The time was almost noon, and at this time, the guests in front of the Li Mansion had become a little scarce, and those who should have come had already come, as for the people who had only arrived now, most of them were some local tyrants and squires in the township.

Xu Ran and Xing Ling came to the door of the Li Mansion side by side, a little late.

At first, seeing the age of the two, the guards wanted to stop them, but after receiving a golden soul coin handed over by Xu Ran, the two guards immediately smiled and politely invited them in, which looked even closer than treating their own father.

"Xu Ran, I found out that you are really a loser, it is a golden soul coin, alas, how many clothes and food can you buy, you actually dot it like this, I am really angry."

Seeing Xing Ling's pouting and puffing, Xu Ran pinched her face, "What do you know, I call it the best use of things, not to mention a golden soul coin, even if it is a hundred and a thousand, it should still be dotted." It's you, how can you be the same as a housekeeper at a young age, your mental age is at least thirty years old. ”

"Die." Rolling his eyes, Xing Ling gave Xu Ran a pink punch.

While talking, the two came to the main hall, because there were too many guests to sit in the room, so the banquet was held in the open air in the courtyard.

The two of them casually found a place to sit down, who knew that before a cup of hot tea was served, a familiar voice sounded in Xu Ran's ears.

Then a figure came running and sat down beside him.

"Are you...... Xu Ran? ”

looked at the seat on his left, and saw Xia Yanran staring at him with a pair of beautiful eyes.

Among them are surprises,

There was an accident,

More or uncertain.

"How did you recognize me?"

Xu Ran took a sip of tea and asked suspiciously.

Although there was only one scar missing from his face compared to before, perhaps because the blood of the star spirit was too strong, his skin became very different from before, and even his facial features had undergone some subtle changes.

From extremely ugly to extremely handsome, with such a big gap, Xu Ran believes that ordinary people will definitely not recognize themselves.

This is also the reason why he did not wear a mask during this time.

But how did Xia Yanran recognize herself?

Could it be that she has the ability to read minds?

Without answering Xu Ran's question, Xia Yanran covered her cherry mouth tightly, her eyes rippled, and she stared at Xu Ran's incredible face.

"Oh my God, I didn't expect you to be so handsome!"

"Ahem, it's just back to its original appearance, what's the fuss."

Xia Yanran's exclamation almost choked on her throat, Xu Ran wiped the spilled tea, and asked casually, "You and your father are here?" ”

"Hmm." Xia Yanran nodded.

Seeing Xia Yanran nodding in acknowledgement, Xu Ran's face did not change, but his tone was a little cold, "Then the relationship between your City Lord's Mansion and the Li family is good?" ”

"No, no." Xia Yanran waved her hand again and again, for fear that Xu Ran would misunderstand, "Over the years, the status of the Li family in Deakin City has become higher and higher, although the strength and background are not very good, but the relationship network involved is very complicated, not only involving the side of Soto City, but also the Martial Spirit Palace. I heard that Li Guangran's eldest son, Li Long, is a registered disciple of the deputy hall master of the Martial Spirit Hall of Heaven Dou City, just by virtue of this, no one in the Li family dares to offend, of course, this also includes our City Lord's Mansion. ”

Sighing a little helplessly, Xia Yanran inadvertently swept to the side, and only then did she notice the star spirit beside Xu Ran.

At the same time, Xing Ling was also looking at Xia Yanran.

The eyes of the two women met, and a trace of sparks suddenly rubbed in the air.

"By the way, who is this girl next to you?"

"My name is Xingling, and I am a good friend of Xu Ran." Without waiting for Xu Ran to speak, Xing Ling hurriedly replied, and she deliberately bit the word "good" from her good friend very hard, and the meaning was self-evident.

Faced with Xingling's provocation, Xia Yanran took it seriously, "Oh, it turned out to be a friend, let me introduce myself, my name is Xia Yanran, and I am Xu Ran's fiancée." ”

"What do you say? Fiancee? ”

Xing Ling frowned and turned his inquiring gaze to Xu Ran.

And Xu Ran was even more shocked by Xia Yanran's words, and directly squirted out a sip of tea, impartially spraying a fat man on the opposite side.

was sprayed with tea for no reason, and the fat man's face immediately darkened.

"Stinky boy, you're looking for death!"

Xu Ran just wanted to apologize, but Xia Yanran took the lead, but as long as she was a normal person, she could hear her words without the slightest sense of apology.

"Do you have an opinion?"

In the face of Xia Yanran's strong "apology", the fat man smiled stupidly, and hurriedly said that he had no opinion at all.

After that, he didn't sit back in place, but quietly changed the table, and looked at Xia Yanran as if he was far away from the plague god.

As the fat man left, the other people at the same table also got up and walked away with great interest.

Soon, there were only three Xu Ran left at the table.

Xing Ling and Xia Yanran were still confronting each other at the moment, and there was a strong smell of gunpowder in the air, and they didn't know anything about the girl Xu Ran, so they were going to change the table with a cup.

Thirty-six plans, go for the upper plan.

Just got up, and with two coquettish shouts, he could only sit back helplessly.

"Sit down!"

The two girls shouted almost in unison, making Xu Ran smile wryly, but helpless.

However, this state of gunpowder did not last long, and when she heard Xia Mingfeng's call, Xia Yanran had to leave the arena early, but before leaving, she still glared at Xing Ling very provocatively, as if to say, "Let's fight again next time."

And the star spirit was not to be outdone, glaring back, as if to say, "I'll wait for you".

After Xia Yanran left, under the pressure of Xing Ling, Xu Ran briefly said the agreement between the two, and after repeatedly confirming that the relationship between the two was only an agreement, Xing Ling's face returned to normal.

Time passed slowly, and with the arrival of some scattered guests, Xu Ran's table was full again.

Drinking all the tea in the cup, and when Xu Ran was bored waiting for the birthday banquet to start, Xing Ling suddenly got up and left, bluntly saying that he was going to make it convenient and let Xu Ran occupy a seat for her.

Not long after he left this time, Xing Ling was a little secretive when he came back again, although he tried his best to hide it, he didn't know that the loss on his face had already been seen by Xu Ran.

"Dead?"

"Hmm."

"What did your aunt say?"

"She said that she was an only child, and there was no so-called sister at all, and she also said that I, a civilian, wanted to climb her and scolded me for being shameless, and then she kicked me out in the ridicule of many people."

Star Spirit said, tears gradually filling up in his eyes.

Originally, the whole village was slaughtered, and she was the only one left, so she pinned all her hopes on her aunt, whom she had never met.

But she never thought that the other party not only didn't recognize her, but also humiliated her, which made her more and more aggrieved the more she thought about it, and the tears finally fell after rolling in her eyes for a long time.

Because it was a birthday banquet at the moment, there were many people around, and Xing Ling lowered his head and cried very quietly throughout the whole process, trying not to attract the attention of others.

Seeing her like this, Xu Ran wanted to comfort her, but she couldn't say anything.

After thinking about it for a while, a flash of inspiration suddenly moved in his mind, and then he mysteriously whispered something in the ear of the star spirit.

"Really, you can really let me cultivate soul power?"

There were still tears in Xingling's eyes, although there was still sadness, but it was temporarily suppressed by the thick anticipation and shock.

Xu Ran nodded, "Although I am not 100% sure, but it is estimated that it is about the same, after the birthday banquet, I will take you to find a person called Master, if he knows the martial soul, if he thinks that he is second, no one will dare to recognize the first, with his help, there is a great hope of success." ”

"Really? Don't lie to me, or I'll bite you to death. ”

"Believe it or not." Xu Ran rolled his eyes and looked elsewhere.

Let's go!

Caught off guard, Xu Ran only felt a thin lip imprint on his cheek, and at the same time, there was a sincere thank you from the star spirit in his ear.

"Xu Ran, thank you."

"It's too early to say this, it's not too late to thank me after helping you cultivate your soul power."

Xu Ran raised his eyebrows, and the corners of his mouth raised slightly.

"So, this one doesn't count."