Chapter 645: Making New Friends
In the bus.
The Base Commander contentedly devoured a feast, cradled his belly, and got off the bus, heading toward the base building.
It had been agreed that they would go to the Kunlun Mountain Range in three days.
He needed to quickly deal with the base’s affairs to sort out the mess first.
Meanwhile, the Bai Family planned to strengthen and consolidate their superpowers in the next few days.
After eating, Bai Zhengxuan and Liu Jing beamed as they held a fruit platter, sitting on either side and taking turns feeding Bai Xiqin.
"Grandpa and Grandma, I... hiccup~ I’m full!"
Bai Xiqin patted her round belly and reluctantly ate an apple chunk Liu Jing offered her.
"Full already? How come you eat so little?" Liu Jing put down the fruit platter and mumbled, "The girl’s too skinny, should I give you some digestive pills, maybe eat more after taking them?"
"Right, right! Xiao Niu, do you have any in your space? If not, Grandpa and Grandma will go collect some!" Bai Zhengxuan nodded earnestly.
No matter how much Bai Xiqin ate, they always thought Xiao Niu ate too little and needed to eat more.
When others couldn’t even fill their bellies, only Bai Zhengxuan and Liu Jing thought Xiao Niu needed digestive pills!
"No need, I ate quite a lot, I have something to do, I have to go out for a bit!"
Upon hearing her grandparents, Bai Xiqin immediately stood up from the sofa, grabbed Bai Yifan, who was watching the fun, and ran off the bus.
"Seems like we need to make more tasty dishes."
Bai Zhengxuan earnestly picked up a cookbook and began studying it.
Bai Anhai, who was absorbing energy from the crystal core: ...
Comparisons are odious.
When he was young, they would hang him up and hit him if he didn’t eat.
Yet his daughter ate so much, and the old couple suspected their cooking skills had problems?
Bai Anhai fell into contemplation.
Could it be... he’s not their biological son?
"Sis, have Grandpa and Grandma gone crazy?"
Bai Yifan sneaked a glance at the stuffed Bai Xiqin and chuckled wickedly.
He had to admit, seeing his sister like this made him quite happy.
"Do you believe I’ll go back and tell Grandpa and Grandma that you hit me?"
Bai Xiqin glanced at Bai Yifan, who was laughing wickedly, and spouted nonsense boldly.
"Sis, that lie is too clumsy! Everyone knows your superpower is stronger than mine; Grandpa and Grandma won’t believe it!"
Bai Yifan was unfazed by Bai Xiqin’s "false accusations".
"Is that so? I’ll try when I go back." Bai Xiqin replied calmly.
Bai Yifan scratched his head, pondering his grandparents’ recent behavior.
They’ve been treating his sister better and believe everything she says.
Even if they don’t believe it, they will still scold him to amuse his sister.
"I was wrong!"
Bai Yifan conceded decisively.
"Ha—"
As Bai Xiqin got off the bus, Leng Yebai followed and witnessed the siblings’ banter, suddenly laughing.
He had to admit, it was quite amusing.
Bai Yifan rolled his eyes at Leng Yebai, who came over unknowingly,
"Brother Leng, don’t laugh at me. This is temporary for me; you’re different—you have to deal with it for a lifetime!"
This was a fact.
In the future, either Bai Xiqin would invite Leng Yebai as a son-in-law, or Bai Yifan would marry out.
He won’t always be bullied by his sister.
But Leng Yebai, he’ll definitely be bullied for life.
Forget about divorce or breakup, Leng Yebai wouldn’t dare—Bai Family would surely beat him to death if he dared to break up or cheat!
Overall, Leng Yebai can’t turn things around this lifetime!
Bai Yifan found some schadenfreude in that.
Thinking about it this way, he didn’t feel so pitiful; it was Leng Yebai who was truly unfortunate!
"Thank you!"
To Bai Yifan’s surprise, Leng Yebai wasn’t angry and instead sincerely thanked Bai Yifan.
Wasn’t that a blessing for him and Xiao Niu to grow old together!
This brother-in-law is quite nice!
Bai Yifan: ...
Bai Yifan suspected Brother Leng might have misunderstood.
"Ahem, sis, where are we going?"
Bai Yifan glanced around, realizing that the path they were on led out of the safe base.
Soon, they reached the gate.
"To the gate, I’ll introduce you to a friend."
Bai Xiqin waved a box of candied fruit and handed it to Bai Yifan.
She had just taken it from her space—it was made from apricots and peaches produced there.
"Who is this for? What friend?"
Bai Yifan blinked.
"Hong Yu, chat with him, maybe you two will get along." Bai Xiqin replied.
"Oh." Bai Yifan nodded, juggled the weighty candied fruit, and curiously whispered, "Is he someone really awesome in the future, getting chummy for future help?"
If that was the case, Bai Yifan figured a good chat was due with this unseen friend.
Though his superpower is weak, befriending powerhouses wouldn’t hurt.
"Sort of!" Bai Xiqin nodded serenely, "He is indeed remarkable in the future!"
"How remarkable?" Bai Yifan’s eyes gleamed.
The more remarkable, the more he wanted to befriend this powerhouse.
"Can kill everyone in a safe base alone, does that count?" Bai Xiqin said.
"Counts...as remarkable." Bai Yifan paused, belatedly asking, "Then is he a villain?"
"Kind of! Know what ’Man Slaughter’ means? That’s him." Bai Xiqin grinned, ignoring Bai Yifan’s paling face.
"Can I not befriend him?" Bai Yifan murmured, stroking the box of candied fruit, "Maybe I’ll just eat these myself!"
"Don’t worry! He currently appears as an ordinary good man, likely hasn’t become the ’Man Slaughter’. Just be cautious, you’re only giving him a box of candied fruit, nothing will happen!"
Bai Xiqin solemnly patted Bai Yifan’s shoulder.
"What if he’s a good pretender and guts me in one swipe? I’d be done for!" Bai Yifan still felt uneasy.
He wanted to live until Xiao Ling’er grew up!
After all, they had agreed to marry when grown up!
Can’t be irresponsible now!
"Absolutely no problem! Even if you... well! Your sis will definitely avenge you!"
Bai Xiqin declared righteously.
"Your brother-in-law would avenge you too!"
Leng Yebai added from behind Bai Yifan.
Bai Yifan: ...
Thanks, but wasn’t comforted—instead, more anxious.
Quickly, the three of them arrived at the gate.
From afar, Bai Yifan spotted a boy, seemingly of similar age, standing at the gate, holding an infrared thermometer.
He looked harmless.
This is the ’Man Slaughter’?
Could his sister be deceiving him?
Bai Xiqin nudged Bai Yifan, signaling for him to go and chat.
Bai Yifan scratched his head, scrutinized Hong Yu, but still couldn’t see him as dangerous.
Just an ordinary high school boy.
"Hi, I’m Bai Yifan, want to be friends?"
Bai Yifan bit the bullet and approached Hong Yu, handing him the box of candied fruit.
Hong Yu stared blankly at the boy suddenly appearing before him, turned his head, and caught sight of the pretty sister he’d seen earlier today.
"Is... is it you guys, anything you need?"
Hong Yu avoided the candied fruit Bai Yifan offered, took two steps toward Bai Xiqin, embarrassingly blushing, and stammered when speaking to her.
A typical shy boy.
Hard to associate with the infamous ’Man Slaughter’.