novelraw Chapter 424 - 414: Pull Down the Quilt!
Chapter 424 - 414: Pull Down the Quilt!
Walking along a path outside Kunlun Mountain, Qin Fan revealed a cryptic, eerie smile. He had already added the vendetta against the Ninjas to his ledger. Even without the words of the Demi Immortal from Qilian, a trip to Japan was inevitable. He just hadn’t expected to hear about Orochi before he even set off. How interesting! he muttered to himself.
「An hour later.」
Four exhausted figures, including Brother Wolf from 709, were slumped over with their heads drooping. They looked like they hadn’t slept all night.
At the sound of the dormitory door, the four of them awoke abruptly and turned to Qin Fan, their faces lighting up.
"Fourth, what on earth happened last night? Why didn’t you come back? Us brothers were worried about you, so we stayed up waiting! If you had called and needed us, we could have rushed over immediately!" Li Qiuzhe said with a foolish smile, rubbing his groggy eyelids. The exhausting all-nighter had drained Brother Ze from the Northeast of his usual boisterous, tiger-like demeanor.
Looking at the fatigue on his brothers’ faces and listening to Li Qiuzhe’s heartfelt monologue, an exceptionally rare warmth began to flow through Qin Fan’s heart.
Although they had only known each other for a month or so, this single act defined the word ’brothers’ with crystal clarity.
"It was nothing, just some personal business that I’ve handled. Thanks, brothers. I’ll remember this," Qin Fan said, biting his lip and patting his chest in a rare display of sentimentality.
"I can’t hold on either! Fourth, I’m going to sleep too, ’kay?" said Zhu Houqing.
One quickly stepped out of the room, while the other swiftly climbed onto the top bunk and collapsed. In less than ten seconds, a rhythmic chorus of snores began to echo through the dormitory.
"Fourth, what exactly happened last night? Can you tell me?" Wang Dalu asked, his gaze fixed earnestly on Qin Fan.
However, he was disappointed.
Seeing Qin Fan’s resolve, Wang Dalu smacked his lips and offered a helpless, wry smile. "Alright, I won’t ask anymore. I’m going to get some sleep too."
Seeing that all his buddies were asleep, Qin Fan walked over and sat down on the sofa. He subconsciously picked up the cigarette box beside him and shook one out, but he suddenly remembered Jiang Yino’s comment at the supermarket about smoking being bad and put it back. Leaning against the back of the sofa, he closed his eyes, his mind calm and peaceful.
Qin Fan opened his eyes, grabbed his phone, and unlocked it. Upon seeing the screen, a genuine, heartfelt smile spread across his face.
Getting up from the sofa, he walked out onto the balcony. Instead of replying with a text, Qin Fan initiated a video call.
On the video call, Jiang Yino, still in her pajamas and tucked under the covers, blinked in surprise.
"You’re impossible! Hmph!" Jiang Yino rolled her eyes at him, annoyed. Then, composing herself, she gazed at the handsome face on the screen and added, "Qin Fan, thank you."
Hearing this, Qin Fan was momentarily puzzled. "What do you mean?" he asked, confused.
Uh... Amber told her?
"Stop flattering yourself! Anyway, thank you! One more thing, do you know where Xu Jiayi went? She was gone when we woke up. Her phone is off, and she isn’t replying to messages," Jiang Yino said.
"You don’t think something happened to her, do you?" Jiang Yino furrowed her brows.
"What are you trying to do?" Caught off guard by his sudden shift, Jiang Yino became cautious.
"Pajamas. I haven’t changed yet," Jiang Yino replied, not seeing anything wrong with the question.
"There’s nothing to see! No!" Jiang Yino’s cheeks flushed as she shot him an annoyed glance, a coy smile playing on her lips.
Even Qin Fan was shocked that he had actually blurted out such a thing.
"Ruanqin, I’m going to kill you!!!"