Crossover Anime: Miss, please don't do this, I still have a silly cat to raise.

Is that impossible? Is Kohei really that strong? That overpowered? Can't you buff Iori too? I feel like things are getting a bit out of control right now.

Iori shook her head to clear her mind of these random thoughts, then quietly approached the hot spring pool. "Whatever," she thought, "I'll just soak first!"

By then, it will be too late for Lu Nan and Geng Ping to pull any tricks or schemes!

Are you thinking of me?

A sinister voice came from Iori's side, and Iori was immediately terrified, her face paling: "Kouhei?! You're not dead!?"

Kohei reached out and pulled Iori into a tight embrace, clinging to him completely: "Huh? Looks like you have a problem with me~"

"You didn't expect that, did you? I'm back alive, from hell...from your guilt!"

"Are you fucking delusional... Get off me right now!" Iori's face was contorted with rage. Damn it, Kohei was holding on too tightly; he couldn't pull away at all!

Gengping chuckled wickedly: "A big boss is going to make you unable to move... He's very generous with his money."

"What?! Could it be..." Iori's pupils dilated in shock.

Applause erupted.

Lu Nan clapped his hands and smiled as he walked out from behind the tree. In this situation, if he didn't put on a show of being a big shot in front of his brothers, he wouldn't be able to sleep at night.

"No seats! It's me. Didn't expect that, did you, Iori? I've seen through everything about you all along."

"That damned guy..."

Lu Nan nonchalantly picked at his ear: "Just the wailing of a loser. You just watch as I, your master, thoroughly pamper every single water molecule in the hot spring~"

Iori gritted her teeth. Was this the end?

No! There's still a chance! We can still steam it!

Iori grabbed Kohei's arm and shouted, "I have... Natsuyo Mizuki's contact information that I can give you!"

"What?! How is this possible?!"

"It's Nana-chan! She has it on her phone! I saw it last time! I can get it for you! As long as you can stop Lu Nan!"

"Ooooooo! Unleash your inner power!" Kohei lunged at Lu Nan, who ignored him and ran straight towards the health-preserving hot spring.

Iori ignored everything and sped towards the health-preserving hot spring, using both hands and feet to move at full speed.

The final winner... will definitely be myself!

Chapter 239 Falling short of success

The situation was extremely tense. All three of them had their sights set on the tranquil health-preserving hot spring, all for the sake of being number one each day.

Kohei lunged forward and grabbed Lu Nan's leg tightly, refusing to let go even as he was pulled away by the powerful force.

"Holy crap! You bastard, let go of me right now!"

"Aaaaaah, for Mizuki Natsuyo-sama!!"

"Well done, Kohei!" Iori was overjoyed and quickly sped past Lunan, immediately wanting to plunge into the pond.

"Don't even think about it!" Lu Nan reacted quickly and grabbed Iori's arm tightly, pulling Iori so hard that she almost fell to the ground.

"Damn it! Let go!"

"Make Kohei let go first!"

"Awoooooo!"

"Damn it! Look at him now, is he even capable of listening to human speech?!"

However, no matter how much Lu Nan and Yi Zhi curse, it won't change the fact that they're already in a stalemate, and it's estimated that they won't be able to break the deadlock anytime soon.

Lu Nan couldn't really exert his full strength to injure these two guys, so he was having a bit of a headache.

"Hiccup, what are you guys doing here?"

Senior Ashi sauntered over, his face clearly showing confusion, and for some reason, he somehow produced another wine bottle.

"Holy crap! Senior, why are you still drinking?!" Lu Nan was completely shocked. No, he thought he had already gone back, but he didn't expect him to be drinking somewhere again.

"Ah, I saw some people drinking on my way back, so I joined them." Senior Ashi looked around somewhat confusedly: "Wasn't I supposed to be going back to rest? Where am I?"

Lu Nan's lips twitched, but then his eyes suddenly lit up. The three of them were immobilized, but Senior Shi could! If he could persuade Senior Shi to help him pull Kohei or Iori away, then he...

"Senior! Kohei and Iori are trying to escape the drinking party! I barely managed to control them! Please come and help!" Lu Nan shouted.

"Holy crap! You scoundrel!" Iori was utterly shocked. How could this person just spout lies so easily, without even needing to prepare?!

"What!?" Senior Shi's eyes widened instantly, his face filled with anger: "How could you, as members of Peek a Boo, do something like skipping a drink!? What kind of club do you think you're in!?"

Seeing that his words had worked, Lu Nan was overjoyed. Yes, yes, that's it! Quickly, come up and drag these two guys away...

The three of them looked on in bewilderment as Senior Shi tried to walk up, but they couldn't control their left and right feet and started fighting. Then, with a side roll, they tumbled into the health pool.

"..."

The three stood by the pool, watching Ah-shi, who was floating on his back and had already started snoring, fall into an eerie silence.

Lu Nan looked utterly exasperated: "What the hell is this...?"

Iori squatted weakly on the ground, clutching her head: "Damn it, my blissful sex life..."

Kohei knelt down and wailed, "Aaaaaah, Mizuki Natsuyo-sama..."

In the end, the three, utterly despondent, could only manage to pull Senior Shi out of the pool and carry the unconscious Senior Shi back home in defeat.

……

"Ah Qiu!"

Senior Ah Shou rubbed his nose and stared intently at the traffic ahead: "Strange, I've been sneezing ever since I woke up today, and my nose feels a little itchy too. Could it be that someone is thinking of me?"

"There's a traffic jam again. I reckon we won't be able to move for a while."

As he spoke, he looked at the three people slumped helplessly in their seats in the back: "What's wrong with you three? You look like your vital energy has been drained."

Daimiao put down Plants vs. Zombies on her phone, looked up, and said, "The boss and the others' dreams have been shattered, meow."

"What do you mean?"

"I don't know, meow."

Senior Shou glanced at Shi, who had been fast asleep since getting on the bus, and was speechless. Something was wrong with this guy. Although he had drunk quite a lot yesterday, how could he be sleeping until now?

What's wrong with these guys?

Could it be that a tremendous battle took place without my knowledge?

……

It was already evening when they returned to Grand Blue. Everyone decided to stay overnight at Grand Blue, but because there were so many people, the boys had to sleep on the floor in Iori's big room.

Even Lu Nan's room was given to Azusa-senpai and Sesame Rin to sleep in. Yotsuya Miko originally wanted to go in too, but she was pulled away by Hanami with a smile. I wonder what will happen next.

Lu Nan sighed as he listened to the snoring coming from inside the house. He had thought that he would be free from the snoring attack now that he was back, but it turned out to be the same as before.

Lu Nan smiled slightly, then decisively took out a wooden stick and hit himself hard on the head before falling into a very peaceful sleep.

Our three-day, two-night trip to the hot spring resort has come to a complete end.

……

"I'm here. Sorry I'm a little late because I had to help the teacher organize the lecture notes." Banami pushed open the door and entered, ignoring the group of people who were already drunk. She looked at Lu Nan, who was sitting on the table with a solemn expression.

Somewhat puzzled, Banai sat down next to the girls and asked, "What's wrong with Lu Nan?"

Hamaoka Azusa put down her beer and shook her head: "I don't know, it seems like it's been like this since I got home from school today?"

Chisa nodded and pointed to the opposite side of the road: "Yes, and there's more than one person there, there's another one on the other side."

When Banami peeked out, she saw Iori poking at a rabbit doll dressed in a Shimakaze kimono. Unlike Lunan, Iori had already opened the letter in front of him, while Lunan was staring blankly at the unopened letter.

Banai looked puzzled: "That's really strange, I rarely see this guy like this."

Nana said with some distress, "Yes, we know why Iori is like this, but we're completely baffled about Lunan."

As they spoke, everyone suddenly turned their attention to Dai Miao, who was sitting obediently next to Lu Nan. If anyone knew the most about this place besides Lu Nan, it would be Dai Miao, the only cat.

Hamaoka Azusa sneaked over, then reached out and grabbed the doe-chan in her arms, taking her to the girls' hideout.

The silly cat looked terrified: "What are you going to do, meow?! I would never betray my boss, meow!"

Hamaoka Azusa slyly picked up Lu Nan's phone, unlocked it with her fingerprint, and long-pressed the Plants vs. Zombies icon: "Little kitty, if you don't tell me soon, your Plants vs. Zombies account might disappear, okay? You'd better think it over, little silly kitty~"

Chapter 240 Letters

Daimiao gritted her teeth: "Even if you do this, Sister Zi, I will not betray Boss, Meow!"

Hamaoka Azusa raised an eyebrow. Wow, this little kitten can actually withstand such severe torture?

“Alright, Naoko, we’re not going to do anything bad to Lu Nan. We’re just curious why he’s like this. He’s been sitting there for an hour. Worrying too much isn’t good for his health,” Nana said seriously.

Dai Miao breathed a sigh of relief. She thought they already knew that their boss had secretly gone to the kitchen with her to steal food last night. As long as they hadn't found out, that was good.

"Well, meow, the boss is probably just feeling nervous about returning home, meow." Actually, the silly meow had no idea why the boss had kept that letter without opening it, and could only guess based on some circumstances.

"Is that so? Is it a letter from Lu Nan's hometown?" Hamaoka Azusa, who knows Lu Nan very well, naturally knows the specific situation in Lu Nan. It's no wonder he didn't dare to open the envelope. He's probably feeling a bit apprehensive about returning home.

Upon hearing this, everyone immediately became curious, since Lu Nan rarely talked about his hometown.

"Is Lu Nan's hometown in the countryside? Why do you still communicate by letter?" Yoshihara Aina asked curiously. Her hometown was also in the countryside, but at least they had internet access and could make video calls normally.

"You wouldn't be wrong to say it's the countryside, would you?" Hamaoka Azusa smiled helplessly.

"Eh? Then..."

Unlike the others who were speculating, Lu Nan rested his chin on his hands, looking at the envelope in front of him, a bead of cold sweat slowly trickling down his forehead.

He was indeed eager to return home, but mainly he didn't really know what was inside and was a bit unsure.

It contains longing, but it could be any kind of longing. Who knows, maybe his older brother, Golden Lion, wants him to be his sparring partner?

It could also be the teachings of Village Chief Puxian, the lectures of Instructor Nitai, or even an advertisement for mugwort...

Hmm... that sleazy merchant couldn't possibly have given me a mission to set up an auxiliary camp in another world, could he? Or does Brother Winterwind have something to say to Daimiao?

Could it really be Sister Shuiyun Huoya's... or...?