After saying that, he passed out cold.
His heart stopped for about four or five seconds.
Lily Bai frowned—Colin Grant actually died just like that.
No wonder they call him the Prophet.
He really does seem to foresee everything.
"Seriously! What a waste of all that talking." Lily Bai smacked her own mouth. "Damn it!"
......
Back at Dragon Mountain Hills, Lily Bai and her group finally returned home.
As soon as Samson Zhang saw her, his eyes turned red.
From anger.
These past few days, the internet has been flooded with rumors about Lily Bai and Samson Zhang.
There were all kinds of photos of them going in and out of the company together, shopping together, and going home together—being called 'solid proof' that they were living together.
Even though some people clarified that they were siblings, those voices were drowned out by the smear campaign.
In no time, Samson Zhang started losing fans left and right.
Lily Bai was painted as a vile woman cheating on her husband with an underage male idol.
"Sis! Look at these vicious comments! I'm so mad I could explode! This must be that bastard Shaun Fane's doing again!" Samson Zhang shoved his Weibo at her.
Lily Bai replied, "It wasn't him."
"If it wasn't him, then who was it?"
"Anyway, it wasn't him," Lily Bai said. "I know what's going on, so don't get mad."
"Let's hurry up and release a clarification!" Samson Zhang said. "Have Mom and Dad mail our household registry from home! And get the local police to issue a kinship certificate!"
"No need to go through all that trouble," Lily Bai said. "That's not the real issue here."
"Then what is?"
Just as Lily Bai was about to answer, Eric Lan suddenly called out with deep affection, "My precious baby! You've grown so much!"
Everyone turned to look. He was cradling the Little Red Turtle with extreme tenderness, gently kissing it.
Samson Zhang was so shocked, he forgot what he was about to say.
Not long ago, when Eric Lan was living here, he was constantly startled by the Little Red Turtle—he seemed to hate creatures like that.
But now, seeing this scene... Did he get possessed or something?
Lily Bai's lips curled into a faint smile.
The Little Red Turtle was an egg laid by Old Turtle in his youth.
But because the Demon Realm lacked magic, the egg could never hatch.
It was only thanks to the God-Demon Child's blood that it was finally born.
Unfortunately, after all that time, even in the Demon Realm where such beasts are rare... it hatched a bit 'simple,' and probably can't be cured.
"Baby, my precious baby." Eric Lan pressed the Little Red Turtle to his chest, calling it 'baby' over and over.
Samson Zhang couldn't help asking, "Eric Lan, what's up with you?"
"Nothing's up!" Eric Lan replied.
"Didn't you used to hate it? How come you suddenly like it now?"
"People can change!" Eric Lan said.
"Where have you been these past few days?" Samson Zhang demanded. "You've missed several appearances without any reason!"
Eric Lan said, "I... went on a trip."
A trip to the afterlife.
"By yourself?"
"Yep!"
"Are you out of your mind!" Samson Zhang snapped. "That's so irresponsible! You just leave without a word?"
Eric Lan glanced at him. "That's just how I am. What are you gonna do about it?"
"You—"
"Hey, hey, hey! Stop arguing!" Lily Bai cut them off. "I've got a call coming in."
Lily Bai answered the phone, listened for a moment, and frowned.
"Who called you?" Everyone stared at her.
"River Li," Lily Bai said. "He wants me to go to the police station and bail out Martin Lian."