SSS-level catastrophe? That's my wife!

Because everything he did today completely shattered his self-perception over the past 24 years; it's utterly absurd!

He actually went to save a King of Calamity?

He knew perfectly well that this action was incredibly stupid and might even attract some people's attention, but he still did it.

Lin Mu stood in front of her for a long time, his mind racing:

Why?

Even though his internal strength hadn't recovered, and even though he knew Bai Zhou's people were nearby, why did he still rush over to save her?

Didn't you ever think that you might encounter an accident because of this?

Su Nianhe slowly raised her eyes, and two fair legs emerged from under her red skirt.

"What are you thinking? Don't you think you're being a little ridiculous?"

"Let's pretend we never met. You can leave first thing tomorrow morning." After saying that, Lin Mu turned and walked towards the room.

"Wait a minute," Su Nianhe called out softly.

Lin Mu turned around with a dark expression: "What is it now?"

"I want to take a shower."

Su Nianhe's chest rose and fell slightly as she bit her red lips and said, "I can't move."

Lin Mu froze on the spot, his tone helpless: "If you can't move, don't bother washing. Your injuries... should heal on their own, right?"

"I want to take a shower," Su Nianhe repeated, looking at him earnestly.

"I haven't showered in months! All I wanted after leaving Sin City was a place to take a proper bath, that's all!"

"And... I didn't intentionally kill those Awakened Ones."

Lin Mu looked at him as if he had heard a fairy tale, his eyes filled with disbelief:

"You mean... you came out of the restricted area just to find a place to take a shower?"

"Mmm." Su Nianhe pouted, looking even a little aggrieved.

Lin Mu finally sighed in resignation, "There's a bathtub. I'll fill it with water for you, and you can wash in it yourself. Is that alright?"

"Okay." Su Nianhe nodded, a smile returning to her lips.

After the sound of running water stopped, Lin Mu came out of the bathroom: "The water temperature is adjusted."

"Hug." Su Nianhe uttered only one word.

Lin Mu rubbed his forehead, feeling as if he had truly invited a deity back.

Just as he was about to reach out and hug her, Su Nianhe's voice lowered even further: "My clothes... help me..."

Lin Mu stumbled and almost threw the person out.

He stopped in his tracks, looked into Su Nianhe's clear eyes, and completely lost his temper.

"Hmm~ The water temperature is just right, clothes, hurry up." Su Nianhe urged.

"I……"

Lin Mu closed his eyes completely. After a series of movements, he walked out of the bathroom with his eyes closed, still holding a tattered red dress in his hand.

Inside the bathroom, Su Nianhe revealed her fair, jade-like shoulders, raised her hand to brush aside her hair, and gently traced her fingertips along her collarbone, moving downwards.

She leaned back in the bathtub, her legs casually stretched out, her skin white and translucent as it soaked in the warm water.

Lin Mu then returned to the shower room in his bedroom to wash up.

As he washed up, he muttered to himself in the mirror, "Lin Mu, you're really crazy."

A moment later, as he sat down on the sofa, drying his wet hair, he heard Su Nianhe's soft voice coming from the bathroom:

"I'm done washing, hug me."

Lin Mu tossed the towel aside, took a deep breath, and slowly stood up.

"These are my pajamas. I live alone and don't have any women's clothes, so please make do with these."

"Shoes... we don't have any."

"Have you dried yourself?"

Inside the bedroom, Lin Mu had his back to Su Nianhe, his eyes closed, and spoke.

"Don't rush me, it'll be ready soon. Aren't you afraid I'll suddenly attack if you keep your back to me like this?" Su Nianhe chuckled.

Lin Mu frowned, turned around and was about to speak when both of them froze.

Su Nianhe was sitting on the bed wrapped in a bath towel.

"Sorry, please don't provoke me with your words next time."

After saying that, Lin Mu immediately turned around and walked out of the room, shouting without looking back, "You'll stay in this room tonight. If you need anything, shout for me loudly... Of course, I might not be able to hear you."

After Lin Mu's figure disappeared, Su Nianhe blinked and looked down at herself.

She chuckled, "Was he... shy just now?"

She picked up her pajamas from the bed, and a smile unconsciously crept onto her lips.

In the master bedroom, Lin Mu stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling window and lit a cigarette in the dim light.

As he slowly exhaled the smoke, his heartbeat gradually calmed down, though a faint blush still lingered on his cheeks…

……

6:00 a.m.

A light drizzle was still falling from the sky.

The southern end of the elevated bridge in Huayun District.

A man dressed in the chief's uniform for daytime walked slowly to the bridge.

The bloodstains from last night have been washed away by the torrential rain, and the body and the wrecked vehicle have already been properly disposed of.

Just then, a series of hurried footsteps came from behind him.

The newcomer was a young man also dressed in a daytime uniform. He stood behind Qin Jiang, bowed his head respectfully, and said:

"Chief... the surveillance footage around the overpass, which was missing for two hours in the early morning, has been completely erased."

"eliminate?"

Qin Jiang's face instantly filled with rage.

His right-hand man is still missing, but the surveillance footage here has been erased?

He turned around, his voice gradually turning cold: "Upper Town, Ers, how dare you!"

"This wasn't done by the Upper City, Chief," the young man paused, then added.

"It was eliminated by the Holy Capital, and the source of the elimination cannot be found for the time being."

"The Holy Capital?" Qin Jiang's face darkened.

Only a handful of factions in the Holy Capital City have the authority to go this far.

He was completely baffled and turned his gaze toward the direction of the capital city:

Isn't he just an S-class Calamity?

Is there some unknown truth hidden in this matter?

Thinking of this, Qin Jiang sighed helplessly:

My own power is still not high enough.

He then looked at the young man and ordered, "Send more men and search along the river all the way to Jiangcheng."

"Yes, Chief!" The young man turned and strode away, while simultaneously relaying Qin Jiang's instructions.

Qin Jiang paced back and forth at the site of the conflict, feeling that the whole thing was strange.

He sighed deeply: "Is fate really against me?"

"Haven't things gone smoothly in just a few days since you took over Daylight?"

"Even someone as powerful as Lou Ping met with misfortune. It seems I still don't understand this world very well."

And let's go back to the early hours of the morning, a few hours earlier.

Central Town of E'ting, 32nd floor.

"Shen Rou, rewind the image," a middle-aged man with a cold expression said in a deep voice, pointing to the central screen.

"Yes, Chief Ning Mo." Shen Rou immediately rewound the surveillance footage.

A black Maybach sped through the rain, and the image of it hitting Lou Ping and sending him flying came back to Ning Mo's eyes.

The figure in black stepped out of the driver's seat of the Maybach, holding an umbrella, until he held it steadily over the head of the woman in the red dress, a figure of calamity.

Shen Rou couldn't help but say, "Chief Ning Mo, this person is indeed very strange."

"A Maybach without license plates; it was as if he came specifically for her."

"In other words, if we follow the surveillance footage, we'll definitely be able to catch them all in one fell swoop!"

She analyzed the situation on her own, convinced that her point of view was absolutely correct.