Leaving the Forbidden Land, Xie Yuchen arranged for a car to take the three of them back to Hangzhou, and then quickly departed with the coffin.
Xie Yuchen was always decisive in his actions, so apart from Fatty groaning a few times about not establishing a long-term employment relationship with Sponsor Xie, both Xiao Wu and Xiao Zhang "enthusiastically" bid farewell to Xiao Hua.
Xiao Wu was truly enthusiastic, the quotation marks were for Xiao Zhang.
But when they returned to Wu Shan Ju together, Fatty was no longer sad at all.
"This is what the family head instructed for the three of you, to thank you for your help to the Xie family this time."
The driver from the Xie family respectfully handed over a small bag and then quickly left. The bag looked small and exquisite, clearly not containing much. Wu Tianzhen held it and shook it, only hearing a few sounds like paper rustling.
Fatty was already impatient, and Wu Tianzhen's slow movements made him anxious. He snatched the small bag over: "This is too damn slow. With your speed, Tianzhen, a rooster could lay a clutch of eggs by the time you open it!"
The outer layer of the package was torn open, revealing a sparkling gold card inside, which almost blinded Fatty's eyes under the sunlight.
"One, two, three, four..." Fatty counted the amount on it, and the increasing number of zeros led to an increasingly smug smile on his face.
"Holy crap, holy crap, hahahaha, damn it, we're rich, holy crap! Grandpa Hua is really damn generous, holy crap!"
Fatty's voice was too loud, scaring away a few guests who were about to come in and take a look. Wu Tianzhen hurriedly apologized to the guests with a smile, saying speechlessly:
"Keep it down! If you keep howling like this, my Wu Shan Ju might be suspected of engaging in terrorist activities!"
The two of them squeezed together, and Zhang Qiling, sitting in a corner of the sofa, glanced back slightly, then quickly lost interest, casting his empty, unseeking gaze at the television.
With the materials generously provided by Song Shuning, Xiao Zhang's leisure entertainment finally had an update, changing from watching "The Temptation to Go Home" to watching videos.
The television was broadcasting Wu Tianzhen's scream again, and coupled with the shouts of the two outside, the room suddenly became exceptionally noisy.
Zhang Qiling pulled down his hood and stared fixedly at the screen in front of him.
The blue, unintelligent screen reappeared, the data stream that had been rapidly scrolling removed, as if it had returned to normal.
After the words 【Emei Forbidden Land】 came a large 【100%】, but it wasn't this that caught Zhang Qiling's attention.
In the very center of the screen, a new progress bar had inexplicably appeared, its progress currently stuck at 80% and unmoving.
...Integration.
This was the name of the progress bar.
His blank thoughts offered no help, and Zhang Qiling stared at the screen for a long time, only to be suddenly bumped on the leg by something.
The blue rabbit huddled pathetically at his feet, nudging him with its paws, trying to get Zhang Qiling to allow it onto the sofa.
Blue Rabbit: (Hug me!)
Although this blue furball did not receive a warm welcome from Xiao Wu and Xiao Fatty, it eventually moved into Wu Shan Ju with extreme arrogance, relying on Xiao Zhang's favoritism.
Zhang Qiling lowered his eyes to look at the blue rabbit's fluffy ears, his fingertips on his lap twitching slightly, but just then, a fierce dog-like roar from Wu Tianzhen swept through the entire house—
"Rabbit!!! Did you ruin all the vegetables in the kitchen for me!!!"
Wu Tianzhen stomped out of the kitchen, trembling with anger, holding a half-eaten cutting board in his hand, shaking like a withered leaf in the wind.
"You can eat vegetables, fruits, even my snack bags, but why did you also chew on the cutting board and the cabinet legs?!"
Thinking of the wooden splinters all over the kitchen and the wobbly cabinet, Wu Tianzhen's expression twisted. But clearly, even more heartbroken than him was Fatty, who had always considered the kitchen his second base.
At this moment, Fatty came out holding a cleaver, and on the blade of the cleaver were several teeth marks belonging to the blue rabbit.
"No, Tianzhen, I think the child needs discipline!" Fatty was so angry he was almost smoking from his head. He swung the cleaver to try and look imposing, but unexpectedly, the cleaver flew out directly, leaving only the handle in his hand.
It was obvious that the handle had also been bitten off.
Zhang Qiling, holding the rabbit: ...He seemed to know why the blue rabbit suddenly came over asking for a hug.
"Xiao Ge!" Wu Tianzhen spotted Zhang Qiling standing there blankly holding the blue rabbit and rushed over, "You can't indulge it anymore this time. If this continues, it'll end up chewing on the Black Gold Ancient Saber!"
The blue rabbit, which had actually tried to chew on the Black Gold Ancient Saber but failed: ...Whimper, whimper.
To be honest, Zhang Qiling had no intention of indulging the rabbit. He calmly placed the rabbit on the table and was about to leave this noisy place to find some peace for himself.
But just as Fatty menacingly pinned down the rabbit, Wu Tianzhen looked at Zhang Qiling's transcendent demeanor and inexplicably thought of some scenes—
Like the scene where Xiao Zhang said, "Step back, you do it," and the scene where Xiao Zhang blurted out, "I carved this."
Wu Tianzhen: ...
And so, Xiao Zhang's escape plan was miserably thwarted.
He was confusedly pushed back onto the sofa, sitting side-by-side with the bound blue rabbit, facing two "parents" with stern expressions.
"I'm telling you, if you keep acting like this, our family will eat rabbit meat for all three meals from now on!" Fatty threatened the blue rabbit with the lives of its fellow rabbits, his expression sinister.
"Xiao Ge, Xiao Hua is fine, but you can't tell secrets to everyone you meet from now on! It's too dangerous!" Wu Tianzhen said with a worried expression, lecturing incessantly.
Hearing this, Fatty immediately abandoned correcting the stubborn blue rabbit and sat down next to them.
"Wait, speaking of that, I still don't know!" He pondered the earth-shattering news he had just learned, his expression somewhat complicated, "Never mind everything else, when exactly did you figure it out, Tianzhen?"
"You didn't even tell Fatty about such a big thing, do you still consider me a brother?!"
"？When did I? Wasn't it because I was afraid you'd be distracted in the Forbidden Land back then!" Wu Tianzhen felt wronged, "Can you blame me for you not knowing?"
"The Zhangliu God exploded as soon as it shone on Xiao Ge, and you were still thinking it was trying to prove its innocence. The Zhangliu God died so miserably, it could come to you in a dream tonight!"
Fatty didn't pay attention to Wu Tianzhen's mockery this time. He pondered for a moment, his eyes gradually becoming "wise": "Holy crap, that thing meant that?"
Seeing Fatty lost in contemplation, Wu Tianzhen decisively abandoned him and, pressing Zhang Qiling's shoulder, said very seriously:
"Xiao Ge, I don't know what you're thinking, maybe you don't care about the dangers."
"But..." Wu Tianzhen paused and continued, "But we all care a lot."
"Although, it's true, we might not be able to accompany you for long, hahaha, but no matter what, we will accompany you to the end."
"So..."
"So, Xiao Ge, don't think about unhappy things all day, just be happy with us brothers!" Fatty leaned over, kicked the poor blue rabbit to the ground, and it landed with a heavy thud.
"Then although my body won't last long, my spirit will live forever. Maybe if you try hard, Xiao Ge, we can even try to make a name for ourselves in history, hahahaha!"
Amidst their laughter, only the blue rabbit on the ground made angry squeaking sounds.
Zhang Qiling looked at them for a long time, and the confusion caused by his amnesia gradually dispersed.
He nodded gently.
On the screen, the progress bar quietly climbed to 85%.