For Gu Jianlin, the biggest crisis wasn't the exposure of his identity.

It was the woman who had taken him hostage.

Even though Skylark was previously in a coma, he still felt like he was being held hostage, as if a super-sized Tsar hydrogen bomb was buried beside him, ready to explode at any moment. One wrong move, and not just this unfortunate soul, but the entire world would be doomed.

However, the demands made by this woman were somewhat overly rude.

Making him feel like a male sacrifice.

She really took him for a pushover.

Although the Think Tank had mentioned a bunch of precautions, he considered them nonsense.

This isn't babying a girlfriend, why should he pamper you like this. It's not like there's no midnight snack at home, why force him to go out to buy it, even wearing stockings needed him to serve her, as if she was missing limbs.

After experiencing that dream last time, he silently vowed to himself.

In this life, apart from the Candle Dragon Venerable, he would never be manipulated so easily by others.

As for this woman's exact identity, it was to be left unexamined until thoroughly understood.

"Your expression looks like you've seen a ghost again, have you encountered that ghostly thing once more?" The Moon Princess leaned in for a closer look, raising her hand to smooth out his tightly furrowed brow, a hint of concern flickering in her calm, beautiful eyes.

"Don't worry, although that evil spirit is strong, it can't harm me for the time being."

Gu Jianlin waved his hand: "No cause for concern."

The Moon Princess nodded slightly, not saying much more, since he wouldn't gamble with his own life.

"If there's something going on, tell me in advance. Our current situation is very dangerous, and the Si Family might soon face full pressure from the Jiang Family. If the Jiang Family is truly determined, they'll spare no effort to deal with you. We need to prepare a back-up plan, at least leave a retreat passage." The Moon Princess wrote this string on his thigh.

"I understand."

Gu Jianlin responded with a hum.

Yingzhou Island is the territory of the Dark World, one could say it's like throwing oneself into the jaws of dragons and tigers,

Even if he sends out a distress signal, the You Ying Group's actions would definitely be faster than the Ether Association.

In other words, if something happened then, he wouldn't receive any rescue, but would have to face the entire Dark World, even The Order of the Hidden alone, like being trapped on an isolated island, isolated and helpless.

The Moon Princess, on the other hand, is fine, she can commit suicide anytime, discarding this avatar.

As for Gu Jianlin himself, in desperate situations he would have to use the Lock of Nonexistence to hide his Qi, then find a deserted place to continuously hide, but this manner is too suffocating for him.

"Oh, by the way."

Gu Jianlin hesitated for a moment, then suddenly spoke: "Where can I find street stalls nearby selling ramen aged over fifty years, and they have to be clean and hygienic."

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At one-thirty in the morning, the bedroom door in the deepest part of the courtyard was opened.

Gu Jianlin placed the freshly bought tonkotsu ramen and tempura on the table, staring expressionlessly at the bed.

"You're two minutes late."

Skylark raised her beautiful eyes, glanced at him: "I'm very unhappy."

This woman lay on the soft bed, a loose deep red kimono scattered around her, yet still accentuating the seductive curves of her body. Her gaze was lazy yet alluring, her slender snow-white collarbones exposed, the neckline of her clothing concealed a deep curve, a large bow tied at her waist, a pair of slender, snow-white legs crossed.

Her feet, painted with red nail polish, gleamed porcelain white.

She was awake.

Compared to her Sleeping Beauty period, her awakened self is simply a captivating enchantress.

Gu Jianlin merely glanced at her, and could feel his desires burning.

In a certain sense, this was the first face-to-face meeting moment, a rare time both were alert, yet there was no awkwardness, as if they had known each other for a long time, a sensation of familial connection.

Of course, even without that familial closeness, they wouldn't feel estrangement.

Because at their level, they could tell what had happened during their comatose states.

They were like grasshoppers tied to the same rope.

He quickly muttered the Great Compassionate Mantra, and said with a stern face: "First, I have no obligation to serve you. Secondly, if you must call me for something, I've left an avatar, why seek out my true self?"

The Shadow stood guard at the door, like a silent statue.

Skylark just rolled her eyes disdainfully, and said plainly: "The avatar is unworthy to talk to me."

Just that one sentence made Gu Jianlin's blood pressure spike.

"I injured myself badly saving you, what's the harm in serving me for a while? Are all men such ungrateful things? It's truly disheartening." Skylark sighed softly, indeed resembling a girl deceived by a man, her eyes full of sorrow and grievance. You wouldn't even know if she was acting.

Gu Jianlin was momentarily stumped, not knowing what to do.

His nature is just to yield to softness but not hardness.

If someone forces him, he definitely won't fall for it, he'll brandish his knife and attack you.

But if you cry pitifully and remind him of past favors, he becomes flustered and helpless.

Prior to this, only Youzhu had grasped this point.

And the woman before him, for some reason, seemed to have already seen through all his weaknesses.

"Eat!"

He opened the packaging bag with a stern face, sat to one side.