Xia Huilan looked down to see goosebumps rising on her arms.
"There’s another interesting thing," Xia Ni said.
"What?" Zhao Zhibing asked.
"Among those girls, the one he talked to the most was a female assassin. She’s a skilled hand hired by the families opposing the empire, and she knows his identity," Xia Ni said.
"Give me her name, I’ll order her taken out immediately," Zhao Zhibing said, her face filled with murderous intent.
"Wait a minute!" Wu Xiaode stopped Zhao Zhibing.
"Wait for what? My brother absolutely can’t have any accidents," Zhao Zhibing said. The rightful source is N0veI.Fiɾe.net
"Maybe this is an opportunity—an opportunity for him to stop indulging in women—although he’s always wanted to but never could truly indulge," Wu Xiaode said.
The three women fell silent.
"But... how do we do it?" Xia Huilan said.
"Don’t worry, I’m thinking of arranging a meeting between them today," Wu Xiaode said.
"Are you sure you can guarantee his safety?" Zhao Zhibing was somewhat swayed.
Wu Xiaode suddenly disappeared.
The three women were startled and couldn’t see him anywhere, not even with Xia Ni’s high-frequency life-scanning function.
"Come out," Xia Huilan said.
Wu Xiaode then reappeared.
He was still seated in the same chair as before.
"I’ll stay by his side and protect him," Wu Xiaode seriously said.
"Alright then, I’ll leave it to you. I don’t care about the rest. Do whatever you want, but on one condition—you must ensure my brother’s safety," Zhao Zhibing said.
"Don’t worry," Wu Xiaode said.
Zhao Zhibing’s concern was assuaged.
Xia Ni continued to read the data, explaining to everyone:
"He and the female assassin met online. They’ve been chatting for about three years and are very close to meeting up in real life."
"That assassin sure is patient," Xia Huilan said.
"I can give him some time off so he has enough free time to be infatuated," Zhao Zhibing said.
"The time for the date is set," Wu Xiaode said.
"The location can be anywhere. Once things escalate, I can immediately present all of the female assassin’s details to Zhao Junyu," Xia Huilan said.
"I can pose as a client on the dark web and urge the female assassin to act soon," Xia Ni said.
"How do you plan to urge her?" Wu Xiaode asked.
"Directly," Xia Ni said.
"No, you need to raise the stakes, offer her more compensation, and make it clear that if she succeeds in the next week, the reward will be significantly increased," Wu Xiaode said.
"Don’t worry about the money, I’ll handle it and transfer it to you right away."
Zhao Zhibing was tapping on her laptop.
"There, it’s done. I’ll take care of it now," Xia Ni said with a smile.
Her pupils shimmered with dense data streams.
"I’ll protect him personally. Nothing will happen to him," Wu Xiaode said.
All was arranged properly.
Zhao Zhibing took out her cell phone and dialed Zhao Junyu’s number.
Zhao Junyu’s voice came from the phone.
"You can rest after you’re done this afternoon. I’ll take care of tonight’s business. Take a break," Zhao Zhibing said coldly.
"It’s okay, sis, I don’t need to rest. You’ve been busy for too long. Why don’t you take a break?" Zhao Junyu said with a laugh.
"Stop the nonsense. When I say rest, you rest. Don’t be stubborn!" Zhao Zhibing snapped.
"Alright, I’ll listen to you, sis," Zhao Junyu said, resignedly.
His sister was great at everything. She just had too many ideas.
He could rest this afternoon?
Xiao Baihong and Li Kunlun were Awakeners. Although they got along with him quite well, they were always hopping walls, flying around, going places; he just couldn’t keep up.
That would be wasting too much time.
Send out a call to all the goddesses to see if my true fate lies among them!
Zhao Junyu took out his phone, selected all the main female characters, and adeptly broadcast a message:
"Good morning, goddesses, I’ve got some great news. I’ve got the afternoon and evening off today. Anyone free to have dinner and go to a concert together? My treat!"
For a short while, there was no reply.
At this time, the female assassin was checking messages on the darknet’s backend.
The reward had increased.
But how to make a move within seven days?
Our chats had always been so innocent.
How could I get him to meet without any suspicions?
Just then, her phone rang.
The lovesick fool had begun sending invitations.
It was quite a coincidence.
The people behind me really want him dead.
After arranging this for so many years, why would they set me up now?
And with this lad’s personality, he’s indeed the kind to do such a thing.
I heard that another group almost succeeded a few days ago.
But the guy they chose was too handsome, and he ended up getting confessed to by another guy on the spot.
... I can’t figure out what happened.
The opportunity is right in front of me.
The female assassin thought for a moment and typed on the screen:
The computer screens of several women suddenly popped up with a chat window.
"The female assassin has responded," Zhao Zhibing said.
"But there are a few other girls who are also interested in a free concert and dinner."
Xia Huilan said, tapping on her keyboard.
"Block them, don’t let their messages show up on Zhao Junyu’s screen," Wu Xiaode immediately said.
"Already blocked," Xia Ni said.
Zhao Junyu looked at his phone screen.
None of the girls had replied except for the one who had always been the cutest and most innocent:
Zhao Junyu clenched his fist and quickly typed:
"Meet at 6:30 PM, West Street bus stop, look for a public restroom, easy to recognize."
"Idiot," Zhao Zhibing cursed through the screen, "inviting a girl to meet at a public restroom entrance, no wonder you can’t find a girlfriend, getting killed would be normal for you."
"Okay, see you then, I’m so nervous, I’ve never met you before," the female assassin typed.
"Haha, you’ll recognize me easily, oh, and I’m super handsome," Zhao Junyu said with a slight upward curve of his lips.
The smile also vanished from Xia Huilan’s face as she sighed:
"Don’t you know the art of being modest first? The way you said that, you’ve already lost points. If you’re not as handsome as expected, she’ll be even more disappointed."
Xia Ni smiled and said, "The concert starts at 7 PM and he’s planning to meet at 6:30 PM, plus they need to have dinner, they probably won’t make it in time."
"Idiots!" all three women exclaimed in unison.
Zhao Zhibing held her forehead and said, "Never mind, the concert he booked has its timing pushed back an hour, I’ll arrange it."
She typed rapidly on the keyboard.
The women noticed Wu Xiaode hadn’t spoken.
"Little Wu, do you have any other plans?" asked Xia Huilan.
"No," Wu Xiaode said solemnly, "but now I think we must rid him of his boot-licking behavior, or it’ll be problematic sooner or later."
"You’ve persuaded me—yes, let’s do it, give him a good shake-up tonight," Zhao Zhibing said with a cold tone.