CHAPTER 96: CHAPTER 96: SORRY, IS IT IN THE SNOW THIS TIME?

This person changes too fast! Su Ruan’s lips twitched, and she casually stroked Lu Shinian’s wolf tail. Feeling the fluffy texture, her eyes narrowed slightly, a hint of enjoyment rising in her peach blossom-like eyes.

Lu Shinian seemed to sense something, and moved his wolf tail closer to Su Ruan’s hand, even trembling slightly with excitement.

"Ruan Ruan, pet."

Su Ruan casually stroked it again and said with satisfaction, "Good, don’t run around."

The villa’s defense system, she wasn’t sure where to activate it, and if Lu Shinian ran out while she wasn’t paying attention and got discovered, things would get complicated.

So the primary task now was to make sure Lu Shinian didn’t run out and get discovered.

Fortunately, Lu Shinian during the Ancestral Stage was still quite obedient to her words. Seeing her speaking like this, he nodded obediently, his usually profound eyes carrying a hint of hopefulness as he looked at her.

The upright wolf ears twitched every few seconds, as if capturing some sound, or simply out of excitement.

On the left, snow began to fall at some unknown time, with large snowflakes floating in the air, looking beautiful even from inside the house.

Lu Shinian, with his high sensitivity, obviously noticed the commotion outside as well. His eyes brightened slightly, and his wolf tail wrapped around Su Ruan’s wrist, "Ruan Ruan, snow!"

He spoke, wanting to drag Su Ruan outside.

Su Ruan hurriedly grabbed his arm, "No, you can’t."

Lu Shinian looked back at Su Ruan, a hint of grievance appearing on his handsome face.

The two wolf ears immediately drooped listlessly forward, even his hair seemed to express his grievance.

"You can’t go outside," Su Ruan emphasized, "It’s dangerous outside."

"Dangerous?" Lu Shinian tilted his head, patting his chest, "I, protect, Ruan Ruan."

Su Ruan: ...

It’s now that he’s dangerous!

Seeing Su Ruan fall silent, Lu Shinian thought she didn’t like snow. He released her wrist and, taking advantage of her inattention, zipped out in an instant.

As the Federation’s First Commander in the interstellar age, whether in spiritual power or physical strength, Lu Shinian far surpassed Su Ruan.

In just half a second, Lu Shinian’s figure was nowhere to be seen inside the house.

Su Ruan was startled and stepped out quickly, only to see Lu Shinian half-kneeling in the snow, his wolf tail wagging excitedly, shaping the thick snow on the ground into a ball.

Seeing Su Ruan come out, the wagging behind him intensified.

"Ruan Ruan!"

Su Ruan walked quickly over, squatted down, and grabbed his arm, "Come back with me."

But Lu Shinian seemed not to understand what she was saying, excitedly pounced on her, burying his head in her neck, licking madly.

Su Ruan’s lips twitched as she was about to push Lu Shinian away, her ears perked up, hearing footsteps.

She held Lu Shinian’s head with one hand, slightly turning it to the side.

This proactive move made Lu Shinian mistakenly think she was playing a game with him, and his head kept nudging her, whining, "Pet more, pet more."

At the same time, a male voice came from the doorway.

"Hello, are you the new neighbor?"

Su Ruan pressed down on Lu Shinian’s head, preventing the newcomer from seeing his face, minimizing the chance of being recognized.

Her long hair covered most of her face, and with her slight head turn and the hair’s veil, the person at the door probably couldn’t recognize her either.

Su Ruan lightly pursed her lips and said loudly, "Sorry, my husband is having an Ancestral Stage episode, so we can’t entertain you."

The visitor seemed to hesitate, then smiled, "Then I won’t disturb you."

"By the way, my name is Zhang Shan, I’m a businessman." The person said, bending down as if placing something on the ground.

Due to the angle, Su Ruan couldn’t see clearly.

"I left a little gift at the door, thought you might find it useful."

Soon, the sound of footsteps faded away.

This person named Zhang Shan even thoughtfully closed the door that Lu Shinian left open.

Listening to the receding footsteps, Su Ruan’s eyes narrowed slightly, suddenly recalling something, she spoke out: [Tangtang, can you activate the villa’s stealth mode?]

[Sure can~] Tangtang responded promptly.

In less than a second, a mechanical female voice sounded in Su Ruan’s ear: [Stealth mode activated]

Su Ruan let out a small sigh of relief, finally releasing her tight grip on Lu Shinian’s head.

She had just forgotten that, Tangtang, being one of the seven major systems, should find breaking into the villa’s mechanical system quite easy.

Fortunately, she remembered in time, and with stealth mode on, no one outside could see what’s going on inside unless a Level 3S spiritual power user scanned using their spiritual power.

But as far as she knew, Lu Shinian was currently the only Level 3S spiritual power user in the Federation.

[Thanks, Tangtang.] Su Ruan said, shifting her focus back to Lu Shinian.

Once released, Lu Shinian eagerly looked up at her, his eyes gleaming brightly.

Su Ruan’s lips twitched as she searched him and found his Space Button, then said to him, "Take out the Level 3 Energy Stone."

Lu Shinian obediently complied.

The Level 3 Energy Stone, placed on the wolf claw’s padded paw, contrasted starkly with a faint pink and that crystalline glisten.

Su Ruan picked up the Level 3 Energy Stone, her eyelashes trembling lightly, holding her breath.

She could "see" a tiny cloud of black fog within the energy stone, although small, it was denser than the Level 1 and 2 Energy Stones.

She tried to pull the black fog, and indeed extracted a tiny bit, but even that small amount made Su Ruan’s face pale.

Knowing that, with her current ability, she couldn’t clear the black fog from the Level 3 Energy Stone, she retracted her hand, exhaled a light breath, and retrieved a previously purified Level 2 Energy Stone from the Space Button, placing it on Lu Shinian’s soft paw pad.

"Good, concentrate, try to absorb it," Su Ruan said.

Lu Shinian nodded without suspicion, the Level 2 Energy Stone glowed with a brilliant white light, flowing into his forehead.

Lu Shinian just held onto the Level 2 Energy Stone, falling into a deep sleep.

Su Ruan put away the Level 3 Energy Stone, planning to try and clear the black fog later. If she could obtain a Level 3 Energy Stone with zero impurities, it would likely have a significant effect on his Ancestral Stage.

Once Lu Shinian absorbed the Level 2 Energy Stone, the ancestral traits on his body receded.

Some ten minutes later, Lu Shinian’s long eyelashes trembled, and he slowly opened his eyes.

Seeing himself lying in the snow, he frowned slightly, sat up, and looked at Su Ruan with a newly complex gaze.

"Sorry," he spoke first, "This time it’s in the snow, right?"

Doing such things with Ruan Ruan in the snow was really inappropriate; Ruan Ruan must be freezing and should warm up with some exercise.