"Ouch!"

With a wail, Lik Jian’s body crashed to the ground.

Following him were Xu Xincheng and the other members of the Falcon Squad.

They stacked on top of each other like a row of falling dominoes, neat and orderly.

Caught at the very bottom, Lik Jian urged in a panicked voice, "Hurry up and get off, you’re going to crush me to death."

Seeing this spectacle, Wang Yating’s face turned beet red and her expression flared up in anger as she demanded, "What on earth are you all doing here?"

She was itching to hit someone at the moment. The situation was clear as day; these sneaks were eavesdropping. Whatever she had said earlier must have been overheard by them all.

If that was truly the case, wouldn’t her authority as the captain be completely undermined?

The crowd scrambled to their feet, straightened their attire, and plastered awkward smiles on their faces.

None of them had expected Wang Yating to suddenly open the door, which resulted in this embarrassing blunder.

Lik Jian was the first to explain, "Captain, I had just arrived. I came to report to you that the flight for tonight has been booked!"

After blabbering out his excuse, Lik Jian slithered away without waiting for Wang Yating’s response.

Having set a precedent, a teammate likewise chimed in.

"Captain, I was just on my way back from the restroom, and my stomach hurts, so I’m heading out now!"

"Captain, I’ve got a phone call to make, so I’ll take my leave first!"

In the blink of an eye, the group that had been outside dispersed.

Taking a deep breath to calm her blood pressure, Wang Yating shot Ye Ming a piercing look and declared, "In any case, if you want to break off our engagement, you’ll have to utterly disillusion me. Unless you marry her and make her your lawful wife, I will be the one to terminate our engagement without you having to say a word. Otherwise, forget about it!"

With that, Wang Yating stormed off without looking back, leaving a bewildered Ye Ming sitting on the bed, dumbfounded.

He felt a headache coming on. Judging by Wang Yating’s demeanor, she seemed ready to dig in her heels.

At that moment, Xu Xincheng leaned in, concern written all over his face as he warned, "Scumbag Ye Ming, you’d better take good care of my sister. When I see her next, she better be as lively as ever."

"If anything happens to her, I won’t let you off the hook!"

Xu Xincheng was also among those who had been listening in secret.

However, he was shrewder, hiding around a different corner, unnoticed. He only emerged after everyone else had left.

Ye Ming nodded earnestly and assured, "Don’t worry. If anything goes wrong, I’ll come to you, head in hand."

With this promise, Xu Xincheng also turned to leave.

With their schedule tight and many missions still to complete, the Falcon Squad left for Dragon Country on a charter flight later that evening since Wang Yating appeared to be out of danger.

Le Le was still unconscious, and Ye Ming decided to stay behind, planning to return with her once she had fully recovered.

However, as the competition had ended, the venue was being dismantled, and the small rest area was going to be taken down as well.

Ye Ming and Le Le needed to find another place to stay.

Inoue Harusame had been keeping tabs on this situation, and almost daily on Ye Ming’s whereabouts. Now standing outside the door, she offered, "Mr. Ye, you can bring her with you to stay at my place."

Ye Ming nodded, carried Le Le out of the venue, and got into Inoue Harusame’s car.

The car sped away, arriving at a scenic mountain on the outskirts of Neon City.

To Ye Ming’s surprise, Inoue Harusame turned out to be a wealthy heiress, and the place she lived was a luxurious mountain-view villa.

The place wasn’t very far from the city and had a beautiful environment with hardly any neighbors around, making it very suitable for Xu Lele to recover from her injuries, so Ye Ming settled down without any second thoughts.

After making sure Xu Lele was comfortable, Ye Ming stretched leisurely.

He discovered that this small mountaintop villa also harbored a great amount of True Qi, with the thickest concentration being an hot spring that emitted steam.

Specifically, it was a natural hot spring.

The whole villa was built around this natural hot spring.

After the battles of these past days, having slain countless Demon Gods, Ye Ming had reaped substantial benefits, having subdued a great number of Demon Souls. He gave the most valuable Demon Soul to Xu Lele, and kept the rest for himself.

Utilizing these Demon Souls, he figured it was possible that his bottleneck might loosen at this time.

"Mr. Ye, would you like to take a dip in the hot spring?"

While Ye Ming was pondering, the voice of Inoue Harusame had already come from behind him.

Ye Ming turned around to see a handsome figure.

Inoue Harusame had changed into cute pajamas, and her appearance offered a completely different flavor, making Ye Ming somewhat stunned.

"If you’d like to soak, I can help you change!"

Without waiting for Ye Ming to answer, Inoue Harusame went ahead and started to help him change his clothes.

His startled reaction to her bold move made Ye Ming step back half a step.

He quickly said, "I can do it myself!"

Ye Ming took off his clothes and entered the pool, and sure enough, he was enveloped by an immense amount of True Qi almost immediately. He found this feeling to be very enjoyable.

At this moment, the Demon Souls melted into his surroundings, turning into streams of white light that flitted around his body before slowly entering it.

The cultivation was completely automatic, requiring no effort on Ye Ming’s part, so he leaned back against a rock and started to enjoy the process.

Just then, his phone rang—it was a video call from Xia Ningning.

Ye Ming answered the call and asked, "What’s up?"

Xia Ningning’s face appeared on the screen, but she looked very displeased.

With some confusion, Ye Ming asked, "Why do you always have that look on your face? I don’t think I’ve provoked you."

Xia Ningning said sarcastically, "Ye Ming, oh Ye Ming, you really know how to enjoy life."

"What’s the problem with soaking in a hot spring?" Ye Ming replied, still puzzled yet defending himself confidently.

But then, he sensed something was off.

He clearly saw a snow-white thigh appear in his own video frame.

Turning his head, he saw Inoue Harusame, dressed only in thin clothing, entering the pool.

Ye Ming was startled and quickly asked, "What are you doing?" 𝚏𝐫𝚎𝗲𝕨𝐞𝐛𝕟𝚘𝐯𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝗺

Inoue Harusame blushed and said coyly, "Mr. Ye, I’m here to serve you during your bath!"

Her eyes wide with an innocent look.

The video didn’t capture her full figure, only exposing a single leg, but her coy voice had already reached Xia Ningning’s ears.

Xia Ningning immediately cursed, "Ye Ming, you bastard, going abroad and still finding a woman to bathe with you! I’m going to tell Lele about this!"

Without giving Ye Ming a chance to explain, Xia Ningning abruptly hung up the video call.