I'm... famous?! Personal reward?

Inside the rented room.

“Click!” With a soft sound, Xia Qingyan pushed open the bathroom door and walked out. At this moment, her face was a little red… Just now in the bathroom, she had been facing away from Su Bai, and the bathroom space was relatively small, with dim lighting, so in that atmosphere, she didn't feel as strongly as she had imagined. But now… she was going to directly face Su Bai!

In an instant, she started to have second thoughts… She really wanted to dig a hole on the spot and crawl into it… After taking a deep breath, Xia Qingyan forced herself to appear calm and said:

“Su… Su Bai… I’m done washing! Why don’t you wash up too?”

Seeing her flushed face, Su Bai felt a little amused.

“Alright.”

With that, he picked up his clothes and walked towards the bathroom.

Not just Xia Qingyan, he himself needed to calm down.

Although he eventually became an eighth-rank powerhouse in his previous life, his… romantic experience… was 0!

Accustomed to a life of conquest and battle in his previous life, suddenly encountering such a sweet romance, he really didn't react for a while.

After entering the bathroom, Su Bai took off his clothes and began to shower.

However, just as he reached out to turn on the showerhead switch, he noticed a lace short hanging on it!

Upon closer inspection, there were even traces of water stains still on it!

Hmm… it was probably dampened by the showerhead!

But… why would Xia Qingyan hang it here?!

And she forgot to take it out after showering… This girl!

She’s too careless, isn’t she?!

There was nothing Su Bai could do but reach out his 'salty pig hand'… “Puff!”

With a soft sound, he directly tossed the short onto the stool.

Showering in progress… Showering in progress… Showering in progress… In just over ten minutes, he was done showering!

However, when he came out after showering, Xia Qingyan… came over with her phone and said that he—had become famous!!!

Su Bai leaned in closer and saw a short video on Douyin saying that just yesterday, a high school student in Jiang City who had awakened an SSS-Rank Talent had, on the second day after his Awakening, single-handedly killed a fifth-rank Demon Wolf King!

Seeing this, Su Bai was greatly alarmed and quickly picked up his iPhone 999 from the bedside, then opened Douyin short videos and started scrolling.

Soon, striking captions appeared before his eyes:

【Shocking! A Prodigy youth who awakened an SSS-Rank Talent!】

【Investigation! Can a fifth-rank demon be killed after only one day of Awakening? Why is the SSS-Rank Talent so terrifying? Come! Let the blogger reveal the secret to you!】

【Question! The most terrifying SSS-Rank Talent in history?】

…Looking at the exaggerated titles in the video and his blurred, pixelated back, Su Bai’s heart was filled with mixed emotions.

Sigh!

This Shen Xingyao… she really doesn’t make things easy!

He had told her not to be too flashy… He thought she was just joking before… but it turns out… she really didn’t help him keep it a secret, did she?

Su Bai sighed helplessly, and just as he was about to confront Shen Xingyao, his phone suddenly rang. The caller ID was none other than Shen Xingyao!

Speak of the devil, and he shall appear!

What a coincidence!

However—

What does she want?

Answering the phone, Su Bai said in an annoyed tone:

“Director Shen, what are you doing? Didn’t we agree to keep it a secret?”

Shen Xingyao’s playful laughter quickly came from the other end of the phone:

“Haha, it’s just that you’re too amazing, I couldn’t help but want to show off a bit. Besides, now everyone only knows there’s a very powerful person, they don’t know it’s you… Besides me, who could guess?”

You brat!

Who doesn’t know a ghost?!

In the entire Jiang City, only he and Qingyan are SSS-rank Talent Awakener… people aren’t stupid… how could they not guess?!

Besides… there were so many teammates on site… you brat!

You clearly did this on purpose!

Just as Su Bai was about to retort, Xia Qingyan snatched the phone:

“Director Shen, you’ve really caused him trouble. The school forum has exploded, there’s @-mentions of him everywhere, he doesn’t even dare to look at his QQ!”

However, on the other end, Shen Xingyao waved her hand dismissively:

“Haha… this is just a small matter~ As SSS-rank Talent Awakener, you two will encounter many more big scenes in the future! This is just the beginning, consider it early training~”

After speaking, Shen Xingyao added again:

“Alright! The reason I called so late tonight is to tell you something relatively important. The news of Su Bai single-handedly killing the fifth-rank Shadow Demon Wolf King has already been reported! For such a talent, the nation has promised to give Su Bai a significant personal reward!”

“The reward has already been sent to this Director, so if you two are free tomorrow, come and collect it! Or, I can mail it to you!”

Su Bai: …⊙_⊙!!!

Xia Qingyan: …⚆_⚆?

As soon as they heard about a reward, Su Bai and Xia Qingyan instantly fell silent!

So that’s how it is!

Director Shen… you’re thoughtful!

Su Bai smiled and said without ceremony:

“Alright then, please trouble Director Shen to mail it to me!”

Shen Xingyao was quite straightforward:

“Okay, just give me the address.”

Su Bai hung up the phone after giving the address.

Xia Qingyan leaned in mysteriously and asked:

“Su Bai… aren’t you curious what the reward is?”

Hearing this, Su Bai shrugged indifferently:

“Anyway, whatever it is, we’ll know when it arrives!”

“Haven’t you heard? The greater the hope, the greater the disappointment!”

“Hehe! Instead of worrying and anticipating, it’s better to wait patiently!”

After speaking, Su Bai seemed to remember something and said:

“Oh right, Qingyan, you left a pair of shorts in the bathroom and forgot to take them out. I conveniently hung them on the clothes rack for you!”

Xia Qingyan: “…(||๐_๐)٩(๑ᵒ̴̶̷͈᷄ᗨᵒ̴̶̷͈᷅)و You… you…”

Xia Qingyan’s face instantly turned crimson, and she stammered:

“You… Su Bai! Who… who told you to touch them randomly?!”

Saying that, she huffily ran into the bathroom, and with a “bang,” she locked herself inside… she really had no face to see anyone!

She remembered very clearly… when Su Bai was scrubbing her back, because of her excitement… her body just… just… just… accidentally… ٩(๑ᵒ̴̶̷͈᷄ᗨᵒ̴̶̷͈᷅)و

It was too shameful!

Su Bai… he wouldn’t have noticed, would he?

Seeing this, Su Bai shook his head helplessly, thinking: Girls are such strange creatures… what’s there to be shy about?

After about two or three minutes, seeing that Xia Qingyan still hadn't come out, Su Bai shook his head, went to the sofa, lay down, and went to sleep~~

Not long after, Su Bai fell into a dream.

Too much had happened today!

After another ten minutes or so, Xia Qingyan, who was hiding in the bathroom, noticed that there was no movement in the room, so she tiptoed out. After coming out, she found that Su Bai was already asleep, and she immediately felt relieved. Then she went to the bed and lay down on it.

After a while, Xia Qingyan quietly got up, walked to the switch, reached out and pressed the button, and the room was instantly enveloped in darkness.

After turning off the light, she slowly climbed onto the bed, burrowed into the soft quilt, adjusted her sleeping position, closed her eyes, and prepared to enter sweet dreams.

However, time quietly passed, and it was unknown how much time had elapsed. Xia Qingyan, after falling asleep, seemed to have fallen back into last night's nightmare. Her brows were tightly furrowed, and her expression was somewhat pained!

Immediately after, Xia Qingyan groggily got up from the bed, her body seemingly pulled by an invisible force, searching for the sofa… In less than a minute, she arrived next to the sofa, and then, as if finding a haven, she lay down without hesitation!

She was like a small cat, directly burrowing into Su Bai’s arms… Su Bai, in his sleep, seemed to vaguely feel Xia Qingyan’s approach, but due to being too sleepy, he didn’t fully wake up.

But, merely by some instinctive reaction, he was able to accurately reach out his arm and gently embrace Xia Qingyan’s slender waist.

Similarly, in Su Bai’s warm and broad embrace, Xia Qingyan’s previously taut heartstrings finally gradually relaxed.

Even a serene and peaceful expression appeared on her face!

That night, the two slept in each other's arms…