Gains*

Seven days later,

Bai Shen could be seen outside his villa. He slowly walked forward without a care in the world.

His clothes were covered in mud and bloodstains.

"Haa... Finally, some peace," thought the young man as he felt the wave of sleepiness hitting him fully.

For the last few days, Bai Shen had been overworking himself to the point of fainting. He couldn't take it anymore and decided to go back to rest for a bit.

"I wonder what Ruoxi is doing." Stepping inside, the first thing he saw was enough to shock him.

The spiderwebs around the corners were gone, replaced by immaculate cleaning, most probably Lin Ruoxi's doing.

"This woman couldn't have possibly cleaned the entire villa...right?"

"Ruoxi, are you here?" After waiting for a while, Bai Shen didn't hear a word back. He decided to explore around for a while.

"Even the floors are clean now..." The more he walked, the more surprised Bai Shen became.

He didn't tell Lin Ruoxi to do a single thing, yet she did chores around the house like a faithful wife.

This couldn't help but melt Bai Shen's heart.

Since his parents died, he fired every housekeeper there was to fire; he wanted to spend some time alone.

Walking for a few minutes, he managed to spot someone standing by the pool. "Eh? Is she taking a break? Good, I was afraid she was going to exhaust herself to death."

Slowly getting closer to Lin Ruoxi, Bai Shen saw that she was wearing his set of headphones and had fallen asleep while listening to music.

Unwilling to wake her up, he slowly left to take a shower.

Leaving aside his dirty clothes, Bai Shen took a new set of clothes before he opened the shower and started to wash himself.

At the same time, Lin Ruoxi woke up.

"Mmh... Did I just fall asleep? I'd better go and lie in bed; this deckchair is so uncomfortable."

Saying so, Lin Ruoxi got up and made her way to Bai Shen's room.

When Lin Ruoxi arrived, she suddenly had the urge to go to the bathroom.

Knowing that no one was using it, she didn't knock on the door; but when entering inside, the unmistakable sound of running water filled the room.

"Did I forget to turn off the shower last time?" Unsure about that, Lin Ruoxi decided to check.

When she turned toward the running shower, she was stunned by what she saw.

There was a young man showering; it was Bai Shen, and he was currently reclining his back on the wall with his eyes closed.

His perfect muscles and those six-pack abs stole Lin Ruoxi's eyes, but more than that, she looked at his sleeping dragon...

'No! Ruoxi, get back, now!' Barely recovering herself, Lin Ruoxi left the bathroom with a flushed face.

She quickly dashed for Bai Shen's room before jumping on the bed.

"Ahh... No..." Lin Ruoxi cutely banged the pillow with her small fists in a fit of anger.

"Now that I witnessed that..." She softly muttered, "...that magnificent body..."

"I won't be able to look at Bai Shen the same way as before." With a sigh, Lin Ruoxi also added a mental note, 'Only if we somehow end up together...'

"Gosh, it feels so good." A smiling Bai Shen could be seen leaving the bathroom wearing only short pants.

He didn't wear his shirt yet, as he wanted his skin to breathe some more.

Making his way to his room, he didn't see anything strange on the way, and when he was close to the bed, he couldn't help but observe something strange.

'Was that bump always there?' Bai Shen was a bit confused seeing a slight bump beneath the bedsheets, but he didn't pay it much attention.

He excitedly got himself in bed, resting his leg on that exact bump, not knowing that in reality, it was Lin Ruoxi who tried to hide her embarrassed face before falling asleep.

'Huh, what's that?' When she woke up, the young woman was confused to feel a strange object resting on her.

When she took her head out from under the pillows, she couldn't help but be shocked to see Bai Shen's face in front of her eyes.

In fact, both of them were shocked.

"Ruoxi...?" Bai Shen asked, his confusion evident. In his wildest dreams, he could never have imagined that beneath the bedsheet lay Lin Ruoxi.

Before he could say anything else, he was surprised to see Lin Ruoxi's red face coming closer, before she sealed his lips.

Perhaps it was youthfulness, or maybe pure lust, but one thing was clear; Bai Shen didn't hold himself back this time.

He also reacted and deeply kissed Lin Ruoxi back. His hand couldn't help but slid down beneath the bedsheets...

Earning a yelp from the unprepared Lin Ruoxi, "Ah! You..."

"You started this, Ruoxi..."

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After a few hours, Bai Shen looked into Lin Ruoxi's eyes; she was currently hugging his body.

"I never expected this from you. Why did you kiss me back then?" He curiously asked.

"It was... let's call it a spur of the moment. I couldn't resist Young Master's charm." Saying so, Lin Ruoxi hesitated for a bit before going in for another kiss.

After separating their lips, Bai Shen gently stroked her cheeks affectionately. "I like you, Ruoxi."

It was morning when the two lovebirds woke up; they were finally going to Shanghai.

After their fun last night, Bai Shen told Lin Ruoxi that they were going to travel to Shanghai.

He needed to meet with Meixue and Fatty Jiang before the apocalypse happened and somehow make them spend the night at his house.

'It should be easy if I use the excuse that I'm not staying too much in town. Maybe they'll pity me enough to stay over. Mhm, that's what I'll do.'

'But before that...'

Looking at a diligently Lin Ruoxi who was preparing some stuff, Bai Shen could help but grab her waist, pressing his body on hers, "We're still ahead of the schedule..."

"You pervert..." Said Lin Ruoxi with a smile.

The sound of muffled breaths filled the living room for a while.

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Once again, Bai Shen looked over at his System panel, still amazed by the incredible progress he had made in the last seven days.

Name: Bai Shen (18)

Level: Locked

Talent: Stealing, Prediction

Attributes:

Strength: 15.7

Agility: 15.5

Physique: 13.9

Charisma: 8.6

Luck: 1.1

'With these gains, I should be somewhat safe during the early stages of the apocalypse. Even then, with my cheat of a Talent, I'm sure everything would be fine.'