I am on the Ark, a succubus, pure and innocent.

She was wearing a bathrobe and was drying her wet blue hair with a clean white towel.

Bai Yue put down her chopsticks, took the towel from her hand, and pushed her to a seat: "It's getting late, you eat first, I'll help you dry your hair."

"Ah...oh."

Although she was a little uncomfortable having her hair done, Chen Huijie had no intention of resisting because it was Bai Yue, and obediently accepted the manipulation.

Bai Yue casually used a towel to roughly absorb the moisture from her hair, then tossed it aside and started using her hands.

As Chen Huijie felt the warm hands massaging and moving over her head, she paused, her chopsticks still in her hand, and let out a satisfied sigh, while a feeling of exhaustion washed over her.

While carefully drying her hair, Bai Yue complained, "Do you have to work so hard? Are all the people under your command dead? If this keeps up, you'll end up living in the police station."

Chen Huijie was speechless, then inexplicably felt guilty and said, "It's just that there are some things I can't delegate to my subordinates..."

"Hmph, you always have a point."

After saying that, Bai Yue stopped pursuing the matter and simply quietly tended to her hair.

The restaurant atmosphere became quiet for a moment, with only the soft sounds of Chen Huijie eating noodles and the ticking of the wall clock.

After a while, Chen Huijie finished eating her noodles and put down her chopsticks.

Seeing that she hadn't drunk the soup, Bai Yue hugged her neck, rested her head on her shoulder, and said reproachfully, "Why aren't you drinking the soup? I've been cooking it all afternoon."

Chen Huijie picked up a tissue to wipe her mouth, tilted her head and leaned her head against his, and said softly, "It's not good to drink too much at night. We still need to sleep later."

"I won't listen, I won't listen, you have to try it!"

As Bai Yue spoke, she picked up the soup bowl and brought it to her lips.

Chen Huijie smiled helplessly and could only bring her mouth close, already prepared to drink the whole soup in one go.

But seeing how tired she was today, Bai Yue wouldn't be so rude. She simply tilted the bowl slightly, letting her take only a tiny sip, and then asked expectantly:

"what about the taste?"

"It's delicious!" Chen Huijie said without hesitation, just praising it was enough.

Even if it weren't delicious, she wouldn't be a spoilsport. It's the middle of the night, and she couldn't possibly disappoint her little devil.

Bai Yue got the answer she wanted and stopped pressuring her: "It's getting late, let's go to sleep."

"...Um."

Thinking about the promise she made this morning, Chen Huijie felt a little powerless, but she didn't intend to break the agreement. She was fully prepared, and at worst, she would be late for work tomorrow!

......

On the bed, Bai Yue rested her head on Chen Huijie's arm, looking at her expectant yet nervous expression, and smiled, rubbing her cheek against Chen Huijie's skin.

"Alright, seeing how tired you are today, don't bother tonight, go to sleep."

Chen Huijie felt somewhat fortunate. While that kind of thing was pleasurable, it couldn't keep her going every day. She felt like her body was about to be depleted, so it was great to be able to get a good night's rest.

"Okay, time to sleep."

Before closing her eyes, she placed a light kiss on Bai Yue's forehead.

Bai Yue skillfully snuggled into her arms, finding a comfortable spot to settle down.

Silent all night.

Chapter 22 First Encounter with Rhodes Island

Bai Yue was awakened by the soft rustling sound of someone getting dressed.

Chen Huijie keenly noticed that he had woken up. She sat by the bed, gently smoothed his hair, and said softly, "It's still early, sleep a little longer."

Bai Yue blinked twice slowly, which was considered a nod, and then closed her eyes and fell asleep peacefully.

An unknown amount of time has passed.

Ding bell~

Ok?

Bai Yue was startled awake by the text message notification. Still half asleep, she reached for her phone on the bedside table, opened it, and saw a message from Texas:

Rhodes Island has hired us to find someone in the slums. Do you want to come?

Bai Yue stared blankly for a while, then realized that Rhodes Island might be looking for Misha, right? If she joined them, what would that make her—infiltrating the 'enemy camp'?

It seems quite fun.

So I quickly typed a few words on my phone.

Genealogy God of War: Go, where are you? I'm coming to find you.

Texas: I'm still in the dorm. You know where it is. Come over now, we'll wait for you to leave together.

Genealogy God of War: OK.

Bai Yue returned to the phone's main screen and glanced at the time.

6: 36.

It's getting late, I need to get up quickly.

So he immediately got up, rubbed his face, and, dispelling his confusion, started spinning around the room like a little whirlwind.

In no time at all, he had finished dressing.

A white shirt and black trousers, with X-shaped straps hanging from the trousers, and a white jacket that reached to the knees, covered with numerous attachments. The material was high-strength polyethylene, sufficient to withstand some simple attacks.

After getting dressed, he rushed into the bathroom and quickly washed up.

Then he turned around in front of the large half-length mirror, satisfied with his good personal image.

A succubus can be shameful, but she must never be ugly, otherwise she won't be able to get people to obediently hand over their essence.

Although there are methods to violently extract essence, we succubi prefer to savor it slowly and deliberately.

How do you say that?

The laws passed down by our ancestors cannot be changed!

After tidying herself up, Bai Yue stuffed some of the medicine she had prepared the night before into her white coat and then went out.

......

Penguin Logistics Dormitory

Texas was polishing her Originium sword, Exusiai was maintaining her gun, and Croissant was installing high-strength plates for defense inside her clothes.

There was a sudden knock on the door.

Texas drew her Originium Blade, Exusiai instinctively braced her gun, and Croissant sighed, stood up, picked up her shield, and walked to the door.

"Who?"

"Croissant, it's me! Open the door!"

Hearing that slightly willful voice, the three of them immediately relaxed their guard.

Croissant put the shield aside, opened the door with a smile, and said, "Brother Bai Yue, you're here so early! Have you eaten?"

"Didn't eat."

Bai Yue shook her head, yawned softly, and tears welled up in the corners of her eyes: "I was just sleeping, but I came over as soon as I heard about you guys."

"Would you like some apple pie? There were some left over from last night." Exusiai smiled brightly.

"Yes." Bai Yue didn't stand on ceremony and lay down on the sofa as if she were at home, lazily saying, "I also want mango juice, chilled."

"Okay, wait a minute!"

Exusiai jumped up and skipped towards the kitchen, where she took out a 'long-treasured' mango juice from the refrigerator.

Soon, the two dishes were served on the table.

"..."

Bai Yue stared wide-eyed at the mango juice, then glanced at Exusiai.

"What's wrong?" Exusiai asked, puzzled.

Bai Yue was a little flustered: "Is this the bottle I brought last time? Has it expired yet?"

"Oh dear, how could that be? This isn't freshly squeezed mango juice." Exusiai pointed to a line of small print on the mango juice bottle.

It says on it: Mango-flavored beverage.

Bai Yue puffed out her cheeks and said indignantly, "But last time that merchant charged me for freshly squeezed mango juice!"

"Normal, normal."

Croissant said with a matter-of-fact expression, "That's how it is when you buy things. If you don't check carefully and only listen to the seller's one-sided words, nine times out of ten you won't buy anything good even if you spend money."

"Forget it, I won't buy anything from his store next time."

Bai Yue sighed, angrily picked up a piece of apple pie, and took a bite.

"How is it? Is it delicious?" Exusiai asked with an expectant look on her face.

Bai Yue nodded and mumbled, "Yeah, even though it's been sitting out for a night, it still tastes pretty good."

"I knew it!" Exusiai's face broke into a big smile.

But before he could even take a couple of bites, Texas raised his phone and pointed it at the three of them: "There's no time to eat slowly, our employer is already on his way, we have to hurry over."

Bai Yue looked at Amiya's avatar on the chat interface, swallowed the apple pie in her mouth, and smoothed herself down with a mango-flavored drink:

"Hmm...then I'll ride in the same car with you guys, and I'll eat slowly on the way."

Texas glanced hesitantly at the apple pie. Could she really eat while riding in her car? But looking at Bai Yue's chubby cheeks, she nodded anyway.

"Okay, then let's eat it in the car."

......

Snap!

"Ahhh, Brother Bai Yue, I can't see! An apple pie hit my face!"

"Don't shout, don't shout, just take it off yourself!"

Bai Yue calmly grabbed the roof handle, as if she were about to take flight.

Texas, who was driving, sighed. She knew this would happen, but there was nothing she could do. She glanced at the several motorcycles that were speeding behind her car.

It's all their fault!

Exusiai was extremely excited. Using her superhuman balance, she leaned her upper body out of the car window and pulled the trigger.

Da da da--

In an instant, the rubber bullets hit the enemy's wheel hub and body, turning them into flying acrobats and causing them to do somersaults.

After the car stabilized, Bai Yue stuck her head out through the gap in the middle of the seat and asked Exusiai, who had pulled her head back in:

"A-Neng, who have you offended this time?"

"I don't know." Exusiai scratched her head and chuckled awkwardly, "We've dealt with all the gangs in the slums, but our relationship..."

"I understand." Bai Yue nodded, and sighed, "Your daily life must be quite exciting."

Before Exusiai could answer, Croissant pulled him back to the back seat, pointed to her shirt and said resentfully, "Brother Baiyue, this is my new shirt."

Bai Yue glanced at her shirt, which was covered in food scraps, and blinked: "What happened?"

Seeing him pretend to be stupid, Croissant was so angry she wanted to punch him in the chest with her little fists.

Seeing that she was covered in grime and still wanted to lean on her, Bai Yue quickly reached out her hand like Er Kang: "Stop, stop, stop. I'll go back and get you a bottle of medicine. You'll be clean after washing, and I guarantee you'll be as good as new."

"Two bottles!" Croissant raised the price without hesitation.

Bai Yue didn't haggle and quickly said, "Two bottles it is, just stay away from me for now. This protective jacket from the Land of Life is very expensive!"

......

8:00 AM

Texas arrived at the meeting point right on time.

The four of them got out of the car at the same time and turned their gaze to the group of people who were already waiting there. They all wore the Rhodes Island insignia.