GRMFBS CH271

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Zhan Yunkai: ???!

Ji Yueming: ???!

You said you are who?!

Zhan Yunkai’s double pupils dilated, staring at his youngest son.

Zhan Yan lowered his head to act obediently, revealing the top of his pitch-black, curly hair.

His youngest son—the gluttonous, greedy, clever, adorable, occasionally mischievous but mostly well-behaved little son—is the small fan on the forum who is lightning-fast, poisonous-tongued when arguing, and while he is a fan of him (the Chongming Demon King), he actually wants the Tianshi’s lightning talismans even more?

Zhan Yunkai couldn’t help but recall those posts:

-“Approaching Science” first showed its poisonous tongue on the forum by helping him curse someone—later, he also helped the Tianshi curse people;

-“Struggle” became known across the forum as a fan of the Chongming Demon King—later, he also became a well-known fan of the Tianshi;

-Whenever there was news, he would take the initiative to tell the Wan Yao Alliance—later, he also helped the Abnormal Affairs Management Bureau investigate information;

-And no matter how much they tried to poach him, they couldn’t move him.

Very well, everything makes sense now.

Ji Yueming was also looking at Zhan Yan, seeing only a mop of slightly messy, curly hair.

Ah… it really has been a long time since she’s seen him act this well-behaved.

Whenever Yan-yan made a mistake as a child, he would put on this exact expression.

Ji Yueming leaned forward, ruffled her son’s curls, and sighed softly: “Yan-yan…”

Zhan Yan stiffened in nervousness, then relaxed.

Ah, ah, is this thing over? Mom is truly the best!

Ji Yueming said gently: “…Acting cute won’t work.”

Zhan Yan: …

Whimper.

“The ability I suddenly got last year…” Zhan Yan began to confess honestly.

Ji Yueming: “That’s not urgent. What happened with you entering the Candle Dragon’s phantom shadow?”

Zhan Yunkai: “Did you run into any trouble?”

Wu… that’s why Mom and Dad are the absolute best.

“I’m fine,” Zhan Yan gave his parents a smile that could melt anyone’s heart.

Mom and Dad are worried about me~ So happy. But he couldn’t tell them everything about the Candle Dragon’s phantom shadow. If he told them everything, he wouldn’t be able to explain why Deep Shadow (Gu Jiancheng) entered. If Mom and Dad found out—well, Xiao Gu would be facing a “hell-difficulty” situation.

“I found that Candle Dragon phantom shadow by accident, and I hadn’t found anything yet when I had to come out in a hurry…” Zhan Yan’s voice grew quieter.

Why did he come out in a hurry? Well, naturally, it was because he realized his Mom and Dad were about to start a fight.

Hmph, he had used himself to block a blow for Xiao Gu, so this debt absolutely had to be charged to Xiao Gu’s account!

Sigh, I wonder how Xiao Gu is doing over there. Has he started looking for the Qilin’s horn yet…

Mom and Dad were successfully distracted and were staring at each other. Zhan Yan took the opportunity to open his “Gossip Feed” to take a peek.

—Xiao Gu is currently cursing him.

Zhan Yan had been in such a rush when he left that he had forcibly shoved the key onto Gu Jiancheng. Gu Jiancheng had been completely unprepared for it.

He had seen the psycho Qilin searching for something, only to suddenly stop halfway. Gu Jiancheng thought something dangerous had happened and was on high alert, but then the guy he had the least defenses against suddenly stood up, leaped forward, and slammed into him.

Gu Jiancheng was smothered in the face by a wall of soft, fluffy fur.

The Great Boss Deep Shadow was shoved back a step on the spot, his hind legs digging into the ground, his core tightened.

That was close, I almost got shoved to the ground.

Gu Jiancheng’s anger gauge instantly maxed out.

“You…” The Great Boss Deep Shadow reached out to grab the thick, soft fluff in front of him, preparing to beat up the giant cat.

Suddenly, his hand felt empty. The soft, thick wall of fur in front of him had abruptly vanished.

The Qilin was gone.

The scene was empty. A faint breeze blew past Gu Jiancheng’s palm, which was still maintained in a grasping posture, bringing with it a subtle chill and itch, like a cold mockery.

Gu Jiancheng: …

“Is that Qilin sick in the head?!”

After Mom and Dad stared at each other for a few seconds, they deeply felt that the score between them hadn’t been settled yet, and now wasn’t the right time to open up the topic. Subconsciously, both turned to look at Zhan Yan again.

Zhan Yan: …

He quickly pulled his mind away from the gossip system.

Ji Yueming: “You first logged onto the forum on August 9th under ‘Approaching Science.’ Was that when you awakened your superpower?”

Zhan Yan confessed honestly: “A little earlier than that, probably around the beginning of July. At that time, I didn’t know superpowers existed. When it first started, I thought I had suddenly developed a mental illness.”

He felt he was young with little pressure, a happy family, and a wonderful life. He didn’t know why he was hallucinating, so he thought it was hereditary mental illness from his biological father and mother. But he was just hitting final exams at the time and had no time to go to the hospital. He did a self-assessment and felt that apart from the hallucinations, he had no other problems; he had no impulses to hurt others, nor thoughts of hurting himself. Since that was the case, it wasn’t a big deal, so he decided to secretly go to the hospital after the exams.

Ji Yueming ruffled his hair again.

Zhan Yunkai was already pondering what delicious food to make for his youngest son.

Awakening superpowers suddenly without knowing anything… he must have been very anxious at the beginning, right?

Zhan Yan: “When I finished exams, I was estimating my scores with a classmate for fun.”

—Actually, it was with Xiao Gu. Xiao Gu had never done such a thing before; he thought it was childish. But for those few days, Xiao Gu saw that his mood was off and tried every way to distract him. The two of them even made a more childish bet: if he won, he’d get a kiss; if he lost, he’d be kissed.

But there was no need to talk about that part in detail.

“Before the results came down, I used my ability to check them. The next day, the results were announced, and I found they were exactly the same as what I had checked, so I knew it was real.”

His and Xiao Gu’s results were exactly as he’d checked with the system. If it were just him, maybe his subconscious ability was super strong. But including Xiao Gu, it definitely couldn’t have been him having a mental breakdown, sleepwalking in the middle of the night to steal the grading results.

Later, he inevitably fantasized about being hit by a “Golden Finger” and walking the path to the peak of life. Then he scrolled onto gossip feed about other transcendent beings.

“Later, I realized there were many such super-powered people in this world, as well as dangerous anomalies. So, as a ‘little shrimp’ who only had the ability to eat melon (gossip) and zero combat or self-preservation capability, I naturally shrank back,” Zhan Yan explained. “At the time, I thought everyone in the family was a normal person, so I didn’t dare say anything.”

“I didn’t find out about Dad’s identity until Mom’s birthday.”

He continued his confession, simply trying to move the focus away from Xiao Gu.

Zhan Yunkai: “How did you find out?”

Zhan Yan’s gaze shifted: “Ah… do we really have to say?”

Zhan Yunkai: “Tell me.”

Zhan Yan: “Okay, I’ll say it then. That day, when you came back, Dad, you smelled so strongly of perfume, and then I checked and found out that when you were chasing that Corpse Flower Konjac Demon, you accidentally got some pollen on the tip of your wing. You burned those feathers, took seven showers, and used a whole bottle of…”

Zhan Yan stopped talking. His Dad was glaring at him.

Ji Yueming: “Pfft.”

The Tianshi let out a bright laugh.

Zhan Yunkai stopped glaring at his son and began to stare blankly at his wife.

Zhan Yan obediently kept silent and lowered his head.

Zhan Yunkai coughed lightly: “You wanted to trade for lightning talismans before—did you find out about your mother’s identity then?”

Zhan Yan shook his head: “I discovered it on New Year’s Day. Mom came home especially late that night.”

Zhan Yunkai connected the dots. Oh… the Abnormal Affairs Management Bureau was collecting the Infinite Fragments during that period, and the Tianshi was cleaning up the mess.

So the reason Yue Ming came home late that night was because of the Abnormal Affairs Management Bureau… Tsk, I already told her they aren’t reliable.

However… he had helped out that night too, hehe.

Zhan Yunkai: “But you wanted lightning talismans before that…”

Zhan Yan looked at him without speaking.

Zhan Yunkai understood.

—Because lightning talismans are really cool, right?

He subconsciously turned his head to look at Ji Yueming.

Yan-yan has great taste, wanting a lightning talisman is very normal.

Ji Yueming suddenly turned her head. Zhan Yunkai was caught staring.

Zhan Yan felt that the atmosphere was a bit awkward for him. However, he could finally let go of some of his worries. Looking at the way his parents were acting, even if they had conflicts in the future due to ideological differences, they were still a long, long way from the point of their relationship breaking down.

Fighting! Just need to finish off “Infinite” during this period, and that’s it!

“With the relationship between the Abnormal Affairs Management Bureau and the Wan Yao Alliance, I didn’t dare say anything. You have no idea how much hair I pulled out worrying about it…” Zhan Yan hummed and complained.

He saw that the situation between his parents was quite good, and he didn’t know how long it would take for them to make a breakthrough if they kept hiding things, so he might as well just lay it out.

Zhan Yunkai also started ruffling his hair: “You’re even turning the tables and blaming us.”

Ji Yueming: “Don’t digress, you first continue the confession.”

Fortunately, after clarifying things, although the ambiguous atmosphere between them was gone, the vague barrier between them had also vanished.

The husband and wife regained their tacit understanding in continuing to interrogate their son.

Zhan Yunkai: “The Candle Dragon’s Blessing you wanted before—does it have anything to do with this Candle Dragon phantom shadow?”

Zhan Yan: …How did the topic circle back again?

“Yeah, the Candle Dragon’s Blessing allows me to check things I otherwise couldn’t.”

He rolled his eyes between the two of them and whispered: “I found out my sister was Rong Sui because the Candle Dragon’s Blessing took effect.”

The faintly ambiguous atmosphere in the air suddenly solidified.

“What did you say?”

“Who is Sui Ru?”

Zhan Yan whispered: “Rong Sui. She used the account ‘Artisan’ on the forum before.”

The two great masters remained calm, their tones gentle.

[Chongming Demon King Zhan Yunkai was extremely shocked to learn that his daughter Zhan Suiru was Rong Sui; flashes of his past interactions with “Artisan” crossed his mind…]

[Tianshi Ji Yueming was extremely shocked to learn that her daughter Zhan Suiru was Rong Sui; she rapidly reviewed her interactions with Rong Sui…]

Great masters are indeed great masters; they could maintain such calmness.

Zhan Yan decided to confess it all at once, hoping his parents would completely forget about the Candle Dragon phantom shadow: “And there’s big brother…”

Zhan Yunkai: “There’s more?”

Ji Yueming: If she weren’t a Tianshi, she would have wanted to hold her chest.

Her youngest son usually acts so well-behaved, yet he was hiding such massive secrets! And there’s more than one!

Zhan Yan put on an obedient look, showing them a smile that was both soft and sweet: “Big brother is the reincarnation of the Ghost King Lin Yuan.”