It was no wonder Bai Zhou had asked so dramatically.
In the original novel, he did not remember anything like the "Royalist Faction" or the "Green Faction."
Yet now, he had actually heard those terms from his father and uncle?
But when Bai Zhenbei and Bai Zhennan heard Bai Zhou's question,
they both shook their heads in perfect unison and said,
"Your strength is still a little too weak. There are some things you are not yet qualified to know."
"When you grow stronger and have the means to contend with certain people, you will naturally learn about them."
Bai Zhenbei and Bai Zhennan's evasiveness made Bai Zhou's heart skip a beat.
My current strength still isn't enough?
Then what if you include the Bai Family behind me, and the two of you?
Still not enough?
"Phew..."
Bai Zhou quietly sucked in a cold breath.
There must have been many open and covert struggles hidden in this world.
It was just that the original story had focused on the Protagonist, Chu Yun.
So many things had never been revealed.
But... if he dealt with Chu Yun, or if Chu Yun did not get himself killed ahead of time as in the original story,
would that not mean that one day, he would have to face those things lurking in the shadows?
Slowly, Bai Zhou turned to look at Lin Wei beside him.
Naturally, Lin Wei knew nothing, nor could she hear what Bai Zhou and the others were saying.
She merely blinked her innocent, bewildered eyes at Bai Zhou, full of childlike naivety.
But Bai Zhou had already made up his mind.
It seemed he still had to find a way to rapidly increase his strength.
As for how to increase his strength?
Naturally, he had to start with the Protagonist, Chu Yun.
After all, Bai Zhou knew perfectly well what opportunities Chu Yun would obtain and what benefits he would reap!
Snatching things was obviously much easier than exploring and searching for them himself!
And he could also earn system points and obtain system rewards.
That was simply killing two birds with one stone!
Ding! Detected mental damage to the Protagonist, Chu Yun +555. Obtained Destined Villain Value +100. Villain Roulette requires 2400 more to unlock!
Far away in the hospital, Chu Yun was imagining his future.
Then, all of a sudden, he felt a chill run down his spine, though he had no idea what had happened.
Over here,
it was getting late.
Even Spirit Masters needed rest!
Fortunately, Bai Zhou's mansion was enormous.
There were plenty of vacant rooms.
Although Lin Wei and Bai Zhou had signed a Life-and-Death Contract, some things still had to be taken step by step!
Moreover, although Bai Zhou's mother had arranged a room for Lin Wei,
Lin Wei still decided to go to the hospital and take care of her father.
While he had been unconscious, Bai Zhou had transferred her father to another hospital.
What if her father woke up at night, saw an entirely unfamiliar environment around him, and became anxious or frightened?
As his daughter, Lin Wei naturally had to shoulder the responsibility of caring for her father.
Bai Zhou did not refuse.
He arranged for two bodyguards to escort Lin Wei to the hospital.
As for Shen Qin...
Bai Zhou could not think of any use for Shen Qin at the moment, so he stopped paying attention to her.
But Bai Zhou ignoring Shen Qin did not mean Shen Qin could endure the loneliness!
Late at night, Shen Qin was finally led by a Bai Family servant into a room meant for servants.
Fortunately, due to her special circumstances, she had been assigned a room of her own.
But the instant Shen Qin entered the room and shut the door, her expression suddenly turned venomous and furious.
Ding! Detected mental damage to the Protagonist, White Moonlight +444. Obtained Destined Villain Value +50. Villain Roulette requires 2350 more to unlock!
As if she had gone mad, she tore the collar from around her neck and tossed it away with a look of disgust.
Her actions seemed to say,
I'm at least the laughingstock of an entire school, and my Divine Weapon Maiden quality is S-Class.
And now, just to form a contract with Bai Zhou, I willingly became a dog?!
This is humiliating. This is disgusting!
But not long after she threw the collar away,
her expression visibly changed.
Her anger gradually turned into blankness, and after that blankness came panic.
In the end, she actually lunged toward the collar she had thrown away in a fluster.
She hurriedly picked up the collar and even carefully dusted it off.
Ding! Detected mental damage to the Protagonist, White Moonlight +555. Obtained Destined Villain Value +50. Villain Roulette requires 2300 more to unlock!
Holding the collar carefully in her hands, Shen Qin actually sat stiffly on the bed with a vacant expression, even muttering rigidly,
"This was... bestowed upon me by Young Master Bai..."
"This was... bestowed upon me by Young Master Bai..."
Like a broken record, she held the collar and slowly lay down on the bed.
Ding! Detected mental damage to the Protagonist, White Moonlight +444. Obtained Destined Villain Value +50. Villain Roulette requires 2250 more to unlock!
At that moment, Shen Qin seemed to have entered a state where her worldview shattered, rebuilt itself, then shattered again.
Her entire mental state seemed to have developed a problem.
Though her torment of Chu Yun today had seemed cruel, the torment she suffered had not been light either!
Lying on the cold bed like that, holding the collar and staring blankly at the ceiling,
she actually began to murmur,
"I wonder whether Young Master Bai still remembers what I said to him today."
What had she said?
"Lin Wei isn't here tonight. Young Master Bai is alone, so he probably needs someone to warm his bed, right?"
??
How did she even make that leap?
"But... am I worthy of climbing into Young Master Bai's bed?"
Ding! Detected mental damage to the Protagonist, White Moonlight +666. Obtained Destined Villain Value +50. Villain Roulette requires 2200 more to unlock!
It was precisely because that thought had arisen.
That one strange image after another appeared before Shen Qin's eyes.
At school, Bai Zhou kicked her away!
At the hospital, Bai Zhou slapped her across the face.
Bai Zhou stepped on her head and ground her dignity into the floor!
Ding! Detected mental damage to the Protagonist, White Moonlight +888. Obtained Destined Villain Value +50. Villain Roulette requires 2150 more to unlock!
Yet as those endlessly humiliating scenes flickered through Shen Qin's eyes,
her body began to tremble lightly.
And along with the trembling of her body, Shen Qin's cheeks actually began to flush slightly.
She even closed her eyes, tears gathering at their corners as she bit her lip.
After the Bai Zhou in her mind delivered another resounding slap across Shen Qin's face,
Shen Qin abruptly rolled over, clamping her two pale, slender legs tightly around the blanket that had not yet been unfolded.
Ding! Detected mental damage to the Protagonist, White Moonlight +666. Obtained Destined Villain Value +50. Villain Roulette requires 2100 more to unlock!
At that moment, Bai Zhou lay on the bed in his bedroom, staring at the ceiling with utter confusion written in his eyes.
He thought,
What is going on?
What is Shen Qin doing instead of sleeping in the middle of the night?!
Bai Zhou had no idea.
At that moment, Bai Zhou's name had even begun echoing through Shen Qin's room.
Shen Qin hugged her pillow tightly, clutched the blanket between her legs, and trembled all over as she said,
"Young Master Bai..."
"Master..."
"Hit me..."
Ding! Detected mental damage to the Protagonist, White Moonlight +666. Obtained Destined Villain Value +50. Villain Roulette requires 2050 more to unlock!
As time passed, Shen Qin's body seemed to grow even more beyond her control.
She actually frantically put the collar she had torn off with her own hands back around her neck.
And she gripped the collar's clasp tightly, pulling it tighter and tighter.
It was visible to the naked eye that Shen Qin's cheeks had begun turning bluish-purple from suffocation.
Yet she showed no intention of stopping.
She looked as though she were trying to kill herself.
Ding! Detected mental damage to the Protagonist, White Moonlight +999. Obtained Destined Villain Value +50. Villain Roulette requires 2000 more to unlock!
After an unknown amount of time, Shen Qin suddenly raised her head.
And at that very moment, Shen Qin finally let go.
She greedily sucked in fresh air.
The bluish-purple color on her face slowly faded.
But Shen Qin's face showed no pain or discomfort whatsoever.
Instead, her cheeks became even redder, while her gaze gradually turned...
Um...
Unspeakable. Completely unspeakable.
Ding! Detected mental damage to the Protagonist, White Moonlight +999. Obtained Destined Villain Value +50. Villain Roulette requires 1950 more to unlock!
Lying on his own bed, Bai Zhou could not help curling his lip.
"This Shen Qin is not right. Something is very, very wrong with her!"
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