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A large pot of braised pork trotters with vermicelli was devoured in no time, and even the last bit of broth was used by Fingel to mix with rice.
It seems his bronze throne consumes quite a bit of energy.
After the meal, Gu Ran took out the gifts he had bought in Siam and gave them to them.
It is an exquisite ceramic wind chime, shaped like the Siamese national bird, the fireback pheasant, a bird with blackish-gray feathers and a bright red head.
The two were naturally happy to receive a gift, as it proved that the other cared about them, so they both expressed their gratitude to Gu Ran.
So Gu Ran took the opportunity to tell Lu Mingfei his request.
He wants to use the Norton Hall.
“Sure, go ahead and use it.” To use the Norton Pavilion, you first have to pay a fee, but Lu Mingfei doesn’t have any money, and even if he did, he wouldn’t be willing to pay it.
Since it's just sitting empty anyway, let Gu Ran use it if he wants to.
"You can move in with us too, there are plenty of rooms anyway," Gu Ran said to the two of them.
“I’ll stay, I’ll stay, I’ll even warm your bed!” Fingel said, patting his broad, muscular chest.
Lu Mingfei said irritably, "Hey, you're just changing where you sleep. What difference does it make where you sleep?"
Fingel asked, "Then aren't you moving there?"
“I…” Lu Mingfei was indeed a little hesitant.
Because he won Norton House from Caesar, and now he's become Caesar's patron...
Logically speaking, after paying homage to the boss, shouldn't the Norton Hall be handed over to him?
It seems a bit inappropriate for me to move in so casually now.
So after much consideration, he still refused to move in.
However, he hopes to have a room where he can visit occasionally.
Gu Ran let him have his way.
……
The next day, Gu Ran went to the management office to complete the formalities, spent $10,000 on furniture repairs, and paid a heating fee and expensive land tax before he could move into the villa.
The Norton House is right next to the Amber House. The first floor has a very spacious lobby that can be used as a dance floor. The second floor has a conference room, a study, and a reception room. The third and fourth floors are bedrooms.
The Norton Hotel has excellent facilities and is regularly cleaned, so Gu Ran only needs to bring her bags to check in.
But Gu Ran didn't plan to sleep here that night. He just needed a personal space where he wouldn't be monitored and could do what he wanted.
For example, he can create nine shadow clones in his study to catch up on his lessons, and he can make up for the missed lessons in less than a day.
He still wanted to get good grades and be a good student.
Fingel said he would stand with Lu Mingfei through thick and thin, so he did not stay at the Norton House, but still occupied a room, saying it was his nap room.
Lu Mingfei, on the other hand, occupied a room as a game room.
Although games can be played anywhere, some games that adults enjoy are best played alone, and living with Fingel can sometimes be inconvenient.
Then there's Li Enshu, who, upon learning that Gu Ran had moved into the big villa, decided to move in without hesitation.
However, after learning that Gu Ran wouldn't be staying there that night, she angrily moved out, but later still occupied a room, saying it was for her afternoon nap.
After completing her mission in Siam, this South Korean girl immediately applied to join the Lionheart Society, and she is now a member.
After returning from the mission in Siam, Gu Ran had to follow him everywhere he went. During class, she would sit next to him and help him take notes. When he practiced swordsmanship, she would serve him with a towel and sports drinks, just like a maidservant beside a young master from a wealthy family in an ancient Chinese novel.
Gu Ran was still a little unaccustomed to suddenly having a little tail.
Fortunately, when he asked to be alone in the villa, Lee Eun-sook would never disturb him and would even obediently help block visitors on the first floor, like a competent secretary.
But Gu Ran knew that the girl didn't like him that way. Perhaps it was admiration, or perhaps it was a kind of attachment, but it wasn't love.
It wasn't until one night, when he and the young girl had been drinking all night on the terrace of Norton House, that she slowly began to open up.
It turns out that six years ago, a subway arson case occurred in Daegu, South Korea. The perpetrator brought flammable materials onto the subway and set the carriage on fire.
This accident resulted in nearly two hundred deaths and one hundred and forty-seven injuries.
It is one of the most serious accidents in South Korea in recent years.
Lee Eun-sook's parents and brother all tragically died in the accident.
Chapter 174 The Long-Awaited Gift
The arsonist was quickly arrested by South Korean security officials, and prosecutors hoped he would be sentenced to death.
However, during the final trial, because the prisoner already regretted his actions and was mentally unstable when he set the fire, the court did not sentence him to death; instead, he was imprisoned for life.
Lee Eun-sook was only twelve years old at the time, and later she stayed at her cousin Ha Ji-yeon's house.
Ha Ji-yeon doted on her, so Lee Eun-sook's material life wasn't greatly affected; it was just that her mindset changed.
She couldn't understand how the arsonist could survive and spend the rest of his life in prison.
You should know that her whole family is dead!
There are still about two hundred people, all dead!
Does mental instability justify murder?
That's so unfair!
As a result, under such influence, Lee Eun-sook developed some extreme personality traits and ideas.
In her view, murderers should be sentenced to death directly, regardless of how many stories are behind them.
Sympathy for murderers?
Who will sympathize with the victims?
You deserve to die if you kill someone!
As for why she was so attached to Gu Ran, it was because she felt he was a lot like her brother.
She was closest to her brother when she was little because her parents were doctors, and doctors are very busy and often don't have time to take care of her.
So all along, it has been her older brother, who is three years her senior, who has taken care of her and played with her.
But after her brother passed away, she felt that the world was too lonely.
Until one day, she heard about Gu Ran from Ha Ji-yeon and then saw him at Kassel College, and she felt that he really resembled her brother.
That's why she always clung to him.
That night, because the painful memories were brought up again, under the influence of alcohol, Li Enshu hugged Gu Ran and cried her heart out, her voice echoing throughout the empty villa.
She cried for a long time until she was exhausted, and then she fell asleep holding Gu Ran.
Gu Ran picked up the slender little girl, carried her back to her bed, laid her down to sleep, left a note telling her to come back when she woke up, and then left Norton Mansion.
As he walked out of the villa, he saw Caesar smoking a cigar on the balcony of the bedroom in the neighboring Amber House, staring at him with annoyance.
It's likely that Lee Eun-sook's crying was so loud that it woke up Caesar, whose hearing is excellent.
Gu Ran said "I'm sorry" softly, feeling embarrassed. Caesar nodded slightly, then puffed on the night sky, looking like a melancholy king, worrying about his country and its people.
Gu Ran thought to himself that his behavior was quite childish.
……
With the Norton Pavilion as a separate space, Gu Ran finally had a place to do more things.
Sometimes, he would lock himself in his study and use nine shadow clones to read or practice hand-to-hand combat.
In short, having more people makes things easier.
Another thing is making explosive tags.
The detonation tag requires sealing a fire-style ninjutsu onto a piece of paper with a pre-drawn incantation.
The aluminosilicate fiber paper that Angers gave him, commonly known as ceramic fiber paper, can withstand high temperatures of 1400 degrees Celsius. Gu Ran successfully created an explosive tag on his first use.
Using the villa's swimming pool as a buffer, he conducted a blasting experiment.
Based on the test results, the power of a typical detonating tag is about the same as that of a regular hand grenade.
But such power is enough to kill people, and even hybrids would be injured.
Moreover, detonating tags can be used unexpectedly, making them more concealed than hand grenades.
Angers knew that Gu Ran was drawing talismans, but after learning about the power of Gu Ran's explosive talismans, he did not show much interest.
Because talismans cannot be copied, and no one but Gu Ran can draw them, it's better to use grenades, as the equipment department can amplify the power of grenades several times over.
Later, Gu Ran discovered that as long as the Zhang family's jade seal was stamped on the talisman, it could gather more natural energy, doubling the power of the explosive talisman!
Inspired by this, Gu Ran entered immortal mode one day and used immortal techniques to create explosive tags...
Gu Ran dared not detonate the explosive tag, because just holding it in his hand, he could sense the terrifying energy it contained!
It was even more terrifying than the fire dragon flame bullets he used when he was in Siam!
This kind of talisman is quite complicated to make; you need to use the Immortal Mode.
Therefore, Gu Ran could not produce them on a large scale. He only made one when he had free time and kept it for self-defense in the future.
And so, the days passed by, and Gu Ran's life was very fulfilling every day.
……
Before we knew it, it was December.
One morning, after Gu Ran and Chu Zihang finished their morning exercise, they noticed that their senior brother, Sha Pi, seemed more depressed than usual.
Gu Ran patted Chu Zihang on the shoulder and said:
"Senior, you were just tricked by the equipment department during the mission a few days ago. Didn't Professor Schneider say he wouldn't blame you?"
"I'm just reflecting on why I still believed what those people in the Equipment Department gave me," Chu Zihang said expressionlessly.
A few days ago, Chu Zihang was assigned a mission, which was not far away, at the Hancock Building in Chicago.
Commissioned by the Equipment Department for testing, Chu Zihang used new equipment in this mission, named 'Dragon's Breath of Light and Dust'.
This piece of equipment is the same size as a Glock pistol. The equipment department said it was a very reliable piece of equipment for individual combat, but after Chu Zihang used it, he found that it was not like that at all.