“Oh! I know!”
She immediately pulled back the blanket and began taking off the pants Lu Ming was wearing.
“Ah, ah!”
Seeing her pull at his pants, the man blushed and raised his voice. His left hand clung tightly to his pants and refused to let go.
Bai Yan pried his hand away and quickly took off his pants. With practiced efficiency, she changed him into a fresh adult diaper.
“All right, all right. How many times have I changed it for you already?”
She tossed the pants into her storage, cleaned his body again, and then covered him with the blanket.
Seeing Lu Ming bury his face in the pillow like an ostrich, his entire face bright red, Bai Yan found it amusing. She gave the man a teasing glance before sitting at the table and eating her own brunch.
That man named Xing Ke was actually the head of this base. He did not look much older than her.
Since they planned to stay here, she should still accept the base leader’s invitation. She did not want to make an enemy of an important figure here.
Before leaving, she fed Lu Ming a cup of well water. She drank a cup herself before going to meet Xing Ke.
When Lu Ming heard the door close, his heart sank as well.
Although the girl had blocked the gap with her body just now, the man outside was still considerably taller than her.
That man named Xing Ke looked about the same age as him. He was tall and handsome.
Most importantly, this base belonged to him.
Would she like this man?
She had agreed to go meet him.
They should already have met by now.
What would they talk about?
It would be perfectly normal if she liked him.
After all, Xing Ke looked very capable.
Yes. Anyway, he was better than him.
No, he was ten thousand times better than him.
If the two of them got together…
Would that mean the girl would abandon him?
She should have abandoned him long ago.
She should have thrown away a useless, ugly freak like him long ago.
His heart hurt so much.
It hurt so much.
It was so painful.
He could barely breathe…
Maybe…
Could she like him?
No, no!
How could she?
How could she possibly like a disgusting piece of trash like him, someone who belonged in the mud?
Right…
Lu Ming, you deserve to rot in the filthy mud.
Being alive now only dragged her down.
His heart felt as though thousands of needles had pierced straight through it.
It hurt so badly.
Maybe she could spare him just a little bit of affection?
Was even that impossible?
……
When Bai Yan walked out of the building, she immediately saw Xing Ke standing in front of her.
“Uh… I was bored, so I came straight to the entrance.”
Bai Yan raised an eyebrow and lifted her chin toward him.
Xing Ke understood immediately and walked beside her toward Building 1.
Xing Ke brought her to a room on the top floor.
Bai Yan looked around. This seemed to be a conference room.
“Miss Lin, please sit.”
Bai Yan did not bother being polite. She pulled out a chair, sat down, and crossed her legs.
From this posture, anyone who did not know better might have thought she was the boss here.
Xing Ke smiled and sat beside her.
This was the first time Xing Ke had been this close to the girl. He only stared at her face for a second before turning completely red.
Bai Yan said, “Get to the point. My brother is waiting for me at home.”
Xing Ke hurriedly looked away from her face. He swallowed nervously and stammered.
“Well, uh… It’s just that… right now, besides me, you’re the only Level 3 combat-type ability user in the base.”
Bai Yan gave him a look that clearly said, And?
“I… I hope we can cooperate… It’s just, I… um…”
Bai Yan said, “The benefits?”
“I can make you the deputy base leader here!”
……
Seeing the girl’s expression gradually become disdainful, Xing Ke suddenly lost confidence.
Bai Yan asked, “Your base doesn’t already have a deputy leader?”
The man’s expression instantly became serious. His originally bright puppy-like eyes darkened.
“There is one. He is my adoptive mother’s current husband.”
Seeing the change in his expression, Bai Yan roughly understood what was going on.
She rested one elbow on the table and supported half her face with her hand as she looked at Xing Ke with a mischievous smile.
“Oh~ So you want me to get rid of him for you?”
Xing Ke was so captivated by her expression that he could not look away. His Adam’s apple bobbed several times, and his heart pounded wildly like a drum, as though it were about to leap out of his chest.
“I asked you a question.”
The man hurriedly lowered his head.
“Yes! Miss Lin, you’re so smart. You guessed it immediately.”
After observing him for a while, Bai Yan felt that he did not seem like a bad person. If she could build a good relationship with him, it would also be a great help to both her and Lu Ming’s current situation.
She nodded.
When Xing Ke saw her nod, he could hardly believe it. He excitedly wanted to say something, but Bai Yan interrupted him with one sentence.
“I’m not interested in being deputy base leader. I only have one condition. I want you to protect my brother. At least inside your base, I won’t allow anything to happen to him.”
Xing Ke paused. Then he looked solemnly into her eyes and nodded firmly.
“I promise.”
“Good. I hope you keep your word. I’m going home first. Come find me if anything happens.”
Seeing her get up, Xing Ke hurriedly called toward another door inside the conference room.
Click.
Two men came out from inside and walked over to the two of them.
“These two are my trusted subordinates. We’ve been through life and death together. You can absolutely trust them.”
“Hello, Miss Lin. My name is Shao Heng. Level 2 Ice-type.”
“Hello. My name is Chu Xiaoran. Level 2 Spatial-type.”
Bai Yan looked the two men up and down. Both were over 180 centimeters tall, and both had flushed faces and warm ears.
She teased, “Do the three of you have some kind of fever?”
The three men immediately understood what she meant and became flustered, shifting awkwardly.
“All right, I get it. It’s getting late. I need to go home and take care of my brother.”
Before the men could say anything else, Bai Yan slipped out and closed the door behind her.
She took the elevator down and jogged home.
Lu Ming was still awake. His eyes were red, and he looked at her with an aggrieved expression.
Bai Yan felt hot, so she took an electric fan out of the system.
She positioned it and switched it on, directing the breeze toward Lu Ming. Then she moved her own bed several times farther away.
When Lu Ming saw her bed getting farther and farther from his, his heart hurt even more.
He looked painfully at the girl’s figure, biting his lower lip tightly as his body trembled slightly.
Bai Yan looked at the wide path between the beds, now spacious enough for her to freely move the fan and chair around, and happily clapped her hands.
She took another fan out of the system and directed the airflow toward her own bed.
“The temperature suddenly went up so much today. Lu Ming, you…”
Bai Yan had just pulled over a chair and sat down when she saw that the man had bitten his lip until it bled again.
“How did you hurt yourself again?!”
Lu Ming was frightened by her shout. He tightly closed his eyes, trembling even more.
Seeing him like this, Bai Yan immediately softened her voice and gently coaxed him.
“Good boy, good boy. I wasn’t trying to scold you. You… Are you biting your lip because something is hurting?”