In the factory building, Fu Luo listened to the dense sounds coming from overhead, watched the occasional flashes of firelight seeping through the cracks, his heart filled with anxiety and frantic worry.

"You have to win... Old Five!"

The sounds of explosions, the clashing of metal, and various other massive, violent noises continued one after another.

Fu Luo didn't know who had the upper hand or who was at a disadvantage, but he could judge from these sounds that the battle situation must be extremely intense.

This was definitely a world-shaking, terrifyingly fierce battle where both sides were using all their means.

Fu Luo's heart was a mix of joy and worry.

The joy was that although that old bastard Heavenly Artisan had reached the Second Tier, he still seemed unable to easily handle May May.

At least, the battle sounded so intense that it must be because the old bastard was facing fierce counterattacks from his good brother—a one-sided situation wouldn't have such dense commotion!

Especially since Heavenly Artisan's faint, suppressed roars could be heard mixed in from above from time to time, the sound filled with resentment.

Clearly, at the very least, Heavenly Artisan must have been unable to achieve victory after a prolonged assault to have this kind of emotion!

The worry was...

precisely because it was intense and deadlocked, May May still had the possibility of losing!

And Fu Luo could do nothing, only silently pray here.

He tried to struggle, but the iron wire binding him was too tight—he also had no items to solve this problem.

At this moment, Fu Luo also realized that this was even the second time he had been rescued by May after being tied up in reality!

Although in a sense, this trouble started because of May, Fu Luo wouldn't hold a grudge against May because of it.

He just remembered the last time he was kidnapped by that woman from the Marauders, he could also only wait for May to save him.

Only, last time, May was calm and composed...

This time, it wasn't necessarily so!

The frequency of the sounds kept accelerating, intensifying, seemingly also indicating that the intensity of the rooftop struggle was getting higher and higher!

Bound and tied up, Fu Luo's heart pounded wildly, filled with worry.

After a long time, the sounds on the rooftop suddenly stopped, the night suddenly returning to silence.

"Has a result been decided? Who won?!"

Fu Luo nervously clenched his fists.

Above on the rooftop, Heavenly Artisan's voice sounded first.

"Truly a respectable opponent, May May, I admit... I underestimated you!"

Hearing Heavenly Artisan's somewhat weak voice, Fu Luo grew even more tense.

Could it be that Heavenly Artisan won?!

But fortunately, May May's voice sounded again next, letting Fu Luo's heart settle slightly.

"You, this stray dog, after reaching the Second Tier, have indeed become a bit more troublesome to deal with!"

The sounds on the rooftop ceased again for a moment, then suddenly a furious shout was heard.

"Trying to run again?!"

It was May May's voice!

Afterwards, a "plop" sound of something hitting water came, and hurried footsteps sounded on the rooftop again.

Fu Luo felt slightly more at ease.

It sounded like his good brother had won, and Heavenly Artisan had jumped into the river to flee again!

Then, the figure falling through the hole in the rooftop also confirmed this.

In the dim factory building, Fu Luo saw the familiar figure walking towards him and could no longer suppress his pent-up emotions.

"Grass! May! You damn bastard are practically a superman!"

A good brother like May May, he would never have another one in this lifetime!

"You damn beat a Second Tier, I'll grass your—"

But the cheers suddenly stopped short.

Because Fu Luo suddenly saw that the familiar figure's clothes were almost soaked through with bright red.

The other party walked heavily to his front, a strong smell of blood drilling into Fu Luo's nostrils.

Fu Luo looked at the other person, the cheers stuck in his throat.

"You... you... you..."

"Stop making noise, I won the fight anyway—too bad he got away again."

The iron wire on his body was cut open with a knife, Fu Luo practically jumped up from that machine tool, grabbing hold of May May who was almost swaying and about to fall, completely disregarding the blood on the other person staining his clothes.

"You... you should have called for help!" 𝒻𝘳ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝒷𝘯ℴ𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝑐ℴ𝑚

Fu Luo said in a low voice.

"What if you died while I was calling for help?"

Lin Yu said, letting out a breath: "Still too weak, him just advancing to the Second Tier pushed me to this state, truly shameful!"

Fu Luo fell silent.

No, the weak one, the shameful one, was himself.

And just as Fu Luo was uncharacteristically feeling somewhat down, he suddenly felt someone pat his face.

"Went through so much trouble to save you, have you said thank you?"

Hearing this familiar line, Fu Luo turned his head and saw the smiling face, and also laughed.

"Thanks, dad... I'll take you to the hospital right now, I'll cover the medical fees!"

"What hospital, I haven't used my ability yet."

"Oh right, you're a Doctor."

"If you really want to thank me, treat me to a good meal!"

...

At the toll booth on the outer ring expressway of Jiangcheng City, an ordinary Nissan sedan was queuing to pay the toll.

"This toll booth is even jammed up..."

In the driver's seat, a young man wearing a plaid shirt who looked as shy as a science and engineering university student complained in Mandarin with a slight Wu dialect accent, holding the steering wheel with one hand while gently fanning himself with the other.

This person was precisely Paper Kite, newly transferred to Jiangcheng by Order.

And in the passenger seat, a sturdy man with a scar on his face, hair tied in a samurai topknot, holding a briefcase, wiped the sweat from his head: "Cenah, seems like Jiangcheng tourism is pretty hot lately, I really don't understand what's fun about Jiangcheng in summer, isn't this place one of the four furnaces—also, why doesn't your car have air conditioning?"

This person was naturally Chris.

"Second-hand car, the AC can't be turned on... I bought it cheap, just make do."

Paper Kite said helplessly.

"Why exactly can't it be turned on, what if it works!"

Chris said indignantly, then turned on the air conditioning.

Immediately afterwards, a strong blast of cold air came out, Chris said happily: "Cenah, you little brat were just lying to me to save gas, this can be turned on..."

But as soon as he finished speaking, some bloody foam sprayed out from the air conditioning, splashing onto Chris's arm.

This startled Chris, who then hurriedly turned off the air conditioning.

"Cenah, how cheap did you buy this car?"

Paper Kite helplessly wiped the bloody foam from his face: "Three thousand five... I can accept this price."

"I can't accept it," even with the AC off, Chris now felt not hot at all, "Cenah, why didn't you tell me before I got in the car?"

"You were the one who insisted on hitching a ride after you found out I was coming to Jiangcheng," Paper Kite said calmly, "I didn't force you to sit."

Knowing he was in the wrong, Chris then said helplessly: "Fine... anyway, to define it broadly, we aren't completely alive people either, so let it be."

Then, Chris wiped the bloodstains off the briefcase: "Besides, this thing is carrying a narrowly defined dead person too... Old man, you've also suffered."

What was inside this briefcase was naturally the thing Li Hua entrusted Paper Kite to deliver to Lin Yu.

Hearing Chris's words, Paper Kite sighed: "Which district should I drop you off at later?"

"Let me see... the address says Beiqiao District, Fuqiao Garden, just drop me off somewhere around there."

"You didn't take a murder contract, did you?"

Paper Kite asked suspiciously.

Facing Paper Kite's suspicion, Chris proudly puffed out his chest.

"On the contrary, it's a bodyguard contract!"