Does He Jun truly get affected by his emotions?
He Li doesn't know, nor does he wish to find out for now, as it's something he can't figure out and can only observe slowly over time.
With a calm mindset, He Li, composed and serene, then slowly lay down to sleep.
Yan Ping watched He Li lie down and sleep, shaking his head with a smile. He raised his hand and waved lightly, and the folded thin blanket beside him floated up and covered He Li.
Yan Ping left. He Li curled his lips, turned over, and slept soundly.
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"Time for dinner."
Tao Xue's crisp voice woke the sleeping He Li.
He Li opened his eyes, stretched, and looked out the window. The sun was already setting, the dim yellow sunlight gradually shortening, and after a moment, it completely disappeared below the horizon.
"Is it that late already?" He Li sat up, suppressing the displeasure in his heart. He had a bad temper when woken up, a severe case of it.
At this moment, a bottle of soda was handed to him.
He Li looked up at Tao Xue, who was handing him the drink, smiled, and took the bottle.
"Thanks, Sister Xue."
Tao Xue grinned, showing her teeth, "Let's go eat dinner. After eating, you can go home and sleep more. Lishui Pavilion, my treat."
He Li's teeth chattered at the mention of Lishui Pavilion. Cantonese cuisine, and not cheap either.
Wait...
He Li looked at Tao Xue and asked tentatively, "Lishui Pavilion... is that also your family's?"
Tao Xue blinked her eyes, "I'll give you a membership card later, fifty percent off."
He Li slumped back down, listlessly murmuring, "Sister Xue, just keep me. I don't want to work hard anymore."
Tao Xue stood behind the sofa, her arms resting on the back of it, and leaned over, smiling as she looked at He Li, teasing, "If you want me to keep you, you need to have some special skills, young man."
He Li looked directly into Tao Xue's eyes and said seriously, "Persistence and unwavering effort."
Tao Xue laughed, "I wasn't talking about chasing girls."
He Li blinked and said, "I was talking about ability."
"Ability?"
Tao Xue's small face furrowed, finding it difficult to understand. What kind of ability was that?
Persistence?
Unwavering effort?
Wasn't that just being a pest?
Tao Xue couldn't figure it out. She shook her head, said, "Let's go quickly," and headed straight for Susan's office.
He Li sat up, took a sip of water, and then folded the blanket.
Bang!
The door to Susan's office was pushed open. Tao Xue, her face flushed red, glared fiercely at He Li, then hurried towards the door and left.
He Li scratched his head. She was a grown woman in her twenties, and she still didn't understand? Didn't people say girls were more perverted than boys? Did Tao Xue not watch adult films?
However...
Captain Susan seemed to understand a bit too much.
Tap, tap, tap... tap, tap, tap...
Susan walked out in her high heels, gave He Li a knowing smile, and left.
He Li pouted, threw down the thin blanket, and followed her out.
After dinner, Sister Jiang and Min Liang drove back to the Lingguan Association Building to continue their work, Bai Fei also went to the building to rest, and the others went home.
Night fell.
Heavy rain poured down, accompanied by thunder.
Rumble!!!
A sudden clap of thunder sounded, followed by lightning that crisscrossed the sky like a spiderweb.
He Li slowly opened his eyes, got out of bed, walked to the window, and quietly watched the stormy weather outside.
*Pa.*
He lit a cigarette.
He frowned, his chest rising and falling unevenly, as the ethereal and distant voice echoed in his ears again.
"It's raining."
Last time it was "It's foggy," and this time it's "It's raining."
The same tone, the same ethereal and distant quality, as if it were right beside his ear, or perhaps at the edge of the sky.
*Hoo...*
He Li exhaled a puff of smoke, his eyes sharpening. He grabbed his clothes from beside the bed, opened the window, and leaped out from the 19th floor into the wind and rain.
Rumble!!!
Lightning flashed and thunder roared. raindrops pelted his face like gravel. He Li, like a leopard hunting its prey, leaped across rooftops and sprinted down streets.
"It's raining..."
The voice echoed in his ears again.
*Clang!*
He Li landed on a lamppost, slowly turned his head, and looked towards the southeast, then leaped away.
Hunhai Avenue. Rainwater continuously washed the asphalt road. The downpour filled the drainage ditches, overflowed, and flowed into the Binjiang River. httpδ:/m.kuAisugg.nět
Binjiang Avenue, located in the central-southern part of Binjiang City, bordered Binjiang Park on one side and the Binjiang Grand River on the other. Walking west along it led to Binjiang Bridge. Unlike the central streets connected to Binjiang Bridge, Binjiang Avenue had very few vehicles.
In the early hours of the storm, Binjiang Avenue, besides the wind, rain, and thunder, was shrouded in a sense of grimness.
He Li, completely soaked, appeared under a roadside tree, half of his body hidden in the darkness. The distant voice in his ears had stopped. The dense rain blurred his vision. He knew someone was in the darkness, but he didn't know how many.
*Patta... patta...*
The sound of footsteps splashing through water exploded in He Li's ears. Despite the wind, rain, and thunder, the footsteps were remarkably clear.
A person walked from the end of Binjiang Avenue, holding an umbrella, wearing a black jacket, with a stern face, narrow eyes, and a trimmed beard around his chin.
The man stopped, standing in the middle of the street, looking at He Li.
He Li also stepped out from behind the tree, rain dripping from his hair. He silently observed the man.
*Crack!!!*
A flash of lightning streaked across the sky, illuminating the night and the faces of the two men.
After a long silence, Xiao Yue, standing behind the large tree next to He Li, continuously extended his spiritual power. Xiao Yue confirmed that there were only the man and He Li on the street.
"He Li, I've finally met you," the man said softly, smiling, holding his umbrella.
The man broke the silence first. He Li didn't understand the man's stance, whether he was the mastermind behind turning Lu Xiangnan into a demon, or if this man was even human.
Or perhaps, like the Blood Demon, he was a high-level demon.
He Li stared at the man expressionlessly and asked calmly, "You lured me here just to meet me? Or do you have some other purpose? As you can see, I didn't bring an umbrella and I'm completely soaked."
The man paused slightly, looked at the umbrella in his hand, and offered it forward.
"Want it?"
He Li shook his head. "I'm already soaked."
The man held the umbrella, feeling a bit awkward. However, this awkwardness lasted only a few seconds. He chuckled to himself and then said, "Let me introduce myself, my name is Jin Chuan. Strictly speaking, we are the same kind of people, so I felt a sense of kinship when I saw you. I apologize for calling you out in this weather, but your captain, Susan, is quite formidable and troublesome."
He Li became exceptionally patient after hearing the man say "we are the same kind of people." With Xiao Yue behind him, he also felt more confident.
"A Spirit Awakener?" He Li asked.
Jin Chuan shook his head and said, "I'm not a Spirit Awakener. I'm just closer to a Spirit Awakener than the vast majority of ability users."
"Although I don't consider myself a Spirit Awakener, I still believe that I am of the same kind as Spirit Awakeners, after all, I am the most... close to God."
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