GRMFBS CH291

Classmates had sporadically heard rumors of a bird’s claws snatching a phone, but only now did they know it was Zhan Yan’s doing.

“Your constitution is getting more and more amazing.”

“How did you do it?”

“How did you know the bird was going to fly in that direction?”

Zhan Yan began to spout nonsense with a straight face: “The livestream was on at the time. I saw the footage from the broadcast and roughly deduced its route. Falcons don’t just fly around randomly; they have their own targets. By deducing the direction, you basically know where it’s going to fly.”

“Wow!”

“Your spatial reasoning ability is awesome!”

Zhan Yan searched for himself. After two days of brewing, his phone-retrieving video had truly gone viral. At first, it spread simply because the incident itself was interesting. Later, someone recognized that he was the person in the video, so the originally mildly popular video instantly exploded to another level—

So the one who could control the falcon was Little Young Master Grape!

Zhan Yan’s comment section was once again besieged.

Fans, trolls, melon-eating netizens… everything was there. There were also those questioning if it was a publicity stunt, and those swearing that the falcon was tamed by him and they had already reported him.

Zhan Yan also saw classmates speaking up for him in the comments:

“Spreading rumors comes with a price. I’m Little Young Master Grape’s classmate; his natural animal-attracting constitution made him famous as soon as he entered university.”

“Right, when the experimental animals raised by our teacher ran away, he was the one who helped find them.”

“He’s very famous in our college for his animal-attracting constitution. Don’t spread blind rumors.”

“That falcon was obviously wild. Little Young Master Grape’s animal-attracting constitution is at the level where he gets surrounded the moment he stands in a breeding area. A falcon coming right at him is totally normal.”

Zhan Yan: He was very touched by everyone’s camaraderie, but why did they have to follow the netizens and call him “Little Young Master Grape”? Was this title going to follow him for the rest of his life?

Antai Ranch was still too far from their school; they had to transfer vehicles halfway.

The closer they got to Tailingao City, the more the scenery changed. The trees, fields, and low houses outside the car window gradually turned into a boundless prairie.

The vaster the scenery, the smaller the changes outside the window appeared to be.

The people in the carriage gradually grew tired; human voices weakened while the sound of the vehicle grew clearer.

A trail of water suddenly elongated on the window glass, and the pale blue sky was covered by grayish-white clouds. Rain fell on the prairie, wet and heavy.

“Sleepy?” Gu Jiancheng asked in a low voice.

He was indeed sleepy. With Gu Jiancheng’s arm around his back, Zhan Yan leaned on his shoulder and fell asleep not long after.

When he opened his eyes again, the rain had stopped.

The sun had fallen close to the horizon, dyeing the sky in deepening shades of rosy clouds.

The prairie was soaking wet, gathering into patches of small puddles that captured pieces of the sky like mirrors, making colors dance across the grassland.

Zhan Yan was still leaning on Gu Jiancheng’s shoulder. In front of him was the window framing the scenery, and above his head was Gu Jiancheng’s slow, steady breathing.

So peaceful. So nice.

He couldn’t help but remember how Gu Jiancheng used to run all over the world just to figure out where to take him for their future honeymoon. Back then, Zhan Yan found it amusing, but now he was beginning to look forward to it.

Leaning on Gu Jiancheng’s shoulder was very comfortable, and Zhan Yan’s freshly awakened brain spun sluggishly.

Xiao Gu’s shoulders were broad and thick, not bony at all. He was taller, so the height of his shoulder was just right. What time was it? He had been pressing down on it for so long, wouldn’t Xiao Gu’s shoulder go numb? Ah, wait, Xiao Gu is Deep Shadow…

Sigh, Xiao Gu was such a grinder, but who would willingly grind like that? He would go check out beautiful and fun places; he wasn’t a natural-born workaholic. The young Xiao Gu he saw in his dreams was clearly a boy who knew how to play and slack off.

The reason Xiao Gu grinded so hard was all because of Infinite’s torment! He was still grinding now probably because he still lacked a sense of security.

Just wait. After he finished consuming the experience packs, upgraded his abilities, investigated everything about Infinite, and wiped out this menace completely, there would be no need to grind anymore.

Zhan Yan sat up straight… but his head couldn’t straighten out.

Gu Jiancheng: “Did you get a crick in your neck?”

Zhan Yan: “Mn.” QAQ

He really was a little squishy.

Gu Jiancheng rested his hand on Zhan Yan’s neck. His hand was broad and hot; after a few gentle kneads, Zhan Yan felt the back of his neck grow warmly heated and a bit more comfortable.

“Sit sideways, with your back to me.”

Gu Jiancheng used both hands, massaging from the back of his head and neck down to his shoulders. After loosening the muscles with a few passes, he supported Zhan Yan’s chin and the back of his head, giving it a gentle twist.

Zhan Yan heard his neck crack twice, and then he could move freely again.

He gave Gu Jiancheng a thumbs-up.

Xiao Gu truly was a must-have helper for home and travel!

Gu Jiancheng didn’t stop. He continued to relax Zhan Yan’s trapezius muscles, pressing further down along both sides of his spine, kneading all the way to his waist.

Zhan Yan was so comfortable he wanted to hum.

Xiao Gu’s massage skills were truly top-notch. It was the same last time at the hotel. It was incredibly relieving.

After a full round of massage, Zhan Yan was bursting with energy.

By the time they arrived in Tailingao City, the sky had grown dark, and the scenery outside the window had reverted to urban architecture.

Two bus rides plus the transfer time in between amounted to over eight hours. The group of students was tossed about until their backs ached and waists were sore; they all looked withered upon getting off.

The radiant and energetic Zhan Yan and Gu Jiancheng stood out conspicuously.

Antai Ranch was still a considerable distance from the station. Since it was already dark, they needed to stay at a nearby hotel for the night and take a bus to the ranch tomorrow.

The group dragged their luggage to the hotel, sorted out their rooms, and gathered in the lobby for dinner.

The accompanying classmates looked at Zhan Yan and Gu Jiancheng with extreme jealousy.

“Hey, we were all tossed around for over eight hours, how come you guys are so relaxed?”

Gu Jiancheng aside—this big shot had never looked like an ordinary person, and he had already proven his terrifyingly immense strength during the sports meet and when carrying Zhan Yan’s suitcase.

Zhan Yan bent his arm to flex his muscles at them: “Me! I get up at 6:30 every morning for morning exercises.”

Classmate: “…Can’t compare, can’t compare.”

“It’s only right that you’re relaxed.”

Their rooms were all twin rooms. Returning to their room after dinner, Zhan Yan and Gu Jiancheng took turns showering. After Gu Jiancheng finished, he forcefully squeezed onto Zhan Yan’s bed.

The hotel beds were wider than the dorm beds, but squeezing two strapping young men onto one was still a bit of a stretch.

Zhan Yan pushed him in dissatisfaction: “Go, go, go back to your own bed!”

He was pressed right against the edge of the bed; he was about to fall off!

Gu Jiancheng stubbornly wrapped his arm around his waist and refused to let go: “No, I’m holding you tight, you won’t fall.”

Zhan Yan: “Then I’ll get down. You sleep in this bed, and I’ll sleep in yours.”

Gu Jiancheng started massaging Zhan Yan’s legs: “It wasn’t convenient on the bus earlier, I didn’t finish massaging…”

As soon as his hands went on, Zhan Yan wanted to hum. Sitting in a car all day made his legs so fatigued… but his upper body was tense from fear of falling off the bed, while his lower body was being massaged so comfortably it wanted to relax. This was too awkward.

Moreover, Gu Jiancheng’s current posture was also very awkward; it was a wonder how he twisted himself into such a position.

Even like this, he still insisted on clinging to him…

Feeling helpless, Zhan Yan turned his head and gave him a peck: “Stop messing around… Mmph!”

Five minutes later, Zhan Yan’s lips were redder as he glared at Gu Jiancheng, panting heavily.

Having just finished devouring his person, Gu Jiancheng’s gaze was bottomless and shockingly hot, so dark and intense it made one’s heart pound like a drum.

Zhan Yan’s semi-wet hair was scattered across the pillow, his cheeks flushed, and the eyes glaring at him contained a layer of mist, utterly lacking in deterrent power.

Gu Jiancheng’s Adam’s apple bobbed.

Zhan Yan: …

Xiao Gu really wasn’t grinding hard enough; he actually still had the energy to think about these messy things!

Fortunately, the Top 1 big shot wasn’t that much of an animal. Gu Jiancheng kissed Zhan Yan on the forehead again and returned to his own bed.

If they kept being clingy, it would test his self-control, and they still had to go to their internship tomorrow.

The next day, the group took a bus heading for Antai Ranch.

This trip would take another four to five hours.

The bus was a bit bumpy and not as comfortable as the high-speed rail, but the scenery outside the window was closer.

Taking advantage of the bus ride, Zhan Yan consumed more than half of the experience packs given by Tu Yue.

The “Organization” and “Ability” tabs each upgraded one little star.

The little star under the “Ability” tab could now add three more people for information concealment. Zhan Yan added his brother, his sister, and Wan Yan. Yang Ran didn’t really need to be kept secret, but Wan Yan’s identity as Di Ting had to be hidden.

The ability under the “Organization” tab was strengthened once again. However, after returning Di Ting’s single horn, the “Information Depth” ability underwent a change and had now become “Information Association”.

Previously, this ability could dig out other people’s thoughts. Now, it couldn’t dig them out at all, but it could dig out other gossip threads related to a specific thread all at once, saving him the trouble of searching slowly by himself.

Zhan Yan hadn’t even had the time to test the new ability before they arrived at Antai Ranch.

An internship at a cattle farm was stricter than at a veterinary station, but it was much more relaxed than Gu Jiancheng’s previous internship at the pig farm.

The first day was dedicated to arranging accommodations and dividing them into groups. The dorms were six-person rooms with bunk beds.

When sorting dorms, Zhan Yan and Gu Jiancheng were naturally assigned together. However, grouping was done randomly by drawing lots. After interning in one group for a period, they would rotate to another. Zhan Yan was assigned to the Animal Husbandry group, while Gu Jiancheng was in the Clinical Veterinary group.

Student Xiao Gu was unhappy.

Happy to be assigned to the same internship location, happy to be in the same dorm room, unhappy to not be in the same internship group.

Sigh, what to do? It seemed his demands were getting higher and higher.

Zhan Yan messaged his family to report that he arrived safely.

His sister immediately sent him a private message.

Zhan Suiru: “Did Mom and Dad give you potions to replenish your mental energy? You brought them all with you, right?”

Zhan Yan didn’t understand why: “I brought them. What’s wrong?”

Zhan Suiru: “The Dawn World is stable now. Come to the Dawn World; I’ll teach you how to use your mental energy.”

She had wanted to teach her brother for a long time. Yan Yan was a squishy little support; even wearing a string of protective amulets wasn’t reassuring enough. His own combat power had to be raised.

But likely for the sake of concealment, Yan Yan’s abilities were still suppressed. Aside from that night when he jumped three stories high, his current physical constitution was only slightly better than an ordinary person’s. However, his mental abilities were hardly suppressed at all.

It was just that earlier, she hadn’t been clear on Yan Yan’s specific situation and didn’t dare act recklessly. Later, when the Dawn World connected to the cycle of reincarnation, it wasn’t stable enough. Now, she had already checked with their parents.

Now that Wan Shitong and Qi Ye were both able to use mental energy in the real world through the Dawn World, Yan Yan could definitely do it too.

Zhan Yan: “Ah?”

“But I have my internship.”

Zhan Suiru: “Intern during the day, come practice mental energy at night.”

“Those potions Mom and Dad gave you can substitute for sleep to a certain extent.”

“Sleeping four hours a day is enough for you.”

“Come to the Dawn World first at night, and we’ll practice together until 2 AM.”

“Then you can log off and go to sleep.”

Zhan Yan: ???

Jie, why are you starting to make me grind too?!