45: Chapter 45 The Incompetent Brother

"Go, Brother!"

Originally, Fang Xun wanted to find Shen Yue first, lest she worry about not being able to find them.

But Qi Lian sent Shen Yue a message directly.

Modern technology, great, no need to elaborate.

"Lian Lian, are you really going with me?" Fang Xun was still a bit hesitant as he mounted the electric little blue.

By this time, the two had reached the outskirts of the comic convention, and there were quite a few shared electric scooters available there.

"Yes, Brother, will you take me?" Qi Lian asked with a face full of anticipation.

"It’s very dangerous there," Fang Xun warned.

"Can Brother protect me?"

"I can."

When Fang Xun uttered that 'I can,' tears were almost welling up.

What a wonderful girl, to trust him so much.

What more was there to say? He was taking her along!

If he said he could, then he definitely could.

"Get on!"

Fang Xun sat on the scooter and patted the empty space behind him.

"Brother, I’ll sit in the front. There isn't much room in the back," Qi Lian observed the space on the shared electric scooter.

This scooter was designed for a single rider, so having two people on it naturally made things tight.

Therefore, Qi Lian very obediently sat in front of Fang Xun.

Half-crouching, half-sitting, she yielded most of the space to Fang Xun.

At this moment, Qi Lian was almost sitting in Fang Xun's embrace.

Fang Xun's hands were trembling slightly.

Was this naturally innocent, even somewhat clumsy girl truly not stepping out of a gala game?

"Brother, is this okay?" As she spoke, Qi Lian took off Marisa's oversized hat and held it in her hand.

"It’s fine..." Fang Xun pursed his lips, his voice seemingly squeezed out through clenched teeth.

Damn it, how could she be so, so...

Fang Xun thought for a long time but couldn't come up with a good adjective to describe it, so he gave up.

"Let's go."

Beep beep beep, Fang Xun twisted the throttle and started moving forward.

"The alarm sound, I remember it's just ahead. According to the navigation, we can cut through a small, uncrowded park, which will be shorter."

Fang Xun spoke while looking at the map to find a shortcut.

This was a riverside cultural park.

It was quite nicely built, but since the government constructed the park, no stalls were allowed, nor was square dancing or anything similar.

With so many restrictions, slowly fewer and fewer people came to enjoy it.

But if it was just to pass through, it was still very pleasant.

Fang Xun's voice was somewhat restrained as he spoke.

Qi Lian tilted her head, trying to leave Fang Xun a clear field of vision, but this very action allowed Fang Xun to clearly see her profile.

Although cosplaying as Marisa required makeup, there were hardly any traces of it on Qi Lian's face. Her skin was excellent, so good that it didn't require foundation to achieve a superb effect.

Fang Xun could see the fine texture of Qi Lian's skin, and he could even see her individual eyelashes, curved and fluttering.

Fang Xun suddenly had the feeling that he was already in love.

Even though he had lived two lifetimes, he had never been in a relationship, yet Fang Xun suddenly had this feeling.

"Brother, it seems there’s no road ahead."

Just as Fang Xun was immersed in his fantasies, Qi Lian's sudden voice interrupted his beautiful dream.

"How could there be no road?"

Fang Xun looked into the distance and saw that the path was indeed cut off.

Twisted branches were intertwined, sealing the road surface.

"No, this is wrong."

Upon seeing the twisted branches, Fang Xun reacted immediately.

This was definitely not natural growth; otherwise, the park maintenance workers would have trimmed it long ago.

There was only one possibility for the sudden appearance of such things.

Disaster Beast.

Besides the Disaster Beast that triggered the B-level alarm, there was another Disaster Beast here.

Fang Xun reacted quickly; he immediately threw out the explosive pellet—the Galen Flame Dragon gifted to him by that boss.

"Come out! Galen Flame Dragon!"

But the red explosive pellet landed on the ground, bounced a few times off the bluestone steps, and rolled into the grass by the roadside.

The Galen Flame Dragon did not appear.

"Go," Fang Xun said without hesitation, turning the handlebars, intending to leave.

But Fang Xun found that turning the handlebars was extremely difficult.

He leaned his head over Qi Lian's shoulder to look at the front of the scooter and realized that the handlebars had been locked by an extending vine.

"Run!"

Without thinking, Fang Xun directly picked up Qi Lian and jumped off the electric scooter.

Then he pulled Qi Lian and ran backward.

"Brother, aren't you Superman? Why are you running?"

"I..." Fang Xun didn't know how to explain it to Qi Lian.

He might only be his little sister's Superman.

Only when Jiang Qin was in danger would he possess the strength that seemed capable of smashing this entire world.

Every time, without exception.

This included the last time he and Qi Lian were in danger, and this time when he had confidently promised.

"Run!"

Fang Xun could only shout once more.

He pulled Qi Lian even harder and continued running forward.

But after only a few steps, he stopped.

The path was blocked.

In just a moment, the passage was sealed off.

Fang Xun looked around; the vegetation in the park was beginning to change in a twisted manner.

Fang Xun could even hear the sound of them growing.

A willow tree that had long been dead seemed to have been injected with growth hormones and was rapidly expanding.

Seeing its appearance, Fang Xun immediately thought of the Whomping Willow from Harry Potter.

However, this willow tree clearly possessed much stronger aggressive intent.

Whoosh, a willow branch whipped out like a whip.

Fang Xun violently pulled Qi Lian behind him, making her dodge the attack.

But immediately after, attacks came one after another.

Soon, Fang Xun had nowhere left to evade.

The mutated plants had even begun to move.

And Fang Xun still didn't even know where the Disaster Beast was.

"Hiss— — — —!!!"

Fang Xun gasped sharply.

The Yucca plants by the roadside, which resembled agave, suddenly shot out their sword-like leaves, embedding directly into Fang Xun's thigh.

"Brother, are you okay?"

Qi Lian, protected behind Fang Xun, asked with concern.

"I'm fine, it's not a big problem," Fang Xun gritted his teeth, looking around for an escape route.

But where was there an escape route?

Even the shared electric scooter was completely covered by vines, its shadow completely obscured.

Just then, the Yucca plant acted as if it had gone mad, spraying all its leaves towards Fang Xun with a 'poof' sound.

Seeing this, Fang Xun disregarded everything else, directly hugged Qi Lian, and squatted down to minimize the area that could be hit.

It hurt, it hurt badly, it hurt extremely much.

There were quite a few Yucca plants in the green belt.

Even though Fang Xun had crouched down, he was repeatedly pierced by the sword-like leaves.

Qi Lian, held by Fang Xun, suddenly whispered:

"Brother, something is poking me."

"It's fine, don't move."