Chapter 944: Chapter 247: Hapless Bai Ling (Part 2)

Hearing Fang Ze’s call, Lan Bing stopped in her tracks and turned around. She might genuinely dislike talking, so she just tilted her head slightly, inquiring with her gaze.

On the way, Fang Ze had prepared in advance, so when he saw Lan Bing inquiring, he tentatively said, “Are you doing well at the state capital?”

Upon hearing Fang Ze’s words, Lan Bing nodded slightly.

Fang Ze attempted another inquiry, “Is Bai Zhi well too?”

This time, Lan Bing hesitated slightly. She seemed to ponder whether she should answer this question, and after a moment, she ambiguously said to Fang Ze, “If you have time, you can go see her.”

Confirming again from Lan Bing that Bai Zhi might really be injured, Fang Ze couldn’t help but feel a little worried. Moreover, his body truly had no other plans tonight, so he didn’t hesitate any longer, directly pulling Lan Bing to the administrative hall, preparing to use the Extraordinary Artifact to return to the state capital.

As the deputy speaker of the federation and director of the Security Bureau, he had enough authority to use a long-distance teleportation artifact, so shortly after, the two of them returned to the state capital.

Once out of the parliament, they got in the car, and Fang Ze and Lan Bing headed to the Si Family manor together.

On the way back to the manor, Fang Ze didn’t remain idle. He attempted indirectly multiple times to inquire Lan Bing about Bai Zhi’s situation, but Lan Bing pretended not to hear, giving no response at all. It seemed as if there was a reason she couldn’t disclose, or perhaps she had made a promise to Bai Zhi. This could only make Fang Ze feel more anxious.

And so they returned to the Si Family manor. At this time, the Si Family manor had gone from silence to bustling with activity due to Fang Ze’s return, with many servants and veteran soldiers all rising to work, welcoming Fang Ze back.

However, at this moment, Fang Ze’s heart had already flown to where Bai Zhi was, and he had no mood for pleasantries, so at the door, he simply waved them off, indicating for them to go back and rest, while he himself strode swiftly toward the villa where Bai Zhi and Lan Bing lived.

Thus, he arrived at villa number 12. Just as he reached the door of this villa, Fang Ze heard Bai Zhi’s voice from the second floor,

“Bai Ling, are you alright?”

“Mm-mm-mm…”

“Oh, I see. I know it hurts, but this is a necessary process. Bear with it. It’ll be over soon.”

“Ow-ow-ow…”

“There, there. It’s alright now, it’s alright.”

Bai Ling? Bai Zhi?

At the door, Fang Ze listened to the bizarre conversation of Bai Zhi, feeling a bit bewildered.

‘Hm… I must have heard wrong. Should I try listening another way?’

And just as Fang Ze was thinking this, suddenly, Bai Zhi on the villa’s second floor spoke again, she gave a light “Hm?” then said, “Why is it so noisy outside at this late hour?”

“Bai Ling, wait for me, I’ll see what’s going on.”

While speaking, the window on the villa’s second floor was pushed open from inside, and Bai Zhi’s exceedingly beautiful face peeked out from the window, then looked outside.

Fang Ze heard the sound from upstairs and reflexively lifted his head, and instantly, their gazes met in mid-air.

At the moment she saw Fang Ze, Bai Zhi was visibly stunned for a fraction of a second, then her expression of bewilderment turned into delight. She looked at Fang Ze excitedly and said, “Fang Ze! When did you come back?!”

Seeing Bai Zhi looking lively and not like she was in trouble, Fang Ze’s heart instantly settled a lot. He looked up at Bai Zhi and smiled, replying, “I just got back, and didn’t I come straight here to find you?”

With that, he said, “I’m coming upstairs now. Wait for me.”

Hearing Fang Ze’s words, Bai Zhi, who was full of delight just moments ago, suddenly panicked. She quickly said, “Wait, wait a minute, Fang Ze. We’re a bit inconvenient right now!”

But Fang Ze was already curious about what Bai Zhi and little Bai Ling were doing just now, so he ignored Bai Zhi’s refusal, directly taking two steps at a time upstairs, then pushing open the room door.

At the instant the door was pushed open, the situation in the room immediately entered Fang Ze’s view: little Bai Ling sat on the sofa with a face full of grievance, her face swollen, and her right leg and right hand bandaged, while Bai Zhi was draping clothes over her…

Fang Ze: …

The scene instantly made Fang Ze’s brain short-circuit: What on earth are these two girls doing? Wasn’t Bai Zhi injured? Why does it look like the one injured is little Bai Ling?

Fang Ze was truly confused now….

….

Half an hour later, Fang Ze finally understood the whole story from Bai Zhi.

Turns out, Old Mr. Bai’s death didn’t just affect Fang Ze; it also affected Bai Zhi….

In the past, Bai Zhi had always lived under the Bai Family’s shelter, although she had to earn her resources for advancement due to the Bai Family’s expectations for offspring to strive forward, she was still essentially a hothouse flower.

But now, with Old Mr. Bai passed away, the Bai Family dissolved, and her father and aunt all missing, Bai Zhi suddenly matured a lot at that instant.

So, while Fang Ze was working hard for Congyun City and Xida State’s people, Bai Zhi was actually also working hard to improve her strength, wanting to help Fang Ze out.

But in the cultivation path, impatience is most feared, so after Bai Zhi threw herself into cultivation for a period, she finally made a mistake in her cultivation yesterday:

Her body’s half muscles and bones were out of order, unable to move, even to the extent that half of her throat ached so much she couldn’t speak, swallowing being like swallowing knives.

And upon learning of this incident, little Bai Ling, who had been terribly busy at the Security Bureau recently, hurried to the manor to visit Bai Zhi.

Upon knowing Bai Zhi’s situation, this little clever one’s eyes suddenly lit up! She wanted to do a win-win with Bai Zhi!

And her “win-win” method was also simple; she had an Extraordinary Artifact on her, resembling a plush doll, named [Injury Substitute].

As long as the injured person and the substitute each held one of the doll’s hands, the injuries could be transferred from the injured to the substitute.

Taking Bai Zhi and little Bai Ling as an example, it meant transferring Bai Zhi’s injuries to little Bai Ling.

This way, Bai Zhi’s injuries healed, allowing her to continue cultivating. And although little Bai Ling became injured, she could finally rightfully take a leave and slack off!

As for why little Bai Ling wanted to take a leave and slack off, according to her, it was because: the State Security Bureau was way too intense! Completely different from the Emerald City Security Bureau!

The salted fish that she was, she had to work from dawn till dusk every day, utterly exhausted, longing for a long break!

As for the strange conversation Fang Ze heard downstairs just now, that was Bai Zhi bandaging and medicating little Bai Ling….

After understanding the whole story, Fang Ze looked at little Bai Ling with an odd expression. He felt little Bai Ling had “unfortunate soul” written on her forehead….

To get a leave, she got herself injured for someone else! Did she forget she was the deputy director, could she not authorize her leave anytime? Why endure the pain?!

But then again, although little Bai Ling was a bit silly, her heart was kind. Plus, Fang Ze had indeed overlooked Bai Zhi’s cultivation issue because he was too busy recently.

Fang Ze hadn’t forgotten Bai Zhi’s splendid potential and her demigod bloodline. If Fang Ze could nurture Bai Zhi, he would once again have a top-tier combat force at his side. This would be a tremendous asset for Fang Ze’s future plans.

And the only problem with nurturing Bai Zhi was….the need to use [Credit World] and [High-Interest Loan] abilities. But these two abilities were major gold-eaters. Fang Ze’s recent breakthrough to the Mortality-Shedding stage used up tens of billions of resources, and he hadn’t repaid that yet. Truly, he had no spare money to nurture Bai Zhi.

With this in mind, Fang Ze could only feel a bit worried about handling this matter appropriately.

And at that moment, his gaze inadvertently fell on little Bai Ling, whose half body was wrapped in bandages and face was swollen…..

He froze for a second at that moment.

Hm, there seems to be an un… hmpf, a rich lady in front of him.

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This post has been delayed twice and has been revised multiple times, so it’s only being released now. Apologies for the inconvenience.

The next chapter, that is, Chapter 248, will be updated on the “Qi” “Dian” app around 2 am on January 9th. Looking forward to everyone’s readership~