NOVEL ONLINE FREE 18: It Will Only Harm You
Yesterday, Zhang Shengkang endured a difficult afternoon. After anxiously waiting for “Mr. Gray’s” call, he received bad news.
The assassin had died, and Bai Ling was unharmed.
Zhang Shengkang jumped up in panic: “What should I do now? She’ll kill me when she returns!”
She was no longer an ordinary, frail girl. The damned spiritual awakening had given her special powers.
“Why are you panicking? She doesn’t know you leaked the information,” Mr. Gray scolded, then continued, “There wasn’t enough time to find a suitable person this time. Keep watching, and I’ll find someone more reliable next time. For now, your job is to keep her calm and not give anything away.”
Keep her calm, keep her calm…
So when Bai Ling returned from outside the next day and expressed her desire to pay respects to her parents next weekend, Zhang Shengkang only mildly discouraged her before agreeing.
“By the way, Uncle Zhang, were you and my parents close before?” Bai Ling asked.
“Uh… of course, we were very close,” he replied.
“Why haven’t I heard my parents mention you before?”
Zhang Shengkang’s expression changed slightly: “Well… it’s been a long time. We were close when we were young, but after we had our own families and lived far apart, we gradually lost touch.”
“Is that so.”
“But our relationship was always good. As they say, blood is thicker than water,” Zhang Shengkang forced out a tear, “When we heard about their accident, your aunt and I were heartbroken for a long time. Fortunately, we found you later.”
Playing on emotions was his specialty, but these words nearly caused Bai Ling to lose control of her emotions.
In her previous life, after leaving the Zhang family, she had vaguely sensed a possible connection to them from the clues left by the last few assassins. It wasn’t until after her rebirth, a few days ago, that she got full confirmation.
Listening to Zhang Shengkang’s act, Bai Ling recalled how it was the same in her previous life. He would often tearfully speak of her parents, as if doing so could wash away his sins.
How ridiculous.
Zhang Shengkang suddenly shuddered.
“It seems a bit cold. What’s with the weather today? I’ll go back first… Xiao Ling, remember to put on more clothes.”
Sitting next to Bai Ling, he couldn’t see her eyes glowing blood-red.
What hung in the air wasn’t cold, but bone-chilling killing intent.
No, not now, and not here. Hold on a little longer, just a few more days.
Bai Ling closed her eyes, feeling she needed to do something else to suppress her easily volatile emotions.
Buzz buzz buzz, buzz buzz buzz, her phone rang.
It was from Yuan Xiaoning, a compressed file named “Cat Lingerie, Cat Ears, and Cat Tail Plug.rar”.
…Has the blonde girl become a cam girl?
But it’s fine. Pleasure can make one temporarily forget everything.
Bai Ling clicked to receive the file, waiting for her phone to download it, and then… found that her phone couldn’t unzip the rar compressed file.
No problem, she went to the app store to download a specialized rar extraction software. After waiting for it to download and install, she successfully unzipped it.
“Cat Lingerie, Cat Ears, and Cat Tail Plug.7z”
Bai Ling frowned slightly.
Just how risqué were these photos that they needed different compression methods and filename changes to avoid being blocked by QQ?
But it’s fine, this only made her more anticipatory.
After downloading another extraction software and something that could edit file types on her phone, Bai Ling finally unveiled the file’s last layer after much trouble.
Inside wasn’t a catgirl erotic image, but a single sentence—
“Seeing everything will only harm you.”
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[Ding dong~ Congratulations, host has completed the weekly mission. Mission rewards are being calculated. The next weekly mission will refresh in three days.]
“Ha↗ha↘!” Yuan Xiaoning laughed loudly, “I truly am a genius!”
Inspired by Sister A-Lan’s “Life Pro Tip #2: Educate through Entertainment,” she not only expressed her advice to Bai Ling but also completed the weekly mission. It was truly killing two birds with one stone.
Moreover, it was just a small joke, falling under what Sister A-Lan called “playful couple banter.” She definitely wouldn’t get angry.
“Oh System, let me tell you, it’s lucky you got me. In this situation, anyone else wouldn’t be able to complete these missions,” Yuan Xiaoning said, “Why are geniuses called geniuses? Because they’re rare and unique.”
Who else could be as clever as her?
[Ding dong, skill set reward—Skylark Transformation, True Dragon Manifestation, Sacrificial Explosion.]
“Skill set?”
[Skills are the ultimate expression of one’s abilities in application, requiring exceptional talent and proficiency. For example, the female lead’s time pause is the ultimate application of mental invasion.
Based on the host’s first use of her ability, we’ve calculated the optimal skill set she can achieve. More will be available in the future.]
“I see. Then show me the detailed descriptions.”
[You can view the details by clicking, but a friendly reminder to the host: it’s better to get through the imminent danger period before examining them in detail.]
“Danger period?”
Yuan Xiaoning was stunned for a moment before realizing: “You don’t think Bai Ling is angry and will punish me, do you?”
[According to calculations, there’s a 98% probability.]
“Don’t talk about calculations and probabilities. You don’t understand,” Yuan Xiaoning snorted coldly, “This is called a joke, a little fun in life. Just wait and see. If she’s really angry, she’ll definitely come up immediately.”
She leaned against the pillow, waiting quietly. Three minutes passed, five minutes passed, ten minutes passed.
Bai Ling didn’t come up.
“See? I was right. I told you you didn’t understand, and you still weren’t convinced.”
Yuan Xiaoning smugly clicked on the skill descriptions—
[Skylark Transformation: Summon water constructs, transforming them into birds and beasts, partially embodying the characteristics of the transformed creatures. Current maximum number of sustainable constructs: 3]
[True Dragon Manifestation: Merge all constructs to transform into a water dragon form. The size varies with the number of merged constructs. Allows unlimited regeneration for a limited time. Attacks possess high-pressure and corrosive properties. Current sustainable duration: 60 seconds.]
[Sacrificial Explosion: Instantly detonate all water constructs, causing massive water molecule impact damage to the surrounding area.]
“It’s really a complete set! Not bad~!”
Yuan Xiaoning opened the preview video and watched with great interest. Just as she finished watching, the door clicked open.
Bai Ling stood at the doorway holding a shopping bag, calm and composed, showing neither joy nor sorrow.
“You’re back,” Yuan Xiaoning noticed the shopping bag and asked curiously, “Did you go out to buy something?”
“Yes.”
Bai Ling came to the bedside and took out items from the bag one by one, starting with a pair of cute cat ear headbands.
Yuan Xiaoning blinked, realizing the situation wasn’t quite so simple.