Breakthrough?

The Night Watchmen's special Golden Wound Medicine was truly miraculous.

In just three short days, Lu Yibai's wounds had basically healed.

According to Lin Xiaoqi, this kind of medicine was precious even within the Night Watchmen organization. Every use meant a little less remained. Fortunately, he was strong enough to enjoy the treatment reserved for the strong, so they had a relatively large stockpile.

After recovering from his injuries, Boss Lu had a tremendous appetite. He said to Lin Xiaoqi and Ye Yiyi, "Come on, let's eat out. Same place as usual. My treat!"

It was already nearly seven in the evening. The bar officially opened at eight-thirty, and it was dark out now, so Ye Yiyi could go outside.

Heh heh, time to let these two little girls see this boss's ****!

"How could we let you do that, Boss?" Lin Xiaoqi said, pretending to be polite as usual.

Normally, she would put on an act of politeness while rapidly putting on her shoes, then urge him, "Let's go, let's go!"

But today, she said, quite uncharacteristically, "Boss, let's split the bill this time!"

Lu Yibai was stunned. He felt as though this wasn't the Xiaoqi he knew.

After dinner, when it was time to pay, Lu Yibai took out half the cost of the meal, while Lin Xiaoqi pulled out a fifty-percent-off coupon.

Lu Yibai: "???"

This is what you call splitting the bill?

He had only ever seen this kind of shameless maneuver online, where he had always treated it as a joke. Who would have thought Lin Xiaoqi would actually learn it and put it into practice?

The ways of society. The ways of society.

After dinner, Lin Xiaoqi dragged Ye Yiyi to line up and buy several cups of "Yidian Dian Milk Tea."

"Boss, do you want one?" Lin Xiaoqi asked.

Lu Yibai shook his head, then paid for them.

He had already started drinking goji berry water.

He was in his twenties now. He wasn't young anymore, no longer one of the flowers of the motherland. It was time to start taking care of his health.

The country itself had said that people born in the nineties were already middle-aged.

Life wasn't just about the goji berries before you. There were also thermoses and Bawang shampoo.

Lin Xiaoqi and Ye Yiyi both loved milk tea. Besides, drinking it didn't make them fat anyway.

Even if their weight increased, it only meant that the places where flesh ought to grow had gotten bigger.

How miraculous!

During these peaceful days, Lu Yibai, as a laid-back young man, always felt a deep sense of tranquility.

The bar brought in a steady income every day, and he got to raise two adorable girls like pets. At this point, he truly felt almost free of worldly desires.

After returning to the bar, Ye Yiyi went downstairs to clean up. Customers would be arriving soon. Lu Yibai and Lin Xiaoqi returned to the second floor; Ye Yiyi wouldn't let them help anyway.

Lin Xiaoqi sat cross-legged on the sofa and took a sip of the freshly bought "Oolong Macchiato." Her eyes narrowed slightly, and her face filled with satisfaction.

Life was truly sweet now. Compared with before, it was so, so much better.

"Xiaoqi, didn't you report the rat demon's matter? Did you get any response?" Lu Yibai asked.

Lin Xiaoqi shook her head. "Not yet."

As she spoke, she set down her milk tea and picked up her phone. "Boss, should I ask the other Night Watchmen in the group chat?"

"Sure." Lu Yibai said this as he walked over to her side and looked at her phone.

Lin Xiaoqi opened WeChat and found a group chat called Jiangzhehu Night Watchmen Netizens Group.

That group name was practically dripping with the feel of a bygone era.

It made him feel as though, the moment he joined, someone would ask him, "Are you a GG or an MM?"

Lin Xiaoqi had always muted the group chat before. Now that she opened it, she saw plenty of people chatting away enthusiastically.

There were quite a lot of people in the group—seventy-six.

That didn't represent the total number of Night Watchmen in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Shanghai. It just happened that this many people had gathered in this group.

When Lu Yibai had first come into contact with the Night Watchmen, he had thought the organization was incredibly impressive. After spending more time with them, he understood that, aside from being somewhat stronger, they were actually no different from ordinary people.

The chat in the group made that obvious.

Some were flirting, some were arranging meetups, some were posting indescribable pictures, some were asking for license plate numbers, and others were discussing cosmetics...

It was strange. He had no idea how they managed to talk about completely different things at the same time.

There seemed to be more male Night Watchmen in the group. Groups like this were terrifying; it was easy for them to develop down a path of no return.

As the saying went, with a male-to-female ratio of three to one, one pair became a couple and one pair became a gay couple.

Looking at the lively chat, Lin Xiaoqi sent an emoji: "/Smile."

The moment she sent that smiley, the entire group fell silent.

For a full seven or eight seconds, no one sent a message.

"Huh, Xiaoqi, are you really that unpopular? The moment you speak, you kill the chat," Lu Yibai said sympathetically.

What he didn't expect was that, not long afterward, the entire group began flooding the screen.

"Hello, Sister Xiaoqi!"

"Hello, Sister Xiaoqi!"

"Hello, Sister Xiaoqi!"

The corner of Lu Yibai's mouth twitched. "..."

Lin Xiaoqi gave him the impression of being "Everyone in the group is submissive, and I'm the only one on top!"

Her presence was astonishing!

These people were actually so obsequious? What happened to the supposedly impressive Night Watchmen?

Looking at Lin Xiaoqi, who was narrowing her eyes in satisfaction as she sipped her milk tea, she looked just like a little cat being petted on the head by its owner, eyes narrowed in bliss.

Lu Yibai couldn't understand it. What was so frightening about a girl who could feel happy from just one cup of milk tea?

He didn't know that there was a type of person in this world whose guiding principle was:

"Let me make one thing clear: the reason I'm difficult to get along with is that I have no interest in getting to know you. Otherwise, I'm not only easy to get along with—I'm also damn adorable!"

Boss Lu was always taking her out for food and drinks, so she got along very well with him.

Boss Lu really is a good person!

Lin Xiaoqi held her knees together and raised them. She propped the bottom of the milk tea against them, rested her chin on the top, and wedged it in place. Then, happily sipping in small mouthfuls, she typed, "Have any of you recently dealt with demons or monsters carrying this thing?"

As she spoke, she sent out a picture of the Life Token carried by the rat demon.

After a while, three Night Watchmen said they had encountered one and had already reported it.

The numbers on the Life Tokens all began with C, and the digits that followed were all above 500.

It wasn't an isolated case!

The two exchanged a glance, both realizing that this matter was probably not so simple. Otherwise, the higher-ups wouldn't have taken so long to respond.

It was very likely that the higher-ups had already begun investigating. It simply wasn't their responsibility.

The Night Watchmen organization had a fairly clear division of labor, with dedicated investigation teams handling such matters.

They could just carry on with their little lives as usual and mind their own patch of land.

For now, the most important thing was to improve their strength.

Boss Lu was still a little too weak.

Recently, the little specks of light inside him had been increasing steadily. Unfortunately, he didn't know the cultivation progress of the other Night Watchmen, so he had no basis for comparison.

As usual, he began cultivating. Once he entered a meditative state, pain swept through his entire body.

After a while, Lu Yibai's body suddenly shuddered.

What the hell? Why did it suddenly hurt so much?

For a moment, he couldn't find a suitable way to describe it. It was roughly like... double the pain of menstrual cramps?

Was this... a breakthrough?

(P.S. Second update. Please vote for me.)