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"Alright, done!"

Patting his hands, Du Bei admired the golden necklace he had put on Bibi Dong. It further accentuated her overall aura.

There was nothing out of place about it at all.

"Alright, I already promised to let you go, so stop pulling that long face. This is just a little insurance."

"Be good~"

As he spoke, he hooked a finger beneath Bibi Dong's chin.

Bibi Dong's face was filled with humiliation, but for the sake of leaving this place safely, she could only force herself to endure it.

She tugged at the golden necklace around her neck. Aside from moving normally like an ordinary necklace, it simply could not be taken off!

It was as if it had been welded onto her neck!

Seeing Bibi Dong's action, Du Bei smiled and said, "Don't waste your effort. It's already bound to you. No one but me can take it off."

"But don't worry. As long as you don't get any crooked ideas, this necklace is just an ordinary necklace. And it looks pretty good too, doesn't it?"

As for where this necklace came from?

That brought them to the chat group's reward system. Aside from the beginner reward for opening the secret room's door during the first stage—

There were also second-stage rewards obtained by beating people up!

They were among the most plentiful rewards!

[Intimacy achievement reached! Completed!]

[Congratulations, Host, you have obtained: Golden Necklace (Heart of Oath), Adaptive Soul Ring (Growth Type), Peerless Douluo Experience Card (30 minutes remaining)]

[Golden Necklace (Heart of Oath): The cultivation speed of the wearer of the "Golden Necklace" increases by 50%. In addition, they must abide by three oaths!

Oath of Kindness: Unable to harm good people by any means.

Oath of Self: The self cannot be affected by any means.

Oath of Restraint: Other than the giver, no one can remove the necklace by any means.]

[Adaptive Soul Ring (Growth Type): Can form a soul ring with the optimal age for the current user's configuration, and its age will continuously increase along with the soul ring owner's physical constitution.]

[Peerless Douluo Experience Card (30 minutes remaining): For thirty minutes after activation, grants the strength of a level 99 Titled Douluo.]

With Bibi Dong wearing the Golden Necklace, even if she fully recovered her strength now, she would be unable to do anything to Du Bei.

The safety factor was simply too reassuring.

"Alright, if you have things to do, you can head back. I'll explain in the group later..."

Glaring fiercely at Du Bei, Bibi Dong gritted her teeth and said, "What else do you want to say? That you tied me up in your secret room and did nothing?"

"Would you believe that yourself?"

Faced with Bibi Dong's questioning, Du Bei merely waved his hand leisurely.

"What else could it be?"

"At most, I posted a few embarrassing pictures of you. As for anything else, if you don't say it and I don't say it, who would know?"

After a moment of silence.

Bibi Dong, her face hesitant, let out a long breath.

"Fine, we'll do as you say."

"I will apologize to you in the group and revoke all warrants for your arrest, but in the end, you have to cover for me!"

Staring fixedly at Du Bei, Bibi Dong once again carried herself with the innate bearing of an empress, her tone brooking no objection.

As if she were the one in control.

"Since Her Holiness the Pope has said so, I can only comply~"

Though he said that, his gaze remained as improper as ever.

Faced with such an undisguised stare, Bibi Dong, radiating imperial poise, frowned slightly.

But she said nothing.

"Remember what you said. I don't want to see rumors about the two of us in the group later."

"Of course, my Empress."

After briefly getting their stories straight, the two left the secret room one after the other.

As if nothing had happened.

[Fox Eyes: Teacher...]

[Jade Not Jade: Are you done yet? What is this? "speechless"]

[Big Goose: It's understandable. After all, their teacher was locked in a little dark room. It'd be hard for anyone to accept. "eating popcorn"]

[Stray Cat: That probably wouldn't happen, right? I think Mr. Uncle is a pretty good person.]

[White as Snow: That's not necessarily true. Human nature is hard to predict. Maybe he saw you when you were vulnerable and wanted to make a move on you @Stray Cat.]

[Fox Eyes: Teacher!!!]

Spirit Hall.

The Pope's bedchamber.

Hu Liena, who had been waiting here for a long time, had already spent quite a while here.

She paced back and forth without stopping.

"Teacher, you'll definitely be alright..."

However, as time passed bit by bit, unease gradually enveloped Hu Liena's entire body.

She stiffly walked over to the bed.

She recalled how her teacher had looked in the photograph.

Just as that suffocating sense of absurdity was about to drown the little fox—

A series of footsteps suddenly sounded at the door.

Along with the sound of the door opening.

Bibi Dong, who had just returned from the secret room, immediately spotted Hu Liena sitting on her bed, looking utterly despondent.

"Nana..."

Hearing that familiar voice, Hu Liena instantly raised her head! She looked excitedly at the familiar figure standing in the doorway.

"T-Teacher!"

"Teacher, you're finally back!" She immediately rushed from the bed to the door and tightly hugged Bibi Dong with both hands, like a child who had found her mother.

Seeing this scene.

Bibi Dong, who had still been frowning, softened her gaze and reached out to gently stroke the hair of her disciple at her waist.

"Alright, alright. Didn't I come back?"

Even Bibi Dong did not know why she wore such a relaxed smile at that moment.

She had clearly never smiled like this before.

It was as if the world before her had suddenly become clear. Even some things she had never been able to understand in the past were gradually beginning to make sense.

[Already an Uncle: Can you stop imagining me as so filthy? How could I possibly be the kind of person who takes advantage of someone's vulnerability?]

[Big Goose: Who knows? Bibi Dong may leave a bad impression, but I have to admit, she really is quite beautiful. I don't believe you didn't do anything to her.]

[Jade Not Jade: Agreed. I don't believe it either.]

[Stray Cat: I don't think Uncle would do that kind of thing. I believe in Uncle!]

[White as Snow: Isn't this case easy to solve? Just ask the person involved. @Bibi Dong.]

After seeing White as Snow's message, the group instantly fell silent.

Everyone was waiting to hear Bibi Dong's explanation.

They wanted to see whether something truly indescribable had happened back then.

When it came to gossip, these group members were serious!

[Bibi Dong: I hereby announce that all warrants for Du Bei's arrest are revoked. I was indeed at fault first in this matter, and I apologize.]

[White as Snow: "shocked!"]

[Jade Not Jade: This is fake, right? That woman would apologize? "shocked!"]

[Big Goose: Maybe I'm still not awake. "rubbing eyes" "shocked!"]

[Big Radish: What happened? "blank stare" "runny nose"]