Time rewound to two hours earlier.
After Han Yuyao had left, Huang Yu was still pondering whether he could save poor Kunkun's kidneys when the clock in his ward ticked past midnight.
A familiar, mechanical voice echoed in his mind.
"Ding! Congratulations, Host, for surviving your first day without being killed by any Child of Destiny."
"Ding! You have obtained: one Transformation Card, one Substitute Card, and a Grandmaster-Level Lightness Skill."
Transformation Card: Duration two hours. Allows the user to transform freely into any desired person—appearance, aura, scent, voice, and demeanor included. Can even generate imagined clothing.
Substitute Card: Duration two hours. Creates a lifelike illusionary clone. The clone has no consciousness and can only perform simple actions and expressions as commanded.
Grandmaster Lightness Skill: Move across cliffs, swamps, or mud as if walking on flat ground; swift as the wind, vanishing without a trace!
Hearing the system's chime, Huang Yu instantly felt reinvigorated.
Talk about a pillow arriving just when you're dozing off!
Whether it was the Transformation Card, the Substitute Card, or the Lightness Skill—every one of them was exactly what he needed right now.
Up until now, all the system had given him was a "Super-God-Level Combat Technique."
But that was still just combat technique—those cops outside were carrying live ammunition!
He didn't think he was anywhere near strong enough to take on firearms head-on.
"I just hope that big bear loli Han Yuyao can handle things…"
He frowned slightly.
After all, the "man" accompanying Han Kun tonight was the actual culprit behind the serial murders—
A martial arts grandmaster who had achieved perfection in ancient martial arts!
Han Yuyao, by comparison, had only reached the Huajing stage. He wasn't sure she could deal with such a monster.
Thinking that, he used the Substitute Card.
Instantly, an identical copy of himself appeared before him.
Its eyes were a little vacant, but otherwise, it looked like a perfect mirror image—so realistic it was eerie.
Huang Yu picked up a toothpick from the table, twisted it inside the handcuffs a couple of times, and carefully unlocked them.
He'd picked up lockpicking back when Han Yuyao used to tattle on him and he was grounded at home for days on end.
Never thought it'd actually come in handy here.
He then made the clone lie down, cuffed it to the bed, and slipped out through the window.
Hearing some noise from inside, the officers outside only glanced through the window.
Seeing "Huang Yu" still lying cuffed to the bed, they didn't bother checking further.
The moment he jumped out, the Grandmaster Lightness Skill activated—his body felt as light as a feather, every muscle perfectly under control.
Though the ward was on the fifth floor, he landed without the slightest jolt, the impact dispersed completely through his body.
Soft, smooth—no pain at all.
When he started moving, his speed easily surpassed that of top-tier sports cars racing through Tianhai City's streets.
Passersby only saw a blur of shadow flash by, dismissing it as a trick of the eye.
No one stopped him.
When he reached the club, he saw that the glass wall of the target room was already shattered.
His heart sank.
In just a few light steps, he scaled the exterior wall, leaping upward with terrifying speed until he reached the suite.
There, he found Zuo Yi—the idiot—blocking Han Yuyao's path, a sleazy grin plastered across his face.
"Damn it, another one of that crooked-mouth bastard Xiao Zhan's lapdogs."
Huang Yu cursed under his breath.
In the original novel, this Zuo Yi was one of Xiao Zhan's most loyal dogs during the Kyoto arc.
The Han family's downfall had a lot to do with the Zuo family's involvement.
Thinking of Xiao Zhan's twisted grin, Huang Yu couldn't help but smirk.
Fine then. Since you love being his little lackey so much, I'll make sure you get a real taste of it tonight.
"Use Transformation Card."
He muttered the command, and in the next moment, his appearance morphed into Xiao Zhan's—complete with that crooked smile.
He strutted in, grinning wickedly… and the rest unfolded exactly as Han Yuyao had seen.
Thanks to his little stunt, the Zuo family was now frantically investigating Xiao Zhan's background.
What should have been Xiao Zhan's greatest ally in Tianhai City was now—thanks to Huang Yu—completely turned against him.
Next time those two met, sparks would definitely fly.
Unfortunately for Huang Yu, his "perfect disguise" hadn't fooled Han Yuyao for long—she'd already seen through him.
The next morning.
Huang Yu frowned and slowly opened his eyes—only to find a pair of bright, watery eyes staring straight into his, barely an inch away.
Close enough that he could see his own reflection in them.
The face was familiar.
Han Yuyao?
"Eh!"
He jerked awake, scooting backward as he stared at her warily.
"What do you think you're doing?"
He hadn't forgotten that this crazy woman had practically tried to marry herself off to him yesterday.
"Don't tell me you're actually having impure thoughts about me?"
Seeing the look of mock fear on his face, Han Yuyao's cheeks flushed crimson.
She grabbed a steamed bun from the bag on the bedside table and stuffed it right into his mouth.
"Eat your bun and shut that filthy mouth!"
Fine, she admitted it—when she'd come back and seen him sleeping, she had felt something.
Just like that first time they met years ago—he'd been so warm, so dazzling. It had caught her off guard.
"If it weren't because I pitied you, I wouldn't have bought you breakfast."
She snorted lightly.
"And for your information, we've already reviewed the surveillance footage from the crime scene."
"You're cleared of all involvement in the serial killings. You'll just come to the station with me today to give a statement, then you can go home."
"Huh?"
The bun nearly fell out of Huang Yu's mouth. His whole expression deflated.
"Can't I just… stay here a bit longer?"
"No particular reason, I just haven't experienced what it's like to be in jail yet."
"Don't even think about it!"
Han Yuyao glared sharply.
Having heard his inner thoughts yesterday, she knew exactly what this bastard was up to—
He just wanted to hide from that so-called Security Dragon King, Xiao Zhan, by locking himself up!
Pathetic!
"And one more thing—don't you dare take Han Kun to any clubs again!"
"And stop trying to avoid me!"
Her anger surged again just looking at him.
He clearly had the power, yet all he ever did was cower. Where was his sense of manly responsibility?
He obviously needed someone to keep him in line.
Seeing her absolute determination, Huang Yu realized there was no hope of staying in custody.
He almost wanted to cry.
This violent bear girl… does she actually like me? Is she just lusting after my body?
Even if she is, could she at least stop sending me to my death?!
Just then, the door opened.
Mo Linglong stepped in wearing her white doctor's coat, a faint smile tugging at her lips—gone was yesterday's coldness.
"I heard about what happened yesterday."
"Huh?"
Huang Yu blinked in confusion.
What happened?
The look Mo Linglong gave Han Yuyao carried an odd, ambiguous undertone—
Which Han Yuyao immediately read as provocation.
Her eyes narrowed. She met that gaze head-on, smiling sweetly as her hand clamped tightly on Huang Yu's shoulder.
"Linglong-jie, from now on, Huang Yu and I are officially a couple."
"I don't care what went on between you two before, but from now on, he's my man. Don't you dare bully him over old grudges."
By now, the air in the room was thick with the scent of gunpowder.