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The liaison was a bit confused.

However, he knew he wasn't the type to use his brain much, so after thinking it over, he decided to ask Director Pang for help and to see what was going on with all this....

.......

Meanwhile.

Fang Ze had also returned to the real world.

Checking the time, it was only 12:30 AM.

There was still plenty of time before tonight's "date."

Fang Ze, who had completed his mission ahead of schedule, yawned and smelling the alcohol on himself and Wang Hao, he thought of the gains he had acquired from the Late-Night Investigation Room today.

Then he hesitated for a moment but ultimately decided to have Mei draw a hot bath for him to soak in....

Before long, the hot water was ready.

Fang Ze stepped into the bathroom and submerged his body in the hot water.

Feeling the warmth, he relaxed considerably...

Lying in the bathtub, he also took out today's gains.

It was a mermaid jade sculpture about the size of a doll, with the body of a human and the tail of a fish.

The statue was carved from jade, translucent, and looked very delicate and beautiful.

Fang Ze placed the mermaid statue into the water.

And something magical happened.

As the sculpture touched the water, the translucent jade color of the mermaid slowly faded away.

In the blink of an eye, it turned into a lively little mermaid.

She swam joyfully around the bathtub, and as she moved, the entire bathtub water turned fragrant and the originally clear water turned into a pale milky white...

Soaking in that milky liquid, Fang Ze felt immeasurably relaxed, as if his entire body was being nourished.

The little mermaid also hummed a tune and moved behind Fang Ze, using her soft scales to scrub his back...

"Disaster Creature: Beauty Mermaid."

"A special type of Disaster Creature highly adored by noble young ladies and matrons. Usually, she conserves her energy in jade form. But as soon as she is put into water, she will come back to life."

"After revival, she turns the surrounding liquid into a beauty lotion."

"Anyone soaking in this lotion will experience immense relaxation. Moreover, this lotion has the effects of beautifying and nourishing the skin, whitening, tightening pores, and keeping one's appearance youthful."

"There are legends of a noble beauty who bathed in this lotion all year round and maintained her glowing youth of her twenties until her dying day...."

Truth be told, Fang Ze did not understand this investigative gain at first.

A man like Hua Jian, investigated and came back with such an artifact?!

But then, remembering Hua Jian's color-changing hair and his said-to-be only supportive Awakening Ability, Fang Ze roughly guessed the reason: Perhaps..... Hua Jian's Awakening Ability is related to healing and beauty treatments?

Moreover, judging by his appearance, he is very likely a Bloodline Awakener, with ancestors who might have stolen the bloodline of a mermaid or been intermarried with them...

Yet, looking at the mermaid in the bathtub, ecstatically enjoying herself and thinking of the beautifying lotion that could drive women crazy,

Fang Ze felt..... it wasn't quite his style.

He was supposed to be the tough guy. If he continued to soak like this, combined with Wang Hao's "Social Expert" ability, he would have to rely on his looks to get by!

With this in mind, Fang Ze couldn't help but ponder how to maximize the benefits of this artifact.....

Maybe... he could lend it to Bai Zhi?

Fang Ze had always been envious of Bai Zhi's powerful Awakening Ability and Martial Skills and was curious about her stats.

These past few days, he had been trying to lend Bai Zhi an Extraordinary Artifact in order to unlock her stat panel.

But.... she was even richer than Bai Ling. A rich woman of her level probably lacked nothing and wouldn't be interested in his artifacts.

Moreover, Bai Zhi was somewhat smarter than Bai Ling; Fang Ze feared that if he gave her an odd artifact, or was too eager, she might suspect something was up.

Therefore, Fang Ze had been hesitating, afraid to lend anything to Bai Zhi.

But now..... this thing.

Fang Ze felt that it was perfect!

He had inadvertently obtained a beauty artifact specifically for women, and one that preserved youth at that.

And thinking of Bai Zhi, what more logical excuse could there be to give it to her?

Moreover, according to the investigation room's introduction, this artifact was quite precious. The more valuable it is, the more Credit Points he would get. Saving up, he might even get to Borrow Bai Zhi's powers for a good time!

Thinking of Bai Zhi transforming into the giant figure of Thousand-Handed Guanyin and the might of that palm, Fang Ze no longer hesitated!

He planned to find an opportunity the day after tomorrow to give the item to Bai Zhi and then unlock her panel!

.....

Thus, after a refreshing bath, Fang Ze picked up the lively little mermaid from the bathtub, cleaned her, hung her up to dry, and waited for her to turn back into jade.

He, on the other hand, got dressed with Mei's help, took his artifact, and once Mei returned to his body and turned into Shadow Equipment for protection, he left home with a spring in his step.

He hailed a taxi, and under the driver's knowing gaze, Fang Ze arrived at the Red Light District.

From a distance, Fang Ze saw Wang Hao huddled with a gang member, chatting and laughing heartily.

It seemed he hadn't forgotten the task "assigned" to him and was still working on extracting the Flower Morning Festival's secrets from the gang member.

Thinking this, Fang Ze deliberately took a detour before entering the Red Light District.
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Perhaps because it was too late, Gu Qing had already gone in, so Fang Ze didn't see him in the Red Light District either.