Chapter Fifty-Seven: The Fallen Zhipianxian
On the second floor of the [Angel Rose] Theater, Royal Lipstick.
Royal Lipstick is a variety among many types of roses, and the private rooms on the second floor of the [Angel Rose] Theater are all named after this. It is said that there are several rooms on the third floor, which the owner uses to entertain certain special guests, named after the legendary angels.
A guy who understands the overall layout of [Angel Rose] once joked that the entire theater, from the top to the bottom of the three floors, perfectly corresponds to “angel,” “rose,” and “theater.”
Outside the Royal Lipstick room, two Mafia gang members, cold-faced and standing rigidly at both sides of the door, looked like two stone statues keeping watch, but their attention was entirely focused on eavesdropping on the sounds coming from the private room.
The soundproofing of the private room on the second floor of the [Angel Rose] Theater was excellent, but it was no match for the two spiritual ability users wanting to eavesdrop.
This wasn’t their first time at the [Angel Rose] Theater; they knew that after the dancer received enough vouchers, she would accept the customer’s invitation to the private room on the second floor, and they were well aware of what happened next.
Although Annie didn’t compare to the host serving tonight, she was still a first-class beauty. Just being alone with a beauty of this caliber, even if it was only to listen and imagine, was fantastic.
It was like some high-quality, inappropriate radio drama!
However, the “show” they anticipated did not materialize…
They had been standing there for nearly half an hour, and there was not a single “interesting” sound coming from the room.
What’s wrong with this Yu Yinchuan? the two Mafia gang members thought.
Behind the tightly closed gilded soft pack wooden door, in the nearly 200-square-meter private room, a small stage with steel pipes stood empty, the lights were not turned on, lost in the shadows. On the side, props and costumes prepared for performances were neatly arranged on display racks, and it seemed that the liquor in the cabinet had not been touched at all.
Faint and brilliant lights streamed through the gauzy curtains from the inner room.
Behind the gauzy curtains, on the round bed in the inner room, Miss Rabbit lay in a “big” shape, gazing at the starry ceiling above, as if she had fallen under some soul-stealing spell, her expression dazed, her eyes hollow.
She couldn’t figure out what Yu Yinchuan was thinking at all.
Half an hour ago, after changing her clothes and finishing her makeup, when she came to the Royal Lipstick private room, Yu Yinchuan had clearly acted very enthusiastically, even a bit bashful, grabbing her little hand as soon as she opened the door and leading her into the inner room with the large round bed, seemingly eager to skip all the preliminaries and get straight to the point…
In fact, as long as it didn’t reach the last step, Miss Rabbit didn’t mind spending time playing with Yu Yinchuan; she had done such things before when hunting.
She wasn’t worried that Yu Yinchuan would force a close encounter upon her; if he really did that, things would actually be easier… As a former witch’s kin, she understood how to manipulate human desires and control human actions.
It was just like the white cat Angela played with Tom as if he were in the palm of her hand.
However, what Miss Rabbit didn’t expect was that Yu Yinchuan roughly picked her up and threw her onto the bed, turned off the lights, and after turning on the starry projection light, it was completely silent afterward.
Yu Yinchuan merely lay quietly beside her, his eyes closed, his expression one of enjoyment.
Does this guy have some sort of special kink? Miss Rabbit glanced sideways at Yu Yinchuan’s profile, unable to help but speak up, “Mr. Yu, we…”
Before she could finish her sentence, Yu Yinchuan suddenly raised a finger to his lips, interrupting, “Shh—! Don’t talk, just feel.”
“Feel what?” Miss Rabbit instinctively asked.
As soon as the words fell, Yu Yinchuan’s hand pressed gently on her chest.
Ha, man! After all that time, are you finally going to get to the point? Miss Rabbit sneered inwardly.
The next moment, Yu Yinchuan took her hand and placed it on his chest, then his voice rang in her ear.
“Come, let’s feel the rhythm of our heartbeats, then slow down our breathing and let them gradually come to the same frequency.”
The heartbeat was the most precious thing acquired after the Zhipianxian was urban-legended through the influence of the Pink Fluffy Rabbit.
In his heart, feeling each other’s heartbeat was the most wonderful thing in the world.
The rhythmic “thump thump” sounded like heavenly music.
Miss Rabbit suddenly turned her head, looking at Yu Yinchuan as if he were an alien.
What are you talking about? Are you crazy? A beautiful woman is lying next to you, and while you let her touch your chest, you want her to listen to your heartbeat together?
Miss Rabbit had thought that someone as unyielding as Shuo E was already outrageous enough, but she never expected there to be someone even more outrageous than Shuo E in this world.
It was like needing to run a program successfully depended on the code being error-free; to grasp a person’s thoughts and control their actions, that person had to at least be a normal person.
But someone like Yu Yinchuan, who seemed mentally unfit, was like a program with numerous problems that somehow started running without a clue as to how to handle it.
How am I supposed to approach Lan Yi through him? Miss Rabbit thought with some frustration.
At that moment, a rapid knocking sound echoed.
“Knock knock knock—!”
“Zhi… Yu Yinchuan, open the door! I know you’re in there! If you have the guts to fool around in a place like this, you have the guts to open the door!”
By the sound, it seemed that Lan Yi had taken the initiative to come knocking.
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Perhaps because they trusted the [Angel Rose] security system, the two Mafia gang members guarding the entrance to the Royal Lipstick were at an energy fluctuation level so weak it could be ignored, presenting no obstruction to Lu Xianbei taking the Zhipianxian away.
Using the kin’s mark, she borrowed Meng Meng’s ability to enter dreams and slightly used it to put the two into a deep sleep.
After resolving the two Mafia gang members, she knocked on the door and called out, waiting for a while but still not seeing the Zhipianxian coming to open the door. She wrapped her arms around her chest and murmured, “This guy must be immersed in pleasure and unable to extricate himself, right?”
If it weren’t for worrying about Nimo causing trouble, I would definitely have broken in by now… Lu Xianbei added in her heart.
Just as she was grumbling in her mind, her small notebook floated up silently.
[I’ve already gone in and checked; you can’t imagine what they’re doing in there!]
The first time was a stranger, the second became familiar.
Now it was already the third time, and Nanling Yaohua proactively completed the scouting mission.
“What else could they be doing?” Lu Xianbei rolled her eyes, “What kind of big scene have I not seen?”
Upon hearing this, Nanling Yaohua quickly wrote on the notebook.
[They’re both lying together on the bed inside…]
“Cough cough!” Nanling Yaohua had only written half of it when Lu Xianbei couldn’t help but cough twice, interrupting, “Xiao Hua, let’s not write this out; otherwise, it will be 404. Everyone has it tough; also… things like this, we should watch less in the future, it’s bad for our mental and physical health.”
[What are you thinking? They’re just lying together, touching each other’s chests and listening to heartbeats, not doing anything else.]
After reading this, Lu Xianbei was stunned, “Are they being this plain? Morally twisted and against decency, it’s disgraceful! No, I have to hurry and stop them!”
While speaking, she raised her hand, about to knock on the door again, when the doorknob turned first.
The door opened, revealing Annie, who was previously seen on stage. Lu Xianbei paused, and before she could say anything, the Zhipianxian flashed in front of Annie, spreading out his arms.
“Don’t… you’re not allowed to hurt her; if you have any grievances, come to me!”
The evil woman Calamity, with a dark heart, fickle moods, would stop at nothing to achieve her goals—could Annie, a weak girl, withstand her torment? the Zhipianxian thought.
“What did I say I would do?” Lu Xianbei replied flatly, “What made you think I would harm her?”
“I have no enmity with this Miss Annie; as it stands now, if I were to harm her, it would only be because you refuse to leave here!”
Children not listening can be exhausting! Looks like a light threat is in order now.
It’s like how parents threaten children who refuse to eat, saying the wolf grandma will take away the disobedient children.
“You, why are you breaking us apart?!” Zhipianxian said indignantly, puffing out his chest.
Lu Xianbei, “…” d*mn! Why do I feel like I’m playing the role of the evil stepmother breaking apart a young couple? Is this normal?
Seeing this, Miss Rabbit quickly pressed down Yu Yinchuan’s hands, saying softly, “Don’t be like this; don’t argue because of me.”
“But she…” Zhipianxian hesitated.
“It’s okay.” Miss Rabbit shook her head, “Just go with her today!”
After saying this, she turned to “Lan Yi,” and said seriously, “Miss, I know you must have something important to discuss with him; could you give us a moment to talk privately? I will persuade him to go with you.”
She planned to approach Lan Yi through Yu Yinchuan, and then use Lan Yi to deal with the New Elders’ Council, not wanting to provoke conflict between them; she naturally had to leave a good impression on Lan Yi!
This girl seems quite understanding? Lu Xianbei thought, silently giving Nanling Yaohua a look, then nodded, saying to Zhipianxian, “I’ll wait for you at the elevator; you have three minutes.”
After saying this, she turned and walked toward the end of the corridor.
Lu Xianbei didn’t mind what Miss Annie would say to Zhipianxian, and she wasn’t too worried about any tricks Zhipianxian would play. After all, once she got Zhipianxian out of the [Angel Rose] Theater and locked him up in the God Realm Prototype, she planned to leave Free City.
After watching “Lan Yi” walk away, Miss Rabbit walked up opposite Zhipianxian, took his hands, lowered her head slightly, and said softly, “By the way, your heartbeat sounds nice; if I get a chance, I’d love to hear it again…”
When Zhipianxian heard this, it felt like a lightning bolt struck through his mind, accompanied by a buzzing sound, turning into a pale void.
His heartbeat quickened, as if something indescribable kept emerging… This was an experience he had never felt before.
He knew his behavior was a bit strange, but he never expected that there would truly be someone in this world who could understand him.
Maybe this is love at first sight, a mutual affection? Zhipianxian thought.
Ha, and you end up falling for me? Noticing the subtle change in Zhipianxian’s expression, Miss Rabbit sneered inwardly.
She suddenly realized that it seemed easier to handle someone with a few screws loose by simply indulging in his eccentricities than it was to deal with a normal person.
But how do I handle a fool like Shuo E? Miss Rabbit pondered.
Reining in her thoughts, she bit her red lips and said, “Shall we exchange contact details? When you have time, you can contact me, and we can go on a proper date again, okay?”
“Sure, sure!” Zhipianxian nodded enthusiastically like a chick pecking at rice, his eyes shining, but then he furrowed his brows, “But… I don’t have a phone, nor do I have any social media accounts…”
“As long as you have my contact details, that’s fine!” Miss Rabbit replied, turning around and hurriedly ran back to the private room. A minute later, when she reappeared in front of Zhipianxian, she held out a tissue with her phone number and social media account written in lipstick.
Looking directly into Yu Yinchuan’s eyes, she smiled gently, solemnly took Zhipianxian’s hands, and stuffed the tissue into his palm.
“Here, hold onto it! With this, you can contact me anytime.”
After watching the whole process, Nanling Yaohua shook his head and sighed silently.
This girl is impressive; Zhipianxian is likely to be completely captivated… Nanling Yaohua thought.
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Half an hour later.
In a motel about five kilometers away from the [Angel Rose] Theater.
The process of Lu Xianbei leaving the [Angel Rose] Theater went exactly as Nimo had promised; she faced no obstacles.
After leaving the theater, she turned to look back three times, getting on Zhipianxian’s nerves, so she put him into the God Realm Prototype and searched for the cheapest hotel nearby, going directly there.
After securing a room, she had Nanling Yaohua sneak in first to color over all the strange marks with a pencil; once she entered the room, she destroyed all the weird labels and then set up over a hundred seals and defensive spell formulas in the room before Lu Xianbei finally felt safe enough to retrieve the Mourning Gray Owl Badge.
She infused a strand of spirit energy into the badge, and when a faint silver light lit up on it, Lu Xianbei spoke expressionlessly, “Senior? Wordless Book Senior, are you there? I have an urgent situation to report to you; are you available?”
After sending the message to the Wordless Book, she waited for a moment.
Seeing that the Wordless Book had not responded, Lu Xianbei frowned.
How odd! It should be noon over there; why isn’t there any response?
Wasn’t it said that the Wordless Book senior was a diligent guardian, always “online”?
Could it be that the message was once again interfered with by some chaotic urban legends like last time in Tangcheng?
Thinking this, Lu Xianbei’s eyes rolled, and she turned to contact Zhang Hainan.
“Hey, hey, hey! Old man, are you there?”
A few seconds later, Zhang Hainan’s slightly angry voice rang in her ears.
“What old man? How rude! Speak up quickly!”
“Tsk, why so fierce? I don’t want to disturb you! I just ran into a bit of trouble, couldn’t contact Wordless Book senior, and wanted to ask you about the situation?”
“Wordless Book? No wonder…” Zhang Hainan muttered, then quickly informed Lu Xianbei of astonishing news—Wordless Book had sustained serious injuries during an investigation and had yet to wake up.
