Chapter 7

On a cool summer night, with a bright moon and sparse stars, a girl in a white dress with long hair sat in a small private room of an elegantly decorated café, idly stirring her coffee with a small white porcelain spoon.

Across from her, a short-haired girl was in full swing, her mouth like a machine gun, chattering non-stop. The two had been chatting from noon until evening.

To be precise, it was the short-haired girl who had been talking all the way until evening, while Han Jiangxue occasionally responded, looking somewhat absent-minded.

The short-haired girl didn't mind much. She knew Han Jiangxue's personality well, having grown up together, they could be considered "childhood sweethearts" and knew each other inside out.

In fact, the short-haired girl was quite satisfied that Han Jiangxue was willing to sit there all afternoon, listening to her vent.

"Cuckoo!"

A cuckoo's call, and Han Jiangxue, propping her chin in her hand, finally changed her bored coffee-stirring motion.

Han Jiangxue took out her phone from her bag, her expression slightly odd.

"What's wrong? What happened? Did someone confess to you again?" The short-haired girl immediately became interested, her eyes shining as she hurriedly moved next to Han Jiangxue.

After glancing at the message on her phone, Han Jiangxue quickly put it away and said, "Xia Yan, I have to go home."

"Leaving so early..." Xia Yan, the short-haired girl, stopped mid-sentence, a bit embarrassed. It was almost eight o'clock, and Han Jiangxue had listened to her vent for the whole afternoon. "Alright, I'll see you home, but you have to tell me who sent you the message and what it said."

"Whatever." Han Jiangxue stood up and left.

"Hey, my short temper..." Xia Yan watched her leave, quickly getting up and following her, though her words were not sincere.

...

Three minutes earlier.

...

In Jiangbin City, East District, Garden Community, Building G7, Unit 1, Room 701.

Jiang Xiao looked out the window at the night, still a bit worried.

In the memories he had integrated, Han Jiangxue had never come home this late before. He didn't know where the girl had gone to have fun.

He had called her twice, and she had casually "hmm" and hung up. On the third call, she told him to go downstairs and buy instant noodles.

Jiang Xiao: ???

If it weren't for the memories and emotions of the integrated Jiang Xiaopi, Jiang Xiao wouldn't have bothered with this woman, or rather, this girl.

Han Jiangxue was an Awakened, so she probably wouldn't run into any trouble, right?

But that wasn't necessarily true, as the danger level in this world had increased. What if the criminals were also Awakened?

Putting aside the danger, what if Han Jiangxue had gone out drinking and singing, and someone had taken advantage of her?

Well, Han Jiangxue didn't seem like the type to go to nightclubs and dance.

Sigh, born as a younger brother, but worrying like a father.

Jiang Xiao shook his head helplessly. He had spent the afternoon searching for information at home, deepening his understanding of this world and the so-called Star Power. It was only now that he remembered he had something important to do.

The important thing was to delete his black history.

The black history, of course, was Jiang Xiaopi's Weibo.

Jiang Xiao entered the account and password from memory, opened Weibo, and saw the name "Jiang Xiaopi Pi Pi Pi."

Fortunately, the previous Jiang Xiaopi had just opened the Weibo account today, and there were no posts yet. The self-introduction video from noon had not been posted.

However, there was one post before that:

I'm going to be a dad!

Jiang Xiao looked at the Weibo post on the screen and nodded silently. Indeed, it was bold and straightforward.

Hey? There was actually a response below?

Jiang Xiao quickly opened the reply and saw that it was from someone called "Old Fisher."

And it was a reply 20 minutes after the post: "Delete the Weibo immediately."

Old Fisher?

Jiang Xiao blinked. This question I can answer: "A lone fisherman in a straw rain cape, fishing in the cold river snow."

Cold River Snow?

Han Jiangxue?

Oh?

The name was quite poetic.

It seems Han Jiangxue was still paying close attention to how Jiang Xiaopi was causing trouble.

Speaking of which, why did the newly opened Weibo already have 34 followers?

Jiang Xiao clicked on each follower and found that they were mostly sellers and zombie followers matched by the Weibo software.

Among these 34 followers, there was probably only one real person, and that was Han Jiangxue.

There seemed to be some room for maneuver here.

Jiang Xiao thought for a moment, deleted the only post, and started typing.

One minute later, after pondering the wording, he clicked to post.

At the same time, in the café, Han Jiangxue's phone made a "cuckoo" sound.

Han Jiangxue had chosen to specially follow Jiang Xiaopi's Weibo, so she didn't even need to unlock her phone to see the post:

Jiang Xiaopi Pi Pi Pi

Just now from Weibo wb.cn

A boring night, so lonely, I want to go out and have fun. If I can't hold on for ten more minutes...

PS: Day 1 of liking Little Jiangxue.

In the café, Han Jiangxue put away her phone, pushed Xia Yan away, and said, "I have to go home."

...

Back to the present.

...

A black Jeep roared back to the entrance of the Garden Community, scaring the security guard with a sudden stop.

Han Jiangxue moved quickly, opening the car door and running into the community.

"Hey! Xiaoxue, remember our agreement, I'll come to pick you up in three days, and we'll go on an adventure together!" Xia Yan opened the passenger window, leaning out to look at the quickly retreating figure.

Han Jiangxue didn't even turn her head, just waving casually.

"Hey! You, can't you even look at me for a second?" Xia Yan grumbled, stomping on the gas pedal.

Han Jiangxue couldn't care less. Her little brother had been behaving well, but now he seemed to be acting up again?

No, she had to stop it in time!

If that didn't work, then a slap would do!

Han Jiangxue quickly returned home, opened the door, and glanced at the clock in the living room. It was still within ten minutes.

This place...

So clean and tidy, did this kid do a thorough cleaning at home?

Han Jiangxue looked around the living room and went to Jiang Xiao's door, pushing it open without hesitation.

What she saw was Jiang Xiao standing by the window, his body still somewhat thin.

At that moment, Jiang Xiao stood by the window, in the dim light, with a faint starlight flickering around him, thin Star Power surrounding him.

Was he absorbing Star Power?

Where was the sign of going out to have fun?

Jiang Xiao suddenly said, "You're back?"

Han Jiangxue: ???

Jiang Xiao: "Do you believe I can make you fish-flavored shredded pork, sweet and sour fish, and beef and potato soup?"

Han Jiangxue raised an eyebrow, her voice tinged with sarcasm, "You?"

Jiang Xiao chuckled, turned around, and said, "Don't believe it? Then why don't you go cook?"

Han Jiangxue: "..."

Jiang Xiao turned around and said, "From now on, you cook, and I'll do the dishes, sweep, and clean. Got it? Come back on time every day."

Han Jiangxue took a deep breath, feeling a vein throb on her forehead, and said, "Your Star Power is full again, right?"

"Huh?"

Han Jiangxue went to the wardrobe, opened it, and pulled out a set of sportswear, saying, "Change into this."

Jiang Xiao looked at Han Jiangxue warily, "What are you going to do?"

Han Jiangxue said coldly, "Your body is too weak, you can only gather a little Star Power. You need to strengthen your body now."

"Now?"

"Yes, let's go for a night run." Han Jiangxue turned and walked out of the room, saying, "Five minutes, I'll change."

"I'm still hungry." Jiang Xiao said dejectedly.

"You don't need to eat dinner, it's for weight loss." Han Jiangxue's voice drifted from far away.

Weight loss?

With my stick-thin figure? Weight loss?

Are you a devil?