In the room.
“With such talent and good looks, young master, you’ve monopolized all the beauties with both hands. That’s a bit too much, isn’t it?” Qin Luo lay on the sofa, while Ban Jingyu sat right on his abdomen, her hands propped on his chest, smiling seductively.
Qin Luo twitched the corner of his mouth forcefully, looking at the sister before him. “Please speak human language.”
“My dear little brother, having a very good time, aren’t you?” As she spoke, her cool, slender hand reached for Qin Luo’s ear. She sneered, “You’ve really grown capable, haven’t you? In the two years I wasn’t here, you must have earned enough money. How could you possibly have no money?”
“Is that really true?!”
Qin Luo swallowed hard. “And if it’s not… what then…”
“Giggle~” Ban Jingyu leaned over him, her fingertip tracing across his chest and abdomen. She squinted her eyes, smiling. “Then don’t blame your sister for being unkind to her little brother’s little brother. I’ll solve the problem for you directly.”
Qin Luo’s heart instantly sank halfway. That punishment… was basically preparing him to go become sworn brothers with Eunuch Wei.
“It’s true, truer than true, sister. You have to believe your most beloved little brother.”
Ban Jingyu said nothing, just stared straight at him.
Qin Luo was so nervous his throat bobbed. Finally, his sister burst out laughing, got up, and lightly tapped his nose with her slender finger.
“Look at you. Is your sister that scary?”
Whether she was scary or not, he didn’t know. But compared to that, something else was even more terrifying.
Ban Jingyu got off Qin Luo. She figured this little puppy didn’t have the guts anyway. Besides, even if the little puppy really had dared before, Little Aunt would have…
“Enough of that. But sister is going to take a bath first. Reeking of alcohol, I don’t want to hug a boozy you to sleep tonight.”
Just as he was about to open his phone to contact his family, a call came in. It was Sister Rong. Qin Luo was starting to really hate Yang Cong and Huang Yiming now. Truly, it’s not the god-like opponent you fear, but the pig-like teammate.
“Hello, Sister Rong. Good evening.”
“Young Master Luo, sorry to disturb you so late. Regarding the matter from last time, it still needs to fall on you, Young Master Luo.”
“What?”
Qin Luo was dumbfounded. Didn’t they say it was assigned to someone else?
“But don’t worry, Young Master Luo, the time limit has been extended to within half a month for you.” Zhao Xiaorong’s voice, tinged with apology, sounded. “Young Master Luo, you are the only new recruit the company has taken on recently. And this particular spirit is quite weak for a first kill. Others would only have a month to handle it. Giving you half a month should be sufficient.”
“…Alright.”
After hanging up, a new task text message arrived. The content was largely the same as last time, just the timeframe was changed. Wait, there was also an extra link.
Clicking it led to a software app. The logo was the company’s emblem—Four Symbols.
Thinking it might be different from existing platforms, he opened it to find it had everything.
There were short videos, posts, and group chats.
Just after opening it, Qin Luo was drawn to one particular post.
“Shocking! A Modern Tale of Love Between Human and Ghost!”
Clicking in, it turned out a company enforcer had gone to eliminate a vengeful ghost, then disappeared for a month. The company was about to send someone to look for clues when this person returned completely unharmed and immediately applied to resign. The reason, according to him, was that he had found the love of his life.
After investigation, it was revealed he had fallen in love with a female ghost and used love to redeem her, making her stop harming people.
Qin Luo stared, dumbfounded. This was the real-life version of Ning Caichen!
Scrolling through the comments below:
[No wonder. Last time I asked him if he had his eye on any girl, he told me he wasn’t interested in such materialistic women. Turns out he’s interested in female ghosts.]
[Tsk tsk, what a huge loss. Aren’t the company’s benefits and treatment good enough?]
[What do you punks know? This is true love!]
Next was a short video. The thumbnail was very eye-catching, though he wasn’t sure if the content was real.
Opening the video, first there was a cat-eared girl wearing a maid outfit, sitting in a ‘seiza’ pose, looking at the camera with watery eyes. Next to her was a fox-eared girl, her eyes seductive, revealing a deep cleavage. Then came a rabbit-eared girl in a bunny girl outfit paired with a fiery figure and fishnet stockings, utterly tempting.
Had to admit, top-tier.
At the end of the video was an address. It turned out to be a newly opened monster cafe, open only to ability users, staffed entirely by beast-eared girls with first-class looks and figures.
Qin Luo silently clicked ‘favorite’.
Who knew the 2D world could have real-life beast-eared girls!
He had just assumed the world of ability users was all about fighting and killing, full of bloodshed. But now it seemed it was a completely wonderful new world.
Just then, a notification popped up, showing he had been added to a group chat.
Opening it, he saw the group had only about a dozen people. The group admin’s profile picture was Sister Rong. Scrolling down, just as expected, he saw his sister’s profile picture.
“Little puppy, I’m done washing. You go take a bath.”
“Oh! Okay!”
Ban Jingyu was in a bathrobe, her long, straight, beautiful legs visible from beneath the hem. As she walked, they shone like white jade under the light. Hearing his sister’s voice, Qin Luo put down his phone, quickly took off his clothes, and wrapped a towel around himself. Seeing those long legs, Qin Luo even felt a slight urge to kneel and… well.
Ban Jingyu gave a charming smile, her finger lightly tracing her fair, tender thigh. “Little puppy, where are your eyes looking?”
Qin Luo hurriedly averted his gaze. “N-nothing, I’m going to take a bath.”
With that, he grabbed his towel and headed into the bathroom.
He originally planned to just take a quick shower, but who knew the bathtub was already filled with water. Reaching in, the water temperature was just right, and the surface was covered with flower petals.
“I didn’t expect sister to specially draw a hot bath for me.”
Instantly, Qin Luo felt a small touch of gratitude. It seemed she didn’t just bully her little brother all the time.
Speaking of which, sister was really rich. He wouldn’t even dare use this many petals for tea, yet sister used them for a bath. This showed how unfair Little Aunt was with the allowance distribution.
But at least he got to enjoy a bit of luxury thanks to his sister.
He preferred showers, while his sister and Little Aunt preferred baths.
“Comfortable~”
He leaned against the edge of the tub, his nose twitching slightly, catching a faint fragrance—exactly the same scent as his sister.
At first, Qin Luo didn’t pay it any mind. After casually swishing the water a few times, he suddenly realized.
Wait!
Hold on!
That meant… this wasn’t water his sister had drawn for him. This was the water his sister had just finished bathing in!
He had just submerged his entire body in it.