For convenience's sake, Yan Bingru had rented an apartment near to the Guild office, and thus it did not take long for her to get back home.
It was not a luxurious apartment by any means.
Yan Bingru might be a professional Hunter now, but her career had not managed to take off. With her current prestige as a Hunter, or the lack thereof, the amount of money she earned from each Hunt Operation was not much at all.
Thankfully, her apartment was at least sufficiently furnished.
There was still a bathroom, a bedroom, a kitchen, and of course a storeroom for her Hunting equipment.
Hunt Directors usually provided the necessary gear for the Hunt Operations, but many Hunters preferred to use their own equipment. After all, most of their own equipment had been personalised to suit themselves best.
After Li Xingxing accepted the invitation for the press conference, Hunt Director Duan Yuanping's side had informed them that the press conference would be held two days later. So Yan Bingru effectively had two days to rest before her next assignment.
After showering, Yan Bingru immediately crashed into bed and let out a deep breath from relief. She could finally rest after such a crappy Hunt Operation!
Wait, she could roughly remember there being some matters waiting for her to attend to.
1. Memorise the script that Li Xingxing came up with for the press conference.
2. Clean the equipment that she used during the previous Hunt Operation.
After thinking about it for a while, Yan Bingru could only recall these two matters.
Not too bad, still plenty of time to rest.
Come to think of it, would she still receive the remuneration for the previous Hunt Operation? It was quite a significant sum of money as well!
Technically speaking, they did complete their task after all…
Forget it, she would just ask Li Xingxing about it tomorrow. For now, it's time for bed!
Yan Bingru was genuinely tired, and thus she quickly fell into a deep sleep. It was a rare chance to sleep in, so she did not set an alarm for the next morning.
But what she did not expect was that her communicator would start ringing the first thing in the morning…
Still in a daze, Yan Bingru instinctively reached out for her alarm clock. But no matter how many times she hit the "Stop Alarm" button in irritation, the music just kept going.
Wait a minute! This was not the sound of her alarm. It was her favourite song from the Bulletproof Wanderers – someone was calling her!
Heavens! What kind of emergency was it that would make someone call her at this timing?
"Hello…" Yan Bingru murmured, still sounding half asleep.
"Good morning, Bingru! Oh, is that how you sound when you are sleepy? Wow that's so cute!"
Hearing the excited voice on the other end, Yan Bingru immediately broke out of her daze.
"What is it this time?" she asked in irritation.
"I just wanted to hear your voice first thing in the mor-"
Yan Bingru decisively ended the call and closed her eyes once more, hoping to return to her favourite travel destination – the wonderful dreamland.
But her communicator rang again almost instantly.
"What?!" Yan Bingru almost yelled into her communicator.
"That's cruel, Bingru! How can you just hang up on me like that? Do you know how much my heart hur-"
Yet again, the communicator rang shortly after she ended the call.
That annoying Wu Haotian! Should I just completely block him from calling?
No, I could still blame the poor reception for the call being ended. But it would be better not to completely offend him by blocking him…
Taking a deep breath to calm herself down, Yan Bingru accepted the call once again.
"Look, I am really trying to get some sleep here, so please stop calling me!" Yan Bingru's tone was cold as she spoke.
"Who kept calling you?" a confused female voice sounded out from the other end.
"Ah! Sis Xingxing! No, it's nothing, just some annoying telemarketer!" Yan Bingru was embarrassed by her mistake as she hurriedly thought of an excuse.
Yan Bingru slapped her own forehead in disbelief. She really should have checked who was calling first.
Thankfully she did not immediately blurt out Wu Haotian's name!
"A telemarketer at this timing? That's early…"
"I know right…hehe…" Yan Bingru let out a nervous laugh.
"Anyway, I am just calling to inform you about the details of the press conference tomorrow. Note these things down. The press conference will be held at…"
After telling her the main details of the press conference, Li Xingxing hanged up, leaving a Yan Bingru whose face was still slightly red from embarrassment.
That Wu Haotian…! Tomorrow I must definitely make things clear to him at the press conference. Hopefully he will finally stop bothering me then!
Yan Bingru spent her day as planned, cleaning her equipment and memorising the things to say the next day. Time passed swiftly when one was busy, and the day of the press conference quickly arrived.
It was to be held in the afternoon, but Yan Bingru decided to wake up early in order to run through her script a few more times. She was going to be in a precarious situation later, so it definitely did not hurt to be more prepared.
Halfway through, her communicator rang again. Looking at the caller, Yan Bingru felt a sense of dread wash over her.
What is wrong with this Wu Haotian?
Isn't he a busy man? Why is he calling again?!
Nevertheless, Yan Bingru still accepted the call.
"What is it?"
"Good morning, Bingru! I'm just calling to check if you need anything for later?"
Yan Bingru was surprised that it was actually about something concrete this time, so her tone softened as she replied.
"No, I'm fine. I just need to run through my script a little in case I say anything wrong."
"That's good, that's good…ah… We will finally be seeing each other later! So exciting! I almost couldn't sle-"
Just when she thought that this Sky Lowlife was changing for the better, he just had to come up with his frivolous attitude once again.
She was almost tricked for a second there!