Chapter 419: Chapter 370: There’s a Mission, and It Has to Be You

Inside the teahouse.

Tang Baichuan ordered a pot of tea.

The few of them sat in a private room.

Yi Xiaoying looked at Lin Yi, who was sitting across from her.

Her eyes were filled with concern and joy.

There was no room for anyone else in her gaze. She smiled and said, "Xiaoyi, it’s been over a year since you came to the New District.

And I haven’t managed to find the time to come see you!"

"How are things at school? Has anyone bullied you?"

Yi Xiaoying asked with a smile.

Lin Yi shook his head. "Auntie, my sister told me you’re usually very busy with work. I understand!"

"School is great, too. Principal Tang takes good care of me. He even arranged for me to be in the Zone 1 dorms..."

As soon as the words left his mouth, Tang Baichuan, who was sitting beside him, shot Yi Xiaoying a smug look.

His gaze seemed to say: ’See? Even Lin Yi says it’s great.’

Yi Xiaoying rolled her eyes at Tang Baichuan.

Not bothering to look at him any longer, her gaze returned to Lin Yi.

But just as she was about to speak,

Tang Qinru, who was next to them, asked with a cold expression, "Did you join the Town Martial Department?"

"Yes!"

Lin Yi didn’t hide it, nodding calmly.

’It was impossible to hide, anyway. Even if I hadn’t said anything, Tang Qinru would have found out sooner or later. In fact, they probably already knew.’

Tang Qinru’s brow furrowed. "Didn’t I tell you not to do such dangerous things?"

"You just need to stay at the university, and I’ll take care of everything else for you!"

"Once you struggle through to graduation, you can work for any company you want. It’s fine even if you don’t work. The money I make is enough for you to live on for the rest of your life..."

"Sis!"

Lin Yi cut her off before she could finish.

"I know what you’re trying to do. You want to protect me, to keep me away from danger!"

"But I don’t want that! Sis, Auntie, the reason I chose to come to Xingwu University in the first place was so I could join the Demon Hunting Bureau after graduation!"

"Things may have strayed a bit from my original plan, now that I’ve joined the Town Martial Department,"

"but I don’t think there’s much of a difference between the two departments!"

"One focuses on Demon Hunting, and the other is responsible for suppressing Martial Artists. I don’t see any fundamental difference in their purpose!"

"They both maintain public order and preserve a balance!"

"Especially when it comes to danger—if everyone was like me,"

"just going to school to scrape by until graduation, then hiding at home and doing nothing!"

"If things were really like that, wouldn’t the New District and the Old District become the same?"

"No one willing to take risks, letting crime and beasts run rampant? No one maintaining order, letting lawbreakers get away with everything?"

"I just want to do what I can, and I can protect myself!"

"So, Sis, Auntie, you don’t have to worry so much. I know my limits, and I know what I’m doing!"

After Lin Yi finished speaking,

Yi Xiaoying and Tang Qinru stared intently at Lin Yi.

Meanwhile, Tang Baichuan, sitting next to Lin Yi, nodded eagerly.

He voiced his strong agreement, "I think Lin Yi is right. Why do we Martial Artists practice martial arts? Isn’t it so that, once we can protect ourselves, we can uphold justice, maintain the balance of order, and prevent those lawbreakers and beasts from running wild? To suppress this tide of depravity!"

"I think that although Lin Yi..."

"Shut up!"

Before Tang Baichuan could finish his sentence,

Yi Xiaoying and Tang Qinru turned to him and said in unison.

Hearing this, Tang Baichuan quickly nodded. "Right away!"

After a long moment, Yi Xiaoying gave Lin Yi a deep look and sighed. "Lin Yi, it’s not that we want to interfere in your life, nor do we want to interfere with your future."

"It’s just... we finally found you after so much difficulty. We don’t want you to take risks and do dangerous things!"

"But since you’ve already decided and have your own ideas,"

"then... Auntie will support you unconditionally!"

"There’s just one condition: you have to protect yourself!"

"Don’t put yourself in a dangerous position, okay?"

Yi Xiaoying said to Lin Yi in an exceptionally gentle tone.

Hearing this, Lin Yi smiled and nodded. "Auntie, don’t worry. I’ll definitely protect myself!"

"Mm, that’s good then!"

"Go on, drink some tea!"

As she spoke, Lin Yi raised his teacup and took a small sip.

A delicate tea fragrance immediately filled his entire mouth.

It was refreshing and invigorating.

Tang Baichuan said with a smile, "How is it? The tea tastes pretty good, right?"

Lin Yi nodded. "It’s good. A pleasant fragrance, with a slight bitterness and a faint sweetness..."

"Hahaha... I didn’t expect you to be such a connoisseur, kid!"

"This isn’t any ordinary tea. It can help regulate the Qi and Blood in your body and has the effect of calming the mind and clearing the spirit!"

"For people who suffer from insomnia, drinking this tea can help regulate their sleep!"

As he said these last few sentences,

he glanced, intentionally or not, toward Yi Xiaoying.

Yi Xiaoying’s job was to develop all kinds of weapons.

She was, you could say, a master of all kinds of weaponry.

In fact, many of the common swords, spears, and staves on the market today came from the Weapon Workshop.

And more than half of the weapons from the Workshop were developed by her.

She even developed some firearms, especially bullets designed to be used against beasts.

However, this job often required her to stay up all night.

The severe lack of sleep led to mental exhaustion, completely reversing her sleep schedule.

She found it easy to stay awake at night but was overcome with drowsiness during the day.

If this continued long-term, it would definitely cause considerable harm to her body.

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