"Oh, so you agreed?" Leticia sat in her chair, resting her chin on her hand as she listened to Bai Ling tell her about what had happened during the day.
"Yes, Xue'er advised me to agree to that elf's request." Bai Ling looked toward Xue'er, and the maid showed a faint smile, as if saying this had nothing to do with her.
The Miss Demon King picked up the water glass on the table and took a sip. "That's fine. I feel like Lin Qingyu isn't the Half-Elf that elf is looking for anyway."
"Are you serious?" Bai Ling glared at Leticia.
The Elves might not know, but wouldn't she, a human Sword Saint, know? In these past few days, there had been only one Half-Elf who suddenly appeared in Central City—Lin Qingyu!
The elven race must be here looking for her. If they weren't looking for her, could they possibly be looking for some other Half-Elf?
If they were looking for other Half-Elves, then Bai Ling could only say she was powerless to help—she only knew of this one Half-Elf and hadn't received any information about others.
"Don't you think Lin Qingyu agreed too easily?" Leticia glared back without courtesy. Didn't this person know her own intelligence wasn't that great? How dare she glare at her. "If she really were the Half-Elf being hunted by the elven race, do you think she would so easily agree to meet with that elf?"
In Bai Ling's description, Lin Qingyu had only hesitated briefly, her complexion worsening slightly, before agreeing to meet with the elf.
She must have the confidence to be certain she wasn't the Half-Elf those Elves were hunting, which gave her the courage to agree. Otherwise, given this girl's personality, she'd probably be trembling with fear under her blankets.
"But..."
"No buts. I guarantee Lin Qingyu isn't the Half-Elf the elven race is hunting. If I'm wrong, I'll warm your bed for a week, okay?" Leticia forcefully ended this topic.
Your elven race is looking for Evangelyne—what does that have to do with my Lin Qingyu?
Leticia really didn't believe Evangelyne would escape without any disguise. Lin Qingyu's current appearance was definitely unknown to the elven race.
So what the elven race was looking for was definitely not 'Lin Qingyu.'
"I hope you won't go back on your word when the time comes." Bai Ling's eyes lit up. She felt this was Leticia voluntarily throwing herself into her arms.
The Half-Elf the elven race was looking for was obviously Lin Qingyu—otherwise, why would they come to Central City?
And there was that mysterious person who launched the attack two days ago. Although they couldn't confirm whether that person was really an elf, the poison they released undoubtedly proved their connection to the elven race.
With all this evidence corroborating, Bai Ling was certain Lin Qingyu was the Half-Elf at the center of this storm.
Bai Ling felt she had definitely won this bet with Leticia.
"Wait, I feel like I'm getting the short end of the deal." Looking back, Leticia realized she seemed to gain nothing from winning.
If she lost, she'd warm Bai Ling's bed, but if she won, Bai Ling wouldn't receive any punishment at all. Wasn't this a huge loss?
"If I lose, I'll warm your bed for ten days." Bai Ling immediately indicated she could also warm beds.
But Miss Leticia expressed her disdain for Miss Bai Ling's shameless words by telling her to get lost. "Heh, do you think I'm stupid?"
"Not stupid." Miss Bai shook her head.
Aside from her usual stubborn tsundere behavior, Leticia was pretty good in other aspects. Her mind could be considered quite sharp—definitely not associated with stupidity.
"Then do you think if we sleep together, do I gain or do you gain?"
"We both gain." Bai Ling answered with full confidence.
Her response was met with Leticia's 'powerful' hand chop. "I think when you're free, you should go to the hospital and check if your brain has atrophied. Do I gain? Hah? I'm losing big time!"
Leticia's hand chop didn't cause Bai Ling any pain. Perhaps in Leticia's eyes she had used her full strength, but thick-skinned Bai Ling really didn't feel much.
She just felt the place that was hit was a bit itchy, and that was all.
Her paper defense was relative to her own power level. For ordinary people to break through her defense would be very difficult, or rather impossible.
"Then what do you want?" Bai Ling asked.
"Three days. You have to listen to me, no objections, no refusing my requests." Leticia snorted.
Just like last time, except that time it was three requests, this time it was three days.
One side was warming beds for ten days, the other was obeying for three days. The stakes seemed about even.
"Alright, I agree." Bai Ling nodded.
"I can only say you're definitely going to lose." Leticia giggled. She could be 100% certain that Lin Qingyu wasn't the Half-Elf those Elves were looking for.
Previously, she might have doubted whether her speculation was wrong—like maybe Lin Qingyu actually wasn't Evangelyne, but just a very capable Half-Elf thief who was being hunted by the elven race for stealing artifacts.
But now, knowing that Lin Qingyu had so easily agreed to Bai Ling's request, Leticia was completely certain of one thing: Lin Qingyu had complete confidence in her disguise.
Lin Qingyu was certain she wouldn't be recognized.
"Sister, getting carried away now isn't good." Qila carried over a plate of cut fruit. She had heard most of the conversation between her sister and Bai Ling, and regarding this childish bet between Leticia and Bai Ling, she didn't know what expression to put on.
You two are supposedly the most powerful people in this world, yet you're making such bets. It really ruins your image.
"Don't worry, Qila. I absolutely won't lose." Leticia indicated her sister didn't need to worry about her at all. Victory in this bet was hers for certain.
"Their meeting is tomorrow. Do you want to go watch?"
"Didn't you say before that place was dangerous and I'd better not go?"
"I've called more people over, and tomorrow Songstress will also be there. That elf will bring professional medical staff, plus me and Xue'er—I think ensuring your safety won't be a problem." Bai Ling seriously told Leticia about her defensive arrangements at that location.
Her arrangements could only be described with one phrase: impregnable.
Just around Leticia alone, there would be the Sword Saint, former S-level hero Songstress, Xue'er, and those two Elves surrounding her, while the outer defenses were enough to give even ordinary S-level heroes major headaches.
If Leticia could still have an accident under these circumstances, Bai Ling felt she might as well twist off her own head for Leticia to use as a ball.
Absolutely no accidents would happen—she firmly believed this.
Since the appointed time wasn't very early, the next day Leticia easily and naturally got dressed, watched TV on the sofa for quite a while, and only got up to say goodbye to her sister after Bai Ling came to call her.
"Qila, I'm leaving now."
"Alright, sister, be careful." Qila walked out of the study and tidied up Leticia's clothes, which had become wrinkled due to her rather inelegant sitting posture.
"The Heavenly Kings are already on their way. They'll arrive by noon at the earliest." Taking advantage of helping her sister arrange her hair, Qila whispered in Leticia's ear.
The speed was quite fast this time. Leticia was very satisfied with these big suckers under her command. If there were more matters in the future, she'd continue calling on them.
"Mm, when they arrive, have them wait nearby first. I'll tell them where to go later." Leticia also whispered back. "But why do I feel a chill behind me?"
Qila helplessly looked up to see her respectable Sister Bai staring at her with quite intimidating eyes, apparently displeased with the intimate gestures between her and her sister.
Really, easily jealous.
"Alright, sister, remember to maintain our demon race's noble and elegant image in front of the Elves." After smoothing out Leticia's clothes, Qila stepped back and looked at her sister, who radiated noble aura all over, nodding with satisfaction.
Indeed, a long dress with black stockings could make even such a cute girl like her sister give off a mature and noble feeling.
"Don't worry." Leticia picked up the black thin gloves from the table and put them on, showing her sister a smile that had everything under control. "Miss Bai, let's depart. We can't keep our elven friends waiting."
This girl adapted to her role quite quickly.
"Want me to hold you?" Bai Ling extended her hand.
Slap! Leticia indicated she shouldn't dream of eating swan meat. "Hurry up."
"Oh." Bai Ling retracted her hand. Indeed, when facing herself, Leticia could always seamlessly switch back to that tsundere, hot-tempered girl.
Due to her physical recovery, today Leticia no longer needed anyone's help to go out. She could now run and jump, capable of handling any activity that wasn't too strenuous.
Of course, expecting her to soar through the skies like before was still asking too much. According to Dr. Candice's authoritative judgment, Leticia would need at least two more months to fully recover.
After two months, Leticia could return to her peak condition.
It sounded quite long, but compared to the nearly year-long recovery period last time, it was considerably shorter.
Getting into the car and facing Bai Ling's shameless approach once again, Leticia frowned and pushed her away a bit.
"Move away."
"Don't want to sleep today?"
"I'm not a pig. That time was an accident, understand?" Leticia snorted, indicating that what happened the day before yesterday was completely accidental. "I don't like sleeping on other people's thighs."
"Really? You seemed to sleep quite soundly." Bai Ling felt Leticia was being stubborn. That day Leticia had slept so peacefully that Bai Ling could even hear Leticia's unclear sleep talk.
If that wasn't sleeping soundly, then no one in the world slept soundly.
"No, not at all soundly, and I even had nightmares."
Alright, now Bai Ling was completely certain Leticia was being stubborn.
Leticia's behavior that day absolutely couldn't have been having nightmares.
Speaking of which, she had served as Leticia's pillow once, but Leticia hadn't served as her pillow even once.
Bai Ling thought for a second and felt she couldn't accept this loss.
So she yawned. "A bit sleepy."
"Then sleep. How long does it take to drive there?"
The black-clothed lady driving answered Leticia's question. "The destination is on the other side of Central City, about a two-hour drive."
Good heavens, the location was way too far.
"For safety's sake, the farther the better." Bai Ling explained.
Anyway, with her top speed, if anything happened, she could definitely reach the scene within ten minutes. She didn't believe all the people she had arranged couldn't hold out for even ten minutes.
"That's perfect then. If you want to sleep, go ahead."
"But sleeping against the chair isn't very comfortable." Bai Ling said cautiously.
Sleeping against the chair isn't comfortable? Leticia turned to look at Bai Ling. What did she want to lean against?
In this car, besides the chair, there seemed to be only one other thing to lean against, right?
"That, could I..."
"What do you think?" Leticia showed a smile.
"I think it's possible!"
"I'm warning you first—I don't have much meat, not as soft as you." Leticia indicated that leaning against her wouldn't feel that good.
"It's fine, just for a little while." Bai Ling didn't say much more and directly leaned against Leticia. "Actually, it's quite comfortable."
Leticia rolled her eyes. "I didn't agree to let you lean on me."
"Ehehe."
"Fine, fine. If you're tired, hurry up and sleep." Leticia took out her phone, planning to use games to pass some time.
But Bai Ling wasn't exactly well-behaved. She seemed to find Leticia's shoulder uncomfortable to lean against and actually took advantage of Leticia's inattention to lie down on Leticia's thighs.
Although Leticia was wearing a long dress today and Bai Ling was actually only touching a layer of fabric, this still made Leticia blush somewhat.
How did it suddenly become like this?
Had she agreed to let Bai Ling use her thighs as a pillow? No, right? Wasn't it just leaning on her shoulder?
"Hey, get up. I didn't agree to let you sleep on my thighs." Leticia reached out and poked Bai Ling's face.
The very elastic skin felt good to poke, and Leticia couldn't help poking a few more times. When she realized what she had just done, she blushed and retracted her hand.
Too embarrassing—absolutely couldn't let others discover this.
Meanwhile, Bai Ling adhered to the principle that as long as she played dead, no one could wake her up, and resolutely didn't make any response.
This made Leticia think Bai Ling had really fallen asleep.
Then, as if possessed, she reached out her hand and started poking Bai Ling's face again.
Poking turned into pinching, and Bai Ling's face was kneaded into various shapes in her hands.
Really, this felt very uncomfortable, but Bai Ling didn't dare open her eyes. After all, she was pretending to sleep—if she woke up like this, it might expose that she was faking sleep.
In that case, she'd probably have to face Leticia's storm-like offensive, which made Bai Ling afraid to open her eyes.
...
"Awake? If you're awake, get up."
Leticia's face-pinching behavior only lasted ten minutes before stopping. For the next hour-plus, she had been playing games.
And Bai Ling had indeed dozed off a bit. Although Leticia's thighs weren't as soft as hers, they were still quite good as a pillow.
At least Bai Ling slept fairly comfortably.
When she woke from her light sleep, Leticia immediately poked her forehead and told her to get up.
"Let me lie down a bit longer. Since I've already slept, a little more won't matter, right?" Bai Ling blinked, still wanting to stay on Leticia's thighs a while longer.
This shameless behavior made Leticia grind her teeth. She indignantly lifted her legs. "Don't push your luck!"
Letting her use her as a pillow for one nap was already the limit of Leticia's patience. Now she wanted to continue being lazy—Leticia couldn't tolerate this.
"Oh, then I'll get up." Bai Ling sat up somewhat disappointedly. "We're almost at the destination. Today's speed was much faster than expected."
"Because there were fewer cars on the road today, so the speed was much faster." The black-clothed driver explained.
"Xue'er, Songstress, and Candice are already waiting for us there. The elven people will arrive in about an hour." Bai Ling took out her phone to check the time. "By the way, I forgot to tell you yesterday—Candice said Miss Xi would wake up today."
"I already know." Leticia shook her phone. After Miss Xi woke up, Xue'er had sent the news to her phone. "You should have gotten a message too, right?"
Bai Ling paused—she indeed hadn't looked at the unread messages on her phone yet.
Opening her phone, she indeed found a message saying Miss Xi had woken up.
During the rest of the journey, there wasn't much communication between Bai Ling and Leticia. The atmosphere in the car couldn't be called harmonious—it could be called awkward.
Fortunately, this torturous time alone together would soon come to an end.
Opening the car door and jumping out, taking a deep breath of the fresh outdoor air, Leticia felt her mood had improved considerably.
This was a dilapidated manor in the suburbs of Central City. The previous owner had disappeared somewhere—perhaps dead, perhaps having forgotten they still owned this place.
In any case, after a long period without an owner, this manor was finally remembered and became the residence of a certain Half-Elf lady.
This manor was also quite famous as a haunted house. Generally, no one would approach it. Bai Ling had taken a fancy to this place because no one would come here, and the space was large, convenient for setting up defenses.
But why Miss Xi appeared here could probably only be known by herself.
"Let's go in first." Bai Ling also got out of the car and said to Leticia.
"Let's go. You lead the way."
"Follow me."
The two walked together into the heavily guarded big house. Both the poisoned Miss Xi and Lin Qingyu lived here, but because the house was too large, they hadn't met each other.
"A bit old." Leticia looked at the mottled walls and rust-covered interior decorations, frowning.
Bai Ling shrugged. "Being habitable is already good. A few days ago, the environment here was even worse. Only Lin Qingyu's room was temporarily tidied up so she could live there."
Now, although this place was a bit old, at least it looked livable, right?
"Let's go see Miss Xi first." Bai Ling led Leticia to outside a room and knocked on the door. "It's me, and Qianqian."
A few seconds later, the door opened from inside. Songstress, whose expression wasn't very good, showed a pair of cautious eyes. After confirming it was indeed Bai Ling and Leticia outside, she opened the door wide.
"Miss Bai's circle of friends is truly... surprising." After the two entered the room, Songstress closed the door and said meaningfully to Bai Ling.
Songstress wasn't some naive girl—she could tell at a glance what races Xue'er and Candice were, and also saw that she and these two demons seemed to be on the same side.
Having her, a former hero who used to fight demons until their brains nearly came out, stand on the same side as demons was truly unimaginable for Songstress.
But the magic circle under Miss Xi's bed told her a cruel reality—currently, she really had to stand together with these two demons.
"More friends, more paths." Leticia giggled. "I heard Little Xi has woken up. How is she now?"
When talking about Little Xi, Songstress's expression softened somewhat. "Her consciousness is clear, but her mobility hasn't recovered. She can still only lie in bed."
"Miss Su, Miss Bai, good morning." Xue'er, standing aside and maintaining a smile, politely greeted Leticia and Bai Ling.
She was currently playing the role of a demon intelligence merchant who only had business relationships with the humans Bai Ling and Su Qianqian. Their personal relationship wasn't bad, but that was all.
"Morning, Miss Xue'er." Leticia also replied affectedly. "Hello, Dr. Candice."
"Mm, hello." Candice, who was examining Miss Xi, replied without looking up.
After greeting everyone in the room, Leticia had time to observe Miss Xi lying on the bed, wearing a thin nightgown.
She looked quite similar to the female lead in the movie, though the details were somewhat different—not as beautiful as in the promotional photos and movie.
But this was normal—modern makeup techniques were quite terrifying.
At this moment, Miss Xi's cheeks were slightly flushed, her eyes uncomfortably darting around in their sockets.
The reason was naturally the physical examination Candice was giving her.
After finishing, Candice wrote a few lines in her notebook and said to everyone, "The current situation is fine. The elf's antidote worked, but the toxins are still accumulated at her heart."
"Although it might be improper for me to ask, but Miss Xi, why did you appear here?" Leticia cleared her throat and asked a very important question.
Was this Miss Xi's appearance here really an accident?
"That, my name is Xi Mengyao." Xi Mengyao first said her name, then began answering Leticia's question. "I just wanted to come see the location for the next movie, but as soon as I got here, I ran head-on into a person in black. I don't know what happened after that."
"But the agency is still debating your next arrangements." Songstress said puzzledly. "Who told you this was the location for the next movie?"
"Ah? My agent. He called and told me."