Chapter 54: Sun Zhai, Don’t Touch Randomly!
Red Mountain Villa No. 16, in the study.
“Slap—!”
A loud slap landed heavily on Li Tanghan’s face, the sound crisp and sharp.
After receiving the notice, Li Shunian arrived for questioning, hands on his cane, back straight as an arrow, sitting across from Li Tanghan, his expression dark as if it were about to rain.
“Look at what you’ve done!”
“Foolish child, do you think I don’t know about those urban legends you talk about on the street corner? The Lord God told me everything!”
“I just couldn’t be bothered to take action, turning a blind eye, but I didn’t expect you to be so clueless, actually bringing the plague god to your home!”
Li Tanghan covered his stinging face and explained, “Don’t worry, old man. I just went downstairs to check. The collection room lost some insignificant items, but there are no signs of the secret room being entered.”
How was I supposed to know that urban legend was a thief?
I thought I had a chance to hitch a ride!
d*mn it, if I get the chance, I’ll have to teach her a lesson, Li Tanghan thought.
Hearing this, Li Shunian narrowed his eyes, sweeping up and down Li Tanghan’s figure twice, his furrowed brow slightly easing, and he said in a deep voice, “It’s good that nothing was lost in the secret room. Otherwise, I would have had to skin you alive for being such a scourge!”
“…” Li Tanghan opened his mouth, wanting to say something, when the study door was suddenly knocked.
“Knock knock knock—!”
“Come in!”
Li Shunian called out lightly and saw Li Tanghan’s assistant push the door and walk in.
She slightly bowed to Li Shunian and then to Li Tanghan, saying, “Sir, Young Master, the police outside say the time we’ve bought is up; Young Master should go back with them to cooperate in the investigation.”
Upon hearing this, Li Shunian glanced at Li Tanghan and banged his cane hard on the floor, “Hurry up! With a useless person like you, you should have been sent to prison for some serious education long ago!”
Li Tanghan kept a calm expression, using all his strength to suppress his anger, and left the study with his assistant.
After Li Tanghan left, Li Shunian stood up, crossed the large room, and entered the wine cellar, arriving in front of the metal wall surrounded by warning tape. From several meters away, he examined it closely and, seeing that the metal wall indeed showed no apparent damage, let out a slight sigh of relief.
This place is now temporarily isolated; he’ll have to wait until the police finish investigating tonight’s explosion before he gets a chance to check the secret room.
Hmph! I don’t know how such a scourge could be born; useless in everything!
I hope that foolish child was telling the truth. If anything really was lost, I’ll have to send him to the church to learn well; I’ve heard those children who’ve gone there become very obedient…
Forget it, once things settle down here, I need to move the items from the secret room before the Siye Society gets involved in the investigation, Li Shunian thought.
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Meanwhile.
“What is this…”
Suddenly asked by Bai Kai about who the girl next to him was, Lu Yibei was momentarily at a loss for words.
“…”
Although Water Brother doesn’t seem very reliable, he still has a strong sense of justice. I’ve heard my father say that under his protection, the girls at the club rarely get harassed by unscrupulous clients.
If Water Brother found out the leader was secretly participating in the Urban Legends Chat Group, he might report it to the Siye Society.
At that time, the leader’s situation would surely become both awkward and dangerous, right? Lu Yibei thought.
Seeing that Lu Yibei was silent, Bai Kai frowned, patted her shoulder, and said seriously, “Come with me for a moment; I want to talk to you alone.”
With that, he turned around and walked away.
Noticing this, Lu Yibei glanced back at Jiang Li, signaling her [Should I go?]
Jiang Li responded with her eyes [Go ahead, don’t say anything random! ❤️]
“???”
Was that just my imagination?
Did I just see an emoji in her eyes? Lu Yibei turned back, scratching the back of her head with an odd expression, then shook her head and followed Bai Kai.
Bai Kai brought Lu Yibei to the riverside under a large tree, glanced at Jiang Li in the distance, and lowered his voice, “Xiao Bei, what’s going on? Who is that girl?”
“She…” Lu Yibei shifted uncomfortably, and said earnestly, “She’s my close friend, that kind of close friend.”
Upon hearing this, Bai Kai’s eyes widened—taking a step back, he looked Lu Yibei up and down and said with an odd expression, “Xiao Bei, this won’t do!”
“You can’t take advantage of your ability to turn into a girl to use such underhanded tactics to harm someone else’s girl!”
“Have you forgotten what I taught you with your father about flirting? You can’t just straightforwardly win her over?”
Lu Yibei, “…”
Aren’t those tricks even more underhanded? If put into practice, that girl would probably call the police!
Besides…
Who knows who’s harming whom?
Lu Yibei thought, pouting, “Water Brother, don’t you know me? I’m not interested in women…”
“Mm?”
Bai Kai suddenly remembered the strange behaviors Lu Yibei exhibited recently due to the memories of Liangyue and Yunmeng, and his expression changed slightly.
Realizing Bai Kai might have misunderstood, Lu Yibei corrected flatly, “I’m not interested in men either.”
“…”
Bai Kai pondered for a moment, sighed lightly, and said, “Alright, I won’t ask you about these things for now. I want to know what are you doing here in the middle of the night, in a place where there’s not even a village in sight?”
“We…”
Lu Yibei opened her mouth, ready to tell a small lie, but was interrupted by Bai Kai.
“Wait a minute, don’t tell me you’re on a date; who dates at this time and place?” Knowing daughters like a father, Bai Kai instantly guessed Lu Yibei’s little thoughts.
“Honestly, were you just at the Red Mountain Villa? Don’t lie. I felt your spirit energy fluctuations all the way here.”
“Uh…” Lu Yibei nodded.
“Tsk! I knew it!” Bai Kai spat lightly, his expression darkening as he glanced at Jiang Li in the distance, “Then, does that mean the commotion over there was caused by her?”
“Water Brother, actually…”
Bai Kai crossed his arms and interrupted gruffly, “Don’t defend her; do you know how embarrassing it was for me? I just told the police I’m a law-abiding citizen, that there can’t possibly be any illegal activities in that villa, and right after I said that, the swimming pool exploded.”
“…”
Lu Yibei facepalmed, covering her face with one hand and peeking through her fingers to observe Bai Kai’s expression, murmuring weakly, “What happened after that?”
“Then I ran! The police on the scene suspected that Mr. Li was secretly manufacturing explosives at home, possibly constituting illegal production of explosives, and they have already begun their investigation.”
Lu Yibei, “…”
After a few seconds of silence, Bai Kai looked into Lu Yibei’s eyes and said seriously, “Xiao Bei, you’re grown up now. It’s good to have some relationship experience with girls or boys…”
“Remove boys from that statement.” Lu Yibei said expressionlessly.
“I just meant it casually…” Bai Kai shrugged and continued, “What I mean is, someone as open-minded as your godfather will not interfere in your relationship, so even if you have a fiancée, I never…”
“Wait, what did you say?” Lu Yibei interrupted, frowning.
“I said I won’t interfere with your relationship…”
“Not that part, the latter part!”
“Oh, I said even if you have a fiancée, I never stopped you! Is there a problem?” Bai Kai wondered, his gaze scanning Lu Yibei as if to say “How did I raise such a foolish child?”
“I don’t have a fiancée! I never heard of it!” Lu Yibei said, “Can you tell me her name, family address, and height and weight?”
“This…” Bai Kai was momentarily at a loss for words, and after a few seconds, said something that stunned Lu Yibei, “Which fiancée are you asking about?”
“What? There can be more than one?” Lu Yibei exclaimed.
Lu Yibei had only heard her father mention that he had arranged a marriage for her but never asked for the details.
At this moment, hearing Water Brother say this, she suddenly realized a very serious issue—her father had never told her how many engagements he had arranged.
But…
What normal person would arrange more than one engagement for their child? d*mn! Lu Yibei thought.
“That’s quite a number!” Bai Kai smirked, continuing to pile on Lu Yibei’s shock, “Some are arranged engagements by birth, some are for paying back debts, some are for political alliances, and some just simply like your parents’ family…”
“Stop! Stop!” Lu Yibei finally couldn’t take it anymore, interrupting, “What does my father think? Is it necessary to arrange so many?”
Bai Kai pondered and said meaningfully, “Maybe your father worries that you might follow in his old ways and end up hanging like a failed tree, so he prepared some things early on for you!”
Lu Yibei, “…” You call this preparation? Or are you saying there’s more than billions?
“Ah! That’s a different story! Even though your father pulled such operations, what era is this now? Who would still naively adhere to engagements? It’s unreliable!”
I think so too; otherwise, how could I have been single for nineteen years without ever seeing my fiancée? Lu Yibei nodded.
While Bai Kai spoke, he glanced at Jiang Li, then turned serious again, looking at Lu Yibei, “What I really want to say is, I don’t interfere with your relationships, but don’t associate with girls from dubious backgrounds who behave poorly!”
“Dating such girls for a long time could drag you down!”
Just like your dad… Bai Kai silently added.
In Bai Kai’s view, his senior brother, a charming young man adored in the spiritual ability users’ circle, was enviably liked by many girls.
Only he didn’t understand why he had to team up with that female demon to engage in crimes, making it feel like a martial arts novel character template—such a pitiful mess.
Lu Yibei sighed silently and said seriously, “Alright, Water Brother, since we are discussing this, I’ll confess—I blew up the underground secret room in Li Tanghan’s house, and she came to rescue me.”
“Xiao Bei, you don’t need to defend her; look at her outfit—blonde hair, black leather motorcycle outfit, padded chest—she clearly isn’t a decent girl…”
Huh? Does the leader have a habit of using padded bras? No, no, that’s not the point… Lu Yibei shook her head, “Water Brother, I’m not defending her; I truly blew it up.”
“Really?”
“Yeah!”
Bai Kai, “…”
With a dark expression, he held back for a few seconds until his face was almost red before finally smiling at Lu Yibei.
“Ha ha, impressive, Xiao Bei! I’ve had my eye on that brat Li Tanghan for a long time! But to continue the investigation, I have to keep smiling at him every day—how frustrating!”
Lu Yibei looked confused at Bai Kai and asked, “Water Brother, but didn’t you just say…?”
“That’s not the same!” Bai Kai waved his hand to interrupt, “I mean, I won’t allow you to date bad women, but it doesn’t mean I won’t allow you to grow into a bad woman! Bad women can actually be quite good; at least, when alone, you won’t get bullied.”
Exactly, this is a double standard, but which parent doesn’t favor their own child?
Besides, that Li Tanghan family isn’t good people at all.
I have reason to suspect that it was their people who attacked Xiao Bei first! Bai Kai thought.
After a moment’s thought, Bai Kai said, “So, it seems that girl is quite loyal? She dares to come to rescue you in such danger; you should treat her well in the future.”
“Water Brother, I already told you, I don’t have that kind of relationship with her. Can’t men and women have pure friendships?” Lu Yibei frowned.
“Ah—! Xiao Bei, you’re still too young.” Bai Kai patted Lu Yibei on the shoulder, “Such things are really too rare.”
“Usually, when a girl is with a male friend, as long as either of them has inappropriate thoughts, it leads to trouble.”
While speaking, Bai Kai couldn’t help but gaze at the distant night sky, looking as if he were an experienced person.
Lu Yibei, “…”
Just when Lu Yibei was at a loss for words, Bai Kai reached into his jacket pocket and pulled out a small box, handing it to her.
“Here, keep this handy for emergencies.” Bai Kai said, “Don’t worry about Li Tanghan; I have ways to handle it. He shouldn’t find you for a while.”
“What is it?”
“Childbirth interruption device.”
“Childbirth what? Okamoto…”
Lu Yibei mumbled, loosened her grip, and after clearly seeing the text on the small box, her expression shifted, and she quickly looked up, wanting to say something to Bai Kai when a premonition flashed through her mind.
【He’s escaped】
Followed by her pupils contracting.
Bai Kai had previously concealed his spiritual abilities in front of Lu Yibei, but now it was unnecessary; in the moment he was about to leave, he unleashed his speed to the maximum.
Lu Yibei only saw a silver flash for an instant, and Bai Kai’s figure had already become a silver point hundreds of meters away in her sight.
So fast! Is this Water Brother’s spiritual ability? I want it!
In this kind of speed that’s so quick that it only allows for predictions and leaves no room for reactions, escaping is simply unmatched; Lu Yibei was extremely envious.
At the same time, a sense of crisis quietly rose in her heart.
Last time at the South Suburb Slaughterhouse, relying on her precognitive ability to k*ll that urban legend, she had unconsciously become a bit complacent, feeling that even if facing opponents with slightly stronger abilities, her precognitive skill would not fall behind.
Only after seeing Water Brother’s ability did she realize that simply relying on precognitive skills was far from enough.
One day, she would encounter someone so fast like Water Brother, who could predict her movements, but her body couldn’t keep up with the reactions.
I need to figure out a way to address this weakness, whether it’s getting stronger or finding some spells or spirit energy items to keep as support…
Perhaps, that masked man’s spell from earlier has some viability. Lu Yibei thought.
During the fight against the masked man, she had roughly memorized the spell he chanted; if she could find some time later to learn Thai, maybe she could cast it.
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Jiang Li sat by the small river, nervously waiting on a protruding rock for a long time until Bai Kai left and Lu Yibei returned.
Seeing Lu Yibei approaching, she looked up and said blandly, “What did you just talk about with him?”
“I said you’re a bad person and suggested locking you up.”
“…”
Jiang Li fell silent, her icy gaze fixed on Lu Yibei, seemingly waiting for her to reveal the real answer.
“I really can’t do anything with you!” Lu Yibei shrugged, “He told me that recently, the club is short-staffed, so he needs to return to work early after finishing up.”
“I told him I’ve turned over a new leaf and no longer sell art or myself, so I won’t be going back. That’s about it.”
“Oh…”
It seemed Jiang Li was satisfied with Lu Yibei’s answer, replying softly and secretly relieved.
The entire Huacheng Siye Society feels like college students—loose on the outside but tight on the inside. Although Bai Kai seems laid back, Jiang Li felt that if he knew about her actions now, even if he didn’t punish her, it would surely become awkward.
Thankfully, Lu Yibei helped…
Thinking of this, Jiang Li’s heart warmed slightly, then she promptly dismissed such thoughts.
She is Wang Buliu, not Lu Yibei; unless one day she takes the initiative to admit it…
Jiang Li thought, stealing a glance at the guitar case and broken sword on the ground, she turned to Lu Yibei and signaled her with her eyes, asking, “By the way, what do you plan to do with these things?”
“About that…” Lu Yibei squatted down, picked up the broken sword, and weighed it in her hand before looking towards Jiang Li, “Can you please head back for now? I want to take care of these things myself.”
“Don’t worry; I’m just looking for a place where no one is around to test what these things do. I won’t harm anyone.”
Mainly to study the ancient sword… Lu Yibei added silently in her heart.
When she had awakened earlier, she faintly heard a mocking voice from the broken sword.
She heard it shout, “Sun Zhai, don’t touch randomly!”
How can I endure this? I feel the need to find a secluded place to perform a “precious video of humans training the sword spirit” demonstration.
