Still Room for One More

Lu Yibai used to be an ordinary young man in society, if you didn't count the several million yuan he had received in demolition compensation.

Now, even without using the Night Watchman power in his body, he could barely be considered a master of traditional martial arts.

He had already grasped the basics of umbrella techniques.

For an ordinary person, reaching the entry level in martial arts might take several years, or even more than a decade.

But Lu Yibai was different. Because his body had been strengthened by Menstrual Pain, his five senses were sharper. He could easily notice all kinds of details and make adjustments, allowing him to achieve twice the results with half the effort when practicing.

For example, when practicing the stabbing motion, an ordinary person might start with fifty thrusts for each hand, while he went straight to five hundred.

Now, he was wielding the Lion Umbrella in front of Lin Xiaoqi, sending it sweeping through the air with fierce momentum.

"Watch the umbrella!"

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Lin Xiaoqi watched Boss Lu display his results and nodded to herself.

But thinking about it carefully, Boss Lu deserved his current achievements.

Besides completing the tasks Lin Xiaoqi assigned every day with both quality and quantity, Lu Yibai would occasionally do some extra training.

Although Lin Xiaoqi had said that his physical constitution was trash but his talent was excellent, Boss Lu still felt that working harder could never be wrong.

That was how terrifying this world was. People more talented than you could still be secretly working hard in places you couldn't see, just like old schemers, waiting for the right moment to show off in front of you.

Most of the time, losing to someone like that wasn't unfair at all.

Lu Yibai had always maintained a good mindset. He had always believed that if he was still willing to work hard, it meant he still held beautiful expectations for life.

That was what he believed the meaning of hard work was.

On the road of moving forward through hard work, every step counted.

He had even come up with a motto, taken from Zweig's The Queen of the Guillotine.

All the gifts fate bestows are secretly marked with a price.

Anyway, no matter how you put it, the feeling of having his body completely drained every day was all too real.

He didn't even have a girlfriend. Anyone who didn't know better might think he trained his Kirin Arm several times every night.

After forcibly pouring another large bowl of motivational chicken soup down his own throat, Boss Lu began today's practice again after successfully convincing himself.

Besides umbrella techniques, he also wanted to reach Second Rank soon. That way, he could learn "supernatural abilities."

When Ji Dekeng had been heading to Magic City, he had shown off his Instant Step, and Lu Yibai still couldn't forget it.

Just how fast was that dead gay?

His own eyes couldn't even follow him!

Unfortunately, Lin Xiaoqi mercilessly told him that Ji Dekeng's Instant Step wasn't simply a matter of being so fast that you couldn't see him. Within a certain small area, he could practically teleport!

That was seriously explosive!

High-end stuff. A technical skill. The implication was that you still couldn't learn it.

Disappointed...

Lin Xiaoqi sat to the side, playing on her phone.

Later, she decided that sitting wasn't comfortable enough and simply lay down on the sofa.

Certain places were nearly spilling out because of the pressure.

Damn, could you not distract me so easily?

She rested her little head against the cushion, holding her phone in one hand and a biscuit in the other. She opened her small mouth and took a bite, looking just like a hamster gnawing on food.

Actually, if nothing happened in Crow City, every day was fairly boring.

Aside from playing on her phone and eating snacks, Lu Yibai had never seen Lin Xiaoqi do anything else.

Emmm... How about arranging some entertainment?

Lu Yibai put down the Lion Umbrella in his hand and said to Lin Xiaoqi, who was playing on her phone, "Xiaoqi, check and see if there are any new movies out lately. We'll close the bar early today, bring Yiyi along, and go watch the midnight show."

"Sure, sure!"

Lin Xiaoqi excitedly performed a kip-up from the sofa. As she moved, her top lifted slightly, revealing a small section of her slender waist.

Their days were boring enough as it was. Back when Ji Dekeng had still been so stingy, life had been even more dull.

Thankfully, there was Boss Lu.

After Lu Yibai bought tickets for a blockbuster that had just premiered at midnight, Lin Xiaoqi hopped downstairs and told Ye Yiyi the news.

The movie started at 12:05 a.m., so the bar closed early at eleven thirty.

There was no helping it. Ye Yiyi could only be active at night, but if they waited until the bar closed normally, it would already be around three in the morning. At that hour, most cinemas would have no screenings.

"Let's go, Boss." Lin Xiaoqi and Ye Yiyi, fully prepared, spoke in unison.

"Go back and change your clothes." Lu Yibai held his forehead and looked speechlessly at Ye Yiyi, who was wearing a maid outfit.

Just how many maid outfits had this girl bought? Yesterday's had been pink, while today's was pale blue.

Ye Yiyi had also forgotten what she was wearing. She stuck out her little tongue, then hummed a tune as she entered her room.

She was quite happy about getting off work early.

After Ye Yiyi changed into normal clothes... Forget it, she didn't have any normal clothes. All of them were the eye-catching, sexy sort.

Most Night Demons were like that. It was their freedom, and Boss Lu neither planned nor had the right to interfere. In any case, his heart was as still as water.

The movie was a blockbuster, and it was opening day, so even the midnight screening had quite a few viewers.

A handsome man with two beautiful women was always eye-catching. What was more, they were two women and one man, which made passersby feel that there must be some story between them.

Lu Yibai had already grown somewhat accustomed to the gazes of passersby. As for the two girls, they cared even less.

After the movie began, Lu Yibai glanced around. There really were a lot of young couples at the midnight screening.

The seats in his row were basically:

From from from from from dog dog dog from from from from...

That was more or less the situation. The three of them were the only single dogs and felt surrounded. Lin Xiaoqi and Ye Yiyi were so frightened that they quickly pretended to be lesbians and leaned against each other, leaving Boss Lu alone to brood in sorrow.

Sure enough, whenever three people traveled together, someone was bound to be abandoned!

With nearly everyone holding a cup of cola, Boss Lu stood out especially as the isolated man with a thermos.

To be honest, it was a terrible movie, but if you watched it without using your brain, it was still fairly entertaining. The plot was incredibly clichéd, but the special effects were decent.

After the movie ended, everyone prepared to take a taxi back to the bar.

These days, everyone was used to calling for Didi. One had to admit that China's convenience in terms of food, clothing, housing, and transportation was definitely far greater than that of any other country.

But in the middle of the night, there were usually rows of taxis or unlicensed cars parked outside shopping malls.

The night shift was different from the day shift. These drivers were accustomed to waiting in lively nighttime areas for customers to come to them.

The two humans and one demon walked toward the nearest taxi. After the driver gave them a polite smile, they walked straight past him and chose the next car.

Taxi driver: "???"

Am I not friendly-looking enough? I'm closest to you, so why didn't you choose me?

Lu Yibai opened the rear door of another empty taxi and let the two girls get in first before squeezing inside himself.

This empty taxi was fairly clean.

The taxi driver was an older man. Well, he was somewhat more handsome than the other taxi drivers, so "older man" would do for the time being.

The older man looked at Lu Yibai and said, "Little brother, you can sit in the front. You don't have to squeeze into the back."

Normally, drivers wouldn't say something like that, but this older man just happened to be talkative.

"It's fine, Uncle. I like squeezing in." Lu Yibai answered directly.

To be honest, Ye Yiyi and Lin Xiaoqi were both very slim, so there wasn't really much squeezing involved. Besides, even if it was crowded, he wasn't losing out.

The older man gave him a look that said, "I understand, I understand," and prepared to start driving.

Just as he was about to shift gears, he heard Lu Yibai add coldly:

"Besides, isn't there already someone sitting in the passenger seat?"

(P.S. First update. A lot of people have been urging me to update, but an update blitz is impossible. It won't happen before the book goes on sale. I can only do two chapters a day for now, being a cooler salted fish than all of you.)