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"Yes, it's me. What's up?"

Lin spoke incoherently to Yan Luo on the phone; his breathing was heavy, as if he were breathing against something.

Yan Luo happily said to Lin, "The doctor said I can be discharged. Can you come pick me up this afternoon?"

"..."

"Forest?"

"Ah? Oh, okay." Lin Jingjue quickly replied, "I'll pick you up this afternoon."

"Okay, shall we go out and have some fun?"

"Ah—" Lin suddenly suppressed a low groan, as if he had lost all his strength, and then there was a heavy sound of his head hitting the bed.

"Lin, what's wrong?" Yan Luo asked worriedly. Had Lin bumped his head?

"... No, it's nothing." Lin's voice sounded normal, and he even chuckled easily. "Where shall we go? How about an amusement park?"

"OK."

"Then wait for me at the hospital this afternoon."

"Good..."

"Beep--"

Yan Luo wanted to chat with Lin a little longer, but then she heard a busy signal. She was stunned and looked at the unanswered phone in her hand.

"That's great! Want to go out this afternoon? You two are so sweet together! Can I come along?"

Eden bent down and licked Lin's earlobe, which was resting on his chest, gently stroking his head. His other hand continued its movements without stopping, causing Lin to let out a low moan.

Unable to resist, Lin shook his head vigorously. "You... you're not allowed..."

"Lin, you seem a bit restless today. Is something bothering you?"

Lin, who had been lost in thought, was brought back to his senses by Yan Luo's reminder. He smiled gently at Yan Luo.

"No... maybe I didn't sleep well last night, hehe." Lin tried his best not to let Yan Luo notice anything, and suggested a thrilling activity, "How about we go ride the roller coaster?"

"Is it my fault? Or should we..."

"No, no, no, that's not it." Lin quickly shook his head, not wanting Yan Luo to worry. "Don't worry about that, let's just have fun today."

Yan Luo stared blankly at Lin's profile, then nodded heavily. "Yes."

They couldn't ride the thrill rides one after another. After doing two, they decided to take a break. Lin, who was chatting happily with Yan Luo, suddenly had his phone ring. He casually took it out and glanced at it.

"..."

"What's wrong?" Yan Luo saw Lin was stunned and leaned over to look at the contents of his phone, but Lin put the phone away first.

Lin smiled and said, "It's nothing, just spam. I'm going to the restroom, you wait here for me for a bit."

"Good."

As Lin stood up, Yan Luo grabbed his hand, kissed him on the cheek, and then waved his hand, blushing, saying, "Go."

Lin chuckled and patted her head, then turned and slowly walked towards the public restroom...

"Snort..."

Lin covered his mouth tightly, staring coldly at Eden, who was sitting on his lap with his hands on either side of his ears.

She paid no attention to Lin's gaze, gently blowing out a pleasant scent that brushed against Lin's face and entered his nostrils.

In this bustling, crowded place, the public restrooms are also overcrowded. Fortunately, they are generally clean and don't have much of an odor.

But people were walking past outside their cubicle, and Lin could even see their feet peeking out from under the partition. This thrill and immorality of being exposed at any moment excited the two of them.

Lin endured it, wanting only to end it as soon as possible and return to Yan Luo's side.

Just then, he heard a familiar voice outside the door. "Lin? Are you there?"

"!"

Lin's eyes widened, while Eden wore an expression of great interest.

"Isn't he here? Where has he been all this time?" Yan Luo, who was searching for Lin, walked up to the cubicle where they were. She looked worriedly at the people coming out of the cubicles. Lin didn't seem to be doing well today, and she was very concerned.

"Bang!"

The door to the cubicle next to her made a loud bang, startling Yan Luo. She frowned and glanced at it.

She sniffed, detected a foul odor, and muttered with a cold snort, "How rude..."

Lin leaned against the door, Eden launched a frenzied attack on him. He desperately kept his mouth and eyes closed, but Eden leaned in and kissed his lips.

"Ugh—ugh—"

Yan Luo has left; she's gone to find her boyfriend somewhere else.

The person she was looking for was now lying on the floor in the same cubicle she had just searched, his eyes vacant and lifeless, a trace of saliva hanging from the corner of his mouth.

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"Hmm... It's all used up again."

Eden shook the empty box in her hand. She glanced at Lin, who was leaning against the headboard, trying to focus his unfocused pupils. She smiled and wrapped her arms around his neck from behind, pressing her soft body against his back.

"Would you like to try not wearing it?"

"No!"

Upon hearing this, Lin immediately became much more alert.

There wasn't even Yan Luo...

"What does it matter? Even if she's pregnant, it's not you."

"You're a singer, a superstar at that," Lin warned her through gritted teeth. "Are you really going to give up your dream like this? Just for your own selfish desires? You said before that you would dedicate your life to art, but look at you now!"

He couldn't understand why the girls around him had all dropped their pretenses within the past year. They used to be so normal, but now they wanted nothing more than to tear him apart and devour him completely.

"Isn't this better?"

But Eden, unusually, revealed a different expression. She rested her head on Lin's shoulder, greedily enjoying the peace and Lin's presence, and said softly, "Retire, get married, have children... live a different life."

"Many races fail in the last few steps. Running the 'way you're supposed to run' is already difficult, but running to the finish line is even more difficult." This is a quote from Socrates, and Eden also studied a great deal of philosophy.

Eden has reached the final stage of this journey. What she needs to do is no longer strive upwards, but maintain the nobility of art and life until she enters her grave.

"You're already about to lose control, aren't you?" Eden's pearly teeth gently bit his neck, her bright, mesmerizing golden eyes so captivating. "Why should you hold back? My friend, your body is very honest, you know~"

"No, that's not true..."

When Eden heard Lin's unconvincing and weak refusal, she burst into laughter. She easily pressed Lin down on the bed, her exaggerated breasts covering Lin's eyes.

Lin's mind was hazy, his eyes vacant as he stared at Eden's jade-like body drawing ever closer, the rich fragrance causing his dopamine to surge rapidly...

"As long as you agree, I'll do whatever I want..." the devil whispered in her ear, and Lin was already powerless to resist...

"Hey-hey..."

He no longer knew whether it was Eden laughing or he was laughing.

Then, his consciousness completely disappeared, leaving only the softness that melted his entire body and those unbearable whispers.

"Tell me, who's more comfortable?"

He didn't remember what he said, only that after he unconsciously opened his mouth, Eden became even more delighted and excited as she entangled with him...

"Planning to go back to school?" Yan Luo asked Lin, who was busy in the kitchen, with some surprise. "Didn't you say..."

"The matter has been resolved. Mobius is temporarily abroad, Prometheus also has to go somewhere else for a while. I can go back to school and enjoy some leisure time." Lin poured hot oil over the sliced meat, which smelled delicious. He added some chopped green onions and then served it.

The two dangerous individuals temporarily ceased their search for her, allowing Lin to return to school. Although the principal was Mobius, who could ruin her studies if she so desired, Lin still felt relatively safe at school after everything that had happened.

"Hmm... okay." Yan Luo wasn't that coy. She was a very independent woman. Although their relationship was still developing, she wouldn't cling to Lin all day long. "I also need to go back and work on my research. My mentor, who's been missing for so long, probably has a lot of complaints about me."

Upon hearing Yan Luo mention his mentor, Lin Jiacai paused for a moment, then smiled naturally and said, "I don't think so. I heard that the mentors at your school are quite lenient."

"Please, Lin, you're still a high school student. How would you know what a tutor is like?"

"Okay, okay, I don't understand, Sister Yan Luo. Can I take you to school after dinner?"

"Hey-hey..."

The two turned on the living room TV while eating, and a news report about global superstar Eden was on.

"Eden's agent said that Eden is composing a new piece and needs to go into seclusion for a while. In fact, this is not the first time..."

"Eden is in seclusion?" Yan Luo said with some regret. "Last time she just signed her name and left in a hurry. I wanted to shake her hand or something... By the way, you actually know Eden. You never mentioned it before."

"Her?" Lin ate his meal calmly, replying thoughtfully, "Strictly speaking, I haven't seen her for several years either. The last time we met was just a coincidence."

"Childhood sweethearts?"

"I guess so. Our two families were quite close when we were young. She comes from an artistic family. Later, something happened in my family, and she was planning to enter the entertainment industry, so we separated." Lin couldn't help but sigh when recalling that time. "At first, the agency and her manager thought classical music was outdated, so they made her sing pop music first. She also complained to me on the phone. I told her that art will never be outdated, and starlight will never be buried by dust, so she persevered."

"Oh~ now Eden's fans should thank you."

"I was just stating some common-sense principles that everyone understands; ultimately, it was her own hard work that mattered."

After dinner, the two leaned close together on the sofa and whispered sweet nothings to each other. Then, seeing that it was almost time, Lin saw Yan Luo off onto the tram back to school.

"Don't let other girls fool you while I'm gone." She stood inside the tram, waving goodbye to Lin with a grin.

Lin nodded helplessly at her head. "You are the one who should be told not to be fooled by bad people."

The tram pulled away from the station, and Lin's heart gradually cooled. He gazed at the departing tram and silently turned away.

Don't get scammed by bad people...

Lin spoke from the bottom of his heart, hoping that Yan Luo would doubt him more and be more vigilant when carrying out missions as an assassin, instead of trusting him wholeheartedly.

In that case...

"How long have you been following me?" Lin suddenly looked up and asked.

"We've been following you ever since you left. What's wrong? Are you unhappy because your girlfriend left?"

"Yeah, it'll be a long time before I see her again." Lin's tone was inevitably tinged with disappointment. "She's a good girl."

"Let's do something fun with the bad girl now."

Eden gently pushed Lin onto a seat on the platform. This was the last train, so there was no one on the platform anymore, except for two people who were burning hot.

She reached inside Lin's clothes, took his arm, and guided him to place it on her body. "It's okay, the security cameras here are broken..."

Tonight, amidst the gentle whispers of Eden, I spend this night in unbridled tenderness.

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"Hello, is anyone there?"

Just as Mei was pondering the deeper meaning behind Lin's words, a voice that sounded nonchalant yet strangely familiar reached Mei ears. Mei paused for a moment, then hesitated before asking, "Lin?"

"Huh? Who?"

The voice was exactly the same as Lin's, but it was lively and energetic, making Mei wonder if there was something wrong with her ears.

Keep in mind that he had just finished explaining the rules in a completely flat tone, like a stagnant pool of water, and less than half a minute later, he changed his tone completely.

"You..."

"Wait a moment." The voice suddenly disappeared, then reappeared after a while. "Raiden Mei?"

Mei completely bewildered by his questioning tone, and she couldn't believe her ears. "You're Lin, right?"

"Really? Am I?" the man teased, his tone shifting. "Am I really Lin?"

"Who are you?!" Mei was certain that this couldn't be Lin, because she had never heard the helmeted man laugh, even when he said things that she thought might be Lin's perverse sense of humor, he did so in a completely emotionless tone.

"Oh, guess..."

"I guess you're 'beep'—"

Another clear, cold female voice interrupted the man's words. Mei stood there blankly, not knowing what had happened.

The man seemed taken aback by the blunt profanity, and after a while, he coughed awkwardly twice. "Ahem, Raiden Mei, right? I'll call you Mei. I am... just think of me as your spirit. Have you ever read novels? The kind of old man in a ring who can guide you through difficulties."