Even hybrid monsters have their day

She stared at the girl for a moment before remembering that she was the doctor's assistant from last time. She turned around angrily and shouted at Peng Yuxian, "What are you doing!"

"I was just about to ask you what you're doing," Peng Yuxian said coldly, his slightly furrowed brows revealing his displeasure. He hadn't expected to run into Jiang Lan and her child while shopping at the supermarket, and he'd even seen her reach out to hit the child.

Although he wasn't very nice to others, he was very protective of his patients.

Geng Miaowan glanced at Lu Shuaishuai's tear-streaked face, raised her head and said disapprovingly, "How could you hit a child?"

These past few days at kindergarten had given her a little affection for Lu Shuaishuai. Every time she saw the confused and lost look on his face, she truly felt sorry for the child. His childhood, which should have been filled with joy and innocence, was instead filled with shadows.

Seeing that she was so protective of her child, and that Lu Shuaishuai had inexplicably quieted down in her arms, Jiang Lan's anger flared up even more. She haphazardly put down the basket, rushed to Geng Miaowan, grabbed Lu Shuaishuai, and pulled him into her arms. "What business is it of yours how I discipline my own child? Mind your own business!"

After saying that, she didn't even want the food anymore, and pulled Lu Shuaishuai towards the door.

“Hey, you…” Geng Miaowan wanted to chase after them, but Peng Yuren stopped her. He shook his head at her, and she watched Jiang Lan leave with the child with some resentment.

On the way back, Geng Miaowan was still quite down. "Why didn't you let me chase after them? That's your patient!"

Peng Yuxian said, focusing intently on what was ahead. "What good would it do to let you chase after her? In the end, the child will still go home with her." He might be able to stop her once, but could he stop her every time? "I already called Lu Fangtong. I told him to have a good talk with Jiang Lan."

His words left Geng Miaowan speechless, unable to utter a single word. However, this didn't mean she wasn't angry. To express her dissatisfaction, she didn't cook dinner when she got home that night, but instead made him a bowl of noodles.

Peng Yuxian was both amused and exasperated.

It was past eleven o'clock when Peng Yuxian finished dealing with his work. He went back to his room, took a shower, and found that he was not sleepy, so he poured himself a glass of red wine and went to the balcony.

Because his apartment is on a high floor, and there are no buildings of similar height obstructing the view, the balcony offers a great vista. He often chooses to gaze into the distance from there when he's thinking or wants to relax, and it inexplicably makes him feel much more at ease.

He's been so busy lately that he hasn't had time to get some fresh air here.

As soon as he stepped onto the balcony, he noticed a person sitting quietly on the balcony next to him.

Her skin was so delicate and flawless, better than anyone he had ever seen—fair, translucent, and with a healthy rosy glow. Beneath her willow-leaf eyebrows were a pair of exquisitely beautiful eyes, playful and lively. At this moment, they were gently closed, concealing their captivating beauty. Long, curled eyelashes cast a shadow on her face, making one want to reach out and brush them away.

Below her delicate nose were cherry lips, a color more vibrant than any flower.

The room's light cast a soft, ethereal glow on her face, giving her an unreal, almost dreamlike quality, as if she didn't belong there.

Peng Yuxian took a sip of red wine, but his eyes never left Geng Miaowan.

He remembered the day he asked her for her ID card, and she confidently said she didn't have one. He asked, "If you don't have an ID card, did you fall from the sky?" She laughed and said that she did fall from the sky.

Thinking of this, he unconsciously tightened his grip on the cup. That day on the overpass, he truly hadn't seen how she appeared. His car was right behind the car that had been in the accident, but he hadn't seen her at all how she ended up there.

Could it really have fallen from the sky?

He couldn't help but chuckle. How could that be? Even now, he couldn't understand why he, who wasn't one to meddle, had gotten out of the car to pull her away.

Perhaps... it was because I saw the confusion and helplessness on her face at that time.

That expression felt strangely familiar to him.

She appeared out of nowhere, had no ID, looked very young, yet was quite mature in her dealings with people. She's also an excellent cook… Thinking about it, there are quite a few mysteries surrounding her.

When Peng Yuxian looked up again, those ink-black eyes met his, shining brighter than the stars in the night sky, like two vortexes about to suck him in.

"Sorry, did I disturb you?"

Geng Miaowan glanced at the handsome man whose face showed no remorse and said calmly, "It's okay, I was just thinking about something."

He didn't ask her what she was thinking, but instead raised his glass and asked softly, "Would you like a drink?"

On the balcony, Geng Miaowan held a wine glass and leaned against the railing next to Peng Yuxian. "Do you know you're inviting a minor to drink?"

"Oh?" Peng Yuxian gently swirled the wine in his glass, his eyes fixed intently on the dark red liquid inside. If he hadn't seen her face, he would never have guessed she was still a minor. "I thought you were old enough to drink."

"Maybe, anyway, I don't know how old I am." She said, seemingly serious but not quite, but Peng Yuxian just took her words as self-deprecation.

Geng Miaowan took a small sip of wine and looked at the colorful lights in the distance.

I've been here for over half a month, but I haven't sensed anything about Huangfu Aoran and Xu Ruwen, nor have I sensed the location of the Anywhere Door. Am I going to be trapped in this space forever?

I wonder what happened to the Green Mountain Sect afterward, whether the demons were really defeated, and why Qiu Pi wanted to steal that stone.

Faced with such a dazzling night view, everything in that space felt so distant and unreal.

Suddenly, she felt warmth on the back of her hand. She looked at Peng Yuxian in confusion. He raised his hand expressionlessly and placed it on the railing next to her hand, as if the action just now was an accidental touch while he was holding the railing.

Geng Miaowan sighed almost imperceptibly. Let's put those things aside for now. She thought for a moment and asked, "Have you considered visiting Lu Shuaishuai's house? Could his illness be related to something happening in his family?" (To be continued.)