CHAPTER 16: CHAPTER 16: THE HOUSE BLEW UP, THE ROOF WAS LIFTED OFF

The red mist crisis seems to have been temporarily resolved.

But the second floor was almost blown to ashes by the superpowers, Xu Mo’s fire ability nearly set the whole house on fire, fortunately Shi Jue released sand in time to extinguish the fire.

Ruan Li, clutching the only nightgown she was wearing, stared blankly at the almost-ash second floor.

In the distance, at dawn, the morning sun rose slowly like a hopeful flame.

Zhe Ye took off his coat and draped it over Ruan Li.

He thought the little female was grieving over the fierce beast destroying their home.

He spoke to comfort her: "The house can be rebuilt, it’s quick, the robots can rebuild it in half a day, as long as everyone is okay."

Ruan Li silently lifted her head and took a glance at him, wrapping the coat tightly around herself.

Fortunately, the new clothes she left in Zhe Ye’s space hub were forgotten.

It felt a bit surreal, falling asleep and waking up to find the house burnt down.

However, what felt even more surreal should be the four beast husbands.

They still hadn’t figured out what had protected Ruan Li at that moment.

Of course, that wasn’t the pressing issue; the urgent matter was to repair the house first.

The neighborhood was also visibly in chaos, the sound of superpower battles continued all night, and Ruan Li even had Zhe Ye rescue a few neighbors.

"Thank you," the little female sobbed in gratitude to Ruan Li, still in the embrace of her beast husband, who had been injured protecting her when the red mist suddenly attacked.

"It’s okay, there’s no need to thank," Ruan Li said.

"I’m Lan Ruo, we’ve met before inside," although she always heard the sound of a woman venting her anger from next door, she never dared to greet this neighbor.

"Oh, hello, hello," Ruan Li responded, not enthusiastically, but not coldly either.

Lan Ruo’s situation was worse, her entire three-story villa was almost blown to the ground.

"I hope the robots can fix the house today, otherwise our family of five will be homeless," Lan Ruo said melancholically.

The male beastman next to her held her, comforting, "Female head, we won’t be homeless, we can go to a hotel."

"Everyone’s houses were blown to bits, so pitiful," she sighed.

The military quickly dispatched support, and the Smart Brain issued a notification: Any injured females, please promptly go to the nearest medical center for treatment, they will prioritize female treatment unconditionally.

Zhe Ye also received a message from the military, he needed to leave temporarily.

"The military has something going on, I’m afraid the red mist is not that simple, protect Ruan Li, and wait for my news," Zhe Ye told the other three, but his eyes were on Ruan Li.

Ruan Li sat on the couch in the living room, even though there was a draft from above.

The home’s robots had already been set to construction mode, making buzzing noises as they began to build.

"Were you scared?" Shi Jue asked as he sat beside her, concerned.

Ruan Li shook her head, "I’m okay."

"This red mist is truly strange..." Xu Mo muttered to himself.

Ruan Li lifted her gaze, noticing Bai He’s strange expression.

Although his skin was naturally pale, his cool temperament added an ethereal, enigmatic aura to him.

But Ruan Li felt that Bai He’s state seemed somewhat weakened.

Considering what Zhe Ye had told her during the day, it was very likely Bai He was injured...

She rose and went to the kitchen, "Bai He, do you want milk?"

Forgive her for not being good at finding an excuse.

Shi Jue, puzzled but jealous, said, "Ruannuan, I want milk too!"

Xu Mo’s slitted eyes slowly narrowed, a gaze lingered on Bai He momentarily.

Bai He pursed his lips, getting up and following her to the kitchen.

Shi Jue perked up his ears to listen.

"I don’t drink milk."

"Bai He, are you injured just now?"

Ruan Li’s gaze fell on him.

"...No."

"Alright, if you’re injured, you can tell me, I can heal you, but I only have Level 1 Healing Ability, the effects might not be great."

Ruan Li brought two cups of hot milk back to the living room, handing one to Shi Jue.

Shi Jue stared at her, gulping down the milk in two swigs.

Having stayed up all night, and with the milk aiding sleep, Ruan Li leaned against the sofa, her head nodding down bit by bit.

Shi Jue immediately supported her head, pulling her to rest against him, his voice low, "Ruannuan, sleep, you’ve been up all night."

He draped a blanket over her from the sofa, holding her close, gently patting her.

Xu Mo sat on the other side of the sofa, lifting his eyelids slightly to glance at the harmonious peaceful scene, an inexplicable emotion flickered in his red eyes, he closed them for a nap.

Unnoticed, Bai He went to the bathroom.

Enduring his injuries, once the bathroom door was locked, a sudden surge of blood rose up in his throat, he suppressed the sound in his throat as blood seeped from the corners of his mouth.

He removed his tight-fitting coat, his white shirt already stained with blood.

His chest heaved with pain, further stretching the wound.

He bit down, carefully peeling off the bloody shirt, the fine soft fabric having melded with the blood and flesh after a night of battle.

Pulling it off was like peeling skin from flesh.

Even for him who had experienced countless battles and injuries, the intense continuous pain at this moment made it impossible to suppress rationally.

His whole body trembled uncontrollably, a painful groan escaped his lips, his cries like a crane bleeding.

A hideous terrifying wound slashed from his broad right shoulder to his slender left waist, nearly penetrating his entire back, with the red flesh turned outward, deep enough to see the bone.

Suppressing the tremor in his fingers, he took out the hemostatic medicine from his pocket and sparsely sprinkled it on his back.

It was the last bottle...

He turned sideways, watching in the mirror as his back wound healed at a speed visible to the naked eye, yet this kind of healing was merely a temporary fix, the source of contamination still lurking within his bone and flesh, proliferating continuously, the medicine only allowed the surface to heal quickly, a few days later, the contamination would spread, and the wound would tear from within, tearing the surface again...

Bai Tong had a moment of distraction.

Could Ruan Li’s words be trusted?

No, his injury, he couldn’t let anyone know.

Long-term endurance against pain had greatly enhanced his pain threshold, expressionless, he put on his clothes, using air freshener to cover the smell of blood completely.

After cleaning everything up, he left the bathroom.

The three resting on the sofa seemed unaware of his recent whereabouts.

He didn’t notice, the fox ears drooping on the sofa twitched suddenly.

The warm sun rose high, and when Ruan Li woke up, it was already noon.

She stretched lazily, habitually wanting to rub around wrapped in a blanket.

However, halfway through, she suddenly felt that this didn’t feel like a blanket...

She rubbed her blurry eyes, focusing her gaze, suddenly noticing the enlarged fluffy golden fur in front of her...

A pair of moist bewildered eyes widened visibly.

"Shi Jue?"

The beastman sleeping soundly on the sofa instinctively patted Ruan Li’s shoulder gently, his voice softly coaxing, "Be good, sleep a little more."

As if he had done it countless times before.