Chapter 116

On the other side, City Hall.

Inside the kitchen of the top-floor suite.

Miss Vivian was busy wearing an apron, her few little companions gathered around her.

On the stove simmered some kind of stew with tomatoes as the base, on the grill lay freshly cut Magic Goat Leg, the fragrance of food permeated the room, the girls' giggling voices chattered incessantly.

"Wow, truly didn't expect, that one day we'd actually be able to use such precious ingredients."

"Yeah, these aren't ordinary livestock, they're all Magic Beast meat, every piece can help us get close to the Abyss."

"This is all thanks to Mister Buxi, if not for his face, how could City Hall possibly give us these ingredients to use?"

"Hehe, in my view, the one we should thank most is our Miss Vivian!" Speaking, a girl hugged Vivian from behind, fingers scratching at the ticklish flesh of her waist: "Confess honestly, how far have you and Mister Buxi developed!"

"Yeah yeah! Tell us, what base!"

"Home run or not?"

"No, none! Ah hahaha, stop it!" Vivian was tickled until she could barely stand.

"Then have you kissed?"

"No, aiyah, stop scratching me!"

"Then holding hands?"

"No, none at all!"

Vivian batted away her companion's hand, face blushing red, unknown if from being tickled or thinking of something else.

"None, you're joking right?"

"Really not, I... he and I aren't that kind of relationship!" Vivian tucked her hair behind her ear, gaze drifting.

"Not that kind of relationship? Which kind of relationship isn't it~"

"Aiyah, stop asking, hey, the water's about to boil!" Vivian made to rush out from the crowd.

Unexpectedly her friends didn't plan to let her go so easily.

"Vivian, big sister is experienced! Let me tell you, Mister Buxi is such an outstanding man, you must seize him, miss him and it's truly missed."

"Aiyah, I already said, me and him aren't that kind of relationship, we, we're just superior and subordinate! Right, superior and subordinate!" Vivian's face grew redder and redder.

"Superior and subordinate? Would ordinary superior and subordinate kill for you? Would they push the Half-Demon Discrimination Protection Law for you? Little sister, you can't miss a good marriage!"

"Aiyah! You, stop talking! I'm ignoring you!"

Vivian covered her ears, fragrant cheeks puffed up like a hamster's, walking out of the kitchen on her own.

Her cheeks red like fire, scorching hot.

In her mind continuously flashed the scene just now of Big Boss blocking in front of her, angrily confronting Anka, and blasting her dog head to pieces.

"So this is the feeling of being protected..."

Thinking and thinking, her breathing also heated up along with it.

Meanwhile, a sense of inferiority also slowly rose from her heart.

Cheng Big Brother is this formidable, even Fourth Rank Lady Anka wasn't his opponent, behind him still has heaven-reaching background.

While oneself, merely a Fourth Rank Half-Demon, orphan born in the Slum.

Even if he likes oneself, such a self, really qualified to match him?

Thinking and thinking, Vivian felt dizzy.

She patted her own face, shook her head: "Vivian, what are you saying Vivian, what you should consider is how to promote equality between Half-Demons and Demon Race... what like or don't like, Cheng Big Brother might not even have any interest in you..."

"What interest or no interest?"

"Aiyah, it's Cheng Big Brother, he might just be thinking how to better govern City of Deception, it's all me overthinking."

"What overthinking?"

"It's, ah!" Vivian abruptly lifted her head, looking at Big Boss smiling gently, greatly startled: "Cheng Big Brother, when did you come back!"

"Just now ah, what overthinking?"

"No, I, that..." Vivian's face reddened more, her eyes rolled: "It's those Half-Demons ah, they're overthinking, Cheng Big Brother clearly wants them to work hard, result, result they instead, instead did that kind of thing."

"Oh, so it's like that." Big Boss nodded: "Really no other meaning?"

"No, none..." Vivian's gaze drifted, didn't dare look Big Boss in the eyes.

She wasn't sure if Big Boss had heard what she just said.

If he heard, then wouldn't she have become a self-destruct truck?

He hasn't even basic attacked yet, she already used her big move...

"Right, right, Cheng Big Brother, food will be ready soon." She hurriedly changed the subject: "I specially made some flavored dishes, you taste later."

"Mm, that's not urgent, right, Vivian, do you know where there's a massage place?"

"Massage?"

"Right, body a bit uncomfortable."

Big Boss said this while lifting his arm, just now blowing up Anka with a glare used too much of his strength.

Although relying on 【Sorry, You Didn't Let Me Have Fun】 recovered state, body still could feel fatigue.

He wanted to properly relax, to complete the next target in the best state.

"Massage not necessarily works ay, hmm, I did learn some Medicinal Bath recipes and tuina techniques from an old master." Vivian subconsciously said.

"Oh? Like that?" Big Boss raised eyebrows, revealed a sunny smile: "Then many thanks Miss Vivian, I'll return to my room first, you come over in a bit."

"Ah? What?" Vivian froze.

"Mm, remember to bring the food you made too."

Finished speaking, Big Boss directly walked up the stairs, leaving Vivian alone in the wind in disarray.

No, Cheng Big Brother's meaning, is to have me go give him tuina, Medicinal Bath? But, but if that's the case...

A lone man and a lone woman, sharing a room.

And a medicinal bath on top of that……

For some reason, the words her companions had said just now surfaced in Vivian's mind.

"Which base did you reach?"

"Mugwort?"

"KISS?"

Thus, Little Vivian's head grew redder and redder.

Her face also grew hotter and hotter.

A wisp of white smoke rose from the center of her head.

She short-circuited.

"What do I do, what do I do? If I don't go, Unknown Big Brother helped me so much, I finally got a chance to help him once……"

"But, but… what if I get mmph mmph mmph'd, what do I do……"

"Vivian, what are you thinking about? You're the Organization's top leader, Unknown Big Brother is the Second-in-Command, this is you checking on a subordinate, that's right!"

"Things having come to this, there's no choice but to do it this way."

After thinking it over again and again, Little Vivian decided to put on the eye mask.

As long as she couldn't see Unknown Big Brother during the medicinal bath, she wouldn't make a mistake.

Mhm, that's right, exactly like this. —"Bang bang bang."

A soft knocking sound resounded outside the room.

Li Cheng wiped the sweat beads from his head while opening the door.

He saw Miss Vivian pushing a small cart, standing right at the door, her cheeks flushed red, her gaze evasive.

A thin layer of fragrant sweat secreted on her skin, making her appear even more dewy and juicy, while also proclaiming just how nervous she was at this moment.

And her attire was also different from usual.

Over the casual clothes she normally wore, she had wrapped an additional layer of long robe.

"Wearing this thick, aren't you hot?"

Li Cheng raised an eyebrow; in weather this hot, he had just finished showering and only had a bathrobe on.

"No, not hot……"

Vivian glanced at Li Cheng's exposed chest, hurriedly looked away, but for some reason a thought to look one more time rose in her heart.

She hurriedly restrained that evil impulse, yet her gaze still couldn't help but dart over a few times as she pushed the cart into the room.

For some reason, she always felt like a little lamb voluntarily throwing herself into the big bad wolf's embrace.

"Th-these are all things we made for you, Unknown Big Brother. This is tomato stewed magic horse meat, roasted magic lamb leg…… you try a taste."

After entering the room, Vivian lifted the food covers and introduced them.

"Which one did you make?"

"Ah? Th-this stewed dish, and this plate of fried mushrooms." Vivian pointed without understanding why.

"Good." Li Cheng picked up his knife and fork, going for that pot of vegetables first: "Mm, very delicious, your cooking skill is really not bad."

"G-good, as long as it's good." Vivian's face grew even redder.

Watching Li Cheng eat almost exclusively the things she made the whole time, showing zero interest in the dishes others made.

For no reason at all, Vivian felt a bit happy.

"That, Miss Vivian, could I ask you to go prepare a medicinal bath for me?" Li Cheng spoke again.

"Ah~ o-okay." Vivian blanked for a moment, then walked toward the bathroom restrained and uneasy.

The sound of rushing water resounded; rising steam made her face grow even hotter.

She kept adjusting her breathing, but her heart rate simply wouldn't come down.

Pack after pack of medicine entered the tub, turning the transparent pool pink.

Vivian stared at her own reflection in the pool, absent-minded; a pair of tender feet also unconsciously curled up repeatedly.

"Miss Vivian."

"Ah!"

Li Cheng pushed open the bathroom door, smiling gently: "Ready?"

"N-no." Vivian replied timidly.

"But the bath water is about to overflow."

"Ah? Oh, oh, rea-ready." Only then did Vivian snap back to her senses.

So he was asking if *that* was ready…… I thought…… Hateful, Vivian oh Vivian, what kind of junk is packed inside your head.

"Then I'm going in." Li Cheng took off his bathrobe and walked into the tub. The tub's interior had a built-in step to sit on; the overall shape was very much like the medicine barrels the male lead in wuxia novels sleeps in when down on his luck or faking his death.

The warm medicinal water was neither too hot nor too cold; some kind of spiritual power seemed contained within — his body had only just entered when his fatigue disappeared a good deal.

"Mm……"

He couldn't help letting out a low moan, tilting his head back: "I'm ready, Miss Vivian, go ahead and do your thing."

This time, Vivian didn't misunderstand again; she knew Li Cheng wanted her to give a massage.

So she obediently walked behind him, took out the eye mask and put it on, reached her palms in and massaged Li Cheng's shoulders.

"Mm……"

Li Cheng let out another low moan, seeming to be in pain.

"Sh-should I go lighter?"

"No need, girls all like rugged guys." Li Cheng smiled sunnily.

"The best you described is really firm..." Vivian didn't dare talk back either, and carefully began massaging.

"That, Cheng Big Brother, this is a kind of Medicinal Bath that can relieve fatigue. Combined with this Massage Technique, it can expel toxins from the body and strengthen the physique."

She touched Li Cheng's powerful deltoids, pectorals, her palm gently massaging on one side, her feet also moving around the bath tub following the massage movements.

Because the water tub was too full, with her movements, the medicinal water also seeped onto the bathroom tiles, making the ground increasingly smooth.

But all this, the blindfolded Miss Vivian, obviously could not see.

"Mm, your technique is really not bad." Li Cheng said.

This sentence of his was truly from the bottom of his heart, because on his Status Bar, it was continuously prompting Bloodline+1, Power/Strength+1 and such values.

These values were not Attribute increases brought by leveling up, but truly extra bonuses, and permanent ones at that.

Obviously, Vivian was not blowing smoke; she indeed had a few real skills.

Li Cheng comfortably closed his eyes.

"Where did your Medicinal Bath technique come from?"

"Family tradition."

"Family tradition? But your parents..."

"Mm, when I was young my health was poor, my aunt helped me regulate my body with this. I just learned it along the way, ah!"

Vivian spoke, suddenly letting out a cry of alarm.

It turned out her jade feet stepped on a puddle of water, her foot slipped, her whole person lost footing, and fell toward the bathtub.

Only heard a pa sound of falling into water.

The Half-Demon girl directly fell into the bath tub.

Because she fell, Vivian head down, buttocks up, burrowed into the bath tub.

The bath tub was originally not large, and inside sat a Li Cheng; the narrow space simply had no way to adjust posture.

Thus, Vivian's pair of jade legs suspended outside the bath tub began violently twitching——

Li Cheng was originally still comfortably soaking enjoying the massage, suddenly heard bubbling spit-bubble sounds, and struggling sounds like a Magikarp flopping on the water surface, hurriedly opened his eyes, then pupils twitched.

Very obvious.

Miss Vivian, drowned.

Inside a bath tub.

Although it's hard to imagine this kind of thing would happen on an adult's body, but she indeed really did it.

That pair of legs propping up outside struggling, was telling just how painful she was at this moment.

Li Cheng hurriedly stood up, embraced Vivian, pulled her out from the tub.

Vivian: "Gurgle gurgle gurgle..."

Li Cheng laughing and crying carried Vivian out of the bathroom: "Hey hey hey, you this is too..."

Vivian: "Bubble bubble..."

Li Cheng: "No, you..."

Vivian: (@_@) Li Cheng somewhat helplessly put the girl down on the ground.

Also fortunate, he previously had the luck to attend a First Aid training class, knew how to do Artificial Respiration.

Thus, after a bout of busy work, Vivian finally spat out those few mouthfuls of water she drank.

The outer robe worn on the body had long fallen on the ground, the white shirt inside, also because of being soaked, became transparent beyond compare.

Two long legs curled up trembling, full chest rising and falling.

And above this tempting-if-not-crime-scene Screen, was a face that had already lost any hope of surviving.

Vivian's dual pupils ash-gray stared at the Ceiling, smiling miserably.

Social Death, really Social Death.

Drowning in a bath tub, this kind of thing you can even do, what thing can't you do, Vivian?

"Heh, hehe."

No need to worry anymore about whether Cheng Big Brother would like oneself, whether oneself is qualified for him or not.

Oneself who can do this kind of infantile paralysis-like thing, is not worthy of anyone's liking.

Destruction ba, I'm tired.

"Better?" Li Cheng asked.

"Mm, better." Vivian turned her head to one side, this time, she thoroughly didn't dare look at Li Cheng's Gaze.

Not just because of Social Death, but because...

Just Now's Artificial Respiration.

But unexpectedly, Li Cheng grabbed her chin, embraced her neck, slowly turned her over.

Four eyes met, Li Cheng's other hand also gripped Vivian's palm.

Immediately after, Li Cheng's voice Resounded:

"Miss Vivian, I feel I have the necessity to help you do Artificial Respiration again."

"I, I'm already healed."

"If the water in the lungs hasn't been expelled, it will leave Aftereffects."

Li Cheng sincerely said, scorching eyes gazing at Vivian, body also Little Bit leaning over.

Vivian was stared at by his gaze until whole body feverish, breathing rapid.

She wasn't a Stupid Fellow, couldn't not see what Li Cheng wanted to do now.

What water in lungs not expelled... she only drank two or three mouthfuls total.

This so-called Artificial Respiration, is just an excuse between adults after all.

When helping Big Boss with the medicinal bath today, Vivian had already guessed that something might happen.

Now, after that farce just now, not only was her body powerless, but her psychological defense against Big Boss had almost completely collapsed.

"Then, then... do it a few more times... artificial respiration."

Vivian blushed, brushed the wet hair on her forehead, her gaze darting about, yet secretly looking at Big Boss, her little toes nervously curling up.

"Okay, I'll be a little gentler."

The distance between them grew closer and closer, their gazes entangled, each able to smell the other's breathing and hear the other's heartbeat.

Then.

Big Boss lowered his head.

Lips lightly touched.

First cold, then scorching.

The scorching heat that would devour him.

"Mmm..."

The sticky nasal sound echoed continuously in the room.

A girl full of allure, her face flushed with drunkenness, her hazy eyes, captivating the heart and soul.

The sunset outside the room slid down little by little.

Night fell. —Meanwhile, Mr. Piert came out from the Hall of Darkness where he had been meeting with the various Leaders, and got into the carriage.

Thick fog rose from who knows when, devouring the entire carriage.

Immediately afterward, Piert took out a notebook from his bosom and devoutly placed it before his chest:

"My Lord, reborn witch, you are the source of all life, you are the end of all things, I am here, praying for your descent."

As the words fell, the wind blew outside the carriage, and after the white fog that devoured everything, something was faintly appearing.

Immediately afterward, a voice ethereal and indistinct sounded.

That voice sounded somewhat displeased.

"Piert, I should have told you, I am very busy, whatever it is, wait until I return to say it."

"Master, I have encountered a troublesome matter here." Piert knelt half on the ground, extremely devout.

"What matter?"

"The fighting between the Demon Race and Half-Demons is intensifying, almost turning the entire City upside down."

"Oh? Such a good thing? Heh heh, isn't this exactly what I want?"

"But I worry that your plan will be affected by this riot." Piert lowered his head.

"Hmm... my matters here are not yet finished, I have no time to talk with you." The Reborn Witch said: "No need to worry, I will send my Divine Envoy to see you, he will tell you the entire plan."

"May I ask who the Divine Envoy Adult is?" Piert said fearfully.

"You need not know his identity, heh heh, should say, he is someone who will make you feel surprised." The Reborn Witch continued: "He carries my Badge on him, and the key to the Altar, seeing him is equivalent to seeing me."

"Alright, that's it, do not contact me again, four days later, when the plan starts, I will go find you."

The white fog dissipated, and the Reborn Witch's ethereal voice also disappeared along with it.

Everything was as if nothing had happened.

Piert sat on the carriage, looking at the scenery around him restored to its usual appearance, and sighed:

"Divine Envoy Adult? Who could he be?"

Ten thousand words presented~ Previously writing code late every night, low efficiency, head like porridge, now adjusting update time, afterwards updating every day between 5 and 6 PM~ Fox pouting buttocks apologizing~!

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