Chapter 285: Chapter 284: Hiding Things—He’s a Pro!
Yun Ran, who decided to change her strategy, did not want to personally wade into muddy waters, so she sent Little Paperman there.
Little Paperman disappeared with a whoosh, and Yun Ran finally felt relieved: "Alright, now I can enjoy myself without worries."
In the afternoon, Yun Ran once again felt her legs go soft like noodles, her gaze sizing up Ginsengfruit who just got off the back seat of the bicycle.
"I suddenly realized that you really know how to enjoy life."
Ginsengfruit paused for a moment, then silently lowered his head, looking quite pitiful.
"Host, you know, it’s my first time being human, I have had no family since I was young..."
Yun Ran felt numerous little black dots floating above her head, her eyes filled with disdain as she looked at Ginsengfruit, thinking what a pathetic disposition he had for a human.
"Are you putting on an act now? Should I just send you to the entertainment industry to become a child star?"
Noticing Yun Ran’s disdain, Ginsengfruit immediately tried to ingratiate himself: "Hehe, Host, I’m just kidding."
After experiencing the previous troubles at the temporary reception center, Yun Ran had learned her lesson and resolutely avoided those sparsely populated paths.
Now, even a slightly bustling small town gave Yun Ran a feeling of emerging from the mountains.
They found a fairly nice hotel to stay in, and in the middle of the night, they heard someone knocking on the door.
Yun Ran didn’t even open her eyes; she pulled over the blanket and covered her head.
But the knocking was persistent, as if it was challenging Yun Ran. Ginsengfruit, who was sleeping on the neighboring bed, rubbed his eyes and got up, walking straight toward the door.
On the door was a Little Paperman. Seeing Ginsengfruit approaching, Little Paperman immediately came to life and flew off the door.
Both Little Paperman and Ginsengfruit fell under the category of Magic Artifact, so even without speaking, they could communicate fluently.
With Little Paperman stuck on both the door and the window, the room where Yun Ran stayed was almost like a fortress in terms of safety.
However, while it was secure, it did not block out nearby sounds, so the knocking could still be heard.
Ginsengfruit was now fully alert, with a puzzled look in his eyes: "Are you saying, someone is deliberately knocking?"
Little Paperman quickly nodded its head.
Had it not been for master’s instructions not to reveal themselves or scare people, it would have already confronted the persistent knocker.
Though separated by the door, Ginsengfruit’s eyes flickered, and a pale blue light emitted from his eyes.
Following that, the door that normally blocked his view now seemed transparent.
Standing at the door was a person acting sneaky, wrapping their entire head, revealing only two eyes.
However, Ginsengfruit still recognized this person.
Wasn’t this one of the young people they encountered back in the small town where the host bought the bike? Why would he come looking for them?
Both parties had completely different paths, and several days had passed, yet they encountered each other here again.
Although Ginsengfruit didn’t like them, he wouldn’t make any decisions for Yun Ran.
After contemplating, he decided to communicate with Yun Ran using the system’s voice: [Host, those annoying people you met before have come knocking at your door.]
Yun Ran, who was fast asleep, suddenly opened her eyes upon hearing Ginsengfruit’s voice, still somewhat groggy.
But that was only for a moment, her eyes soon cleared.
The knocking continued, as if determined to keep going until the door opened.
Yun Ran waved her hand, and the Little Papermen immediately hid themselves, and Ginsengfruit obediently sat by the wall.
She yanked the door open, and the person who knocked, as if seeing some hope, didn’t wait for Yun Ran to say anything before squeezing in.
Yun Ran: ...
Luckily, she was skillful and bold. Anyone else with less courage would’ve been scared out of their wits seeing someone burst in like that.
"What do you want!"
The man, seeing Yun Ran’s calm face, felt slightly less panicked.
He directly pulled off his mask, revealing a face that Yun Ran had briefly encountered before.
It was the young man who had previously helped Yun Ran.
"Sorry, my name is Shang Huai, I’m a student at Jing University, and I’ve encountered some trouble..."
He hadn’t finished speaking when Yun Ran interrupted him: "If you’re in trouble, shouldn’t you call the police? Why come to me, I’m not a cop.
Plus, I’m just a powerless girl, aren’t you afraid your trouble might bring disaster upon me?"
Yun Ran wasn’t exactly a do-gooder who would help anyone.
But if she saw innocent people in real danger, lending a hand wouldn’t be a problem.
However, if someone deliberately brought trouble her way, keeping the trouble away to protect themselves, Yun Ran truly despised such people.
Shang Huai was stunned for a moment, probably not expecting such harsh words from a young girl.
However, he only faltered for a second before regaining his composure.
He quickly pulled out an oddly shaped stone from his bag and thrust it into Yun Ran’s hands.
"I know that whatever I say now might seem suspicious to you, but I can’t trust anyone right now.
This stone is tied to many people’s lives; I’ve already asked for help from my family. All I ask is that you take this stone away."
After finishing, the man immediately put his hood back on and ran off.
This scene not only baffled Ginsengfruit but left Yun Ran somewhat confused too.
"What the heck is going on? Host, is this guy sick or something? He doesn’t trust the police but trusts you?"
Yun Ran looked at the stone in her hand, just from the outside appearance.
Uh, it looked ordinary, but she could feel that the man named Shang Huai valued this stone greatly.
"Wrong, he doesn’t trust me; he’s just desperate and taking a gamble, he’s treating me like a mule to transport goods!"
Recalling what Yun Ran said about those young people running into big trouble, Ginsengfruit immediately felt that the stone in Yun Ran’s hands was extremely ominous.
"Host, shall we just throw the thing away?"
They say curiosity killed the cat, and Yun Ran was not interested in other people’s secrets, so she handed the thing over to Ginsengfruit.
"This thing probably has some special mark, it can be recognized or found by someone, you handle it!"
Ginsengfruit didn’t understand why the host was willing to get involved again, but he wasn’t one to question everything.
He directly pulled out a huge cannon from his weapons cache, threw the stone into the cannon, then stashed it back in the weapons cache.
With such double ’protection’, even if there were other Systems in this little world, they wouldn’t be able to find the stone.
Hiding things, he’s a professional at it!