Chapter 478: Wang Haoran on Everyone’s Mind

With only a few days left until the New Year, everyone was preparing to return to their respective homes.

Xu Ruochu and Fu Xue were no exception.

Wang Haoran hadn’t told the two girls about the “Any Door” ability, nor did he plan to take them home with him.

So, the two of them could only take a special management bureau helicopter back to S City.

On the helicopter.

The two girls sat together.

“Hmph, heartless Wang Haoran!”

“He just sent me off like this!”

“Just you wait! I’m going straight to Sister Ning’s house to complain about you!”

She didn’t even need to think; she immediately found a perfect excuse to stay at Wang Haoran’s house—just as she naturally thought about him and talked about him without hesitation.

Hearing her complaints, Xu Ruochu turned to her and gently tugged her hand.

“Xiaoxue, don’t say that!”

“Haoran Brother isn’t ‘heartless’ at all!”

“He’s… very gentle… very ‘loyal and kind’!”

Nowadays, Xu Ruochu’s eyes sparkled with joy, unlike before when they carried a trace of lingering sorrow.

Her obvious happiness and contentment made Fu Xue secretly grumble—

“Hmph, silly girl, so easy to fool!”

“Those things Wang Haoran said were clearly just to sweet-talk you!”

“Didn’t you notice he doesn’t even want to take you back to S City for the New Year!”

—That day, at the bottom of the cliff, after subduing the nine-tailed fox spirit Tushan Yingyu.

Wang Haoran had also taken the opportunity to be upfront with Xu Ruochu:

“You saw it, didn’t you?”

“Li Yuan, my senior brother.”

“Because of Xixue, we had a little conflict—”

“But I wanted to kill him over it!”

“Even though Murong Bufan did slander me back then, I really am the kind of person who would do something like that!”

“I’m not the ‘good guy’ you like!”

“And just now, I didn’t even consider your well-being when I forcibly pulled this fox out.”

“So…”

“Think it over carefully. Don’t get stuck in a dead end.”

—However, after saying this and walking away, Wang Haoran hadn’t expected.

Hearing these words, Xu Ruochu’s heart had been filled with uncontrollable excitement.

Even now, days later, she was still replaying the scene of Wang Haoran talking to her:

“Haoran Brother was willing to talk to me…”

“And he isn’t mad at me…”

Just that alone was enough to make her heart leap with joy.

“It’s all my fault… I was too selfish…”

“I made Haoran Brother misunderstand…”

Misunderstand her, thinking she liked the kind of “perfect, flawless good guy.”

So he didn’t want to disappoint her and chose to leave…

“So gentle…”

“Even though Haoran Brother loves me so much… I was still greedy and wanted more…”

So she had foolishly tried to “manipulate” him, hoping to use “moral superiority” to bind Haoran Brother to her.

Just like her master, An Buyu.

But the result was an utter failure.

Thankfully, she still had a chance to make amends—

“Master succeeded… so I can too!”

Before, Xu Ruochu had only used such thoughts to comfort herself, to keep her spirits strong.

But now, she genuinely believed in this hope.

So every day, she was filled with smiles.

“If Haoran Brother wants to kill Li Yuan…”

“Then I… should help him…”

Helping to kill someone.

Although Xu Ruochu had never tried it before, the thought of eliminating Li Yuan didn’t evoke the slightest fear or guilt in her.

Instead, she eagerly anticipated the day she could act—

“I want Haoran Brother to know that, actually…”

“I don’t care about those things!”

“For him… I can become bad too!”

(tln : AHHAHAHA XU RUOCHU BECOME FULLY FLEDGED MENHERA)

That way, she and Haoran Brother could return to the way they used to be…

Xu Ruochu began fantasizing about the beautiful life awaiting her next year.

So she didn’t notice that beside her, Fu Xue was wearing the same expression—

And thinking the same thoughts.

“Is it… because I’m part of the special management bureau…”

“So, Wang Haoran… this ‘self-aware’ scoundrel…”

“Doesn’t dare get close to me… afraid that if he does something bad, I’ll arrest him…”

“That’s why he restrains himself and only sees me as a friend…”

Refusing to admit she lacked charm, Fu Xue “logically” came up with a reason why Wang Haoran wasn’t interested in her.

“But… our special management bureau doesn’t have jurisdiction over the ancient martial world…”

“No matter what you do in the ancient martial world… I won’t do anything to you…”

“Just be bold…”

“As a man… why are you so hesitant…”

“I’ve given you so many hints…”

—And so, on their way home, both girls were silently thinking about Wang Haoran, far away in Piao Miao Holy Land.

***

Meanwhile, in the outside world, at S University.

The school had started its winter break.

Students like Xia Xinyan, Yun Ling’er, Chen Ranni, Liu Xinyao, and Zhou Yingying had all left early and moved into Wang Haoran’s house.

Of course, some students stayed on campus for a few days before preparing to buy tickets to return home—

Qin Fan, a senior at S University, was one such student.

After finishing his part-time job, he hurriedly bought a ticket to go home.

“Whew! Luckily, I managed to get a ticket for tomorrow!”

With his departure set for the next day, the lonely Qin Fan began packing his things in his dorm room.

During this process—

Looking at the money he had earned from his part-time job, he felt a sense of accomplishment:

“When I get back, I can buy Xiaoyan the bag she’s been wanting…”

“Xiaoyan… she’ll definitely be happy!”

Xiaoyan was his long-distance girlfriend.

The two had been classmates from childhood through high school, officially getting together during the summer before their freshman year.

However, since Qin Fan got into S University and she didn’t, they had to start a long-distance relationship.

Now, it had been three and a half years.

Thinking about his gentle and beautiful girlfriend, Qin Fan’s face was full of warmth—

“I wonder if she’s thinking about me right now…”

He couldn’t wait to go back and see her.

“Xiaoyan, wait for me!”

“Just six more months, and I’ll graduate!”

“Then we can get married!”

—As Qin Fan thought about this, he had no idea.

This trip home was about to turn his life upside down.