Lu Bai hung up after saying just a few words, not even wanting to hear Xu Qiang's complaints from the other end of the phone.
He crouched down to check on Yao Yi. "He doesn't have any life-threatening injuries. The worst of it is the blood loss. Looks like you did a pretty good job protecting him."
Splitting her attention was easy for Wang Ting. As she modified several heads, she replied, "I did it so I could stay alive."
Lu Bai quickly treated Yao Yi's wounds to stop the bleeding. "You two seem to be getting along pretty well now?"
"Not really. I can tell he still resists me. He only accepted me this time because his life was in danger."
"True. You didn't manage to take over his brain. That's my fault." Lu Bai spread his hands.
Wang Ting couldn't understand Lu Bai's teasing just yet. Her two strange eyeballs tilted downward.
"Yes. My current place of attachment is far from ideal."
"Besides the brain, is there any ideal place for you to attach yourself? An arm?"
"None of them are ideal. Yao Yi is too weak."
Wang Ting finished modifying the two boys' heads and started on the high school girl.
One of her eyeballs turned toward Lu Bai. "Based on my assessment, attaching myself to you would increase my survival rate by seventy percent."
"Why only seventy percent?"
"Because it's only my initial assessment. I don't know you well enough yet, so my judgment is on the conservative side."
The man and the beast chatted off and on like this. A few minutes later, the sound of sirens and an ambulance drew closer.
Lu Bai stood and brushed at the dust that wasn't on him. "All right, you should hide now."
At dusk, outside the