This Woman Was So Reliable

"So tired."

"I just want to sleep."

Xu Feng felt completely exhausted.

He wished he could fall asleep and never wake up.

But then he remembered the three hundred thousand he'd worked so hard to earn, sitting in his account.

"No way. I can't die before spending my money. That'd be awful."

"I can't sleep. That's three hundred thousand!"

Whoosh!

He snapped his eyes open and found himself staring at an unfamiliar ceiling.

"This is..."

"A tunnel!"

He came to with a start and struggled to sit up, remembering what had happened.

Now, all he could feel was the unbearable pain in his chest.

"My ribs must be broken. An Intermediate Warrior really is strong."

"Strange. My injuries don't seem that bad."

"Right, Lu Fei brought me inside. Where is she?"

Xu Feng suddenly remembered something and looked around. He was alone in the tunnel.

"Oh no! Xiao Dan!"

He struggled to his feet and walked out of the tunnel.

Seeing how battered he looked, Xu Feng didn't have time to worry about anything else. He just forced himself to wash up quickly.

Then, so he wouldn't frighten Xiao Dan, he changed into clean clothes.

After tidying himself up a little, he opened the door and headed to Huang Sen's place.

"Knock, knock, knock—"

"Who is it?"

"Me. Your dad."

Creak—

The alloy door opened.

"Daddy!"

Xiao Dan rushed over excitedly.

Xu Feng grunted as he caught her, then managed to force a smile.

"Old Xu, you're back? Where'd you go?"

Huang Sen came out of the kitchen nearby, smiling as he asked.

Neither Huang Sen nor Xiao Dan noticed anything unusual about Xu Feng.

Xu Feng brought Xiao Dan inside and closed the door before saying, "I went to meet someone. They wanted to recruit me, but I turned them down."

As he spoke, he glanced at Huang Sen.

At Xu Feng's words, a hint of guilt immediately appeared on Huang Sen's face.

He stood there, hesitating for a long while.

At last, he said to Xu Feng, "Old Xu, I need to tell you something. Just don't get angry, and don't tell anyone."

Xu Feng's heart stirred, but his expression stayed calm. "Go ahead."

"Ah, this is partly my fault..."

Huang Sen sighed, sat down at the table, and spoke guiltily.

"I... I still hadn't given up, especially after hearing you'd killed two foreign martial artists. So I thought I could start training again, too."

He gave a bitter smile.

"But training in martial arts costs money, so I borrowed it wherever I could. I borrowed quite a bit.

"Then last week, my supervisor and I had a falling-out over my pay. I never expected him to refuse to pay me for that beast meat last time. He kept dragging it out and wouldn't give me the money.

"But I'd promised you I'd pay you back. If I lost your money, I..."

"Anyway, one day, two martial artists from the Eagle Alliance came to me and said they wanted to work with me.

"I hadn't wanted to agree, but they offered me five hundred thousand!

"I must've been out of my mind, because I agreed. That's how I managed to scrape together the money I owed you."

A look of understanding flashed across Xu Feng's face.

No wonder.

He'd been curious why the base had settled its accounts so quickly, unlike the companies he'd heard about that dragged out payments for months—or even half a year or a whole year.

Now he understood.

"Then yesterday, those people gave me a task. They wanted me to keep an eye on you and bring up Xiao Dan if it became necessary."

Huang Sen looked at Xu Feng apologetically.

"Damn it, they offered me two million, but I refused.

"Your old pal Huang might love money and be short on cash, but I'm still a person! How could I do something like that?

"But those bastards won't let it go. They'll definitely find another way.

"Old Xu, why don't you and your daughter go lie low for a couple of days? You know that Miss Lu from the base, right? Ask her to help."

Xu Feng fell silent for a long time after hearing Huang Sen out.

Huang Sen watched him nervously.

Then Xu Feng suddenly laughed.

The next moment, he broke into a violent coughing fit.

"Cough, cough, cough—"

Seeing Xu Feng cough up blood, Huang Sen was startled. "Holy shit! Old Xu, what's wrong with you? A-are you all right?"

Xiao Dan shot to her feet with a thump and looked anxiously at Xu Feng.

Xu Feng waved a hand, swallowed the blood, and took a sip of water before saying, "I'm fine. You go do your homework!"

Xiao Dan said, "Oh," and sat back down.

Huang Sen hurried over to Xu Feng and asked in a low voice, "What happened?"

Xu Feng took a deep breath and slowly exhaled.

Then he grinned. "I'm really fine. I got hurt a few days ago. Honestly, you should've taken that money."

"Huh?" Huang Sen stared at Xu Feng, baffled.

"Because after tonight, you probably won't have to pay it back."

Xu Feng looked at Huang Sen as he spoke.

Seeing that Huang Sen still didn't understand, Xu Feng didn't explain.

The bodies would definitely be discovered after tonight.

Sky Moon Martial University would investigate, and the Eagle Alliance members would surely pull out at once.

Go into hiding?

This was Sky Moon Martial University's territory. How could a bunch of foreigners hide here?

Impossible.

So getting that money back wouldn't be easy.

If Old Huang simply reported it to the base, he'd most likely be fine and could keep the money, too.

Even if he couldn't keep it, he wouldn't be out anything. He'd still have the five hundred thousand.

Unfortunately, Xu Feng couldn't explain any of that.

Old Huang looked at Xu Feng, still puzzled. "What do you mean?"

"I was just saying," Xu Feng replied, waving a hand. "Thanks, Old Huang. I'm grateful on Xiao Dan's behalf."

Old Huang laughed and patted Xu Feng on the shoulder. "Hey, no need to be so formal. I'm still a Great Xia man, after all.

"Those foreign bastards are like chickens wearing clothes and dogs wearing hats. If I worked with them for that little bit of money, that'd be like the Queen Mother getting her period!"

"What's that supposed to mean?" Xu Feng asked, bewildered.

Huang Sen smiled coolly. "You're nuts!"

Xu Feng: "..."

By the time Xu Feng brought Xiao Dan home, the Shanty Town seemed to have settled down after a brief commotion.

But drones were flying everywhere overhead.

The Patrol Squad was constantly weaving through the Shanty Town.

Everyone knew something had happened, but few knew what.

Sky Moon Martial University had locked down the news quickly.

Meanwhile, things were quiet at Xu Feng's place, even though he was the one who'd started it all.

It was as if nothing had happened.

Xu Feng washed up quickly. He didn't train that night and went straight to bed.

Tomorrow, he'd probably have to go to the hospital.

At the very least, he needed to make sure his ribs were broken.

Tonight could wait. Better to lie low for now.

If he went to the hospital now with injuries from a fight, even an idiot would know Xu Feng was connected to a murder.

However,

Xu Feng hadn't even had time to prepare when someone knocked on the door.

It was Lu Fei again.

"Come with me. You need to get those injuries treated at the hospital."

She was still wearing a trench coat, but tonight it was stained with more blood.

The moment she stepped inside, she said that to Xu Feng.

"Xiao Dan, pack your things. You're going to stay at my place for a few days, okay?"

"Yay!"

Xiao Dan excitedly dashed over to her little bed to pack, without even asking what had happened.

But Xu Feng frowned. "Isn't tonight a bad time? There are still people outside—"

"They're all dead," Lu Fei said calmly.

Xu Feng stared at her in shock.

"I killed them. What about it?" Lu Fei's lips curled slightly. "They were only High-Rank Warriors. Were they really that strong? If I didn't clean up the loose ends, how would you two live from now on?"

"But... but..." Xu Feng stared blankly at Lu Fei for a while.

He wanted to say, "But they were High-Rank Warriors!"

But Lu Fei's words made it clear her strength far surpassed that of a High-Rank Warrior.

A Battle General?

This woman... was a Battle General?

The real question was, why?

Why would a Battle General, a genius from Sky Moon Martial University, help him?

Even if she was doing it for Xiao Dan, surely she didn't have to go this far?

"Could it be... she likes me?"

"This woman is pretty reliable."

"I feel like even though we're more than ten years apart, it's not impossible!"

Moved, Xu Feng looked at Lu Fei. His heart finally eased, and he passed out.