"Gasp..."
On the bed in the lounge, Gu Sheng was sweet-talking Le Erya into a daze and was just about to take things further when a woman's voice suddenly rang out beside them. Both of them froze.
"He-jie!"
Le Erya sobered up considerably at once. After turning her head and seeing who it was, her eyes widened, and then she exploded. "You bastard, what exactly happened yesterday...?"
"Yaya!"
Lin Qinghe suddenly spoke. Le Erya stopped, then turned to Lin Qinghe and said solemnly, "He-jie, don't worry. I'll definitely teach this bastard a proper lesson for you."
After saying that, Le Erya, still not satisfied, prepared to "brutally assault" Gu Sheng again. She knew perfectly well that it couldn't actually hurt him, but she was still furious with the man.
"No!"
Lin Qinghe grabbed Le Erya's wrist and shook her head, looking utterly incredulous. "Didn't you notice? Your cultivation has broken through."
"W-what?"
Le Erya was a little confused. Then she tried raising her hand. Her hand moved only slightly, yet a strange new sensation welled up in her heart. "W-what's going on?"
"He-jie, could it be that you also..."
Le Erya looked at Lin Qinghe and noticed that the other woman seemed different too, though she couldn't put the feeling into words.
"This bastard..."
As if she had thought of something, she turned around, only to find that Gu Sheng was already gone. She widened her eyes and searched, but couldn't find the slightest trace of him. Once the man fell asleep, he didn't bother dealing with the aftermath; after waking up, he simply didn't linger.
Inside the Jiangnan Research Institute's top-tier laboratory, Gu Sheng sat in a chair like a lab rat, surrounded and scrutinized by three beautiful women. Even as someone only a step away from becoming