He just broke up with his girlfriend and is already living with the devilish rich girl.

After Bai Ziheng left, the supermarket was quiet for about three seconds.

The incandescent light bulb overhead flickered a few times.

The air conditioning vents, which were originally quietly embedded in the ceiling, suddenly started humming all at once.

A visible plume of white mist poured in from the air vent.

It's the dead of winter, and the supermarket was originally warm, but as soon as that white mist came in, the temperature dropped sharply, and a thin layer of water droplets condensed on the potato chip bags on the shelves.

Just now.

A furtive figure appeared at the main entrance of the supermarket.

Her slender figure was silhouetted against the streetlights, creating a graceful silhouette. The outline of her long dress reached her ankles, and a thin pipe sat horizontally at her lips.

A few sparks flickered in the night.

Qingyao bent over, placed her hands on her knees, stuck out her buttocks, and peered into the glass door.

Actually, she didn't have anything to do today.

I just came back from the south of the city and was passing by this street when I thought I'd stop by and buy a box of yogurt.

It wasn't because she was still holding a grudge about being grabbed by the back of the collar and thrown out by that man last time, and couldn't sleep at night, that she had to come and get to the bottom of it.

Hmph, absolutely not.

"It's not even one o'clock yet."

She muttered something to herself, straightened up, and tidied the stray hairs at her temples that had been ruffled by the night wind.

"You won't throw me out again today, will you?"

She pushed open the glass door and walked into the supermarket, where an automatic sensor emitted a mechanical "Welcome!"

A blast of cold air hit her face, even colder than outside, raising goosebumps on her bare forearms.

She frowned, switched the pipe to her other hand, and walked around the aisle of shelves that resembled a customer lounge.

There was no one behind the cashier.

There were none on the chairs, among the shelves, or at the warehouse entrance.

Tsk, where did this guy go? Smoking by the back door?

To be honest, Luo Yao is no ordinary oddball.

Any one of those who were thrown out last time could be a significant figure on their own.

But when Luo Yao summoned these people, none of them dared to be late, and none of them dared to put on airs in front of her.

She could make someone like Zheng Ningyuan obediently call her "Miss Devil," and make Qingyao willingly run errands and investigate cases for her.

Luo Yao's true level is far more terrifying than her seemingly lazy and girlish appearance suggests.

But she actually allowed a human to stay by her side.

Not only did they keep him, they also let him work the night shift at their supermarket.

This isn't right.

She took a drag on the pipe, slowly exhaled a wisp of smoke, and squinted her eyes.

I want to see for myself what secrets this man named Bai Ziheng is hiding.

I'm not gossipy at all, I'm just curious, just a little bit curious.

But at this moment, the supermarket was completely empty.

"Did you go to the restroom, or did you just skip work?"

She placed the pipe on the counter, crossed her arms, and blinked.

"How strange, I rarely feel like coming to check things out, and I just happened to catch this little thing skipping work."

A malicious smile slowly curved her lips, and the natural pale red at the corners of her eyes lifted slightly.

"This is terrible—"

Before she could finish speaking, she turned around.

There was a face in front of me.

A huge, blue-faced, fanged face was less than three centimeters from the tip of her nose.

Thick, curved horns protruded from its forehead, and its mouth was slightly open, with two rows of interlocking sharp teeth gleaming palely under the fluorescent light.

The hot, fishy breath from his nostrils sprayed directly onto Qingyao's face, causing the few carefully styled strands of hair on her forehead to flutter backward.

Qingyao's smile hadn't faded, but she seemed to freeze in place, her expression and breath completely still, as if a pause button had been pressed.

She slowly exhaled a puff of white smoke, took the slender pipe from her mouth with composure and elegance.

He even had the leisure to lightly tap his cigarette ash on the counter, a stark contrast to the sticky drool on the ugly face in front of him.

"Look at the mess this has made. First of all, I'm not a suspicious person. Secondly, you..."

"roar--!!"

"Help me!!!!"

"Let go of my skirt! It's brand new! Why are you tearing it?!"

"No, no, no—don't touch my hair! The jade hairpin is an antique! An antique, you know! Take your hands off! Take them off!!"

"Ugh! What's that smell?! Have you not brushed your teeth in ages?! Don't rub yourself on me!! Luo Yao!! Luo Yao, get out here!!"

A moment later, Qingyao limped out of the supermarket entrance, leaning against the wall.

The jade hairpin in her hair was askew, and the magnolia flower carved on the tip of the hairpin over three months had vanished somewhere.

One of her high heels fell off.

She chewed on the crooked pipe, leaned against the lamppost, and panted for a while. Then, looking back at the glass door that had closed automatically, she swallowed hard, still feeling a lingering fear.

"Is it really necessary...? It's just going to see your little boyfriend, isn't it?"

"Do you really need to let a Taotie out to guard the door???"

...

...

Lanshan District is located on the edge of an old industrial area.

This place used to be filled with the constant roar of looms, but now only wild cats and rusty pipes remain.

But tonight, all the stray cats have run away.

The air was filled with a strong, fishy smell, mixed with the pungent odor of sulfur and burnt fur, causing one's nasal passages to instinctively contract.

A huge, bright red fox was surrounded in the open space of the textile factory.

Its shoulder height exceeds three meters, and its tangled fur billows in the night wind like burning flames. Of its two tails, only one can still stand up with difficulty; the other tail is broken in half, along with its skin and bones.

Stubble of white bone protruded from under the charred fur, a gruesome sight.

It was panting heavily, and with each exhale, a few sparks flew out of its nostrils.

Eight young operatives dressed in modified Taoist robes surrounded it in a fan shape.

The peach wood swords in their hands pointed downwards, with pale golden runes flowing across their blades.

Eight swords, eight nodes, and a barrier.

Golden light patterns spread from the tip of the sword, weaving into a semi-transparent dome that pinned the fox to the spot.

Zheng Xingguang stood directly in front of the barrier, his left hand forming a sword incantation, while his right hand trembled slightly.

His breathing was unsteady.

The alcohol acted like a thin veil over his nerves, making it necessary to exert twice the concentration to maintain the sword control technique that he could usually do with ease.

"Stay calm." His voice was relatively steady, at least better than he had expected.

With a slight twitch of his fingers, the sword technique changed, and the golden light on the barrier shone even brighter, pressing the fox's front paw, which it was trying to raise, back onto the ground.

"This time... I must—"

Before he could finish speaking, the brick wall to his left exploded.

The entire wall looked as if it had been slapped hard by an invisible giant hand from the outside, with bricks and cement fragments shooting out in all directions in a radial pattern.

Several young team members instinctively dodged, and bricks hit the spot where they had just been standing, creating several shallow craters.

Immediately afterwards, a huge black shadow emerged from the smoke and dust.

There's another one?!

Zheng Xingguang gasped.

And... it's actually a three-tailed fox demon!?

Zheng Xingguang was swept away by the huge tail and fell to the ground, a metallic taste rising in his throat.

He could hear someone calling his name, along with the sound of alarms and the footsteps of his teammates trying to regroup.

"...Everyone, step back."

He gritted his teeth and stood up, his left hand making a hand seal without pausing for a moment.

The sword case on his back hummed and vibrated, and three peach wood swords were drawn simultaneously, their blades drawing three arcs in the air, blocking the two fox demons and the scattered team members.

"Five meters! Create a five-meter buffer zone!! Don't get close to them!! I'll hold them back!"

He had no idea how frail he looked standing in front of those two enormous creatures, in the eyes of the younger officers who were only a few years older than him.

All he knew was that he was the highest-ranking operator present, and if he didn't stand there, the people behind him would die.

The tip of the sword was aimed at the three-tailed fox, and the runes on the sword were teetering on the verge of collapse, but he showed no intention of retreating.

The three-tailed fox tilted its head, then opened its mouth, and a bluish-white light shone from deep within its throat between its fangs.

Just as the foxfire was about to burst forth, a silver-white shadow descended from the sky.

It slammed into the back of the three-tailed fox demon, the impact causing the fox demon's front half to crash into the ground, its chin hitting the concrete floor, and the foxfire it was holding in its mouth was choked back down.

As the smoke cleared, Zheng Xingguang finally saw the figure clearly.

The giant, silver-white wolf pinned the three-tailed fox to the ground.

Its golden vertical pupils lifted slightly, and it calmly glanced at Zheng Xingguang before tilting its chin in another direction.

"Go deal with the other one."

Zheng Xingguang stared at the white wolf for a second.

He suddenly felt that those golden eyes looked somewhat familiar.

But he didn't think much of it, because the barrier behind him was emitting a mournful cry of imminent collapse, and the fire fox with the severed tail was recklessly crashing into the barrier.

Blood was seeping from the corners of the mouths of the operators in the protective barrier.

Can't wait any longer.

He nodded, turned around to face the tailless fire fox again, and his swordplay suddenly became more fierce.

"All personnel, listen up! Focus fire on the one with the tail!"