Sister and Brother in Trouble

"I'm innocent! Let me out!"

Baiheng stood in a large prison cell of the Sky-Faring Commission, gripping the iron bars with both hands, and shouted loudly to the outside.

However, no one came despite Baiheng's calls. The empty cell was empty except for those who were temporarily imprisoned for violating the relevant laws.

Seeing this, Baiheng felt somewhat helpless. She turned to look at Bai Luoming, who shared a cell with her, and said angrily, "It's all your fault! Why didn't you explain things to me?"

Seeing Bai Baiheng turn his anger towards him, Bai Luoming looked somewhat resentful. Not one to back down, Baiheng retorted, "Yes, yes, it's all my fault. Why don't you dare fight with Helmsman?"

"Besides, isn't it all your fault for speeding and even driving against traffic? You're clearly the mastermind!"

Bai Luoming's counterattack was very powerful. Baiheng opened his mouth wide and couldn't say a word for a long time.

Then, as if defeated by Bai Luoming, she silently left the iron railing and squatted in the corner, drawing circles repeatedly.

Seeing this, Bai Luoming felt somewhat helpless. He could only walk over to Baiheng, squat down with her in the corner, and comfort her, saying, "Alright, don't think about it so much. By the way, how long are we going to be in jail?"

Baiheng sighed and whispered to Bai Luoming, "My Starskiff has an emergency contact set up. I should have notified Jingliu Liu by now. She'll definitely come to rescue me once she sees this, but I don't know when she'll arrive..."

"Perhaps we'll have to spend the night in this cell..."

Bai Luoming breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing this. As long as someone came to bail him out, that was fine. He didn't care about Baiheng's other words, since it was just spending one night in a cell, which was a rather novel experience for him.

"Alright, as long as someone comes to bail us out, that's fine. I'm just worried that neither of us will know or care, and we'll end up alone in prison."

Baiheng glared at Bai Luoming with annoyance upon hearing these words.

"What are you saying? I'm a high-ranking member of the Sky-Faring Commission, how could I stay in jail forever? Even if no one bails me out, the Helmsman will release me once he's calmed down."

At this point, Baiheng seemed to remember something, and turned his gaze to Bai Luoming, his expression full of mockery.

"As for you, Little Bai, if Jingliu Liu hadn't come, you probably wouldn't know how long you'd be stuck in jail!"

"Clam?"

"Isn't that right? You haven't registered in Luofu at all; you're basically an unregistered resident. If no one bails you out, you could be locked up for who knows how long."

Bai Luoming listened to Baiheng's explanation and was momentarily speechless. However, Baiheng was wrong about one thing: he wouldn't be locked up to death. After all, Bai Luoming wasn't some delicate young lady; she had plenty of strength and means.

However, before they could exchange more words, a commotion suddenly broke out outside the cell. Baiheng's expression froze, and he quickly stood up, gripping the iron bars with both hands, tilting his head, and straining to look outside.

Even though Baiheng kept changing his angle, he still couldn't see the scene on the other side through the tightly closed door of the corridor.

The earlier disturbance lasted only a short time before subsiding, and there was no further sound.

Baiheng stood in front of the door and waited for a while, but the person she was looking for did not appear. She had no choice but to leave the prison bars, walk to the bed, and then plop down on her own bed.

"How is it? Has Master arrived?"

"I don't know. If it were Jingliu Liu, she shouldn't have gone silent so quickly."

Baiheng sighed, lay back on the bed, and continued to say to Bai Luoming, "Sigh, let's not worry about that anymore, let's rest first. We should be able to leave tomorrow."

"... All right."

Seeing this, Bai Luoming took out his Jade Abacus, but fortunately, his model was unusual, as it still had internet access even hundreds of years ago.

He opened the Jade Abacus, looked around, but there was nothing to play with.

Baiheng, however, did not think so. She was extremely bored and could only stare at the white ceiling above her head, counting to lull herself to sleep, until a light shone on beside her.

Feeling the blinding light, Baiheng turned towards Bai Luoming with some displeasure, and after just one glance, she couldn't take her eyes off him.

"Holy crap, where did you get this Jade Abacus? Shouldn't it have been confiscated?"

Baiheng's eyes lit up when he saw Bai Luoming's Jade Abacus. He immediately jumped off the bed and hopped over to Bai Luoming in a few quick steps.

"How come you still have the Jade Abacus? Shouldn't it have been taken away?"

Bai Luoming smiled mysteriously at Baiheng, saying, "I have my own methods. Do you think such mere methods can take all my things?"

Baiheng was somewhat surprised by Bai Luoming's methods, but her gaze remained fixed on the Jade Abacus in Bai Luoming's hand.

Bai Luoming noticed Baiheng's gaze, raised his hand and waved the Jade Abacus in his hand, saying to Baiheng, "What? You want this?"

"Yes, yes, yes."

Baiheng nodded vigorously, his eyes filled with anticipation as he looked at Bai Luoming.

"No!"

"Huh? Why?"

Baiheng let out a mournful cry and looked at Bai Luoming in confusion.

"Your phone is a very important thing, and you usually don't lend it out, don't you know that?"

"Oh dear, I have important business to attend to."

Hearing this, Bai Luoming became interested and looked at Baiheng, asking, "What important matter?"

Baiheng's eyes darted around, and he said seriously to Bai Luoming, "Don't you want to get out of here sooner? I need to contact them to get us out!"

"Hmm, what you said makes a lot of sense... but I refuse!!"

Upon hearing this, Baiheng's face turned grief-stricken. Just as she was about to continue to put on airs or act like a senior to trick Bai Luoming into giving her the Jade Abacus, she looked up and saw Bai Luoming's ambiguous smile.

By now, she understood perfectly well that Bai Luoming was clearly playing a trick on her.

In an instant, Baiheng's anger flared, and she grabbed Bai Luoming by the collar, lifting him up and shouting at him, "You bastard! You were just playing a trick on me, weren't you?!"

Bai Luoming's collar was being held by Baiheng, making a tearing sound under the weight. Seeing this, Bai Luoming panicked and quickly patted her arm, saying repeatedly, "Hey, friend, fighting is fighting, but loosen your grip a bit! You've torn my clothes, I really don't have any replacements now."

"I don't care about that. The prison uniforms from the Sky-Faring Commission aren't without your size."

Baiheng, however, remained relentless, still clutching Bai Luoming's collar, determined to get an explanation from Bai Luoming.

Just then, the tightly closed door in the distance suddenly opened, and Jingliu walked into the cell first, followed by the Helmsman of the Sky-Faring Commission and the person in charge of the cell.

Jingliu looked at Baiheng grabbing Bai Luoming's collar, pursed his lips, and then asked, "What... are you doing?"