"For the next few months, we just quietly waited on the deserted island for a ship to co."
Thinking of that island, a look of longing unconsciously surfaced on Leng Yue's face again.
Just the two of them there, no complicated life, every day they only needed to get the food ready.
Watching the sunrise and sunset, cut off from the world. Plain and simple.
But that kind of life was sothing Leng Yue herself yearned for. Although Xiaofan never said anything out loud, Leng Yue knew there were still many people and things at ho he couldn't let go of.
So being able to have those few months that belonged only to the two of them, Leng Yue was truly satisfied.
Now that she saw everyone, Leng Yue could understand even better how anxious Xiaofan had been to co ho.
"Just the two of you on a deserted island, that sounds like a lot of fun." Ren Ling blinked her cute eyes, as if she were also imagining living on a deserted island alone with Xiaofan.
That kind of environnt really was sothing to yearn for.
"Actually there wasn't anything that fun about it. We were pretty much repeating the sa life every day. For Xiaofan, it was way too monotonous." Leng Yue explained softly.
"When you slept, you were together too, right?"
"Ren Ling..."
Ren Ling's random questions were whatever popped into her head.
That sentence directly stunned Leng Yue.
How was she supposed to answer that? There were so many friends and elders sitting here.
"Ignore her, just keep talking." Old Mrs. Ren hurriedly comforted Leng Yue a bit and told her to go on.
Leaving aside what everyone might think of Leng Yue's identity, no one here treated Leng Yue as an outsider.
Back then everyone could gladly accept Ruyu's arrival, so naturally it was the sa for Leng Yue.
Besides, everyone already understood one thing very clearly: if this girl hadn't willfully followed Xiaofan onto Demon Island back then, Xiaofan would've already died at the hands of Muto and the others during that battle.
Even if he hadn't died at Muto and the others' hands, when the explosion happened Xiaofan was crushed and fell into a coma. Without Leng Yue, he definitely would've sunk to the bottom of the sea. And even if he hadn't sunk, given how he was basically half-crippled at the ti, how could he have held on until his injuries healed?
No one would pry into this kind of sacrifice. They believed Xiaofan had surely engraved it all in his heart.
Leng Yue continued talking about her and Xiaofan's days on the deserted island, all the way up to when they waited until the ship Li Yunchang was on reached the nearby waters. The two of them successfully boarded and, after a bumpy journey, reached M Country. Once they got to M Country, Xiaofan imdiately threw himself into the Mutant manufacturing factory.
What happened after that, everyone more or less knew.
The kid really had it rough, jumping straight back into battle right after reaching land.
Of course, Ye Xiaofan was still Ye Xiaofan.
After learning that his brothers were facing the threat of the Assassination Order, he imdiately made the best decision: splitting into two groups and steering the situation in their favor.
Now, the Counterassassination Order had officially begun, M Country had Lone Wolf holding things up, and the na Black Mantis was at its peak. A king's road like that was casually walked through by him just like that.
Story ti seed to pass a bit fast. Without realizing it, it was already evening.
Everyone only ca back to their senses when the Ren Family's butler ca to call them to dinner. Looking at the sowhat dim sky, they finally realized—how co Xiaofan and Shen Zuimo still hadn't co back?
"Weird. Logically, they should have arrived in Russia first and then flown back to the Capital City. They should've gotten back around the sa ti as us, and we even agreed that once we got back, we'd imdiately et up here." Han Shengjun said helplessly.
"Don't wait anymore, he's not a child. We're all hungry, let's eat first and wait while we eat." Ye Aotian said in a low voice.
Actually, everyone here was anxious to see that brat. Let alone Xiaofan's actual grandfather.
While they were listening to the story, this old man kept glancing toward the main gate, really hoping that when he turned his head he'd see that well-behaved grandson appear in front of him.
"San, give Xiaofan a call." Li Kuo frowned slightly.
With so many people waiting, there was no way he wouldn't know everyone was here. Could sothing have happened? But if anything had happened, Xiaofan should've been the first to notify everyone.
"Phone's off." Li San casually dialed Xiaofan's number, but what he got was the response that the phone was turned off.
"Maybe he's still on the plane. Everyone eat first." It was getting late; they couldn't keep everyone starving while they waited. Besides, this was Xiaofan's ho—once he ca back, they could cook whatever he wanted.
Since Grandma Ren had spoken, no one stood on ceremony anymore. They moved their chairs from the yard back into the building.
Eating together was lively enough, but with the main character still missing, the atmosphere just felt off.
"Li Kuo, stop fiddling with that computer all day and eat first." Grandma Ren saw that everyone seed to have little appetite, especially Li Kuo, who was holding his laptop while eating.
"Ah, almost done." Li Kuo lifted his head slightly. After replying politely, he continued rapidly tapping at the keyboard.
"When that brat Xiaofan gets back, we've gotta make him down three cups first. Making everyone wait this long." Li San cursed.
"Three cups each." Xiaolei chid in.
"Count in..." Han Shengjun echoed.
"Add 10086." Even Ren Ying, who usually didn't like joking around, chipped in for once.
"Hm?"
Just then, Li Kuo, who'd been working on the computer, suddenly furrowed his brows and let out a soft "hm".
"Kuo, what's wrong?"
As soon as Li San asked, everyone looked over anxiously.
If Li Kuo had that kind of expression, did it an sothing had happened on Xiaofan's side?
Please no, after everyone had been looking forward to this reunion for so long, don't let sothing go wrong at the critical mont.
"Grandpa Fan, Xiaofan… his new passport has the na Jack on it, right?" Li Kuo looked at the computer and asked calmly.
"Yeah, Zuimo's is Rose." Fan Lingtian imdiately replied.
"They boarded in M Country, flew to Russia, and then from Russia back to the Capital City. By all rights, the plane has already arrived." Li Kuo's frown didn't ease because of this.
"Arrived? Then… where are they?" Li San hurriedly asked.
"No idea. The flight was delayed, but the landing ti at Capital City International Airport was… two hours ago."
As soon as Li Kuo said this, everyone's faces imdiately turned ugly.
This pointed to a very obvious fact: in two hours, they would've had more than enough ti to get back from the airport. Even if there'd been a traffic jam or sothing, at the very least their phones should still go through.
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