Chapter 105 Waiting at Home

Dream Plane affairs were always worrisome, but finding the scattered and likely hidden surviving guardians was not something that could be done overnight. Hao Ren knew this, so after instructing the probe drones to accelerate their expansion, all he could do was wait patiently at home.

Time flew by, and it was already mid-October. The weather in this northern city was rapidly turning colder, and more and more fallen leaves were accumulating under the roadside trees outside the window. Hao Ren held a cup of hot tea, leaned against the window, and watched the scenery outside. Doudou was lying beside him, the little mermaid almost pressed against the glass, watching the falling leaves, and occasionally letting out a long sigh of "Oh," not knowing what she was sighing about.

"She probably thinks those leaves falling are a pity," Vivian said, flipping through a magazine while sitting across from Hao Ren. Noticing the little mermaid's occasional movements, she looked up and smiled. "Probably in her worldview, it's like manna from heaven falling into a mud pit."

Hao Ren was stunned for a moment, poking Doudou's head with his finger: "Does she eat leaves?"

"Never tried it, want to?"

Hao Ren thought for a moment and raised his head, calling out to Lily who was sunbathing at the door, "Lily! Go pick up a few leaves!"

The husky girl gave a distant "Okay," and soon she came running back, holding several autumn leaves that looked neatly shaped and beautifully colored. Lily held these leaves as if they were treasures, her eyes shining: "Oh, landlord, you finally remembered to cultivate some elegant hobbies! Want to make autumn leaf specimens, right? Wait a minute, I'll go get the tools, I'm good at making specimens and leaf bookmarks..."

Hao Ren didn't wait for Lily to finish her balabala before grabbing two leaves and stuffing them into Doudou's mouth. After the little mermaid crunched on the leaves, leaving a bunch of jagged edges, she looked up at Lily blankly: "What did you just say?"

Lily stared at the two in disbelief, and suddenly became exasperated: "You're simply desecrating beauty!"

"It's weird to hear that from a husky..." Hao Ren finally realized what Lily had said. At the same time, Doudou spat out all the leaves she had just eaten, patting the windowsill with her tail vigorously as she spat: "Not good! Not good!"

"She really doesn't eat this," Hao Ren stroked his chin. "Next time, try feeding her grass, or grass roots. She's too picky now."

Doudou blinked, listening to Hao Ren's muttering, and without understanding, she happily bounced around. Lily sighed softly at the sight of this: "It's a good thing I know the situation, otherwise, just listening to your words, you could be sentenced to three years for child abuse."

After being interrupted while sunbathing, Lily lost the mood to continue daydreaming at the door. She simply transformed back into her werewolf form, stretched, and wagged her tail to find the remote on the sofa. Hao Ren turned his head to look at Lily's figure, and suddenly sighed quietly: "It's getting cold."

Vivian looked up from her magazine: "Why the sudden感慨?"

"Lily's shedding again..."

Vivian oh-ed, and didn't react at first, but a few seconds later, her roaring like a shrew resounded throughout the Hao family mansion: "Big dog!! Don't go messing around on the sofa when you're shedding! If you're going to mess around, put your tail away first!!"

Hao Ren saw a black shadow flash before his eyes, and by the time he reacted, Vivian had already transformed into a swarm of bats and pounced on Lily to stop her from ruining the sofa. Then, Lily's shouts and the sound of fists breaking through the air came from the center of the living room, and the thudding sound of bats being punched away rang out continuously. Hao Ren didn't need to turn his head to know how lively the two enemies were fighting, but he knew that Vivian's efforts would ultimately be ineffective: anyone who had ever had a dog knew that the destructive power of these creatures when they shed was simply a force of nature. In any case, for the next month, the whole family would probably be surrounded by dog hair...

However, Lily had shed her fur more than once or twice, and Hao Ren was somewhat used to it. He just finished his tea before the cold air released by Vivian froze it into ice-cold black tea, then stuffed Doudou into his clothes and strolled out the door: "You two fight first, I'm going out for a walk."

Lily was surrounded by a swarm of bats, and stretched her neck as hard as she could to shout, "Landlord... you can't run away... come help... help..."

Before she could finish, a small bat hit her head, and she immediately saw stars and became exasperated: "Bat, don't bully me too much! Just because I'm a husky doesn't mean you can mess with me!"

"Gun" immediately poked his head out from under the coffee table: "Is it dinner time?"

The chaos in the living room made Hao Ren unable to stay for a moment, so he hurried to the door. As he was opening the door, a small bat slammed into his hand with a *thump*. The small bat flew up crookedly, with a wallet in its mouth. Vivian's voice came from behind: "You forgot your wallet – buy two eggplants when you come back, there's not much soy sauce left either, buy whatever you think is good."

Hao Ren turned his head and glanced blankly, confirming that the small bat had been punched over by Lily. Vivian had told the small bat to grab the wallet with quick eyes and hands while it was being punched away – this dignified ten-thousand-year-old vampire ancestor had put all her talent points into this inexplicable skill.

That's what the vampire ancestor is like, can you expect the other异类 to be any better?

Hao Ren opened the door and ran out as if he was escaping for his life, and only after he got to the street did he breathe a sigh of relief, feeling that the world had finally become quiet.

Although he had been living with this bunch of neurotic creatures for nearly two years and had adapted in all aspects, he had to say: it was really impossible to stay when these guys made a fuss. It wasn't the first time he'd run out to take refuge like this when the bat and the big dog were fighting. Anyway, Hao Ren knew that the two wouldn't really fight.

In the beginning, Hao Ren would always worry that the house would be torn down when Vivian and Lily fought each other at home, and he would try to dissuade them in vain every time. But now he didn't know whether to be happy or sad: Hao Ren had become accustomed to similar events. He knew that the two would soon be reconciled, and all he would have to face when he returned home was a pile of dog hair and a room full of ice...

So he took Doudou with him when he went out: Vivian's fighting temperature was too low, and the little mermaid's ice resistance was negative. If she was on the scene, she would either be frozen or hibernate.

This wasn't the first time Doudou had been taken out like this, and the little fellow was now very sensible. She knew that she couldn't show her face casually on this planet, so she would obediently watch the outside world through a miniature camera installed on Hao Ren's clothes. Hao Ren could also feel Doudou gently拱来拱去 in the special pocket on the inside of his clothes. As he walked down the road, he paid attention to whether there were any new kinds of dead branches or bark on the ground. If there were any suitable ones, he would pick them up and quietly stuff them into his collar: that super-appetizing fish baby was always hungry and waiting to be fed. This had already become a habit the father and daughter had developed when they went out.

A mother and son who were on their way across the road happened to notice this scene, and their whispers were carried by the wind to Hao Ren's ears. First, the little boy's voice: "Mommy, mommy, there's an uncle over there feeding his clothes with branches!" "Don't look – if you don't study hard, you'll end up like that in the future."

Hao Ren: "..."

Yes, he was used to this too...

While Hao Ren was out for a stroll, a visitor who no one expected suddenly visited this old district.

A black luxury car, no one knew where it came from, was driving on the slightly deserted streets of the southern suburbs. The potholes in the road and the accumulated water left by the autumn rain a few days ago made this valuable car look a little embarrassed. The car circled around the old streets of the southern suburbs a few times, and the driver – a blue-eyed blonde foreigner – asked the locals for directions to Hao Ren's residence, and then drove straight towards Baishi Road.

But the streets in the southern suburbs were too old, and the winding roads were probably not as easy to navigate as the modern planned districts. In the end, the car didn't find the Hao family mansion, but accidentally stopped in front of the small restaurant run by the Nangong couple.

Pedestrians on the side of the road and a few older men who had just come out of the small restaurant couldn't help but take a few more glances at the car. This kind of luxury car was rare in the southern suburbs, and the tall European who came out of the driver's seat was even more eye-catching. He was a young gentleman who looked calm, polite, and well-mannered, with blond hair and blue eyes, a tall figure, and a suit that looked expensive at a glance. Instead of appearing here, he would be more suitable for appearing on the television screen.

But he was just a driver.

The blond driver didn't pay attention to the surrounding passersby. He went straight to the back of the car, opened the door, bowed respectfully to the person inside, and said softly, "Madam, I'm dizzy from getting lost... If it's really not working, let's get something to eat first, shall we?"

"Get lost, you looked it up on Baidu Maps, there's only one tm road here, and you still got lost for two hours! Is that thing on your neck just to make you look tall?!"

The female voice inside the car was full of authority – regardless of the content.