Liu Zhijie's Trouble

To Zhou Rui, Bai Lu was now an unstable factor. On one hand, the stronger Bai Lu's superpower became, the greater her influence on those around her. Most importantly, Bai Lu seemed to have set her sights on Zhou Rui, which made Zhou Rui feel very uncomfortable.

Bai Lu had also said before that she wanted to find someone to rely on while she was still young, mainly because her superpower had no combat capability.

When you lacked sufficient ability to protect yourself yet possessed certain other superpowers, your eventual fate was usually rather miserable.

So when Third Master sent word that he was coming to collect something this time, Zhou Rui asked Bai Lu about it.

Of course, there was no way they would talk about feelings or anything like that. They were all adults.

It was just that Zhou Rui had not expected Third Master to say he was going to the Aquamarine Empire. That caught her somewhat off guard.

"Third Master, you must be joking. Of course we trust you," Zhou Rui said again. If Third Master truly wanted to do something bad, no one here could stop him.

Although Third Master's reputation was poor, during their time together, Zhou Rui had found him to be quite rule-abiding.

In fact, Zhou Rui also knew that to make it as far as Third Master had in this world, one had to follow the rules. If one did not, they would have long since been dealt with by everyone else joining forces.

"I'll be leaving first, then. Send me a message if you need any help." After receiving his payment, Yang Bo prepared to leave.

He needed to take the items home today, then go to Zhang Bozhen tomorrow to collect his payment.

Moreover, he would not be able