(Chapter Two might be a bit late today. The author went home for a feast and ended up sitting at the kids’ table. After returning home in the afternoon, they started vomiting and having diarrhea, so they had to go to the hospital for an IV drip.)
Dragon City
Inside a certain villa
Xiao Yu stood at the door holding little Yuan Yuan’s hand, silently calculating the time.
At this moment, the scene inside the room was completely different from the calmness outside.
Outside, everything was peaceful, but inside the room, a raging fire had erupted.
What was surprising was that despite the fire, a woman was sitting cross-legged in the center of the room.
The woman was completely naked, with a lifelike fire dragon tattooed on her back.
The dragon’s eyes were half-open, its fiery orange pupils seemingly observing the surrounding flames, yet also appearing to see nothing at all.
The woman’s eyes were tightly shut, even though her body was surrounded by blazing flames.
But instead of harming her, the flames were being absorbed and devoured with each breath she took.
Once the flames in the room were nearly consumed,
Knock, knock, knock!
A knocking sound echoed, and the woman’s eyes suddenly opened,
Their color identical to the eyes of the fire dragon tattoo on her back.
“Come in.”
The woman began to dress leisurely as the door slowly opened.
Xiao Yu walked in holding little Yuan Yuan’s hand, keeping his head down the entire time, seemingly uninterested in the alluring scene he could see if he just looked up.
“Mommy~”
Upon seeing the woman, little Yuan Yuan immediately ran over, crying.
“Let me see, why is our little princess crying again?”
Yuan Yuan didn’t speak, just clung tightly to the woman’s neck.
“Team Leader, Yuan Yuan has been having nightmares these past few days, probably because of…”
Xiao Yu hesitated, wanting to say something but holding back.
Long Yiyi snorted coldly, holding her daughter close and gently patting her back while softly comforting her:
“Don’t be afraid, Yuan Yuan. Mommy will make that boy come over and kneel to apologize to you soon.”
“Team Leader, isn’t this inappropriate? Ye Shuangluo is from Team 1, and even though he’s a newbie like me, he’s Zhou Boyu’s man. If we provoke him, won’t it cause trouble for you…”
Xiao Yu had only known Long Yiyi for a few days but already understood her well enough to know what would make her angry.
“Hmph! Me provoke him? He started it!
I am the esteemed leader of Dawn’s Combat Action Team 4, and he’s just a team member.
I’m only asking him to come and apologize to our precious baby. Even if Zhou Boyu isn’t here and Lu Feiyang is in charge now, Zhou Boyu would still have to give me this face!”
Xiao Yu sighed deeply, blaming himself:
“It’s all my fault. If I hadn’t acted rashly and fired blindly, almost injuring him, he wouldn’t have retaliated, and Yuan Yuan wouldn’t have shot at him to protect me.
Sigh, it’s all my fault.”
“It’s not Brother Xiao Yu’s fault.”
Little Yuan Yuan, held in Long Yiyi’s arms, spoke in a childish voice to defend Xiao Yu. Long Yiyi immediately echoed her:
“Right, Xiao Yu, it’s not your fault. It was just a mistake, not intentional. That boy is making a big deal out of nothing.
Besides, you’re one of us in Team 4. Even if you did something wrong, it’s up to me to punish you, not Ye Shuangluo!
A newbie trying to turn the tables!”
Long Yiyi was too busy making threats and comforting the girl to notice the endless ridicule in the eyes of the young man standing before her with his head down.
(As expected, you’re so gullible. You believe whatever I say. My efforts on that little girl weren’t in vain.
I’ve been constantly hypnotizing and suggesting to her in her sleep to make sure she never forgets the terror of Ye Shuangluo.)
…
[Congratulations on achieving: Best Teammate]
[Reward: Thorn Halo]
[Achievement Progress: “Best Way to Protect Teammates” +38]
[Current Progress: 862/1000 (Kill 1000 monsters without letting teammates get hurt while in a team. Note: If a teammate gets hurt, progress resets to zero.)]
Ye Shuangluo decapitated a monster with a single slash, while Huo Ling was boredly counting stars in the background.
“Oh, it’s over again. Let’s go.”
Comrade Huo looked listless.
He felt quite redundant. When they first teamed up, he was full of ambition, even fantasizing about several stories of them fighting side by side and achieving great things.
Then he realized once the battle started,
After buffing Ye Shuangluo, the latter would immediately charge in with his blade, single-handedly surrounding and annihilating the monsters.
Every time, before Huo Ling could even make a move, the enemies were already dead.
It was always like this, making him understand that his presence or absence made no difference; Ye Shuangluo didn’t need a teammate.
But every time after a battle, Ye Shuangluo would pat his shoulder and say:
“Thanks to your strength, my friend. You are not redundant; you are indispensable to me.”
The first time he heard this, Comrade Huo was deeply moved, but after hearing it over a dozen times, he became numb.
…
In a different dimension
A deeply frustrated Comrade Huo returned to his room, ready for a long sleep.
Meanwhile, Ye Shuangluo was summoned to Lu Feiyang’s room.
“You should know why I called you here, right?”
Ye Shuangluo straightforwardly shook his head.
“What is it?”
Lu Feiyang sighed, silently organizing his thoughts before speaking:
“The leader of Team 4 next door wants to invite you over.”
“Invite me over? Is that widow finally looking for a stepfather for that brat? Inviting me to a feast?”
These past few days, while teaming up with Comrade Huo, the latter often chatted with him out of boredom during battles.
He had learned quite a bit about the internal secrets of “Dawn.”
For instance, the leader of Team 4, Long Yiyi, didn’t get her position because of her abilities.
It was simply because she married well and her husband died early.
Her husband was the previous leader of Team 4, and after inheriting his abilities, she naturally took over his position.
Lu Feiyang almost had a headache hearing Ye Shuangluo’s words.
“What kind of nonsense is that? Can you be serious?”
Ye Shuangluo sneered:
“Weren’t you the one being unserious first? Inviting me over?
She wants to trap me, like a weasel paying respects to a chicken, with no good intentions.
Just tell me her exact words.”
“Uh…”
Lu Feiyang hesitated for a long time, trying hard to translate those words into something that wouldn’t immediately anger Ye Shuangluo.
Seeing Lu Feiyang’s hesitation, Ye Shuangluo’s face softened into a gentle smile, his tone warm:
“It’s okay, just say it. I promise I won’t get angry.”
“…She said she wants you to go to Dragon City, kneel and apologize to her daughter. If her daughter doesn’t forgive you, you have to keep kneeling and apologizing.
She also said whichever hand you used to bully her daughter, you should chop it off.”
Clap, clap, clap!
Ye Shuangluo clapped while wiping away nonexistent tears from the corners of his eyes, looking moved.
“That’s wonderful, truly a good mother. She reminds me of my aunt; they are both such touching mothers.”
Seeing Ye Shuangluo’s abnormal reaction, Lu Feiyang felt he shouldn’t have said anything.
This was clearly going to lead to trouble.
“Alright~ I’ll go to Dragon City and apologize to her right away.”
Ye Shuangluo wore a kind smile, with no trace of killing aura or murderous intent.
Lu Feiyang wanted to stop him, but the words that came out were:
“If she gives you a hard time, call me. I’ll have Shen Yu teleport me over to help you immediately.”
Ye Shuangluo waved his hand, his voice echoing through the room:
“Don’t worry, I’m going to solve the problem.”
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