CHAPTER 392: CHAPTER 391: ANOTHER HEAVY BURDEN (PART 2)

Gu Yuan felt like a long time had passed, and Yun Ran hadn’t picked up the phone yet, his mind already starting to wildly speculate.

Thinking about Yun Ran not answering the phone promptly because of serious injuries and her body covered in blood...

Gu Yuan’s face turned pale from his own imaginations just as the call was finally answered.

The heart that had plummeted to the depths suddenly soared: "Ranran..."

To his surprise, the voice on the other end wasn’t that of Yun Ran, but her young apprentice.

The voice was immature yet carried an undeniable strong and domineering tone: "My master is resting, if you have something, tell me!"

Even if Gu Yuan was slow to catch on, he sensed something was amiss.

"Did something happen to Ranran? Don’t hide it from me, I can handle it..."

Ginsengfruit rolled his eyes silently, something he would never have done before.

But ever since becoming human, he realized, where were the elites? Everywhere was just a makeshift band!

"Don’t make wild guesses. If there’s a matter, speak; if not, just hang up. Every day, always finding my master, is the Special Administration Bureau only usable by her?

Feeding so many people, do they share their salaries and bonuses with my master? Every time there’s a problem, they expect my master to clean up after you!

Also, my master is to participate in the final round of the great competition tomorrow, she’s not that idle, even the landlord’s donkey isn’t used like this!"

After being scolded left and right, Gu Yuan was totally dumbfounded, only managing to respond with a few ingratiating words before hanging up.

When things go abnormally, there must be demons involved, Gu Yuan’s intuition told him that Yun Ran’s sudden ’cold shoulder’ must be related to the boss.

Looking at Xie Xuzhi, who was lying on the hospital bed, he puzzledly sized him up.

Gu Yuan felt that he had realized the truth; it was definitely the boss’s fault that got him scolded by a kid.

Although Xie Xuzhi was wrapped like a mummy, having survived the most critical moment, he was now fully conscious.

It was only that his throat was injured, and he couldn’t make a sound.

Xie Xuzhi’s eyes blinked a few times, a gesture others might not understand, but Gu Yuan did; clearly, the boss was questioning what he did wrong.

Gu Yuan’s heart skipped a beat, he could die for Xie Xuzhi, but he refused to take the blame!

Immediately, he boldly said, "Boss, just how did you offend Yun Ran to the point where she wouldn’t even take my calls and let her apprentice be sarcastic to me!

Before I returned, I got along perfectly well with her, she definitely wasn’t mad at me!"

Xie Xuzhi was suddenly amused by Gu Yuan’s words, unaware how he could have possibly offended Yun Ran.

Having just returned from the Ghost Gate, he was still too grateful to Yun Ran, how could he offend her!

Suddenly, his eyes blinked rapidly, showing his doubt toward Gu Yuan’s words, surely it was him who was unreliable and offended Yun Ran unknowingly!

The burden of blame was heavy and suffocating, Gu Yuan jumped immediately, even if the one lying here was his boss, he would not bear the unjust accusation.

"Yun Ran is my half-sister from different fathers, I would protect her at all costs, how could I possibly offend her, it definitely wasn’t me!

Just now, the little apprentice even said, the Special Administration Bureau isn’t only Ranran, yet they only rely on her alone, clearly thinking she’s overworked"

I also think that Ranran’s workload is a bit too much; the compensation you previously provided was hardly enough, just like a stingy landlord.

I suggest, at the end of the year, to apply for a special contribution award for Ranran, and the bonus should be in accordance with the annual standards of the Special Administration Bureau..."

Gu Yuan became more fluent as he spoke, feeling like the embodiment of justice!

Previously, worried about Xie Xuzhi’s severe injuries, Gu Yuan had secretly hidden and cried.

Now, knowing that Xie Xuzhi was out of mortal danger, his mental scales instantly tipped—he had to fish out some benefits for his sister Ranran...

Xie Xuzhi, observing Gu Yuan veering off-topic, closed his eyes in exhaustion.

His original intention was just to have Gu Yuan inquire how Yun Ran was doing, whether she was hurt, or if she encountered any trouble...

Only he, who had been stuck in that dire situation, knew the prowess of Rong Gu’s techniques.

Yun Ran managed to break Rong Gu’s Prohibitions, even killed Rong Gu’s Azure Dragon, and forcefully pulled him back from the brink of death; she assuredly took a great risk.

Although he felt life was worse than death during that process, getting through it still made him feel that being alive was good.

Who would have expected that Gu Yuan couldn’t even handle this small matter and still had the mood to argue such irrelevant points; could he ever mistreat Yun Ran?

Seeing the boss closing his eyes to rest, Gu Yuan also felt it improper to continue arguing, so he just sat beside, wracking his brains wondering why Yun Ran was ignoring him.

The Little Paperman squatting in the corner raised its visibly saddened little head.

It knew why its master disliked Director Xie and Gu Yuan, but since they didn’t ask it, it thought that suddenly speaking up might seem rude, giving off an impression of poor upbringing.

It immediately lowered its head again, continued to observe the ruined Heavenly Thunder Pearl, and touched the tear on its body.

If not for the Merit Golden Light its master had fed it and its body being refined by Heavenly Thunder, it would probably have shattered into pieces just like the Heavenly Thunder Pearl.

The sense of grievance in Little Paperman’s heart surged up again—it was beaten up, it embarrassed its master...

Gu Yuan was still desperately thinking about where he could have offended Yun Ran, never thinking to ask the Little Paperman, thus perfectly missing the correct answer.

Ginsengfruit hung up the phone, humming a little tune, and scurried off to wash the medicine pot.

This demeanor was evidently very cheerful; he used to always be scolded by the Host, but now scolding others, he felt really great.

Yun Ran checked the situation of Dragon Spirit absorbing the Dragon Core, and also examined the Defense Talismans that had been damaged by the violent Dragon Core.

She then replenished quite a few Defense Talismans before continuing with her meditation and breathing control.

By the next day, Yun Ran’s injuries had mostly recovered; her complexion had completely normalized.

Not far away, the Dragon Spirit was still absorbing the Dragon Core, and the water dragon formed by converging water droplets around him had grown larger.

Ginsengfruit was somewhat puzzled: "Host, Xie Xuzhi survived, so why has the Dragon Spirit only absorbed a small part of the Dragon Core; can it be that he isn’t even comparable to an ordinary person?"

"Xie Xuzhi used a large portion of the absorbed Dragon Core to offset Rong Gu’s Evil Technique, as they are alike, obviously it was quicker.

The amount of Dragon Core absorbed by the Dragon Spirit, though seemingly only nine times that of Xie Xuzhi’s, if calculated by energy, the energy absorbed by the Dragon Spirit is thousands to ten thousands of times stronger, and they counteract each other.

If it weren’t for my Defense Talismans array holding back [those energies], they could have easily overturned this stretch of the sea.

Given the current situation, it’s quite fast for the Dragon Spirit to absorb all this energy within a month."