Chapter 42: I Want to Join a Mysterious Organization
Bai Kai ultimately did not let go of Luxianbei; instead, he put his arm around him and they left the apartment complex together.
After being recognized by the cleaning aunt, Luxianbei’s mood could no longer be described as simply bad.
For the first time, he deeply felt the harmful effects brought on by the side effects of devouring the core of urban legends. If this continued, he suspected he would eventually be taken advantage of by Water Brother.
This kind of thing, even if the subject were a handsome gay guy, would be unacceptable!
Or maybe…
Just don’t come back in the future? After all, what Water Brother truly likes is not women.
No, no, how could I possibly have such a strange thought of giving up on men? This must also be a side effect! Luxianbei thought.
He vaguely felt that addressing the impact of this side effect had become a pressing and serious matter.
Being in an embarrassing situation due to Water Brother’s harassment was just the beginning; if he couldn’t quickly process this, she might end up dead at the hands of some urban legend because of this side effect.
While Luxianbei was pondering, Water Brother’s voice suddenly reached his ears.
“Xiao Bei, you really are quite tsundere. Can’t you be a little more straightforward and talk about what’s on your mind?”
Luxianbei gave Bai Kai a blank stare and replied expressionlessly, “What’s on my mind? What’s on my mind is, why didn’t you d*e earlier? I’m sure my old man is feeling pretty lonely underground; you could go down and keep him company.”
“By then, I’ll play some lively music, hire a few Black brothers to carry your coffin, and buy a plot of land next to my dad’s grave for a grand burial.”
“You’re starting again!” Bai Kai pouted, “Can’t you say something auspicious?”
Luxianbei said expressionlessly, “If you do some human things, I can say auspicious words. Not only can I wish you a long life like the Southern Mountains, wish you have many descendants, but I can also wish your name stays in history, becoming a beautiful girl after d*ath, ready to be put in the gacha pool.”
“Alright, stop talking nonsense. What’s the matter that you came to find me so early this morning?”
“Nothing much,” Bai Kai chuckled awkwardly, “Can’t I just come see you if there’s nothing going on?”
“Oh, if that’s the case, I’ll head to school first; I’m going to be late,” Luxianbei said seriously. “You know me, I really love studying! I’ve had a dream since I was young to study for the rise of China.”
“There is something, there is something!” Water Brother quickly said, “I wanted to say, things seem to be getting increasingly unstable recently; do you want to move in with me?”
“…” Luxianbei looked at Water Brother with an expressionless face and tilted his head, “I feel like you’re messing with my head! I’ve stayed over at your place before.”
In fact, after Luxianbei was discharged from the hospital, he had indeed lived at Bai Kai’s for a while, thinking that being around someone familiar would help heal his emotional wounds. Little did he know, not only did the wounds not heal, but he ended up with even more.
Water Brother was reckless and didn’t care about morals at all, bringing home different pretty girls every few days and conducting military drills in the next room.
Who could endure that? Have you considered the feelings of single dogs?
Moreover…
If he lived at Water Brother’s place, when his body started showing strange symptoms every evening, he could not guarantee he wouldn’t be discovered.
Although he was keeping something from me, after all, he was a member of Siye Society, and who knows, he might report me. Luxianbei thought.
“No, no, this time you only need to come over; I can give up the worldly distractions and won’t bring anyone back!” Bai Kai explained.
Upon hearing this, Luxianbei immediately felt goosebumps all over his body. “Don’t! You can’t say that; you’re still my respected elder! If you insist on being like this, I’ll have to treat you like a shameless person.”
“But…” Bai Kai hesitated for a moment, and his expression became serious, looking deeply into Luxianbei’s eyes as if he were about to tenderly kiss him.
Alright, Water Brother could never be serious in Luxianbei’s mind.
“Xiao Bei, I know you don’t really like me, but I’m doing this to protect you.”
Recently, the Solar Eclipse Society has become increasingly active, and Xiao Bei’s situation might become more dangerous. Only by keeping him by my side can I be at ease.
This was what Bai Kai wanted to say but didn’t.
Upon hearing this, Luxianbei was taken aback, then as if remembering something, he asked, “Don’t you think excessive protection isn’t a good thing? You should teach me how to protect myself instead.”
He was testing the waters to see if Water Brother would be honest about his identity as a member of the Siye Society.
But… Water Brother still seemed unwilling to share.
“Sure! If you want to learn something, like free fighting or Muay Thai, I can help you sign up for a class?” Bai Kai casually deflected.
“What if I want to join a certain mysterious organization? A formal one,” Luxianbei pressed further.
“Well… Haha!” Bai Kai forced a laugh, “Then I’d need to help you investigate thoroughly first, to see if there’s anything harmful to you in that organization.”
“By the way, what is the name of that mysterious organization you mentioned?”
Bai Kai turned the tables. Luxianbei had seen the contract he signed; he remembered that leaking the existence of the Siye Society was considered a serious violation.
“……” Luxianbei fell silent for a moment, expressionlessly shrugging, “I was just saying it casually.”
It seemed he was determined not to admit it. Luxianbei thought that he could only see if he could go through Jiang Li or An Qing instead.
After a brief exchange, Luxianbei got into Bai Kai’s car, heading towards Huacheng University.
Although he really didn’t want to sit in the car filled with cosmetics, which smelled overwhelmingly sweet, he was indeed late, and…
Yun Meng and Liangyue were waiting!
They both loved cosmetics!
d*mn! Am I really going crazy? Luxianbei thought.
Just as the flamboyantly colored indigo Beetle slowly drove away from the Jingyi Apartment Complex, in front of the complex gate, on the bustling street in the morning, there appeared a beautiful girl wearing a baseball shirt, holding a camera around her neck.
She was holding a piece of paper with an address written on it, looking around with a confused expression, occasionally stopping passersby coming out of the complex to inquire.
She looked like a wayward girl searching for a heartless man who had left her with a child and vanished into the crowd.
“Excuse me, have you seen a girl with pinkish-white long hair? She’s about this tall and might be wearing a very oversized windbreaker.”
“Sorry, I haven’t seen her.”
“Excuse me, have you seen…”
“Step aside, don’t block the way!”
“Hey! You… hey!” Watching the indifferent passerby walk away, the girl let out a powerless sigh.
What on earth did the High Person do to me! Why is it that when I wake up, I see all sorts of strange things?
The girl was Du Sixian, and she felt like she was about to go crazy.
She had finally gotten the information from Uncle Zhang Shan about where the High Person had last gotten off the car, followed the clues there, only to find that no one nearby had seen a girl with pinkish-white long hair.
Maybe I shouldn’t look for any High Person here but should go see an eye doctor instead? Du Sixian thought, reaching out to hail a passing taxi.
