When Li Liping suddenly spotted Lin Feng, she was actually quite happy. Although their relationship wasn't very close, she knew Lin Feng had an unusual connection with her cousin Cao Ying. Moreover, Lin Feng had saved her before, so deep down, Li Liping felt quite close to him.

The reason Li Liping was on the Treasure Ship, where the Qingzi Sect was holding a boxing match, was simple. Her father, Li Hong, known as the Jiangnan Ship King, also had ties to the Qingzi Sect. He had been invited to witness the competition between Long Shaotian and Chen Ming for the position of Hall Master of the Jiangzhou Hall—a role equivalent to a guest judge.

When Li Liping heard her father was going on a business trip on a cruise ship, she excitedly took time off from school to tag along for a vacation.

However, after a day on board, Li Liping started to feel bored. Besides the bodyguard her father had assigned to protect her, there wasn't a single person she could really talk to on the ship.

While eating, Li Liping was wondering if she should try to meet an interesting guy on the ship to help pass the long, ten-day journey. Then, to her surprise, she spotted Lin Feng!

"Well, well... Lin Feng, I wouldn't have guessed you were such a heartbreaker! TSK! TSK!" A genuine smile spread across Li Liping's face when she saw Lin Feng. She stopped eating her steak, rose gracefully, and drifted over to him like a delicate white blossom. After staring at Wu Mei with an amazed expression for a good while, she chuckled. "Secretly wooing another girl behind my cousin's back? You've really got some nerve..."

Lin Feng felt a bit awkward at Li Liping's words. Li Liping's cousin was Cao Ying, and it's true there was a bit of an unclear, ambiguous flirtation between him and Cao Ying. But overall, their relationship was still innocent...

If Wu Mei hadn't been there, Lin Feng might have even earnestly explained things to Li Liping. But with Wu Mei, who had just become his woman, standing right beside him, Lin Feng didn't want to get entangled in this topic with Li Liping.

"Senior Sister Liping, shouldn't you be at school right now? Why are you on this ship?" Lin Feng asked, a little surprised. He glanced behind her, a part of him worrying that Cao Ying might suddenly appear as well.

"HEH HEH, why so concerned about me? Feeling guilty, are we?" Li Liping shook her head, casually sat down beside Lin Feng, and said with a grin, "Don't worry, I came alone. My cousin isn't with me."

Wu Mei saw no trace of awkwardness or jealousy on Li Liping's face. I guess I jumped to conclusions, she thought. This beautiful woman and Lin Feng probably don't have *that* kind of relationship... But the cousin she mentioned? It sounds like she's very close to Lin Feng, doesn't it?

If Wu Mei were just an ordinary young woman, hearing that her man had a close relationship with another girl would probably have sent her into a jealous fit, jumping up to demand who Li Liping's cousin was. But she couldn't. As a special police operative, the moment Wu Mei stepped out of the room, she automatically switched into work mode. She wouldn't let a little jealousy disrupt her close working relationship or operational tempo with Lin Feng.

Hearing Cao Ying wasn't on the ship, Lin Feng visibly relaxed, though he naturally wouldn't admit it out loud. "Why would I feel guilty? I'm just concerned about you..."

"HEH HEH... With so many beautiful women around you, would you really have time to care about me?" Li Liping smiled faintly, her gaze flicking towards Wu Mei as she spoke.

"Senior Sister, you're a great beauty too," Lin Feng praised Li Liping sincerely. A woman beautiful enough to star in the school's recruitment video as the model upperclassman is definitely one in a thousand. Li Liping truly is a natural beauty.

"HMPH... HMPH... At least you have some sense." For once, Li Liping's pretty face flushed red. But a very strange thought popped into her head: This guy, Lin Feng... he couldn't be interested in me too, could he?

"AHEM... Senior Sister, I'm serious. Why are you on this ship? As far as I know, this whole ship has been chartered, and there are a lot of bad people on board!" Lin Feng said in a low voice, then suddenly emphasized, "Actually, it's more accurate to say this ship *was* chartered by bad guys."

Do bad people do bad things? And did the actions of Qingzi Sect members count as bad deeds? The answer was a definite yes.

Although the Qingzi Sect had undergone a degree of whitewashing and seldom openly committed major, harmful crimes, they were heavily involved in prostitution, smuggling, various forms of counterfeiting and fraud, contract assaults, loan sharking, and gambling—they did it all. And because the Qinglong Group was so powerful, the Qingzi Sect was extremely arrogant. Long Shaotian, as the Hall Master of the Qingzi Sect's Jiangzhou Hall, even had the status to sit alongside Mayor Cao Tiannan at public events, his arrogance almost boundless.

However, even within the "whitewashed" Qingzi Sect, many were merely peripheral members who borrowed the sect's name for business convenience. Li Liping's father, Li Hong, the Jiangnan Ship King, was one such successful businessman, nominally a senior figure in the Qingzi Sect.

"PFFT! You're the bad guy!" Li Liping couldn't help but roll her eyes coquettishly upon hearing Lin Feng's words, chiding him playfully. He'd just insulted her father as well!

"Er, did I say something wrong?" Lin Feng asked with an embarrassed smile.

"This ship was chartered by people from the Qingzi Sect, and my dad is one of them. So, do *you* think you said something wrong?" Li Liping shot Lin Feng a look, speaking indignantly.

"Ah..." Lin Feng was genuinely surprised. He'd never imagined Li Liping's father would actually be a Qingzi Sect member. He had assumed that since Li Liping's maternal uncle was the mayor of Jiangzhou City, her family would also be in official positions... This truth was really quite mind-boggling!

"Your dad's so old, and he's still involved in... that sort of thing. That's really something," Lin Feng said with a wry smile.

"What do you mean, 'so old and still involved'?" Li Liping rolled her eyes again. This Lin Feng, he'd misunderstood her again. "My dad's not some street punk... He's a businessman. He just borrows the Qingzi Sect's name to make things easier."

So that was it. Lin Feng finally understood, his face burning with extreme embarrassment.

"You've asked me so many questions, now it's my turn," Li Liping said, looking at Lin Feng with some annoyance. She pointed at Wu Mei. "Who is she? And what's her relationship to you?"

"Her name is Wu Mei... She's my secretary..." Lin Feng glanced at Wu Mei, stuttering slightly as he spoke.

"PFFT!" Li Liping burst out laughing when she heard Lin Feng's explanation. "Lin Feng, you're hilarious! You're just a student, how could you possibly have a secretary? More like your little mistress, right?"

Wu Mei's face stiffened, and her expression turned a little sour.

"You have a bodyguard, so why can't I have a secretary?" Lin Feng also felt Li Liping's words were too blunt and Wu Mei probably wasn't pleased. His own expression hardened. Pointing to the muscular bodyguard behind Li Liping, he retorted with a smile, "Or is this your gigolo?"

Li Liping's face immediately fell, and she glared at Lin Feng, her cheeks puffed out in annoyance.

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