12: You owe me five lives

Xiao Fan called Lin Xianhuo; it wasn't hard to find her number in the class group chat.

Soon, the call was answered, and Xiao Fan heard the sound of crying.

"What's wrong?" Xiao Fan's voice was unusually filled with gentle concern.

Lin Xianhuo cried, "Ding Dong's grandma... passed away."

"Ah..." Xiao Fan suddenly straightened his back.

Lin Xianhuo was very emotional, her voice trembling: "Ding Dong was so happy when she got more than ten boxes of anti-cancer medicine."

"She bounced home, thinking her grandma could live for a very, very long time."

"But..."

"But grandma just held her hand, and then... then she left."

"She left..."

"Xiao Fan, I'm so sad."

"Why do people have to face separation by life and death?"

Xiao Fan's brows furrowed into a knot, pregnant with endless sorrow.

He was also saddened by this, but still comforted her, "They didn't die; they just got tired of playing in this world."

"Mm..." Lin Xianhuo didn't respond for a long time.

At this moment, Xiao Fan forced a smile and asked, "Send me the location, I'll come over."

Soon, the location was sent; it was a morgue.

Xiao Fan rushed over immediately.

Stepping into the room, a chill assailed him, and what met his eyes were pale cabinets, utterly devoid of Life Qi.

By the wall, Ding Dong was crouched, crying hysterically.

Lin Xianhuo was also crying, but she was holding on, standing, comforting Ding Dong.

Xiao Fan stood silently, saying nothing.

At this moment, the administrator walked over and asked with a sigh, "Cremation or...?"

Ding Dong was sobbing uncontrollably, indistinctly saying, "Mm... mm..."

"Cremation, three thousand."

Ding Dong suddenly looked up, her face filled with panic and helplessness.

She couldn't produce three thousand.

Lin Xianhuo quickly pulled out a one hundred thousand federal currency note, but Xiao Fan stopped her. It would be too much trouble for the person to find change. He had three thousand in exact change in his pocket, and he handed it over.

The administrator sighed, "My condolences."

Come tomorrow to collect the ashes after cremation, dust to dust, earth to earth.

Ding Dong suddenly took out a box of anti-cancer medicine, opened it, took out the medicine inside, leaving only the plastic box.

"Let's use this as the urn," Ding Dong murmured, lost in thought.

Lin Xianhuo became anxious and said, "It's okay, I'll take you to buy one tomorrow. I'll buy you whatever beautiful one you want."

But Ding Dong shook her head and said, "No... just this one."

At this moment, Xiao Fan pressed Ding Dong's head and said with a faint smile, "This thing can't withstand corrosion; it will dissolve over time. It's better to choose a good one. It's okay, she has money, she's not short on money."

"Don't be polite with us."

At this, Ding Dong broke down crying again, hugging Xiao Fan tightly and saying indistinctly, "Tha-thank you..."

Xiao Fan couldn't help it either, his eyes inexplicably warm with tears. He quickly wiped them away, stroking Ding Dong's head, repeating, "It's okay... it's okay... it's okay..."

After a while, Ding Dong said dejectedly, "I'll be an orphan from now on."

Xiao Fan said seriously, "That's nothing."

"I was an orphan before, and I'm still an orphan now."

Xiao Fan had lived two lives.

Both as an orphan.

"Ah?" Both Ding Dong and Lin Xianhuo were somewhat disbelieving.

Xiao Fan, however, smiled and pointed to the twinkling starry sky, saying, "Being an orphan is great."

"No one controls you, no one restrains you."

"Only the sea of stars is our limit!"

Hearing this, Ding Dong's crying abruptly stopped, replaced by a daze.

Lin Xianhuo, beside her, had a complicated expression.

This extremely despicable Dog King could actually comfort people so well...

Finally,

Ding Dong didn't dare to sleep alone. Xiao Fan was going home, and Lin Xianhuo followed him.

The two returned to Xiao Fan's home.

Xiao Fan's parents had died in battle when he was seven. In his previous life, he truly was an orphan. In this life, he had had parents, and he had experienced paternal and maternal love, so he had been sad for a long time before recovering.

By this time, Ding Dong was already asleep.

It was late into the night, nearly one o'clock, and the night was quiet.

But neither Xiao Fan nor Lin Xianhuo felt sleepy.

Xiao Fan's refrigerator was full of ice-cold beer. He took out half a case and set it on the balcony.

A man and a woman sat side by side on rocking chairs, drinking together.

At this moment.

Xiao Fan unconsciously glanced at Lin Xianhuo's outstretched legs, and his heart immediately began to pound.

Only then did he realize how exquisite Lin Xianhuo's legs were, like the spring water of a lake, as white as jade, straight and slender.

Normally, she wore long pants, but now she was wearing shorts, fully displaying her charm.

Suddenly.

"Cough, cough." Lin Xianhuo cleared her throat.

Xiao Fan quickly averted his gaze, wondering if he had been discovered.

Close call, Lin Xianhuo had simply never drunk alcohol before and found it a bit choking.

But soon, she fell in love with this taste that wasn't good but was addictive.

"Hey, drink slower, do you think it's a beverage?" Xiao Fan glanced at her.

Lin Xianhuo snorted lightly, "I'm not short on money for you, I'll buy you ten or twenty cases later!"

"It's not about the money, I'm afraid you'll get drunk and act improperly," Xiao Fan scoffed.

Lin Xianhuo was furious and said, "You're the one who'll get drunk and act improperly!"

"Tch." Xiao Fan shook his head, took another sip, leaned back on the long chair, swaying, enjoying the evening breeze, and looking at the brilliant galaxy and the crescent moon.

Lin Xianhuo suddenly sighed and said, "Xiao Fan, you are truly the most extraordinary Genius I have ever met."

"A Genius with one-star talent?" Xiao Fan said self-mockingly.

"Do you really only have one-star talent?" Lin Xianhuo's face was filled with disbelief.

Xiao Fan shook his head and said, "Otherwise, why would I pretend?"

"I'm afraid I'll be captured by the military for human experimentation."

"Then aren't you afraid I'll tell?" Lin Xianhuo asked with a smile.

"I am," Xiao Fan nodded quietly. Then he took out his phone.

On the phone, there was a sexy and hot photo of Lin Xianhuo lying by a foul ditch, in an extremely alluring pose.

If this photo were exposed, Lin Xianhuo would never be able to live a normal life again!

She instantly flew into a rage, screaming, "Delete that photo for me!!!"

Xiao Fan instantly snatched his phone back and scoffed, "Don't dream, caution is the parent of safety. If you dare to tell my secret, I'll post this photo of yours on all websites!"

"You!!" Lin Xianhuo's scalp tingled with anger, and she stared intensely at the pocket where Xiao Fan had put his phone.

But Xiao Fan remained disdainful and said, "Don't even think about it, I have over a dozen backups!"

"I..." Lin Xianhuo wanted to cry. She sighed, "Xiao Fan, in your eyes, am I the kind of person who would casually expose your secrets?"

"Who knows?" Xiao Fan chuckled, then changed the subject, "Let's not talk about this!"

"Lin Xianhuo, you owe me four lives."

"Nonsense, just that one just now!" Lin Xianhuo snorted coldly.

"Can you beat Black Butcher?" Xiao Fan retorted.

"That's still two!"

"Can you outrun the Fire Finch King?"

"You! If you hadn't come to snatch it, I could have escaped myself!"

"Really?" Xiao Fan glanced at her and said, "Birds have very keen senses of smell. Alien Beast Mountain is ten li from Green Leaf City. You can't even burrow underground or go underwater. Can you run?"

"Tch!" Lin Xianhuo said angrily, "Then it's three, where do you get four lives from!"

"Bone-piercing Blade." Xiao Fan took a sip of beer and said indifferently, "I could have killed you, but I didn't. Doesn't that count as one?"

"You! That counts too?" Lin Xianhuo's cheeks were flushed with anger, or perhaps from drinking too much.

"Of course." Xiao Fan grinned and said, "You owe me four lives, shouldn't you compensate me a little?"

Lin Xianhuo quickly covered her body and said, "What do you want to do? I already let you kiss me all night!"

"Oh, now that you mention it, I remember. Doesn't that make it five lives? Without my artificial respiration, would you be alive?" Xiao Fan teased.

"You're so despicable!" Lin Xianhuo's mouth twisted in anger.

Xiao Fan shook his head and said, "Don't worry, I'm not interested in an airport."

"Oh? Then you're interested in Shao Yan? What exactly is going on between you and her?" Lin Xianhuo's tone suddenly became strange.

"She... she's a Drunkard, let's not talk about her, you've led me astray. Right, I want you to pay me interest!" Xiao Fan snorted coldly.

"What, the Fire Finch counts, right! And my Storage Ring!" Lin Xianhuo glared at Xiao Fan.

"I snatched those with my own ability, so of course they don't count," Xiao Fan shook his head.

"You!" Lin Xianhuo was so angry she chugged a bottle.

"What do you want to do!"

"Cultivation Technique." Xiao Fan grinned and said, "I want a third-tier Cultivation Technique, preferably an amplification type."

"Tch, is that all? A third-tier Cultivation Technique, I... Wait, I don't seem to have such a trashy Cultivation Technique."

Xiao Fan became anxious and said, "You don't have one?"

"You're such a big shot, and you don't have a third-tier Cultivation Technique?"

Lin Xianhuo pouted and said, "I have Divine-Grade talent, I've never practiced a third-tier Cultivation Technique since I was young!"

"Damn it! What a huge loss!" Xiao Fan was trembling with anger.

"Hey, I said I have Divine-Grade talent, aren't you surprised?" Lin Xianhuo felt her self-esteem had been wounded.

Xiao Fan pointed to the room behind him and said, "The one snoring loudly in there is Myth-Grade."

"What!?" Lin Xianhuo's pupils instantly widened, saying, "You mean... Ding Dong has Myth-Grade talent?"

Suddenly, Xiao Fan froze, thinking he shouldn't have said that.

Damn it, he drank too much! It just slipped out.

"No, I'm kidding," Xiao Fan shook his head.

"That's more like it." Lin Xianhuo breathed a sigh of relief.

In this small Green Leaf City, if there was really one person stronger than her in combat and another with higher talent than her, her mentality would collapse.

But Xiao Fan was furious and said, "I risked my life to save you, and I don't even get interest? No way, you must help me get an amplification-type Martial Arts!"

"Right, you must be on the Martial Arts path at school. You can enter the Scripture Pavilion and secretly copy one for me!"

Lin Xianhuo's eyes widened, saying, "Me, steal?"

"I can't do such a thing!"

Xiao Fan snorted lightly and began to chant: "Five lives... five lives... five lives... five lives..."

"Alright, alright! Enough, stop bothering me! Can't I just figure something out!" Lin Xianhuo couldn't take it anymore.