Chapter 162: Small villa Chapter 162: Small villa Chen Yuan had them register, then took them to where they would stay.
He took out a mutated potato as big as a human head and rented a small villa for them.
It was a bit shabby, but there were enough rooms.
“How can we accept this?” Lin Murong looked flattered.
“No worries, no worries. I see you didn’t bring much food, so consider this a loan from me. You can return it when you have food of your own.” Chen Yuan had been talking to Lin Murong before, but ever since he found out Su Yinhe was a woman, his gaze began to linger on her uncertainly.
Now too, he wasn’t talking to Lin Murong, but to Su Yinhe.
Su Yinhe quietly pulled her hat lower.
Three people walking around this base doesn’t seem very safe.
Lin Murong chuckled and then shifted his feet. He and Chi Yan positioned themselves just right to block Chen Yuan’s view of Su Yinhe.
“Thanks, Brother Chen. You’re really a great guy,” Lin Murong grabbed his hands and vigorously shook them up and down.
Chen Yuan’s face immediately changed color.
“Lin Jun, you’re quite strong, aren’t you?”
“All Superpower Users are strong, aren’t they?” Lin Murong played the fool, continuing to shake his hand, all the while giving him a grateful look.
Chen Yuan couldn’t tell if he was doing it on purpose or not.
To say it was on purpose, but then again, he had that expression.
It didn’t seem feigned.
But to say it was not intentional, that strength was a bit too much.
Chen Yuan put some effort into trying to shake off his hand.
But Lin Murong’s grip was like a vice, holding on tight.
“Lin Jun, can you let go now?” Chen Yuan winced, unable to bear the pain any longer.
But his expression remained as mild as ever.
“Oh, sorry. My apologies. Just upgraded my superpower yesterday, and my strength increased too. Haven’t learned to control it yet. My bad, I deserve to die.” Only then did Lin Murong seem to realize, and he began to apologize.
His tone sincere, his expression genuine.
As if he had committed an unforgivable sin.
Chen Yuan looked at his own hand, now red and slightly deformed, summoning tremendous self-control to hold back a reaction, even managing a forced smile.
“No problem, it’s not like you did it on purpose.”
Lin Murong sighed in relief.
Then slapped him on the back.
“I knew it, Brother Chen, you’re a magnanimous man. Now I’m relieved.”
Chen Yuan stumbled from the slap but still maintained a smile.
However, the murderous look in one’s eyes is hard to hide.
Fearing they’d notice something odd, he couldn’t pay attention to Su Yinhe anymore and took his subordinates away first, saying they’d meet up again another day.
After they left, Su Yinhe still felt the intense gaze that hadn’t yet faded.
She rubbed her arms; goosebumps covered her.
“What’s the matter with them?” Chen Yuan was slightly better; his subordinates looked at her as if they wanted to devour her on the spot. Their fanaticism surpassed even that of celebrity fans in her original world.
“I don’t know either. But Galaxy, you’re in danger. Promise me you won’t go out alone to set up a stall anymore. We’ll both go with you.” Lin Murong also sensed something was off.
They looked at Galaxy like they hadn’t seen a woman in eight hundred years.
And, it wasn’t even like a man admiring a woman. It was more like…
“Looking at Monk Tang.”
“What?” Su Yinhe didn’t hear clearly.
Lin Murong repeated it, and upon hearing, Su Yinhe involuntarily shivered.
I’m really afraid of all these weird things.
Chi Yan didn’t speak but placatingly patted her shoulder.
The small villa looked like it hadn’t been lived in for a long time, a three-story building filled with dust and spider webs.
When the door was pushed open, the dust filled the entire room, almost chasing them out.
“Cough cough cough… My god, how long has it been since someone lived here?”
Lin Murong was the one who opened the door and suffered the most.
It took him a while to recover.
Then he looked resentfully at the two who had hid a few meters behind him.
“Brother Chi, did you know earlier? Why didn’t you use your Water Bubbles?”
Chi Yan guiltily lowered his head, “I forgot.”
“Hmph, I don’t believe it.” Chi Yan’s head was too clever to forget; he must have known what would happen when he opened the door.
Lin Murong felt he had been wronged, so he left the cleaning to Chi Yan.
Because he needed to heal.
Chi Yan quite liked cleaning, so he didn’t say anything.
He just took out the tools and started cleaning.
Su Yinhe wanted to help, but Chi Yan, using the excuse that cleaning would dirty her clothes, forbade her from helping.
Then Su Yinhe and Lin Murong, with two stools and two cups of milk tea, sat in the yard waiting.
Chi Yan cleaned inside.
“Is this really okay?” Su Yinhe felt a bit guilty.
“What’s wrong with it? He volunteered.” Lin Murong took a sip of his milk tea, “He definitely did it on purpose just now, even deliberately pulled you to hide behind. He wanted to see me embarrassed. He’s just a heartless man.”
Su Yinhe: “…” It feels kind of strange.
“He’s guilty too, or else he wouldn’t have agreed so readily. Which time before wasn’t it me who cleaned?” After saying this, Lin Murong began to whine and cry, sharing his past miseries with Su Yinhe.
Having heard him out, Su Yinhe could only say, “You’ve had it rough.”
“Right? Just because he cleans today, you feel sorry for him. Men shouldn’t be coddled; if you pity him, he’ll take an inch and want a mile.”
“You seem experienced.”
“That’s right. I learned this from Lin Muxue, although I don’t like her much. Still, she really knows a lot sometimes.” Lin Muxue, in this respect, can be considered a teacher of sorts.
She’s also good at manipulating.
The guys she strings along get yelled at, despised, and ordered around by her, yet they never complain and still think she truly loves them.
When Lin Murong first heard her talking to one of the guys, he was astounded.
That guy had been brainwashed into a love-struck fool.
The things he said were terrifying.
He completely lost himself.
Later, for a single word from Lin Muxue, he went off to his death.
But before dying, he still mumbled about not bringing back something Lin Muxue wanted and apologized to her.
Of course, Lin Murong didn’t want Su Yinhe to be like that, but he hoped she would learn a bit, at least some tricks.
You can’t be a naive sweet girl.
Su Yinhe: “… that sounds good.”
Once they finished their murmured conversation, Chi Yan had also finished cleaning.
With his Water Power and his spatial ability, cleaning was very convenient and quick.
“Not bad, so clean.” Lin Murong was very pleased.
“Let’s rest on the first floor for now. The second and third floors haven’t been cleaned yet; we can clean them after resting.” Not only had Chi Yan finished cleaning, but he also changed into fresh clothes.