How come I was the one being targeted?

"I came from the Baixue forum. Is this where the Baixue live show is?"

"Fight, fight, do you just love watching women fight?"

"The comments above are so mean. I'm actually really interested in who that silver-haired guy is. He's so handsome~???"

"Is it protected from the sand and wind?"

"Awesome, so awesome! If I could see this scene in my lifetime, it would be worth it even if I died."

"Xiao Guizi and Shang Shang are in love with the same person at the same time, no way? No way? No way? No way? No way? No way? No way? No way? No way?"

The live broadcast room, which originally had only dozens of people, suddenly became tens of thousands of people. If it were any other time, Gui Naifen would have made a fortune from the huge traffic, but she was not thinking about that at all.

After listening to Su Chang's explanation, Gui Naifen nodded thoughtfully. After closing the jade statue, she suddenly waved to Bai Jun who was not far away: "Bai Jun, if you don't mind, why don't you come to my house for dinner tonight? I'll treat it as a welcome party for you!"

"Stupid, stupid Xiao Guizi, Bai Jun just moved today, he should have a meal in his new home first!"

"Hey, Shang Shang, why are you so fussy? Isn't it said that the more people there are, the more lively it is? There are more than a dozen people in my family, so it must be the most lively!"

Gui Naifen has specifically studied the customs and culture of Xianzhou. Although she likes Xianzhou, it does not mean that she accepts all the customs here. On the contrary, she thinks that some customs are really unnecessary. After all, the purpose of customs and culture is to make things convenient for people. Isn't it redundant to make them so complicated and rigorous?

"Sure, I don't mind."

Just when Su Shang wanted to persuade Gui Naifen again, Bai Jun nodded unexpectedly.

It’s not that he is not interested in the customs of Xianzhou, but he thinks that the so-called burning of the stove is actually intended to take the opportunity of moving to reunite with relatives and friends. In this case, it is a good thing to have some fun.

And most importantly, Bai Jun still remembered that Su Shang wanted to invite him and Gui Naifen to dinner last time, so this time he fulfilled her wish.

"Great, I'll send you the address later. Bai Jun, put your things back first..."

Gui Naifen saw the two large bags of food in Bai Jun's hands and took the initiative to suggest that after all, she was the host, and even if her family was in financial difficulty, she would not be unable to add even a pair of chopsticks.

"No, after all, we need two pairs of chopsticks. It's not appropriate to go empty-handed. These things are edible anyway, so just take them all with you."

Ignoring Gui Naifen's objection, Bai Jun carried two large bags of food and followed her to the door of her house.

Gui Naifen’s home, no, to be more precise, it should be described as a relief apartment provided by the Jinren Lane community, located in a remote corner of Jinren Lane.

Part of the wall on the exterior of the apartment is peeling off and yellowing. The door, which should have been brightly painted, has long faded over time and is now only a light gray. In addition, one of the brass rivets on the black lacquered wooden door fell off at some point.

The specifications of this apartment cannot be called generous in any way. At most, it can only accommodate a small home of four. However, considering that more than a dozen people in Gui Naifen's family live together in such a house, Bai Jun feels that Gui Naifen's life is indeed quite difficult.

Bai Jun was not the only one who thought this way. Su Shang beside him also showed the same sad and lost look, as if she was blaming herself for not being able to realize the hardships of Gui Naifen's life.

However, the person involved didn't think there was anything wrong with it at all and happily knocked on his door.

"I'm back~Hurry up and open the door for me!"

Soon, there was a sound of light footsteps at the entrance, along with a sullen complaint: "Here it comes~ Really, second sister, you obviously have the key, why do you bother us to open the door for you every day..."

"Of course I want the first thing I see when I open the door is my lovely brothers and sisters, Gareth, don't you miss me, your sister?"

"Needless to say, of course I do, but you, second sister...eh? Is there a guest behind me?"

The cute little girl with a high ponytail and a hairband, who looked 70% like Gui Naifen, noticed Bai Jun behind Gui Naifen. His tall height and charming temperament instantly attracted her attention.

The little girl tilted her head back and blinked her bright eyes, trying to find relevant information about the handsome man in front of her from her memory.

"Hello?" Bai Jun waved his hand in front of the little girl in confusion.

Gui Naifen's sister didn't respond. Instead, she slowly lowered her head, her petite shoulders trembling slightly. She took a deep breath with her heaving chest, and then she shouted into the house at a volume that shook the entire room:

"Big sister! Third sister! Second brother! Everyone! Second sister tricked a super handsome man into coming home—!!!"

As the voice fell, the apartment seemed to begin to tremble, and the floor of the corridor began to erupt with dozens of footsteps like an earthquake and tsunami. Men and women with faces very similar to Gui Naifen ran to the entrance, squeezed out from the narrow door frame, and scrambled to surround Bai Jun.

"Are you Guinevere's male companion?"

The red-haired beauty with a cold temperament and the aura of an elder sister glanced at Bai Jun with a serious face.

"Is this true? That idiot Guinevere can actually lure a man home?!"

A haggard, beautiful woman with short red hair straightened her glasses in disbelief and wailed in frustration, "Damn it! He's actually such a handsome man, while I can only work hard at home every day to earn money... Ugh, I'm so envious."

"Ah, Guinevere is finally going to get married and start a family. Father, mother, your spirits in heaven can now find comfort..."

The tall, thin and gentle man was so moved that he shed tears. Then he put his hands together and kept whispering to the sky.

"What a handsome brother! Come in and chat with us!"

His younger brothers and sisters chattered around Bai Jun's legs, and regardless of Bai Jun's reaction, they dragged him and Gui Naifen into the house.

The paint-chipped door slammed shut.

Su Shang, who was standing outside the door, was naturally ignored.

Looking at Bai Jun's back as he was led into the house by the crowd, Su Shang looked up and saw the red-purple light approaching from the west. She suddenly felt that the wind today was very noisy.

Then, she took a deep breath and uttered a cry of resignation and anger: "And me!!!"

Volume 122: Chapter : Falling into the Lair of the Knights of the Round Table

It is now 18:11 and it is already evening.

Some time after Grain Rain, the season is approaching the Beginning of Summer. The majestic Luofu still looks like spring, with grass and trees growing and all things gradually reviving. However, the night time has been significantly shortened, and even now it has not completely turned into night.

The sun in the sky completely sank into the horizon, and the gorgeous sunset reflected the burning sunset glow that illuminated the clouds hanging above the sky in a bizarre way.

There were no lights on in the apartment. The orange-yellow dusk shone through the clean glass without a speck of dust into the apartment, dyeing half of the living room wall red.

As imagined, the living room in Gui Naifen's house, which accommodates more than a dozen people, seems quite cramped, and there is almost no space for everyone to stay.

The area of ​​the relief apartment is really limited, especially due to the lack of funds, so the style of Gui Naifen's home is very different from that of normal Xianzhou people. The most important point is that there are no common dining tables, chairs and sofas in the living room, but tatami and cushions in the living room to save space.

The only thing that can be called furniture in the living room is the long table in the middle, which is large enough to accommodate everyone in the family for dinner.

Because of the guests today, the living room was very lively. After hearing that Bai Jun was not Gui Naifen's male companion, the adults present sighed unwillingly.

"I'm sorry, these misunderstandings must be very troubling to you. Please allow me to apologize to you on behalf of the children, Mr. Bai Jun."

The thin and gentle male voice was full of apology. He was the second brother in the family, whose real name was Bedivere. At this moment, he was resting his head on the tatami and sincerely apologizing to Bai Jun.

"What the hell... You made me excited for nothing. I thought that idiot Guinevere had finally found someone great. But it's okay this way. After all, my Guinevere is just like that. It's normal that she can't find a man of such high quality."

A beautiful woman with short red hair and a quiet and elegant temperament took off her glasses and shook her head with regret. However, although she said it was a pity, the bright smile on her face showed no sign of subsiding. Soon she got into a fight with Gui Naifen who rushed over and shouted, "Merlin, you are talking nonsense again. You don't take me, your sister, seriously at all!"

"Guinevere, I'm very disappointed in you."

Morgan sighed in frustration, then exercised her authority as an elder sister and pulled Gui Naifen back from the fight with Merlin.

Unlike the adults who sighed and groaned, Gui Naifen's brothers and sisters were still in high spirits. They gathered around Bai Jun and asked curious questions. Although Bai Jun had answered similar questions many times, the children still kept asking questions without getting tired:

"Hey, hey, big brother, how did you meet Sister Guinevere?"

"Instead of worrying about that, why don't I show you a magic trick?"

Bai Jun sighed in his heart at the precocity of these children and felt that he could not continue to be so passive, so he spread out his hands in a mysterious manner, and suddenly clenched his fists in the confused eyes of others. When he opened his palms again, dozens of exquisite candies were already lying quietly in his palms.

"Wow, big brother, where did you get the candy from?"

The children were attracted by his magic tricks and made surprised noises.

The children took the candies that emerged from Bai Jun's clean palms like magic, and bright smiles appeared on their faces. They seldom ate candies. Firstly, they were afraid of damaging their teeth, and secondly, they seldom went to shops and had no chance to buy them. They remembered that the last time they tasted sweetness was when Gui Naifen brought some desserts home.

"Woo woo woo, so sweet~"

"This is so delicious! It's even better than the candy Sister You gave me!"

"Handsome big brother, I still want to eat~"

"Mordred, you've already eaten seven candies. For the sake of your teeth, let the adults handle it."

"Ahhh, cunning Galahad, give the candy back to me quickly!!!"

Seeing the children's lively smiles and interactions, the adults sitting on one side of the long table smiled with satisfaction. Gui Naifen poked Bai Jun's arm with a cheerful expression and praised him from the bottom of her heart:

"Bai Jun, you're amazing! I didn't expect you to be so good at interacting with children. Tell me, where did you get that candy? I'm a little curious about your skill... you were able to hide it from me. Could it be that you're a hidden magician, Bai Jun?"

Having said that, she touched Bai Jun's palm and checked whether there were any hidden mechanisms in his wrists and sleeves.

"Don't worry about these little tricks to fool children. I can't teach you my unique secrets even if I care."

Bai Jun seemed to see through Gui Naifen's behavior and revealed her inner thoughts in one sentence.

As for where this sugar comes from?

In fact, Bai Jun secretly used "abundance" to make condensed fruit candies. In essence, it was an application of plant life. In fact, it could not be called an ingenious technique. It could simply be explained by the powerful flying bricks. If he wanted to, he could even condense a handful of white sugar.

"No, no! I'm just asking out of curiosity—"

"Okay, I know."

Before Gui Naifen could embarrass herself and complain a few more times, something hard suddenly pressed against her lips. Out of trust in Bai Jun, she subconsciously opened her mouth and took it in. When the taste of the candy completely bloomed in her mouth, she realized what Bai Jun had fed her. Her shy mood immediately melted into sweeter happiness.

"Guinevere is being a bit of a fangirl again, so disgusting..." Merlin looked at Gui Naifen's shy expression and complained subconsciously.

"Mei! Lin!"

"Don't grin at me, silly Guinevere. You always act like an older sister, but weren't you only born a few seconds earlier than me? After all... Ha, ha ha ha, don't, don't tickle me. I'm sorry, I'm sorry. I was wrong, I was wrong, sister! Sister!"

Without looking at the Gui Naifen sisters who were making a fuss, Bai Jun casually turned a candy into the mouth of Su Shang beside him. Su Shang, who had been ignored and looked a little resentful, immediately calmed down, squinted her eyes happily, and a look of happiness blossomed on her face.

"Excuse me, sir. Please have some tea."

A man in his twenties or thirties came over with two cups of steaming tea.

Nothing is more suitable to describe this man than "strong". Even when he is wearing a loose robe, one can still faintly see his strong muscles hidden under his sleeves. There are faint wrinkles on his sun-tanned face. His short red hair is neatly trimmed and he has a kind smile on his face.

He is the eldest brother in the family. His real name is Lang Shile and he also makes a living on Luofu. However, he prefers to be called "Lancelot" rather than his real name.

After serving the tea, Lancelot sat back on the main seat on the tatami, took out an account book and began to calculate carefully. Although the lights were not on in the room, he could start writing with the help of the orange light coming in from the window.

"I earned two dyslexia today. Not counting the food expenses, after deducting this month's water and electricity bills, the children's books, Morgan's broken dishes, and Guinevere's fine... I still have exactly half a dyslexia left."

Looking at the engrossed Lancelot, Bai Jun poked Gui Naifen's arm and asked softly, "Your elder brother is writing something. Doesn't he want to turn on the light?"

"It's okay, I'm used to it." Gui Naifen smiled awkwardly, scratched her cheek, and explained, "Because of the debt problem, my family is actually quite tight on money, so we try to save on a lot of small details."

"Debt problem?"

It was the first time that Bai Jun heard that Gui Naifen's family actually had a debt problem. He originally thought that her family was just too large and the money she earned was not enough to support the whole family.

"Ah, I don't think I've told you and Shang Shang about this yet. Actually, it's because those stupid brothers robbed a merchant ship from Xianzhou. Fortunately, the military commander of Xianzhou was kind-hearted and merciful. He spared our family and even kindly provided us with shelter and education."

Gui Naifen's expression became sad, and her clenched fists trembled slightly.

"But first things first. We need to fully reimburse the losses caused by the delay in intercepting the merchant ship. I'm thinking... it's about 360,000 dysperides. So far, we've repaid less than 100,000 dysperides. It seems we still have a long way to go."

"More than 300,000 dysprosium?! Xiao Guizi, are you guys going to blow up Xianzhou's merchant ship..." Su Shang widened her eyes in shock.

"You'd have to ask my eldest and second brothers. Does anyone know what they did back then?"

Gui Naifen sighed softly, causing Lancelot, who was sitting in the main seat, to shudder. He slowly put down his pen and confessed in self-deprecation, "There's nothing we can do. The merchant ship is loaded with ore, and our small spaceship can't hold much ore. In the end, we can only dismantle the merchant ship's energy core..."

"We didn't realize that the energy core was actually a positioning device, and we were captured by the Immortal Boat's escort ship before we had gone far." Bedivere lowered his head with tears in his eyes.

"Foolish Lancelot."

Morgan scoffed and shook his head in disdain.

"Can you blame me for something like this?! And if I remember correctly, it was you, Morgan, who came up with the idea of ​​becoming a space pirate, right?"

Lancelot's brows twitched, and he angrily exposed someone's shortcomings: "You were so strategic and confident when you came up with the idea, but when it came time to rob, you were the first one to run away, right?"

"Oh, alright, alright, we have guests here today, so stop arguing!"

Before the two of them could start another familiar quarrel, Bedivere stopped them in time, then stood up, picked up the two bags of food that Bai Jun brought and walked towards the kitchen.

However, after a long time, there was no sound of food being processed in the kitchen.

"Hey...well, Morgan, come here and give me a hand." Bedivere in the kitchen suddenly shouted embarrassedly.

"Can't you handle it yourself? Shame on you, Bedivere, you're becoming more and more incompetent."

Morgan snorted, stood up and walked over.

Soon, the kitchen was filled with cries like, "What is this?", "I don't know, this is a completely unfamiliar ingredient.", "Isn't this fish?", "Never mind, let's cut first!", "Ugh, this fish is still alive?!", and "Hey, hey, hey, there's a plate next to it, be careful!"

Suddenly there was a sound of something breaking in the kitchen.

Lancelot took out his notebook and added another entry: "Morgan's broken plates this month: 7"

"Hey...well, Mr. Bai Jun, can you tell us what these ingredients are?" Morgan poked his head out of the kitchen and said in a low voice with an embarrassed expression.

"Leave it to me."