I'm Back

Lu Yibai temporarily couldn't figure it out, so he stopped thinking about it too much.

He didn't think he was a completely selfish person, nor did he plan to be a great, selfless saint.

Just like when he saw that little girl was in danger, given the option of having Lin Xiaoqi help, he would definitely choose to summon Lin Xiaoqi.

Yet what if there was no other choice?

Would he still step forward... probably?

As for questions of human nature, he never liked to dwell on them too much.

Especially when it came to contemplating himself.

People, truth be told, didn't actually understand themselves as well as they imagined.

Most of the time, overthinking things was completely useless.

When the crunch came, the answer would naturally present itself.

Yeah, very zen.

He hadn't completely integrated into the Night Watchmen group yet, but he didn't repel it either.

Previously, his conception of the Night Watchmen organization was that it was some mysterious "human-demon" organization.

It contained humans, alongside ghosts and monsters.

Right now, however, he felt that perhaps they were simply a group of people carrying heavy loads forward so that thousands of households could keep their lights on.

You didn't have to join, but you couldn't lack awe.

His mind was a bit restless, making it even harder for him to rest.

At that moment, his phone screen lit up, and he received a text message from an unknown number.

"Is this an ad for fake luxury goods, or did the Macau casino go live with beautiful female dealers dealing cards online?" Lu Yibai muttered to himself.

The wound on the shoulder of one of his arms hadn't healed yet, but his other hand was still quite functional—functional enough to do any high-difficulty, high-intensity movements he wanted.

Opening the text message, his gaze narrowed slightly.

"Hello Mr Lu, I am the Wucheng person-in-charge for the Night Watchmen Police Exclusive Assistance Department. Is it convenient for us to meet?"

So it was just a civil servant.

He glanced down at his wound, and replied very decisively:

"Not convenient."

The other party didn't reply to the message for a long time, and the conversation seemingly hit a dead end.

Wucheng, a certain precinct office.

Li Youde stared fixedly at his phone screen, looking at that single "Not convenient" in the text message, feeling a bit dazed.

What kind of routine was this?

Sister Xiaoqi clearly said his injuries weren't serious!

Li Youde felt that his luck wasn't very good.

He was the person-in-charge for the Wucheng assistance department of the Night Watchmen, specially responsible for cleaning up the messes left behind by the Night Watchmen.

As for what kind of character Wucheng Steward Ji Dekeng used to be, everyone knew.

Li Youde was a man, a normal man, one hundred percent a pure-blooded guy!

So every time he interacted with Ji Dekeng, he felt physically and mentally exhausted.

Mid-conversation, that man who loved wearing three-piece suits would pat him on the shoulder from time to time or punch him in the chest. The scariest part was that every time he had his back to Ji Dekeng, he always felt like the other guy was staring at his ass!

Li Youde had always kept up with his fitness, a mighty man with an eight-pack, and his ass actually curved quite nicely...

Thinking back on it now, it still made him shudder!

With great difficulty, Ji Dekeng left, and he heard a young man was replacing him.

Young people were great; since he was also a young man, they would have more common language and it should be easier to get along, right?

Easy to get along with my ass! Angry table flip!

Could it be that there wasn't a single normal person in the Night Watchmen organization?

Actually, his guess was already very close; there truly weren't many normal people among the Night Watchmen...

After an interval, the phone screen lit up once more.

"Just kidding. Where should I go to find you?"

Li Youde's expression grew even stiffer.

Just kidding? What was funny about that?

Even so, he still replied with a weird expression: "Mr Lu, you're really humorous, haha, hahaha!"

No helping it, he was just an external auxiliary personnel after all, whereas the other guy was the genuine Wucheng Steward.

Li Youde still had a very clear positioning of himself. The reason he was chosen as Wucheng's assistance leader—or rather, the assistance leader for any city—was that he had to meet one condition: he had to be fully self-aware.

Then, he quickly typed out: "Please come over to the precinct office on Middle City Road."

"Alright."

Actually, since Lu Yibai was injured, Li Youde should have been the one to go to Answer Bar to find him. Yet Li Youde was actually terrified of Lin Xiaoqi—even more terrified of her than of Ji Dekeng.

This woman was terrifying to the extreme!

He tidied up his office properly, and then obediently ran to the entrance of the precinct, waiting for the arrival of Wucheng's new steward.

"Every single Night Watchman deserves the highest respect."

This was a guideline in the hearts of all assistants.

He was so curious: what kind of person was Wucheng's new Black Emperor?

Lu Yibai came by taxi. The Night Watchmen's special golden sore ointment was magical; although his wound hadn't instantly recovered as good as new, he was indeed much better, at least to the point where he wasn't inconvenienced in his movements.

The moment he got out of the car, he saw Li Youde waiting for him, and Li Youde saw him too.

As soon as they met, Li Youde shook hands with Lu Yibai and politely said, "Hello."

"Hello," Lu Yibai replied.

So far, the vibe was still quite normal, but very soon, Lu Yibai waved the receipt in his hand and said, "Can the cab fare be reimbursed?"

Li Youde's mouth twitched.

What the hell!

Yet he still said, "The organization didn't explicitly say so, but I can reimburse you out of my own pocket."

"Never mind then," Lu Yibai said in disappointment.

Sigh, you don't know how expensive firewood, rice, oil, and salt are until you run a household. Those two chicks at home wasted a lot of money; he should save whatever he could on ordinary days. He'd actually thought he'd be able to wine and dine on the public's tab from now on!

After entering the office, Lu Yibai asked, "Is there something you need?"

"Uh... nothing much really, just wanted to meet Mr Lu and get acquainted with each other, since I'll be assisting Mr Lu with his work in the future."

"Is that so? That's fine then. Just call me Lu Yibai. Please take care of me from now on."

Li Youde let out a long breath. Although this new steward's thought process was occasionally miraculous, overall he seemed pretty normal, looked quite polite, and appeared rather easy to talk to.

Lu Yibai suddenly remembered something and asked, "How is that child I saved earlier?"

"She should still be in the precinct. Her parents were just doing the paperwork and statements," Li Youde said.

Lu Yibai nodded. As for how Li Youde and the others fooled the little girl's parents, he didn't care much, because that wasn't his business.

In any case, they definitely wouldn't tell them that their daughter had been kidnapped by a rat.

"I want to go see her," Lu Yibai said.

"Sure. Please come with me," Li Youde said.

By sheer coincidence, just as they walked out, the little girl's parents had just finished their statements and a series of procedures, and were holding the little girl as they prepared to leave the precinct.

The little girl had clearly cried, her eyes red and swollen.

Perhaps waking up and not having her parents by her side had made her frightened and panicked.

She was gripping her mother's neck for dear life, refusing to let go.

The girl's father seemed to have said something—perhaps promising to buy her a toy, or taking her to eat something delicious. In any case, the little girl smiled happily.

"Giggle, giggle!"

Her father gently poked her little cheek, and she immediately hid behind her mother's other shoulder, burying her face and continuing to giggle.

The sunlight shone on her fair, chubby baby face, and her smile was exceptionally bright.

Looking at the little girl's smile, Lu Yibai softly said, "Thanks for the reward."

I've accepted this reward.

The thoughts in his mind that had originally been somewhat tangled and chaotic cleared up in an instant.

He didn't know what would happen in the future, but at least right now, he had no regrets.

After chatting with Li Youde a bit longer, he left the precinct.

By the time he returned to Answer Bar, the sun had already set.

Lin Xiaoqi had already woken up and was sitting on the couch playing on her phone.

"Boss, you're back?"

"Yeah, I'm back."