Behave Yourself, Keep Wriggling...

Lu Jin rushed upstairs ahead of Lu Chengze and reached the door of one of the residents' apartments. Even through the door, the heavy stench of blood inside made his face change drastically.

Thinking that the residents here were merely ordinary people, utterly incapable of standing up to vicious international killers, and with such a strong smell of blood... Lu Jin's sense of foreboding grew even stronger.

Not caring if it exposed them, he quickly picked the lock with a wire, raised his gun, and rushed inside.

Then... he froze.

Lu Chengze had also caught the scent of blood in the stairwell. His expression turned grave as he followed closely behind. When he saw the scene inside, he too froze for a second.

In the small living room, a man and woman lay tightly pressed together. They should have been the owners of the apartment.

The man was tightly bound, with blood on his head and body. He had clearly been brutally tortured.

The woman was covered in bruises as well. There was no need to guess what she had gone through before they arrived.

Yet from their steady breathing, it was clear that they were still alive. They were even both asleep?!

Then he looked at the two foreign men slumped on the sofa, blood still gushing from their bodies, their corpses not yet stiff... Lu Chengze's silence was deafening.

"Fifth Master, someone got here before us and killed them for us." It took Lu Jin quite a while to recover from his shock before he voiced that unbelievable fact.

"I can see that," Lu Chengze said, his voice gradually turning cold.

Lu Jin silently shut his mouth and dared not say another word.

"Notify them to come collect the bodies." Lu Chengze searched the entire apartment inside and out. Apart from half a footprint left by the window, he found no trace whatsoever of a fifth person. He gave the order coldly.

Lu Jin nodded. "Understood."

The Fifth Master had probably been annoyed by that anonymous good Samaritan.

Across all of Xu City, no one could match their tracking skills. Before setting out, they had even sealed off several major intersections. There was no way anyone should have been able to get through the layers of defenses they had put up.

So how had that person appeared and disappeared?

This was getting more and more interesting!

Lu Jin was still secretly pondering how they ought to thank that kindhearted person once they found him when Lu Chengze suddenly turned and rushed out. "This is bad. Get back to Eight-Star Residential Community. The kid's in danger."

Lu Jin was equally shocked. Then he thought of the kindhearted person who had killed those two assassins and hurried after Lu Chengze.

No way?

It better not be what he thought it was.

Otherwise, wouldn't his Fifth Master turn all of Xu City upside down?

The Range Rover sped down the road at top speed. Because of Lu Chengze's special license plate, everyone who saw it moved aside.

The moment they returned to the residential community, Lu Chengze leaped out of the car and charged upstairs without even shutting the door.

Lu Jin, meanwhile, stayed alert and checked the surroundings first. Only after finding no suspicious people did he head upstairs.

Bai Jin had just parked his motorcycle when the camera monitoring the entrance to the residential community sounded an alarm on his phone. His face changed dramatically. He pulled out his phone as he sprinted toward the building where he lived.

His side of the residential community was an old district. The only surveillance camera that still worked properly was the one at the entrance.

Not long after moving in, he had hacked into that camera and set up special alerts to monitor certain people and objects.

Lu Chengze and Lu Chengze's car had been added to it at the last minute before he set out tonight.

And now the alert said Lu Chengze was back?!

What the hell? Why had that bastard come back?

Had he discovered something?

Bai Jin thought for a moment. Just before reaching the ground floor of his building, he stripped off his tactical jacket and threw it into a trash can.

Although no blood had splashed onto the jacket, he was afraid it might have picked up the scent of blood. Someone as sharp as Lu Chengze might notice something off.

Fortunately, thanks to the early warning from the camera at the entrance, Bai Jin managed to climb in through the window before Lu Chengze's car pulled up downstairs.

He quickly stripped off all his clothes, tossed them and the gun in his hand into a hidden compartment, shut the wardrobe, then rushed into the bathroom and started showering.

He poured the thick body wash into the bathtub as if it cost nothing.

In less than ten seconds, the bathtub was filled with bubbles.

Bang, bang, bang—

Someone was knocking at the door.

But Bai Jin did not move. Instead, he submerged himself fully in the bathtub, put a face mask on, slipped on his headphones, and closed his eyes in enjoyment.

Lu Chengze's face outside was dark enough to drip ink. He did not hesitate again and took out his key to unlock the door.

The living room was completely silent. Even the lights were off.

But there was no unusual scent in the air.

That eased Lu Chengze's tightly wound nerves somewhat.

"Bai Jin?"

No one answered.

Lu Chengze slowly approached the bedroom door.

Inside, there was still no sound at all.

Lu Chengze gently pushed the door open and entered. Only a warm yellow wall lamp was lit in the bedroom. His gaze first swept over the large bed, but there was no one on it.

Still uneasy, Lu Chengze called out again. "Bai Jin?"

Splash!

There was still no response, but the sound of water came from the bathroom.

Lu Chengze hurried to the bathroom door and gently pushed it open with the muzzle of his gun. There, he saw Bai Jin lying quietly on his back in the bathtub, a face mask on his face and headphones over his ears, his head swaying gently with the music.

The sound of water just now had been caused by his hand occasionally moving through it.

Seeing Bai Jin so relaxed and at ease, Lu Chengze finally let go of the worry hanging over him.

This little thing really knew how to enjoy himself alone.

Putting away his gun, Lu Chengze strode over and yanked off Bai Jin's headphones. "Kid, were you getting all nice and clean while waiting for me to come home?"

Now that he saw Bai Jin was fine, Lu Chengze's filthy mouth started running again.

Bai Jin, whose eyes had been tightly shut, was startled by someone suddenly tugging at him. He jumped up from the bathtub, then, after seeing that it was Lu Chengze, gave a wronged little hum. "Ah... F-Fifth Master, what are you doing?"

Since Bai Jin had already stood up in the bathtub, Lu Chengze simply picked up the showerhead and rinsed all the foam off him. Then he grabbed a bath towel and lifted him straight out of the tub.

"What are you doing? I just added fresh water. I haven't soaked long enough yet..." Bai Jin struggled and wriggled, only for Lu Chengze to give his ass a hard slap.

"Behave yourself. Keep wriggling, and I'll have my way with you tonight," Lu Chengze said irritably.

God knew how he had managed to drive all the way here.

When he entered the apartment and did not see Bai Jin right away, panic had seized him again.

Yet after making him worry himself sick for so long, this little thing had actually been soaking in the tub and enjoying himself.

And Bai Jin had absolutely no idea how worried Lu Chengze had been just now. He was still squirming around in Lu Chengze's arms...