Comrades-in-Arms

Li Banfeng was sleeping soundly on the sofa when a woman approached with a blanket and covered him with it.

Her movements were very gentle, but after laying the blanket over him, she deliberately stroked Li Banfeng's face.

Li Banfeng slightly opened his eyes. Through the haze, he could barely make out the woman's silhouette.

She was tall and slender, somewhat slight, her soft waist swaying gently before Li Banfeng.

Li Banfeng smiled, suddenly drew out the sickle at his side, pointed it at the woman, and demanded, "Who are you?"

"What are you doing?" Red Lotus lightly touched Li Banfeng's hand with a lotus leaf.

Li Banfeng blinked and took a closer look.

The one who had covered him with the blanket was not a woman, but Red Lotus.

The graceful woman he had seen just now had been Red Lotus's swaying lotus leaves.

Red Lotus sounded somewhat aggrieved. "I was afraid you'd catch cold, so I kindly covered you with a blanket. Why are you pulling a blade on me?"

Li Banfeng put away the sickle and searched all over himself.

Red Lotus asked, "What are you looking for?"

"My Pocket Watch."

"You mean Dream Virtue? You sent her to attend to Zhao Xiaowan."

Li Banfeng rubbed his forehead and woke the projector. "Check the time on the phone."

The projector yawned, took a look, and said, "Eight in the morning."

Li Banfeng straightened his clothes, washed his face, and prepared to leave.

Red Lotus asked, "Where are you going?"

"To work!" Li Banfeng said. "The Dark Star Bureau starts at eight-thirty. If I'm late, they'll dock my pay."

It was obviously a joke. Red Lotus laughed. "You're not rushing off to work. You're going to investigate the stairwell, aren't you?"

Li Banfeng carried Red Lotus to the