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Chapter 409: Chapter 313: Don’t Look Behind You!

This was Yan Junze’s first time eating a meal cooked by the strangenesses.

To be honest, Xiang Er’s cooking skills were terrible. In her life, she had always been locked up at home and never came out, relying on the meals her mother brought to her, so her inability to cook was understandable.

Fortunately, there was a long-tongued beauty—Zhenzhen—next to her. Zhenzhen’s culinary skills were clearly top-notch, and with a bit of guidance, a pot of aromatic hot pot was soon ready.

Along with some slices of meat, fish balls, and vegetables, the fragrance wafting from the pot alone was enough to make Yan Junze’s taste buds explode.

Before long, everyone was sitting around the steaming hot pot, although almost none of the strangenesses present ate from it, except for Xiang Er.

Xiang Er’s body was very special, as she had tried before; she could eat a bit of food, and as long as she was in a state of possession, she could completely digest what she ingested without producing any waste.

But for the current Xiang Er, eating was unnecessary.

In fact, for Yan Junze, apart from blood, eating hot pot was also unnecessary, but at least eating normally still had its pleasures, such as enjoying the taste.

When it came to actually eating, Yan Junze didn’t eat much, mainly for the atmosphere.

Apart from him and Xiang Er, Zhenzhen, the Crawler Monster, and the strange baby were just gnawing on incense candles by the side.

The strange baby was originally mischievous, but right now, with Xiang Er present, the oppressive presence of the strangenesses loomed over them, and these two guys were being much better behaved as they nibbled on their incense candles.

Sitting upright at the table with knees together, they gnawed methodically at the incense candles, as if they were corn cobs. At first glance, they even looked somewhat cute.

However, neither Yan Junze nor Xiang Er paid much attention to these two brothers because they were still very sensitive to the gaze of humans; there was no problem only when the strangenesses looked at them.

Although the Crawler Monster was also eating incense candles, it did so in a leisurely fashion as if it wasn’t particularly fond of it.

Ever since he came out, nearly every half hour, he had to point a finger at Yan Junze.

Although he couldn’t speak, Yan Junze understood: the creature was signaling his desire to return. And of course, the place he wanted to go back to was the Spacetime Atlas.

It seemed the Crawler Monster had taken a liking to the sensation of being constantly nourished by Different Dimension Energy. Even eating incense candles, a highly tempting affair for the strangenesses, turned out to be tasteless for him.

“It’s rare for you to come out, so stay with everyone a bit longer. Don’t hide in the Atlas all day, or you might end up with social withdrawal or depression,” Yan Junze said while eating. “Actually, there are two other strangenesses here, but those two are not very friendly.”

Xiang Er and Zhenzhen looked up at him, surprised.

“Who else is there?” Zhenzhen asked.

“One in my shadow, one in my dreams,” Yan Junze shrugged. “But these two strangenesses are very unfriendly to me. The one in my shadow will seek me out whenever my shadow is formed under the moonlight, wanting to be with me every second. As for the one in my dreams, I still don’t know what she wants exactly. Hm, the last time Xiang Er was with me in the Tianyi District, we already encountered her once.”

That time, Yan Junze happened to dream about the Lantern Woman, and the next day in reality, he met a woman squatting against a wall with her back to him. Xiang Er was present at the time, which prevented the woman from acting against Yan Junze.

For Yan Junze, these two strangenesses posed too many threats. If possible, it would be best to find a way to sever this danger; otherwise, sooner or later there would be problems.

After pausing, Yan Junze continued, “Then the last one is Aunt Mei, whom I haven’t seen for a long time.”

As soon as he finished speaking, the two strange babies stopped gnawing on their incense candles and, ignoring their sensitivity to human gazes, looked towards Yan Junze.

Out of consideration for them, Yan Junze immediately narrowed his eyes to reduce the sensitivity as much as possible.

“Aunt Mei has been a great help to me and is still guarding the FH Community,” Yan Junze said to the strange babies. “We’ll be having a break soon, and we can go back to Shuntian City to see our families.”

Suddenly, the strange babies became excited. While sitting there, they began flailing their arms and legs, but still did not dare to stand up, instead moving restlessly in place.

Yan Junze looked at Xiang Er and laughed heartily.

…

Two weeks passed.

With the start of the school winter vacation, Yan Junze suddenly realized a problem: did he need to bring Xiang Er with him to Shuntian City during the holiday?

If he brought her back to Shuntian City, where should she stay? In the basement with Aunt Mei, or should he rent a hotel or an apartment elsewhere?

Leaving Xiang Er alone in the rental outside Tianmeng Science University until he returned after the winter break might be too long, right?

There would be many unstable factors during this period.

After thinking it over, Yan Junze decided to take Xiang Er back to Shuntian City. There was a small hotel opposite his home where she could stay for starters.

Bringing Xiang Er back, Yan Junze had another consideration. In her life, the Ugly Girl had been kept alone for so many years, feeling very lonely and thus unable to keep up with modern society.

Now that she was out, she was still alone like before, and Yan Junze felt a sense of compassion.

If her family before had not given her a sense of home, perhaps she could join his family during the winter vacation and the New Year, and enjoy the atmosphere of a home, which would not be bad either.

Having packed up what he needed to take back with him at school, Yan Junze went out to buy a suitcase, preparing to go to Xiang Er’s rental place and pack her things into the suitcase.

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