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"Thank you, Nuwa!" Lianhua said gratefully.
Gu Ran patted Lianhua's head: "Go play with Sister Xiaoqiang."
“Okay!” Lianhua took Su Xiaoqiang’s hand and led him to the floor-to-ceiling windows to look at the Bund view together.
Gu Ran followed Nuwa to the suite where she usually played games.
This time, the young girl didn't play games, but instead sat on the tea table on the balcony, tilting her head at Gu Ran to signal him to sit down.
Nuwa's maid, Du Huimin, came over with a tea set. She had already boiled water and brewed a pot of tea for the two of them. She also brought some tea snacks. Finally, she indicated that everything was ready and then slowly withdrew.
Nuwa stretched out her delicate white hand and poured Gu Ran a cup of tea: "You did a good job in Japan before, helping our overseas people avoid disasters. Very good."
Gu Ran blew on the steam rising from the tea and took a small sip.
Top-grade Da Hong Pao, formerly a royal delicacy, is truly a fine tea.
Gu Ran's taste in tea has improved considerably. After all, he often goes to the principal's office to drink tea, and he can tell whether a cup is good or bad with just one sip.
"Is there a reward?" Gu Ran asked the little girl.
“Your company is rent-free here, and I’ll even allocate a floor for you to use. You can rent it out or convert it into an employee recreation center.”
"Wow!" Gu Ran raised an eyebrow and smiled, "Thanks."
Actually, he doesn't need any reward, since he's already received what he should.
Moreover, the physical reward that Nuwa gave him was essentially equivalent to owing him a favor, which was much better than any other reward.
"I heard you're getting engaged, and I don't have any gift for you." Nuwa clapped her hands lightly, and Du Huimin came in carrying an ancient sandalwood gift box, handing it to Gu Ran with both hands.
Gu Ran took it. The ancient sandalwood was obviously very old, and it was carved with simple and exquisite patterns. The box alone was worth a lot of money.
"I... opened it?" Gu Ran asked.
Nuwa nodded her chin.
After opening the box, there was a pair of cups inside. Gu Ran reached out and touched them. The cups were made of mutton fat jade. They were pure white and translucent, and felt very warm to the touch. They were excellent jade cups.
“In the past, weddings were conducted with proper ceremony and involved three teas and six rites. So, to celebrate the newlyweds, guests would present them with fine tea sets.” Nuwa gently raised her hand, and Du Huimin immediately and sensibly placed a box of tea leaves in her palm.
"And there's some top-quality tea from those three old trees, you're lucky." The young girl also gave the tea to Gu Ran, but her eyes were fixed on the tea box as she gave it to him, as if she was a little reluctant to part with it.
Gu Ran immediately took the tea leaves and hugged them to his chest. Something that this little girl was reluctant to part with must be a good thing!
When Nuwa saw his appearance, she suddenly chuckled: "You're about to get married, yet you still act like a child."
"Mind your own business!" Gu Ran hugged the tea leaves tightly, seemingly determined not to return them no matter what.
Nuwa shook her head, took another sip of tea, and said, "Tell me about the White King."
Gu Ran put the gift aside and began to tell Nuwa about the White King's affairs, as well as the whereabouts of the royal bloodline family.
The way Nuwa acts is different from the Secret Party. The Secret Party's principles cannot tolerate imperial blood, but Nuwa doesn't care. Nuwa only needs to take care of the safety of the great Eastern country. Although she is curious about what happens outside, she doesn't want to interfere.
Moreover, Gu Ran was also worried that if the imperial bloodline got out of control in the future, at least Nuwa would know about it.
That's why Gu Ran didn't bring Erii back to China; he knew that Nuwa would definitely not agree to let a time bomb be placed there.
"The King of Bronze and Fire, the King of Earth and Mountains, the White King." Nuwa frowned slightly. "The awakening of the Dragon Kings is a bit too frequent."
"Uesugi Kotsushi speculates that the Dragon King's awakening was artificially controlled," Gu Ran told Nuwa.
"In the past, the throne was in the west, and the battlefield was in the east." Nuwa held her teacup in her small hands, pondering for a moment, "Will the Far East become a battlefield again?"
Gu Ran also frowned and pondered. The three Dragon Kings all awoke in the Far East. This might be a coincidence, or perhaps the Dragon King's cocoon was hidden in the Far East back then.
There must be some secret hidden in the Far East.
"Well, since I'm here, I might as well make the best of it." Nuwa poured herself another cup of tea and took a sip.
"By the way, Nuwa, I have something else to tell you." Gu Ran then got down to business.
"What's the matter?"
"Have you ever thought about what will happen after the war between kings ends?"
Nuwa frowned slightly, looked up at Gu Ran and said, "It's nothing more than a new war between hybrid races."
“Yes, that’s exactly what I’m worried about.” Gu Ran looked at Nuwa and said, “I’m worried that some hybrids have already started planning the next war.”
Nuwa immediately understood Gu Ran's meaning.
Wars between kings are nothing more than battles between the new king and the old king. Either the old king maintains his former glory, or the new king ascends the throne and tramples the old king underfoot.
But the new king might not necessarily be a dragon; he could be a hybrid. She had actually already foreseen this.
"Continue," Nuwa said to Gu Ran.
“I’m worried that while someone is eliminating the old king, they might also be purging the world’s hybrid families.” Gu Ran looked at Nuwa and said seriously, “As the saying goes, you can guard against anything day or night, but it’s hard to guard against a thief within your own family. All alliances often begin to crumble from within.”
Having heard all this, Nuwa understood. She closed her eyes slightly, as if deep in thought.
Seeing the earnest look on her face, Gu Ran didn't dare to disturb her and simply drank her tea quietly.
About fifteen minutes later, Nuwa opened her eyes, looked at Gu Ran, and said, "The Chen family."
"The Chen family?" Gu Ran was taken aback.
"I'll handle this matter. You don't need to worry about it. I'll protect the Zhang family." Nuwa stood up, put her hands behind her back, and walked into the room. After taking a few steps, she turned back to Gu Ran and said, "Do as you please."
"Oh..." Gu Ran watched her disappearing figure. The girl seemed to be very serious, thinking about something important.
It is rare to see Nuwa in such a contemplative state.
*……*……*
After spending two days in Shanghai with Lianhua, Gu Ran and the other two flew back to Binhai City.
Su Xiaoqiang had promised Lianhua that she would become a flower girl, so little Lianhua had been very happy these days, spending all her time shopping for clothes with Su Xiaoqiang.
Therefore, their suitcases are now filled with all sorts of clothes, all of which they bought in the past few days.
As they walked out of the airport departure hall, Su Xiaoqiang's driver was already waiting to help the three of them with their luggage.
The Bentley carried the three of them onto the overpass once again. Gu Ran remained vigilant, but this time it was still safe. Nibelungen did not appear to take him inside.
The fact that Nibelungen appears here is quite unusual, but some things are missing key information, so it's hard to understand.
On June 30, 1908, the Tunguska event caused a shockwave that shattered windows 650 kilometers away, leading people in the vicinity to mistakenly believe that the sun had risen early.
On August 30, 1900, the Summer of Mourning, a mysterious ancient corpse awakened, the Kassel Manor was destroyed, the Lionheart Society was wiped out, and the only survivor was Hilbert Jean Angers.
On the night of December 25, 1991, a violent explosion occurred at an ice-covered port north of Verkhoyansk, and a group of fighter jets sent to reconnoiter the area were attacked by mysterious creatures.
On November 7, 2002, in the Greenland Sea, the executive department of Kassel College went to investigate the mysterious heartbeat. In the depths of the icy sea, they encountered an enemy suspected to be the Dragon King. Only one and a half people survived.
……
There have been nearly a hundred major events related to the dragon race over the past century. Some of them can be found in Norma's database, while others have been concealed and no clues can be found.
"Never mind." Gu Ran suddenly chuckled. The truth of the world was not important to him at all. He only needed to deal with that Arctic Circle thing and prevent Odin from triggering Ragnarok prematurely.
Does anything else matter? No, it doesn't.
So Gu Ran focused all his attention on the present moment, thinking about what he needed most right now.
The story ends next Christmas.
In other words, there is less than a year and a half left until the final moment of Ragnarok.
What else can he do in the time that's left?
"Gu Ran, we've arrived," Su Xiaoqiang said, shaking the car window as Gu Ran stared blankly out the window.
"Sorry, I was thinking about something." Gu Ran smiled and opened the car door.
Mr. and Mrs. Su were already waiting at the door.
"Dad, I missed you so much!" Gu Ran opened her arms and walked towards Su's father, wanting to hug him.
When Su's father heard Gu Ran call him "Dad" in a carefree manner, he thought to himself that a son-in-law is also a son, and this child is sensible, so he opened his arms to hug him.
Unexpectedly, after Gu Ran approached Su's father, she suddenly put her hands under Su's armpits, lifted Su's father high in the air, and spun him around twice.
"Holy crap!" Before he knew it, Su's father had been spinning around in the air twice before Gu Ran put him down.
Mr. Su's face flushed red. It was a little embarrassing for someone who was almost sixty years old to be lifted up and spun around like that.
Seeing her father's embarrassed expression, Su Xiaoqiang couldn't help but burst into laughter, standing to the side with her hands on her hips.
Mr. Su felt even more embarrassed and turned to walk into the living room.
After teasing Su's father, Gu Ran looked at Su's mother.
"I want to play the games of being lifted high and spun around too!" Su's mother asked her son-in-law.
"Okay!" So Gu Ran lifted Su's mother up and spun her around in the air, making her giggle.
The mother and daughter's laughter was somewhat similar, and Su's mother was well-maintained; the two looked like sisters.
Chapter 557 Father Su's Overseas Assets
"Are you Lianhua?" Mother Su slowly squatted down and patted Lianhua's head.
"It's me, Auntie!" Lianhua greeted her with a very polite bow.
"So well-behaved, so polite, just as cute as my Xiaoqiang when he was little," Su's mother said with a smile.
"Really? I don't believe it," Gu Ran said, sounding like a typical straight man.
Su Xiaoqiang clicked her tongue, pinched the flesh of his buttocks, and then slapped him hard.
"See, you've shown your true colors!" Gu Ran laughed and ran into the house.
Su Xiaoqiang followed him inside, yelling, "You stinky man, don't let me catch you!"
Mother Su chuckled. The house hadn't been this lively in a long time. She took Xiao Lianhua's hand and led her into the house, saying, "Let's go inside and chat."
As soon as Gu Ran entered the house, she smelled the aroma of food.
Mr. and Mrs. Su had calculated the time they would be home and had already instructed the family chef to prepare the meal. When they arrived, the cold dishes were already on the table, and the meal was about to begin.
After dinner, Lianhua took a liking to Su Xiaoqiang's big dog, so she went out for a walk. Su Xiaoqiang and his mother accompanied her, and they played with the dog in the large garden.
Su's father and Gu Ran were chatting on the second-floor terrace.