"I didn't expect the Ye family to be so shameless, actually inviting elders."
Su Fan was also helpless. If it were just a battle between peers, Su Fan would not be afraid at all, but the gap in strength between the older generation and him was too great. Su Fan was not an opponent yet, and he needed to work hard to earn money. As long as he had enough attribute pills, his true qi could grow rapidly.
"Alright, remember to call me if you need anything in the future. Don't try to be brave," Su Dongsheng instructed Su Fan.
Su Fan had truly witnessed a different side of Su Dongsheng today. He was domineering, powerful, and arrogant, completely unlike the gentle and refined husband and father he was before.
"Okay, I will," Su Fan nodded in agreement.
"Why don't you let Su Bei follow you? It'll be easier to handle things if something comes up. Bei'er's strength is not bad," Su Dongsheng suggested.
"Forget it, Third Uncle. We don't even know who's protecting whom. Su Fan's strength is far greater than mine." Su Bei had witnessed Su Fan's strength today and admitted he was not as strong as Su Fan. He felt ashamed even when his Third Uncle said that.
"Oh? You're that strong, kid?" Su Dongsheng raised an eyebrow, looking at Su Fan with great interest.
"You wouldn't know, Uncle. Just now, Su Fan single-handedly dealt with four cultivators in the Dongming realm. In an instant, all four were sent flying by Su Fan. Ye Xingyun even almost crippled Ye Xingyun. If Ye Zhenyan hadn't arrived in time to block the attack for Ye Xingyun, Ye Xingyun would probably be lying in the hospital with his brother right now," Su Bei said with a slight exaggeration.
"I didn't expect that. You have my demeanor from back then," Su Dongsheng was immediately very pleased with Su Fan.
Back then, for Zhang Yuwei, he had gone to the capital alone, fighting from the east city to the west city. No one among the younger generation was his match. Everyone called him Brother Dong back then.
Su Fan now possessed a bit of his former glory.
"You flatter me, Uncle. I'm still far from being compared to you back then. Didn't you see the old man from the Ye family didn't dare to make a sound when he saw you?" Su Fan said humbly. His strength was indeed far from it. If he were strong enough, even without Su Dongsheng's presence today, he could have handled it safely.
"Stop flattering each other. Come on, your aunt has made dinner. Let's go back and eat." Su Dongsheng interrupted the atmosphere of mutual compliments. The three returned to the Su family, just in time for dinner.
"What were you three doing?" Su Yutong asked with a puzzled expression.
Earlier, her cousin seemed to have an opinion of Su Fan, but after her father and the other two returned together, their attitude changed drastically. Su Fan and Su Bei were very respectful to their father, and Su Bei and Su Fan were chatting and laughing, with no apparent rift between them. It was truly strange.
"Don't ask so many questions, just eat." Zhang Yuwei knew her husband's affairs very well. It was because Su Dongsheng had gone to the capital alone to challenge the talented disciples of various aristocratic families for her that she had followed Su Dongsheng out of her family against all odds, choosing to live as an ordinary person in the secular world, staying out of worldly affairs.
Now that Su Fan and Su Dongsheng were in the same circle, to protect their daughter, it was better to let her know less.
"Can't I even ask?" Su Yutong pouted, unhappy.
She always felt like everyone was deliberately hiding something from her. What was it that she couldn't know?
"Men have their own matters, and you, a little girl, why are you asking so much? Can't you even shut your mouth to eat?" Zhang Yuwei put a piece of braised pork into Su Yutong's bowl and said to her.
"Understood, I won't ask anymore." Su Yutong outwardly complied, but her mind was already making other plans.
She would find an opportunity to ask Su Fan what exactly they were hiding from her.
After dinner, Su Fan went home to sleep.
Xiao Bai was waiting eagerly at home. As soon as it saw Su Fan, it pounced on him like it had seen meat.
"Holy crap! I forgot about you!"
Su Fan was embarrassed. He had forgotten to leave food for Xiao Bai when he went out.
Walking into the kitchen, Su Fan froze.
The pots, pans, refrigerators, and appliances in the kitchen were all gnawed to pieces.
He had forgotten that Xiao Bai's original name was the Iron-Eating Beast, and its food was metal!
"Xiao Bai, Xiao Bai, can't you make me worry less?"
Su Fan was speechless. The entire kitchen would have to be renovated again.
"You're not allowed to eat these things anymore, understand? I'll prepare food for you," Su Fan warned Xiao Bai. If Xiao Bai continued to eat like this, no amount of money would be enough to sustain him.
The few pieces of equipment he had taken out from the game were still in the corner. They were perfect for Xiao Bai's dinner today. He would bring out more from the game tomorrow, or find a steel mill and buy some steel to see if Xiao Bai would eat it.
"I'm going to sleep. Protect me. If any bad guys come in, beat them up, understand?" Su Fan instructed Xiao Bai before going to sleep.
Xiao Bai nodded intelligently.
Su Fan then lay down on the bed and slept with peace of mind.
After Su Fan fell asleep, Xiao Bai sat by the bed, gnawing on a bronze armor with crisp crunching sounds.
In the dead of night, a figure in black quietly infiltrated Su Fan's villa.
While searching, he found Su Fan's bedroom. To his relief, the bedroom door was not closed, which saved him a lot of unnecessary trouble.
He crouched at the door and saw Su Fan lying on the bed. Just as he was about to go up and kill Su Fan, a crunching sound made him stop abruptly.
"Is there someone else in this room?" the man in black thought.
Following the source of the sound, he saw a large white bear sitting on the ground with its back to him, as if gnawing on something.
"What the heck! Where did a bear come from?"
The man in black was very surprised. How could a bear appear in a place that wasn't a mountain or a forest? And a white bear at that.
Crunch!
A crisp sound made the man in black's spirits lift. He glanced nervously at Su Fan, who was sleeping like a log and showed no signs of waking up.
He immediately breathed a sigh of relief.
He hoped this bear wouldn't bother him. He would be done soon.
The man in black took out a dagger and quietly crept towards Su Fan's bed. He only needed one stab to end Su Fan's life, and he didn't need to worry about this white bear.
Xiao Bai, who was gnawing on the bronze armor, suddenly stopped and turned to look at the man in black who was quietly approaching Su Fan.
Seeing Xiao Bai looking at him, the man in black made a shushing gesture. He didn't know if the white bear could understand.
And this white bear looked like a panda?
Xiao Bai blinked.
He remembered what his master had said: if bad guys came in, beat them up. Was this a bad guy?
Xiao Bai got up and approached the man in black, wanting to see if he was a bad guy.
The man in black was startled. He thought the white bear was going to attack him, so he immediately stabbed at Xiao Bai with his dagger.
Clang!
A metallic collision sound was heard. The dagger grazed Xiao Bai, emitting sparks. Xiao Bai was completely unharmed, not even a single hair on its body was cut.
Xiao Bai had also mutated after coming out of the game. Its diet of gold and iron gave it extremely high defense. Ordinary swords and knives could not harm it.
Seeing that the other party was attacking him, Xiao Bai immediately realized that this was a bad guy!