What are you looking at? You're the female lead too!

Chapter 89 Three Nights

Whether you're an adult or not, the feeling of exploring the dark for the first time is always fresh and exciting.

Like a cave, you don't know how deep or how far it is. You can only see the deep darkness watching you, enticing you to go down. The damp stone walls, moss, and the sound of dripping water that you touch along the way often evoke the imagination of a young person.

However, when you have truly finished exploring, you realize as if waking from a dream.

It's just a cave.

Besides that, it is nothing.

Just like Ye Wen now.

After dinner, they waited a while longer. Around 10 p.m., Mu Xingyuan finally took Ye Wen and the others out. She said that 10 p.m. was the time for underground black networks to conduct transactions.

"Well, calling it an underground black network isn't quite accurate. To be more precise, it's a branch of theirs."

Mu Xingyuan led Ye Wen to a local library in Tianyu. After exchanging a few rather cryptic messages with the librarian, the librarian led them to a hidden door, which, when opened, led to the entrance to a sewer.

At that moment, Ye Wen thought he was a sewer repairman who never used pipe wrenches.

"The entry points for transactions on the black market are random each day; only by contacting the local administrator can you find out which ones are open."

Mu Xingyuan beckoned Ye Wen and Corday to go downstairs, and then casually handed them two masks.

"Bring it along. Showing your face on the black market is no different from uploading your own pornographic videos to the school wall."

"Although it may seem like I'm criticizing myself, most people who come to black websites are not good people."

Mu Xingyuan gave a self-deprecating laugh.

The three of them orderly climbed down the escalator.

"I remember Shen Xuqiu saying that the underground black market involves many dark aspects, such as organ trafficking, drugs, and human auctions—could there be something like that in the underground of our city?"

You must understand, this is Dongxia.

If those things really exist, then the pollution is extremely serious; it's not just simple pollution, it's filth, and we must take strong action against it.

"Hmm? Ice? No, there isn't any."

Mu Xingyuan paused, as if recalling something: "What you said is quite common in Western Europe and North America, but the overall environment there is pretty bad, so it's not surprising."

"Although the underground black network is a shadowy organization, it's not brainless. It knows how to adapt to local conditions. At least in Dongxia, the content of the transactions is quite simple."

"Although our world may be very chaotic, there will always be people who step forward and seek a glimmer of order amidst the chaos."

"What we see as daily life is actually the result of adjustments made by various parties; it is a true series of miracles."

"Well, that's true, but all that exists here is illegal stuff, so good kids should definitely not come here."

"Huh?" Corday looked up blankly. "Should I leave?"

Ye Wen said expressionlessly, "You can pull out a gun longer than yourself from under your skirt. You're such a good kid, like a log rolling."

"What?!"

Corday was shocked: "So that's how it is?"

"Waaah—Father, far away in the church, I'll skip the details. Corday has become a bad girl since she came to Dongxia. Waaah, I'm so sorry for the nurturing I've given to Heaven and the Church. I'm going to commit suicide and go to Heaven—"

Ignoring the madwoman Corday above, Ye Wen looked down at Mu Xingyuan at his feet and couldn't help but frown.

He rubbed his eyes.

You read that right.

Mu Xingyuan is not the female lead.

The cheat system is infallible; this is something Ye Wen must believe. If even this cannot be trusted, then the world will collapse.

but----

Mu Xingyuan seems to have all the qualities of a female lead.

It can't be that the "childhood sweetheart" label has too much of a debuff, causing the female lead to be pushed out, right?

Moreover, the Heavenly King in his loli form mentioned that it was he and Mu Xingyuan who discovered Li Li.

This is very intriguing.

"Hey, Ye Wen."

Mu Xingyuan suddenly spoke, giving Ye Wen a meaningful smile: "You've been staring at me for so long, are you trying to switch places with me so you can openly look at my panties?"

"Sweetie, let's watch it slowly when we get home."

Ye Wen: "—Don't tease me at a time like this."

"I was just wondering if you know Li Li."

He suddenly blurted out that.

It happened very suddenly, without any warning, and Mu Xingyuan's reaction seemed to be instinctive.

She looked completely bewildered: "Huh? Li Li? Who? You've been going to hang out with other girls behind my back again?"

Ye Wen remained silent for a moment.

The reaction was very natural, without hesitation or avoidance, as if they genuinely didn't recognize each other.

A few seconds later, Ye Wen said nonchalantly, "Maybe I was overthinking it."

"It's alright, let's keep going."

Mu Xingyuan is not the female lead.

She was his childhood sweetheart.

Ye Wen told himself this in his heart.

After climbing for another five minutes, the three of them finally arrived at the underground black market trading market.

The people here all wear masks, as if they can't afford the electricity bill. Every stall is pitch black, and you can't see what's being traded.

Ye Wen thought of a phrase: Tian Guang Xu (天光墟).

It's the kind of stall that only opens at night on ruins, usually selling antiques. Because it's hard to tell the real from the fake in the dark, they immediately leave when it gets light, turning the ruins back into ruins.

Now it seems they have a similar approach.

However, despite the darkness, Ye Wen, who was secretly looking down, still managed to spot a few transactions.

There were stones with human faces, large, bright red gemstones, winged panties, an unidentified yellow liquid resembling holy water, and strangely shaped mechanical components—

Overall, it's a strange thing, but for now, it's just strange.

"We've arrived."

As soon as Mu Xingyuan finished speaking, they stopped in front of a slightly larger stall. Mu Xingyuan made a shushing gesture, pulled back the curtain, and went inside.

A few minutes later, she came out holding an arrest warrant.

"Three nights."

Mu Xingyuan said to Ye Wen.

Ye Wen: "?"

"Three nights what?"

He suddenly had a bad feeling.

As expected, Mu Xingyuan put her hands on her hips and said matter-of-factly, "Rewards? Just because I'm your childhood friend doesn't mean you can take advantage of me for free!"

"Got it, it's three nights."

"Even half a day less is not acceptable."

Ye Wen: "————"

His lower back was aching slightly.

The naive Corday didn't understand yet, so she leaned over and asked, "Three nights? Is that considered labor? Then I can help Ye Wen share the burden."

To some extent, it is indeed labor.

Mu Xingyuan looked thoughtful: "You want to join too? Hmm, it's not exactly a threesome—"

"Alright, you can shut up now. I'll bear this pain alone."

Ye Wen quickly covered Corday and Mu Xingyuan's mouths to prevent them from continuing, then only released Mu Xingyuan's mouth: "Why don't you talk about the wanted poster?"

"Let me see if these three nights are worth it."

Mu Xingyuan licked her lips, which had been touched by Ye Wen's palm.

"No returns accepted."

She placed the wanted poster in front of Ye Wen, which prominently featured Ye Wen's handsome face and a 30 million yuan bounty below.

Wow.

Ye Wen squinted: "Where did you get these photos?"

"Don't worry about those key points."

Mu Xingyuan naturally pressed herself against Ye Wen's body: "This wanted poster was issued four days ago, and it originated from Western Europe."

"Because the information provided is very limited, and the bounty offerer does not provide any guarantees, basically no hitmen are willing to take the job. They're probably scammers, and they won't even reimburse the travel expenses."

"As for assassins in Tianyu—unfortunately, there are no assassins in Tianyu."

Because they all followed Riju in committing suicide and dying.

"So, this wanted poster is practically worthless; there's no danger whatsoever. Isn't it a bit of a waste for Miss Corday to go to such lengths to protect him?"

Mu Xingyuan looked at Corday with a smile.

Corday: "Ugh! Ugh!"

Ye Wen moved his hand away.

Corday: "I didn't know! I came just because the priest said it would add points!"

Ye Wen: "Is there any other information?"

"That's all." Mu Xingyuan shook her head regretfully.

Ye Wen: "————"

He looked at Mu Xingyuan with a sincere expression: "Can I return it?"

Mu Xingyuan smiled: "I'll refund you and add four more nights, to make it a Night of Destiny."

"If you want me dead, just say so."

Ye Wen sighed. Although he had gained something, it wasn't much. He always felt that he had been tricked by Mu Xingyuan, but he had no evidence.

"By the way, you haven't paid me for Gu Jiangyi's matter yet."

Mu Xingyuan tiptoed and whispered in Ye Wen's ear, "When are you planning to have a sweet date with me?"

Ye Wen:

He smirked, "How about we go on a date after I've chosen an auspicious day, burned incense, bathed, and offered thanks to the gods and Buddhas?"

"Excellent, excellent!"

Mu Xingyuan poked Ye Wen's face: "You mustn't break your promise, and you mustn't forget."

"I will always look forward to it."

Seeing the pure and passionate emotions in the girl's eyes, Ye Wen couldn't help but lower his head and reveal a slight smile.

"Yes, I'll never forget it, even if I die."

"Alright, let's go back now!"

Ye Wen suddenly turned around sharply.

Without hesitation, he activated his super-limit vision and swept his gaze across the heads of the crowd in the black web at an astonishing speed.

But he saw nothing.

Exiting from the field of view limit.

Ye Wen rubbed his slightly sore eyes.

Just now.

Out of the corner of his eye, he seemed to see a splash of red on the head of the crowd.

Looking at the empty space, Ye Wen shook his head.

It might just be my imagination.

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