After a brief exchange with Mo Chuan and arranging a time, Cha Zhu left.
Mo Chuan looked at the hospital room with exhaustion, pondering how to send Mo Fei to the capital.
...
The next day, Mo Chuan completed the discharge procedures for Mo Fei, took her to the city center to buy some clothes and trinkets (sponsored by his aunt), and then took Mo Fei for hot pot at Da Sha Barbecue.
Watching Mo Fei, who was eating voraciously while enduring the spiciness, Mo Chuan smiled and handed her a bottle of iced soy milk, saying, "Eat slowly, no one is going to snatch it from you."
Mo Fei's cheeks were flushed from the spice. She hugged the soy milk Mo Chuan handed her and took a few gulps. Suddenly, she said, "Ge..."
"What is it?"
"Did I cause trouble for you again this time..." Mo Fei said dejectedly. "I originally... didn't need to be hospitalized, and I wouldn't have... become a demonic cultivator..."
At this point, tears welled up in Mo Fei's eyes again. She wiped away her tears and said in a low voice, "I'm really sorry... I was just very worried about you... and wanted to know how you were..." Before she finished speaking, a warm hand gently pressed her head.
Mo Chuan smiled helplessly and said, "It's okay... Your concern makes me very happy... As for you becoming a demonic cultivator, Sister Lan Xin and a senior will come to pick you up to the capital tomorrow. You can go to the Ten Thousand Sword Sect to cultivate for a while beforehand."
"Ge... then you..."
"Don't worry," Mo Chuan smiled. "I'm also studying in the capital. I have some things to take care of here. I'll come to see you when I'm done."
To be honest, Mo Chuan was still contemplating whether it was the right decision to tell Mo Fei these things directly, but he had to tell her sooner or later, so it was better to get it over with.
...
The next afternoon, Mo Chuan brought Mo Fei her favorite snacks, figurines, notebooks, and anime merchandise, then sent her to the station and watched He Lan Xin and Cha Zhu take Mo Fei away.
"Remember to call me when you get to the capital," Mo Chuan said, waving. Mo Fei also waved vigorously, finally entering the security check with one backward glance after another.
After watching Mo Fei's figure gradually disappear, Mo Chuan sighed, suddenly feeling like an old father.
No, this is not right.
Mo Chuan checked the time and realized he had to meet his team in about forty minutes, so he immediately grabbed his backpack, left the train station, and hailed a taxi straight to Jibei Airport.
...
"First, go to the north of Erxian Bridge, then turn east at the intersection of Furong Road and Chenghua Avenue..."
Mo Chuan fumbled with the "wicked map" on his phone for a long time without understanding it. He decided to ask a grandpa wearing a gray woolen hat and a traffic police officer for directions nearby. Only then did he arrive at the designated meeting point just in time.
Although that grandpa was a bit hard of hearing...
(Scene Reenactment:
"Grandpa, how do I get to the east square of Jibei Airport?"
"Jibei what?"
"Jibei Airport, Grandpa."
"Jibei Airport what?"
"Jibei Airport East Square."
"What Airport East Square?")
Mo Chuan shook his head, no longer recalling the magical conversation, and muttered to himself, "Zhang Hen Shui said he had a surprise for me. I wonder what he meant..."
As he spoke, Mo Chuan crossed the pedestrian walkway and arrived under the large clock in the square.
"I didn't expect I'd be the first one here..." Mo Chuan sat on a stone stool, watching the people coming and going. He couldn't identify any of his teammates. Since he had nothing else to do, he directly messaged Zhang Hen Shui to ask about the situation.
"Brother Zhang, I'm here, where are my teammates?"
A moment later, Zhang Hen Shui replied, "One is arriving soon, the rest will be a little later. The team leader is stuck in traffic."
"Arriving soon? Which one..."
"Damn! Brother Chuan!"
Mo Chuan heard this unusually familiar voice and turned his head with a puzzled expression. He saw Zhang Hanshan pushing a suitcase, wearing sunglasses in a flashy manner, and eating something that looked like a hamburger.
"I didn't expect you to be the one for the mission contact that Third Brother mentioned, Brother Chuan," Zhang Hanshan said happily as he walked up to Mo Chuan. Mo Chuan, however, found the smell from Zhang Hanshan's mouth rather strange.
"Old Zhang... What are you eating?"
"This? Hehe! This is my Old Zhang's Secret Little Hamburger!" Zhang Hanshan chuckled. "I woke up a bit early today and made a hamburger because I was bored. It's both affordable and filling. For a good hamburger, you need good ingredients. Bread slices, lemon slices, stinky tofu, Lao Gan Ma, add some lettuce, white tofu, and chives. That's my breakfast today."
"How is it, Brother Chuan? Do you think this hamburger is good!"
"It's good, it's good... You're really something..." Mo Chuan took a step back helplessly, looking disgusted. "Eat it quickly... Chew some gum later, don't let others misunderstand that you ate something bad... Oh, by the way, do you know who the other teammates are?"
As soon as Mo Chuan asked, he realized Zhang Hanshan was already immersed in his own little hamburger world, not even looking up.
His eating posture... Second Senior Brother eating, you know how it is.
About five minutes later, Zhang Hanshan wiped his mouth with satisfaction and said, "As expected, my cooking skills are improving." He even let out a burp.
"No, don't—"
"Burp!————"
"Holy..." Mo Chuan covered his mouth and moved eight zhang away from Zhang Hanshan, feeling extremely grateful that he was wearing a mask.
"What the heck! Who ate something bad!"
An不满 female voice sounded from behind Zhang Hanshan. Both of them looked over and saw Tang Jingjing and a young girl Zhang Hanshan didn't recognize standing not far behind Zhang Hanshan, looking at him with disgust.
Tang Jingjing's delicate nose twitched, then her eyes widened. She covered her nose with one hand and pointed at Zhang Hanshan, "Zhang! Did you eat something bad?!"
"How can you talk about my little hamburger like that?! Even Brother Chuan acknowledged my little hamburger!"
"I didn't... I didn't..." Mo Chuan waved his hands behind Zhang Hanshan with his face covered, trying to avoid the potential for social death.
But it was clearly impossible.
The two girls exclaimed simultaneously:
"Cousin?!" "Mo Chuan?!"
What the hell?!
Mo Chuan looked at the girl beside Tang Jingjing with disbelief, unable to utter a word for a long time.
It's over, I'm truly screwed this time.
Zhang Hen Shui, Zhang Hen Shui, was this the surprise you were talking about!?
How come my teammates include my cousin?!
He Dan Rui was also stunned.
Why is this useless cousin of mine here?
Wait a minute! Judging by Jingjing-jie's reaction earlier, Mo Chuan and Jingjing-jie seem to know each other?
Then last time I asked Tang Jingjing for strategies to deal with Mo Chuan...
What the heck?! Shui Ge (Zhang Hen Shui), is this the surprise you mentioned?