LGSG Chapter 20
by VolareXia Ran stood behind Xie He, trying his best to hide.
Fortunately, Mr. Xie wasn’t in a wheelchair today, considering he was meeting his dear cheap dad. His tall frame could completely shield the roughly 1.8-meter socially anxious Xia Ran.
“Mr.,” Xia Ran whispered, “Why don’t… you explain?”
As the young man spoke, from Mr. Xie’s perspective, he could just see the pink tips of his ears peeking out from under the dark hair.
His brow was relaxed, and even his smile seemed less connected to the underworld.
Xiao Xie, the leg attachment clinging to Xia Ran’s leg, felt a twitch in his brow.
Damn it.
This love-struck old schemer is enjoying this too much.
Shen Hua and Fu Qu were also quite shocked.
The two human players were caught between three dungeon monsters, so even if they wanted to say something outrageous, they had to consider their lives at this point.
Shen Hua tremblingly raised a finger, but before he could open his mouth, Fu Qu slapped a hand over it.
Madam Bai stared at Xie He’s rather novel group with a faint gaze, finally landing on Xia Ran.
Although she was Xie He’s stepmother, Bai Muqi herself didn’t have the complicated emotions of jealousy towards the original wife’s son like in storybooks and dramas.
She married Xie Youdao simply because the old man was rich and would die soon.
Bai Muqi blinked, sensing the awkward situation.
She was a monster with a clear mind. Naturally, she could see that Xia Ran was close to those two human players.
Could this be the legendary family of the bride?
Bai Muqi was an orphan who had been a maid in the Xie family since childhood. Not long after Xie He’s mother died, Bai Muqi used some tricks to climb into Xie Youdao’s bed. Bai Muqi was beautiful and sweet-talking, and she quickly coaxed Xie Youdao into making her his legal wife, and she gave birth to a daughter, Xie Qiao. Not long after, they all kicked the bucket and got re-employed in the dungeon.
Therefore, she didn’t understand ordinary marriages and the ways of matchmakers and busybodies.
Plus, her brain wasn’t quite right after becoming a monster. Bai Muqi’s eyeballs rolled around. She thought of the plot lines in the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law dramas she had been following recently.
Could it be that Xie He was being made things difficult for by his daughter-in-law’s family?
No way.
Unreasonable.
How could their Xie family suffer such humiliation?
Wasn’t Xie He allowed to have relatives?!
She could also be considered an “evil mother-in-law.”
Bai Muqi didn’t hear Xia Ran’s whispered conversation with Xie He earlier. She had become a bit nearsighted from playing on her phone after death, but she refused to wear glasses because she loved beauty. Therefore, she vaguely saw a flash of white on her daughter-in-law, with a slender figure, showing her the charm she used to have. So she covered her mouth and said with a smile, “Young Master Xie, it’s not kind to hide such a beautiful girl. Oh my, sweetie, come over and let Mother take a good look.”
Next to her, Xie Qiao almost couldn’t hold back her expression.
Where did her mother learn these words?
Shen Hua and Fu Qu were already numb.
Did all the dungeon NPCs have two faces?
Xia Ran: “…”
Help.
This is truly an unrestrained social death.
Even though he didn’t want to face his companions directly, Xia Ran still remembered that he had to play the role of a male wife to give Xie He’s family an explanation.
Although she was a stepmother, she was still an elder, so he had to be polite in his daily life.
So Xia Ran was pulled in front of Bai Muqi.
“Young Master Xie calls me Madam Bai,” Bai Muqi said. “Sweetie, call me that too.”
Xia Ran: “Thank you, Madam.”
Bai Muqi squinted hard.
Mmm.
The wife Xie He found was truly beautiful.
Just a bit tall and big-boned.
The voice… wait, the voice…
Bai Muqi: “…”
Bai Muqi: “Do you have a cold?”
Xie He smiled and pulled Bai Muqi’s hand down: “Madam Bai, my wife is a man.”
Bai Muqi: “…”
Bai Muqi looked at Xia Ran, then at Xia Ran’s leg attachment. Her expression almost couldn’t hold back.
“A man…” she said dazedly, “Can also have children?”
Xie Qiao: “Mom, times have changed.”
Bai Muqi: “Is that so?”
Xie Qiao took her scissors and snipped around Bai Muqi a few more times.
The previously emotional Bai Muqi immediately returned to her mechanical and stiff appearance.
“Ah,” she said, “The author I’m following today is going to update 30,000 words. It’s time for the update, Qiao Qiao, take me away.”
Xie Qiao dragged Bai Muqi away.
Before leaving, Xie Qiao said, “Dad is in the main hall. You two who are delivering birthday gifts are also considered my sister-in-law’s friends. Since you’re here, let’s go in together.”
Shen Hua: “?”
Did they also emphasize “Since you’re here”?
He didn’t want to join in the fun of the dungeon BOSS.
He pulled Fu Qu, wanting to discuss escaping later.
Although he didn’t know why the big shot became the BOSS’s wife, it was obvious that men couldn’t have children.
The dungeon BOSS specifically took a child who looked a lot like him, plus a big shot accompanying him, it looked like he wanted to turn the birthday banquet into a Feast at Hongmen.
Shen Hua didn’t want to become a fish caught in the crossfire.
As a result, Fu Qu was struck by lightning.
He glanced at Shen Hua, his expression twisted: “Has the era now become one where men can have children? Can you too?”
Shen Hua: “…”
Can your grandma have a leg.
What kind of thing was Fu Qu parasitized by, with his one eye?
A caveman?
“How can men give birth!” Shen Hua jumped up and smacked Fu Qu on the head, “And that’s not the point, quickly think about how we can run away under the eyes of the dungeon BOSS.”
Xie He smiled: “The dungeon BOSS isn’t deaf.”
Fu Qu: “…”
Shen Hua: “…”
Xia Ran came back to his senses: “What BOSS?”
Xie He: “It’s nothing. You have so many friends.”
Xia Ran: “Do I?”
He and Shen Hua could barely be considered friends.
But the socially anxious person was still quite happy to hear this.
Xia Ran happily said, “Thank you, Mr. Xie!”
Xie He: “.”
The tea flavor didn’t get through.
Alas. Mr. Xie sawed. A few hints of helplessness overflowed from his pale face.
His eyebrows and eyes were smiling.
“Then let’s go in,” Xie He said, “No matter what happens, I will protect you.”
Xia Ran: “…!”
Xia Ran’s attention was instantly pulled back to Xie He himself.
He couldn’t help but feel a little embarrassed. Even though he knew this was a task assignment. But Mr. Xie’s attitude was too real.
It was as if they were really secretly together and about to face the judgment of the public.
Xia Ran: “I’m not that weak, Mr. Xie.”
Shen Hua and Fu Qu were focused on by the BOSS, so they wanted to run but were afraid of really angering this moody Mr. Xie.
They could only continue pushing the dining cart towards the depths of the mansion.
Unlike the modern antique decorations of Sui Yuan Ju, this mansion seemed a bit more dilapidated.
Everywhere were broken earthen walls and cracked tiles. Because no one maintained it, weeds grew from the ruins to the height of a person’s waist.
Shen Hua: “The family status is clear at a glance.”
Mr. Xie seemed to not have a good relationship with his dad.
“You’re wrong about that,” Fu Qu blurted out.
Shen Hua: “?”
Shen Hua: “You wouldn’t say that the living environment here is better, right? I’m not blind.”
“This is a real ancient building with a sense of age.” Fu Qu bent down, casually picked up a tile, and threw it to Shen Hua, “The craftsmanship on it is probably a product of a thousand years ago.”
Shen Hua disagreed: “It’s a game dungeon… isn’t it easy to create scenery as you wish?”
Fu Qu: “Not right.”
Shen Hua: “…”
Shen Hua: “I hate riddle-solvers!”
“It’s just a guess.” Fu Qu narrowed his eyes, “These ancient buildings are more like traces that actually existed in real life. Shen Hua, do you know that sometimes games absorb elements from real life into dungeons?”
Shen Hua was stunned.
“What do you mean?” he asked.
Fu Qu: “The wronged souls who died unjustly in real life, the evil gods that secretly formed because urban legends were too popular, will be absorbed by the dungeon and become part of the mechanism or simply NPCs.”
“Do you think it’s possible that one day, these NPCs will break free from the dungeon’s control and return to reality again?”
Shen Hua was stunned: “You this…”
He wanted to say something, but was a bit lost for words.
Finally, he dryly spat out a sentence: “Then what are you…”
It was impossible that he was also a ghost from real life who had just been absorbed by the dungeon and found a one-eyed as a vessel, right?
Fu Qu was able to talk eloquently about these ancient buildings, and his vision was clearly different from that of Shen Hua, a frantically part-time worker.
Since he knew things from reality, he was unlikely to be a native NPC born and raised in the dungeon.
Fu Qu: “Me?”
Shen Hua’s appetite was piqued, and he stared at him expectantly.
Fu Qu: “…”
Fu Qu: “My identity will only be known by smart people.”
Shen Hua: “You’re fucking insulting me.”
Xie He and Xia Ran walked together.
Soon, the sound of a chaotic argument came from behind.
Xie He: “Young people are good, so energetic.”
Xia Ran stumbled.
He thought, Mr. Xie, you look about the same age as us.
Fortunately, soon, someone came out slowly from the front of the main hall, leaning on crutches.
The sound of the crutches hitting the ground was like subtle and ethereal chimes.
Seeing Xie Youdao’s at first glance, Xia Ran was a bit surprised.
From Bai Muqi and Xie He’s dismissive attitude towards Xie Youdao, he had imagined the image of a cheap old fool.
But no matter what, he was also Xie He’s biological father.
The other party was an extremely elegant middle-aged man. Apart from his slightly graying hair, deliberately grown beard, and the old-fashioned air about him, he could even be called elegant and handsome.
Xie Youdao’s eyesight was much better than Bai Muqi’s.
He saw Xie He and Xia Ran behind him at a glance.
Xia Ran was holding a child in his arms.
Xie Youdao took a quick look. He was extremely satisfied, um, exactly the same as his son when he was a child.
Even the aura was the same.
It must be his biological grandson.
Xie Youdao stroked his beard and asked pretentiously, “The Xie family is not a rigid and feudal family, although your wife has not yet formally married into the family, since she has passed on the family line, the Xie family will give her a title.”
Xie He smiled: “Not rigid and feudal, really?”
Xie Youdao: “…”
Xie Youdao felt a chill in his heart from the smile of this cheap son.
An ominous premonition arose in his heart.
He wanted to go crazy, but remembered that it was his birthday today, plus he saw the Xie family’s family line, so Xie Youdao forcibly endured it.
Xie Youdao: “Cough, what era is this…”
Xie He: “My wife is in front of you.”
Xie Youdao: “?”
Xie Youdao froze for a long time.
He was furious: “You rebellious son, this is a man!”
“Didn’t you say,” Xie He smiled, “If he passes on the Xie family’s family line, he can have a title?”
Xie Youdao went mad: “You’re fucking doing this on purpose to anger me on my birthday, you rebellious son! Where is the male wife…”
He raised his cane and was about to hit Xie He.
Xia Ran was shocked.
A hand suddenly grabbed the cane.
Xie Youdao’s eyes widened.
He saw that it was the beautiful male wife.
Xie Youdao was even angrier.
He thought, I’ll beat this male fox spirit too.
Xie Youdao’s resentment rose to his face, and his complexion visibly turned greenish-white.
A layer of black air suddenly covered his eyes. His teeth also became sharp with a crunching sound.
He pulled the cane back, but it didn’t move.
Xie Youdao: “…?”
That beautiful black-haired youth stared with a pair of harmless eyes, twisted the cane in his hand, and it broke.
Xia Ran said angrily, “How can you treat Mr. Xie like this!”
Xie Youdao looked at the half of the stick in his hand that was longer than his hand: “…”
This fucking wasn’t an ordinary stick. After Xie Youdao became a vengeful ghost, the cane was carved from his own rib. Its attack power and mental pollution were top-notch.
Why could this human easily break it?
And seem completely unaffected by resentment?
Because the main body of the rib was forcibly broken, a stream of backlash blood trickled down from the corner of his mouth.
Xie Youdao’s eyes were clear.