This Woman is So Reliable

"So tired."

"I want to sleep so badly."

Xu Feng felt nothing but exhaustion.

He wanted nothing more than to just drift off into a permanent slumber.

But soon, he thought of the three hundred thousand he had worked so hard to earn sitting in his bank account.

No way. Dying with money left unspent? That's too tragic.

I can't sleep. That's three hundred thousand we're talking about!

Whoosh!

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

"This is..."

"The tunnel!"

He jolted back to reality, struggling to sit up as the memories of what happened came flooding back.

At this moment, he felt an unbearable pain in his chest.

"My ribs must be fractured. The strength of an Intermediate Warrior is truly formidable."

"Strange, the injuries don't feel as severe as they should be."

"Right, Lu Fei brought me into the house, but 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.

Glancing at his disheveled state, Xu Feng didn't have time to worry about anything else, so he forced himself to wash up briefly.

Afterward, to avoid scaring Xiao Dan, he changed into a clean set of clothes.

Once he had tidied himself up, he pushed the door open and headed toward Huang Sen's house.

"Knock, knock, knock—"

"Who is it?"

"It's me, your dad."

Creak—

As the alloy door opened.

"Daddy!"

Xiao Dan flew toward him in excitement.

Xu Feng let out a muffled groan as he caught her, barely managing to squeeze out a smile.

"Old Xu is back? Where did you go?"

Huang Sen walked out from the kitchen nearby and asked with a smile.

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

Xu Feng brought Xiao Dan inside, closed the door, and said, "I went to meet someone. They were trying to recruit me, but I didn't agree to it."

As he spoke, he glanced at Huang Sen.

Hearing Xu Feng's words, a look of shame immediately appeared on Huang Sen's face.

He stood there hesitating for a long time, struggling with his words.

Finally, he said to Xu Feng, "Old Xu, I need to tell you something. Please don't get angry, and don't tell anyone else."

Xu Feng's heart skipped a beat, but he kept his expression neutral. "Go ahead."

"Sigh, it's my fault, really..."

Huang Sen sighed, sat down at the table, and blamed himself.

"I... I just couldn't give up, especially after hearing that you killed those two foreign martial artists. I thought I could keep training, too."

He gave a bitter laugh.

"But martial arts costs money, so I borrowed from everywhere—I borrowed quite a lot.

"Then, last week, because of a dispute over my salary, I had a falling out with my boss.

"I didn't expect that he wouldn't pay me for those beast meats from last time; he just kept dragging it out.

"But I had promised you—if I lost your money, I...

"Sigh, and then those two Eagle Alliance martial artists came to find me that day, saying they wanted to cooperate with me or something.

"I didn't want to agree at first, but they offered me five hundred thousand!"

"I was blinded by greed and agreed to it, which is how I scraped together that money for you."

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

No wonder.

He had been curious why the base's payment process wasn't like some of the enterprises in his memory.

They didn't drag out the final payments for months or even a year; instead, they had settled everything in just two days.

Now he understood. So that was why.

"Yesterday, those people gave me a mission. They told me to monitor you and use Xiao Dan as leverage if necessary."

Huang Sen looked at Xu Feng with an apologetic expression.

"Damn it, they said they'd give me two million, but I didn't agree to it. Even though I, Old Huang, love money and am short on cash, I'm still a human being! How could I do something like that? But those people wouldn't let it go; they'll definitely find another way. Old Xu, why don't you and your daughter go hide for a couple of days? Don't you know that Miss Lu at the base? Ask her for some help."

Xu Feng remained silent for a long time after hearing Huang Sen's words.

Huang Sen watched him nervously.

It wasn't until Xu Feng suddenly started laughing.

This was immediately followed by a violent coughing fit.

"Cough, cough, cough—"

Seeing Xu Feng actually cough up blood, Huang Sen was startled. "Holy crap! Old Xu, what's wrong with you!? Are, are you okay?"

Xiao Dan stood up nervously with a thud and looked toward Xu Feng.

Xu Feng waved his hand, swallowed the blood, and took a sip of water before saying, "I'm fine. Go back to your homework!"

Xiao Dan let out an "oh" and sat back down.

Huang Sen hurriedly leaned in close to Xu Feng and whispered, "What happened?"

Xu Feng took a deep breath and slowly exhaled.

Then, he grinned. "I'm really fine. It's just an injury from a few days ago. To be honest, you should have taken that money."

"Huh?" Huang Sen stared at Xu Feng in astonishment.

"Because, after tonight, there's a high probability you won't have to pay it back."

Xu Feng said as he looked at Huang Sen.

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

After tonight, those corpses would inevitably be discovered.

Sky Moon Martial University would certainly investigate the matter, and those people from the Eagle Alliance would be forced to retreat immediately.

Hide?

This was the territory of Sky Moon Martial University; did a bunch of foreigners think they could just hide?

Impossible.

If that was the case, getting that money back wouldn't be so easy.

As long as Old Huang went straight to the base to report them, he would likely be safe, and he might even get to keep the money. Even if he couldn't keep it, he wouldn't be at a loss; at the very least, he still had the five hundred thousand.

Unfortunately, he couldn't explain this.

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

"I was just saying," Xu Feng waved his hand. "Thanks, Old Huang. I thank you on behalf of Xiao Dan."

Old Huang smiled and patted Xu Feng on the shoulder. "Hey, saying that makes us strangers. I'm a Great Xia man, after all. For me to work for those dressed-up monkeys and hat-wearing foreign devils just for a bit of money? That would be like the Queen Mother of the West having her period—it's just insane!"

"How so?" Xu Feng asked, surprised.

Huang Sen smiled faintly. "It's crazy!"

Xu Feng: "."

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

However, drones were flying back and forth everywhere in the sky.

The Patrol Squad was constantly weaving through the Shanty Town.

Everyone knew something had happened, but very few knew exactly what.

Sky Moon Martial University locked down the news very quickly.

Conversely, it was calm and quiet on the side of the culprit, Xu Feng.

It was as if nothing had happened at all.

Xu Feng washed up briefly; he didn't cultivate tonight, choosing instead to head straight to bed.

He would probably have to go to the hospital tomorrow to get checked out.

At the very least, he needed to confirm the extent of the fracture in his chest.

He would let it slide for tonight and lay low for a while.

Going to the hospital now with combat injuries?

Even a fool would know that Xu Feng was involved in the homicide.

However.

To Xu Feng's surprise, before he could even prepare himself, someone knocked on his door.

The person who arrived was Lu Fei.

"Come with me. Your injuries need to be treated at the hospital."

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

As soon as she entered, she spoke directly to Xu Feng.

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

"Yay!"

Xiao Dan excitedly rushed to her small bed to pack, not even bothering to ask what had happened.

But Xu Feng frowned and said, "Isn't it a bit inconvenient tonight? There are still—"

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

Xu Feng stared at her in astonishment.

"I killed them, so what?" A faint smirk curled at the corner of Lu Fei's mouth. "A mere high-level warrior, are they really that strong? If you don't clean up your tail, how are you supposed to live in the future?"

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

He wanted to say, "But that was a high-level warrior!"

However, Lu Fei's words undoubtedly indicated that her strength far exceeded that of a high-level warrior.

A Battle General?

This woman... was actually a Battle General?

The key question was, why?

A dignified Battle General, a genius of Sky Moon Martial University—why would she help him?

Even if it were for Xiao Dan's sake, she didn't need to go to such lengths, did she?

Could it be... she likes me?

This woman is actually quite reliable.

I feel like even though there's a ten-year age gap between us, it's not impossible!

Xu Feng looked at Lu Fei with gratitude. His heart finally relaxed, and he promptly lost consciousness.