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Gu Ran was worried that she might still have psychological trauma from the previous incident of forcibly killing a drug dealer, but she seemed normal and did not appear uncomfortable.
After dinner, Susie and Lee Eun-sook took the helicopter back, and Gu Ran subtly inquired about the impact of that incident with Su Xiaoqiang.
Su Xiaoqiang told him she was fine and not to worry.
Gu Ran was skeptical, so he could only pay more attention to her emotions.
Nothing happened overnight. The next morning, Gu Ran was the first to wake up. He looked at Su Xiaoqiang by the bedside and found that she had her brows furrowed.
Then she suddenly opened her eyes and began to gasp for breath.
"What's wrong? Did you have a nightmare?" Gu Ran reached around to the back of Su Xiaoqiang's neck and hugged her.
"Yes, it was terrifying!" Su Xiaoqiang caught her breath and then laughed, "It scared me to death!"
"Don't be afraid, don't be afraid," Gu Ran gently stroked her head.
Su Xiaoqiang looked up slightly and saw his nervous expression, realizing he had misunderstood.
"I dreamt that I suddenly sat on a big rooster, and then the rooster seemed to have a grudge against me, and it just flipped me off its back. Then I fell from a great height and woke up!"
Gu Ran was bewildered by this surreal dream: "Really?"
"Why would I lie to you!" Su Xiaoqiang nestled her face against his chest. "Do you think I'm still bothered by what happened a few days ago?"
Gu Ran saw the smile in her eyes and brows, and it didn't seem fake.
Su Xiaoqiang gently patted his chest: "You just care about me too much, treating me like a three-year-old child!"
The two embraced and lingered tenderly for a while.
Su Xiaoqiang said, "I've booked a flight back to China. I'll be going back in three days."
"Huh? It's not even August yet, how come it's so fast? What happened?"
Su Xiaoqiang pinched his ear: "Have you forgotten? We invested in a company before, and I promised to do an internship there during the summer vacation."
"Oh..." Su Xiaoqiang's summer internship at President Lei's company was a plan she had made long ago.
She hadn't mentioned it since Gu Ran returned to China, and he had just proposed, so she thought it was just a passing thought.
“I want to have my own career in the future, and so do you,” Su Xiaoqiang said. “Go do what you should do, you don’t have to stay with me all the time.”
Su Xiaoqiang knew about many things that happened after Chu Zihang fell off the roller coaster.
She deduced that Susie and the others must have come yesterday because they needed Gu Ran, but Gu Ran didn't leave because he wanted to stay with her.
Gu Ran pouted and pretended to be aggrieved as she whined to Su Xiaoqiang, "Sister, are you not going to want me anymore?"
Su Xiaoqiang said, "Men should do what men are supposed to do!"
“But he’s still a boy. Boys should be snuggled up in their older sister’s arms.” As she spoke, Gu Ran began to burrow into Su Xiaoqiang’s arms, burying her face in her chest, facing the abyss.
Su Xiaoqiang rubbed the back of his head, both amused and exasperated, and let him wash his face with facial cleanser.
"Anyway, I have things to do." Su Xiaoqiang has always been very opinionated. When she talks about this, she doesn't consult you, but informs you.
She had already made up her mind.
Gu Ran knew her personality, of course, and didn't say anything more.
"Looks like I need to cherish the days we have together." Gu Ran suddenly rolled over and lay on top of her. "Are you prepared to stay in bed for three days and three nights?"
"You think you can handle this?" Su Xiaoqiang was eager to try. "There are only exhausted oxen, not overworked fields! But..."
"Ok?"
Su Xiaoqiang said shyly, "I need to go to the toilet first, I'm dying to use it!"
"Hey, let's go together!"
"Together my ass! How can we share if there's only one toilet!"
Amidst their bickering, the two began yet another day of morning exercise...
The claim that they stayed in bed for three days and three nights was just a joke; in reality, they got up around noon and left the sunflower field resort.
They drove back to Chicago in their RV and spent another two days lounging in the hotel.
Then, Su Xiaoqiang and Zhang Wanjun returned to China together.
Because they had already pledged their lives to each other, there wasn't much reluctance about parting this time. The two hugged and said goodbye at the airport.
"Be careful." Su Xiaoqiang had come to realize these past few days that her boyfriend faced far greater dangers than she did.
"Don't worry, I'll be fine." Gu Ran cupped her cheeks in his hands. "But you, you need to be careful."
Su Xiaoqiang smiled and said, "Don't worry, it's very safe in China, and my aunt is here with me, so don't worry."
Soon, the airport began broadcasting Su Xiaoqiang's flight information; it was time to board.
The two embraced again, and Gu Ran watched Su Xiaoqiang walk into the covered bridge, her figure slowly disappearing from his sight.
"I should go back to school; there's nothing to do in Chicago anyway."
*……*……*
That afternoon, Gu Ran returned to Kassel College to begin her new semester.
Many of his belongings were in Norton House. During summer vacation, he packed them all up and hid them in a psychic scroll to prevent the school janitors from seeing anything they shouldn't when they came to clean.
He also brought a lot of local specialties with him when he returned to school this time, mostly snacks, as well as seasonings and hot pot base.
Huaxia's hot pot base is very popular among the students. As long as you add some and boil it, you can use it to cook any kind of food. Therefore, many students hope that Gu Ran can bring back more hot pot base.
Because the pork knuckle at school is really easy to get tired of.
After Gu Ran finished distributing the gifts, he heard Norma's voice coming over the school's public address system.
Principal Angers invited Gu Ran and Lu Mingfei to have afternoon tea in the principal's office.
So at three o'clock in the afternoon, the two of them, dressed in their proper Kassel College uniforms, went to the principal's office together.
The principal's office has many floors and a high-ceilinged atrium that extends all the way to the roof. The afternoon sun streams in through the transparent skylights, shining on the principal's radiant face.
When the two arrived, before the water had even boiled, Gu Ran and Lu Mingfei were invited to the third floor by Angers and told to hide.
Meanwhile, on the first floor, people began to arrive and take their seats at the huge oak conference table.
These people are all elderly; they are physicists and mathematicians, milestone figures in the history of modern science. In academia, many people thought they had passed away, but in fact, they are still alive.
The younger professors could only stand aside and attend the meeting. For example, Guderian and Manstein, who were in their fifties or sixties, were considered young compared to Angers, who was over 130 years old.
Guderian and Manstein, former fellow inmates in a mental hospital, were whispering amongst themselves, while the bigwigs remained mostly silent, as if they had just emerged from the Tomb of the Living Dead.
"quiet."
Angers interrupted the discussion between the two mental patients impatiently and then began to explain his purpose.
They are going to discuss two reports today: the Six Flags amusement park incident and the South Train Station incident.
Both reports were compiled by the executive department in the past two days, and all the information is very complete.
Raymond had regained consciousness. He only remembered that there had been an earthquake, but he knew nothing about what happened after that because he had been unconscious.
Angers brought these experts in to discuss whether the Dragon King was behind these two incidents.
Both accidents were caused by ghostly stress.
After discussion, the experts, known as the "King Solomon of the Mathematics World," concluded that there might indeed be dragons, possibly the Dragon King—the King of Earth and Mountains!
Only this Dragon King possesses the power to alter stress!
"A new war is about to begin." Angers looked around at the old men present, all of whom were members of the Secret Party. For the Secret Party, the goal was the same.
That's slaying dragons!
"This meeting is also a preparatory meeting. After the meeting, we will issue the highest level of dinosaur warning to executive personnel around the world!"
Experts, represented by King Solomon, began to solemnly proclaim: "Good will surely triumph over evil, just as darkness has nowhere to hide where light goes."
After the experts and professors left, Angers went up to the third floor and sat down opposite Gu Ran and Lu Mingfei again.
Gu Ran was eating hazelnut-flavored muffins and drinking freshly brewed Darjeeling tea, while Lu Mingfei sighed beside her.
"Speaking of which, Principal, is it really okay for me to eavesdrop on such a secret?" Lu Mingfei said. "I've always been a big mouth; I've never been able to keep a secret since I was a kid!"
"It's alright if you can't keep your mouth shut. Masashi Tomiyama, that psychology instructor, is very good at brainwashing." Gu Ran took a big gulp of Darjeeling tea and laughed, "You two can just have a conversation without masks on!"
"The phrase 'conversation without masks' sounds so indecent!" Lu Mingfei complained.
“Alright, you two, one of you isn’t nervous at all, and the other is too nervous. You two complement each other perfectly.” Angers smiled, then took a sip of tea and said, “Come on, let me show you something.”
He put down his teacup and pressed the red button hidden in the drawer.
The next second, the tea table and chairs where the three of them were sitting began to sink.
Lu Mingfei was a little flustered, thinking it was an earthquake, while Gu Ran looked around. He knew they were heading into the underground mountains.
That's where the ice cellar is located.
The place where they were sitting became an elevator, an elevator that encompassed everything, including Angers' wine cabinet.
The ice cellar is not just a warehouse or exhibition hall; it is a collective term for the college's underground buildings, and its space is much larger than the above-ground part.
Beneath the ice cellar lies Norma's mainframe, heavy experimental equipment, and even a subway train leading outside!
Angers proudly declared, "This place combines modern technology and alchemical techniques; no one can intrude upon it!"
"Old Tang came down earlier, didn't he?" Gu Ran retorted.
Chapter 276 Beneath the Ice Cellar
Hearing Gu Ran's sarcastic remark, Lu Mingfei kindly tried to defend the principal, saying, "Old Tang... he's a dragon, not human. The security measures in the ice cellar are so good, no one will be missed."
"Oh..." Gu Ran nodded, "So that means it can't defend against dragons!"
Angers was a little embarrassed. He had let Old Tang in, but he couldn't tell the students about it.
"Hey? There seems to be a mouse over there..." Gu Ran pointed to a spot not far away, "Can't you even keep mice out?"
"Damn it, it really is a rat!" Lu Mingfei exclaimed. "The security here is completely unreliable!"
"Alright, alright, you two, stop your stand-up comedy!"
Angers' face darkened. He pretended not to see the rat, but the rat started squeaking as if showing off that it had arrived at the most heavily guarded part of the Kassel College.