Lilith and Sima Cheng rushed into the room and found Luo Jun sitting on the bed, holding a smoking revolver in one hand and a bullet between his teeth.
"Was that... a gunshot?" Lilith blinked. "What happened?"
"It's nothing, it's nothing..." Luo Jun spat out the bullet. "I was conducting a little experiment."
Just then, there was a knock at the door. Luo Jun frowned slightly. "The gunshot probably caught the neighbors' attention. Sima Cheng, go deal with it. If necessary, have Lilith back you up."
Sima Cheng nodded and went to the living room to open the great door. Outside stood an Old Man in his sixties.
"Young brother, I live upstairs from you. I think I heard a gunshot coming from your place just now?"
"You must have heard wrong." Sima Cheng brushed it off. "My microwave oven accidentally exploded just now..."
"That can't be right..." The Old Man frowned. "I'm a veteran soldier. That sound was obviously a gunshot. Let me tell you, illegally possessing firearms is against the law. If you—"
Before he could finish, the Old Man's gaze suddenly turned unfocused. Then he nodded somewhat blankly. "So it was a microwave oven. Be sure to stay safe..." With that, he turned and went upstairs...
Sima Cheng shut the great door and turned to look at Lilith, who was hiding to one side. "To be safe, should you wipe the memories of all the nearby neighbors too?"
"No need." Lilith smiled. "I planted a suggestion in his subconscious just now. He'll spread the story about how you blew up the microwave oven. Within two days, all the neighbors will think the gunshot was just a little cooking accident."
Sima Cheng nodded and turned toward the bedroom.
"Worried about Master?" Lilith saw through his thoughts.
"We've been