“You actually know Xiao Ruan?”
“Huh? That’s not right, I only summoned it today, and I even just came up with its name. How do you know it’s called Xiao Ruan!?”
Zhang Chen’s face was full of surprise.
“Because you always called it Xiao Ruan before, we all remember!”
Xiao Bai said, reaching out to playfully tease Xiao Ruan’s small paw.
The latter’s paw immediately curled up and wrapped around her fingertips, the two of them looking very familiar with each other.
“Oh…”
Zhang Chen nodded.
At this moment, fragmented images flashed before his eyes.
It was as if he and Xiao Bai were indeed acquainted, but he couldn’t recall the specific details.
“Dad, don’t worry, you’ll remember slowly!”
“Now that I’ve found you, I’ll find a way to help you!”
“And… I’ve already thought of a good plan, and it’s on its way. I’ll give you a surprise then~!”
Xiao Bai said mysteriously.
Although Zhang Chen had lost his memories with Xiao Bai, that mysterious smile always gave him a sense of unease.
“Meow!”
Mo Ran shook its head adorned with small braids and nuzzled up to Zhang Chen, rubbing against his arm as if asking him to pet it.
“Right, Mo Ran, I have a gift for you!”
Zhang Chen said, taking out an eighth-tier spiritual energy pill he had refined in class.
“Meow?”
Mo Ran sniffed the golden, shimmering spiritual energy pill with its nose.
*Slurp!*
Drool couldn't help but escape.
“Haha, I’m glad you like it, it was meant for you anyway!”
Zhang Chen said, holding the spiritual energy pill to Mo Ran’s mouth.
*Chomp!*
Unable to resist the temptation of the spiritual energy pill’s fragrance, Mo Ran gobbled it down in one go.
As the energy of the spiritual energy pill continuously released within Mo Ran’s body, flashes of gold flickered in its eyes.
Zhang Chen knew it had leveled up! And it had leveled up multiple times!
“Meow!~”
After leveling up continuously, Mo Ran didn’t seem to have any significant changes in its appearance.
However, it yawned and looked somewhat sleepy.
Zhang Chen quickly carried it to the bed and covered it with a blanket.
“Meow~”
Mo Ran smiled slightly and soon began to breathe heavily.
The next day, when Zhang Chen woke up, Mo Ran was still fast asleep.
Today was the first time the freshmen were going out for training, and the campus outside the window was already bustling with activity.
Excited discussions and laughter could be heard everywhere from the girls.
“Dad, if you have something to do, go ahead. I’ll take care of her here! She’ll be fine!”
Xiao Bai said with a smile.
“Alright… then… when you have time, could you take out the little braids in her hair? They look too awkward!”
Zhang Chen looked at the wild little braids, which seemed completely out of place with Mo Ran’s innocent little face.
“Okay, okay, they actually look very nice. She looked like this before, just on her back…”
“It’s not a big deal, I’ll re-braid her hair when it grows longer!”
Xiao Bai pouted.
“Stop fooling around and take good care of Mo Ran, understood?”
Zhang Chen said sternly.
“Alright, alright, I understand, Dad!”
Xiao Bai pouted and nodded.
Zhang Chen left the dormitory and after walking a considerable distance, he suddenly chuckled.
It was strange, he dared to order around someone who could easily defeat an eighth-tier demon spirit with a single punch?!
Even stranger, she actually listened to him!
Could he really be her father?!
But… a father should be stronger than his daughter, shouldn’t he!
But… was he really that strong?!
Zhang Chen didn’t dwell on it further and returned to the Corpse Collector’s Guild.
He wasn’t interested in training at all.
First-year freshmen would just go around beating up some first-tier weak demon spirits. Those things dropped first-tier spirit cores worth hundreds or thousands of yuan each, far too cheap.
It was still more profitable to work as a Corpse Collector.
And it also allowed him to deal with some powerful demon spirits, killing two birds with one stone.
Zhang Chen, lost in thought, arrived at his usual seat and sat down.
Not long after he sat down, a gust of fragrance wafted over, and a beautiful figure appeared before him.