5. She said it was to add contact information.

Ye Lan was already immersed in the joy of "pre-adopting" Yan Huan, and she didn't forget to turn around and say to Ye Shiyu,

"Shiyu, don't forget to add contact information, okay? If you encounter any problems in the unfamiliar school, you can ask your brother for help. He grew up in Lin Gate and is the student council president. Don't hesitate to ask him for help since you're new here."

Holding a tissue, Ye Shiyu wiped her lips and stood up. She glanced at Yan Huan and said,

"Okay... I didn't bring my phone with me, I'll add him later when I get it."

"Mm hmm... I'll have Aunt Chen bring you some milk later."

"Alright."

The response came from the stairwell as Ye Shiyu turned and went upstairs, soon out of sight.

Yan Huan also prepared to get up, "Then I'll go see if I can help Aunt Chen with anything, Auntie."

"No need, just stay here and keep me company for a bit longer. Is that okay, Xiao Huan?"

But Ye Lan shook her head in front of him, cupping her chin and staring straight at Yan Huan, at his face.

She really liked looking at Yan Huan, his eyes, as if wanting to see all of him in those eyes, or maybe trying to find a trace of someone from the past on his face.

Feeling her gaze like water, Yan Huan had no choice but to sit back down slowly,

"Alright then."

And so Ye Lan just watched him, and after a moment of silence, she showed a warm smile,

"Xiao Huan, you've really had it tough these years..."

Ye Lan's voice was warm and tender, causing Yan Huan to blink his eyes.

The gradually slowing heartbeat in his chest seemed to run out of strength, unable to push out the words he wanted to say, leaving him gaping silently.

Just as he was about to say something, Ye Lan had already stretched lazily, stood up, and said,

"Alright, Auntie is a bit tired, I'm going to go upstairs to rest. Later, Aunt Chen will take you to your room. Go to sleep early~"

"...You too, Aunt Ye."

Watching her receding figure, Yan Huan replied a second too late.

...

...

Ye Lan went back to her third-floor bedroom to rest, Aunt Chen said she had been busy since early today, and visiting Yan Huan at Yuanyue Academy was her last stop.

After waiting for Aunt Chen to clean the kitchen, Yan Huan followed her to tidy up his room, but in actuality, it was just spreading bed sheets, grabbing bedding, pillows, and pillowcases, which wasn't too much trouble.

The room on the second floor was really spacious, it was hard to imagine that this single bedroom was even bigger than the one-bedroom apartment he rented in the South District.

Not only did it have an en-suite bathroom, but there was also a separate area with a sofa, a desk, and a bookshelf. At the end of this area was the bedroom connected to a private balcony...

After closing the door behind him, Yan Huan stood alone in the room that had been prepared, raised his eyebrows, placed his backpack down, and took off his school jacket,

"This is... quite extravagant, isn't it?"

He pinched the leather sofa in the room, then walked to the bedroom door, glanced at the balcony that was visible because the curtains weren't drawn, revealing the night scene outside.

And here he was, this reincarnated young man from the Heavenly Dynasty, about to ask his boss for leave for the next few days of work in this luxurious house.

Hmm, he decided, when asking for leave, he'll use one less period to seem more assertive.

After staring into the night's darkness for a while, Yan Huan finally pulled down the curtains, turned on the bright bedside lamp, and lay on the soft bed.

"Meow~"

Just then, a pleasant cat's meow sounded again in the bedroom.

Lying on the bed, Yan Huan propped himself up a little and turned his head to look towards the edge of the bed, discovering a chubby black cat crawling out from underneath it.

If the lamp hadn't been turned on, it would have almost blended completely with the deep red wooden floor.

The black cat turned its head, revealing its emerald-colored pupils; it was Miao.

"Miao, have you come?"

"Meow!"

Yan Huan lay back down on the bed, and Miao jumped up next to him, first rubbing against him, then standing directly on his stomach and transmitting a voice into his mind,

"I originally thought the modifier incident would have scared you, and you'd avoid contact with any female for a while. But not even a day has passed, and not only have you not run away, you have actually approached them on your own initiative?"

"...This sort of thing can be understood with just a bit of thinking, right?"

Looking at the black cat standing on his abdomen, Yan Huan couldn't help but reach out to pinch its warm ears and stroke its fluffy back,

"You didn't tell me who else has modifiers, besides Bai Yi, nor did you tell me what other effects are there... This means you don't know either, right?"

"...Correct, my understanding of these invasive powers is limited to knowing they exist and their common traits, but the specifics..."

"So that settles it, doesn't it?"

Yan Huan spread his hands, his gaze calm,

"Our current goal is to resolve the modifiers, and the first step to do so is to find them and their hosts, and then to understand their nature, so we can think of ways to solve them."

Assuming that both Ye Lan and Ye Shiyu might have modifiers, even if he didn't come to Ye Lan's place for dinner today and further declined her adoption offer, or even more drastically cut off contact completely, but Ye Shiyu was still going to attend Yuanyue Academy.

What was meant to happen would still happen, unless he stayed away from all females, or took a more extreme measure by dropping out of school, severing all past connections from the last ten years, disfiguring his face, and then hiding somewhere.

Shouting, "I'm not going to be human anymore," perhaps this desperate solution would be effective, but...