My Sister is Ma Xiaoling from My Date with a Vampire

Chapter 8 revised? Fate?

"Ma Tian? Zhenzhen? What are you doing out here?"

Just as Riley was about to agree to Ma Tian's request, Ma Xiaoling and Kuang Tianyou, who were chasing the white-eyed female zombie, happened to arrive and interrupted their conversation.

Upon seeing Ma Xiaoling and the others appear, Ma Tian frowned and squinted at the sky.

They were about to achieve their goal when the main characters, who were supposed to be unable to find them in the original story, suddenly found them. Was this the power of the plot at work, or was fate playing tricks on them?

But no matter what, it seems the current opportunity is over, and we can only look for another one.

Thinking this, Ma Tian shook his head helplessly.

Riley, upon hearing the voices behind him, turned around and saw Ma Xiaoling and the others chasing after them.

As soon as Ma Xiaoling and the others approached, they immediately saw Wang Zhenzhen lying unconscious on the ground. Ma Xiaoling and Kuang Tianyou exclaimed in surprise and rushed over to help Wang Zhenzhen up. Then Ma Xiaoling asked Ma Tianyou:

"What's going on? What's wrong with Zhenzhen?"

Ma Tian had no choice but to explain: "When you were fighting just now, that white-eyed female zombie took Miss Wang's necklace away, so we chased after her to get it back."

Just now, when I was fighting the female zombie, Miss Wang was knocked unconscious by the shockwave of the force.

Don't worry, she's fine.

Ma Xiaoling quickly checked on Wang Zhenzhen's condition and, after confirming that she was indeed alright as Ma Tian had said, breathed a sigh of relief. She then looked at Ma Tian with disdain and said:

"You can't even protect someone properly, you're truly useless. And your great-aunt even said you were the most talented person in the Ma family throughout history!"

Ma Tian shrugged and didn't say anything more. Then Ma Xiaoling and the others noticed Riley standing to the side and looked at Ma Tian to ask:

"This is……"

Ma Tian looked at Riley and introduced him with a smile:

"An old friend of our Ma family."

"An old friend of the Ma family?"

Ma Xiaoling frowned and repeated those words.

Ma Tian nodded and said, "Mr. Riley's connection with our Ma family can be said to have lasted for thousands of years, dating back to the Qin Dynasty."

After Ma Tian finished his introduction, Ma Xiaoling assumed he was referring to the fact that the Ma family and Riley's ancestors had known each other for generations and were old friends. She immediately smiled, went to the camera, and extended her hand, saying:

"Hello! My name is Ma Xiaoling, the forty-first generation descendant of the Ma family of the Exorcist Dragon Clan. That guy said your ancestors were old friends with us?"

Riley was taken aback for a moment upon hearing this, then realized that the young lady from the Ma family had probably misunderstood, but she didn't point it out. She extended her hand in return, shook hands, and then introduced herself:

"Hello, Ms. Ma, my name is Riley."

Then, after glancing at the large group of people, especially lingering on Ma Tian for a moment, Riley spoke:

"Since you have come to my place, and my home is not far away, why don't I do my duty as a host and invite you to have a simple meal at my home tonight?"

Upon hearing this, Jin Zhengzhong immediately agreed excitedly, "Great! Of course, it's good to have something to eat!"

Ma Xiaoling immediately glared at him. Then she said to Riley, "Wouldn't this be too much trouble for Mr. Riley?"

Riley shook his head: "You're a guest from afar, it's no trouble at all, please!"

As he spoke, Riley stepped aside, revealing the ancient castle not far behind him, and gestured an invitation.

Seeing this, Ma Xiaoling and the others stopped being coy, nodded and said, "Then we'll trouble Mr. Riley," and followed Riley's directions toward the castle.

Ma Xiaoling and Riley walked ahead, and Ma Xiaoling took the opportunity to keep asking Riley about his identity and the Ma family's history. Riley just smiled and gave her perfunctory answers, without telling her the truth.

Ma Tian lagged behind the crowd, glancing around again as if trying to find something hidden in the shadows that might be interfering with the plot, but he couldn't find any clues. In the end, he had no choice but to catch up with the others.

However, before leaving, Ma Tian felt as if he had forgotten something, but he couldn't remember it no matter what he did, so he had to put it aside for the time being.

Time passed quickly, and it soon got dark.

Led by Riley, the group arrived at the castle where Riley lived.

The enormous and luxurious castle immediately drew gasps of amazement from everyone present.

Riley gave everyone a quick tour of the castle before going to prepare dinner, leaving everyone to explore the castle on their own.

Wang Zhenzhen woke up soon after and took the necklace back from Ma Tian. She was saddened to find that the necklace was broken, but Kuang Tianyou promised to fix it for her when they returned to Hong Kong, which cheered her up again. She then happily strolled around the castle.

During this time, Ma Xiaoling mentioned to Ma Tian that she felt the castle was somewhat "unclean," but Ma Tian just brushed it off and did not give a direct answer.

Is that so?

How "clean" can a castle inhabited by four generations of zombies be?

While everyone was touring the castle, Ma Tian went to the kitchen.

In the kitchen, Riley was methodically frying steaks, clearly preparing lunch for everyone.

Seeing Qin Shi Huang personally cook lunch for them was a wonderful and exciting experience for Ma Tian.

After watching quietly for a while, seeing Riley busy himself, he finally spoke:

"It seems Mr. Riley has changed a lot over the years. The mighty Ancestral Dragon has even started cooking himself."

Riley smiled, took off his apron, and said calmly:

"As Mr. Ma said, over time, people will always have more time to do more things."

Life is mostly boring, so you gradually learn things you didn't know before, perhaps just to pass the time.

Ma Tian nodded.

Riley suddenly said:

"From my conversation with Miss Ma just now, I noticed that Miss Ma seems to know a lot, while Mr. Ma seems to know a great deal. Could you tell me why that is?"

Compared to Riley, this thousand-year-old zombie, Ma Xiaoling was still too inexperienced.

After their conversation, Ma Xiaoling not only failed to get any information she wanted from Riley, but Riley also figured out her background completely.

Ma Tian wasn't surprised by Riley's curiosity; anyone would be curious in that situation.

But he couldn't very well tell Riley it was because he'd watched the TV series "My Date with a Zombie."

So the only way to fool Uncle Qiu was to say:

"I have studied the fortune-telling techniques of Maoshan. There are very few things in this world that can be hidden from me. Xiaoling does not know fortune-telling techniques, so she does not know."

Riley nodded knowingly, though it was unclear whether he believed Ma Tian's explanation.

Ma Tian then continued:

"What do you think of my previous suggestion, Mr. Riley?"

Ma Tian still hasn't given up on finding an opportunity to kill Riley.

Riley was silent for a moment, about to say something, when Wang Zhenzhen's voice suddenly rang out from behind:

"What, how?"

At this moment, not only Ma Tian but even Riley frowned.

The two of them looked at Wang Zhenzhen, who had suddenly appeared at the kitchen doorway and was smiling at them.

Seeing them both looking at each other, Wang Zhenzhen immediately asked with an innocent expression:

"What's wrong? Why are you all staring at me?"

"That's really interesting!"

Ma Tian suddenly let out a low, cold laugh.