Free Web NovelChapter 384: Chapter 286: Serious and Hot, a Striking Contrast
At first, Li Ying hid in the small wooden cabin to recover from his injuries in peace, just as he had planned.
The cabin’s remote location meant that aside from the occasional farmer working in the nearby fields, he basically never saw anyone else.
After a few peaceful days, he suddenly noticed that patrol cars from the Superpower Administration Bureau were passing by on the road in front of the cabin with increasing frequency.
At first, he thought his escape to this location had been exposed and that the patrol cars from the Superpower Administration Bureau passing by so often were there to capture him. The thought made him incredibly nervous.
Later, after making some inquiries through various channels, he learned that the Superpower Administration Bureau patrol cars passing by so frequently weren’t there to capture him.
The Investigators had increased their patrol frequency in the area to prevent Mutant Beasts from breaking into the safe zone.
After figuring out the situation, Li Ying breathed a sigh of relief, but at the same time, he was also extremely frustrated.
He hadn’t expected that the safe house he’d arranged would become somewhat unsafe because of the Mutant Beasts.
’Sigh, damn Mutant Beasts. If I get caught by the Superpower Administration Bureau’s Investigators because of you, I’ll have the worst luck in the world.’
Li Ying muttered to himself, watching the Superpower Administration Bureau patrol car drive away.
He then drew the curtains and sat down at the table. Opening his medicine box, he took out a bottle of medicine and began treating his wounds.
After several days of recovery, the serious injuries inflicted by Wang Jing had mostly healed. With just a few more days of rest, he would be completely recovered.
Li Ying had already made a plan: as soon as he was fully recovered, he would immediately leave this safe house that had become not-so-safe.
During his recovery, he had been constantly pondering who the bastard was that betrayed him. That betrayal led the Investigators to his previous hideout, resulting in their attempt to capture him and forcing him to flee with serious injuries.
After several days of deliberation, he now had a suspect in mind. He just needed to fully recover before he went to find that person.
After dealing with the traitor who sold him out, Li Ying would move on to the mission from his superior: to test the man named Lin Li and find out if he was truly a Second Order High Rank Cultivator.
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Night fell, and the streetlights flickered on. The day had been scorching, and even after dark, the air on the streets remained oppressively hot.
The sweltering weather meant that people out for an evening stroll either sought refuge in the cool air of the parks or ducked into air-conditioned shopping malls.
In front of a bustling buffet restaurant in Rongcheng’s East District, there stood a beautiful girl with long, wavy hair, dressed in a white camisole and a blue miniskirt.
Waves of heat from the street washed over her, and she lifted a fair arm to fan herself.
Of course, the gesture didn’t provide any real cooling effect, but humans are strange. The motion itself created a psychological sense of relief.
Some of the passersby in front of the buffet restaurant couldn’t help but glance in her direction.
A normal glance was one thing, but when a few shameless individuals let their eyes wander where they shouldn’t, the beautiful girl would shoot them a fierce glare.
When those shameless guys were met with her glare, they would feel a chill run through them, quickly averting their gaze or lowering their heads before hurrying away.
"Liu Jialin." After parking his car, Lin Li walked over to their meeting spot. He immediately spotted Liu Jialin in her revealing outfit and called out her name.
’If he hadn’t seen her in an even more provocative outfit the first time they met, he would have been completely shocked by how she was dressed now.’
’Still, to be honest, the contrast between her serious appearance in her Investigator uniform at work and this fiery getup after hours was truly something else.’
Just after scaring off a leering passerby with a vicious glare, Liu Jialin heard someone call her name from behind. She turned, and seeing it was Lin Li, her face broke into a smile as she replied.
"Lin Li, you’re finally here! It’s unbelievably hot today. I feel like I’m going to get heatstroke just standing here waiting for you."
Lin Li smiled. "It is pretty hot today. The restaurant’s air-conditioned; you could have waited for me inside..."
The two entered the buffet restaurant, found a booth, and then returned from the food stations with plates piled high.
It was much cooler inside. After Lin Li and Liu Jialin returned to their seats with their food, they started chatting instead of eating right away.
Liu Jialin had originally wanted to treat Lin Li to a nice sit-down restaurant, but he had suggested a buffet instead, saying there was no need to splurge. That’s how they ended up here.
"How’s the research on the Spirit Burst Pill going?" Lin Li asked after taking a sip of his soda.
"I hear progress is pretty slow. It’ll be a long time before we see any results," Liu Jialin said, tucking a strand of hair behind her ear after thinking for a moment.
Seeing that there wasn’t much more to discuss about the Spirit Burst Pill, Lin Li moved on to another question he’d been wanting to ask.
