Chapter 250 Reality

In reality.

Fang Yue opened his eyes, and what came into view was Bai Xiaoya, who was pulling open the curtains.

Seemingly sensing Fang Yue's gaze, Bai Xiaoya turned to look at Fang Yue.

"Awake?"

"Yeah."

Fang Yue glanced in the direction of the bathroom, where the sound of running water could be heard.

"Yuan-jie is in there." After a pause, Bai Xiaoya continued, "We need to find Bai Su'e, but we can't let Yuan-jie follow us. I'm not comfortable leaving her alone in the hotel. Do you have any ideas?"

"I was thinking about this problem last night as well. I can't split myself up, and neither you nor Yuan-jie have any fighting power..."

Hearing this, Bai Xiaoya frowned, but she couldn't refute it.

She had the bone spear, but without any change in her physical abilities, the bone spear was no different from a watermelon knife, except perhaps sharper.

"...So, I want to ask Qiu Dugu to protect you. Only then can I go investigate this matter with peace of mind."

"Qiu Dugu? He's from the [United Society]! Aren't you afraid..."

"It's just a choice out of desperation. Compared to the other two, the United Society is clearly more reliable and less suspicious."

Listening to Fang Yue's words, Bai Xiaoya clenched her fists slightly. She felt her own helplessness.

Without her status as a young lady, without the help of the corporation, she was just a rich woman. Even the money in her bank account might be frozen.

Power. Bai Xiaoya desperately wanted to obtain power to face certain things.

However...besides the bone spear, all she seemed to have was the dull jade pendant around her neck.

"Strange items. If only I could get a useful strange item..."

As the two were talking, Yuan-jie came out of the bathroom humming a little tune. Even though her home was gone, she was quite open-minded about it.

"A-Yue, Xiaoya, I took the day off from work today. Let's go find a new place together."

The optimistic Yuan-jie said, bouncing up and down.

A place...now was not the time to worry about a place.

Fang Yue told Yuan-jie to stay in the hotel for the next few days and not go to work, then dialed Qiu Dugu's number.

Since their last parting, they had exchanged contact information.

Before long, the call connected.

"Fang Yue?"

"Yes, it's me. I wanted to trouble you with something."

"Feel free to speak. I haven't properly thanked you for the Jiangyun Temple incident yesterday."

"I'd like to ask you to protect two of my friends. They're currently in the Tianao Hotel."

"Protect? Hotel? Did something happen?"

"Something did happen. But I can handle it myself."

"...Alright, then I won't ask any more questions. Give me the hotel and room number, and I'll have someone take care of it."

He said he would have someone take care of it, but in reality, a dozen minutes later, when a knock on the door sounded, Fang Yue saw Qiu Dugu himself.

"Why did you come yourself?"

"Isn't me being here the best protection?" Qiu Dugu smiled.

Pushing the door open, he glanced at the two girls in the room. "It's her...and a new face."

"Yeah, it's them."

At this moment, Bai Xiaoya had Yuan-jie return to her room first, while she watched the two of them from the side.

Qiu Dugu then said, "Don't worry, with me here, no one will be able to touch a hair on their heads."

After a pause, he looked at Fang Yue.

"Also, I checked, and the place you were staying in was bombed? I don't usually pay attention to such ordinary events, but I can give you a hint…"

The United Society stood at the pinnacle of Jianghai City. Countless talents flocked to it, but even among ten thousand people, not even one might be exceptionally selected into the United Society.

Bai Xiaoya, without a background, was indeed a bit lacking among so many talents.

But Fang Yue felt that Bai Xiaoya was still outstanding in terms of character.

At least, not just anyone could face something like a charred corpse and attack it without changing their expression. That level of mental fortitude was hard to match.

Hearing that she couldn't join the United Society, Bai Xiaoya looked a bit gloomy.

Fang Yue sighed and returned the pocket watch used to check the level of strangeness to Qiu Dugu. "Bai Xiaoya won't do, and it's really inconvenient for me, so…"

But Qiu Dugu grabbed Fang Yue's hand, didn't take the pocket watch, just looked at Fang Yue, and slowly opened his mouth, saying something that almost made Fang Yue's hair stand on end.

"The chairman told me today that the Transcendent-grade strange item [Parchment] is on you, and told me to kill you and retrieve the parchment."