"Let me explain,"

Su Mo felt a sense of inexplicable panic seeing Qiancheng Xue's strange expression.

*Puchi*

Qiancheng Xue couldn't help but laugh, seeing Su Mo so flustered. She smiled and said to Su Mo, "Okay, I won't tease you anymore. It's nothing."

"Phew, that's good. Let me take you home then."

Su Mo breathed a sigh of relief, quickly changing the subject, wanting to take her home to prevent anyone from stirring up more trouble.

"Okay."

Qiancheng Xue readily agreed, as she was also very interested in the home Su Mo used to live in.

"This way."

Su Mo led Qiancheng Xue towards his home. Soon they arrived at a wide courtyard, with excellent greenery, looking like someone often took care of it.

Moreover, some stone tables in the courtyard looked very new, probably newly built later on.

But the old building in the center seemed out of place. Although the exterior had been renovated, one could still tell it was an old house from a bygone era, with green vines crawling all over the side.

Su Mo led Qiancheng Xue towards the building.

The entire building still retained its original appearance, untouched.

The first floor used to face the street and was used as a shop, so it was abandoned. They walked up the stairs and arrived at the second floor.

Su Mo opened the door.

A spacious living room came into view, with very nice interior decoration.

"Let me change my shoes."

Qiancheng Xue said.

"No need to be so troublesome."

Su Mo casually replied.

"It's no trouble, isn't there a pair of women's slippers?"

Qiancheng Xue narrowed her eyes and said with a smile.

"Cough cough, as you wish. Those were originally for guests."

Su Mo quickly explained.

"Haha, look how scared you are."

Qiancheng Xue couldn't help but laugh inwardly, seeing Su Mo so nervous.

"It's nothing. Come in."

Su Mo quickly walked inside.

Qiancheng Xue followed curiously, looking around the entire living room.

"Which one is your room?"

"That way, let me take you to see it."

Su Mo led Qiancheng Xue into his room.

Looking around, it was full of cabinets and bookshelves, filled with various lifelike figurines. There were beautiful game characters and anime characters, as well as futuristic sci-fi weapons, mecha models, and various collector's edition game boxes.

Qiancheng Xue was also slightly surprised. She walked up and curiously looked at these lifelike figurines, saying, "Did you collect all of these?"

"Yeah!"

Su Mo said with a smile.

"I didn't expect you to have this hobby. It's pretty good. These figurines look very well made. These should all be limited editions, right? I don't think you can find them easily in the market or stores?"

Qiancheng Xue was quite knowledgeable.

"If you like them, you can take any of them."

Su Mo said very generously.

Qiancheng Xue shook her head and said with a smile, "No need, it's nice to have them here. Besides, isn't yours all mine?"

"Haha, that's true."

"But how come some of them are damaged?"

Qiancheng Xue suddenly noticed that many of the figurines were broken and had been repaired later.

"Uh, when I was packing things, I accidentally broke them."

Su Mo said with a slight twitch at the corner of his mouth.

"Mm."

Qiancheng Xue nodded slightly, not paying too much attention. After all, figurines are indeed quite fragile.

Looking at the wall full of collector's edition games and figurines, Qiancheng Xue suddenly felt very sorry for him.

How lonely must Su Mo's childhood have been, that he could only entrust himself to these things.

"What's wrong?"

Su Mo asked, puzzled, seeing Qiancheng Xue standing still and not saying anything.

Qiancheng Xue came back to her senses and said with a smile, "It's nothing."

"I'll tidy up the room a bit, and we'll live here later."

Su Mo simply started tidying up the room.

"Okay."

Qiancheng Xue nodded slightly, curiously looking around the room.

At this moment, Qiancheng Xue suddenly saw a photo on the table. In the photo, a kind old man was holding the hand of a young child.

"That's my grandfather."

Su Mo said with a smile, introducing him.

Qiancheng Xue couldn't help but put her hands behind her back, moved closer to take a closer look, and then said, "You were quite good-looking when you were young."

"Not bad, actually, I'm quite handsome now too."

Su Mo joked with Qiancheng Xue.

"That's true, very popular with girls."

"Cough cough! Stop, can I take back what I said?"

"Huh, how come there are only photos of you and your grandfather here? Don't you have any photos of your parents?"

Qiancheng Xue suddenly asked, puzzled, remembering something.

"My parents died in a car accident early on when they were giving birth to me. Even I almost died in that car accident. Later, I was lucky enough to survive, but my health was very bad. My grandfather said that the doctors originally thought I was beyond saving. But he didn't give up on me, he brought me home and raised me little by little."

Su Mo smiled and replied.

"I see."

Hearing this, Qiancheng Xue felt even more sorry for Su Mo.

"It's nothing, I'm doing well now."

"Alright then, but you're only tidying up one room, so does that mean I can only sleep with you?"

Qiancheng Xue looked at Su Mo with great anticipation.

"Cough cough, you can think of it that way! But don't worry, I'll definitely be very well-behaved."

Su Mo's heart was also pounding wildly, inexplicably looking forward to it.

"Haha~"

Qiancheng Xue smiled, seeing Su Mo's shy appearance.

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Star Ring City, outside the Third Ring Road, inside the administrative building.

Inside a spacious office.

Akawei's bloated body plopped down on a specially made chair, leisurely turning the chair.

In front of the desk were piles of application documents.

He didn't even bother to look at them.

Just then, the office door was opened, and a spirited old man in a blue-gray noble robe walked in.

Akawei saw the old man coming in and quickly got up, greeting him with a beaming smile.

"Isn't this Lord Diloco? What wind brought you here?"

"Akawei, you have such a sweet tongue, but there's no need to be so polite. After all, we entered the Star Ring City in the same batch, and we're all old buddies."

Diloco replied with a smile.

"Oh, I wouldn't dare. Although we are all chosen by the Heavenly Cup and had the honor of entering the Star Ring City at the same time, there are still high and low statuses."

Akawei spared no effort in flattering Diloco.

"You're still so good at talking. Let me introduce you to a big shot."

Diloco was very satisfied with Akawei's flattery and said in a good mood.

"Who is it?"

Akawei asked somewhat suspiciously.

At this time, Emperor Mokajafa walked in. The terrifying oppressive aura emanating from him caused the smile on Akawei's face to gradually fade.

His greasy face couldn't help but twitch as he said,

"A real big shot has arrived, Emperor Mokajafa."

"Supervisor Akawei!"

Emperor Mokajafa extended a strong, powerful hand to Akawei.

Akawei squeezed out a smile and shook hands with Mokajafa. He was also a little spooked in his heart.