He'd gone to so much trouble!
Endured so much humiliation!
Used every trick in the book!
He'd finally managed to get Katerina onto the Stall Cloth!
And after all that effort, he'd finally subdued her!
He'd thought he could finally escape this living hell!
But then the Dark Night Army said, "It's fine. No need to arrest her anymore! Just let her go!"
Let her go?
Were they messing with him?
They could just decide not to arrest her? Was it really that casual?
How was he supposed to let her go?
Jiang Nan glanced at Katerina...
Her pretty face was covered in frost!
If he let her go, would he have any chance of getting out of this unscathed?
"Why don't you take her back yourselves? She's so dangerous! Leaving her at large would be irresponsible to society and the people!"
Just then—
"Beep~"
"Beep~"
"Beep~"
"Sister Shanmiao? Hello!"
Jiang Nan:!!!
He couldn't help swallowing, feeling a pang of guilt!
Then he broke into a brilliant smile!
He didn't dare let go of Katerina.
Instead, he reached out and rubbed her smooth forehead.
"Does it still hurt? Aw, it's all my fault! Let me rub it better!"
Katerina's face was calm. "Let me go! I won't hit you!"
[+1,000 Resentment Points from Katerina!]
Jiang Nan shuddered. "Sis... that's not very convincing!"
One thousand Resentment Points!
She'd given herself away!
Jiang Nan was helpless, too! They couldn't stay sprawled on the Stall Cloth forever, could they?
But the moment he stepped off it—
Jiang Nan was dead meat...
"You're so broad-minded, you even made Pikachu chubby! Don't be mad at me, okay?"
"Let's just pretend it never happened, all right? Be good!"
Katerina smiled sweetly. "Mm! I'll listen. I'll be good. Let me go!"
[+999 Resentment Points from Katerina!]
Jiang Nan: ???
Just as he thought!
A woman's words were lies!
"How about I treat you to barbecue?"
[+888 Resentment Points from Katerina?]
Jiang Nan's eyes lit up. Was this working?
"We've got fatty beef, lamb, tripe, enoki mushrooms, chicken wings, hairy crabs..."
[+777 Resentment Points from Katerina!]
[...666!]
[...555!]
With every dish he named, her Resentment Points went down a little!
It wasn't for any other reason...
Katerina had simply been made hungry by Jiang Nan!
Just as he thought!
There wasn't a problem a barbecue couldn't solve!
And if there was, then two barbecues would do it!
"I'll take you shopping for clothes, too! You can pick out the most expensive ones!"
After that, her Resentment Points stopped updating!
Katerina pouted. "You promised! Now let go of me! You're poking me again!"
Jiang Nan's old face flushed red!
He scratched his head awkwardly, then tentatively let go of Katerina...
Sure enough, she didn't fly into a rage. Instead, she asked with a little excitement, "Where are we going to eat?"
Jiang Nan: ...
He'd forgotten that she'd gone a whole day without eating because she'd been watching him!
Since she was so pitiful...
All right! He'd make sure she had a great time tonight!
"Stick with your South God! There's everything you could want at night!"
With that, Jiang Nan really did take Katerina out for barbecue!
He ordered the most expensive things!
Then he took her shopping for clothes!
Katerina changed into a new outfit: tight jeans and a black crop top!
She added a purple bucket hat. She was already beautiful to begin with!
And with Jiang Nan's almost ceiling-breaking good looks...
The two of them became the hottest couple on the street!
Wherever they went, passersby turned to look.
Jiang Nan even took her to a movie, got their hair done, and had their nails done! Finally, they spent the whole night at an arcade!
Everything seemed wonderfully new to Katerina...
Usually, she moved through the world of darkness!
She'd never experienced any of this before!
For her, this night was special!
Early the next morning!
After staying up all night, Jiang Nan went to school again!
Katerina was still stubbornly waiting by the school gate!
His classmates looked at Jiang Nan's dark circles, then at Katerina!
They all gave him knowing smiles and thumbs-up!
"Not bad, South God! You sure kept busy last night!"
"Impressive! Impressive! Were you on top, or was she?"
"Tsk, tsk, tsk! You lucky bastard!"
"Damn! I'm so jealous!"
The girls in his class were excitedly discussing it, stealing glances at Jiang Nan now and then, their pretty faces flushed!
Liu Quanwu was so jealous his teeth ached, and he trained like crazy!
But Jiang Nan couldn't be bothered to explain. He fell asleep in no time.
Katerina stood beneath the shade of a tree. She didn't know why the Dark Night Army had stopped trying to arrest her, either!
They'd all withdrawn!
Was it because the Blood Burning Reagent had been used on Jiang Nan?
That was fine by her!
Around noon, a message arrived on her phone.
She gave Jiang Nan a complicated look, then left.
By the time Jiang Nan woke up, it was already afternoon!
He instinctively looked out the window.
Huh?
Where was the Blonde Beauty?
Maybe it was too hot, so she'd gone home early...
Jiang Nan didn't think much of it!
When he got home that evening, he found his room had been cleaned from top to bottom!
His phone was sitting on the table.
Confused, Jiang Nan picked it up and saw a message on WeChat.
It was from "Blonde Beauty."
Her profile picture was a cute Pikachu.
"I'm leaving. Don't leave River City for now. It'd be best to seek protection from the Dark Night Army!"
"You have the Blood Burning Reagent in your possession. White Shark won't let you off! Be careful!"
"Maybe we'll meet again someday!"
"But you probably won't want to see me!"
Jiang Nan stared silently at his phone for two minutes.
The message had been sent at noon. She'd probably been picked up around then!
"Hey, hey, hey! You're the villain! Are you sure it's a good idea to just tell me all that?"
Jiang Nan burst out laughing. Katerina had really thought Blonde Beauty was just a username.
So he replied:
"Beautiful! You left your panties at my place! Aren't you coming back to get them?"
On a green train bound for Russia, Katerina gazed out at the scenery.
Her phone vibrated softly!
Her eyes lit up, and she quickly picked it up!
A moment later, her face twisted in anger!
"Keep them! They're yours!"
[+888 Resentment Points from Katerina!]
Jiang Nan glanced at the white panties hanging from the clothes rack by the window and chuckled to himself!
South God: "Don't get involved in White Shark's operation against me. You'll probably die a horrible death!"
Blonde Beauty: "I... I'll try!"
South God: "Ura!"
Blonde Beauty: ...
"Ura (?i_i?)"
Heh heh?
This Russian beauty was pretty good with those reaction stickers!
Lying on his bed, Jiang Nan thought things over.
The Dark Night Army definitely knew what he'd been up to!
They also knew about the Reagent.
They'd probably let Katerina go because they wanted to play the long game and catch a bigger fish!
Just thinking about it made Jiang Nan angry!
Using me as bait?
Did I agree to that?
That lousy Shān Miāo! She'd seen him naked and still didn't think she was responsible for him!
Jiang Nan didn't care about White Shark or White Bear!
His final exams were tomorrow!
He'd get first place before worrying about anything else!
The long night stretched on!
What if he couldn't sleep?
Jiang Nan looked at the toilet paper on his bedside table!
Then he rummaged through the boxes and found the thing he'd treasured for ages...
His English textbook!
Couldn't sleep?
Then he'd better study!
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