Evil Lorelei

Li Haiyang watched Leo disappear before his eyes.

Though he still had many unanswered questions, he understood what Leo meant.

Leo bore no hostility toward them, but that was only because they were both Chinese.

If he deliberately crossed the bottom line Leo had laid out, then that already-fragile emotional bond would not stop Leo from taking revenge on Dragon Fang.

Only after Li Haiyang closed the door and returned to the room did he suddenly realize something.

His overwhelming fear of Leo had vanished completely after just a few words of conversation. Instead, Leo's affinity had skyrocketed.

Was it simply because Leo had made his stance clear?

Perhaps. Or perhaps Leo's attitude toward China had resonated with Li Haiyang, instantly drawing them much closer and greatly increasing Li Haiyang's trust in Leo.

The sound of the door closing was heard by Li Qian, who had been watching the commotion downstairs, and she hurried out.

Seeing her father standing motionless in the living room, Li Qian walked downstairs. "Dad, did Leo leave? What did you talk about?"

Li Haiyang looked at his daughter beside him and gently rubbed Li Qian's head.

"It's nothing. Go back to your room and rest. Perhaps things have taken a turn for the better."

"Huh? Dad, what exactly happened? And you said you wanted us to return to China? Tomorrow? Even if we're going back, let me say goodbye to my friends first. I've been here for six years, and now I suddenly have to go back..."

Li Qian looked at her father, clearly unhappy, but she had never considered defying his order.

Li Haiyang pondered Leo's words. He did not dare to be certain that any of it was true. It might even have been a ploy to delay his departure and give their enemies an opportunity to surround him.

Of course, even as Li Haiyang considered that possibility, he could not help but smile. It seemed unrealistic.

Leo already knew who he was. If Leo truly intended to harm him, there was no way he could escape now.

"Go to sleep first!"

Only after ushering Li Qian back into her room did Li Haiyang look toward the small metal box on the table.

He picked it up and poured out its contents onto the table. More than a dozen small tools fell out.

He began inspecting them. He even dismantled every slightly larger component for verification, confirming that they were all his belongings and that nothing had been tampered with.

The only change was that one tranquilizer round was missing from his pistol.

Gently running his fingers over the rifling inside the tiny pistol, Li Haiyang could tell that the bullet had been fired.

His eyes filled with contemplation and struggle once more.

Finally, he picked up the Secondary Communication Device he had reactivated earlier, put it on his ear, and dialed the only remaining number within it.

"Hello, Brother. What is it?" That cold female voice came through again.

"Cancel the evacuation plan. Revoke all missions concerning Leo's identity, and classify Leo as a Class A secret. I will report this to Zhang Huan shortly."

Li Haiyang's order stunned Li Lu on the other end.

"Please reconfirm the mission order!"

"Cancel the evacuation plan. Immediately revoke everything concerning..." Li Haiyang repeated his previous order.

"Yes, beginning execution immediately!"

Li Lu confirmed Li Haiyang's orders and immediately began rearranging the operation, canceling the previous mission and changing its direction.

"Brother, did something happen over there?"

After a while, Li Lu asked directly.

"Don't concern yourself with that yet. Lock down all information about Leo. I'll report to Commander Zhang Huan." Li Haiyang spoke in a low voice and hung up.

He picked up the items from the table and headed toward his room. It looked like he and Zhang Huan would have plenty to discuss tonight.

The morning sun rose as usual the next day, and everything seemed as ordinary and warm as ever.

Jenny and George lived through their day as they always did.

Elsewhere, Lorelei spent her first night on Earth.

At that moment, more than forty members of the biker gang had gathered around her. Led by Rooster, all of them gazed at Lorelei with infatuation.

Having been sealed away for six hundred years, Lorelei still seemed somewhat unaccustomed to life on modern Earth.

But the desires in her heart had not diminished in the slightest.

"I want lots of gold, jewelry, and weapons. Go bring all those things back for me!" Lorelei said directly to the men surrounding her. "Yes, my beloved!" "I'm willing to do anything for you!" "I definitely will!" "Your command is the goal I pursue." "That is the sweetest sound!" "You are my everything, I will..."

All the men around her responded. Then they mounted their motorcycles and charged out in a pack, heading for gun shops and jewelry stores.

Rooster, the temporary leader of the motorcycle gang, naturally took out his group’s savings as well.

A large number of guns, along with half a backpack of rolled hundred-dollar bills.

The entire gang's savings were presented before Lorelei without reservation.

Lorelei seemed long accustomed to such an atmosphere. She was everyone's Queen.

Looking at the rolls of bills before her, Lorelei said somewhat angrily, "I asked for gold, yet you brought me paper!!"

Rooster became extremely nervous upon hearing that, terrified that Lorelei would be dissatisfied. Holding up the bills, he hurriedly explained, "Th-this is cash. Like gold, it's the currency here."

Lorelei nodded after hearing him. Looking at the unfolded bill in her hand, she saw the portrait on it and pointed at it.

"Who is this ugly woman?"

"Uh, this is Benjamin Franklin. He was once president and ruled the entire country," Rooster explained.

Lorelei snatched up the hundred-dollar bills and examined them. "Women can rule your country too, is that it?"

"You will be the first to make history." Rooster looked at Lorelei with infatuation.

"Yes, I will." Lorelei tucked the bills away and said confidently.

The bar's front door was suddenly shoved open, and another somewhat burly woman strode in. She walked up to Rooster and shouted.

"I've been texting you all day. I was worried sick—I thought you'd died in some godforsaken place."

"Don't be like that, baby. There's nothing to worry about. I just turned off my phone. Lorelei can't stand that kind of noise." Rooster gazed infatuatedly at Lorelei, who was playing with jewelry nearby.

"Why is she wearing my clothes, Dewey?" The woman looked at Lorelei, then glared at Rooster through gritted teeth.

"Who is Dewey?"

Lorelei asked curiously.

Rooster hurriedly explained, "I'm Dewey. That's my real name. She calls me that—she's my wife!"

"Oh?" After hearing that, Lorelei's lips curved into a wicked smile. Standing before Rooster, she asked softly.

"Do you like her more than me?"

"Compared to you, she's nothing!"