Chapter 256

Translator: Onlyfornovels

Translation Checker: 7qqy

Editor: yuki_shuichi

Greenfly Island Special Training Base.

Instructor Hong Xie is currently giving the students a tactical class. These days, instructor Hong Xie has reorganized the PPT, temporarily putting aside the strategy tactics personally designed by Bai Chunian to avoid stirring up emotions for the children, who end up crying uncontrollably during class.

He himself doesn’t want to dwell too much on that person, still lamenting that Bai Chunian didn’t even come back to the island to see their old friends one last time before leaving.

But they all know that before Bai Chunian went to the research institute, his condition had deteriorated. His body was no longer what it used to be, riddled with wounds, and it wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say that he looked weak and pale, not wanting any good friends to see him like that.

Perhaps death was a relief for him, no longer having to suffer because of his deteriorating health, enduring a lifetime of agony and fear.

Outside the classroom, at the end of the corridor, there suddenly came a series of hurried footsteps. The students at the podium couldn’t help but look out the window together, curious about who was recklessly rushing through the teaching building.

Surprisingly, the classroom door was kicked open, and Lu Yan led a group of students from the combat class rushing in.

Seeing this situation, Hong Xie realized something was amiss. The quiet students in his class couldn’t possibly match the hot-headed students from the combat class in a fight. He quickly rolled up his sleeves and went forward to intercept, saying, “What’s going on with you guys? Combining classes to start a fight?”

Lu Yan, excitedly bouncing around, exclaimed, “Chu-geis back! Hurry up and go meet him!”

Upon hearing this, the students in the class exploded with excitement. Ignoring the instructor’s words, they dashed out, causing Hong Xie to stumble.

“These little rascals…” Hong Xie steadied himself against the podium and looked up, only to find that everyone had run off. “Who’s back?”

The entire teaching area suddenly became chaotic, with students running around like headless chickens. Upon hearing that Chu-gehad returned, students from other classrooms didn’t hesitate and followed Lu Yan outside. Left behind, the instructors at the podium were left bewildered, their faces full of confusion as they followed suit.

While hurrying out, Hong Xie bumped into his colleague, Instructor Dai Ning, who was heading the same way. He quickly caught up and asked, “Where are we going?”

Dai Ning’s face lit up with joy. “Just now, Rimbaud called and said he brought Bai Chunian back. The kids are extremely excited, especially that little bunny. The classroom was in chaos, so I figured since class couldn’t proceed anyway, we might as well go take a look.”

“Is it true?” Hong Xie asked, half in belief, half in doubt, but he also quickened his pace. “Bai Chunian isn’t… well, I hope Rimbaud didn’t bring… didn’t bring back a coffin. Make sure to confirm with him. I’m afraid the kids will be disappointed.”

“Oh, you’re so unlucky. Hurry up.”

The trainees poured out of the teaching area like ants, running across the training ground, past the central flagpole bearing the fluttering flag on the playground, through the coconut grove at the edge of the special training base, and onto the beach, their shoes filled with sand, their eyes gradually blurred by the mist from the sea breeze.

The experimental subjects living in the newly built apartment saw them from the window and, without understanding why, followed them downstairs, joining the frenzy of children running on the ground toward the sea.

Lu Yan jumped onto the highest rock by the beach, raised his binoculars to the horizon, and after searching for a while, spotted an oceanographic research vessel:

“They’re here! I see Rimbaud!”

Golden Silk Spider was also a little excited. He squeezed through the crowd, tiptoed carefully to look into the distance. Being short and surrounded by too many people, the mummy squatted down, put Golden Silk Spider on his neck, and stood up again.

The crew on the research vessel were using binoculars on the deck to observe Greenfly Island. The scientists were puzzled. Although they had obtained permission from the IOA to approach Greenfly Island for investigation, it wasn’t expected to be greeted with such a grand welcoming ceremony.

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The students on the shore immediately boiled with excitement when they saw Rimbaud, shouting “Instructor Bai” and “LaoNe” excitedly, unable to resist stepping into the water, wading through to greet him, not caring that their training uniforms, pants, and shoes were soaked.

A group of children rushed towards the research vessel, but only saw Rimbaud, not seeing Chu-ge, feeling a bit puzzled.

“Where’s Chu-ge?” Lu Yan raised his head and tiptoed on the deck, his erect rabbit ears swaying, unable to see any trace of Bai Chunian everywhere, his excited heart suddenly cooled halfway.

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But Rimbaud patted the railing, and a snowy white shadow darted out from behind him. Before Lu Yan could see what it was, something pounced towards him, and he was suddenly knocked down, landing straight into the clear and transparent shallows, splashing large waves of water.

As Lu Yan sat up, spitting out seawater, his hair was all wet, sticking to his cheeks. A round-headed, round-eared fluffy white lion cub sat proudly on top of Lu Yan’s head, carrying a plastic milk bottle in a spider silk net pouch around its body, showing off its sharp beast fangs, roaring majestically at the students:

“Roar — Growl —!”

The lively welcome party suddenly fell silent.

But the unique brandy pheromones emanating from the little white lion powerfully proved that this was their devil instructor, known as the Nemean Lion, without a doubt.

The students looked at each other in bewilderment, staring dumbfoundedly at this adorable little creature.

Instructor Hong Xie chuckled, “This little thing… Haha, hahaha, you’re something else.”

“Um, can I touch him?” Golden Silk Spider wanted to touch it a bit, but first looked up at Rimbaud for permission. However, Rimbaud was no longer on the research vessel but had swum to a slightly distant place, floating on the sea with a piece of water-transforming steel floating ice, resting with his face up, seemingly tacitly allowing their long-awaited reunion, unwilling to be disturbed.

Golden Silk Spider carefully touched the little white lion’s head and chin, his cheeks slowly turning red with heat. “So soft, the fur is silky soft.”

The little white lion proudly puffed up its chest, and the milk bottle hanging from its body swayed a couple of times.

“I want to touch too! Let me touch Instructor Bai too! I want to, I want to!”

The students rushed forward, scrambling to touch the instructor, the scene momentarily getting out of control.

“Stop, stop.” Lu Yan hugged the little white lion into his arms. “He will feel uncomfortable for him if so many people touch him at once. You’ve messed up his head fur. Line up, line up, each person can only touch three times!” He had seen Bai Chunian’s white lion in its original form, so he immediately accepted Bai Chunian’s current state without any surprise.

“Why can you hug the instructor while we can only touch three times?”

“You touch my brother… no, wait,” Lu Yan thought again, this little thing still had a milk bottle hanging from its body, so it was inappropriate to call it his brother. Thus, he confidently said, “You touch my little brother, of course, I make the rules. Come on, line up.”

The little white lion didn’t struggle in Lu Yan’s arms, instead, it tilted his head and played with Lu Yan’s hair with its pink-pawed claws.

The students were eager to stroke the lion, automatically lining up one by one to touch him.

The instructors watched on helplessly, sharing a smile. Hong Xie watched the fluffy little creature lick its paws one moment and roll around exposing its belly the next, feeling a bit ticklish in his heart. “You know, it does look quite fun. Hmm, why don’t we join in…”

“Hey! Lorenzt has sneaked in!” Dai Ning spotted an intruder in the lion-stroking lineup. The sniper instructor had long been waiting in line to pet the little lion. With his hefty build and muscular arms, he now held the white lion and cooed at it, “Oh my, you’re such a good boy, aren’t you?”

Over a hundred people took turns petting the lion until it got dark. The little lion felt a bit tired and yawned in Lu Yan’s arms.

Lu Yan picked up the bottle on its back and brought it to his mouth.

The little lion was hungry and sniffed at the bottle, wanting to drink. Lu Yan teased him, “Call me, call me brother, and I’ll let you drink.Brother.”

The little white lion hadn’t developed this ability yet, he could only whimper.

Lu Yan patiently taught, “Bro—ther.”

“En!” The little white lion suddenly responded.

Lu Yan felt relieved, as if he had reclaimed some cheap advantage back from Bai Chunian.

As dusk fell, the cafeteria opened for dinner, and the instructors persuaded the students to disperse.

On the beach under the moonlight, only Lu Yan remained, along with the little lion cub sleeping soundly on the dry sand.

It wasn’t until then that Rimbaud returned.

He originally wanted to carry the little lion cub back to rest, but as soon as he crawled ashore, the little rabbit suddenly jumped up and hugged him.

“I thought you wouldn’t come back anymore.” Lu Yan hugged him tightly, his rabbit ears softly against him.

Rimbaud was first stunned, then slowly smiled, gently flicking Lu Yan’s tail ball. “bani. (Bunny)”

“Let’s go, I’ll take you to the cafeteria for dinner. There should be carrot pies and mixed grain sweet porridge tonight, they’re delicious. If we’re late, they’ll be gone. I’ll go and get some for you.”

“En.” Rimbaud bent down and picked upXiaoBai, who was snoring soundly, and followed Lu Yan to the island.

At night, Rimbaud carriedXiaoBai and climbed into the instructor’s single villa through the window. Because Bai Chunian’s room had been unoccupied for a long time, it was a bit dusty.

Rimbaud shook his tail tip and tapped the ground with it, releasing a mist of water vapor that spread throughout the room, purifying the entire house to be as clean as new.

He threwXiaoBai onto the bed, curled up into a half-ball, and wrappedXiaoBai in his arms. After yawning,XiaoBai tried to crawl out, so Rimbaud used the tip of his tail to roll it back in.

Having slept on the way from the beach, Xiao Bai was now energetic. On the bed, it tossed and turned, jumping up to bite Rimbaud’s tail tip. Rimbaud lay on his side on the bed, leisurely propping his head up, while his tail tip swayed in the air, teasingXiaoBai to play.

After getting tired from playing,XiaoBai ran over and rubbed its head against Rimbaud’s nose, then pressed its two paws on his chest one by one.

It seemed to realize that as long as it stepped on Rimbaud, it would get food, so it developed this habit.

Rimbaud lifted the nape ofXiaoBai’s neck and observed it carefully.

Since it was often carried around the world by Rimbaud by its nape, it inexplicably felt safe when lifted by its nape.XiaoBai behaved obediently, showing a cute and clever appearance.

After observing it for a long time, Rimbaud leaned closer and kissed its furry little ears, whispering softly to it, “When will you grow up, little rascal?”

XiaoBai twitched its ears and gently placed its two thick and soft paws on Rimbaud’s face, leaning in to lick his lips.

Rimbaud touched his lips, feeling a bit sore from the tongue prickles.

“Will you come find me in my dreams tonight? I miss you so much.”

Rimbaud settled down withXiaoBai in the instructor dormitory on Greenfly Island. While the instructors were teaching classes and the students were training, he would takeXiaoBai out for walks. When they got tired, they would come back to rest. Whenever the students had free time, they would bring snacks to seeXiaoBai.XiaoBai was always especially happy, running around the room, jumping up and down, and occasionally getting tired and going to the faucet to lick water, often ending up soaking wet without drinking much.

Recently, the students on Greenfly Island had been intensifying their training for the year-end assessment. Although Lu Yan and the others were no longer trainees, they still had to help their younger generation by polishing their skills and providing extra lessons to improve their performance.

Unlike previous years, this year the president of the association would personally oversee the assessment, and the chairman of the Feiying Group would also be present to inspect the new military investment project.

It was just another ordinary day. Rimbaud was lounging in the glass fish tank, his upper body lying on the bed, focused on watchingXiaoBai burying his head and licking the fish paste he made.

Winter on the island was not cold, but it was a bit chilly. Golden Silk Spider knitted a basket of spider silk clothes forXiaoBai. Recently, he had learned the art of spider silk dyeing and made a fluorescent yellow hoodie forXiaoBai, making him look cool and trendy.

Invisible Stalker also brought some books to Rimbaud to pass the time, although they were clearly not very useful.

WhenXiaoBai finished eating, Rimbaud would carry it to the balcony to bask in the sun.

So when Yan Yi and Lu Shangjin deliberately avoided the crowd and took a break to visitXiaoBai, they saw such a heartwarming scene on the balcony:

Rimbaud was sitting in the rocking chair on the balcony, holding a math book, whileXiaoBai wagged his tail and sat in his arms, listening to him speak in a sexy and charming voice, “What’s one plus one equal to? What should go in the blank? It’s eleven.”

“?”XiaoBai looked puzzled, pawing at the book.

Below the balcony, Lu Shangjin rubbed his forehead and sighed, “This is bad.”

Hearing a noise downstairs,XiaoBai suddenly pricked up his ears and jumped onto the balcony railing to look down.

Startled, Lu Shangjin whispered to him, “Go back, don’t fall down.”

With a powerful push of his hind legs,XiaoBai leaped straight down from the second-floor window, leaving Lu Shangjin sweating, rushing forward to catch him.

XiaoBai landed silently and steadily, then leaped again, diving into Yan Yi’s arms, sniffing his cheek earnestly.

“Shangjin, he recognizes my scent,” Yan Yi chuckled, scratching the chin of the little lion, eliciting a contented purr.

“Hey, did you secretly release pheromones? Kittens love milk, and you have a sweet scent like candy, of course, he’d go to you first.” Watching asXiaoBai bypassed him and pounced into his wife’s arms, Lu Shangjin felt a bit crestfallen.

Suddenly,XiaoBai sprang out of Yan Yi’s embrace and climbed onto Lu Shangjin, sniffing his scent. Lu Shangjin hastily hugged him, remarking, “He’s so heavy. He looks small, but in a couple of days, he’ll catch up to the big dog at Rui’s house. Oh… so soft. Is he purring out of anger or happiness?”

As they were engrossed in playing with Xiao Bai, a mouse darted swiftly past from the corner.

The jungle vegetation on Greenfly Island was rich, and occasional mouse sightings were unavoidable.

Suddenly feeling nervous, Rimbaud wanted to flip down from the balcony to coverXiaoBai’s eyes and comfort him, but he was afraid that his actions might startle him even more.

However,XiaoBai, hearing the squeaking sound, peeked his head to see the passing mouse, indeed startled for a moment, but quickly turned back to continue playing with Lu Shangjin’s tie, showing no signs of abnormal fear.

Rimbaud breathed a sigh of relief, leaning against the wooden railing of the balcony, glancing sideways at them with lowered eyes. He picked up the ice martini on the table, took a sip, and gently rocked the glass with his elbow resting on the railing, causing the ice cubes to tinkle softly, catching the attention of Yan Yi and Lu Shangjin.

“Mou lan yi jeo? (Want to come up for a drink?)”