The villains are redeemed, and the heroines cry and beg for forgiveness.

Gu Ran was a little confused. The other person seemed to be worried about him, but why did they only show a scared expression when they saw him and hurriedly hide away?

Gu Ran placed the wild fruit on a rock, then found a relatively clear puddle and slowly washed her body.

First her hands, then her legs, and finally Gu Ran slowly unbuttoned her clothes, exposing her upper body.

The bandage on his chest was soaked with red blood, but when Gu Ran gently pressed it, the blood had dried and the wound seemed to be scabbing over.

Gu Ran used her shirt as a towel to slowly wash the mud off her body.

Suddenly, Gu Ran caught a glimpse of the little mermaid in the distance, who was facing him but had her eyes covered with her hands.

But upon closer inspection, Gu Ran noticed that her fingers were spread wide, and through the gaps between her fingers—enough to fit an egg—he could see her bright pink eyes, wide open.

Gu Ran: "......"

Without saying much, Gu Ran quietly pulled up his boxer shorts to avoid revealing any underwear.

After washing her body, Gu Ran washed her clothes and pants and hung them to dry on a nearby tree branch.

Fortunately, the rain stopped last night, and now the sun is rising, its golden rays slanting across the ground, warming people's bodies.

With such sunshine, Gu Ran estimated that he could put on dry clothes around noon.

Sitting on the rock, Gu Ran ate a few wild fruits to fill his stomach.

The sweet and sour taste exploded in her mouth, and with the warm and comfortable sunshine, Gu Ran finally felt alive again.

It felt like being reborn.

Seeing the little mermaid watching him eat wild fruit with curiosity, Gu Ran smiled and imitated her eating motions from that day, then gently tossed a wild fruit to her.

With a splash, the water from the wild fruit landed on the little mermaid's face.

The little mermaid curiously picked up the wild fruit floating on the water's surface. She held it with her delicate fingers and gently placed it on her pearly white teeth, as if she were about to bite into it.

Just before she took a bite, she suddenly turned to look at Gu Ran.

Gu Ran smiled and took a bite of the wild fruit, then showed her the pit of the fruit.

Then, the Little Mermaid tried to gently bite into the wild fruit, and a sweet and sour taste that she had never tasted before exploded on her tongue.

Upon tasting the aroma of the wild fruit, her face turned deathly pale.

She hurriedly spat out the wild fruit, then spat repeatedly as if her tongue was unclean.

?

Gu Ran found it strange. Could it be that the mermaid couldn't get used to the wild fruits on land?

But then he saw the little mermaid glaring at him angrily, opening her mouth as if to say something, but in the end she just made two "uh-uh" sounds and closed her mouth without saying anything.

"I remember mermaids can talk, so is she mute?"

Gu Ran took another bite of the sweet and sour wild fruit.

"It's a pity that you can't get used to such delicious food."

The little mermaid saw Gu Ran take another bite of the wild fruit, and it was the same kind as the one he had thrown to her. A look of confusion flashed across her face.

Suddenly, the mermaid's recipe came to mind, but it seemed that sweet and sour flavors never existed. Gu Ran had a flash of inspiration.

"She wouldn't think that taste was poisoning, would she?"

66. What was the reason for Gu Ran's miraculous return from the dead?

Gu Ran made this guess because although the little mermaid saved him, she always gave him a feeling of deep wariness.

She was always on guard against him.

So after he threw her the wild fruit, she didn't eat it right away. Instead, she observed him for a moment and, after concluding that there was no danger, she tried taking a bite.

After taking a bite and realizing the taste was off, he immediately assumed he had been poisoned, threw it away, and glared at him angrily.

No matter how Gu Ran thought about it, he could only conclude that the other party was on guard against him and had a very strong sense of vigilance towards him.

What amused Gu Ran was that if someone was truly wary of him, then they shouldn't eat the wild fruit he offered.

She took a bite, realized the taste was off, and then blamed him for poisoning her. Gu Ran didn't know whether to judge her vigilance as high or low.

Then Gu Ran remembered that the other person had caught a few small fish for him, but once they realized he was conscious, they would stay far away. It was a kind of contradictory feeling.

"Could it be... that a human once harmed her?" Gu Ran pondered.

Mermaids are not supposed to be creatures found in inland rivers, but she actually appeared.

There must have been some twists and turns in this.

Thinking of this, Gu Ran's gaze towards the Little Mermaid softened.

The little mermaid felt a little strange about Gu Ran's gentle gaze. Shouldn't he be a bad person?

"Don't be afraid, I won't hurt you. Those were wild fruits from land, I just picked them from the tree branch. They're not poisonous, you can eat them without worry! See, you're perfectly fine now, aren't you?"

Gu Ran wasn't sure if the other person could understand him, but explaining it first wouldn't hurt.

"Look, I'm eating it too! Don't you like this taste?"

Gu Ran took another bite and showed it to her, indicating that she was enjoying it very much.

Then Gu Ran tossed her a wild fruit.

“If you don’t trust me, you can swim further away to eat. You know I’m injured and can’t go into the water, so you can rest assured about your safety.”

The little mermaid took the wild fruit that Gu Ran threw to her, hesitated for a moment, and finally took a bite after some hesitation.

This time, when she felt the sweet and sour taste spreading on her tongue, she didn't spit it out immediately, but silently savored it.

Gu Ran had been keeping an eye on her.

Seeing that she first widened her eyes, then half-closed them, and her expression revealed pleasure, Gu Ran knew that she must have been captivated by the sweet and sour taste.

After all, what girl doesn't like something sweet and sour? Uh... even mermaids are girls.

"It seems that it can indeed understand what I'm saying."

Gu Ran smiled and then tossed a few wild fruits in front of the little mermaid.

This time, the little mermaid no longer doubted Gu Ran. She happily picked it up from the water and finished eating it in no time. After finishing, she couldn't help but lick her pink lips with her pink tongue, showing an expression of lingering satisfaction.

After eating the wild fruit, Gu Ran lay down on the rock again.

However, unlike before, he used to quietly wait for death, but now he is basking in the sun, enjoying the beauty of being alive.

However, despite having the will to survive, Gu Ran was actually quite confused about the future.

What should he do next?

His only concern was his younger sister, but he had already entrusted her to Leng Feng.

He still trusted Leng Feng's character and knew she would never mistreat her sister.

Moreover, becoming Leng Feng's student and inheriting her mantle offers a better future than following him.

So he no longer needs to worry about his sister.

His only concern now is himself, but Gu Ran doesn't seem to care much about him anymore.

Having already died once, he had become much more indifferent to life and death.

"Forget it, every extra day I live is a bonus. I should have died long ago."

"Wait, that's not right. Logically speaking, as an S-level ability user, having had my ability core removed, my heart should have been completely dead. How could I still be alive? How could I possibly..."

"Continue to feel...heartbeat?"

Gu Ran gently placed her hand on her chest, where her heart was pounding.

"The location seems a bit off, to the right! The heartbeat is on the right! Oh, I see!"

......

Outside the light screen.

Everyone understood.

"It turns out that Gu Ran actually has two hearts, one on the left and one on the right. So, the heart that died when he removed the power crystal core must have been the left one, but the right one saved his life."

"Two hearts are indeed rare, but not unheard of. Gu Ran is really lucky."

Everyone sighed.

"No, that's not right. If he had two hearts, then Leng Feng, as one of the world's most powerful S-class ability users at the time, couldn't possibly not have noticed, right? Why would she have buried him? He would have been buried alive, even if he hadn't died yet."

Someone noticed something suspicious.

"That's right. If Leng Feng wanted to bury Gu Ran, she should at least have confirmed that Gu Ran was really dead at the time. Even if Gu Ran's left heart had failed, as long as his right heart was still intact, he definitely wouldn't have died at that time. Leng Feng couldn't possibly not have realized that Gu Ran was actually still alive."

"Unless she... is Gu Ran who was buried alive... but that doesn't make any sense at all."

“Indeed, Leng Feng and Gu Ran have no grudges against each other, and she even took Gu Ran’s sister as her only student. On the contrary, they are quite on good terms. Moreover, judging from the rumors and the memories of Gu Ran that we have seen, she is not that kind of person.”

The more they thought about it, the less they understood.

......

In the light screen.