Wait, why is this blond guy a lolicon?

Beijing Airport, a chain hotel nearby.

The keyboards and mice in the gaming room were clicking and clacking incessantly.

Jiang Ling and Song Ruyu were snuggled up on the gaming bed.

A PVP arena for online Minecraft battles.

Jiang Ling: "Ora ora ora—Ora!"

Jiang Ling's fingers flew across the keyboard so fast they left afterimages, unleashing a smooth combo that forced Song Ruyu's character into a retreat.

She bit her lower lip, her fingertips gripping the mouse tightly, but she still couldn't help but let out a few soft moans from her throat, as if she had been bullied badly.

Finally, after a series of light attacks deceiving the block, Jiang Ling unleashed a fully charged Wind Bullet Hammer.

Song Ruyu's character's health bar was instantly depleted, and she let out a high-pitched yet aggrieved cry before collapsing straight down in the center of the arena.

"You're cheating..."

Song Ruyu released the mouse, rested her elbow on the edge of the table, her fingertips gripping her forearm tightly, tears welling in her eyes, her voice trembling:

"You promised you wouldn't use that move... How can I possibly beat you like this... you bastard..."

(PS: "This move" refers to Jiang Ling's "Nine Consecutive Super Wind Bullet Heavy Hammer Slam". By constantly micro-managing the wind bullets and heavy hammer, he can achieve nine consecutive heavy blows and smash them down hard. Even Li Meiyu, a PVP master who often plays online with him, would be knocked to his knees drooling and even crying for his dad when he used this move. This is enough to show Jiang Ling's terrifying dominance in the MC Arena PVP.)

"I only said no continuous wind-blown heavy hammers."

Jiang Ling raised an eyebrow, released the keyboard, leaned back against the headboard, and reached out to rub her head. "I only used the crucial finishing hammer once from beginning to end, I didn't use it consecutively~"

His words left Song Ruyu speechless. She puffed out her cheeks and glared at him angrily, but she had no choice but to accept the bet.

—This was a match that the two of them started on a whim after taking a shower.

The loser has to eat the "golden apple" made by the other person.

It's called a golden apple, but it's actually just an ordinary apple covered with edible "gold leaf." As for what else might be added inside...

It all depends on the winner's mood.

This one belongs to Jiang Ling.

In addition to being covered with gold leaf, a thick layer of mustard sauce was squeezed onto the fruit pulp.

If someone were to ask Song Ruyu now what the most unpalatable thing in the world is,

She would answer without hesitation—it's mustard, pungent and spicy, with an absurdly strange taste, wrapped in sweet apples and gold leaf.

It's even more bizarre that it's happening at my maternal grandparents' house!

She sipped the apple slowly for half an hour, barely managing to eat two bites. Her lips were bright red from the spiciness, and the corners of her mouth were covered in tiny gold dust, making her look both pitiful and funny.

"Alright, it's getting late, let's stop eating and go."

Jiang Ling noticed that she hadn't eaten much of the food after dawdling for a long time.

He sighed helplessly.

He reached out and took the apple from her hand, then pulled out a tissue and wiped the gold dust from the corner of her mouth.

"Get up, get up, stop arguing with this apple."

"Well……"

Song Ruyu chewed the last bit of fruit in her mouth, glanced at the apple that had been taken away, hesitated for a moment, then leaned over and licked the gold dust off his fingertips before smacking her lips and saying with lingering satisfaction:

"The apples weren't good, the wasabi wasn't good, but the gold leaf tasted pretty good..."

Next time we play this game, can we just eat the gold leaf?

Jiang Ling: ^⎚˕⎚^～

"Okay, I'll treat you to gold leaf again next time, I'll get a whole box of it to eat like candy."

The two quickly packed their things, checked out of their hotel, and headed to the airport next door.

Today, Song Ruyu wore a pure white fitted dress. The dress's waist-cinching design made it easy for Jiang Ling to wrap his arms around her slender waist and cause trouble.

"How did I become such a pathetic person!"

Song Ruyu mentally berated herself, her gaze drifting through the terminal's floor-to-ceiling windows to the white clouds floating by, which reminded her so much of her former self—naive, innocent, and as pure as a blank sheet of paper…

But now, the pure white clouds have been stained yellow, though what caused it...

I won't talk about it.

The boarding announcement came on soon after.

Song Ruyu walked ahead and had just turned the corner after descending the boarding stairs when Jiang Ling, following behind, bumped into a small figure without paying attention to her footing.

She was a little girl dressed in a Russian maid outfit. She looked quite young, with big, bright eyes that, however, exuded a lifeless, gloomy feeling, like a dead fish lying belly up. Yet, her features were deep and delicate, like a porcelain doll displayed in a shop window.

Hmm, no, that's not right.

Jiang Ling made her judgment in 0.01 seconds.

This little girl is a foreigner, a genuine Western girl.

It's different from the warm-toned peach white of Alina.

Her skin was a cool, porcelain white, and she had a refined and aloof demeanor, exuding a sense of detachment that was both slender and bony.

The little girl was knocked so hard she landed on her bottom, and the old-fashioned suitcase she was dragging behind her also fell to the side.

Fortunately, the box was sturdy and didn't break or get paint chipped.

Are you alright?

Jiang Ling couldn't bear to see the pretty little girl being wronged, so she quickly reached out to help her up.

In that instant, his Observation Haki swept out uncontrollably.

A mature, feminine scent wafted into my nostrils, and a jumble of random thoughts instantly flooded my mind.

—This little girl is already an adult, over eighteen years old, and probably had her first period around ten...

bah bah bah!

Seriously, how can you use Observation Haki in a place like this!

Jiang Ling rebuked himself and slightly restrained his Observation Haki.

"fine."

The little girl's voice was cold, exuding an air of aloofness that kept strangers at bay.

A faint golden glint flashed quickly in the depths of those deep blue eyes, as fast as lightning striking in a rainy night.

She picked up the large suitcase, bowed, and said, "I'm so sorry, I bumped into you by accident. Please forgive me."

Yes, you speak fluent Chinese!

Jiang Ling had somewhat restrained his Observation Haki and did not notice the faint gold glint in her eyes.

Song Ruyu, however, was displeased to see that he was still holding the young girl's delicate wrist. She secretly reached out and pinched his waist hard.

"What are you doing?! Holding that little girl's hand?! You pervert..."

"She's an adult now..."

Song Ruyu: ? ? ? ?

Am I talking about whether or not someone is an adult?

Jiang Ling wasn't lusting after her at first sight; she wasn't deliberately clinging to her.

But he always felt...

There's something strange about this little girl.

—How about we give him a good Ora first?

"Please let me go," the little girl said in a cold, sweet voice, like a frozen pear from Northeast China.

Jiang Ling released her grip, wondering if it was just her imagination.

Jiang Ling used his Observation Haki and his Eye of the Box to thoroughly examine her.

Only after confirming that there was no danger did I apologize to the other party.

The little Russian girl first carefully memorized his appearance, then stared at her phone for a long time before silently turning around and walking towards the boarding gate.

It was only then that Jiang Ling realized that this little girl was actually on the same flight as them.

"Stop looking." Song Ruyu looked annoyed, even a little sullen, and turned her back to him. "Are you planning to find a few more? Can you handle that...?"

"No." Jiang Ling shook his head, reaching out to turn her around. "That woman... she's a bit strange, you know?"

"Heh, I think it's more likely that you were lustful at first sight."

Song Ruyu sneered, transforming from the shy little cake just moments ago back into the aloof, icy beauty.

It took me ages to coax her into being all soft and gentle last night.

This is all for nothing.

It seems I'll have to wait until I get home tonight and try again.

After boarding the plane.

Jiang Ling chose a corner seat by the window, but a strange sense of foreboding grew stronger in her heart.

He overused Observation Haki.

He seemed to be slowly developing a vague sense of the future, just like now, his heart was always feeling a little tight.

Song Ruyu didn't seem to feel anything.

After Jiang Ling's persistent coaxing and pleading, calling her "my beautiful wife" and "don't be angry," her expression softened considerably.

Having played games all night and stayed up half the night, she was already sleepy, so she leaned on Jiang Ling's shoulder, put on an eye mask, and closed her eyes for a nap.

She soon fell into a deep sleep, breathing evenly.

My sleeping wife, Ruyu, is so cute!

Jiang Lingfei quickly took a bite.

The cabin was peaceful, and the passengers all had relaxed smiles on their faces.

Jiang Ling thought for a moment, then used the "Opening Box Sin Eye" to scan the information of the people around her.

After reading it, he couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth.

In the first row sat a veteran who was about to go home to get married; next to him were a little boy and his mother waiting to go to a major hospital in the south for a kidney transplant; across the aisle sat a young man who had just become a father; diagonally behind him sat a company executive who would be able to cash out millions of stock options in a month; and in the very back sat a young black man wearing headphones and swaying his legs to the rhythm…

Jiang Ling: ……

Wow, with this lineup, is something really going to go wrong?

Just then, the fuselage shuddered slightly, the scenery outside the window rushed past, and the plane took off smoothly, soaring into the sky.

It seems like...nothing happened?

Jiang Ling breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that perhaps she was just being too sensitive.

No way! If you even have that kind of thought, something bad is definitely going to happen!

He tensed up instantly, but after scanning the area thoroughly, he still couldn't find any danger.

At the same time, he noticed something was wrong—the little Russian girl who had boarded the plane with him was nowhere to be found.

With his keen eye for detail, he could never possibly miss a single person's location.

Not available in first class, not available in business class.

I searched the entire economy class section with Observation Haki, but couldn't find a single one.

Just when he thought there was no need to continue paying attention...

Wearing the same Russian maid uniform as the little girl from before, with light brown long hair, a wasp waist and long legs, and a magnificent bust, she walked straight to Jiang Ling's seat with a cold and aloof face.

"Are you Jiang Ling?" she asked, her tone as cold as ice.

"It's me, what's up?" Jiang Ling crossed his arms, staring intently at her. "Did you need something?"

"The entrance test for the Sorrow of the Gods begins now." Her tone was calm, yet carried an unyielding arrogance. "You have no right to refuse, you are but a mere mortal without the blood of the gods."

In those cold, brown eyes, a glimmer of pale gold, exactly like the little girl's, flashed.

The moment she finished speaking, the clear, cloudless sky outside the porthole suddenly darkened.

Rolling dark clouds enveloped the entire plane, and silvery lightning bolts flashed wildly within the clouds.

The thunder made the aircraft buzz.

"Roar—!" A deafening dragon's roar echoed from the depths of the clouds.

The piercing roar almost ripped our eardrums apart.

The entire plane began to shake violently, like a leaf in a storm.

The once peaceful cabin instantly descended into chaos, filled with screams and cries.

Everyone assumed they had encountered a strong air current during extreme weather and was gripped by extreme panic.

"No! I want to go back and marry my fiancée..."

"I'll soon have a kidney donor, and I can live a normal life!"

"Waaaaah... I just became a father... If I die, what will happen to my daughter...?"

"No—why—my ​​ten million stock options! Aaaaaah, God is so unfair!"

"OMG... Is my musical dream going to shatter here?! Shit!"

Jiang Ling: ……

He tilted his head back and gave the woman a cold laugh: "You Gods... do you need to make such a big fuss over a membership test?"

"And why weren't you even notified?"

"You are merely a mortal, without divine blood, and unworthy to be notified..."

She didn't open her mouth, but her voice directly entered Jiang Ling's mind through her mental power, using the same ventriloquism technique as Shen Yuntian.

To be honest, Jiang Ling disliked her condescending attitude and her constant use of the word "mortal".

"What's in the clouds is a projection of a giant dragon left over from the age of gods, with combat power equivalent to a demigod. Only by killing it will you be qualified to enter the Sorrow of the Gods and share all the information about the gods with us."

The Russian woman continued to convey her message through her mental power, word by word.

Jiang Ling reached out and poked Song Ruyu's cheek beside her:

"Wake up! How can you sleep with the plane shaking like this?"

With Jiang Ling by her side, Song Ruyu completely let down her guard. Even though she felt the jolting and screamed, she didn't take off her blindfold. Only after he poked her twice did she reluctantly remove the blindfold and yawn.

"what?"

Her gaze fell on the Russian woman standing beside her, and she regained her composure, frowning as she asked:

"Who is this woman?"

"When you're going to rewind her memories later, don't let her rewind them," Jiang Ling said with a smile, rolling up her sleeves. "I need to deal with the onboarding assessment... Your husband has accidentally joined a new organization again."

Song Ruyu: ...

She turned to look out the porthole, and in the dark clouds filled with lightning and thunder, she could vaguely see a massive figure with wings spread wide, circling overhead.

"Why do I always run into this kind of mess when I'm with you?" Song Ruyu muttered to herself, stretched, and flexed her wrists. "Okay, hurry up and finish this fight, don't keep me from getting some sleep."

The two's casual conversation surprised Ariel, who was standing to the side.

This was the first time she had ever encountered someone who could participate in the God's Sorrow initiation test and still look relaxed, even flirting with her in front of her.

Please, the "projection" outside is a genuine demigod!

Can't you give it some face?