At noon, Xia Hongyao took Lin Baici to a Cantonese restaurant called Yue’s Dragon, where they spent over three thousand yuan on a feast.

Afterward, they planned to go to the Dragon and Beauty Bar for drinks.

Today was the big day for the high ponytail girl to become the deputy team leader, and she was very happy.

“No more!”

Lin Baici had to go to Gu Qingxiang’s place to learn Korean in the afternoon. Showing up reeking of alcohol would be asking for trouble, wouldn’t it?

Just as the two said goodbye, he received a call from Hua Yueyu.

“Xiao Bai…”

Hua Yueyu only called out his name before she started crying.

“Where are you?”

Lin Baici comforted her: “I’ll come to you!”

Hua Yueyu reported a location, and Lin Baici quickly hailed a taxi to rush over. Upon arrival, Hua Yueyu threw herself into his arms.

“Wuwuwu, Xiao Bai, I’m scared!”

Hua Yueyu’s slender arms clung tightly to Lin Baici. Only his broad and sturdy chest could give her a sense of security.

“It’s okay now.”

Lin Baici patted the back of the anchorwoman: “Hungry? Haven’t eaten yet, right?”

“I want to take a shower!”

Hua Yueyu quickly pushed Lin Baici away, her face flushed with embarrassment. When she woke up, she was in the Security Bureau. Thanks to Xia Hongyao’s instructions, the two staff members treated her quite well during the review. But Hua Yueyu, who had always been a good girl, had never suffered like this before.

She felt like a criminal, panicked.

“Then let’s go home!”

Lin Baici hailed another taxi.

“Mhm!”

Hua Yueyu followed Lin Baici like a little wife.

The anchorwoman’s home was in Longjiang Scenic Source, a villa area she rented.

Because her live broadcasts were noisy, she was worried about complaints from neighbors, so she simply rented this detached villa, which served as both a studio and a residence.

When Hua Yueyu returned, there were two other girls in the villa, her assistant and photographer.

“You two go back first!”

Hua Yueyu sent them away, then poured Lin Baici a cup of coffee and grabbed some snacks before hurrying to the bathroom.

But soon after, her screams could be heard.

“Ah!”

Lin Baici was startled and rushed over, knocking on the bathroom door: “Yueyu, what’s wrong?”

“Wuwuwu, I twisted my ankle!”

Hua Yueyu cried, feeling so frustrated. These past few days had been nothing but trouble.

“Do you need help?”

Lin Baici was worried.

“Mhm!”

The little mermaid was feeling weak and wanted company.

“Can you open the door?”

If not, he would have to break it down.

“Wait a moment!”

After a minute or so, the bathroom door opened.

Hua Yueyu was drenched, holding a towel to her chest, standing on only her left foot, her delicate brows furrowed in pain.

“Shall I carry you to the bed?”

Lin Baici was at a loss, not knowing where to look!

“Dry me off first!”

Hua Yueyu’s voice was faint, and after speaking, she lowered her head, her cheeks flushed red.

Ah!

How embarrassing!

I really don’t have the talent to be Pan Jinlian!

But little mermaid, you need to buck up. If you don’t make a move soon, Jin Yingzhen will snatch Xiao Bai away.

Xia Hongyao’s intelligence is a D, not a concern, but the pressure from that kimchi girl is too much. Honestly, Hua Yueyu feels her heart flutter when she sees her.

“…”

Lin Baici froze. Dry her off?

That’s not very appropriate, is it?

“Xiao Bai, I’m cold!”

Hua Yueyu shivered.

“You’re not running a fever, are you?”

Lin Baici couldn’t care less about propriety between men and women at this point. He grabbed a towel from the rack and quickly dried off Hua Yueyu, then carried her to the bedroom.

“Where’s the thermometer?”

Lin Baici tucked Hua Yueyu in and touched her forehead, which was indeed a bit hot.

“I don’t need a thermometer!”

Hua Yueyu held Lin Baici’s hand on her forehead, not letting him move it away: “Stay with me!”

“Okay!”

Lin Baici took out his phone with one hand: “What do you want to eat? I’ll order takeout!”

Hua Yueyu shook her head, then scooted over to make room, looking pitifully at Lin Baici.

What does that mean?

Asking me to lie down?

Lin Baici was at a loss.

“Being a god hunter is so dangerous, Xiao Bai, don’t do it anymore. I can work hard on my live broadcasts, I can earn enough to support you!”

Hua Yueyu was genuinely scared.

Until she encountered the Pharaoh, although there were dangers, Lin Baici had handled them all. His stunning performance made Hua Yueyu believe Lin Baici was born to be a god hunter.

But after that literary youth appeared, everything fell into despair.

That monster was too strong. Zhang Heng and Fei Xiao were so formidable, yet they died like grasshoppers trampled by children, unable to even resist.

“Wuwuwu, I don’t want anything to happen to you!”

Hua Yueyu cried her heart out.

Having been saved by Lin Baici several times, the anchorwoman had already fallen for him, or rather, she admired him and longed to be with him.

Lin Baici felt Hua Yueyu’s concern and couldn’t help but smile: “It’s okay, I’m a super rookie with an annual salary of a hundred million, a dragon-level in the making!”

“Ah?”

Hua Yueyu was startled: “You joined the Security Bureau?”

“Mhm!”

After Lin Baici finished speaking, he saw Hua Yueyu’s tears fall like rain, and she suddenly got up and hugged him.

“Don’t go, this job is really too dangerous!”

Hua Yueyu clung to Lin Baici tightly: “I can really support you, you don’t have to feel obligated to be with me because you spent my money. It doesn’t matter who you like, really, I don’t want anything to happen to you!”

“Thank you!”

Lin Baici patted the anchorwoman’s back, signaling her to let go, but Hua Yueyu did not. Instead, she hugged him even tighter, and after crying for a while, she suddenly mustered the courage to kiss Lin Baici’s lips.

Today, the little mermaid was going all out to claim Lin Baici’s first.

Lin Baici was completely stunned. He didn’t know what to do and instinctively pushed Hua Yueyu away, fearing that if they went any further, they wouldn’t even be able to remain friends.

Hua Yueyu knelt on the bed, looking at Lin Baici with tears streaming down: “You… you don’t like me?”

The anchorwoman’s voice trembled, fearing a terrible answer.

“You’re not in the right state of mind now!”

Lin Baici picked up the blanket and covered Hua Yueyu: “I’ll get you a cup of hot water!”

“Don’t leave!”

Hua Yueyu held onto Lin Baici, having come this far, she wanted an answer: “How do you see me?”

“Friends!”

Lin Baici’s answer was decisive: “I don’t want you to regret it later and not even be able to be friends!”

“I won’t regret it!”

Hua Yueyu looked into Lin Baici’s eyes earnestly.

Lin Baici fell silent, unsure how to respond.

【What are you thinking? The delicacy is delivered to your mouth, and you still resist? Devour her!】

“Do you dislike my figure?”

Hua Yueyu pouted, knowing this was her major disadvantage: “I may not have Jin Yingzhen’s voluptuous figure, but I’m cute, a legal loli. Whatever COS you want to see, I can wear it for you!”

If a guy who likes anime and watching live streams were confessed to like this by Hua Yueyu, he would probably be ecstatic, but Lin Baici…

“You’ve just been through a life-and-death experience, your emotions are unstable. Let’s discuss this after you’ve calmed down in a few days, okay?”

Lin Baici soothed.

“I don’t want to be your friend, I want to be your girlfriend! Your wife!”

Hua Yueyu felt wronged.

“Are you ready to be a wife?”

Lin Baici countered!

Hua Yueyu wanted to say she was ready, but looking into Lin Baici’s eyes, she couldn’t utter the words, because she knew it was easy to say but hard to do.

“What if I’m a scumbag who likes many girls?”

Lin Baici asked again: “Would you still be willing to stay with me?”

“Do you like Jin Yingzhen?”

Hua Yueyu regretted asking as soon as the words left her mouth, such a question would lower her favorability in Lin Baici’s heart.

“I see her as a friend!”

Lin Baici sighed. If not for that, he would have slept with Jin Yingzhen already.

For some reason, Lin Baici suddenly thought of the tea girl Ji Xinyan. It seemed he could be irresponsible with her?

“Stop overthinking, rest first!”

Lin Baici pressed Hua Yueyu down, tucking her in: “Do you have any female friends? Can you call them to come and stay with you?”

It was inconvenient for Lin Baici to stay here. Just now, in that short time, he had seen everything he should and shouldn’t have seen.

He was afraid he couldn’t hold back.

“I want you to stay with me!”

Hua Yueyu peeked out from under the blanket, looking timidly at Lin Baici: “This is my little capricious request, can you fulfill it for me?”

“Mhm!”

Lin Baici agreed.

But he was troubled!

Should he just indulge for once and be a scumbag?

Hua Yueyu had a fever, and Lin Baici couldn’t leave. He had to stay with her, and in the evening, he received a call from Jin Yingzhen.

“Where are you?”

Lin Baici explained briefly that Hua Yueyu was sick, and he was keeping her company.

“I’m with my brother!”

Jin Yingzhen felt a bit down for not seeing Lin Baici: “I’m going back to Korea first!”

They chatted for a bit and hung up.

The journey was silent because Jin Xian was worried about eavesdropping and also wanted Jin Yingzhen to rest first. It wasn’t until they were on the private plane that he asked his sister about the situation in the museum’s God’s Ruins.

“We encountered a god!”

Now, just thinking about that literary youth’s appearance, Jin Yingzhen felt terrified.

She recounted everything from going to the museum with Lin Baici to visit the exhibition, to the sudden outbreak of God’s Ruins, and the various rule contaminations they experienced afterward.

Jin Xian listened intently.

Lin Baici had outsmarted the main force of the Lost Coast, played them in the palm of his hand, won the favor of a female scorpion monster, and finally killed the Pharaoh…

Although Jin Yingzhen did not specifically praise Lin Baici or embellish his excellence, just narrating normally, Jin Xian was already breathless with concern.

Such an impressive man, why isn’t he Korean?

Jin Xian was frustrated. Why is the fate of Jiuzhou so strong, always producing such dazzling talents? Does Korea really have no chance to rise?

Jin Xian knew that poaching Lin Baici was now unlikely, unless the Jiuzhou Security Bureau did something brain-dead to anger Lin Baici.

Jin Yingzhen hesitated at the end of her story. She remembered Lin Baici seemed to have bitten that god, but she didn’t say it out loud.

She always felt that this was Lin Baici’s big secret.

Should Lin Baici’s first be taken by someone else? And by which girl?