Chapter 96 (2/2)

Hao Ren shook the proffered hand, muttering to himself based on the size of the man’s palm. He thought for a while, “You might wanna go to the local police station… Walk to the end of the street and turn left, you’ll find the place towards the ending of the street. But I’m not sure if they are able to help you with that, might need to visit the city for it.”

“Oh, got it. Thanks, buddy!” Casar smiled, but he held Hao Ren’s hand tight. Hao Ren noticed that he was sniffing from time to time, perhaps out of habit, but he felt like the man was trying to get a whiff of his scent. Sensing a chill going down his spine, Hao Ren shook his hand free, “Ah.. you’re welcome. Hahaha…”

Casar nodded with a smile and walked towards the opposite direction. As he walk past Hao Ren, took a deep breath, and left a rather ominous, “Good Luck.”

Hao Ren held his breath until the man was out of sight before releasing a loud sigh, he felt goosebumps were all over him. His rather good mood had been utterly ruined by the thought that he could have ran into a homosexual.

The encounter in the morning had Hao Ren in twists, he quickly completed his shopping and headed home. As he stepped into the house compound, he saw Lily and Vivian practicing Lily’s new ability. The table had mounds of raw lamb meat and Lily was using her ice claws to freeze the meat and shatter it into small tiny bits. She then used her flame claw to roast the meat, with Vivian doing the seasoning by the side….

It was obvious that Lily had trouble controlling her new-found abilities, and there were plentiful chunks of charred, or frozen solid meat scattered about. Vivian however, was enthusiastically cheering her on. “You can do it! Once you have gotten used to this, you’ll be quicker than those stalls selling lamb skewers down town. When the time comes, I’ll set up a stall to sell these yummy treats while you grill them at home… I’ll be rich in no time… OH? You’re back, Mr Landlord?”

“… Can’t you two do something more worthy of your kind?” Hao Ren stepped up and stroked Lily’s head. “… Lily is one thing, but surely you have your vampiric pride to think of no?”

Lily didn’t dodge off when Hao Ren started stroking her head. For once, she actually stood sides with Vivian, “I think Battie’s idea is pretty neat. She is annoying, but she’s smart too… Say… why had you been constantly stroking my head for the past two days?”

Hao Ren quickly lifted his hand. After hiding out Lily’s real identity, he couldn’t help himself with the odd habits he’s picking up.

“Sigh, what an awful day.” Hao Ren felt that there was something fishy behind Vivian’s gaze and quickly changed the topic. “I ran into bear-like foreigner who seemed to be a gay…”

Lily’s ears perked up as she heard that, “OH? Mr Landlord, is it a start of a new life for you?”

Hao Ren shuddered as he caught Lily’s gaze, it was full of ominous anticipation. He decided it was best to put a full stop to this and said, “What’s with that look. I’m straight as a ruler…”

Lily sighed deeply, “Man… I thought I had new writing materials just right beside me.”

Thank goodness that Vivian did not follow Lily’s lead in straying the conversation into an uncomfortable topic. She curiously said, “Let’s hear about it. It’s very rare to see a foreigner here.”

“Oh, it is…” Hao Ren recounted the incident earlier that morning. He too felt something was off, “That guy spoke in a rather decent Mandarin. He should have been living here for some time then. It’s a surprise that he doesn’t know where to register himself…”

“Casar Ebben, you say?” Vivian took interest in the name as she frowned. She quickly shook her head, “Maybe it’s just a coincidence…”

Hao Ren looked at Vivian curiously, “You know of that name?”

“I do know of an Ebben family.” Vivian shrugged. “But the last I heard of them was about a hundred odd years back. They were a bunch of werewolves scheming to revive the fortunes of their kind. Not a pleasant bunch I must say… but their area of operation was in Europe and the Americas. You won’t be able to find that many werewolves in Asia. They won’t be bothering us.”

While Vivian seemed to be unconcerned about it, Hao Ren quickly felt something unpleasant coming his way. This was common for him ever since he met Raven12345.