Bunny Girl Xiao Wu?

The next second, Xiao Wu froze in place as if she had been iced over—

Lin Jiang was leaning against a haystack, lazily twirling a blade of grass between his fingertips. Moonlight rimmed his sharply defined profile in silver.

"Xiao Wu?" Lin Jiang raised an eyebrow at just the right moment, the surprise in his voice impossible to distinguish as real or fake. "What are you...?"

The moonlight shone down on Xiao Wu like a spotlight!

The lace on her ruffled apron trembled in the night breeze, while the black lining clung tightly to her curving figure.

Most fatal of all were the legs wrapped in semi-transparent black stockings, their alluring matte sheen glimmering beneath the cold moonlight as they trembled faintly with their owner's panic.

"Lin Jiang?!"

Xiao Wu's voice shook with despair. "Why is it you again?!"

In a fluster, she reached to press down the skirt that the wind had blown up, her fingers sinking into the fluffy lace.

Lin Jiang's gaze slowly swept over her, as though he were admiring an unexpected work of art.

"This outfit... fits you much better than that leather suit from yesterday."

A faint smile lingered on his lips, and his eyes paused for an extra moment on the long lines wrapped in black stockings.

Xiao Wu's cheeks were hot enough to fry an egg. She stamped her foot in embarrassment and indignation.

"You! Why are you wandering around outside every night?!"

"Cultivating."

Lin Jiang answered openly, the blade of grass in his hand pointing toward the stars.

"In the stillness of the night, soul power is clear and pure. It's the perfect time to consolidate the progress made during the day."

After a pause, he added, "And... contemplate life."

"You're... quite motivated..."

Xiao Wu answered instinctively, then immediately realized he had led her off track. She was so angry that her scorpion braid nearly stood on end.

Lin Jiang chuckled and took half a step forward.

Moonlight was cut apart by his tall figure, and his shadow fell over Xiao Wu.

"Motivated? Perhaps. But compared to that..."

His voice lowered, carrying an amused air of seeing through everything.

"I'm more curious about certain people's special hobbies... strange clothes in the dead of night..."

"I don't have any!"

Xiao Wu abruptly stepped back, her back striking the cold wooden wall of the barn.

"I, I, I..."

After stammering for a long while, she looked into Lin Jiang's unusually deep eyes in the darkness. Suddenly, she deflated. Her voice softened, carrying a desperate plea.

"Lin Jiang... I trust you won't tell anyone!"

Under the moonlight, the girl tilted up her face. Her eyes glistened with tears driven from her by desperation, vulnerable yet stubborn.

Lin Jiang's smile faded, and he nodded lightly. "All right. I won't say anything."

His gaze passed over the outfit again, so completely at odds with the girl's usual temperament. There was a trace of sincere admiration in his voice.

"Still... this outfit unexpectedly suits you."

Boom—!

That sentence was more devastating than any teasing!

Xiao Wu felt all the blood in her body rush to her head!

She could not endure it any longer. Whirling around, she lifted her cumbersome skirt and stumbled into the depths of the darkness.

Her fluffy white apron and fluttering lace traced a flustered yet alluring arc in the night wind, while her long black-stockinged legs flashed beneath the moonlight before disappearing.

Lin Jiang watched that panicked patch of white vanish, his chest shaking as a low, pleased laugh spilled from him.

Almost at the same time, a heavenly voice rang out in his mind:

[ Ding!~ Detected that subsystem holder (Xiao Wu) has successfully completed her mission! ]

[ Mission reward feedback settlement in progress... ]

[ Congratulations to main controller Lin Jiang, you have received the feedback reward: Soul Ring Disguise! ]

[ Effect: Freely disguise the color, quantity, and form of soul rings (visual deception only). Can simulate the pressure of ten-thousand-year soul rings (mental intimidation)! ]

A torrent of profound information flooded into his consciousness!

With a thought from Lin Jiang, two deep purple soul rings silently appeared beneath his feet.

Then, the purple light flowed and shifted like living water—first transforming into two standard yellow hundred-year soul rings.

Immediately afterward, the yellow light surged and twisted, condensing in an instant into two ink-black "ten-thousand-year soul rings," crimson patterns flowing around their edges!

A chilling, violent, abyssal pressure spread outward like a tangible tide!

Though it was only an imitation, the mental pressure it carried was enough to make any opponent below Soul King level quake in spirit!

"Heh..." Lin Jiang brushed his fingertips over the convincingly fake "ten-thousand-year soul rings," a sharp glint flashing in his eyes.

An enhanced disguise, coupled with simulated ten-thousand-year pressure...

He could practically see the drastic change in his opponents' faces when they confronted those black soul rings in the arena, as well as the ridiculous sight of them being so frightened that they sent their soul skills flying in the wrong direction.

The night breeze carried the dry scent of wheat straw past him. Lin Jiang took a deep breath, feeling utterly refreshed.

He looked toward the direction where Xiao Wu had disappeared, his pleased murmur scattering into the wind.

"Looking at beautiful women every day... really does soothe the body and mind."

"What new skin should she wear tomorrow night...?"

Moonlight became Xiao Wu's most familiar curtain, and the paths of Rice Fragrance Village became her secret runway.

The pure white fitted waist of a nurse's uniform outlined her youthful curves. The narrow skirt of a flight attendant uniform brushed the backs of her knees. The thin-framed glasses of a teacher's outfit slipped down her nose. Even that white gauze dress had once wrapped around her as she hurried through the sleeping village.

Running into Lin Jiang at the same time every night somehow became an unspoken ritual.

At first, she had been mortified beyond words, but that gradually gave way to a resigned indifference.

Sometimes, when she passed by carrying a cardboard box full of lesson-plan props, she could even wave at the figure beneath the locust tree. "Oh, meditating again?"

Lin Jiang would sway his blade of grass and comment, "Today's outfit is a little more proper than yesterday's nurse cap."

Until tonight.

With trembling fingers, Xiao Wu pulled that bundle of fabric from the system backpack—

The black glossy bodysuit clung to her like a second skin. Its deep V-neck nearly reached her waist, and a fluffy white ball tail hung behind her hips!

The matching fishnet stockings gleamed with dangerous allure.

"Damn system!" she cursed under her breath, her cheeks hot enough to bake flatbread.

This bunny girl outfit... she would rather die than let Lin Jiang see it!

Murphy's Law never missed an appearance.

The moment she slipped out of the dormitory, that tall figure was lazily blocking the haystack beside the only path out, like an old hunter waiting for a rabbit to run into his trap.

"Tsk."

Lin Jiang's gaze was like a spotlight, moving from the trembling black rabbit ears atop Xiao Wu's head, down over the bodysuit pulling taut around her breathtaking curves, and finally settling on her long fishnet-covered legs and that swaying fluffy tail.

"Our Xiao Wu is getting more and more daring, huh?"

His deliberately drawn-out ending carried undisguised amusement.

An unprecedented flush exploded across Xiao Wu's face!

She instinctively tried to cross her arms over herself, but the bodysuit was stretched so tight that she could barely move. All she could do was press her legs together helplessly, her thin high heels sinking into the soft earth.

"This visual impact..."

Lin Jiang stroked his chin, his gaze deep. "I'm afraid I won't be able to stop myself from having a little chat with Oscar and the others..."

"No!" Xiao Wu cried out, panic overwhelming her shame.

She knew all too well what Oscar and Ma Hongjun's loose mouths would turn this outfit into!

"Then what should we do?"

Lin Jiang took a step closer. Moonlight stretched his tall shadow until it completely enveloped her, carrying an invisible pressure.

"You'll have to give me some hush money... won't you?"