Arknights, but keeping Terra in captivity

When Sophia saw this, she realized it was too late.

Missed the best opportunity to explain.

Then she could only hope that Chen Ran, the God of Fun, would be able to accompany her and explain it to her eldest niece later.

The results of it?

When Chen Ran saw that Margaret was rushing home, he considerately put Sophia, who was in his hand, back into the planet model.

Zofia was completely stunned: "Wait! Wait a minute! Why are you letting me go back now?! I can't explain the suicide note clearly! If I go back now, besides being embarrassed, I will also--"

Before Sophia could finish her words, Chen Ran threw her back to her boudoir in the manor castle.

"By the way, what was this aunt talking about just now?"

After Chen Ran threw Sofia back, he turned around and looked at Xinteleya in his other hand, and began to ask questions even though he knew the answer.

Without even turning around, Xinteleya said, "She's probably thanking you. My former daughter was very polite."

"That's true."

Chen Ran nodded continuously.

However, these two people were in cahoots with each other, teasing each other and making fun of the "aunt" and "former young lady" they mentioned.

Sophia, who had been thrown back, really had a lot to say.

As luck would have it, the time when Zofia was thrown back into the planet model was exactly the time when Margaret rushed back to Casimir, a direct coincidence.

So the next second, there was only a knock on the door:

"Aunt! Aunt, are you there? I heard Maria say that you spanked her this morning! Aunt, are you home?!"

The voice coming from outside the door was that of her eldest niece Margaret.

And from the tone of his voice, he seemed tired, worried, and a little scared.

It was as if he had rushed all the way back without taking a break or drinking a sip of water, just to make sure Sofia was safe.

After a long time without any response, the knocking on the door became increasingly impatient, as if the door was about to be broken in by force in the next second.

"Wait, wait! I'm getting changed! Stop knocking!"

Sofia naturally spoke quickly.

And it was very successful. The knocking on the door suddenly stopped.

I don’t know if it was because she was relieved to know that Sofia was fine, or because of her majesty as an aunt that made Margaret dare not look at her again.

But anyway-

While cursing Chen Ran in her heart as a scoundrel, Sofia ran to the closet at a very fast speed and changed her clothes.

After coughing a few times and adjusting her mood, Sofia walked with elegant steps and opened the door solemnly and appropriately.

As a result, Sophia's ladylike demeanor did not last long, and Margaret, who was waiting outside the door, rushed forward immediately.

Not only did he check Sofia from head to toe to make sure she was not injured or anything like that.

Margaret even grabbed Sofia's armpits and lifted her up like a cat to check if there were any bandages or blood stains on her body.

Margaret's concern was evident in her words, but you could tell by the way her little niece, Maria, almost burst out laughing.

Margaret is 171cm tall, while Zofia is 165cm tall.

Plus Margaret was wearing high heels...

Her eldest niece could really pick her up and hold her in her arms, making it impossible for her to put her feet on the ground.

Sofia's face immediately turned red, and she was so angry that she clenched her fist and hit her niece on the head: "Put me down! You, how dare you!"

Seeing that her aunt was full of energy, the beating she gave was very painful.

Margaret then shrank his neck. He no longer looked like the heroic knight that outsiders saw. Instead, he looked like a child who had done something wrong. He smiled awkwardly and quickly put Sophia down.

"Isn't it because you suddenly sent me a suicide note, that's why I'm..."

Margaret didn't seem aggrieved, she was just confused.

But at this point, Margaret's expression grew serious again. "So, Aunt, what exactly happened? With your personality, you wouldn't joke about something like a 'suicide note,' which is why I hurried back."

When Sofia heard this, she did not rush to reply. Instead, she turned her head and looked at her little niece Maria.

Maria was laughing foolishly at first, as it was a rare sight to see her aunt being lifted up high.

But when she saw that Sofia didn't say anything and instead looked at her, Maria was stunned. After she understood, she pouted and said, "I know... Children can't listen to adults, right? I'm already a grown-up...?"

"Yes, aunt."

Margaret also said to her sister: "Although Maria is young, she already understands a lot of things——"

"Your sister is planning to participate in the Knights' Tournament."

Sophia interrupted Margaret and said, "Then I stopped him and gave him a spanking."

"I didn't! I really didn't!"

Maria began to cry out for justice.

But unfortunately, as her biological sister, Margaret... knows her quite well, and it seems that Maria is really capable of doing such a thing.

So Margaret was choked, but she didn't make any indiscriminate remarks. She just turned her head with a subtle expression and said, "Maria, you... uh... well... can you go play outside for a while? I want to talk to my aunt."

Maria: "..."

After Maria left with a pout on her face, Margaret sighed, turned back, and said, "So, Aunt, can you tell me now? What happened?"

Sofia didn't hide this...or rather, she couldn't hide it.

By the time Margaret calmed down and went out for a few walks, she would probably hear hundreds of rumors.

So Sofia briefly described what had happened during this period of time.

"Uh……"

Margaret's expression was subtle as she concluded, "So, Aunt, what you're saying is that you recently hired a new maid, but that maid's identity is unusual. After persuading her with both reason and emotion... Aunt, you and that maid formed the Avengers, and took advantage of the dark night to become superheroes and fight criminals?"

Sofia: "..."

You...are actually not wrong to say that.

But why does it sound weird?

If Chen Ran were here, he would definitely be able to tell the secret in one sentence.

He is a rich man during the day and a superhero fighting crime at night. He also has a butler by his side... No, it's a maid. Isn't this a gender-reversed version of Batman?

My goodness, Margaret's words made Sophia think that both her parents were dead.

Chapter 229 No takeout? No store? Got it, when I’m hungry I’ll go nibble on the grass in front of the little rabbit’s door.

Sophia didn't finish her words——

At least she wasn't told about being seen naked, her eavesdropping on others, or Chen Ran playing Sintela and getting a bad hand at it.

But even if we remove these, the remaining part... is actually quite far-fetched.

Sofia knew that her eldest niece would definitely not believe it, at least Sofia didn't believe it when she heard it for the first time.

So, in order to prove herself, Sofia coughed a few times and said, "Mr. Chen Ran."

No one responded.

"Mr. Chen Ran?"

Still no one responded.

"...Wait a minute? Where are you, Chen Ran?"

Sophia shouted three times, but nothing happened.

Margaret looked around foolishly and said, "Could it be that Mr. Chen Ran, the man you mentioned, can become invisible so I can't see him?"

Although Margaret thought what Sofia said was too far-fetched, as her niece, she still believed her.

But Margaret looked for a long time but didn't see anyone, and then looked at Sofia with a puzzled look.

As a result, Sofia had a dark face.

No?

Mr. Chen Ran, what are you doing playing missing now?!

If you don't come out and prove yourself for me, won't it make me look like I'm hysterical and talking nonsense?

Where are you!

But Chen Ran really wasn't deliberately trying to make Zofia happy.

After throwing Zofia back into the planet model, Chen Ran grabbed Xinteleya and turned to walk towards the table.

However, what caught Xinteleya's eyes was not the lonely "little castle" and fish tank.

But it is a street made up of several small houses?

After all, if it is called a small town, then the number of houses is too small.

"The table is too small. It won't hold all these toy houses. I'll get a bigger table later and re-plan the city structure."

As Chen Ran walked over, he explained, "At the beginning, when there were only the little killer whale, the little rabbit, and Hakimi, they didn't care about it. After all, they were all good kids. But a certain American cockroach was different."

"Your mother!"

From a house on that... uh... street came the sound of cockroaches.

Chen Ran didn't care and continued, "A certain American cockroach is used to being wild. Others are like delicate larks at home, but that American cockroach is like a husky frolicking in the fields."

"Your mother!"

"So when the American cockroach arrived, it said something like, 'It's just one house? So many people can fit in there? Aren't you too crowded?' Then I thought the same thing, so I bought a few more toy houses online, put them in a row, put some moss on them, and stuck in some branches. It was like a landscape. Now everyone has a house, and the American cockroach is no longer a bother."

After saying that, Chen Ran glanced at a house on that street. Seeing that there was no more "your mother" whispering this time -

Chen Ran turned around and looked at Xinteleya again.

As a result, Xinteleya didn't consider herself an outsider at all. She jumped from Chen Ran's palm to the table and started wandering around the street on her own.

You can find that each toy house is actually exactly the same, but the courtyard outside the house and the overall decoration are different.

For example, the house with the name "Demon Rabbit" on its doorplate not only has a small yard covered with grass, but the guardrails, tables and chairs are all decorated with rabbit patterns, and even the roof has two rabbit ear-like decorations.

For example, the house with the name "Miao Miao" on its doorplate has a pool dug in the small yard that surrounds the house, which is obviously a good place to attract mosquitoes.

For example, the house with the name "Vishdale" on it, that little yard... is this some kind of garbage dump? It looks like Vishdale is just shoving everything into his house, regardless of whether it's useful or not.

"So the houses without names on the house numbers are empty?"

After turning around, Xinteleya turned around and asked.

"correct."

Chen Ran nodded and said, "Just pick any one and move in. After all, as you can see, Little Platinum, these toy houses are all the same."

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw Xinteleya reaching out and pushing open the door of a toy house.

I took a look at the location and realized, oh, this little Platinum is planning to be neighbors with the Demon Rabbit.

I guess she thinks that since there are so many little rabbit patterns, she must be a soft and cute child, so if you live next door to her, you won’t be disturbed in the middle of the night, right?

But it's not.

Because after Xinteleya entered the room, she first walked around inside, and then adhered to the principle of sitting instead of standing if she could, and lying down instead of sitting if she could.

Xinteleya took off her shoes, lifted her clothes, and lay down on the bed.

After rolling around a few times and making sure she was sleeping comfortably, Xinteleya turned her head and looked at Chen Ran through the window, saying, "Can I order takeout?"

"No."

Chen Ran denied it.

“Will I have a place to buy anything?”

Xinteleya asked again.

"No."