Chapter 134: Heaven Above, Judge the Loyal from the Treacherous

A pretty girl "respawned" on the bed — under normal circumstances, that would count as a good thing.

Unless it's a honey trap.

Still, Miss Li Xin wouldn't pull that kind of move on Bai Liang — she's not the type of bikini model who'd slip him a note.

Besides, sleeping sprawled out like a starfish, only missing a snot bubble, was honestly a touch on the wild side.

Bai Liang sat there watching her for a while, then pulled out his phone and called Sister Yanzi.

"What's up, Brother Xiao Bai? Aren't you staying in the RV today — do you need something?"

Sister Yanzi picked up fast and immediately asked what Bai Liang needed.

"It's not that I'm short on stuff, but I've got a little headache~"

"What kind of headache?"

"Li Xin fell asleep in my RV — what do I do?"

Sister Yanzi went silent on the other end for a few seconds, momentarily at a loss for words.

Mm. Mainly because she didn't know whether she'd fallen asleep before, or after.

But she quickly realized that if it were the "after," Bai Liang probably wouldn't have made this call — and even if he had, he wouldn't have said it like that.

Great, it's the "before"!

There's still time~

"Brother Xiao Bai, it's a bit late now — don't open the door for anyone, drop the window shutters all the way down, I'll get someone to come over and take a look."

That sounded a little odd — shouldn't she be notifying Li Xin's assistant, letting her come pick her up?

But when it came to this sort of thing, Bai Liang figured he'd trust Sister Yanzi's handling of it.

Ten minutes later, Old Zhou arrived.

He seemed in quite a hurry — his jacket zipper was still undone, his head was sweating, steam practically rising off him.

Most importantly, he was carrying a plastic bag in his hand.

Bai Liang glanced at it and caught the name of some pharmacy printed on it.

"You're here — come inside and talk?"

"No, no, no." Old Zhou shook his head like a rattle-drum — not only did he refuse to go in, he didn't even sneak a peek inside the RV.

Afraid there might be some half-dressed, or worse, scene in there.

"Brother Liang, this is for you — my mission's complete." Old Zhou handed the bag to Bai Liang, then flashed that look every man understands, with a knowing grin.

Then he turned right around and left, as if he'd made some kind of decision.

"Hey~"

Bai Liang couldn't even call him back, so he could only close the RV door first, then toss the bag onto the table.

He peeked into the bag — mm, the thing on top was a brand basically every man knows.

Old Zhou had even bought the twelve-pack super-size box.

He called Sister Yanzi again. "You told Old Zhou to go buy that stuff and bring it over?"

"Yep~" Sister Yanzi said, entirely unrepentant. "Should be pretty well-stocked, right? I specifically told Brother Zhou to prepare plenty — we'll just keep it in the RV from now on, ready whenever you need it, and when it's used up, I'll have him restock."

"You really think of everything!" Bai Liang said through the phone, a little curious. "I figured you'd tell me to sneak off, or have Li Xin's assistant come pick her up or something."

Sister Yanzi said nothing, just let out a "hehe," and hung up.

Sneak off? Pick her up?

Not a chance!

She'd been stewing over this whole thing! And now Li Xin had just "delivered herself right to the door" — it would've been strange if Sister Yanzi didn't arrange things nice and proper for her.

And in Sister Yanzi's eyes, "accidentally falling asleep in the RV" — absolute nonsense, she was definitely faking it!

Li Xin: I'm really not faking it! This is a frame-up!

Heaven above, judge the loyal from the treacherous!

She'd woken up when Bai Liang opened the door to talk to Old Zhou.

Because a draft of cold air came in when the door opened, and right then her phone in her arms buzzed a few times with a text, which happened to wake her up.

The text was naturally from her assistant.

It wasn't that late yet, though — her assistant still thought Li Xin and Bai Liang had gone out to eat, and was asking if she should come pick her up.

Though the nap hadn't lasted long, it had been exceptionally comfortable.

Li Xin really wanted to ask Bai Liang where he'd bought that mattress — she'd get one for herself later.

Of course, her falling asleep wasn't entirely the mattress's doing.

As a female celebrity, she had to be careful about every aspect of her life in normal times — basic awareness of avoiding suspicion was no exception. Under normal circumstances, how could she possibly fall asleep in a male celebrity's RV?

No matter how comfy the mattress was, that wouldn't fly!

Li Xin could only chalk it up to... the fact that Bai Liang had been sitting at the computer desk by the bed playing games, and she'd felt completely at ease...

Only now the question in front of her was: what do I do?

She didn't dare make a sound, pretended she was still asleep, and planned to see what Bai Liang was going to do first.

If he tried anything shady, she could always "wake up" at that point.

Mm... should she "wake up" or not?

While Miss Li Xin was tangled up in these conflicted thoughts, Bai Liang launched CS: GO.

Hearing the noise, Li Xin snuck a peek — half-annoyed, half-amused. He's gaming now?

At that moment, the bag on the table caught her attention.

Mainly because the bag was sitting at the edge of the table, and Bai Liang's arm had nudged it — it was now teetering on the brink.

Sure enough, after a moment it went plop and dropped right onto the bed.

Li Xin observed briefly and noticed that Bai Liang didn't seem to have noticed, so she carefully stretched her foot toward the bag.

She wanted to see what was actually inside, since it had been specially delivered.

Half a minute later, under the covers.

"Ah!"

Looking at that big box of "condoms," Li Xin felt her heart rate suddenly accelerate a great deal.

However, that thing was only an appetizer!

There were other things in the bag.

Some lubricants and the like could be set aside for now, but when Li Xin saw a box of "sildenafil citrate," she completely lost her composure!

She didn't really understand the first three characters, but the four characters "sildenafil" — she had seen them often when passing by pharmacy doors!

Some were more discreet, only writing "sildenafil," while others were more direct, with the two characters "Wei Ge" enlarged and bolded!

At this point Li Xin could no longer pretend to be asleep; hiding under the covers, she even felt sweat breaking out on her neck.

She sat up abruptly.

"Got a drop!"

Bai Liang had just unboxed a brand-new Butterfly Knife in the game and was quite happy about it.

Although he already had several of those in his game inventory, when gaming, who doesn't love getting a drop?

At this point he also noticed Li Xin's movement and very naturally turned and greeted her, "Finally willing to get up~ I was wondering how long you could keep pretending."

"Huh?! You knew?" Li Xin's face flushed red; she was holding that box of sildenafil, but her attention was caught by Bai Liang's words.

"My mattress is custom-made and comes with smart monitoring. I can see your heart rate on my phone — a sudden jump like that means either you're awake or dreaming about something weird."

Bai Liang's mattress was the same brand as the one Daqu Xian's family used — the one belonging to the woman who divorced Wang Xiaofei and still had her ex-husband support her current boyfriend.

Wang Xiaofei really had it rough — his ex-wife spending his money was one thing, but he also had to support a Korean bald guy.

The worst part was, the mattress was too high-end; at night when Daqu Xian and the bald guy were going at it on it, Wang Xiaofei's phone would still receive feedback data from the mattress.

Oh my! Li Xin was dumbfounded. She instinctively touched the bed that had felt so comfortable to her. "That advanced? Must be expensive, right?"

"I bought the basic model — over seven hundred thousand."

"You really spend the money. I'm leaving!"

After marveling at the mattress for a moment, Li Xin suddenly came back to her senses — she was still holding the condoms and the sildenafil.

She looked at these two things, then looked at Bai Liang, and her cheeks instantly turned completely red.

She hurriedly tossed the things aside and opened her mouth to leave.

Bai Liang didn't object either — after all, he wasn't some pervert kidnapper; how could he stop a Miss from leaving?

But just then, Old Zhou suddenly called in.

Speakerphone connected.

"Liang-ge, sorry to bother you, but I'm just giving you a heads-up — it looks like there are paparazzi lurking around. Whatever you do, don't get out of the car!"

"The paparazzi coming at such a bad time?" Bai Liang said, surprised.

Please... bookmark... 6... 9... book.... bar....!

"Probably not here for you, but if you get photographed—"

If photographed, they'd trend online.

If pushed to the wall, they'd say they were reading a luminous script.

After hanging up, Bai Liang looked at Li Xin. "Are you still leaving?"

"Where could I even go?" Li Xin curled up hugging her own legs, looking pitiful.

She couldn't go anywhere now.

If she actually got out of the car at this moment, people who didn't know better would think the paparazzi were people she'd brought, deliberately trying to stir up a scandal with Bai Liang.

Even just for that reason, she couldn't get out.

Her reputation couldn't be ruined.

The car was quiet for a while. Bored, Bai Liang picked up that box of sildenafil and started examining it.

"Are you still going to take this?" Li Xin suddenly said in a quiet, eerie voice.

The car's heating was quite sufficient, and Bai Liang was dressed thinly.

Although he wasn't deliberately showing anything off, one could still tell his build was pretty good — the muscle definition on his hands was so distinct.

How pitiful~ Clearly so handsome, so young, yet already having to take this kind of medicine at such an early age!

Could it be from working out too much?!

"What nonsense are you thinking?" Bai Liang sensed something was off.

Li Xin gave him a gentle smile, as if to say: It's okay, everyone has their unspeakable troubles~ I'll keep your secret.

"You've got the wrong idea."

"Is that so?"

"Sildenafil citrate — besides the effect you're thinking of, it's also used in the diagnosis and treatment of heart disease. This stuff is even covered by medical insurance."

Bai Liang spoke with perfect seriousness, not seeming like a lie.

Of course he really wasn't lying — this stuff was originally used to treat heart disease, and is currently used more for pulmonary arterial hypertension; even depression sometimes prescribes this medicine. It's just that the "side effects" are a bit strong.

What eventually became widely known were its "side effects."

Li Xin listened and thought it sounded very reasonable, so she covered her mouth in surprise:

"So that means... you have two diseases?!"

"Cough cough cough~"

Bai Liang really couldn't hold it in — so that's how it could be interpreted!

He waved his hand. "That, uh, my heart's fine."

Li Xin:???

That sly, rotten man! So it really was for treating that, after all.

She wanted to laugh, but felt it wouldn't be polite, and in the end held it in until her cheeks puffed up.

At this point Li Xin declared she wasn't scared at all~

And after holding that feeling in, she even looked at Bai Liang with a smile. "What do we do tonight? If the paparazzi don't leave, I can't go back to the hotel either."

"This RV of mine is custom-made, only one bed. If you don't mind~"

"I was a little hesitant before, but now I don't mind."

Li Xin tucked that box of sildenafil into the corner by the headboard, striking a playful look that said, what mischief could you possibly get up to without that thing?

Bai Liang couldn't help the corner of his mouth twitch, nearly transforming into the Dragon King.

Ah~ so the effect Old Zhou bought this thing for was this kind of use!

Who says Viagra has to be taken orally?

This thing could actually lower a young lady's vigilance and nervousness — no need to ingest it at all, just set it down there and it does the job.

Still, it did feel a bit underhanded.

Like pretending to be a male homosexual, then befriending girls, getting close, and calling each other "sisters."

Except, even though Bai Liang seemed to have some unspeakable difficulty, Li Xin was still terribly nervous inside.

Especially after he took a shower and changed clothes, his body giving off a pleasant smell of shower gel.

The moment he sat down by the bed, her heartbeat sped up uncontrollably.

"Mm?"

Bai Liang glanced at his phone, then looked at Li Xin.

The other girl lowered her head and punched the mattress!

Stupid mattress! What kind of smart feature is that?!

Acting just like a lie detector.

Still, she declared: I'm not afraid of you!

The pills are all hidden away; at worst I'll just end up covered in drool — what else could happen?

As if to show that fighting spirit, she even patted the mattress herself and said to Bai Liang:

"Let's sleep. We need to get up early tomorrow so we don't get caught by anyone else and start gossip."

An invitation from the young lady — at a moment like this, Bai Liang had no room to back off.

Besides, he felt she had a point. He couldn't really spend the whole night gaming — he still had to film tomorrow.

So yeah, a compact RV is the best.

Click — all the lights in the vehicle went off.

The two silhouettes in the dark seemed to have no preamble at all before overlapping into one.

At some point a switch by the headboard was bumped, and the skylight directly above slowly opened; through a layer of glass, the starry sky blazed.

At the same time, with a muffled grunt.

"Mm~"

Biting her lip, head tilted back, Li Xin finally realized she'd "been had."

But by then it was too late. With nothing left on her body but a pair of cotton socks, the only thing she could do was stretch desperately for that box of "Sperm Blockers."

Unfortunately, she'd hidden it too well and too deep — she simply couldn't reach it.

When the socks were taken off too, her two little feet were freed from their bonds and bloomed right along with them~

At this point, she didn't even have the strength to resist anymore.

"Big liar~"

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Still four updates today, fourteen thousand characters. See you tomorrow, muah~

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