A Peerless Douluo at Level Ninety-Nine—What Are You Pretending to Be Fragile For?!

Inside a hotel room in Jiali City.

After finishing her bath, Le Ling walked out of the bathroom while drying her slightly damp hair, only to see that although Qian Daoliu was awake, he was still lying in bed without getting up.

"We still have to go to Sunset Forest later. Get up already!"

She urged him as she sat on the sofa and continued drying her hair.

"Ling'er, could you come over and help me up?"

Lying in bed, Qian Daoliu turned his head to look at her, appearing somewhat unwell.

Le Ling frowned slightly, but she felt he was pretending and directly refused. "Stop pretending! You want to trick me into going over there? I don't believe you at all!!"

"I'm not pretending."

Qian Daoliu said weakly, "I used my ninth soul skill directly last night, so I expended quite a lot of energy."

"Then, after you fell asleep by the little lake and slipped into a nightmare, I used my martial soul to heal you. I'm a little tired now!"

Le Ling looked at him suspiciously.

"It's true!"

The man added another sentence.

After hesitating for a moment, Le Ling put down her towel and walked over. She placed both hands on his arms, intending to help him up.

Just then, Qian Daoliu seized her wrist in return and yanked her hard, pulling her into his arms.

Just as he was about to turn over and press her into the bedding, Le Ling had already guessed his intentions.

Her long legs directly straddled his sturdy waist, pinning the man back onto the bed instead!

"Qian Daoliu, you big liar!"

Sitting atop him with both hands pressed against his firm chest, Le Ling accused, "You're a Peerless Douluo at level ninety-nine—what are you pretending to be fragile for? I won't fall for your tricks!!"

Qian Daoliu raised an eyebrow at her, a faint smile curling at his lips.

His Ling'er had gotten smarter!

It seemed it would be a little harder to fool her from now on!

But seeing her pinning him down in this position, the man suddenly felt that it seemed even more interesting than pressing her into the bedding!

"So Ling'er likes it this way. Now I know—I'll let you pin me down from now on!"

Only after hearing his words did Le Ling realize she was straddling his waist and abdomen. Feeling something as well, her cheeks instantly flushed.

She had been so focused on pinning him down that she had not realized how improper her position was!

"I... you..."

Le Ling now felt as if she were riding a tiger and unable to dismount!!

Her eyes darted around in panic as she tried to get off him at once.

But how could Qian Daoliu possibly let her get down? Both hands pressed against her legs straddling his waist, preventing her from moving!

"Qian Daoliu, you... let go!"

"Ling'er, call me A Liu like you used to, okay?"

"No!!"

"If you don't call me that, I won't let you get down!"

Qian Daoliu pulled her upper body down and held her in his arms, saying again, "Call me A Liu!"

Le Ling struggled but refused to call him that.

Seeing that she would not comply, the man directly lifted her chin and kissed her.

Just as he had kissed her for a moment, there came a knock on the door.

Standing outside, Steward Yao said, "My lord, Miss Le Ling, breakfast has been bought, and the water and food supplies have been replenished. The carriage is waiting outside the hotel."

Although Qian Daoliu ignored the steward outside, he was still distracted for a moment.

Taking advantage of that instant when he was no longer holding her so tightly, Le Ling immediately bit down on his lip.

"Gah..."

Qian Daoliu winced in pain and immediately released her.

Le Ling swiftly shoved him away, climbed off him, and moved away from the bed in one fluid motion before sitting on the sofa and glaring at him.

Steward Yao was still outside. Hearing sounds from within but receiving no reply, he asked again, "My lord, um..."

Before he could finish, the door suddenly flew open, revealing a trace of anger on Qian Daoliu's usually refined face.

Having followed him for many years, Steward Yao was immediately startled upon seeing that flash of anger, as well as the bite wound on his master's lip.

Only then did he realize that he might have interrupted his lord's romantic moment!

What was he supposed to do now?!

Steward Yao immediately clasped his hands and said, "My lord, this subordinate was wrong!"

"Was Steward Yao at fault? I don't think so."

Before Qian Daoliu could speak, Le Ling's voice came from the direction of the sofa in the room.

Even with Miss Le Ling speaking up for him, Steward Yao outside the door looked even more worriedly at his master.

Qian Daoliu drew his brows together, suppressing that trace of anger. He would certainly not listen to anyone else, but he had to listen to Ling'er.

Since Ling'er said Steward Yao was not at fault, then he was not at fault!

"Enough. Since everything is ready, go check out first. Ling'er and I will come down shortly."

"Yes, sir."

Steward Yao wiped the fine sweat from his forehead, then turned and hurried away toward the front desk in the first-floor lobby.

Qian Daoliu closed the door and turned to see Le Ling fixing her hair at the dressing table. He walked over, bent down, and hugged her from behind.

Le Ling stopped what she was doing and glared at him through the bronze mirror.

"You already bit me. Let that count as your punishment, all right?"

The man pointed at his split lip.

Le Ling turned her face away and huffed. "Serves you right! Who told you to trick me over there? So full of energy first thing in the morning!"

"But you promised last night that you'd give me one chance. Are you going back on your word as soon as you wake up?"

Qian Daoliu looked at her and complained as well.

"I didn't say I was going back on my word, but you're not allowed to trick me over like that."

"So if I called you over directly, you'd be willing?"

"I don't know whether I'd be willing if you called me directly, but if you trick me over, then I definitely won't be willing!"

Hearing that, Qian Daoliu was so annoyed that he laughed!

He had never known his Ling'er could be so good at playing word games. He simply had no way to refute her.

"Hurry up and wash up. We still have to rush to Sunset Forest later. Don't get there too late and have to spend another night in that nearby town. That would be a waste of time!"

Le Ling urged him while reaching out to push him.

Qian Daoliu tilted his head and kissed her cheek before turning toward the bathroom.

Half an hour later.

The two left their room and headed for the first-floor lobby.

The moment they reached the lobby, they ran into Dugu Bo and his granddaughter, who had just returned from breakfast.

Qian Daoliu and Dugu Bo nodded to each other in greeting.

Dugu Yan quickly walked up to Le Ling and greeted her proactively. "Sister Le, what a coincidence!"

"Everything happened so suddenly last night that I didn't react in time. Grandpa reminded me just now that if I saw you again, I had to thank you in person. Thank you for saving me last night, Sister Le!"

Although Dugu Yan was usually proud and unruly, she was still quite friendly toward someone who had saved her life.

Le Ling looked at the girl before her, who was around thirteen years old, and smiled. "Saving you was only right. What happened last night was all directed at me. If an innocent person like you had been hurt, it would have been my fault!"

Thinking of those strange things she had seen last night, Dugu Yan asked curiously, "Sister Le, what was that crescent blade that could slash people by itself last night?"

"And I vaguely heard you mention yin spirits. What were those?"

For a moment, Le Ling did not know how to explain it. After all, those things from last night had come from the Five Elements Continent, and it was naturally not appropriate to reveal her identity to outsiders.

Seeing her in a difficult position, Qian Daoliu directly said, "Those were rather special soul beasts."

Hearing him, Le Ling immediately agreed. "That's right, they were some rather special soul beasts."

After saying that, she looked at Dugu Bo beside them. "We still have a journey ahead of us. If fate allows, we'll meet again."

"All right."

Dugu Bo nodded.

Le Ling and Qian Daoliu left the hotel lobby and headed out through the main entrance.