The woman’s eyes lit up at his words. "Really?"

Hearing the obvious doubt in her tone, the man’s face immediately darkened.

He gave a cold snort. "What, you don’t believe me?"

The woman sensed his displeasure and hurriedly smiled. "How could that be? I absolutely trust your abilities. It’s just that my brother has always had ridiculous luck..."

The bald man’s expression looked a bit better, though he still said dismissively, "So what if his life is hard to snuff out? Once you fall into my hands, being ’hard to kill’ is nowhere near enough to get you out of it."

The woman’s face blossomed into a delighted smile.

She proactively wrapped herself around the man’s arm, rubbing it lightly against her own chest, the implication more than obvious. 𝒇𝒓𝙚𝒆𝔀𝓮𝓫𝒏𝓸𝙫𝓮𝓵.𝓬𝙤𝙢

"Then Qiqi will be waiting for the good news from Master..."

The next scene was rather unsuitable for children; all that could be seen was, on the pitch-black bed, two stark naked bodies tightly entwined together...

...

Just as Chen Biyue’s consciousness was about to slip into sleep, a huge force suddenly came from nowhere, crossed through that thick gray fog barrier, and sucked him in whole.

"Shit!"

The bald Runes man, who had just finished a bout of sex and was resting contentedly on the bed, suddenly opened his eyes.

"What’s wrong?" Chen Qiqi, half-asleep, nestled against his chest, asked in a drowsy mumble.

The Sorcerer’s face looked very grim. "The Sorcery I put on your brother has been broken!"

"What!" Chen Qiqi snapped fully awake.

"What’s going on? Didn’t you say it was foolproof?" Chen Qiqi’s expression turned ugly as well. "And now you’re telling me it’s been broken?"

Chen Qiqi was actually feeling uneasy. Thinking of her brother’s usual methods—if he ever found out that the one who framed him was her...

The Sorcerer said, "I used Sorcery to seal his soul in a Desolate Soul Domain. According to the original plan, ten days from now would be when his True Spirit was extinguished and he died in this world."

He frowned. "But just now, I felt his soul suddenly disappear from the Desolate Soul Domain. It’s like something barged in and forcibly took your brother’s soul away."

Chen Qiqi grew anxious. "So what do we do now? If my brother wakes up, the two of us won’t be able to run!"

The Sorcerer said calmly, "Don’t panic."

He closed his eyes and muttered under his breath, as if sensing something.

After a moment, he suddenly opened his eyes, his expression easing.

Seeing his face, Chen Qiqi relaxed a little. "How is it?"

The Sorcerer said, "There’s no need for you or me to worry too much. I just checked—your brother’s soul has not returned to his body. In fact, it can no longer be sensed in this world at all."

Joy flashed in Chen Qiqi’s heart. "So?"

The Sorcerer smiled. "So, either your brother is dead, or else..."

"He’s been taken away by some evil Mage who happened to be performing a ritual and seized his soul."

With the boulder in her heart finally set down, her mood improved a lot.

The Sorcerer looked at Chen Qiqi in his arms and couldn’t help pinching her face. "Don’t worry. Even if your brother isn’t dead, falling into the hands of that kind of person, his days will be more painful than death."

Chen Qiqi finally let out a breath of relief.

But she still muttered in a low voice, "I’m not asking for him to live a fate worse than death. I’d rather he just die quickly, so there’s no chance for anything to go wrong later."