RAD Chapter 89

“Xiao Xiao, breakfast is here.” Ye Lan brought in a bowl of light that smelled appetizing. “I’ve tried it, and the taste is quite edible.”

After a difficult scrubbing, Luo Xiao was now leaning weakly on the bed. When he saw Ye Lan come in, he couldn’t help but glare at him. If it weren’t for this guy overdoing it yesterday, how could he be so weak now?

Ye Lan saw this and fawningly placed the porridge in front of him, “Xiao Xiao, come, try it.” He then picked up the spoon, blew on it, and carefully and attentively fed him.

Luo Xiao naturally opened his mouth and took a light sip. A look of surprise flashed in his eyes: Unexpectedly, the taste was actually quite good. It seems that this guy is not a complete cooking idiot after all.

However, if he were to take a look at the kitchen that had been swept by a raging storm, he would understand that the “cooking idiot” hat was not so easily taken off.

After finishing a small bowl of the white porridge, Luo Xiao patted his belly, now warm and full and finally felt comfortable.

Luo Xiao glanced at the alarm clock on the bedside table and saw the hands pointing to 7:50. He couldn’t help but speak to Ye Lan, “Yezi, it’s almost eight o’clock, you should go to work.”

“But…” Ye Lan looked at his body worriedly, “How’s your body feeling? Is that area still uncomfortable? Do you need me to go buy some medicine to apply?”

Luo Xiao’s face flushed red and he glared at him, “I’m fine, you can go to work.”

Ye Lan rubbed his nose. Well, his Xiao Xiao was still a bit angry!

After some more reminders, Ye Lan finally took his briefcase and left for the company.

“Whoa, Ye Lan, it’s just the beginning of early winter, and spring is still far away! Do you have to be so lustful this early in the morning?” He Beng chuckled ambiguously and leaned in to gossip, “Smiling so lewdly, how is it, have you already gotten some action¹sex?”

Ye Lan unceremoniously pushed his head away and rolled his eyes at him, “What is it to you?”

He Ben saw that Ye Lan, who usually had a sparse expression, was actually now full of lewdness.

Exuding a pleasant aura, oh well, it seems he guessed it right.

He Ben looked at Ye Lan enviously, sighing in his heart again that this guy had struck gold. Speaking of which, how come he didn’t have such good luck? He Ben stroked his chin and thought silently, maybe he could go and chat with Luo Xiao, see if he had any good friends or relatives to introduce him, so that he could also get out of his current single dog status.

Ye Lan put down his briefcase, looked up and saw He Beng daydreaming with a silly smile on his face. He immediately kicked him without saying a word. “What are you daydreaming about? Your saliva is dripping down.”

“Huh?” He Ben subconsciously raised his hand to touch the corner of his mouth, then immediately realized he had been fooled. “Scram, go away!”

“Alright, I’m not going to mess with you anymore.” Ye Lan waved his hand, ignoring He Ben’s sullen expression, and looked at him seriously. “Xiaoxiao’s movie has finished filming and is now in the editing stage. It’s expected to be completed by the beginning of next month. Go and communicate with your entertainment industry friends, help promote this movie more vigorously. Oh by the way, make sure the staff below are prepared, because whether our house can be sold well depends on this time.”

“Okay, leave it to me!” He Ben immediately promised with a slap on his chest. Thinking about their early investment being about to pay off, he was filled with a surge of motivation. However, after the excitement, he realized something, “Say, Ye Lan, what are you doing while I’m doing all these things?”

Ye Lan raised an eyebrow, “Naturally, I’m doing what a leader should do.”

“Oh.” He Ben dumbly responded, “Hey? Isn’t that wrong? I’m also your partner, how did I suddenly become the errand boy?”

Ye Lan shrugged, and after pretending to ponder deeply, he replied: “Well, this should be the so-called fate!”

“Heh!” He Ben pursed his lips and then waved his hand and turned to leave, “Alright, I’m not going to mess with you anymore, I’m going to do my real work first.”

“…” Who’s causing trouble again? Ye Lan twitched his mouth and couldn’t help but feel exasperated.

Because he was greatly satisfied in both body and mind, Ye Lan faced the large stack of documents and other work on the table that needed to be approved with endless energy!

On the other side, after confirming that Ye Lan had left the house, Luo Xiao thought about the little bug he had stored in his space the day before. He directly pulled up the display panel. He saw a detailed explanation for this little bug, a new function he had discovered after his space had been upgraded.

Looking at the information displayed above, Luo Xiao felt a bit puzzled: How could Yu Jia, that bastard, have something like this?

This bug is called the “Soul Devouring Bug”. As the name suggests, this little bug’s function is to consume the spiritual energy of cultivators. It’s important to know that in this difficult cultivation world, all improvement in one’s cultivation is related to one’s spiritual energy. If the spiritual energy decreases, it means a decline in one’s cultivation. Due to the tiny size of this Soul Devouring Bug and the not-so-obvious fluctuations in spiritual energy, it’s easy for people to overlook it. But this oversight can lead to the most serious consequence–not only will one’s spiritual energy be devoured, but one’s innate cultivation potential may also be damaged, leading to becoming an ordinary person.

Precisely because of the characteristics of this Soul Devouring Bug that the cultivation world had long since issued a ban, strictly forbidding anyone from raising such bugs, even to the point of destroying them on sight.

But since Yu Jia is an ordinary person, he shouldn’t have access to such things. That leaves only one answer, this thing must have been given to him by someone else. Then the question becomes, who gave this to him?

Luo Xiao shook his head, unable to come up with a reason for a while. In the end, he decided to take this bug to his own master. Maybe he would have some unexpected discoveries.

On the other side, after confirming that he had successfully placed the bug on Luo Xiao’s clothes, Yu Jia was so excited that he couldn’t sleep all night. The next day, he woke up early, just to see Luo Xiao’s miserable state as soon as possible.

Unfortunately, his wish was destined to be in vain. Because he didn’t even know the specific location of Luo Xiao’s home.

After all, in the final analysis, he was just a pawn being used by others. Thinking back to when he first obtained this bug, as an ordinary person, he found it very magical. In his eyes, the bottle he just got, which supposedly contained the bug, felt just like an empty bottle! But later, he was able to see the little bug clearly with the help of some external forces. He couldn’t help but widen his eyes and he realized for the first time. It turned out that those immortal cultivation things in the past were real!

However, he was not very interested in cultivation. What he cared about the most was that he now had the chance to personally deal with those people he hated, such as the despicable Lu brothers, and this Director Luo in front of him.

“How is it going, did you really place that bug on him?” A man wrapped in black suddenly appeared in front of Yu Jia.

Yu Jia was startled by his silent appearance. He immediately bowed his head respectfully and replied in a low voice, “Yes, sir, I can assure you that I placed it on him yesterday.”

“Hmm, really?” The man in black looked at him with a doubtful gaze, “You should know that the kind of bug I gave you is one I carefully cultivated. I have a connection with them. But from yesterday until now, I’ve lost my connection to that bug. Can you explain to me what’s going on?”

“This, this, I really did put the bug on him yesterday.” Yu Jia’s face immediately lost its color, his body trembling as he spoke, “Sir, believe me, I would never lie to you! Really, I’m not lying.”

The man in black stared at him coldly and found no signs of lying, but still he couldn’t help furrowing his brow: There were only two possible explanations for losing the bug’s connection. Either the bug had died, or it had been isolated from him. He didn’t know which was the case now.

“Alright, that’s it.” After pondering for a while, the man in black spoke these words and then disappeared without a trace, as if he had never been there at all.

The atmosphere in the room suddenly relaxed. Yu Jia couldn’t hold himself up and collapsed to the ground, a trace of fear still lingering in his eyes. He still remembered the man in black’s cruel methods.

A month ago, after wrapping up work at the film set, Yu Jia was walking back to his rented place alone. As he passed through a narrow alley as usual, he witnessed a chilling scene–with a wave of the man in black’s hand, the person in front of him was suddenly engulfed in flames. The burned person’s face contorted in terror, opened his mouth in a silent scream. But in the end, the person was reduced to a pile of ashen powder in a minute, blown away by the night wind without a trace left behind.

Seeing this scene, Yu Jia naturally wanted to pretend he hadn’t seen anything and leave. But to his horror, he found that aside from his eyes, he couldn’t move a single part of his body. He could only watch as the man in black approached him step by step.

When that cold large hand rested on his head, Yu Jia’s fear reached its peak. After a moment of disorientation, he regained clarity only to hear the man in black say, “From now on, you will be my servant. I’ll come find you when I have need of you.”

And with that, the man in black vanished from his sight. If not for the lingering chill on his head, Yu Jia would have thought it was all just a nightmare. But the reality was undeniable.

In the long time that followed, Yu Jia had been in a constant state of anxiety. Just as he had finally started to recover, the man in black had come to find him and given him this bug. Hearing that he was to place the bug on Luo Xiao, a glimmer of light flashed in Yu Jia’s eyes. It was good news that Luo Xiao was going to suffer.