Suddenly, so many people crowded in front of the already not - very - spacious office desk. Zhaozhao was a bit confused for a moment as to why they had all come here.
When her gaze fell on Su Yuan, Zhaozhao averted her eyes uncomfortably.
It was just an ordinary look, but it meant something different in the eyes of these men.
Lu Chukong weighed the stone in his palm, raising his eyebrows playfully. He thought, just as he had expected, there was no way these two could really separate. Their current act of ignoring each other was nothing more than the petty quarrels between lovers.
Shaking his head and sighing silently, he thought Miss Song was being overly worried. She had gone to great lengths to make him come and check. There was really no need for that!
Lou Qingzhuo stared intently at Zhaozhao and Su Yuan, his eyes shifting back and forth between them. The more he looked, the unhappier he felt.
What was the meaning of their furtive glances at each other? Did they really think they were the only ones around?
As for Su Yuan, he had no time to notice the thoughts of the other two. Zhaozhao's glance had left a bitter taste in his heart. He was deeply entrenched in the path of a tragic and passionate love.
“Cough...” A cough brought back the thoughts of everyone present. The Bunny Ears stood timidly at the door, peeping in carefully. “Boss, what's going on?”
She had just gone out for lunch. How come the office had become so crowded when she came back?
Su Yuan was about to ask Bunny Ears to leave first, but Zhaozhao rushed out and grabbed Bunny Ears' arm.
“Don't go... don't go...” Zhaozhao herself didn't know why she was doing this, but the current situation made her feel inexplicably pressured, just like when Teacher Liu watched her do the exercises after a lecture.
Bunny Ears didn't dare to move and looked at her boss for help.
Since Su Yuan didn't say anything, she timidly joined the on - lookers.
How exciting! It was her first time on the front line of gossip, and she was still a bit unaccustomed.
Lou Qingzhuo was the first to come to his senses. It seemed as if he had completely forgotten Su Yuan's warning.
Smiling, he walked towards Zhaozhao. “That night under the moonlight, when you took off my clothes with your own hands, I knew that I, Lou Qingzhuo, would marry no one but you in this lifetime.”
His words were so ambiguous that Lu Chukong and Bunny Ears stared at him in shock. Su Yuan's eyes were filled with rage, and he wanted to kill this audacious guy right away.
However, Zhaozhao, the person involved, remained calm. She looked at Lou Qingzhuo in confusion. “Your wound is on your chest. I don't have x - ray vision. Of course, I had to take off your clothes to see clearly and treat you.”
The shocked eyes returned to normal, and Su Yuan silently loosened his clenched fists.
Lou Qingzhuo never expected Zhaozhao to give such a righteous answer. It made him look like a lecher with wild fantasies. Although that was actually the case...
“But in our Eastern Clan, there is a rule that one should marry the person who saved their life. I...”
“No, don't think too much.” Zhaozhao refused firmly. “Actually, I was mainly afraid that you would blackmail me if something happened to you that day.”
“Puhahaha... I'm dying of laughter, Zhaozhao. You're so funny.” Lu Chukong leaned on the table, laughing so hard that he bent over. He had never met such a funny person.
Zhaozhao wasn't in the mood to laugh. She knew what “marrying the savior” meant. But whether he was Lou Qingzhuo or someone else, she didn't want him. What she wanted...
She stole a glance at Su Yuan and quickly looked away. “You can go. Don't come to me again.” Then she turned around and left.
She hadn't felt hungry before, but now she realized that she wanted to go out and find something to eat.
“But—”
“I didn't know when the Eastern Clan had such a rule.” Su Yuan's cold voice interrupted his entanglement.
Lord Dragon Sovereign walked step by step towards this impudent young man who didn't take his warning seriously. The displeasure in his eyes seemed to freeze everything around.
A sense of oppression that Lou Qingzhuo had never felt before swept over him. Lu Chukong, who was affected by it, rubbed his throbbing forehead and stepped back continuously.
“I've said before, stay away from her.” Su Yuan gently placed his hand on Lou Qingzhuo's shoulder, but it made Lou Qingzhuo kneel on the ground halfway.
“Do you really think you have someone to rely on?” Su Yuan's tone was calm but carried an irresistible authority.
Half of Lou Qingzhuo's shoulder where Su Yuan's hand was placed went numb, but the more so, the more excited he became.
It was more rewarding to compete for the treasure in a fierce beast's mouth. He liked this kind of life - risking competition.
“Humph...” Lou Qingzhuo provocatively looked up at Su Yuan. “My lord, are you afraid that I'll take Zhaozhao away? No, that's not right.” He suddenly smiled as if he had remembered something. “I heard that you've already denied your relationship with Zhaozhao. Since you're not her husband and have no ties with her, you have no right to interfere with my pursuit as an admirer, right?”
“Or, Lord Dragon Sovereign doesn't want her himself but won't allow others to have her? You just can't bear to see Zhaozhao happy—Puh...”
A mouthful of fresh blood spurted onto the ground. Su Yuan calmly withdrew his hand and looked down at Lou Qingzhuo, who had been slapped to the corner of the wall. “You can try.”
However, in contrast to his calm appearance, his eyes were faintly glowing red. His sin was being stimulated and was starting to cause trouble again.
He knew that Lou Qingzhuo was deliberately provoking him, and he had succeeded.
But at the same time, Su Yuan had to admit that some of Lou Qingzhuo's words were indeed the dark thoughts hidden in his heart.
Those possessive desires for Zhaozhao that he had deliberately hidden, desires that were crazy and out of control.
His reason told him that Zhaozhao would never like Lou Qingzhuo, but emotionally, he still couldn't help but want to cut off such a possibility, even if it was only one in ten thousand.
Su Yuan finally left. He didn't kill Lou Qingzhuo as he had said that day. No one knew what he was thinking.
Lou Qingzhuo sat up against the wall, staring at Su Yuan's disappearing back. He wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and whispered softly, “If you cherish her so much, I'll fight for her even more.”
A pair of sports shoes appeared in his line of sight. Lou Qingzhuo looked up and met a pair of grateful eyes.
“Hehe...” Lu Chukong made a thankful gesture to Lou Qingzhuo and looked at the Matchmaker Stone in his hand. He said happily, “Thanks, buddy. You've helped me a great deal.”
He had been wondering how to get Su Yuan's spiritual power, but unexpectedly, this trouble - seeking guy had solved the problem for him!
To show his gratitude, he took out a pill and threw it to Lou Qingzhuo. “Since you've helped, I won't marry you in return. Here's a pill to treat your injury as a thank - you. See you!” Then he left gracefully.
Lou Qingzhuo picked up the pill disdainfully and smelled it. Suddenly, his face changed. This was... refined by the secret method of the Eastern Clan! Who was that guy?
Holding the pill, Lou Qingzhuo left the Monster Management Bureau with a troubled heart.
When Zhaozhao came back after lunch, everything had returned to “calm”. She worked until it was time to get off work, then went to Teacher Liu's place for the routine check - in. She checked on Zhuang Ming's condition and finally returned to her apartment exhausted.
Su Yuan had said that he would help investigate Zhuang Ming's matter, but he hadn't mentioned it yet. Zhaozhao thought he might have forgotten because he was busy. Maybe she still had to wait for the Fifth Senior Brother to come up with a solution.
She was about to inquire about the Fifth Senior Brother's news when she saw a figure leaning against the door of her apartment as soon as she got out of the elevator.
Before she could get closer, the figure noticed the movement and ran over to hug her and spin her around.
“Little Junior Sister! Do you miss your Senior Brother?!”