'll pretend to be your boyfriend.""You said so yourself, no backing out!" Shu Jing finally turned from anger to happiness, "Hey, go out now!""Why do I need to leave" Xia Tian was puzzled.Shu Jing got...Chapter 1228: Cultivation Is Not As Good As Dual Cultivation

Tao Zhize, who had just returned to the police station, was in a bad mood. Although Director Wang had already praised him for his performance this time and assured him that he wasn't responsible for the loss of life among the officers, Tao Zhize couldn’t feel happy.

For Tao Zhize, being a policeman was more than just a job; it also meant taking responsibility for his subordinates and ensuring the safety of the city. Therefore, he found it hard to let go of the fact that the robber had been taken away by some mysterious person dispatched from above instead of receiving proper punishment.

Tao Zhize didn't know who this robber was or even his name. As for the summer from Beijing, Tao Zhize also couldn't figure out what kind of background he came from; however, he gradually felt that some legends might actually be true—there were people with extraordinary abilities in this world, and there were supposed to be mysterious individuals monitoring such people on behalf of the government. Once these individuals broke the law, special departments would handle them.

Yet, Tao Zhize had also heard rumors suggesting that even when those powerful individuals committed crimes, they usually didn't face severe consequences because their abilities could still serve the country's interests somehow. Therefore, he believed that the robber couldn’t possibly have been killed and that this meant the police station, which suffered heavy losses this time around, would have to bear the brunt of it all.

“How am I supposed to explain to their families” Tao Zhize smiled bitterly; the deceased officers also had families who were heartbroken at the moment and hoped for justice. But now, was he going to tell them that they couldn’t find the murderer Or would he say that although they caught him, his identity made it impossible to take any action against him

Tao Zhize believed that if this incident were made public, the police force's reputation would be severely damaged, and citizens would certainly lose confidence in them. After all, how could the police catch a murderer who killed a policeman but not one who murdered an ordinary citizen

"Team leader, the武警and特警are still on standby. Do you want them to..." The female officer who had spoken earlier came in again.

Tao Zhize then remembered that he hadn't yet instructed the officers on standby to return.

He was about to grit his teeth and tell the officers on standby to cancel their operation when his phone rang once more. It was Director Wang, who had spoken with him ten minutes ago, calling back again. Obviously there was a sudden change of plans.

"Director Wang," Tao Zhize answered the call.

"Old Tao, get your pen and paper ready. Write down several things; they are very important matters that must not be mistaken." Director Wang sounded quite serious.

"Yes, Director Wang." Although Tao Zhize was somewhat puzzled, he still immediately took out his pen and paper: "I'm all set. Please go ahead."

"Write down the address of Villa 49 in Paradise Garden in the High-Tech Zone. Remember this address; there is a body on the villa's rooftop—it is one of our wanted robbers. Later, you'll need to send people over to handle it—this is your first task." Director Wang spoke slowly, as if afraid that Tao Zhize wouldn't understand: "Remember, when reporting externally, state that the robber was shot dead by police after refusing arrest; do not say that those sent from above killed him. Understand The matter of people coming from above must be kept absolutely confidential. When it's time, you go up first and shoot the body twice—take credit for this."

"Yes, Chief." Tao Zize felt somewhat speechless; the robber was actually killed

The second matter: that robber’s name is Zhuge Wentian, but don’t announce his name publicly. Arrange for a quick cremation of his body and then bury him on Qingcheng Mountain with a tombstone under his name, Zhuge Wentian." Chief Wang continued to speak slowly, "Remember, it's on Qingcheng Mountain; choose a good burial site. You handle this personally. If you need money to purchase the grave site, just let me know—do you have everything noted down"

"Noted," Tao Zize replied, "Chief Wang, is there anything else"

"Just these two matters, but be sure not to make any mistakes, or I won’t be able to take responsibility either." Chief Wang said this very seriously.

"Rest assured, Chief Wang. I will handle it properly." Tao Zize had wanted to ask something, but he knew it was best not to inquire further, so in the end, he held back his questions.

"Alright then, you'd better get going and notify me once everything is done." As soon as Chief Wang said this, he hung up the phone. Tao Zize’s spirits instantly lifted.

Although Chief Wang's instructions were somewhat strange, as long as that robber was dead, everything could be explained away.

By the time Xia Tian and Gu Hanshuang returned to their hotel, it was already nine in the evening.

The events of tonight had left them with drastically different moods. Xia Tian felt quite good now, whereas Gu Hanzhuang seemed visibly upset. Usually indifferent to everything around her, she now stood by the window looking rather dejected and gloomy, seemingly observing the city's night scenery but in fact staring into nothingness.

"Little Frost, that Zhuge Wentian is no good anyway; don't be so glum," noticing Gu Hanzhuang's state, Xia Tian’s mood started to sour as well. He walked over to her and wrapped his arms around her slender waist from behind, whispering into her ear, "How about we do something enjoyable"

As he spoke, one of Xia Tian’s hands began roaming across Gu Hanzhuang's body, moving up from the bottom, climbing a valley, and reaching a peak, savoring the undulations.

The sensation was indeed pleasant, but after several minutes, Xia Tian stopped his actions because he noticed that despite her lack of resistance, she also showed no reaction. Even when touching one of her most sensitive areas, there wasn't even a flicker of response from her, leaving him somewhat uninterested.

"Little Frost, it seems like this won’t be able to cheer you up either; let’s just forget about it for now then. We’ll do it another time when you’re in a better mood," Xia Tian released Gu Hanzhuang and jumped onto the bed, feeling somewhat dejected inside. It seemed that tonight was not going to end with him "enjoying" this beautiful maid; he might as well get some good sleep and leave for the capital city early tomorrow.

Lying on the bed, Xia Tian couldn’t help but reflect: maids are still just maids after all, no match for a wife.

Just as Summer was about to fall asleep peacefully for the night, a faint fragrance wafted into his nostrils. It was Gu Hanshuang's scent. Opening his eyes, he saw that she had sat down beside him at some point. Her beautiful eyes were looking straight at him.

"Young Master, before you left the nightclub tonight, did you already foresee what would happen next" Gu Hanshuang asked in a soft voice.

"Pretty much," Summer casually replied. "I could tell that guy wasn't trustworthy from the start."

Summer had indeed foreseen everything beforehand. In fact, he deliberately revealed his abilities to tempt Zhuge Wentian into making a mistake, and Zhuge Wentian fell right into it as expected. He isolated Gu Hanshuang in the villa before poisoning her and attempting to use her against Summer. But what Zhuge Wentian didn't know was that everything remained under Summer's control.

When Zhuge Wentian brought Gu Hanshuang to the unfinished building, Summer actually followed them secretly. As soon as Zhuge Wentian left, Summer appeared immediately and helped Gu Hanshuang get rid of the poison before whisking her back to the villa quickly. Because his speed surpassed Zhuge Wentian's, it seemed to Zhuge Wentian that Summer hadn't left at all, while Gu Huanshuang's reappearance was quite mysterious.

"Young Master, why do you cultivate immortality" asked Gu Hanshuang.

"I don’t actually cultivate," Summer shook his head. "My power naturally increases without me having to practice."

"Then, why do Madam and the others cultivate " Gu Hanshuang asked.

"Oh, so they can stay beautiful and accompany me forever," Xia Tian actually gave an answer this time, adding at the end, "Actually, my wives don’t really need to focus on cultivation. They just need to practice a little bit, and then I can use the Reversing Heaven Eight Needles to turn them all into Core Formation experts."

Speaking of which, Xia Tian casually asked: "Suanzi, why do you cultivate"

"When I was young, my master told me that I am very special and have extraordinary talents. She also said that cultivation is a gift from heaven. Back then, I felt that cultivation was something remarkable and that cultivators were an admirable status. However, gradually, I found out that cultivation wasn’t as wonderful as imagined. They told me that cultivating was to pursue the Heavenly Dao and achieve immortality. But when I saw one person after another die, and began feeling my own aging, when I realized that eternal life could not be achieved and the Heavenly Dao was unattainable, I became lost. I don’t know why I cultivate and started questioning whether cultivation is really so important"

"Oh, I think dual cultivation with a partner is better than cultivating alone," Xia Tian said casually before looking at Gu Huan霜認真地說道，“霜丫頭，其實我知道你為什麼修煉。”

“少爺，你知道？”顧含霜眼裡露出一絲詫異，連她自己都不知道呢，這少爺怎麼可能會知道？難道他還真無所不知？

“我當然知道了。”夏天肯定地點了點頭，“霜丫頭，你修煉就是為了給我當丫鬟的，你不修煉，肯定活不到現在，也自然不可能給我當丫鬟了！”

翻譯後的結果如下：

"Oh, I think dual cultivation with a partner is better than cultivating alone," Xia Tian said casually before looking at Gu Huan霜認真地說道，“Suanzi, actually I know why you cultivate.”

“Young Master, do you really know” Gu Huan霜眼中露出一絲詫異，連她自己都不知道呢，這少爺怎麼可能會知道？難道他還真無所不知？

"Of course I know," Xia Tian nodded firmly. "Suanzi, you cultivate just to be my maid. If you didn't cultivate, you wouldn't have lived this long and naturally couldn’t serve as my maid!"very part of your body is indeed beautiful."At this moment, Yun Qing finally turned around and gave Xia Tian a disdainful look. This rascal wanted to take off her clothes to do something bad anyway, a...