Their commission was suspicious.

If we were to use the words of Chongyue, the eldest of the twelve siblings, who lived through that year...

She seems carefree and easygoing, but she's actually the one who fears loneliness the most. If nothing interesting can distract her, she'll make things difficult for herself.

In short, just think of Nian as a conscientious and principled person who enjoys life; she's always willing to pour a lot of enthusiasm into things that interest her.

For example... making terrible movies.

As for Xi... Chongyue's assessment of her was that she was thoughtful and meticulous, yet unwilling to confide in anyone, always confining herself to her own little world, which inevitably led to problems.

"But before that..." Chen Luo and Nian exchanged a glance.

“…We need to let Xi, who’s been staying in the painting all this time, come out and get some fresh air, right?” Chen Luo added the second half of what Nian wanted to say.

"Yes, since we're already here."

Nian looked at the thatched hut in front of him.

This thatched hut may seem unremarkable, but once you open it, you'll enter a new world of paintings.

"Now it's your turn! Don't you have that ink remover? Hurry up and call Xi out, let's go find Sister Ling together!" Nian seemed to enjoy watching the drama unfold.

He wanted to call his younger sister, who always stayed at home, out, but never considered her feelings.

Nian was still pondering how to summon Xi from the painting. After all, Xi's abilities were indeed very strong, and Xi's perception of Nian was quite acute...

You can never wake someone who is pretending to be asleep, just as you can never get someone who insists on staying home to come out and have fun.

But now that Chen Luo is here, things are different. Nian can forge all sorts of divine weapons, but when it comes to rare and unusual items, none of the people Nian knows can surpass Chen Luo.

Especially Chen Luo's ink remover; once splashed on, any ink stain can be wiped away instantly.

When I first learned about this thing, I thought it was completely useless.

But it wasn't until Nian heard that this deinking agent could completely wash away the residue from the evening that Nian knew it was a good thing.

As for how to clean up the mess, I don't actually know the specifics.

But what Nian knew was that ever since she learned that Chen Luo had this ink-removing technique, Xi had never worn the clothes she had drawn in front of Chen Luo again.

It's definitely better to just wear clothes properly.

Xi's tone at the time evoked some strange thoughts in the present year.

"Don't get the wrong idea. I didn't splash ink on Xi's clothes... at least I didn't hit her," Chen Luo argued.

"You actually splashed it? Why didn't Xi beat you to death?" Nian asked, somewhat surprised.

How did you grow up to be so big?

"I already said, it didn't hit you."

Chen Luo didn't understand why the world consciousness had designed these strange little details about his identity when it was creating one for him.

Is it to make his abnormal identity more recognizable?

"Wait, were you reading my mind just now...?" Nian frowned, sensing that things were not so simple.

"Let's not talk about these unimportant things. I'm wondering if we should let Xi know before we call her out to surprise her." Chen Luo took out his Friendship Revolver.

Upon seeing the Friendship Revolver, Nian's body involuntarily trembled, and she moved a little further away from Chen Luo.

"Hmm, why are you sitting so far away from me?"

"N-nothing, I just feel that Xi's body is so delicate. Would it be okay if she laughed for 10 minutes straight?" She began to think.

The reason why Nian reacted so strongly to the Friendship Revolver was naturally because Nian once believed that there was nothing he couldn't forge, and of course, he also tried to study Chen Luo's random items.

As a result, Chen Luo discovered his attempt to secretly borrow the Friendship Revolver and shot him.

That's not the scariest part. The scariest part is that for the three days following the first time Nian was hit by the Friendship Revolver, he had to remain vigilant at all times.

Being constantly on guard against a bullet suddenly flying through the air, hitting you, and making you laugh for 10 minutes straight—that feeling really makes it impossible to sleep soundly or eat.

In the end, Chen Luo didn't fire a single shot.

When Nian asked Chen Luo about it again, Chen Luo simply replied, "I was just teasing you, you actually took it seriously? How could I hold a grudge like that?"

Nian was angry because Chen Luo hadn't done anything, but because Chen Luo hadn't done anything, she couldn't be angry...

Chen Luo! You still say you don't hold grudges?

"Don't worry, it's just laughing for ten minutes. Xi's body isn't that fragile... maybe it really is. Never mind then," Chen Luo said.

"Now watch my performance," Chen Luo said, taking out a water gun.

That's right, it's the water gun from Shui Chen.

Chen Luo made this copy on purpose.

However, this gun was not lethal; all it had was an enormous water capacity.

Under Nian's watchful gaze, Chen Luo unscrewed the cap of the water gun and then dripped something resembling perfume into it.

Deinking ink is soluble in water, and as long as it is soluble in water, it can turn all water into deinking ink.

But it can only transform once.

Chen Luo jumped down from the thatched hut with Nian, then kicked open the door and raised the water gun in his hand.

With a bang, a rather surreal large hole appeared in that ordinary thatched hut.

At the other end of the cave, one can see the back view of a stunningly beautiful woman with black hair, like a painting.

Upon seeing this, Nian was overjoyed and was about to say something when Chen Luo covered her mouth.

"Shh." Chen Luo gestured for Nian to quiet down, then took out a quantum firecracker.

The sound of the fuse being lit startled Xi, who had her back to Chen Luo and the others. When she saw Chen Luo and Nian peering at her through the hole, Xi was shocked. She ran her slender fingers across the hole, and a large patch of ink covered the missing opening.

But... looking at the quantum firecracker that had been thrown at her feet and whose fuse had burned out, Xi had only one word in her mind.

Gan!

But Xi, who had closed her eyes to prepare for the explosion, waited for a while and found that the quantum double-bang firecracker made no sound. Curious, she opened her eyes again and carefully examined the firecracker.

A dud?

Ha, Chen Luo's ability to prank people is getting worse and worse.

Xi sneered and lightly kicked the quantum firecracker, whose fuse had burned out but had not been detonated, with her toe.

"Bang!" After being gently kicked, the quantum firecracker landed on the ground, but its body rapidly expanded before exploding with a bang.

Along with it, Xi's painted world also exploded.

However, not all the worlds in the painting were destroyed. Because Xi likes to use nested dolls in her paintings, only the layer of the painting that Xi used to enjoy the scenery was destroyed, but it did not cause any harm to Xi.

Chapter 1610 Nian: Xi, are you confused? Chen Luo is your brother-in-law!

Once a quantum firecracker is successfully detonated, it will blast any object that comes into contact with it into a quantum state. It can also be detonated again to blast back into the quantum state...

But that's actually the least important thing; its most terrifying aspect lies in the failure to detonate...

If the quantum firecracker fails to detonate, do not touch it; it will disappear naturally after one minute.

However, if such a firecracker explodes due to accidental contact within this minute, you will see a firework display, a firework display powerful enough to ignite any object that comes into contact with the quantum firecracker.

You'd better be glad it landed on something insignificant instead of on the ground, or you might have seen fireworks displayed on planets.

However, this firecracker doesn't cause much harm because this quantum double-bang is very "stingy." It can destroy an item with 10 points of energy, but it will never use 10.0001 points of energy.

Unless the firecracker landed on a person, or the blast radius was extremely large.

Fortunately, the pavilion that Xi had drawn for herself to enjoy the view and the lake area were not very large, so the explosion would not have injured Xi.

However, the sound of the explosion made Xi a little dizzy.

The sound was so loud that Xi felt like her ears were about to be deafened.

What happened?

After Chen Luo estimated the time from the outside, he sprayed water forward again with the water gun, but this time the spray area was larger, creating a passage that could accommodate one person.

Then, Nian, who was standing next to Chen Luo, watched helplessly as Xi, dazed and confused, walked towards them through the narrow passage and, quite by chance, bumped right into Chen Luo's arms.

Huh? What's this? Is she throwing herself into my arms?

Although I didn't understand it, I was greatly shocked by it.

Xi, are you confused? This is your brother-in-law!

Brother-in-law...

perhaps……

"This Xi has heatstroke, why don't we start the meal right away?" Chen Luo said after lifting Xi high up like a child.

“We can start the feast, but you need to make it clear first: are you starting it at dusk or just for the sake of starting it at dusk?” Nian said.

The former means that this dog has heatstroke, so let's stew it.

The latter means that Xi is about to die, so let's hold a funeral for him.

Although Nian, as the older sister, certainly didn't want anything to happen to Xi, since things had already turned out this way, Nian had no choice but to reluctantly start the banquet.

"You two bastards, put me down! You suddenly barged into someone's painting and knocked them out with a firecracker. Don't you two have any manners?" Xi, held high by Chen Luo, said weakly.

If she weren't so listless, Xi would probably have kicked Chen Luo right in the face.

What sins have I committed to deserve this, that these two brilliant and talented individuals would come looking for me together?

Although Xi didn't understand, she knew that she had been tricked by these two people this time.

"Don't say that, Xi. I was asked by your older sister to bring you out for some fresh air. Your older sister complains to me every day about her two younger sisters, saying they're always giving her trouble, especially you." Chen Luo carefully placed Xi on the ground, making sure she had fully recovered and wouldn't be unable to stand.

"Your older sister?" Xi seemed somewhat interested upon hearing her eldest sister's name from Chen Luo.

At least it's much more pleasing to the eye than when Chen Luo and Nian dragged him out of the painting, looking so listless.

"Yes, your eldest sister..."

"I don't believe you!" But before Chen Luo could finish speaking, Xi suddenly raised her middle finger at Chen Luo and ran towards the thatched hut, opening a door to her own painted world in the process.

But before Xi could run back to her own little world, Chen Luo pounced on her and hugged her leg.

"Xi, I'm your fan."

In a sense, this skill also has a certain degree of absolute hit rate, at least greatly increasing the hit rate. After all, how can you call yourself a fan of someone else if you can't even hold onto them?

"Let me go!"

"I won't let go."

"What exactly did you two come to see me for?" Xi was like a shut-in who was just sitting at home daydreaming, suddenly dragged out by two bad friends, only to hear their tone when they said they just wanted to join her as a trio of street thugs, idiots, and drunkards.

Are you guys sick in the head?

"Of course, it's to get you to come out and cook," Nian said.

"Huh?" Xi looked at Nian as if he were an idiot.

This reason is even more outrageous than the one Xi had come up with earlier.

"Xi, no matter what, how about we finish this hotpot first? I won't let go of you if you don't agree," Chen Luo said, hugging Xi's leg.

"Don't call me out for such trivial things, are you all sick? Can't you just let me stay in my painting?" Xi looked somewhat angry.

Quick, lick her thigh.

The user-friendly plugin suddenly said

"???"

Chen Luo was stunned for a moment.

What do you want me to do?

Licking Xi's thigh

Chen Luo admitted that Xi's thighs were indeed quite white, but that's not a reason for you to make me lick her thighs.

[And then one more thing: it smells like a lie.]

"……show!"

Aside from personality traits that prevent them from socializing, most female homebodies stay at home simply because no one wants to play with them.