Water gushed heavily from the sink, washing over Dongbin’s hands. A slightly gloomy expression hung on his face.
"I can feel a strange power today. Why is the energy on this blue planet so volatile? One moment it’s like a god, the next like a demon. On top of that, a cockroach out of nowhere tried to pick a fight with me, how utterly annoying!" Dongbin muttered.
Cling! The chime above the barbershop door rang out.
"Bin, who are you talking to?" Mei asked, staring at Dongbin with a look full of bewilderment.
Dongbin turned around. "Nothing, Boss. Just mumbling to myself."
Mei walked closer to Dongbin. The rustling sound of a plastic bag crinkling against the pastries inside was crisp and clear.
"Look what I brought!" Mei raised the plastic bag with a beaming smile.
Dongbin smirked playfully. "My Boss is truly the most understanding person ever."
Suddenly, Mei lowered her head, her face turning gloomy and pouting. Dongbin, starting to panic, immediately grabbed both of Mei’s shoulders.
"What’s wrong, Boss? Why the sudden sadness?"
Mei’s face turned deeply annoyed. "I’m sick of this! You’re so dense!" Mei slammed the plastic bag onto the sofa, then stomped her feet, turning away to leave Dongbin behind.
Before she could walk far, however, Dongbin pulled her hand back. "Wait a second!"
Dongbin grabbed Mei by the waist, bringing their faces so close they were almost touching.
"Hmph!" Mei kept her cold, moody expression.
Dongbin smiled gently, slowly kissing Mei on both her left and right cheeks. "Still not enough?"
Mei cracked a small smile, but quickly put her jutted lip back on.
This girl is playing coy! Dongbin thought cheeky thoughts.
Mei then broke free from his grip. "Let me go!"
In a flash, Dongbin kissed Mei deeply for a long moment. It froze Mei right in her tracks before she slowly wrapped both her arms around Dongbin’s neck.
"Satisfied now?" Dongbin asked after releasing the kiss.
Mei looked giggly and hopelessly flustered. She then grabbed Dongbin’s collar. "I’ll never be satisfied until you officially ask me to be your girlfriend!"
Dongbin was stunned for a moment. "Do you want to be my empress or my concubine?"
Slap! Mei’s hand flew across Dongbin’s cheek.
"Y-You! Y-You! No way in hell! I want to be your one and only!" Mei shoved Dongbin onto the sofa and stormed off toward her room.
"Haha, just kidding, Boss! Sheesh, she really got mad."
BAM! A loud door slam echoed from the direction of Mei’s room.
"Man, she really is mad again..."
Dongbin stood up and walked over toward Mei’s room. "Boss, don’t be mad, come on!"
Inside her room, Mei sat on her small sofa with pouted lips and her arms crossed over her chest. "Whatever!"
Dongbin smiled. "Alright, fine, I’ll grant your wish, Boss. How about that?"
Mei glared toward the door and shouted, "You’re not sincere! I hate playboys!"
Dongbin pulled the door handle, but Mei’s door was locked. Using his power, the door instantly swung open.
Mei was taken aback. "Huh? How? I locked it!"
Dongbin smirked and stepped closer to Mei. Mei stood up in a panic. "Bin, what are you going to do?"
Dongbin teased her, "Make you my girlfriend, of course!"
The two of them began chasing each other around Mei’s desk.
"Bin, if you don’t stop, I’m cutting your salary!" Mei kept running as they circled round and round the desk.
"I don’t care! As long as I get to make you my girlfriend!"
Mei panicked even more and tried to dash toward the door. "Mommy, I’m scared!"
Dongbin smiled and locked Mei’s door again using his power. Panicking, Mei jiggled the door handle frantically. "Huh? Why is it locked again?"
Dongbin walked up slowly behind Mei. "Boss, here I come!"
Mei turned around toward Dongbin, who now looked like the most brutally shameless pervert.
"Stop!" Mei screamed, raising one hand as a warning while her other hand kept desperately pulling at the door handle.
Mei’s hand was yanked away in an instant, and Dongbin pinned her against the door. Mei stared into Dongbin’s face with wide, round eyes.
"What... what are you going to do?"
Dongbin leaned his head close to Mei’s ear and whispered, "I... want to... eat... you!"
Mei bit her lip, then let out a scream. "Aaaaa!"
The tables turned in a split second. Mei suddenly became aggressively wild, blindly kissing Dongbin all over.
"Ehh, Boss! Ehh, mercy, mercy! I was just kidding!"
But Mei was completely past listening. That very day, Dongbin became Mei’s feast.
"Oh man, my purity is ruined!" Dongbin grumbled internally as Mei pinned him down from above, gripping both of his hands tightly.
"You’re mine now!"
"AAAAAA, NOOOOO!"
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Mei could be seen putting her clothes back on. She grinned mischieviously, then pulled Dongbin’s limply exhausted body up. Dongbin’s face and bare chest were completely covered in hickeys and lip prints.
I regret messing with her so much! Dongbin grumbled in his head.
Mei pulled Dongbin up with all her strength. Once he was standing, Mei pushed him back until he was lying flat on the long sofa. Without hesitation, Mei dropped her body right on top of Dongbin. She casually opened her phone to watch short videos, all while being held in the arms of the bare-chested Dongbin.
"Boss, I am totally drained, you know!"
Mei glanced at him, "That is why you should just stay still and sleep, alright?" Mei smiled, then refocused her eyes on her phone screen.
Dongbin simply closed his eyes, using his right arm as a pillow for Mei while she watched her videos. Dongbin paid her no mind, trying to sleep in order to stabilize his powers again.
I just hope she does not get pregnant right away, Dongbin prayed internally.
Mei kept scrolling through videos until she stopped at an account showing a bizarre atmospheric anomaly in Lotus City, which was vastly different from other cities.
"Hey guys, look at the sky over Moon City, and look over at the far end at Edelweiss, bright and clear, right? Now try taking a look at Lotus City."
A terrifying sight appeared on the phone screen. Thick, pitch-black clouds swirled and coiled in the sky, accompanied by wild bolts of lightning striking everywhere.
"It looks like a cultivator is about to appear in the modern era," the content creator concluded.
Mei turned her head toward Dongbin, "Bin... Bin...?"
Receiving no response from Dongbin, Mei bit and started kissing Dongbin’s neck.
"Ehh, what now, Boss? Still not satisfied?"
Slap! Mei tapped Dongbin’s forehead, "Look at this!"
Mei held up her phone screen. Dongbin instantly sat up, grabbing Mei’s phone.
"Oh boy, what kind of phenomenon is this?"
Dongbin observed the area shown in the video closely, catching a faint, golden trace of divine energy flowing through it. It was not very clear because the content creator recorded it using a regular smartphone, making the video quality a bit low.
"Babe, where is this?" Dongbin asked while staring at the screen.
Hearing the word "Babe", Mei felt as if she were flying high in the sky.
Finally, after decades, someone calls me that! Mei squealed in her heart.
Mei giggled shyly while twirling her hair. Dongbin glanced sideways at Mei, "What is up with you?"
Mei startled slightly, "Nothing at all, Babe!"
Mei’s face pressed against Dongbin’s cheek right away as she joined him in looking at the video, "It looks like Lotus City, right?"
Dongbin stared intently at the video. Lotus? Could it be that she also descended to this blue planet? Dongbin whispered under his breath.
Mei glanced at him out of the corner of her eye, "Huh, what?"
Dongbin jumped slightly, "Nothing, Babe."
Mei smiled, "Where did you learn the word ’Babe’ from?"
Dongbin replied without looking at Mei’s face, "From reading books."
Mei tilted her head, staring at Dongbin’s face, "Why did you suddenly think of saying it?"
Dongbin answered innocently, "Since you already slept with me, that automatically makes you my wife."
Mei became even more smitten, "Alright then, my husband."
Mei snatched the phone from Dongbin’s hand and tossed it onto a small armchair nearby.
"Let us play again!" Mei said mischievously, placing her hand on Dongbin’s chest.
"Eh! Eh! No, wait!"
For the second time that day, Dongbin was not spared.
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Suddenly, in the quiet barbershop, the front door was kicked open violently, causing the bell above to chime loudly.
"Bin, we have a big problem!" Fenghou shouted.
Fenghou rushed inside, looking around frantically. He glanced toward the storeroom, but Dongbin was nowhere to be found. He then bolted straight toward Mei’s room.
BAM!
"Bin, we have a big problem!"
Mei instantly leaped off Dongbin’s body, letting out a sharp scream, "AAAAAaaa!"
Dongbin sat up with an exhausted face, his cheeks and chest completely covered in kiss marks.
"Hah, what is it?"
Fenghou froze for a second, then glanced over at Mei. Seeing Fenghou looking at her, Mei screamed again while crossing her arms over her chest, as she was currently wearing only a cropped top.
Fenghou turned his gaze back to Dongbin, "He Xiangu! She is in danger!"
Dongbin instantly snapped back to full awareness, standing upright, "What?"