“Alright, I should head back too.”
The sky gradually brightened.
Su Lihua lifted her head, glanced at the sky, then quickly looked away to face the other two.
“By the way, do you guys have any contact information? As companions, I think we should have a way to reach each other.”
She said.
“For that, just call directly. You can add my phone number.”
Ling Xiaoyou pulled out her Mobile Phone from her Space Ring and waved it at Su Lihua.
“Uh, okay.”
Su Lihua thought for a moment and nodded, agreeing to use this method.
After exchanging numbers with Ling Xiaoyou, she looked at Bai Shuanglian, as if intending to ask for Bai Shuanglian’s contact as well.
Noticing this, Ling Xiaoyou hurriedly tugged her sleeve.
She paused under Su Lihua’s puzzled gaze, seemed to be thinking of an excuse, then said,
“Bai Shuang doesn’t have a Mobile Phone. You can’t contact her. I know her well, so if you want to reach her, just contact me.”
Su Lihua was stunned.
She looked at Bai Shuanglian in surprise, as if she couldn’t believe Bai Shuanglian didn’t even have a Mobile Phone.
Aren’t Exorcists supposed to be well-adapted to modern society now?
Ling Xiaoyou also knew this excuse was shaky, but for some reason, she just didn’t want to give Bai Shuanglian’s contact to Su Lihua.
It felt like—
Her favorite cake was being snatched away by someone else!
She didn’t want her cake to be taken!
Ling Xiaoyou nervously glanced at Bai Shuang, hoping she wouldn’t expose her lie.
Bai Shuanglian blinked at her, then looked at Su Lihua and nodded.
“That’s right. If you want to contact me in the future, just look for Xiaoyou.”
She said.
“Oh, got it.”
Su Lihua nodded in understanding, waved goodbye, and then turned to leave.
Watching Su Lihua’s figure grow smaller in the distance, Ling Xiaoyou suddenly felt something was off, but couldn’t quite place what.
Since she couldn’t figure it out, she decided not to think about it.
“Let’s go, Bai Shuanglian. Let’s head back to your place.”
Ling Xiaoyou reached out to take Bai Shuanglian’s hand, ready to leave.
But when she pulled, Bai Shuanglian didn’t budge, standing like a utility pole rooted to the ground.
Ling Xiaoyou: “?”
She turned her little head in confusion, looking at Bai Shuanglian, tilting it as she wondered what was going on.
“You gave your contact to Su Lihua. I want yours too.”
Bai Shuanglian looked at Ling Xiaoyou, her dark, beautiful eyes reflecting Ling Xiaoyou’s petite figure.
“Not just that. I want more—QQ, WeChat, everything!”
She said.
After a pause, as if realizing something was off with her words, Bai Shuanglian continued,
“I do have a Mobile Phone, and it even connects to the Underworld.”
Ling Xiaoyou blinked, looking at Bai Shuanglian, who now seemed like a little girl whose candy was about to be stolen.
She couldn’t help but find it cute.
Relaxing a bit, she couldn’t resist.
She reached out her small hand, tiptoed, and patted Bai Shuanglian’s head.
The cold, beautiful girl blinked innocently, then lowered her head slightly, as if to let Ling Xiaoyou pat her more easily.
At the same time, her voice reached Ling Xiaoyou again.
“Is that okay~?”
The tone carried a hint of a spoiled plea.
Ling Xiaoyou couldn’t resist at all.
Her little face reddened slightly as she coughed lightly.
“Alright, alright, of course I’ll give it to you.”
“Since I said you need to go through me to contact you, naturally I have to give you my contact too.”
Ling Xiaoyou waved her Mobile Phone at Bai Shuanglian, smiling.
Hearing this, a bright smile bloomed on Bai Shuanglian’s beautiful face.
It was radiant, reminiscent of a fairy under the moon.
After exchanging all their contact info, quite some time had passed.
After all, Bai Shuang wanted every single one of Ling Xiaoyou’s social platforms.
Surprisingly, Ling Xiaoyou didn’t feel annoyed at all—in fact, she almost enjoyed it.
Maybe she’d become the type who liked socializing?
Thinking this, Ling Xiaoyou looked at the rising sun.
She unconsciously glanced in the direction Su Lihua had left, as if suddenly realizing something.
She clapped her small hands.
“Oh right, that’s why I felt something was off!”
“What is it?”
Bai Shuanglian was holding her Mobile Phone, unable to hide the curve of her lips, but looked at Ling Xiaoyou curiously upon hearing her voice.
“We’re in New Sea City right now, right?”
Ling Xiaoyou pointed at the ground beneath her feet.
“Yeah.”
Bai Shuanglian nodded, still unsure what Ling Xiaoyou was getting at.
“If that’s the case…”
Ling Xiaoyou looked strangely at the direction Su Lihua had left.
“Then why did Su Lihua come back with us?”
“Isn’t she from Nanling City?”
Bai Shuanglian fell silent.
It did seem strange.
“Maybe…”
She thought for a moment.
“She wanted more exercise before going home?”
Ling Xiaoyou: “Ah, this…”
Meanwhile, elsewhere…
“No, seriously, where did I end up?!”
Su Lihua stared blankly at the unfamiliar streets, the unfamiliar people, the unfamiliar everything.
“Hoo~ Back home. So tired!”
Back at Bai Shuanglian’s house, Ling Xiaoyou naturally flopped onto Bai Shuang’s Sofa, letting out a long, comfortable sigh.
So much had happened tonight.
She felt like she’d used up her entire year’s worth of exercise!
Bai Shuanglian, unlike Ling Xiaoyou, didn’t lie down upon returning.
She went to the Kitchen first, and came back carrying two similarly patterned cups.
“By the way, Bai Shuanglian, was it always this exhausting when you were slaying monsters and demons in the past?”
Ling Xiaoyou turned her head toward Bai Shuanglian, curiosity in her eyes.
“Not really.”
Bai Shuanglian shook her head.
Her next words surprised Ling Xiaoyou.
“Last night was considered easy. In the beginning, the situation in New Sea City was even more troublesome than in Nanling.”
“Eh?”
Ling Xiaoyou froze, then looked at Bai Shuanglian with gossip sparkling in her eyes.
“What happened back then?”
“Um, it’s hard to describe. Basically, Cultists, Devils, Abnormal Creatures, out-of-control Containment Objects, deranged Fierce Ghosts—all gathered together.”
Bai Shuanglian thought for a moment.
“Fortunately, aside from the Devils, these things didn’t scheme much. Just needed to cut them down.”
“Ah, this…”
Ling Xiaoyou was dumbfounded.
Not just at the sheer number of bizarre things, but at Bai Shuanglian’s casual attitude.
It was hard to imagine what that was like.
The teacup was handed to Ling Xiaoyou by Bai Shuanglian.
The warmth brought her back to her senses.
Ling Xiaoyou patted Bai Shuanglian’s shoulder with a sigh.
“Bai Shuanglian, you’ve had it rough too…”