Chapter 403 Gift

Chapter 185 Gathering

Anyway, Lanina ended up sharing a room with Vivian—after all, there was simply no empty space anywhere else, and Vivian's place was a bit more spacious. Deep down, Hao Ren was actually quite happy to be staying with this succubus, but he was just worried about getting beaten to death...

The reason Vivian finally accepted this arrangement was that Lanina thumped her chest and assured her that she didn't like women. After thinking about it for a long time, the vampire girl decided to believe her. After all, according to the succubus's habits, if Lanina was really a lesbian, she would have already made a move... Within the hunting range of such creatures, whether or not they slept in the same room didn't really matter.

Hao Ren felt that Izhaks must not have been a very competent godfather back then, since he didn't even figure out his adopted daughter's sexual orientation from a young age. But then again, researching your daughter's sexual orientation didn't seem like something a godfather should do... Forget it, the logic in between was unclear. Anyway, there couldn't possibly be anyone with a sound worldview under his roof. Hao Ren had given up trying to understand his tenants' mental journeys a long time ago, he was afraid he would drive himself crazy.

Early the next morning, Hao Ren was uncharacteristically not woken up by his cat scratching him, nor by his fish fanning him with its tail: as soon as he opened his eyes, he saw a ferocious face in front of him, which immediately scared him so much that his heartbeat paused for a moment. The big face even spoke: "Woke up? Then let's go quickly, to say hello to the goddess..."

Hao Ren moved sideways to escape from under Izhaks' large face, pointing his finger at this tough guy who could conquer cities with his face: "Are you crazy! You know you'll scare people to death getting up so early!"

Izhaks casually threw Hao Ren's clothes over, his face still wearing that smile with a feint effect: "I'll wait for you outside, let's go find the goddess together."

Hao Ren knew in his heart that Izhaks had become a little obsessed because of his daughter's matter. In this state, it was difficult to communicate with a guy whose mind was already made up, so he could only quickly change his clothes while muttering: "He was still calm last night, and now he's like this again... I'll go after I eat. Don't grin, it won't make a difference even if you're in a hurry, you know that applying for a world gate route requires procedures."

Only then did Izhaks stagger out of the room.

After Hao Ren came out of the room, he found that Vivian had just put the food on the table, while "Roll" was squatting under the table waiting to be fed. Doudou was趴着 on "Roll's" head, and when she heard Hao Ren opening the door, she immediately turned around and waved happily, while her tail slapped the cat's head a few times: this was a subconscious action, but "Roll" could only bear it tremblingly and silently, for fear that she would be beaten by the fish if she didn't serve her properly...

Looking at these two, Hao Ren suddenly felt a little envious of the cat. He couldn't even stay at home during the Spring Festival, and he had to take his family to another world to face life-or-death situations, while "Roll," as a cat, lived more comfortably than its owner. Its daily life was extremely regular, eating, sleeping, and being beaten by Doudou. Apart from some damage to its dignity, it didn't have to use its brain at all...

Lanina had calmed down from the excitement of reuniting with Izhaks yesterday, and now she was sitting quietly at the table waiting for instructions. As a succubus, she actually managed to sit with the temperament of a well-bred lady. She was still wearing the slightly old close-fitting soft armor from yesterday, which outlined her good figure to the fullest. Vivian had thought about finding this female demon some clean and tidy clothes, but unfortunately, none of the girls in the house had a figure that could be on the same level as the succubus. After searching around, apart from greatly shocking the girls, there were no results.

Hao Ren came to the table and sat down with the demeanor of the head of the family, bent down to pick up Doudou and put her on his right-hand side, cleared his throat, and decided to say a few polite words on the morning of the first day of the Lunar New Year, but before he could speak, Vivian asked from the side: "Steamed buns or rice cake?"

Hao Ren coughed twice: "Steamed buns are fine, steamed buns are fine..."

It seemed that he was indeed not suitable for doing anything solemnly.

The Four Vajra had already run to the back of the house to start a new day of wilderness survival, but there was still a circle of people full around the table, as if a big family was eating together happily. From the beginning, Lanina had been curiously watching the scene in front of her, especially watching Izhaks holding a large bowl and gobbling it down, but she hadn't touched her food for a long time. Hao Ren noticed this situation, and while tearing small pieces of paper to feed Doudou, he curiously asked the succubus: "Not used to human food?"

"Uh, no," Lanina didn't know how to open her mouth, because the atmosphere here was very different from what she had imagined. She glanced at Izhaks, "King, have you been living here all this time?"

"Yes," Izhaks raised his head and agreed, "What, is this life not good?"

Lanina shook her head gently: "It's good... it's good."

"If it's good, then eat quickly. After eating, we have to report to the goddess," Hao Ren threw two pieces of meat to "Roll," and said casually, "I also have to ask her what she meant by throwing you down directly, and face down at that—by the way, are your horns okay? They were stuck in the cement yesterday."

"It's okay, it's okay," Lanina felt that she was always a bit unable to keep up with Hao Ren when talking to him, and she had to react for a long time to each topic. She nodded subconsciously before suddenly realizing, "Wait a minute! Goddess? What goddess?"

"The top boss of this universe," Hao Ren felt a bit proud when he mentioned his boss, "The whole world is under her control, I'm her assistant. Oh, according to the saying in your world, it should be something like a pope or a prophet..."

Lanina immediately couldn't understand the people in front of her. Even though she came from another world and didn't understand the local customs of Earth, she could at least see the bumpkin aura of the people in this room. Not to mention anything else, just Lily's way of eating rice cake dipped in vegetable soup didn't seem like something that could be cultivated by someone near the pope.

She looked at Hao Ren in a daze: "Are you serious?"

"What kind of look is that, would I lie to you about this?"

"...Is the church in your world very poor?" As a demon, Lanina really didn't mince words, "I always know what the pope in our world is like, not to mention the pope, even the regional bishop... has a much bigger show than you here."

Hao Ren wasn't happy when he heard this: "It's because they're all fake that they have to rely on pomp and circumstance to support their face, because if they don't, they won't be able to show how special they are. What's the point of having a show when I'm real?"

At this time, Izhaks also coughed lightly next to him, and Lanina immediately shut up and ate her meal in peace, but it's hard to say how many whys she was holding back in her mind. Anyway, this newly arrived demon lady still retained the various logics from her hometown, and it would obviously take a long time to adapt to the rhythm of Hao Ren's team.

But after she met Raven 12345, she shouldn't have any more worries in this regard—her worldview would be shattered anyway, so there's no need to fix it.

After eating, Izhaks urged Hao Ren to set off quickly. In order to prevent the great demon from getting so anxious that he set the house on fire, Hao Ren could only agree repeatedly and have the data terminal open the portal to Heaven. But just as he was about to leave, Vivian suddenly stopped him: "Wait, I have something for you."

Hao Ren looked at the vampire girl in confusion, and saw Vivian trot back to the basement, then solemnly returned with a snow-white scarf in her hands, her face full of happy smiles: "Happy New Year! This is a gift for you."

Hao Ren felt a surge of warmth in his heart, and a subtle throbbing—this was the first time in his life that a girl had given him something. When he took the scarf, he didn't know how to express his gratitude, and his usually eloquent mouth could only blurt out a few dry words: "Um... thank you, happy New Year to you too..."

Vivian was a little embarrassed: "I don't have anything good to give you... You know, I can't save any money to buy you a gift, so I have to make up for it with my handicraft. Here, let me put it on for you."

Hao Ren felt the warmth brought by the scarf, and at the same time smelled a faint fragrance, but before the atmosphere between him and Vivian could continue to be ambiguous, Lily in the distance jumped up: "Hey hey, Landlord that's also my New Year's gift嗷, that fur was contributed by me呢..."

"Alright, alright, you can't do without your half of the credit," Vivian turned her head and glared at the husky, "If you're really interested, I'll get you some hair growth solution in a few days? Then you can get us each a scarf..."

Lily rolled her eyes: "Why, I gave Landlord tail fur because he gives me food and shelter, you don't."

Vivian curled her lips: "Having food and shelter means you're the master, you're really worthy of your bloodline..."

Hao Ren smiled, said goodbye to everyone, and led Izhaks and Lanina into the portal light.