The Empress’s Gigolo

Ever since the first time Ren Baqian warped to Dayao, he had travelled back and forth around 150 times to this day.

It was something that was already instinctive to him—something he didn’t have to give much thought about.

Usually, the space around him would begin to distort and then he would arrive in the other world by the next moment.

Even after he had broken through to the Earth Wheel level, he didn’t experience any change in this process.

Only the empress, with her high level of strength, could detect that something was different.

However, this time was indeed different from the past. Ren Baqian felt a sense of pressure from his surroundings. It was as if he was immersed in water.

It was like the air was repelling him.

This only lasted for a split second, but he felt it very thoroughly and distinctly. It was as if this moment was extended.

After that, Ren Baqian felt as if he was pushed out by something in the surroundings which he couldn’t see or feel.

Soon after, he found himself still in the imperial carriage.

The empress had disappeared.

So had Qing Yuan and Hong Luan.

The bow on the wall had vanished as well.

The boxes of goods in the carriage were also missing.

Nothing was here except for Ren Baqian and a hairy thing on his chest.

The sky outside had also transformed from night to day.

What happened? This question arose in his mind before he could return to his senses.

A short while later, he felt the carriage leaning toward one side and wasn’t sure what had slipped.

Ren Baqian’s heart tensed up. He had no idea what was happening and jumped out of the carriage in a flash.

At the same time, a familiar voice started shouting from below, “Don’t attack! It’s Her Majesty’s imperial carriage!”

After Ren Baqian jumped out of the carriage, he identified his surroundings with one glance.

He was really on Earth. He wasn’t in his room, but on the rooftop.

There were a bunch of people below him who were carrying the empress’s carriage in a flurry.

If it weren’t for their keen eyes, the carriage would probably have become a pile of scrap wood.

That hairy thing on Ren Baqian’s chest started moving. It first sneezed a couple of times before it walked across his body and dived into the nearby woods as a streak of red light.

“F*ck!” Ren Baqian was completely dishevelled when he came to his senses.

Qing Yuan, Hong Luan, and the empress were all inside the carriage when the space around him started to warp, but he only brought back the carriage in the end? Where was the empress? What about Qing Yuan and Hong Luan?

Besides, there was also another very serious problem—that bichi actually followed him to Earth!

Ren Baqian rubbed his head and looked closely at the woods behind him. He definitely wouldn’t be able to find it in there. Even if he could, he wouldn’t be able to catch it.

That thing really moved too fast! It was like lightning!

And lightning wasn’t just a metaphor.

Even the empress had no confidence that she could catch it. Otherwise, it wouldn’t have been able to suddenly sneak onto his chest when he was warping.

“Lady boss, what happened?” Over ten of the winged cavalry warriors looked on from the rooftop and questioned Ren Baqian as they enjoyed the cool breeze.

He leaped down from the rooftop, couldn’t be bothered to answer their question, and replied, “Take good care of Her Majesty’s carriage! I will bury you in the ground if it’s the slightest bit damaged and see if ten more of you can grow out of the soil.”

He went to his room when he finished speaking, sat down, and stared blankly for some time before trying to reason things out.

He was too careless this time around.

Ren Baqian had always travelled from a room or in the woods in the past. As a result, he actually overlooked this.

He would bring back movable objects that he was in contact with.

He had even brought back straw from the prison as well as soil from the woods.

Even though the empress’s carriage weighed over 500 kilograms, it was well within Ren Baqian’s current carrying capacity, so he naturally brought it back with him.

The empress, Qing Yuan, Hong Luan, and those things in the carriage that he wasn’t in contact with were all left behind in Dayao.

The sense of pressure that he felt when he travelled between worlds had probably occurred when the carriage and the roof of his house overlapped with each other, which resulted in an outward repulsion.

This sent Ren Baqian a very important message. If there were things placed around him when he was about to warp, he wouldn’t travel along with those items, and they would immediately get excluded.

This actually eliminated a huge risk.

He then began to worry after he sorted out the problem with the carriage.

That bichi had actually dashed to Ren Baqian’s shirt just as he was about to warp and had followed him back to Earth. Given its speed, it was impossible for him to have caught it.

This was Shanghai and many people usually came up to this hill.

If someone noticed the bichi, he could only wait and see it on the news.

For instance, headlines like: “Breaking news, unexpected appearance of a winged fox…”

Such news would be a mere trifle.

It could also turn out to be: “A startling encounter with the Final Destination. One witness made a narrow escape and came out unscathed, but casualties sustained in the surroundings were disastrous.”

News like this would be possible as well.

Ren Baqian felt an endless headache when he thought about all the trouble that the bichi might cause.

After giving it some thought, he felt that he had to find a way to capture it.

As he opened the window, a cold wind blew into the room.

It was already early winter in Shanghai.

Ren Baqian took a bunch of various sweets, unwrapped all of them, and piled them up on the bed like a small mountain.

After waiting for a while, he still didn’t see that bichi appear. Besides, even if it showed itself, he couldn’t do anything about it.

After thinking for a long time, he still couldn’t come up with a good idea. He then turned on his computer and went online to search for methods on how to wait idly for opportunities.

Soon after, Ren Baqian found something good!

Mousetrap!

If he were to place candy on the mousetrap, the bichi would definitely fall for it when it came.

This method would still work no matter how fast it was! As long as it stepped on the trap, it would be impossible for it to escape!

Of course, an ordinary mousetrap definitely wouldn’t cut it. Even though the bichi’s greatest strength was its speed, it surely wasn’t as weak as an ordinary mouse.

The trap had to be specially made.

For instance, applying a layer of extra strong adhesive to the metal plate.

Immediately putting his thoughts into action, Ren Baqian gave Shen Feng a call. He asked her to think of ways to make him a mousetrap that fulfilled his requirements and to send it over to him the next day.

After that, Ren Baqian left the pile of sweets in the room, changed into a new set of clothes, and left.

He felt that the bichi would probably fall for it more easily if he weren’t around.

He would let it have those sweets today to lower its guard and then give it a surprise the next day!

Ren Baqian kept the samples that he cut off from the crocodile safely with him and got two of the winged cavalry warriors to escort him to the Messier 87 department.

However, just halfway through the journey, he suddenly felt a sense of weightlessness and fell into the ground together with his car…

In the eyes of the bystanders, a large pit suddenly appeared where Ren Baqian was. Other than him, the two cars behind him were following too closely and fell into the pit as well.

His car was at the lowest position.

Ren Baqian finally experienced what it felt like to fall into a pit at a speed of 60 kilometers per hour.

After experiencing the freefall, the car crashed into the walls of the pit. The car behind him smashed down directly above him.

All of this happened successively, and this abrupt series of events left Ren Baqian stunned.

The airbag immediately inflated from the front, pinning him firmly in his seat.

He then managed to tear it apart, climbed out of his car, and saw around seven men and women climbing out of the two cars that had been behind him. These people gave off weird vibes.

When things like this happened, a typical person would first check out the situation in the surroundings and think about how to get back up, right? These people were in a state of confusion and disorientation when they got out of their cars. However, they immediately locked their eyes on Ren Baqian the moment they saw him.

One of the men held up his collar and said, “We have fallen into the pit with our target! Please give instructions!”

He spoke very softly, but Ren Baqian was able to hear everything very clearly due to his now exceptional auditory abilities. Even so, he didn’t understand what this guy meant.

He understood one thing though—they were coming for him!

After that, Ren Baqian collected himself and realized why he felt odd about them. It wasn’t only their reactions, but also their traits.

Even though they showed some resemblance, they weren’t Chinese!

“Do it!” one of them shouted out, but this wasn’t yelled in Mandarin.

“Do it! Keep them alive!” Ren Baqian shouted in response.