The man named Ryūsei Ryūzaki, who was held in high regard by many in the three regions, had died.
He died at the hands of the delicate fingers of a two-dimensional girl who had strolled in from the west.
Crucially, after inexplicably being ambushed, the fox-tailed girl, after crushing Ryūsei Ryūzaki's throat, was still not satisfied.
She uttered a low curse, and as Ryūsei Ryūzaki slowly knelt, she grabbed his head with both hands and twisted it violently.
*Crack.*
Ryūsei Ryūzaki's eyeballs, which bulged out as his head whipped around, immediately saw his own back.
"Ryūsei Ryūzaki, who wanted to kill Li Xiao with a single saber strike and refused to go on stage unless Li Qianfan was killed, was actually taken down by a girl!?"
The old man in the baseball cap, who had witnessed this scene firsthand, almost had his eyes pop out of their sockets.
The words that the proud Ryūsei Ryūzaki had once spoken to him echoed in his ears.
"When I make a move, someone will surely die!"
This statement, made by Ryūsei Ryūzaki during his lifetime, now seemed like an unassailable truth.
"Is this person sick in the head? Daring to assassinate this Young Master Hall Master and this Young Master Cult Leader without reason."
Luo Huayin muttered lowly and, as she raised her foot to kick Ryūsei Ryūzaki's body into the great river, she retracted it.
"Ill-gotten gains are not to be taken."
"If I do, my Water Dragon Guardian God will be struck by lightning!"
"Remember, remember."
These three sentences were what Zhuang Wujian had repeatedly taught his daughter since childhood, drilling them into her.
Luo Huayin had never forgotten them.
This was why, even though Luo Huayin envied the Li family's extravagant spending, and Zhuang Wujian wanted to establish the Huayin Sect in Han City and was willing to borrow money from his daughter, they never resorted to robbery.
So then,
After Luo Huayin retaliated against Ryūsei Ryūzaki, who had inexplicably tried to assassinate her, wasn't taking his money considered ill-gotten gains?
It was a righteous acquisition!
With that thought, Luo Huayin happily squatted down and began to search the corpse for anything valuable.
"Tonight, I've really struck it rich."
Upon seeing the key to a luxury car and the paperwork for a recently acquired vehicle, Luo Huayin exclaimed excitedly.
This Lamborghini, worth millions, had been presented to Ryūsei Ryūzaki as a welcoming gift by the old man in the baseball cap when he arrived in Modu, and he had just received it that very night.
The car was parked on the roadside by the river.
Luo Huayin pressed the key casually.
*Beep beep.*
The car by the river immediately flashed its hazard lights and let out a beep.
She became even more excited.
"Thank you, thank you. I was wondering if I should spend money (given by Ye Rumeng) to buy a nice car and if my mom would scold me. You've delivered it. Thank you, thank you so much!"
As Luo Huayin repeatedly expressed her gratitude, she kicked out.
*Bang!*
The body of the peerless master Ryūsei Ryūzaki flew out five or six meters and landed on the water with a *splat*.
Ryūsei Ryūzaki flickered on the river's surface and then disappeared.
Luo Huayin, without even looking, happily wagged her tail and skipped towards the embankment.
*Rumble!*
The Lamborghini soon let out a deep roar, and then with a *vroom*, it shot out.
It soon disappeared into the distance.
The stars blinked.
The river water flowed.
The night wind lifted the corner of the old man in the baseball cap's windbreaker.
He finally came to his senses—
Was what he had just witnessed a dream?
No.
The old man in the baseball cap swore on the honor of his eighteen generations of ancestors that the scene of Ryūsei Ryūzaki being instantly killed by the fox-tailed girl was absolutely genuine!
But how could such a formidable person be instantly killed by a young girl?
After an unknown amount of time, the old man in the baseball cap took out his phone and quickly called Torijin Hachimanagi in Dongyang.
Coincidentally,
Torijin Hachimanagi had just concluded a top-secret meeting.
"What?"
"Ryūsei Ryūzaki was instantly killed?"
"The person who instantly killed him was a two-dimensional girl he randomly selected for a ritual sacrifice this month?"
"Impossible."
"This is absolutely impossible!"
"No one knows how formidable Ryūzaki is better than I do!"
"Even the elders of the Battle Emperor Divine Hall praised Ryūzaki, saying he is the only martial arts prodigy in the East in the past hundred years who can compare to the Lord of the Dragon Ruins."
"To date, he has already killed 288 people, including his own mother!"
"He is the new generation's God of Slaughter, the future Li Xiao of the Dragon Ruins."
"How could he possibly be instantly killed by a randomly chosen girl!?"
The roar of Torijin Hachimanagi almost shattered the eardrums of the old man in the baseball cap.
But this was the fact.
Finally, the call ended.
"Ryūsei Ryūzaki, who was highly praised by Miss Cai herself, could be so easily killed."
"This indicates that either we overestimated ourselves or underestimated the enemy."
"The former is more likely."
"If this is the case, is there still hope of completing this mission?"
"Unless the person who played against Li Qianfan was that fox-tailed girl."
"Yes!"
The old man in the baseball cap muttered this to himself, and his eyes suddenly lit up.
Why didn't he try to find that fox-tailed girl?
When the fox-tailed girl received Ryūsei Ryūzaki's car keys, she had thanked him profusely.
This showed that she was very fond of money.
But "we" were not lacking in money!
"Find her through that luxury car."
The old man in the baseball cap made up his mind immediately, got up, and hurried onto the embankment.
He soon disappeared under the starry sky of half-past eleven at night.
The stars were brilliant!
In a presidential suite of a major hotel in Modu.
Jiao Yin, who trembled with the slightest movement, let out a suppressed, hearty laugh into her phone video call with her elder sister: "Big sister, you lost this round! Hurry up and get rid of that annoying little dingzi."
Nencao, Ruohua, and Wangzi were playing cards.
Ruohua was dealing the cards for the three of them.
Then the three of them placed their bets.
When Nencao and Wangzi needed to see their cards, they would ask Ruohua to help them reveal them through their phones.
Ruohua was not allowed to look during the card reveal.
The stakes were clothes.
Wangzi had already lost all his clothes for the next evening.
Ruohua only had a small *dingzi* left.
Nencao, on the other hand, had only lost two pairs of socks.
It could be said that he had swept Wangzi and Ruohua by himself.
*Beep beep.*
The phone on the cabinet rang.
It was the hotel's internal line, calling from Yaoyao next door: "I can't sleep, come out for a walk with me. I'll be waiting for you at the hotel entrance, hurry up and come out. Rain or shine."
Before Li Qianfan could say anything, the call ended.
It was almost midnight, and why go out for a walk?
Really.
Li Qianfan was a thousand times unwilling, but thinking of Yaoyao's pitiful expression when Nencao and the other two kicked her out during their video card game, he felt a pang of concern.
Alright, he would accompany her for a walk.
Always hiding in the hotel, looking at two beautiful women he could only see but not touch, was indeed frustrating.
It was a good opportunity to cool down.
"You guys play, I'm going for a walk with Yaoyao."
Li Qianfan said, and without regard for Jiao Yin's objections, he got out of bed and quickly left.
Long street.
Sidewalk.
Two people with their hands in their pockets walked side by side.
Li Qianfan had been walking with Yaoyao, like a lost soul, on the street for a full hour.
She hadn't said a word, just walking aimlessly.
Occasionally, when she looked ahead, a look of confusion would flash in her eyes.
Since she was silent, Li Qianfan accompanied her in silence.
"I'm tired."
Yaoyao finally spoke, looking around for a bench to sit on.
Given Yaoyao's physical fitness, she wouldn't be tired even after a long drive.
So why was she tired now?
Li Qianfan didn't speak. He just walked up to her, bent down, and extended his hands backward, posing as if to take off like an airplane.
Yaoyao was stunned for a moment.
Then, she smiled brightly, her smile as beautiful as a flower, and lightly leaped onto his back.
As Li Qianfan cupped her knees with his hands and walked forward, he asked, "Why are you tired?"
Yaoyao's chin rested on Li Qianfan's shoulder, and she said softly, "I just don't know what to do anymore."
Li Qianfan was confused. "How can you not know what to do?"
Yaoyao replied, "Listen to me first."
Li Qianfan nodded.
"I wanted a loving mother, and I have one. I wanted a man who treated me well, and I have one. I hope Maomao can live with me forever and always accompany Mom. Currently, this goal has also been achieved because of your existence."
What Yaoyao said was the truth.
"Well, I'm actually quite willing to be in the Su family."
Li Qianfan replied casually, thinking to himself, "It would be even better if Guanyin hadn't descended to the mortal world."
Yaoyao suddenly asked, "After Maomao gives birth, will you like her child? I know now that she is carrying a little girl."
"Of course, why wouldn't I? I love little girls the most. They are innocent and cute, much more fun than mischievous boys."
Li Qianfan looked back at her and smiled. "Although Maomao's child will have the surname Lin, I've promised her that I'll be the child's godfather. In the future, I will treat the child as my own daughter."
"If I say—"
Yaoyao's eyes flashed, and she asked, "What if Maomao's child is your biological daughter? Would you believe me?"