Two security guards nodded subserviently and left to prepare a new room for Ren Yuanhao, while Yafeier, linking her arm with Ren Yuanhao’s, entered her home first.
“Feel free to stay here. Although the conditions aren’t as good as the core area, I suspect you might enjoy the environment here.”
At this moment, Yafeier had changed out of her work jacket, her alluring curves revealed without reservation.
Ren Yuanhao suddenly felt the atmosphere becoming a bit intimate. He stood rooted to the spot, feeling extremely unnatural, not even knowing where to place his hands.
“No way, in your line of work, you’re not actually shy, are you?”
Yafeier burst into laughter, her face as brilliant as the Milky Way.
—This foreign girl’s smile is truly to die for.
Ren Yuanhao became even more reserved and could only sheepishly say, “Miss Phil, I’ll step out for a cigarette first~”
“Go ahead. I’ll take a bath, and then we can take a walk by the river. I feel like days like these seem so far away from me now.”
Ren Yuanhao nodded in agreement and fled the room as if escaping.
After Ren Yuanhao left, Yafeier, with a gentle smile, found a simple white dress from the modest wardrobe and then plunged into the bathroom. For her, having worked hard all day, she desperately needed to clean herself to ensure her vigorous energy for the next day.
“This dummy, I never expected him to be so shy~”
Speaking of Ren Yuanhao, after he left, he hadn't even finished his cigarette when the two security guards had, as promised, tidied up a spacious and bright room for him. Apparently, this place used to be the prison warden’s private villa. After it was abandoned, it remained well-preserved. Gray Wolf had bought the entire area, so this naturally became their territory.
“You know, sometimes a good appearance is more important than strength, don’t you agree, Martin?”
“That’s right, Ball. It’s all your mother’s fault for making you look like this, which is why you’re stuck at A+. Unlike some pretty boys, who can get into these high-class apartments just by flashing their charm a little.”
Ball and Martin were the two security guards. Seeing that Yafeier wasn't with Ren Yuanhao, they naturally seized the opportunity to mock him.
As fate would have it, there was an ability index testing device in Ren Yuanhao’s room. The two of them unleashed their ability pressure one after another, and the readings instantly surged, steadily stopping at around 5000+.
In reality, this value was already considered high-end in the A-level area. However, it was known that in the core of the S-level area, the combat power of all staff members was above 6300+, and the Eight Kings were even above 7000+. Their strength was astonishing.
After showing off for a bit, they naturally wanted to let Ren Yuanhao know that even if he was good-looking, without Yafeier, they could still crush and trample him under their feet.
“What? Scared, rookie?”
Martin glanced at Ren Yuanhao, who was staring blankly, thinking he had been stunned by the readings on the device.
Ball added fuel to the fire, saying, “That’s right. Even though you’re the Rookie King, it’s only been half a day, and you haven’t encountered such a high-end device. So, how about it, want to test your mettle?”
Ren Yuanhao remained motionless, his gaze completely captivated by a painting on the wall.
He distinctly remembered seeing that painting somewhere before, and he was even very familiar with it, yet he couldn’t recall it for a moment.
Just then, the back of his head was suddenly slapped by Martin, which jolted him back to reality.
“Damn it! I’m talking to you, do you take me for thin air!”
Ball was about to continue teasing this exceedingly arrogant Rookie King when, unexpectedly, Yafeier, in a white dress, appeared at the doorway like a fairy!
“What? When I’m not around, you two seem to particularly enjoy bullying my friend, don’t you?”
Yafeier walked to the ability index testing device and couldn’t help but sneer, “5000+?”
Martin and Ball thought Yafeier was surprised by this data. Who would have thought that Yafeier would suddenly smile faintly and say, “Xiaotian, I think you should show us a little of what you’ve got, lest these two flies keep buzzing around you. Don’t you find it annoying?”
“No, it’s not annoying. Let them live in their dreams. Isn’t it good for them to think of me as someone living off a woman?”
Ren Yuanhao smiled, completely unconcerned.
“Alright, you two listen up. This man is the kept boy I’m supporting, and you guys~ um~ um~ let me finish~”
Before Yafeier could finish speaking, Ren Yuanhao covered her mouth.
“Okay, I really can’t win against you.”
Ren Yuanhao walked slowly to the front of the testing device. When he was joking, he seemed like a completely different person than when he was channeling his abilities. The wind element ability instantly swept through the entire room, stirring up dust. The reading momentarily surpassed 7000 and showed signs of increasing!
“7000+!”
Martin couldn’t believe his eyes.
Ball swallowed and rubbed his eyes vigorously. After the reading slightly increased, it finally stopped at 7200+!
The two were speechless, only feeling fine sweat breaking out on their backs. A cold wind suddenly made them feel icy all over.
This was the ability index of the Eight Kings level! Was this rookie truly just a rookie? Moreover, elemental abilities were considered top-tier among all types of abilities!
What terrified them even more was that this person was a congenital ability user, meaning he absolutely could not have been recruited into the S-level core area. This implied that in the A-level area in the future, there would be a monster with the strength of the S-level and the Eight Kings!
What was happening to this world?
Martin and Ball were stunned for at least two to three minutes. When they came to their senses, Ren Yuanhao had already left with Yafeier, carrying snacks and alcohol, to walk by the river.
At this moment, the river water was clear and winding, meandering eastward. The shallow grass by the river was lush. It was the season for snakes to appear, and walking in these places, one could easily be bitten by a snake if not careful.
However, they didn’t walk along the riverbank but rather came to a dam.
The two of them opened cans of beer. Yafeier said, “I remember when I was little, there was a birch forest outside my house. It was shrouded in mist and seemed to never dissipate. But I was brave, and back then I loved passing through the birch forest to the riverbank and secretly watching the children on the opposite bank play shuttlecock and jump rope.”
“What a coincidence, there’s also a river not far from my front door, but both banks were lined with willow trees. In the third month of spring, the catkins would fall onto the river like white snow, which was quite beautiful.”
Ren Yuanhao tilted his head and drank a bottle of beer in one gulp.
“Looking at you like this, you must be homesick?”
Ren Yuanhao didn’t answer. He suddenly recalled the painting hanging on the wall earlier and realized with a jolt that the painting was exactly the same as the one he had bought in the black market!
—Holy crap? Could mine be a fake? Luckily, I didn’t spend much money, otherwise, I would have been in deep trouble.
“By the way, Phil, that painting in my room is~?”
“Oh, that’s a fake. I heard my grandfather say that the original of that painting is probably worth no less than twenty million.”
—A fake? Worth no less than twenty million? How come I feel like I’m about to transform into a millionaire!