Chapter 7 - A childhood friend
Dong'an is an ancient city with an extremely long history and profound cultural heritage. However, with the large-scale renovation of the city, a high-rise building rose, the ancient style and charm can only be found from the preserved tourist attractions.
Zhao Rui's home is located in the southern suburbs of Dongan in a neighborhood built in the late 1980s, although surrounded by a nearby high-grade residential buildings, looks a bit shabby, but is still relatively quiet.
Zhao Rui returned home, the first thing is to take a shower, so many days outside in the wind and sun, and so long in the seawater, has long been dirty beyond recognition.
Rushing into the bathroom, let the nozzle spraying water rinsing the body, he comfortable long breath, think gold nest silver nest is really better than their own doghouse, at home is comfortable and comfortable.
After rinsing for an hour to wash the dirt off his body, Zhao Rui wiped the water droplets on his body with a towel while casually picking up a mirror to take a look.
Since his body fused with the ancient demon genes, it had undergone a huge change, but he had never known what his face had become.
The round mirror clearly reflected his face - bronze complexion, sword eyebrows and starry eyes, well-defined, appearing very handsome, compared with the previous plainness that could not be found in the pile of people, obviously not a level, thankfully, the current appearance always still carries the shadow of the previous one.
"Fortunately, fortunately, it can finally be recognized, otherwise, those neighbors and neighbors, classmates and teachers can not recognize, that would be really troublesome."
Zhao Rui touched his face with his hand and let out a big sigh of relief.
He had been worried that the demon gene had overly modified his body, but now it seems that it was a bit too much to worry about.
After taking a shower, he went to the bedroom to fetch clean clothes to change into, when a knock on the door suddenly sounded.
"Who is it?"
Zhao Rui asked, wondering in his heart, how he just returned to someone looking for.
When he opened the door, he saw a tall, pretty girl in her early twenties standing outside the door. The girl was wearing a white T-shirt on top, denim shorts on the bottom, a pair of pink sandals on her feet, and a pair of xiu long legs with a dazzling shine.
"Xiao Rui! Is it really you? You're back!"
The girl saw Zhao Rui, immediately shouted with joy, opened her arms to have a warm hug with Zhao Rui, but suddenly thought of the difference between men and women, arms stretched to mid-air and suddenly put down.
"Sister Xiaolan, we only haven't seen each other for ten days, do you miss me like this?" Zhao Rui smiled while letting the girl in.
The girl's name was Sun Xiaolan, she lived right across the street from Zhao Rui, her father was a university professor, and her mother was also a high school teacher.
Because they are neighbors, the relationship between the two is very close since childhood, plus elementary school, junior high school, high school are the same school, later also went to the same university, can be described as childhood friends.
Sun Xiaolan is a year older than Zhao Rui, since childhood to Zhao Rui's sister, has a strong protective desire, so much so that the downstairs aunt once teased that Xiaolan is the love flooded little hen, always defending Zhao Rui.
"Of course I miss you." Sun Xiaolan entered the house and sat down on the sofa, as comfortable as if she had arrived at her own home, her white and slender legs crossed and folded together, swaying one after another.
"Two days ago, I heard from Aunt Li of the neighborhood committee that the luxury cruise ship you were on, the Sea Ridge, was hit by a huge storm when it went to sea, and many people died and disappeared, and you were on the list of the missing, and there was little hope of survival. At that time, I was so sad that I cried a lot! I didn't expect that just after crying, you came back on your own, really let me cry for nothing."
Sun Xiaolan's tone was a bit complaining, but her big eyes kept turning around on Zhao Rui's face, revealing a joyful feeling, obviously very happy for his safe return.
Zhao Rui gently smiled, his heart was somewhat touched, since his parents passed away because of the car accident, this world is probably the only sister Xiaolan cared for him the most and took care of him.
"How do you know I'm back?"
"I was just watching TV at home, and suddenly I heard my mother say that there was the sound of the door opening across the street, and I thought it was a burglar, so I went to your door and listened to the door, but there was the sound of a shower inside, so I hurriedly knocked on the door, and to my surprise, a lively little Rui appeared in front of me!"
Speaking of which, she seemed to remember something, tilted her head, looked at Zhao Rui and asked, "By the way, how did you survive the shipwreck? I heard Aunt Li say that the chances of survival do not seem to be very good!"
Zhao Rui was a little hesitant, not knowing whether he should tell her about the Immortal Demon Cemetery.
After considering it for a while, he felt that it was better to hide his experience. After all, that experience was just too bizarre, and anyone who was slightly sane would not believe it.
If you really want to tell the truth, you are afraid that you will be immediately identified by sister Xiaolan as being strongly stimulated, mentally deranged, and directly sent to a mental hospital.
"When the storm came, I fell into the sea, and after I fell unconscious, I happened to be rescued by other passing boats, so I could survive." He made up an excuse and stonewalled it.
"Oh? Really! Little Rui, then your luck is really good." Sun Xiaolan didn't show doubts about this explanation, "However, I feel that you seem to have changed a bit this time when you came back!"
"Where has it changed?" Zhao Rui was slightly shocked, thinking that she saw the breakthrough.
"Darker, more handsome, it seems that even the temperament has changed greatly!" Sun Xiaolan faintly knitted her willow brows, carefully sizing up Zhao Rui, looking somewhat puzzled, "But on closer inspection, it seems that nothing has changed again."
Zhao Rui breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile, "Of course not changed, the sea wind and sun, of course, will be a little healthier, as for handsome, I have always been very handsome!"
"All the nonsense blowing." Sun Xiaolan smiled and stretched out her hand and gently knocked his head: "If you don't die in a disaster, you will be blessed later, you can come back alive, but a great joy. Let's do this, I'll treat you to a meal, to press the shock."
"Sister Xiaolan, I should treat you, right?"
"You don't have a lot of money, don't spend it indiscriminately." Sun Xiaolan a serious as a big sister lectured him a sentence, and then continued, "just go to the district across the Heng Yue House, their Hunan cuisine is very authentic, long craved, this time finally caught the opportunity!"
Zhao Rui knew he could not argue with her, so he smiled and nodded in agreement.