Xuan Chu was momentarily speechless. Although he still couldn’t fully empathize with Yun Ran’s situation, he was genuinely a bit angry just now.
Now, as Yun Ran looked at him with a half-smiling expression, Xuan Chu decisively chose silence as a golden option.
When it came to action, Yun Ran truly used pressure tactics; now the pent-up annoyance had finally shifted away.
Feeling better, Yun Ran tidied her clothes, hummed a tune, and turned to walk out of the ancestral hall intending to check out the surroundings nearby. Fresh chapters posted on noⅴelfire.net
Until Yun Ran’s figure vanished, no one dared stop her.
Ba Ji lowered his head, pretending to be intent on looking at the tip of his shoe, forcibly treating himself as an outsider.
Xuan Chu took a deep breath, suppressing the frustration Yun Ran had transferred onto him, only then did he rub the places on his body where Yun Ran had hit him painfully.
Inexplicably, a sense of doubt arose in his heart. With Yun Ran’s skills, fearing he was summoned just because she needed his help.
It was simply because she felt unbalanced inside and deliberately fussed with him.
After Yun Ran came out, the people hiding behind the door previously saw only Yun Ran, a little girl.
Only then did they come out, their cautious faces mixed with some curiosity.
"Little girl, did you get lost on the mountain?"
People around here have lived in the mountains for generations, no matter how many times the schools and relevant leaders down the mountain mobilized to persuade them to move down.
But these people are still unaccustomed to life down the mountain, only sending the kids of the family down in the end.
At this moment, seeing a little girl about the same age as their children, and brought back by the village chief, their vigilance somewhat reduced.
Yun Ran, smiling gently, nodded lightly to the person speaking: "Yes, I didn’t expect such a heavy snowfall on the mountain, got lost."
Mentioning this, the speaking aunt immediately resonated, quickly said: "Isn’t it just so, the weather has been getting worse these years.
A long time ago when I was young, the climate on this mountain was great. At most, snow would only be on the crest area; the place where we live was very habitable..."
From the aunt’s words, Yun Ran learned a lot of things.
For instance, the snow-covered range is getting larger, animal appearances have dwindled, and rare plants and herbs have reduced significantly.
People on the mountain could rely on hunting animals and gathering some herbs to trade for living materials before, living pretty well.
Now the mountain is snow-covered year-round, they can only survive on some subsidies.
All these signs made Yun Ran convinced that the snow is related to the sealed Evil God and Death Energy.
The Thunderbolt Team members stood guard at the village entrance nearby.
Watching the tiger, which like them, stayed at the village entrance without going in, somewhat doubted reality. Are tigers nowadays really so human-like?
This wasn’t all; seeing Yun Ran from afar chatting amiably with people, showing no sense of strangeness, it’s as if she belonged to the village.
This business trip led the Thunderbolt Team members to constantly refresh their understanding, indeed feeling rather useless.
One among them, face conflicted for a moment, finally showed a face of resolve, addressing the team captain.
"Captain, after this mission, I plan to pause accepting jobs; I want to return to the base for retraining."
"Captain, I also think so, used to feel I was quite capable, now only realize how shallow I am."
Once one person spoke, others also started, each with a hint of trepidation, worried the captain would disapprove.
Unexpectedly, the captain under the gaze of teammates, suddenly revealed a relaxed expression.
"So you all think this way, that’s great; I also had this plan and couldn’t ease the mind leaving you all behind..."
The tiger lay on the ground, yawned, and continued with eyes half-closed snoring, completely disregarding the humans babbling around.
This harmonious scene was precisely witnessed by Xuan Chu and Ba Ji coming out of the ancestral hall.
If not for Yun Ran and those she brought dressed differently.
Xuan Chu would’ve thought they were villagers, indeed none took themselves as outsiders.
A middle-aged man asked by Ba Ji to prepare to welcome guests, hearing the commotion, also emerged from a nearby house.
Respectfully said: "Village chief, the meal is ready."
The village is small, a quick glance would show everything, naturally, this voice reached Yun Ran’s ears.
Even though Ginsengfruit and the Thunderbolt Team had tried hard to offer Yun Ran hot food, it still couldn’t change it being pre-made dry rations.
She urgently wanted to have some fresh meals.
Yun Ran immediately turned her head, full of an innocent smile: "Really troubling the village chief, it’s too courteous, too embarrassed..."
Hearing mealtime began, the tiger at the village entrance immediately opened its eyes and got up, yet didn’t enter the village directly.
By its looks, evidently, this meal included its share.
"Prepared are some homestyle dishes, hope honored guests won’t mind, please~"
After Ba Ji said ’please,’ Yun Ran directly headed into the house, didn’t bother with cordiality.
Upon entering the house, Yun Ran only saw a large pot emanating aroma.
The middle-aged man picked up a nearby basin prepared to carry, filled entirely with meat.
Ba Ji hurriedly said: "This is fed to Pinecone, oh, Pinecone is the tiger outside, I picked it and raised it back then.
Guarding everything in the mountains with me, also protecting villagers, whoever has meat at home would separately prepare a basin for Pinecone.
Nothing much edible in the mountain, winning in being purely natural, this chicken is a domestic hill chicken, has nice texture, honored guests, please don’t hold back."
Yun Ran nodded repeatedly: "Yeah, rest assured, I won’t hold back."
Then looked at Xuan Chu: "You eat more, look, all this is for you!"
Saying so, eating while skillfully handing Xuan Chu a large drumstick, couldn’t help it, if not given some good stuff now, it’d be difficult to command later.
Seeing the drumstick in the bowl, Xuan Chu was thoroughly convinced, Yun Ran is undoubtedly the best at changing face.
"Look at you, come a long way, and yet this courteous over a drumstick, makes me so embarrassed."
Xuan Chu coldly snorted, not seeing Yun Ran feeling embarrassed at all.
At this moment of ’courteousness,’ who would think Yun Ran just dealt him harsh blows, those inducing fatal.