Dragon Raja: I practiced Naruto ninjutsu next to Lu Mingfei.

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Chapter 182 Liu Miaomiao's Soul Leaves the Body

Around noon, Gu Ran and Su Xiaoqiang, who had been playing around at home all day, took the spare car key, took a taxi to the parking lot near the school to get the car, and then drove to the school gate to wait for Liu Miaomiao to finish class.

As soon as they arrived at the school gate, the two saw Liu Miaomiao walking out.

But there was a man walking beside her, head down, seemingly talking to her the whole time. But Liu Miaomiao acted as if no one else was there, just walking along the road and ignoring the person next to her.

Gu Ran recognized the man immediately; he was the same man she had seen in the clubhouse elevator the night before.

Su Xiaoqiang got out of the passenger seat and waved to her best friend. Liu Miaomiao smiled and jogged over.

At this moment, the man stopped and glanced at Gu Ran and Su Xiaoqiang.

Gu Ran was slightly taken aback and was about to activate his Sharingan to observe, but the next second, the man ran away at an extremely fast speed and disappeared from Gu Ran's sight.

Liu Miaomiao got into the car and sat in the back seat.

Gu Ran asked her, "What's the deal with the man who was walking next to you just now?"

"Huh?" Liu Miaomiao looked puzzled. "When did I get a man by my side?"

Gu Ran turned to look at Su Xiaoqiang: "Did you see that?"

Su Xiaoqiang blinked her almond-shaped eyes: "What did I see? Liu Miaomiao just walked out of the school alone. Was anyone with her?"

Upon hearing this, Gu Ran understood that the man must have used some method to affect the person's visual nerves, deliberately making him ignore his presence.

He didn't tell the two girls any of this, but just laughed and said, "I was telling you two ghost stories to scare you, but I didn't expect you two to not fall for it."

"I'm not afraid of watching horror movies!" Su Xiaoqiang said proudly.

Liu Miaomiao said, "Although I'm afraid to watch horror movies alone... it's broad daylight, and what you just said isn't scary at all."

"Sigh!" Gu Ran sighed, taking the opportunity to change the subject, "I thought if someone was scared, I could take the opportunity to give them a hug."

"Who do you want to hug?" Su Xiaoqiang asked.

"Only children make choices; adults want to carry them all..."

"You dare?" Su Xiaoqiang pinched the flesh on Gu Ran's waist.

Amidst the commotion, Gu Ran, acting as the driver, drove to a five-star buffet restaurant that Liu Miaomiao had booked.

Because Liu Miaomiao knew he had a big appetite, she chose the deluxe buffet, which was Su Xiaoqiang's suggestion. There was no need to worry about the dishes; he could eat whatever he wanted.

Gu Ran has a large appetite, mainly because he has been expending a lot of energy lately.

He seals a portion of his chakra in his forehead every day using the Yin Seal.

There's also the daily exercise and exertion. During this time, he's been training his body to become stronger because the Lightning Release Chakra Mode he unlocked earlier requires a strong body to withstand more Lightning Release Chakra.

Rapid movement requires strong muscles and bones for support; otherwise, it is easy to injure the body.

After lunch, Su Xiaoqiang and Liu Miaomiao agreed to go shopping together. Gu Ran originally wanted to refuse to go with them, but how could they let go of the laborer in front of them?

So he was kept on as their driver, bodyguard, and nanny.

However, while the car was still on its way to the mall, Liu Miaomiao, who was sitting in the back seat, actually fell asleep because she was too sleepy.

So, while they were awake, they abandoned their shopping plans and, guided by Su Xiaoqiang, Gu Ran drove to a quiet spot by the river where they could park.

"She said this morning that she had a nightmare last night and didn't sleep well," Su Xiaoqiang said softly from the passenger seat.

Gu Ran then thought of the man she had met at noon that day, and realized that things were probably not that simple.

There's no need to mention these things to Su Xiaoqiang, lest she worry unnecessarily.

He said, "Let her sleep in the front row. The front seats are heated, so she won't easily catch a cold."

"it is good."

Su Xiaoqiang got out of the car, reclined the passenger seat, and then opened the car door.

After getting out of the car, Gu Ran went to the back seat, gently picked up the sleeping Liu Miaomiao, and placed her on the front seat so she could lie down and sleep.

When he saw her youthful and innocent sleeping face, he couldn't help but smile slightly.

Su Xiaoqiang looked at him with a puzzled expression.

The car has a fresh air circulation system and heating, so there's no need to worry about Liu Miaomiao suffocating or catching a cold while sleeping in the car.

After settling Liu Miaomiao in, Gu Ran and Su Xiaoqiang sat down on a bench not far from the roadside, holding hands and chatting together.

"What were you laughing about when you hugged Liu Miaomiao just now?" Su Xiaoqiang asked. "Were you thinking about something really bad?"

"Is that how you see me?" Gu Ran smiled and shook his head, explaining, "I just had a fleeting feeling that I was holding my own daughter."

Su Xiaoqiang was taken aback: "You want to be Liu Miaomiao's father?"

Gu Ran was both amused and exasperated. After thinking for a moment, she said, "I want to be your father. Will you agree?"

"So you've fallen for my mom?" Su Xiaoqiang said angrily.

"...What I mean is, I want to have a daughter with you like Liu Miaomiao."

"Why do you want to be like Liu Miaomiao? Wouldn't it be better to be like me?"

"..."

Gu Ran couldn't argue with her, but he had a trump card: the "hug-and-sister" move, which involved pulling her directly into his arms.

Su Xiaoqiang, nestled in her arms, smelled her boyfriend's scent and indeed stopped talking, but in her heart she still cursed him as a "big pig's trotter".

Who wants to have a daughter with you!

She tilted her head, leaning on her boyfriend's shoulder, and asked, "Didn't you say you were going to meet two people in Shanghai? Why haven't we heard anything?"

Gu Ran returned to China for three main reasons during this winter break. The first was, of course, to spend time with his girlfriend. The second was to meet the people who were protecting Su Xiaoqiang in China. The third was that Angers said an old friend wanted to see him and asked him to wait for him in Shanghai.

"No rush, let them contact us first." Gu Ran didn't have their contact information, and Angers didn't give it to him either. He was too lazy to use Norma to look it up.

Anyway, we can just wait and see; he's not in a hurry.

Su Xiaoqiang then asked, "By the way, what about Lu Mingfei? Did he go straight home after returning to China for winter break?"

"Him? He... joined the diving club at school and should be practicing diving recently," Gu Ran said, half-jokingly.

Yes, Lu Mingfei is not free this winter break; he has to continue diving training with Nuonuo and the others for Operation Bronze in February.

"Huh? Diving in this cold? I remember the Great Lakes freeze over in winter, right?" Su Xiaoqiang was incredulous. How could the good-for-nothing Lu Mingfei be diving in the dead of winter?

In her memory, Lu Mingfei would be out of breath after running 500 meters, and he was unwilling to move at all during physical education class in winter.

"The Great Lakes are usually frozen in February and March," Gu Ran explained.

The Great Lakes region has a continental climate. January is generally the coldest month on land, but because water has a high specific heat capacity, the lakes don't freeze until around the end of February.

However, Lu Mingfei and his group will be heading to the Kuimen waters of China in mid-January for acclimatization training.

The water conditions of Lake Michigan and the Yangtze River are different, so you need to go there in advance to get used to them.

During this time, that brat has been able to do underwater tandem training with Nono every day, which must be driving him crazy.

Thinking of this, Gu Ran couldn't help but smile.

"What are you thinking about?" Su Xiaoqiang knew the meaning behind that smile; it meant her boyfriend had thought of something interesting.

So Gu Ran embellished the story, saying that Lu Mingfei had a crush on Nuonuo.

"Nono...is she pretty?" Su Xiaoqiang asked, pretending not to care.

"Beautiful, tall and slender, with a firm and shapely bottom..." Gu Ran was speaking enthusiastically, but he keenly noticed his girlfriend's slight mood, so he added, "But her breasts aren't as big as yours, her features aren't as defined, and she's not as jealous as you..."

"Who's jealous!" Su Xiaoqiang sat sideways on her boyfriend's lap, and then they started wrestling.

Because it was still very cold today, she was wearing a down jacket, but on her lower body she wore warm pencil pants, which outlined her long and slender legs. Her soft buttocks and thighs were plump and sat on Gu Ran's lap, feeling very soft to the touch.

He grabbed her smooth little hand, pinched her cheek with his other hand, and said, "East Asian little jealous girl!"

"You're not allowed to say that to me again!" Su Xiaoqiang was furious and gently bit his chest as a threat.

But she was reluctant to use force, so it didn't hurt.

Because outside, Gu Ran didn't go too far.

He affectionately ruffled Su Xiaoqiang's hair and whispered, "You're cutest when you're jealous."

Su Xiaoqiang blushed, but then retorted, "I already said I don't like being jealous."

"Yes, yes, yes, you tsundere girl."

"I'm not arrogant."

The two argued for a while, then suddenly noticed a sound coming from a car not far away.

Liu Miaomiao, who had been lying down and fast asleep, suddenly sat up and started pushing the tightly closed car door.

Gu Ran hadn't locked the car door; it could have been opened by simply pulling the handle. But Liu Miaomiao seemed to be using the car door for the first time and didn't know how, so she just stubbornly pushed it with her hand.

Su Xiaoqiang thought she had woken up, so he quickly went over to check on her, only to find that her eyes were closed, but she was banging on the car door and window.

"Is this...sleepwalking?" Su Xiaoqiang was startled when she saw this. She had never heard of Liu Miaomiao sleepwalking before.

She opened the car door somewhat at a loss, fearing that Liu Miaomiao might break the car window and hurt herself.

In fact, her worries were unnecessary; the car window was so sturdy that it would be difficult for an average person to break it with their fist.

As soon as the car door opened, Liu Miaomiao jumped out of her seat.

Su Xiaoqiang was afraid she would fall, so he quickly went to help her up, hesitating whether or not to wake her up.

I've heard that sleepwalkers shouldn't be woken up casually, otherwise they'll become confused and may even suffer psychological trauma.

But the next second, Liu Miaomiao suddenly woke up, her expression as if she were falling from a great height, and she fell into Su Xiaoqiang's arms in a panic.

Liu Miaomiao clung to Su Xiaoqiang's waist, panting heavily, still shaken.

Gu Ran remained on guard the whole time. He reached out to stroke Liu Miaomiao's head to help her break free from her control, but he held back.

He used his white-eyed X-ray vision and farsightedness to survey the area, but the prisoner was not nearby.

Chapter 183 Su Xiaoqiang, who has a lot of maternal love

"What's wrong? Did you have a nightmare?" Su Xiaoqiang gently stroked Liu Miaomiao's face and asked softly.