Chapter 425 - Chapter 425: Chapter 425: Sudden Appearance (1/2)

Chapter 425: Chapter 425: Sudden Appearance

Because Yang Zhen’er’s question is precise, Xia Libing doesn’t evade or give a vague response. After thinking for a moment, she says, “Xiang Kun’s mom is very cheerful, warm-hearted towards people, quick-thinking, and good at observing and associating things. Xiang Kun’s dad is more introverted in comparison and quite steady, but he is good at listening and capable of thinking from other people’s perspectives. They both are easy to get along with. If the two of you were to visit Xiang Kun’s house, his mom would likely get along better with you, Yang Zhen’er, but she would dress Nana more.”

Yang Zhen’er widens her eyes, asking in confusion, “Why would she get along better with me but prefer Nana? That doesn’t make sense.”

Tang Baona and Yang Zhen’er sitting on the same bed, hearing this, immediately leans over, resting her chin on her friend’s shoulder, and teasingly says in a falsetto, “It’s obviously because I’m cuter!”

“Go away! Xia and I are seriously discussing things here, don’t come and act cute!” Yang Zhen’er pushes Tang Baona’s head to the side, pushing her glasses down to her chin, triggering her to fuss about fixing her glasses.

Xia Libing objectively says, “It’s because Xiang Kun’s mom will mentally apply the standard of ‘daughter-in-law’ to any single females Xiang Kun brings home.”

As soon as she finishes saying this, the room instantly falls quiet. Tang Baona, who has just adjusted her glasses looks blank and Yang Zhen’er’s mouth forms an ‘O’.

Even Xiang Kun next door can’t help but chuckle on hearing this.

Old Xia… still so… direct.

About ten seconds later, Yang Zhen’er coughs, then casually says, “That I can understand. Nana does seem to carry more of a ‘daughter-in-law’ vibe. If I were a mother-in-law, I would pick Nana.”

Tang Baona was initially uncomfortable with the topic and didn’t know what to say, her cheeks mysteriously heating up. But hearing Yang Zhen’er’s words, she can’t help but burst out laughing, She playfully squeezes Yang Zhen’er’s waist: “What do you mean ‘daughter-in-law’ character… you better explain what that is. Also, a mother-in-law is the wife’s mother, mothers-in-law are the man’s mother!”

“Wow, Nana, you’re so experienced! You know so much! No wonder you’re more suited to be a daughter-in-law than I am!” Yang Zhen’er giggles wickedly.

“You’re the one with the experience, I’ll kick you to death!”

“Stop! Stop! I’m falling off the bed! And a gentleman uses words, not kicks!”

After they’ve spent some time goofing around, Yang Zhen’er gets back onto the bed from the floor and turns to Xia Libing again. “But we didn’t finish our last point, Xia, what about Xiang Kun? Have you spotted any secrets about him? Have noticed that he’s changed quite a lot over the few months we’ve known each other?” As she speaks, she repeats the analysis, she conducted with Tang Baona on Valentine’s Day.

When she finishes speaking, Xia Libing replies, “Xiang Kun’s daily routine is indeed unusual; compared to most people, it’s significantly different. His eating habits,set himself according to his lifestyle and activities. He takes a keen interest in rare or unique organisms. His plan to build a breeding laboratory in Chongyun Village is also related to this. He likes to work out and train both his body and mind and enjoys thinking about novel problems.”

“Novel problems? Like what? It’s not how to make rabbit meat taste like beef or chicken taste like rabbit, is it?” Yang Zhen’er asks, laughing.

Xia Libing replies, “For example, the basic structure of matter, the connection between the world beneath the fundamental particles and four-dimensional space, the relationship between human perception and the magnetic field, movements of water molecules, the nature of dreams…”

Yang Zhen’er lissens with a stunned look on her face, she murmers, “No wonder you and Brother Xiang have so much to talk about.”

Tang Baona adds, “How does Xiang Kun think about so many issues? It’s not his field. He still has to work on making games and studying the restaurant business, no wonder he’s stressed to the point of going bald.” And she can’t help but start laughing at her own comment.

Xiang Kun, listening from the next room, scratches his head, helplessly. He can’t help but marvel at how well Xia Libing knows her two sisters, understands their lines of thought and their focuses. She directly satisfies their curiosities so that they’re content with her explanations and see them as self-evident.

As Xiang Kun stands by the window, listening to the conversation and laughter from the girls next door, he thinks about what the evolution of Little apple’s water-sensing ability would look like. And how it could affect the evolution of his super sensory item system.

Unconsciously, the breathing of the three girls from next door had gradually stabilized, and they were clearly asleep. Meanwhile, Xiang Kun too had slowly entered a highly peaceful and calm state.

Suddenly, Xiang Kun was startled out of his peaceful and stable state, realizing that something was off.

It wasn’t that he had detected any danger or perceived any specific anomalies, but rather that, he seldom experienced such a state after his mutation.

Without sufficient control over his surroundings or potential variables, he couldn’t possibly enter such a state of calm.

After mutation, regardless of how much he evolved his senses, how much information he gained about the outside world, or how confident he was in his own judgments, he would always seek more information, trying to control more variables.

Even after evolving a sixth sense, this instinct to continuously probe into perceptual information would still remain.

But his recent state, that recent feeling, was as if he had completely grasped the information in his environment, everything under control, thus he was so calm and stable.

This was unreasonable.

Just a moment ago, he wasn’t consciously gathering information about his surroundings, he was mainly focused on pondering over Xiao Pingguo’s perception of water and the expansion of water-related abilities, and was partly attentive to the sleeping state of the three people in the next room. He instinctively collected and judged information about his surroundings.

Xiang Kun started to backtrack his recent state, analyzing detail by detail, trying to figure out the cause of his feelings.

Was it because of Old Xia, Nana, and Zhen’er from next door?

Indeed, the three girls next door were friends he met after his mutation and had a very special relationship with him. Old Xia was the only one who knew his secret about the mutation.

But the problem was, this situation of them sleeping next door had happened more than once. It happened in Tongshi Town before New Year and in Star City yesterday.

Or was it because there was something special about this place?

Xiang Kun then entered the “Super Sensory State”, and carefully discerned through cognitive information but found no anomalies.

Constantly retracing memories and continuously making conjectures, after about ten minutes, Xiang Kun finally found the reason:

Maybe it was because while he was consciously aware of the sleeping states of Old Xia and others from next door, his instinct was unconsciously gathering information about his surroundings. Unnoticeably, after collecting a certain amount of information, his perception and the surrounding environment merged into one, and the primary subject of his perception were the three girls next door, not Xiang Kun himself.

Although his perceptual ability greatly improved after ingesting the “Mutated Parasite”, his understanding of the sixth sense became more and more clear. Particularly after gaining the ability to perceive and control water in Star City, he experienced a qualitative leap. But if his perception still revolved around himself, he would certainly not have this sense of calm and stability.

Because essentially speaking, in his subconscious, the biggest threat and uncertainty actually came from himself. He couldn’t achieve a completely peaceful mentality without understanding the mechanism and cause of his mutation.

Thinking about it that way, it made perfect sense. It was his instinct protecting the three girls from next door, observing their environment. And because he was there, he felt that the environment the three girls were situated in was very safe, resulting in such a calm and peaceful mindset.