“I was born from a woman who stole my dad’s genes. She wanted to be my dad’s wife, but me? I’m really a little useless. My star beast body is only this small, the one you’ve seen, and… and my Jingshen is only an F.”
“She thought I was too useless, so she abandoned me and sold me to my dad.”
When it came to Xiao Yuanyi abandoning her, Ruan Shu’s tone held no sadness; instead, it carried a sense of relief.
Ruan Linzhan looked at her, tears streaming down her face while she still smiled, and he felt an indescribable emotion swell in his heart. His hands moved more gently.
As he sprayed medicine on her hand, she let out a small hiss when the liquid touched the wound, instinctively pulling her hand back.
Her delicate little face, marked by a sense of brokenness, looked quite pitiful.
“Big cousin.”
Ruan Shu called out to him.
“Hmm?”
“I was carried out by a sister from big brother’s office, but I encountered an insect beast. Can we… can we look for her?”
Ruan Linzhan finished bandaging her wound and moved to the other hand.
The other hand was more severely injured, with shards of glass embedded in her palm.
“Sure. What characteristics does she have?”
Ruan Linzhan glanced at the little girl, estimating that she couldn’t endure the pain of having the glass pulled out, so he found a bottle of anesthetic spray in the medical kit.
“She was wearing a uniform from big brother’s company, with a work badge, and had golden hair. Her star beast form is a lynx.”
After Ruan Shu finished speaking, she looked down at her hand and saw him extracting a piece of glass from her palm with tweezers.
Her beautiful eyes reflected a mix of confusion and wonder. “Why doesn’t it hurt?”
But the blood had already stained her entire palm red.
Ruan Linzhan replied, “I sprayed some anesthetic on you. You’ll regain sensation in an hour.”
After stopping the bleeding, applying the medicine, and bandaging her injuries, he tapped a black device near his ear and spoke softly.
“Attention, the star beast form is a lynx. A female employee from Fengxin Group discovered her. Please report the situation to me.”
Ruan Shu looked at him with bright, shining eyes.
“Thank you, brother!”
“Let me take a look at your foot.”
Ruan Shu obediently stretched out her foot.
“Just some abrasions from falling on the ground.”
Ruan Shu nodded, “There were also some big stones that fell.”
She lifted her wrist, “It seems like this emitted light, and then the stones didn’t hit me.”
Ruan Linzhan glanced at her bracelet; it looked somewhat familiar. Did it have an energy device installed?
“Where did you get it?”
Ruan Shu answered honestly, “Almer put it on me.”
Ruan Linzhan “…………”
Okay, now he understood why it looked familiar.
He had seen reports about it before; there was news about the emperor’s emergence, and the previous emperor had worn that bracelet since his emergence, except it didn’t have the black gem on it.
After treating Ruan Shu’s injuries, she was wrapped in bandages on her hands and feet, with a patch on her face, looking even more fragile.
“I’ll take you to the car to rest.”
Ruan Shu was lifted into his arms.
“Brother, can you… can you help me contact big brother and grandpa?”
“They won’t be in any danger.”
Ruan Shu weakly said, “I’m afraid… I’m afraid they’ll worry if they can’t find me.”
Ruan Linzhan replied, “Alright.”
Ruan Shu was obediently held by him, looking up at him eagerly.
Her big cousin looked so gentle.
Suddenly, she recalled the image of this ‘gentle’ cousin fiercely firing a cannon at the insect beast.
Ruan Shu “…………”
So fierce and wild!
Ruan He’s communication was connected, and the large white qilin tiger seemed to be anxiously digging through the rubble. The location looked somewhat familiar—wasn’t it big brother’s company?
“Roar!”
Not far away, there was also a black qilin tiger, both tigers were agitated and furious. At the moment the video connected, they saw the black qilin tiger menacingly run over to a dead insect beast, stomp on its head, and then bite and tear it apart like a ball before throwing it away.
“Grandpa.”
Upon hearing Ruan Shu’s voice, the white qilin tiger’s ears perked up, quickly rushing to the virtual projection screen, its tiger eyes wide open in shock.
“Roar!!!”
‘Shushu!’
The black qilin tiger immediately rolled and crawled over upon hearing the voice, trying to shove the old man aside, but it got swatted a few times.
“Big brother.”
Ruan Shu called out, and the black qilin tiger finally reacted, its eyes fixed on her face without blinking.
Both of them transformed into their human forms, the old man crying and laughing at the same time, his expression filled with the excitement of having survived a disaster.
“Shushu, my dear granddaughter, you scared your grandpa to death.”
He regretted taking the little one out today.
“Where are you?”
Ruan Fengsi also had red eyes, urgently asking. After the war broke out, the two had rushed back as fast as they could, but it seemed they were still too late.
Following Ruan Shu’s terminal location, they only found a slightly damaged personal terminal, but no sign of her.
The two qilin tigers immediately went wild, crazily slaughtering the insect beasts and star thieves.
They could only comfort themselves that Shushu was alright.
With tears welling in her eyes, Ruan Shu choked out the story of how the secretary sister had helped her escape.
“The secretary sister told me to run while she fought that insect beast. Then a small vine saved me, and finally, it was big cousin.”
Ruan He then shifted his gaze to Ruan Linzhan.
“Grandson, it’s you!”
“Brother, when did you come back?”
Then the two of them spoke in unison, “It’s good to be back!”
Ruan Linzhan “…………”
Why don’t you say it’s a lucky return?
“We’ll come find you.”
This was directed at Ruan Shu.
Ruan Shu obediently nodded.
After the communication ended, Ruan Linzhan placed her in the war vehicle. “I have to go do something first.”
Just as he turned, his clothing was grabbed. Ruan Shu looked anxious and uneasy. “Brother, can you… can you give me that doll? I… I’m scared.”
Only then did Ruan Linzhan remember the little thing he had picked up and took the black qilin tiger plush toy out of his pocket, handing it to her.
Ruan Shu held the black qilin tiger plush toy tightly in her small hands, which were still wrapped in bandages.
“Thank you, brother.”
Seeing her so obedient, Ruan Linzhan instinctively raised his hand, paused for a moment, and awkwardly ruffled her little head.
“They will come to find you soon.”
This time, Ruan Linzhan truly left, and the car was left with only Ruan Shu.
She curled up in the seat, clutching the small toy. The little vine wrapped around her wrist a couple of times, gently tapping her arm as if to comfort her, assuring her not to be afraid because it was there.
Ruan Shu looked at the little vine, biting her lip and revealing a somewhat tired smile.
She felt both pain and exhaustion but didn’t dare to fall asleep.
About five minutes later, the car door suddenly swung open. Ruan Shu looked up and met a pair of familiar, golden eyes.
He hadn’t had time to fold away his dragon wings behind him and was slightly out of breath. Seeing the small girl curled up in the seat, looking like she could shatter and disappear at any moment, he extended his arms to lift her carefully, holding her gently in his embrace.