Chapter 18

Chapter 18: It’ll Only Harm You

Yesterday, Zhang Shengkang endured a torturous afternoon. After anxiously waiting for “Gray Mr.”’s call, he learned it was bad news.

The person sent to assassinate failed and died, while Bai Ling remained unharmed.

At that moment, Zhang Shengkang jumped up in panic: “What am I supposed to do? She’s going to kill me when she gets back!”

She wasn’t an ordinary frail little girl anymore. Damn Spiritual Power awakening gave her special abilities.

“What are you panicking about! She doesn’t even know it was you who leaked the info.”

Gray Mr. cursed and continued, “This time there was too little time; we couldn’t find the right person. Keep looking, next time I’ll send someone more reliable. For now, your job is to keep her calm and don’t slip up.”

Keep her calm… keep her calm…

So, when Bai Ling returned the next day and mentioned wanting to visit her parents’ graves next weekend, Zhang Shengkang just lightly dissuaded her before agreeing.

“By the way, Uncle Zhang, did you and my parents have a good relationship?” Bai Ling asked.

“Hmm… of course, we used to be very close.”

“Why haven’t I ever heard them mention you?”

Zhang Shengkang’s expression changed slightly: “Well… because it’s been so long. We were very close when we were young, but after starting our own families and moving far apart, we gradually lost touch.”

“Is that so…”

“Our feelings have always been strong. Blood is thicker than water,” Zhang Shengkang forced out a teary gleam. “When I first heard of their tragedy, your aunt and I were heartbroken for a long time. Luckily, we found you later.”

Playing the emotional card was his forte, but these words almost caused Bai Ling to lose control of her emotions.

After leaving the Zhang family in her past life, from the last few clues left by assassins, she faintly felt a connection to the Zhang family. It wasn’t until after her rebirth that she fully confirmed it a few days ago.

Listening to Zhang Shengkang sitting there pretending, Bai Ling remembered how it was like in her previous life. He often cried and talked about her parents as if doing so could cleanse his sins.

How laughable.

Zhang Shengkang suddenly shivered.

“It’s a bit cold, what’s wrong with this weather today? I’m heading back… Little Ling, remember to wear more clothes.”

Sitting beside Bai Ling, he couldn’t see her blood-red eyes filled with killing intent.

It wasn’t the cold freezing the air, but rather bone-chilling malice.

No, not now, not here. Just endure a little longer, only a few more days.

Bai Ling closed her eyes. She felt she needed to do something else to suppress her easily失控ing emotions.

Buzz buzz buzz, buzz buzz buzz, the mobile phone rang.

It was a compressed file sent by Yuan Xiaoling, named 【Catsuit Underwear, Cat Ears, and Cat Tail Add-on.rar】.

…Did Blonde-haired Maiden become a waifu?

But fine, pleasure would temporarily make one forget everything.

Bai Ling clicked to receive the file, waited for the network to download it… then realized her phone couldn’t unzip .rar files.

No problem, go to the app store and download a specialized rar decompression software. After waiting for it to download and install, she successfully extracted the file.

【Catsuit Underwear, Cat Ears, and Cat Tail Add-on.7deletez】

Bai Ling furrowed her eyebrows slightly.

Just how explicit were these pictures? To avoid QQ interception, they had to use different compression methods and rename the file type.

But fine, this made her more excited.

After downloading another decompression software and an app to edit file types on her phone, Bai Ling finally unveiled the final layer of the file.

There were no catgirl ecchi pictures inside, just a single sentence—

“Looking at everything will only harm you.”

……

【Ding dong~ Congratulations to the host for completing the Weekly Task, rewards are being settled. The next Weekly Task will refresh in three days.】

“Haha↗Haha↘!” Yuan Xiaoling burst into laughter. “I knew I was a genius!”

Inspired by Ah Lan’s “Life Hacks Part Two: Education through Entertainment,” she not only advised Bai Ling but also completed the Weekly Task—truly achieving two birds with one stone.

And it was just a small joke, what Ah Lan called “a little fun between lovers.” Bai Ling definitely wouldn’t be mad.

“Ah Tong, listen, it’s because you met me. In the current situation, anyone else wouldn’t be able to complete these tasks,” Yuan Xiaoling said. “Why are geniuses called geniuses? Because they’re rare and uncommon.”

Who else was as smart as her?

【Ding dong, reward skill set — Hundred Spirit Transformation, True Dragon Manifestation, Sacrificial Explosion.】

“Skill set?”

【Skills are the ultimate manifestation of one’s ability in application, requiring extraordinary talent and proficiency. For example, the female lead’s Time Stop is the ultimate use of mental invasion.

Based on the host’s first use of ability, the optimal skill set has been calculated, with more to come.】

“I see, let me check the specific details.”

【Click to view detailed information, but a friendly reminder to the host: deal with the impending danger period first before checking thoroughly.】

“Danger period?”

Yuan Xiaoling paused, then realized: “You don’t think Bai Ling is mad and coming to get me, do you?”

【According to calculations, there’s a 98% probability.】

“Don’t talk about calculations and probabilities, you don’t understand,” Yuan Xiaoling snorted. “This is called making a joke, a little fun in life. If you don’t believe me, wait and see. If she’s really mad, she’d definitely come up immediately.”

Leaning against the pillow, she waited quietly. Three minutes passed, five minutes passed, ten minutes passed.

Bai Ling didn’t show up.

“See? I was right. Told you you didn’t understand.”

Yuan Xiaoling proudly opened the skill introduction—

【Hundred Spirit Transformation: Summon water constructs and transform them into flying or walking creatures, adopting some characteristics of the transformed objects. Current maximum number of constructs maintainable: 3】

【True Dragon Manifestation: Merge all constructs into a Water Dragon form. Size varies with the number of merged constructs, regenerates infinitely within a certain time frame. Attacks possess high-pressure, corrosive attributes. Current duration: 60 seconds.】

【Sacrificial Explosion: Instantly detonate all water constructs, causing massive water molecule impact damage nearby.】

“It turns out it’s a complete set! Not bad~!”

Yuan Xiaoling opened the preview video and watched it with great interest. Just as she finished watching, the door clicked open.

Bai Ling stood at the entrance holding a shopping bag, calm and emotionless.

“You’re back,” Yuan Xiaoling noticed the shopping bag and curiously asked, “Did you go out shopping?”

“Yes.”

Bai Ling approached the bed and took things out of her pocket one by one. First was a cute pair of cat ear headbands.

Yuan Xiaoling blinked, sensing something wasn’t quite right.