After their lovemaking, Wan Anna walked out of the villa without looking back, her figure disappearing into the dark night.
Li Xiaozhi remained lying on the sofa with her eyes closed, her fingers constantly rubbing her temples, not even bothering to wipe the wine stains from her chest.
"I lied to her again..."
Once Wan Anna left, Li Xiaozhi could no longer keep up the act; his fingers trembled as he touched the metal box.
Finally, a flash of light appeared, and he stored the file bag in his storage ring.
According to Wananna, these were the results of her investigation, and the "Lord of Ice" did not reveal a single word to her.
She spent three whole months in the committee's top-secret library, and combined that with her research into the origins of the Resurrection Church, she compiled this "closest to the truth" top-secret document.
For Li Xiaozhi, an ordinary person, knowing too much is not a good thing, and he never intended to interfere in the circle of elementalists.
“This time, I’ve gotten myself into this mess…” Li Xiaozhi rubbed his forehead uncomfortably.
He knew that letting Wan Anna continue would only drag him deeper into trouble. But the thought of Xiao He caused him great inner turmoil.
If he could really subdue Xiao He, he would firstly solve the "security threat" on the Nuojin Continent, and secondly, he could possess her forever.
Although it sounded like the best of both worlds, his intuition told him that Wan Anna was hiding something, and that it wasn't a good thing for her.
Trust between them dwindled, while deception and concealment increased. This was the reason he hesitated and wanted to back out.
Li Xiaozhi sighed softly.
"Let's take one last gamble... There's no going back now..."
An hour had passed exactly.
When Wang Xuefeng arrived near Tasha, he happened to see Wan Anna leaving, and suspected that she had risked showing herself to take the documents.
He found it hard to believe that Wan Anna would entrust something so important to an ordinary person, especially when the address was publicly disclosed in court.
Li Xiaozhi disliked the box and was extremely dissatisfied that Wan Anna's "suicide note scandal" had implicated him.
The two have never publicly announced their relationship.
Initially, it was because we were in different circles and didn't want to affect each other, but now we have to make it public even if we don't want to.
Li Xiaozhi felt like he was being led by the nose by Wan Anna, but he was powerless to stop it. The news of Xiao He's return was so sudden that it caught him off guard.
Wang Xuefeng's "gaze" did not continue to follow Wan Anna. Instead, he nimbly approached the window of the villa and slipped inside, using the cloak to conceal himself.
After a long while, Li Xiaozhi let out a long sigh, picked up a pen and paper, and wrote a letter to Patika.
This time, he specifically mentioned "two friends who accompanied him to school".
Upon reading the contents of the letter, Wang Xuefeng realized that they were eager to take action.
Wan Anna majored in water-related science. Although she was only at level 81, the post-rain earth seemed to be her domain, allowing her to silently slip into the ground.
The area that Xiao He circled on the map during the day was, without a doubt, the "lair" of the Resurrection Cult in the capital.
Just as Li Xiaozhi had the carrier pigeon take the letter away, he turned around and opened a hidden door under the carpet.
He didn't notice a figure behind him, following him step by step down the stairs leading to the underground level.
Following Wan Anna's "method," he needed to make many, many preparations overnight...
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Nine o'clock in the morning.
Patika was awakened by a "cooing" sound coming from the head of her bed.
I groggily picked up a letter from the pigeon's feet and rubbed my sleepy eyes to read it.
Today is her day off; she has no classes all day.
Last night, Li Xiaozhi invited her to go on vacation to Tasha, and this letter was specifically to remind her.
She had fallen asleep just as dawn was breaking, and being woken up now left her feeling dizzy and lightheaded. But the thought of not being able to break her promise forced her to reluctantly sit up, her eyes swollen with dark circles.
After a night, she finally calmed down a bit, but it was impossible for her to suddenly give up.
"Get up! You two lazybones!"
Patika pointed, and two streams of water swept across their faces.
She was born with a natural affinity for water elements, so she didn't need to use weapons or chant complicated spells.
"Hmm..." Valerie rolled over and covered her face with the blanket.
"Xiao He! Get up!" Patika pulled at Xiao He's foot. "Hurry up! I'm going to be late!"
"Then get up, I only need a minute." Xiao He's tone didn't betray that he was still asleep.
"Huh? You were awake a long time ago?" Patika stared at her blankly.
Xiao He shrugged and didn't answer.
She couldn't very well explain to Pattika that she was texting Wang Xuefeng.
"Then I'll go wake Valerie up first."
Before Patika could finish speaking, she stepped onto Xiao He's bed, then took a few more steps over Valerie's head, and finally sat down on her: "Get up! We have a mission today!"
"Ugh... what mission is this..." Valerie was roughly dragged around by her.
"Come with me to Tasha."
"But I also have a task today..."
"You have a mission?" Patika was taken aback.
"Mmm." Valerie was still a little sleepy. "I, I'm taking you today—no, not today, but today the captain is taking me to the SSS-level array master assessment..."
"SSS?!" Patika was momentarily stunned when she realized just how high Valerie had reached.
“Yeah…so…let me sleep a little longer…otherwise…I won’t do well on the test…” Valerie said as she curled up back inside.
Patika silently withdrew her hand, sighed, and jumped off the bed.
Xiao He ignored the two of them and continued replying to messages.
As Wang Xuefeng said, Li Xiaozhi set up a "trap" all night long, right under his nose.
"What a trap!" Xiao He sighed inwardly.
While thinking, he took out a sticky note, wrote an address on it, and then turned around and stuck it on Valerie's forehead.
"What is this..." the latter groped around in a daze.
"If you can, come here after your exams, just throw a ball of light into the sky, and I'll come pick you up."
“Oh…okay…” Valerie opened her eyes and glanced at the address, then stuck the sticky note back on her forehead and went back to sleep.
Xiao He got out of bed, changed his clothes in a flash, and waited at the door for Pattika, who was carefully putting on makeup.
[Wang Xuefeng: Actually, I didn't really want you to come.]
[Xiao He: What?]
[Wang Xuefeng: I always felt unsafe; they seemed very confident.]
[Xiao He: Knowing my true identity?]
Wang Xuefeng: Hmm
[Wang Xuefeng: I think if it weren't for Li Xiaozhi wanting to arrest you, Wan Anna would have already brought Sang Maiqui here.]
[Xiao He: Oh? Is working for Li Xiaozhi more promising than being Sang Maikui's lackey?]
[Wang Xuefeng: No, she wants to conquer Li Xiaozhi more than conquer the mainland.]
Xiao He: This…
[Xiao He: So that's her weakness, right? I understand.]
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