Forbidden Zone of the Human Race

Chapter 281: Who Are You Again?

Xiang Ning was happy at the thought that he could give some pointers for people to improve, even though it was tiring. Except for his sister, he’d never had many friends before. He felt satisfied at the thought that he could help his friends, especially after he saw their smiles.

Xiang Xiaoyu was especially thrilled because she saw many people having good relations with her brother. Since she was small, she’d had many friends because of her good looks. She was also Xiang Ning’s little princess. Though she was close to many people, she was still unhappy.

She frowned when she thought about how her brother used to need to go to the mines or find part-time jobs. But now she was happy, as he had obtained what was meant for him.

“Sis, let’s go and eat. Make sure you learn from us in the qualifiers tomorrow, okay?” Xiang Ning held her hand and went to call the others for dinner.

Fang Rou passed him a towel and water from the side. He gently smiled as he received them. “Thank you, little Rou.”

While their interaction appeared normal to the others, his tone and eyes revealed something else altogether! In just one interaction, Xiang Xiaoyu realized that something was up between her brother and Fang Rou. She had lived with him for her entire life and understood that, while he was gentle and kind to almost everyone he knew, he was only emotional around her. It was only when he had met Li Zimo, Lu Shiyu, Wu Rui, and Liu Ruoxue that she saw that he was slightly emotional, but to think that he would reveal so much of his true self to Fang Rou!

She smiled proudly as she looked at her brother. She wouldn’t object to their relationship if it was real, but she was afraid of the status between the two. She wasn’t afraid of her brother losing out, since with his current strength and potential, he would surely become an extremely strong martial artist. There was no way that Fang Rou’s father, a tier seven martial artist, could stop him. Instead, she was more worried that he would suffer some humiliation as they didn’t have any status or wealth to back them up.

Hmph! Looks like I need to observe them more closely!

“Here, this is for you.” Just as Xiang Xiaoyu was plotting something, Fang Rou appeared beside her with a water bottle.

Xiang Xiaoyu was surprised as she took the bottle. “Thank you… big sister Fang Rou.”

“Little Rou, do you want to join us for dinner?” Xiang Ning smiled as he patted his sister’s head.

“No, I need to train. I can’t drag you down,” Fang Rou chuckled. Everyone else nodded in agreement. They had learned so much from him, so they needed to train and remove their weaknesses. How could they afford to eat now?

“Alright, but take care of your health. We still have to spar tomorrow,” he happily said, then left with his sister.

He headed back to his room first and said, “Little sis, you can rest for a while. I’ll take a quick shower before we eat.”

“Okay!” She obediently sat on the bed, swinging her cute stubby legs. When she heard the water running in the shower, she revealed an evil smile. “Brother, can you hear me?” Her cute laughter echoed around the room.

“Hm? What’s wrong?”

“I want to ask you something.”

“Erm, sure.” Xiang Ning grabbed the soap.

“Do you have a girl you like?”

The moment he heard her, the soap in his hand flew out. It fell to the ground and he tried to pick it up. It should have been an easy thing to do, with his cultivation, but the soap slipped from his hands again.

It slid across the floor like an eel and he moved his legs to avoid it. Unfortunately, he accidentally stepped on the soap and his legs slipped out from under him. A loud crash was heard as he fell headfirst into the toilet bowl.

Xiang Xiaoyu stifled her laughter as she heard the loud commotion in the bathroom. She feigned innocence and asked, “Is everything alright?” She walked to the bathroom and knocked. “Brother, is everything alright? Do you need my help?”

“No, no, no! No need! I just accidentally dropped the soap into the bathtub and knocked… something.”

“Oooooh. I see. You still haven’t answered my question.”

Xiang Ning was silent.

“Brother?”

“Nothing! The soap is just too slippery! I’m trying to pick it up.” Xiang Ning was laying on the ground as he forced those words out of his mouth. The bathroom was a mess and he didn’t know what to do.

After fifteen minutes, he finally walked out and tried his best to avert his gaze away from his sister. But just as he wanted to tell her the truth, she leapt off the bed and went outside. “You’re too slow! I’m starving. Let’s go eat!”

“Uh, alright, alright. Let’s go eat.” He quickly followed her, locking the door behind him.

Xiang Ning was silent throughout the journey. Usually, it was him that initiated the conversations, but the roles had been reversed today.

They arrived at the buffet on the ninth floor. The moment they stepped inside, the fragrant smell of the food assaulted their nostrils as they salivated in hunger. The most famous hotel in Heavenly Star City had top-notch services. Looking at the platters of gourmet food, his belly started rumbling.

He hadn’t turned on the function to identify items in a long time, since it was too taxing on his eyes but it was now time. He used it and chose the food with names on it. “Wow. A tier four beast paw, tier three beast ribs, and even tier two shrimp.” Xiang Ning took everything he saw as if he had been starved his entire life.

He had never come to such a luxurious restaurant before. It was the first time he had seen so much amazing food. “Wow! A tier five bovine beast’s tenderloin!” He steeled his eyes as his chopsticks whipped out to snatch it.

At the same time, another pair of chopsticks was taking the same meat.

“It’s you?”

“Hmm?” Xiang Ning felt that the person in front of him was familiar, but he couldn't remember his name.

“Can you even finish everything on your plate?” Luo Lei was looking at the mountain of meat in Xiang Ning’s right hand. He felt that the bumpkin had poor manners.

“Hmm….” Xiang Ning was still trying to remember who this guy was.

Luo Lei took this chance to provoke him. “Still, it should be fine since you can pay the fine for not finishing it. But it would be a disgrace for you and your city.”

“But who are you again?” Xiang Ning asked, puzzled.

Luo Lei thought that he had heard wrongly.

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