"Tsk... It looks like they're about to start fighting." Lin Li, having disguised himself as a bystander enjoying the spectacle, stood at the very edge of the crowd and watched the two young men, whose bodies radiated a pale golden Spiritual Light, preparing to have a full-on brawl.
"Sigh, you're actually fighting over such a trivial matter? What are you going to do when an investigator from the Ability Management Bureau arrives?"
The Ability Management Bureau was the law enforcement agency responsible for managing Cultivators in this world. From minor brawls caused by arguments, like the one before them, to major criminal cases, as long as a Cultivator was involved, everything fell under their jurisdiction.
Just as the two young men, both at the First-Order Initial Stage, were about to start fighting, a furious shout suddenly rang out beside their ears.
"What are the two of you doing? Stop it right now!"
The surrounding crowd parted to make way. A man in his early thirties, dressed in a black uniform, walked up to the two young men who had been about to tear into each other.
"An investigator."
The moment everyone present saw the uniform the man was wearing, they immediately knew his identity.
The two young men, who had originally been ready to fight tooth and nail, saw the investigator and instantly let the pale golden Spiritual Light around their bodies fade. Friendly smiles appeared on their faces.
"According to regulations, Cultivators are forbidden from fighting in public places. You two..."
Before the investigator could finish speaking, the two young men who had been preparing to fight hurriedly interrupted him.
"Mr. Investigator, we didn't fight! There was just a little misunderstanding earlier, and we got a bit emotional and raised our voices..."
After saying this in unison, the two young men simultaneously reached out and shook each other's hands.
"It was my fault. From now on, I definitely won't ride my electric scooter onto the sidewalk when I take this road."
"Brother, I was at fault too. I shouldn't have suddenly darted out of the alley and caught you off guard, making you fall to the ground..."
The two young men who had originally been about to have a vicious fight had now turned into a pair of loving brothers. The surrounding spectators were left utterly dumbfounded.
Lin Li wasn't surprised in the slightest by their transformation.
After all, if a Cultivator was caught fighting in public by an investigator, he would receive at least one day of administrative detention.
Seeing that the two young men who had been reported were very sincere in admitting their mistakes, the investigator who had rushed to the scene softened his stern expression slightly.
"Don't think about using your fists over such a trivial matter again. Force isn't the only way to solve a problem.
"You're both at the First-Order Initial Stage. If you fought, you could easily injure the ordinary people nearby."
The two young men nodded repeatedly as they listened to the investigator's lecture.
Seeing that there would be no fight to watch, the surrounding spectators dispersed.
Watching the two departing Cultivators, Lin Li felt a little envious and thought to himself,
"Seriously, even people like that can become Cultivators, while a law-abiding model citizen like me can never become one in my entire life. It's so unfair!"
Happiness Garden residential area, outside Su Yue's home.
"Knock, knock, knock..."
Not long after Lin Li knocked on the door, a hurried series of footsteps came from inside.
"Patter, patter, patter..."
"Coming!"
The person inside first leaned over to look through the peephole and see who was outside. Then, with a click, she opened the door.
A beautiful girl with a generous bosom and an open-minded nature appeared before Lin Li.
She was 1.72 meters tall, with delicate, beautiful features and a curvaceous, fiery figure. Any man who saw her would be unable to stop his heart from pounding.
Of course, Lin Li was not among those who would fall for the girl before him at first sight.
He had known her for so many years that he had long since developed a certain immunity to her charms.
"Come on in!" Su Yue welcomed Lin Li inside with a beaming smile. She bent down, took a pair of men's slippers from the shoe cabinet, and placed them in front of him.
"I can't take this..." The glimpse of white at her collar as Su Yue casually bent over made Lin Li, who had been very confident in his resistance, immediately recite the Heart Calming Incantation.
"Prosperity, civility, freedom, equality, justice, integrity..."
After reciting the twenty-four-character Heart Calming Incantation twice in succession, Lin Li felt the beautiful woman before him transform into a red-powder skeleton. She could no longer disturb him in the slightest.
"Lin Li, why are you just standing there? Hurry up and put on your slippers and come in!" Seeing Lin Li standing motionless at the door, Su Yue urged him.
"Ah... Oh..."
After Su Yue called out to him, Lin Li instantly returned from his detached state to normal.
He put on the slippers as he walked inside. When he saw Su Yue's swaying figure in a thin camisole nightgown, he immediately turned his gaze aside and silently recited the Heart Calming Incantation again.
"I called you first thing in the morning and asked you to come help unclog my drain. Sorry for the trouble..." Su Yue poured Lin Li a glass of his favorite Happy Soda for Otaku and handed it to him.
"Don't mention it. I wasn't doing anything anyway..." Lin Li accepted the Happy Soda for Otaku she had poured for him and took a small sip.
"What exactly is wrong with the drain in your kitchen? Didn't I unclog it for you last week? How did it get blocked again?"
Hearing Lin Li's question, Su Yue sheepishly raised her right hand and scratched her cheek with her slender fingers. "I accidentally dropped a bunch of vegetables into the drain while washing them."
"Got it." Lin Li nodded, then downed the remaining half glass of Happy Soda for Otaku in one gulp before heading to Su Yue's kitchen to unclog the drain for her.
As the saying went, practice made perfect. After helping Su Yue unclog her drain so many times over the years, Lin Li's skill level in this area was already quite high.
A moment later, Lin Li cleared the blocked drain in just a few quick moves.
"Done. Be more careful from now on and don't block it again." After washing his hands, Lin Li came out of the kitchen and walked into the living room, where Su Yue was sitting on the sofa watching television.
"Thanks!" Su Yue said with a smile as radiant as a flower. Then she rose from the sofa and returned to her bedroom to change.
When she came out of the bedroom wearing a beautiful floral-print dress, Lin Li looked at her in confusion.
"There's no food left in the refrigerator, so I'm going to the market to buy some vegetables for lunch."
"Oh, you're going grocery shopping..." Lin Li nodded. "Do you need me to go with you?"
"No need. Just stay home and watch television." Su Yue shook her head, picked up the handbag from the sofa, and left.
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