Chapter 103: Adventures in the Fresh Food Supermarket (End)
Lu Ren finally declined the Dragon King's invitation, because he never really believed that pie would fall from the sky. Moreover, even if a pie really fell from the sky, it would still kill people under the effect of gravity acceleration.
In short, Lu Ren just wouldn't take the bait.
The Dragon King continued to tempt him, but Lu Ren could no longer refuse to move, so he simply shut up and stopped talking.
The Dragon King was very disappointed with Lu Ren's firm refusal. He said immediately: "You refuse now only because you don't know what kind of wealth that is. How about this, you follow Grandpa to the Dragon Palace to take a look. When you see the rare treasures collected by Grandpa, you will definitely be moved."
As he said that, the Dragon King took a step forward, intending to grab Lu Ren and take him away.
At this critical moment, Jun Fang, as the bodyguard, finally performed his duty. He took a step between the two of them and clearly blocked the Dragon King's hand.
Hanba was extremely powerful and could even fight against the dragons. The Dragon King knew that if the two sides really clashed, the roof of the fresh food supermarket would be blown off.
The Dragon King was not interested in destroying the business he had invested in, nor did he want to cause any trouble in the fresh food supermarket. If the Foreign Household Investigation Bureau was called in, it would be more trouble than gain. So he had to withdraw his hand in dismay.
A kidnapping plan was aborted.
Lu Ren, who had just escaped a disaster, continued to decline the Dragon King's invitation: "No, no, I'm going home to cook hot pot today."
After hearing Lu Ren's answer, the Dragon King's expression could only be described as disbelief: "Are you going to give up all the treasures in the Dragon Palace for a hot pot?"
Lu Ren nodded: "Yes, that's what I mean."
If I don’t go back, I don’t know if it will affect the activity of the king crabs.
Thinking of this, Lu Ren looked up at the water monkey floating above his head with some concern. He then realized that the king crab in the water monkey's pocket had stretched its claws out of the pocket and stretched its big claws as far as possible, intending to reach the water monkey's nose. The water monkey was afraid of having its nose pinched, so it dodged left and right. The crab and the monkey were having a great time. They completely ignored the tense atmosphere at the scene.
Seeing this, Lu Ren felt relieved. He thought, "The king crabs are still full of energy and should be able to make it until they get home."
But just in case, Lu Ren really didn't want to delay any longer and planned to cut the Gordian knot.
Who knew that just as he was about to say goodbye to the Dragon King, he saw the Dragon King frowning at him and said, "I don't believe you. You are just saying that in anger."
Before Lu Ren could continue speaking, the Dragon King started talking again: "How about this, next weekend my old friends and I will have a small party, come over then, and I will introduce you to the family business."
Lu Ren had no intention of inheriting the family business, nor was he interested in attending the Dragon King's party. He looked at the crab pot and the shrimp burger behind the Dragon King, and could almost foresee that if he attended the party himself, he would be surrounded by a pile of seafood.
But before Lu Ren could say no, the Dragon King took advantage of the situation and poked Lu Ren's forehead with his finger at lightning speed. The speed was so fast that even Jun Fang, who was closest to Lu Ren, couldn't defend himself.
By the time Lu Ren and Jun Fang reacted, the Dragon King had already withdrawn his hand.
Lu Ren touched the center of his eyebrows and felt nothing, neither pain nor itchiness, neither chills nor fever.
The Dragon King looked at Lu Ren's eyebrows with satisfaction and said, "Grandpa left you a mark of the Weihe Dragon Palace, so that it is easy to find you. This mark can also protect you when I am not around."
Then, before Lu Ren could reply, the Dragon King had already walked away on his own, leaving only the words "Grandpa will pick you up for the party next weekend" echoing in the supermarket.
Those men in black who looked fierce and fierce followed closely behind, and filed out in a well-trained manner, like a typhoon passing through. In an instant, the supermarket aisles that were originally crowded became empty.
After all the aquatic creatures left, the customers who had been hiding in fear finally dared to stick their heads out. Some of them hid in the pile of watermelons on the fruit and vegetable stalls, some folded themselves into a towel on the shelf, and some crawled into the gaps under the shelves.
You know, half of the people who come to this supermarket are small monsters living nearby. Most of them have low demonic power and have been living among humans for generations. Therefore, they are not deeply involved in the affairs of the demon world and have not seen any powerful monsters.
In short, he has never seen the world.
Who could have thought that these little monsters were just shopping in the supermarket today and would suddenly see the spectacular scene of the Dragon King descending to the world, which only happens once in a century.
The huge pressure of the real dragon spread throughout the small supermarket aisle, causing the little monsters to tremble uncontrollably and desperately look for places to hide.
Finally, the Dragon King left with his clan, and the little monsters dared to show up tentatively.
These little monsters are generally not very big, and at the moment they are gathered in groups of three or four, whispering.
A six-legged puppy popped its head out from the watermelon pile: "Woo woo woo woo, I was scared to death, what was that just now?"
This is a young Congcong, who came to the supermarket to help his parents buy soy sauce today. As soon as he walked to the watermelon stand, he suddenly felt the pressure of a superior and almost fell to the ground involuntarily. The young Congcong was frightened and hid in the watermelon pile nearby, but he didn't expect to leave half of his butt exposed.
A little wild boar with fangs beside him answered him: "Don't you know this? Oh, yes, you were born in the past hundred years and have never seen a dragon."
This is a Dang Kang. Dang Kang recently found a new job, pretending to be a wild boar in the zoo. He just got off work today and planned to go to the supermarket to buy a box of instant noodles for dinner. Who knew he would run into the Dragon King? He was so scared that he hid under the shelf, closed his eyes, hugged his head, and prayed that he would not be discovered by the Dragon King.
On the other side, the flying squirrel with a head like a mouse and a body like a rabbit is trying to free itself from the towel.
He also joined Congcong and Dangkang's conversation out of curiosity: "Is that actually a dragon? It's the first time I've seen one, too. It's so scary."
Cong Cong then looked at Lu Ren and Jun Fang who were still standing there, and asked Dang Kang, who had the most experience, "What about the remaining two? I just heard that group of scary men in black call one of them 'Little Prince'. Is 'Little Prince' also a dragon?"
Dang Kang didn't know. Unless a real dragon released its might, how could these little monsters tell the difference between a dragon and a human? They could only make rough guesses based on the reactions of the aquatic creatures.
I think... yes.
On this side, Lu Ren, who was still in shock, was discussing with Jun Fang what had just happened.
Lu Ren's hand was still stroking the place where the Dragon King had just left a mark: "What's going on?"
Jun Fang was also confused: "I don't know, but all dragons are like this, they are self-centered and don't listen to other people's opinions."
Lu Ren counted the dragons he had met so far: Yinglong, Dragon Girl and Dragon King.
It seems to be true.
But knowing that "dragons are born to do what they want" is of no help to Lu Ren at the moment. The most important thing now is that Lu Ren needs to find a way to get rid of the Dragon King's entanglement.
So Lu Ren looked at Jun Fang and asked, "What should we do now?"
Even though Junfang was an old monster who had lived for hundreds of years, this was the first time he had seen such a scene.
He could only touch his head in confusion and said, "Once the Dragon Clan has made up its mind, even ten oxen cannot change it. But you don't have to worry too much. Didn't the Dragon King just say that he would come to pick you up on the weekend? You can go to work on Monday and ask Yinglong for help. He has the highest status in the Dragon Clan. As long as he is willing to help, there will generally be no problem."
Junfang was considered an insider at the Immigrant Household Registration Bureau, and after hearing him say there would be no problem, Lu Rencai finally felt relieved.
"Let's go and pay the bill."
Who knew that when Lu Ren turned around, his foot accidentally kicked something. He looked down and found that there were several things piled at his feet, and three furry little animals were kneeling not far away.
The three little animals were Congcong, Dangkang and Feishu. They were originally frightened, but when they came to their senses, they remembered that their ancestors said that they must worship when they see a real dragon. However, due to the instinctive reaction of weak animals, they just wanted to hide at the first time.
At this moment, the animals, having recovered from their shock, remembered the ancestral precepts. They saw that this "young prince" did not emit a terrifying pressure and looked kind, so he should be easy to talk to. So they plucked up the courage to make up for the loss and came to pay homage.
The pile of things at Lu Ren's feet were their "tribute".
Congcong presented a baby tooth he had just replaced, a canine tooth, which looked delicate and cute; Dang Kang presented a wild raspberry, which was a specialty sent by his mother from her hometown; Feishu presented a strange-looking stone, which he picked up by the river when he went on a picnic on the weekend, and he liked it very much.
I saw a few small animals kneeling on the ground in a serious manner, chanting: "Greetings to the Dragon King, long live the Dragon King--"
Lu Ren: “…”
There was no other way. The little animals didn't know how to worship the Dragon King, so they had to learn to worship the emperor as they had seen on TV. Although it was a little outrageous, they had indeed tried their best.
Lu Ren was about to deny it when he saw the supermarket security suddenly appear, rushing over with a stick, and driving the small animals away: "What are you doing! Supermarkets don't allow sacrificial activities. Last time, a monster wanted to sacrifice a living person in the cooked food area, and the whole supermarket was sealed for three days! Go away, go away."
Seeing the ferocious-looking security guard, the three small animals, which were not very courageous to begin with, were immediately frightened and ran away.
The security guard came over and looked at the faces of the remaining two people. Maybe he realized that Jun Fang was not someone to be trifled with, so he just said to Lu Ren, "Don't litter," and went to patrol somewhere else.
Lu Ren had no choice but to put the three little things into his pocket with a helpless smile.
The three little animals were still hiding in the dark not far from the two men. When they saw Lu Ren accept the tribute, they whispered to each other, "He accepted it! I said he is also a dragon."
"That must be it!"
The three little animals looked at Lu Ren with admiration.
Since then, the news that a kind-looking "little prince" had appeared in the Weishui Dragon Palace, and that he was also a real dragon, spread among the monsters like wildfire.
