Chapter 3231: Saving Zero Egg Bai Ze's Love Chronicle 32

The next day, many people had already come to the restaurant at the auction venue.

Various faces moved between the tables, speaking in lowered voices, occasionally glancing toward the door.

Yi Qi sat in the seat by the window, leaning sideways against Bai Ze, holding a peach in his hand and biting into it bite by bite, juice dripping.

He wore a hoodie today, the hood not pulled up, with a pair of black-rimmed glasses, looking like a young master brought out by his elders to see the world, out of place in this place where undercurrents surge everywhere.

Bai Ze handed him a tissue to catch the peach juice under his chin; Yi Qi didn't mind and kept gnawing the peach, his other hand mischievously tugging at Bai Ze's sleeve.

Many people had come out for the X potion; to avoid unnecessary trouble, their identities had been arranged, outwardly they were Jin Chen's attendants, so they naturally couldn't act openly on their own.

Yi Qi didn't mind; besides, he usually didn't act alone either—wherever Bai Ze was, he was there too.

Yi Qi finished a peach, tossed the pit into the dish, looked up and saw Jin Chen walking in from the restaurant door, looking refreshed, with the gorgeous woman from last night beside him.

Yi Qi narrowed his eyes, lowered his voice to Bai Ze and said, "Look, I told you he's my boyfriend."

Jin Chen walked over and sat opposite them; Chenshu followed and took a seat, sitting beside him.

The server brought breakfast; Jin Chen picked up his coffee and took a sip, with no intention of making introductions.

Chenshu, however, was interested and observed them for a while before speaking: "You're Yi Qi and Bai Ze, right? Jin Chen mentioned you to me."

Yi Qi waved at him, "Oh! Hi~"

Logically speaking, this was their first meeting, but Bai Ze naturally felt a sense of trust toward this person, though he couldn't say why. However, since it concerned Yi Qi, Bai Ze hesitated a moment, then asked, "You came to Region Four for the X potion auction too, didn't you?"

Chenshu raised an eyebrow, looked at him smiling, and shook his head. "I don't need it. Don't worry, this X potion will be yours."

After his wife arrived, Jin Chen relaxed considerably, also becoming a hands-off manager, and peacefully lifted the bowl of porridge in front of him and took a sip.

Upon hearing that, he seemed to recall something, pulled two plain rings from his pocket, placed them on the table, and pushed them toward Yi Qi and Bai Ze.

Yi Qi curiously picked up one, held it to the light: a silver plain band, no pattern, but finely crafted.

"Whoa, what does this mean? Are you guys getting married?"

He waited for Jin Chen to speak; Chenshu chimed in from the side, "They're for you."

The auction schedule spans two days; tonight is for ordinary items, tomorrow night is the climax. These two days Region Four won't be peaceful—wear the rings to avoid getting separated or meeting accidents.

Hearing the last sentence, Yi Qi perked up, took the rings and, with a sense of ceremony, slipped one onto Bai Ze's ring finger, then took the other, put it on his own hand, and held it up to turn in the light.

Yi Qi played with Bai Ze's fingers, then looked at Chenshu, eyes bright, and asked, "Is this a locator? Are there other styles? Like something that can monitor in real time?"

Chenshu looked at him thoughtfully and said, "There is such a thing; do you need it?"

Saying that, Chenshu glanced at Bai Ze as if watching a show and said, "I can provide it."

Bai Ze's motion of drinking coffee paused, "... Cough, we can do without that."

He said that, picked up a small piece of cake, and accurately shoved it into Yi Qi's mouth, cutting off his next words.

With his mouth blocked by cream, he couldn't continue asking. He snorted dissatisfiedly, finished chewing the cake in his mouth, and thought, "Fine, fine, anyway Bai Ze has been obedient lately; monitoring isn't that necessary."

Jin Chen held his porridge bowl, looking at the two of them, "……"

Looking at Yi Qi's appearance, he suddenly came to a realization.

I was wondering how Zero Egg ended up like this—turns out, back when he did missions, Chenshu would often throw him into the little black room, which affected him.

Jin Chen couldn't help glancing at Chenshu, who was leisurely slicing the fried egg on his plate, looking back at him with an innocent expression.

As breakfast was about to finish, a commotion suddenly came from the restaurant entrance.

Leading them was a white-haired man, followed by six others; a group of seven strode in, their aura fierce, steps wind-swept, none of them looking easy to provoke.

As soon as they entered, the atmosphere in the restaurant visibly tightened.

A customer glanced up; Region Four wasn't exactly peaceful, but this group carried a sharper killer intent than ordinary gamblers could have. Someone whispered, hearing a nearby companion say it was Region Nine Agate Gate Academy.

In Region Thirteen, nobody wanted to be associated with that name; recognizing their origin, they fell silent, lowered their heads and kept eating, though their movements noticeably sped up.

Bai Ze caught a glimpse of the figures at the door out of the corner of his eye, his pupils contracting for an instant—he recognized that person's face.

That was a teammate who trained with him in the same batch, taken away by another team back then, and his whereabouts have been unknown since.

Looking at his bearing now, he must have already taken the seat he once held, becoming the new Contract Envoy.

The assassins of Agate Gate Academy all knew Bai Ze, and naturally they also knew that Bai Ze was accompanied by Yi Qi, who carried the X potion.

Bai Ze withdrew his gaze; Chenshu suddenly handed him a white mask, which Bai Ze took and put on, whispering, "Agate Gate Academy."

Yi Qi instantly became alert, solemnly setting down the remaining half walnut in his hand, and stared fixedly at them.

He hadn't even settled the score with that bunch yet!

Just then, the white-haired newcomer Contract Envoy had selected his meal, holding a tray, and glanced warily over this way.

Yi Qi put the peach pit down, swallowed twice to clear his throat, reached out to pat Bai Ze's knee, then turned his head toward Jin Chen and Chenshu and made a small mouth gesture.

"So many—I want to take on seven; if the situation looks wrong, remember to come help me!"

Jin Chen: "……Ah, fight now?"

Bai let you hide your identity!