Sequence Beyond: My Wife is a Mysterious Boss

East District, Grocery Store.

"Ring ring—"

The wind chimes at the door were knocked and made a series of loud noises.

Gu Canglan, who was reading a book behind the counter, looked up, and his tired and weathered old face was instantly filled with the words "Holy crap!"

"Clatter".

The ancient book in his hand fell to the ground.

What did he see?

Lin Bai.

He swaggered in, holding Shen Shu in an extremely domineering and ambiguous manner.

Shen Shu nestled in Lin Bai's arms, his head bowed low.

Although the clothes were somewhat torn, the scene looked exactly like a pair of lovers who had eloped and returned to meet each other's parents.

Most importantly...

Xiao Shu's face turned red!

I'm shy!

That little girl who always gets angry at everyone is actually shy?

Gu Canglan felt his head buzzing and his blood pressure soaring.

All I did was send them out to buy some materials.

It took less than two hours in total, right?

What happened during this time?

What kind of bewitching potion did this kid give Xiao Shu?

They're already hugging?

In an instant, Gu Canglan conjured up a 500,000-word romance drama in his mind, and his gaze toward Lin Bai became extremely complicated.

It's like an old farmer watching his hard-earned, lush cabbage being uprooted by a pig that looks quite pleasing to the eye.

At this moment, Lin Bai was in a great hurry and didn't notice the old man's gaze at all.

He rushed to Gu Canglan in three quick steps.

"Here you go! Take it!"

As if throwing away a hot potato, Lin Bai hurriedly shoved Shen Shu, whom he was holding, into Gu Canglan's arms.

The actions were so brutal that there was absolutely no tenderness or consideration for women.

He then clutched his left hand tightly, jumping up and down while frantically begging for mercy in his mind:

"Su Wan! Ex-wife! Wife, darling!"

"Grandma! It's a misunderstanding! It's all a misunderstanding!"

"It's just a lump of metal! A robot! I have absolutely no interest in metal!"

"My loyalty to you is as clear as day! Don't burn it! Don't burn it! You need to practice your skills!"

Perhaps it was Lin Bai's strong will to survive, or perhaps his explanation had taken effect, but the burning sensation from the "ex-wife's curse" finally began to fade away.

Lin Bai then wiped away his cold sweat with a sigh of relief.

Looking up, he saw Gu Canglan holding Shen Shu, who was thrown around in a daze, and looking at him with the eyes of someone looking at a lunatic.

"Cough..." Gu Canglan looked suspicious.

"Um... Kobayashi, is your hand cramping? Or... do you have some kind of mental illness?"

"It's nothing, it's an old problem." Lin Bai waved his hand awkwardly and quickly changed the subject.

"Don't worry about me, Lao Gu, can't you see something's wrong?"

Gu Canglan's expression turned serious, and he noticed Shen Shu's twisted and deformed mechanical right leg. His eyes instantly turned cold.

"What happened? Who did this?"

At that moment, the mild-mannered grocery store owner disappeared, replaced by the terrifying pressure of an alchemy master.

The temperature in the entire room seemed to drop a few degrees.

"The artist."

Shen Shu struggled to get out of Gu Canglan's arms and sit down on the chair next to him.

While inspecting the broken bearing, he rolled his eyes, his tone full of displeasure:

"That madman found us. If it weren't for Lin Bai..."

She paused, seemingly finding it difficult to speak, but finally turned her head away and gave a cold snort:

"If that bastard hadn't used some underhanded tactics to scare people away, I would have ended up with more than just a broken leg."

Then, Shen Shu briefly recounted the thrilling scene that had just unfolded.

"The artist? Yan Qingzhou?"

Gu Canglan's expression changed drastically, and his eyebrows furrowed tightly together.

"That mad dog? He actually chased us all the way here?"

He glanced at Lin Bai, his eyes filled with a strange look.

The artist of Sequence 7 is unpredictable and has the ability to rewrite the logic of reality; even he is unwilling to confront him head-on.

How did Lin Bai, a complete novice, manage to scare away the artist?

But Gu Canglan is a smart man and a seasoned veteran.

Since Lin Bai didn't bring it up, he would never ask.

In this wasteland, everyone has a trump card to save their life.

Lin Bai saved both A Qi and Shen Shu; this is an act of kindness.

Pressuring for answers often signifies a breakdown in alliances.

"Now that the artist has discovered it, this place is no longer safe."

Gu Canglan took a deep breath and made a decisive decision.

"That madman failed this time, and he'll definitely leak the news that we're hiding in the outer city. This place... is exposed."

"Shall we run?" Lin Bai asked, already planning an escape route.

"Run? There's no need!"

Gu Canglan sneered, a haughty smile playing on his lips.

He slowly walked to the center of the shop and slammed his hands on the ground.

"I'll teach you a lesson today."

"What is a true... alchemist!"

Om-!

A dazzling blue light burst forth from Gu Canglan's center.

The intricate and obscure alchemical patterns spread rapidly across the floor, walls, and ceiling like swimming dragons!

The entire grocery store seemed to come alive.

The structure of space was forcibly distorted at this moment, emitting a grinding sound that made your teeth ache!

Lin Bai felt a blur before his eyes, followed by a strong sense of weightlessness.

[Alchemy Technique - Level 3 - Spatial Phase Folding]!

A few seconds later.

The light faded.

Everything inside the grocery store remained unchanged; not even the dust on the counter had been touched.

But when Lin Bai turned to look out the window, his pupils suddenly contracted.

The dirty and chaotic street outside the window was gone.

Instead, there was a dark and deep underground rock wall.

In the distance, the roar of the underground river could still be faintly heard.

"Holy crap..." Lin Bai was dumbfounded.

Is this the third-level alchemy?

Teleporting the entire house with you?

This is outrageous!

"Just a little trick."

Gu Canglan straightened up, his face somewhat pale, but what was more obvious was his pained expression.

That's 20,000 gold coins gone... What a disaster!

"This is the deep part of Blackrock City's underground drainage system. It was originally an abandoned maintenance station, which I converted into a safe house years ago."

The paleness on Gu Canglan's face faded, and she looked at Lin Bai with gratitude.

"You saved Xiaoshu, so I owe you another favor. Do you remember what I said? I'm the kind of person who values ​​equal exchange the most."

"Tell me what you want."

He paused, then rubbed his hands together somewhat awkwardly:

"However... it's hard to say whether I can repay this favor."

"My whereabouts with Xiaoshu have been exposed. In order to avoid involving you, we probably won't be able to see each other for a while."

"Once you leave through this door today, I will move to another location."

"So you'd better think carefully about what I can do for you right now?"

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