage alliance is still a marriage alliance, right?

“Who is Mom?” Zhan Suiru asked.

Zhan Yan: “Sis, please calm down a little more.”

Zhan Suiru said calmly: “I am very calm.”

Zhan Yan: “Mom is the Heavenly Master.”

Zhan Suiru: “Who did you say?!”

See, I told you that you weren’t calm enough…

Zhan Yan spoke softly and gently: “Sis, drink some water first.”

Zhan Suiru subconsciously picked up her water cup and took another sip.

The first thing that came to her mind were the few times she had met the Heavenly Master at the Abnormal Affairs Management Bureau. She wore a black trench coat, black leather boots, and a wide-brimmed black hat, using a voice changer to sound androgynous… In the past, she never felt awkward pulling off this mysterious vibe to hide her identity, but thinking about doing it in front of her mom…

Zhan Yan: “Sis?”

Zhan Suiru: “Mom watches melodramatic soap operas with me and even roasts them…”

Zhan Yan: “The Heavenly Master has her own hobbies in private too…”

Zhan Suiru: “Did you know Mom even votes on leaderboards for Dad?”

Zhan Yan: “Uh… about that…”

He really didn’t know that!

Zhan Suiru wore a weird expression, looking like her idol’s image had just completely collapsed.

It wasn’t that finding out Mom was the Heavenly Master was a bad thing. In fact, she was a little happy, but it was mixed with awkwardness, shock, and various other complex, indescribable feelings…

“So, Sis, do you have any ideas regarding Mom and Dad’s secret identities?” Zhan Yan asked.

Zhan Suiru unconsciously spun her water cup, also starting to worry.

“Their relationship is so good… there shouldn’t be any problems, right?”

The two exchanged a glance, both reading the exact same meaning in each other’s eyes.

Neither of them dared to bet on that “what if”—What if the Ten Thousand Monsters Alliance and the Abnormal Affairs Management Bureau encountered something and developed an irreconcilable conflict? What if the clash in their ideologies grew bigger and bigger?

Zhan Suiru also began to fret: “…Let me think.”

Zhan Yan comforted her: “It’s fine, I’ve been fretting over it for almost a year now.”

Zhan Suiru knocked him on the head: “So from now on, you’ve got your sister fretting together with you, huh?”

Zhan Yan covered his head: “At least I’m genuinely very safe, so you don’t need to worry about me.”

Zhan Suiru finally realized it. She pulled out the small silver lock worn around her neck and began studying it: “Is this an amulet made by Mom?”

Zhan Yan: “The Heavenly Master’s special edition reinforced lightning talisman. If I hadn’t run fast enough, Luo Yigang would be a pile of charcoal by now.”

Zhan Suiru studied it carefully for a long time. Finally, with the help of her crafting superpower, she used her mental energy to faintly detect a trace of dormant lightning aura.

This was hidden way too well!

It made sense. If the amulets weren’t hidden well and others discovered they were wearing top-tier amulets, it would attract unnecessary attention instead.

When she clashed with the Infinite before, she had hung the lightning talisman around the neck of her “Zhan Suiru” puppet, otherwise her identity would have been exposed right then.

“Dad hid a feather in our hair,” Zhan Yan continued.

But the trigger condition for the Chongming Demon King’s protection was different from the lightning talisman. The lightning talisman sensed external danger, while the Chongming protection sensed the wearer’s physical and mental state. The protection on his sister hadn’t triggered at the time, which could only mean her mental state was too stable… It would probably only trigger when she was truly on the borderline of life and death.

Zhan Suiru stared at her brother’s mop of little curls. For some reason, an image popped into her mind of a small feather suddenly popping boing! right out of his head.

With Mom and Dad’s amulets, plus the self-triggering sanctuary barrier she gave him, her brother was indeed quite safe. If the Infinite had the ability to shatter three layers of defense in a short time, it wouldn’t be reduced to its current state of only being able to hide in dark corners.

Zhan Suiru slowly breathed a sigh of relief.

Her communicator chimed right at this moment. Deep Shadow had replied to the messages she sent earlier. A very concise and powerful word:

“Okay.”

Zhan Suiru stared at this word. For some reason, as if right through the screen, she could feel a sense of jumping-for-joy excitement radiating from this single word.

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