Chapter 1131 - Power To Destroy
Later in the afternoon, Long Jinjing waved goodbye to the employees while walking out of the company building. Chen Fei already left Orchidia Beauty earlier at mid-afternoon to attend an interview with Jin Chonglin. The two would continue publicizing the Prinz men's line together until the end of the year. Long Jinjing felt relieved that her best friend wasn't here to witness her getting in Lu Zihao's car. It wouldn't surprise her if Chen Fei would try to jump into the car to beat up Lu Zihao and scold him.
"Did you wait long?" Long Jinjing asked after getting inside the car.
Instead of replying, Lu Zihao pulled her and gave her a hot, deep kiss. She immediately wrapped her arms around his neck and responded with as much gusto as she could give at the moment. Their tongues intertwined, increasing the temperature inside the car, and of course, their own bodies. When their glistening mouths separated, both of them were dazed with their mutual desire for each other.
Long Jinjing didn't let go of his neck yet. She rubbed her cheek against his now smoothly shaven face, missing his facial hair a little. "Are you okay driving so soon?"
He grunted.
"Alright." She finally let him go.
He reached over her and put on the seatbelt for her before giving her a light but lingering peck on the mouth. The tip of his tongue swept over her lips, making her shiver in sensual delight.
"We'll eat an early dinner first and then I'll bring you somewhere," he told her.
"Okay."
She didn't bother asking him where they were going. Since yesterday, her intuition had been telling her that today was going to be important. She had no idea what was going to happen or where he was taking her, but she could feel an unexpected nervous energy emanating from him even when his expression remained mostly unreadable like always.
"Grandpa Lu says that he'll stay at Little Sister Xiulan and Brother-in-law Liwei's place until the baby is born," she said, making conversation. "Are you also planning to stay at their place that long?"
"It depends. I have some important business with Third Brother Liwei that we need to deal with together, so it's more convenient if I stay at Dragon Palace. I'll leave when my business with him is over. The old man can stay there however long he wants."
"I see." She didn't ask what kind of business he was working on with Jin Liwei, knowing that he was extremely secretive about his work. Instead, she focused on the last part of what he said and smiled. "Grandpa Lu can't wait for his great-grandchild's arrival. I'm also very excited to meet my niece or nephew soon. I bet that the baby is going to be so adorable. I hope that Little Sister Xiulan becomes healthier so that she can give birth safely."
Lu Zihao made a sound of assent. About fifteen minutes later, he drove them to a restaurant specializing in hearty noodle soups. He reserved a private room for the two of them.
It was still quite early so Long Jinjing didn't feel hungry yet. She ordered something light while Lu Zihao ate most of their meal. They chatted about their day. It was mostly Long Jinjing telling him about what happened at work. She enjoyed this moment very muchâjust spending time with the man she loved while eating dinner together.
After dinner, they left the restaurant and continued driving. The sun was already setting in the urban horizon.
"Next time, I'm going to cook a special dinner for you," she announced all of a sudden.
He glanced at her. It was subtle but the corners of his mouth curved up. "Hm."
"What would you like to eat? Tell me so that I can prepare in advance."
"Meat."
She chuckled. "Okay."
"You already know what I like to eat."
"That's true." Her smile became brighter. She looked a little proud that she knew what he liked to eat. She had cooked several of their meals during their month-long relationship before. Indeed, he liked eating the food she cooked.
Then he added, "I like what you cook but I like eating you afterwards the most."
She blushed, feeling shy but also pleased at the same time.
The car drive this time lasted for almost an hour. She noticed that they were leaving the city and entering an old, abandoned industrial area. There seemed to be no occupied, residential areas nearby. Most of the buildings were deserted warehouses and dilapidated factories.
She couldn't hold her curiosity any longer and asked, "Where are we going?"
"My work."
Her eyes widened and her mouth fell open in surprise. She knew how secretive he always acted regarding his work. This was one thing that he didn't like her asking him about. A furrow formed between her brows as she began to feel nervous.
Why was he going to show his work to her all of a sudden? She looked at the soulless surroundings. What kind of work was he doing in a place like this? Maybe he was restoring this place and planning to revive it in the future?
Finally, they headed to a huge gated property. She could barely see what was inside from the tall heights of the gates. The gates opened and she gasped upon seeing armed men and women patrolling inside.
"Ni-nikolai...what...."
"You're safe with me, Jinjing," he assured her.
She held on to his arm, not caring if she was interfering with his driving. The car stopped in front of the huge warehouse's entrance. Lu Zihao undid both of their seatbelts and was about to step out of the car but she grabbed him.
"Jinjing, look at me." When she didn't listen and continued darting her nervous eyes everywhere, he forced her to look at him by holding her chin.
"What's going on, Nikolai? Why are there people with g-guns here?" Her heart was hammering inside her chest. "You work h-here?"
"Hm."
"Oh."
"I own this place. And these are my people."
"O-oh."
He rubbed her chin with his thumb. "Do you trust me, Jinjing?"
"Y-yes."
"Can I trust you?"
"Of course!"
He didn't respond right away. Then he whispered, "I hope so. Because what I'm going to show you right now will give you the power to destroy me if you want."
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Chapter 1132 - You Can Trust Me
Confusion and dread filled Long Jinjing. Although she didn't know exactly what was going on, she was already beginning to have an idea based on what she was seeing so far and how serious Lu Zihao acted. She took a few deep breaths in a difficult attempt to calm herself down. Then she gave him a shaky smile.
"You can trust me, Nikolai," she whispered before leaning forward to press her lips against his lips.
There was no lust in the kiss. This time, it was a way to reassure each other.
"Jinjing."
"Y-yes?"
"I'm going to show you a glimpse of the real me today. If after this, you decide that you don't want to have anything to do with me anymore, I'll let you go. And if you also decide to reveal what you see here today to others, I'll have to disappear."
Her heart jumped. "What do you mean by you'll have to disappear?"
"You won't see me again. Ever."
"No!" She jumped into his arms and hugged his neck tightly as if she never wanted to let him go. "Don't disappear, Nikolai. Please!"
He sighed and wrapped his arms around her, embracing her close to him. "Let me show you inside first. Then you can decide if you still want me."
She was reluctant to let go of his neck, feeling afraid that he would really disappear from her life forever, but she still forced herself to let go and nod. "Okay."
As soon as they stepped out of the car, the armed people greeted them.
"Welcome back, Boss Hao!"
"Hello, Miss Jinjing!"
Long Jinjing was startled upon hearing her name. She glanced at the stoic Lu Zihao.
He said, "They know that you're my girlfriend. Shun and Robin are their comrades."
"Oh." She now understood but not completely.
Everything was still very confusing for her. And scary. Really scary.
Since they were greeting her, she couldn't just ignore them. "H-hello...."
They nodded at her, acting very respectful. No, their respect wasn't actually directed at her but the intimidating man walking beside her. Since she was together with Lu Zihao, their boss, they had no choice but to treat her with courtesy even though each and every one of them looked like they could crush her easily with their bare hands. They all looked very strong, even the thin ones.
The front entrance to the warehouse opened. She saw familiar faces waiting inside.
"Robin! Shun!"
The partners smiled at her.
"Good to see you again, Miss Jinjing."
"Welcome back, Boss Hao."
Long Jinjing was about to ask them some questions when she saw that the two were also armed with guns. She couldn't stop herself from sticking closer to Lu Zihao.
Shun and Robin pretended not to notice her frightened reaction and followed the couple as they walked deeper inside.
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Dragon Palace Home #10.
Iris groaned and then sighed in satisfaction while her husband was giving her a gentle massage to keep the blood flowing and to prevent her body from becoming too stiff while she remained in complete bed rest.
Jin Liwei expertly applied just the right amount of pressure on her legs, making sure to gauge her reactions and adjust the force accordingly.
When it was over, Iris felt like warm, melted butter. Although it sucked that she and her husband were not allowed to have sex during her bed rest, enjoying a massage from him was the next best thing.
"Thanks, darling."
"My pleasure, love." He gave her a light kiss on the lips. "We're going to have some visitors later."
She tilted her head to the side. "Who?"
"You'll see," he said with a mysterious smile.
She pouted but didn't bother asking him again. She felt so relaxed from his massage that all she wanted was to cuddle with her husband right now. She didn't feel too curious about their visitors, whoever they might be.
Jin Liwei joined her on the bed for the cuddle that she wanted. At that moment, a black cat appeared on the screen of the tablet propped on the bedside table.
"Mother, Father. Bacon has something interesting to report."
"What is it?" Jin Liwei asked.
Iris also looked at their cat AI son with expectant eyes.
"Uncle Zihao brought Aunt Jinjing to Shadow Winds headquarters."
"What?" Iris was shocked.
Jin Liwei's eyebrows rose in surprise as well.
Then without any guilt or whatsoever, Bacon spilled to his parents how his Uncle Zihao asked him, the nephew, for relationship advice yesterday. Jin Liwei choked on laughter but he quickly disguised it as a cough. Iris looked even more shocked and in disbelief.
"Did that really happen?" She wouldn't say that her AI son was a liar but Bacon already had a history of twisting the truth to suit his own purposes before.
"Bacon is telling the truth, Mother."
The tablet screen flickered and it showed a series of live surveillance videos taken by several cameras. Both Iris and Jin Liwei immediately recognized the place as the Shadow Winds headquarters. They watched as Lu Zihao led a timid Long Jinjing inside.
"If I'm not seeing this with my own eyes, I'll find this very hard to believe," Iris said. Her shock was gradually transforming into awed intrigue.
For his part, Jin Liwei now looked calmer. "Your brother has fallen."
"Fallen in love."
"En."
"I can't believe that my brother is revealing Shadow Winds to his lover." Iris sighed. "He has never treated any woman like this before."
"Love can change people. I changed a lot when I fell in love with you." Jin Liwei rubbed his lips on her forehead. "For the better."
"I know." She smiled before focusing on watching the surveillance videos again. "Big Sister Jinjing doesn't look too good."
Jin Liwei agreed. "She looks scared."
Iris nodded. "Bacon, that's enough."
"Understood, Mother." The tablet screen flickered. The surveillance videos disappeared and showed the fluffy, black cat AI again.
Although Iris was curious, she didn't want to encroach on her brother's privacy too much without his permission.
"Both of them are adults. They can handle their own affairs. If Big Brother made this decision, then he has to bear the consequences. But one thing is for sure. Big Sister Jinjing's life will change after this. A lot."
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Chapter 1133 - I'm Not Afraid
Shadow Winds Headquarters.
"Do you want me to carry you?" Lu Zihao asked his woman who almost wrapped herself around his side like a koala by how tightly she was clinging to him.
Long Jinjing pouted at him but didn't speak as she continued looking around the place. The fear, nervousness and confusion were still obvious in her expression but she also appeared increasingly curious.
Lu Zihao could feel the sweat from her palms and the trembling of her body. Her reaction was just as he expected. Actually, he expected much worse, like slapping his face and storming out of the headquarters and out of his life, or perhaps even reporting him to the police. The fact that she was still willing to enter deeper inside this place despite shaking like a leaf gave him hope that maybe this might all work out after all.
Despite feeling hopeful, however, he remained on edge and prepared himself for whatever outcome that might occur after tonight. The thought of cancelling this impulsive plan, taking Long Jinjing home, and telling her to forget about everything that she had seen tonight entered his mind, but he forced himself to see through his decision of showing her a glimpse of the real him until the end.
The image of a certain poison-tongued black cat AI flashed through his mind.
'Uncle Zihao should just create your own future with Aunt Jinjing and stop acting like a coward and a scumbag. If you're worried about Aunt Jinjing's safety, then Uncle Zihao should just become stronger so that you can protect your woman better. That's classy,' he remembered his cat AI nephew telling him.
Bacon's unimpressed child's voice kept playing inside his head.
'Uncle Zihao is not classy.'
He couldn't help but curl his lip in annoyance at how a virtual cat's words could have so much impact on him. Something must have gone wrong inside his brain after waking from coma. Why would he ask a virtual cat for relationship advice, for fuck's sake?
While these thoughts were running through his mind, his expression remained cold. His aura was becoming icier the longer they walked and the nearer they were to the first destination that he wanted to show Long Jinjing. He didn't realize that he was subconsciously blocking his own nervousness behind a frosty and intimidating presence.
"NikâZihao," Long Jinjing whispered, shaking the arm she was hugging.
He snapped out of his clashing thoughts and looked at her. "Hm?"
"Relax," she told him.
SHE was telling HIM to relax? Shouldn't it be the other way around given the situation? She was the one following him to an unknown place. He should be the one trying to make her relax, and yet here she was, telling him to fucking relax.
"You're acting too scary right now. Look at your subordinates. They don't even dare to breathe too loudly or move while we're passing by them because of you."
His icy expression cracked. The corners of his lips curved up, transforming him into a devilish rogue.
"Don't mind them. It's part of their training."
Her brows knitted in confusion. "It's part of their training to not breathe too loudly or move?"
He chuckled. "It's part of their training to be so still that their whole presence is erased, rendering them almost invisible to the untrained eye of normal people."
"But I can still see them."
"That's because I want you to see them." He stopped walking, making her stop as well. His expression turned grave. "Jinjing, these people work for me."
"I know. You just told me."
"They're the kind of people that you don't want to associate with."
She frowned.
"They're dangerous," he continued telling her.
"Dangerous? In what way?"
"I'll show you."
Shun and Robin opened a double door and gestured for them to enter. Lu Zihao led Long Jinjing inside what looked like a huge, open, gym-like area. There were punching bags, weights, sticks, even daggers, swords, and other dangerous-looking weapons organized in racks. There were even what looked like obstacle courses.
A number of people were training inside. They immediately stopped and gathered together to line up in front of Lu Zihao and Long Jinjing. Sweat dripped all over their extremely fit bodies. The bodies of the females didn't lose to their male counterparts. Their muscular physiques were as impressive as Jiang Ying Yue's, perhaps even more so given the numerous badges of honour (a.k.a. scars) decorating their bodies.
"Boss Hao! Miss Jinjing!"
Lu Zihao acknowledged their greeting with a brief nod.
"H-hello to all of you," Long Jinjing greeted them despite feeling intimidated by their almost bestial energy that hadn't yet dissipated from their intense training.
Lu Zihao waved a hand and five peopleâthree males and two femalesâmoved to the centre while the others withdrew. Before Long Jinjing could ask him what was going on, the five people suddenly brandished weapons from seemingly out of nowhere. All were wielding small daggers.
Then they started fighting each other. No, they looked like they were trying to kill each other.
"Aaah!" Long Jinjing threw herself into Lu Zihao's embrace. She pressed her face against his hard muscled chest, feeling too scared to watch the vicious scene in front of them.
The violent sounds, however, continued. She felt curious and took a small peek at first. When she saw one of the females do a somersault to avoid an attack before landing on top of another opponent and simultaneously tried to choke the person she was riding on while throwing her dagger to another, Long Jinjing gasped and forgot about her fear for a moment.
She was now watching with wide eyes. "Wow, she's amazing! They're all amazing. It's like I'm watching an action movie."
"Boss Hao is even more amazing than them, Miss Jinjing," Robin told her.
"Really?"
"Yes, Miss," Shun answered this time. "Nobody here has defeated Boss Hao in close combat yet, including me and Robin."
Long Jinjing looked at the stoic Lu Zihao.
"You want to see me fight?" he asked.
She immediately shook her head. "No. Y-you stay here with me. What if a stray dagger comes flying at us by accident? Who's going to protect me?"
His mouth curved into a smile. "Alright. I'll stay here and protect you. Don't be afraid."
"I'm n-not afraid," she said even though she was literally shaking in her boots.
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Chapter 1134 - Scary Idiot
Long Jinjing screamed from shock and fright when one of the people fighting got stabbed by a dagger in the arm. Blood flowed. Real blood. She ran towards the injured man by instinct but was pulled back hard.
"What are you doing?" Lu Zihao scolded her and locked his arms around her to prevent her from running around. "Stay here!"
"B-blood! There's blood! Stop! Please stop the fight!"
Lu Zihao waved a hand and the fight stopped in an instant. The five people lined up once again. The injured man acted as if he wasn't bleeding.
"Someone treat his wound!" Long Jinjing looked around but nobody was moving. She turned to Lu Zihao and pleaded with him through her eyes.
"He'll be fine. It's just a superficial wound."
"But there's so much blood!"
"Jinjing." He forced her to look at him instead of the injured man but not before sending a glare at his bleeding subordinate. Although he knew that Long Jinjing was just being kind like always, he still couldn't stop himself from feeling jealous when she acted so concerned about another man.
She was still very distracted and kept on peeking at the bleeding man out of the corner of her eye, so he signalled with his finger. The female who did the somersault earlier threw another dagger. This time, it flew directly at Lu Zihao.
"Aaaaaaaaah!" Long Jinjing screamed. Her body reacted on its own. She tried to push Lu Zihao out of harm's way but he remained on the spot like an immoveable mountain.
Then he caught the dagger easily by its sharp blade using two fingers of one hand when it was only inches away from his face. Long Jinjing felt her knees buckle and her vision blur from lightheadedness. He caught her with his other arm and lifted her up to prevent her from falling to the floor.
He flipped the dagger and held it by the handle before throwing it again at another direction. There was a whistling sound and then a dull thump.
The dazed Long Jinjing didn't see where Lu Zihao threw the dagger because it was so fast. All she could do was to follow everyone's gaze instead. It took her a few seconds to finally figure out where it landed. She squinted her eyes and saw that the dagger was firmly stuck in the bullseye of a target on the far side of the training grounds. A gasp escaped her soft lips. She looked at Lu Zihao and saw that he was watching her.
"Y-you're...amazing."
He didn't reply. His unreadable expression didn't change either.
"Uhm...can I sit down for a minute? I feel a little...f-faint...."
His expression changed, finally showing worry. He quickly scooped her up and carried her like a princess before speed-walking to the nearest wall where there were a few benches. He laid her down on one.
"How are you feeling?" he asked.
"I'mâ"
"Don't lie and tell me that you're okay if you're not."
She bit her lower lip before sighing. "Give me a minute or two. All this is just...a bit too much for me at the moment."
He caressed her cheek. "You haven't seen anything yet, Jinjing."
She held his hand and continued to press it on her cheek. "Yes, I have that feeling."
While she was resting, Lu Zihao's subordinates continued their respective trainings. The injured man cleaned and bandaged his own wound before sparring again with a comrade like nothing happened.
Long Jinjing watched everything. She still felt overwhelmed by the entire situation but the fear had now lessened. It was replaced by burning curiosity instead.
"NikoâZihao," she whispered and sat up slowly.
"Hm?"
"Can you tell me what is this...p-place? Why are you all doing this kind of amazing but dangerous things?"
He didn't answer right away and appeared to be thinking. She waited patiently. Finally, he pointed at the man who got injured.
"He's a former underground fighter in illegal gambling dens."
Her eyes widened.
He pointed at the woman who did the gravity-defying somersault during the action-packed fight earlier.
"She was a mercenary. Her specialty is assassinations."
"Assassinations?" Long Jinjing felt cold all over.
Lu Zihao wasn't done yet. "Shun is a former yakuza member. He beheaded the group's leader as revenge for raping and murdering his sister so he fled Japan. The yakuza is still trying to hunt him down."
"W-what...."
"Robinâ"
"Don't tell me Robin is an assassin?" Long Jinjing asked before she could stop herself.
Lu Zihao didn't reply.
Robin answered for herself. "I am, Miss Jinjing."
Long Jinjing felt like she couldn't breathe. She looked at Shun and Robin who had been guarding her and taking care of her. Shun was an ex-yakuza and Robin was an assassin? She almost couldn't believe it but the serious atmosphere indicated that everything Lu Zihao told her was true.
She looked at Lu Zihao and asked, "How about you? Are you an...assassin, too?"
"If you're asking if I've taken human lives before with my own hands, then yes. I've killed people, Jinjing."
She clutched her chest and looked like she was going to faint for real this time. Lu Zihao didn't touch her but continued watching her. Everyone was watching her. She was shaking so hard that her teeth began chattering.
"Are you afraid of me now, Jinjing?"
"Y-yes...."
His eyes turned deadly cold.
"But...I still l-love you."
The ice melted. His eyes (and his heart) trembled but he quickly controlled his turbulent emotions, not allowing himself to show any weakness in front of his subordinates. Although Long Jinjing's words warmed him, he still didn't dare to touch her. What if she hated touching someone like him who had dirty blood staining his hands? He must have become an evil murderer in her eyes.
He was thinking this way when the woman threw herself in his arms, almost half-sitting on his lap. He automatically fixed her position so that she was firmly sitting on him.
"I'm s-so...scared, Nikolai," she whispered. Her voice was so soft that he was the only one who could hear her. "You have to p-protect me!"
His arms tightened around her shaking body. "You don't...hate me?"
"What hate you? I love you, scary idiot!"
She yelled the words. Everyone heard her. Lu Zihao's subordinates looked shocked and entertained that she confessed to their boss while also calling him a scary idiot.
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Chapter 1135 - Mind In Conflict But Heart Is Decided
Lu Zihao lifted Long Jinjing and carried her out of the training grounds. She yelped in surprise but didn't struggle at all. Instead, she wrapped her arms around his neck and rested her head on his strong shoulder. Her trust in him was very clear in her actions. His chest felt warm with confusing emotions but he held her closer to himself.
He brought her to his private room in the headquarters. It was more like a suite than a regular room. The main area functioned as his office where his subordinates would usually go first to find him to report something. There was a small bedroom and ensuite bathroom as well. Everything in the place was simple and functional. There were no extra decorations.
After locking the door, he finally put her down on her own two feet. She still felt a little shaky so she continued holding on to him to stay steady. He didn't mind. On the contrary, he liked that she clung to him.
He led her to the couch. "Sit."
She did. The couch was surprisingly comfortable despite looking plain like the rest of the office. She looked around. It looked like a typical office with a desk, a pile of documents on top of it, a desktop computer with three monitors, and an extra laptop computer.
Lu Zihao headed to a corner where there was a small fridge. He took out two bottles of iced tea before joining her on the couch.
While they were drinking, Long Jinjing blushed because Lu Zihao kept on staring at her. Feeling brave, she scooted over and leaned her head on his shoulder. She smiled when his arm wrapped around her waist and pulled her closer to him.
"Still afraid?" he asked in a devilish voice.
She nodded.
"But you still love me?"
Her smile grew wider. She nodded again. She tilted her head upwards and looked at him. "Now I know your secret, you have to take responsibility and protect me."
He chuckled. His deep, masculine voice was so devilish that it made her shiver in delight. He rubbed her cheek with his other hand. "That's what I'm planning to do anyway."
"Really?"
"Hm."
She now felt more relaxed despite everything that she had witnessed earlier.
"Jinjing, you don't mind that I've killed people before?" he asked in a neutral tone.
Her body stiffened but she clung to him even more. "I..." She bit her lower lip and thought for a few seconds on how to best respond to his question. "I need to think about this information regarding you first. I've...never encountered something like this before so give me some time to...uhm, get used to it, I guess?"
"You intend to stay with me?"
She straightened and glared at him. "What do you mean by that? You thought I'm going to leave you?"
"I have blood staining my hands, Jinjing. Lots of blood. I've already told you many times before that I'm a monster, someone that you shouldn't fall in love with because I can't give you the normal, happy life that you want."
Her eyes watered. "I d-don't care about having a normal life anymore. I just...want to continue loving you and...try to build a happy life with you even with...all this!" She swept her arms across the room before facing him again. "Can we do that? Can you try with me? Nikolai, can you try to love me, too? I promise not to betray you. Even if...our relationship still doesn't work out in the end...I won't breathe a word about what you're doing to others. I promise. So...can you give me a chance to stay beside you?"
He grabbed her iced tea and place it with his own bottle on the coffee table in front of them. Then he hugged her and pulled her to sit on his lap.
They stared at each other. The atmosphere was becoming increasingly charged with electricity from their mutual desire for each other.
"Jinjing, I should say noâ"
Her face fell, her lips trembled, and a tear escaped from her eye. He wiped the tear with his finger.
"âbecause you'll be the safest away from someone like me. But...I don't know what's going on with me that I just can't seem to get rid of you from my thoughts no matter how hard I try."
She perked up upon hearing his words. She was pleased to know that he was also thinking about her. She thought that she was the only one who kept on thinking about him.
"So even if it's against what I believe to be the right thing to do, I've decided to bring you into my world and show you the real me and see if you still want to stay with a monster like me."
Long Jinjing took both of his hands that were much bigger than her own. She rubbed the rough ridges of his scars and callouses before lifting his hands and kissing each of them.
"Jinjing," he whispered.
"Indeed, you're a monster, Nikolai."
His eyes darkened.
She looked at him straight in the eyes while continuing to rain light kisses on his hands. "But you see, I still love you. I don't know yet how to feel about learning that you've killed people before. My moral values are fighting against me and telling me to run far away from you as fast as possible but...my heart can't bear to stay away from you again. Nikolai, my mind is in conflict about you but my heart is already decided."
"Jinjing."
She let go of his hands and wrapped her arms around his neck. "Thank you, Nikolai, for showing me the real you. Even though you're a monster, I don't care. I love you, monster and all."
He moved to kiss her but then all of a sudden....
"Meowowow! Auntie Jinjing is super-duper to the highest level cool for continuing to be lovey-dovey with Uncle Haohao even if he's a scumbag! Hihihihi! Meow~"
"Uncle Zihao is now barely classy. Though he still has a long way to go to reach Father's level of classiness in treasuring his woman just like how Father treasures Mother."
"That's right, catfight! Meow~"
Lu Zihao's expression turned black. His nostrils flared and his teeth gritted at the interruption. He had the strongest urge to spank two fluffy kitty butts.
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Chapter 1136 - Won Over By Feline Cuteness
"W-who's speaking?!" Long Jinjing clutched Lu Zihao's neck, squeezing him in a panic. She looked around, trying to figure out where the children's voices were coming from.
If Lu Zihao was a regular person, he would've already started choking from how tightly Long Jinjing was squeezing his neck. Fortunately, his body was tough that this much force from his delicate woman didn't affect him at all.
"Tsk." He wanted to ignore his cat AI niece and nephew for disrupting the nice atmosphere he had going on with his woman but knew that the two naughty AI kittens wouldn't leave him alone if he didn't give them a good reason. He really wished to have the ability to spank the two naughty brats.
Sighing, he stood up while still carrying Long Jinjing and headed to his desk. Then he turned one of his computer monitors so that it was facing outwards the desk to them.
Long Jinjing's eyes widened, immediately recognizing the white and black cats on the screen. "Ketchup! Bacon!"
"Yay yay! Auntie Jinjing recognizes us kitty babies! Meowowow!" Ketchup began jumping around from joy and excitement.
"Bacon greets Aunt Jinjing." The black cat AI swished his tail from side to side while looking at his aunt with his golden eyes.
Long Jinjing gasped and her jaw fell open. "Y-you...." She looked at Lu Zihao. "T-they...how...?"
Lu Zihao sighed again before throwing a fierce glare at the two naughty cat siblings. "Do your parents know that the two of you are revealing yourselves to your Aunt Jinjing?"
"Aye aye, Uncle Haohao! Mommy says that it's now okay to finally introduce ourselves to our Auntie Jinjing because she has Uncle Haohao who'll surely protect her! Right, Bacon? Meow~"
Bacon nodded his fluffy, black head. "Mother and Father trust in Uncle Zihao's ability to protect Aunt Jinjing and in making sure that she's not endangered because of her knowledge about Bacon and Big Sister Ketchup. Bacon hopes that Uncle Zihao will do the classy thing and not betray our parents' trust in you."
Lu Zihao's expression improved upon hearing that his sister and brother-in-law trusted him and in his ability to protect his own woman. He glanced at the bewildered Long Jinjing who he was still carrying in his arms. She looked like someone whose entire belief system was turned upside-down, even more so than when she discovered that he had killed people before.
"Y-you...can talk?" she asked.
Ketchup tilted her fluffy, white head to the side, looking so much like Iris.
Bacon looked unimpressed by his aunt's words. "Please don't ask such a stupid question, Aunt Jinjing. Aren't you already listening to us speak?"
"Bacon!" Lu Zihao glared at him. "Watch your tone when speaking to your aunt. Speak like that again to her and I'll cancel your salary for next year as payment for the katana you took from my armoury without my permission!"
The black cat AI shrank his neck towards his fluffy body, making himself look smaller. "Bacon is sorry. Aunt Jinjing, please tell Uncle Zihao not to be angry anymore about the katana. Bacon already knows that I'm wrong. It hurts Bacon's feelings to be scolded like this all the time. Bacon won't ask for compensation for emotional distress this time because I'm in the wrong but please don't continue hurting my feelings when I already regret what I did."
Although Long Jinjing was still shocked to the core and extremely confused about what in the world was going on, her heart couldn't help but soften upon seeing the black cat blinking his wide, golden eyes at her. S-so cute! The white cat was also adorable! Both of them were so cute!
"Nikolai, don't be mad at Bacon anymore," she said, unable to stop herself from defending such a cute kitty.
Lu Zihao sneered at his two-faced AI nephew.
"Nikolai!" Long Jinjing also gave her version of puppy eyes, pleading for her cat AI nephew who had obviously won her over by his feline cuteness.
"Tsk. Fine."
"Bacon thanks Aunt Jinjing." The black cat AI swished his tail from side to side in a more vigorous manner.
"Meowowow! You're amazing, Auntie Jinjing! Uncle Haohao is being super-duper nice to us kitty babies because of you. Yay yay! Please continue being lovey-dovey with Uncle Haohao so that he'll always be nice to us kitty babies and not be a grumpy scumbag! Hihihi. Meow~"
"Who are you calling a grumpy scumbag, you littleâ"
Long Jinjing touched his face and patted him gently, calming him down. Then she indicated that she wanted to be put down. He did.
She leaned closer to the computer monitor and studied the two cats. The confusion was still there but her eyes were now shining with awe. "How can you two talk?"
Before either Ketchup or Bacon could explain, Lu Zihao answered her instead. "They're AIs that my sister created. As you can see, they're highly advanced and on a completely different level from any of the AIs available in the world right now. That's why we've all kept Ketchup and Bacon's existences a secret to protect them from evil, greedy people who might want to steal them away. Just knowing about them is also very dangerous."
Long Jinjing's eyes widened but she nodded in understanding. Her amazement, however, only increased after hearing his explanation. "Little Sister Xiulan created Ketchup and Bacon?"
"That's right, catfight! Mommy is the bestest mommy in the whole wide universe! We are also the bestest kitty babies in the whole wide universe because of our super-duper to the highest level amazing mommy! Right, Bacon? Meow~"
"That's a given," Bacon said in a bored tone. His tail, however, was a dead giveaway to his true feelings. "Without Mother, Bacon and Big Sister Ketchup would never have been born into this world."
"Wow," Long Jinjing breathed. "I already knew that Little Sister Xiulan is a genius because she's a Cross Academy student but I didn't know that she was a genius to this extent."
"Mother is the classiest genius to ever walk in the history of this planet." Bacon's tail began rotating in a blur while he puffed out his chest, feeling proud of his own mom.
"Mama's boy," Lu Zihao muttered in a tone tinged with disgust.
Bacon didn't deny it. In fact, his tail rotated even faster.
"So cute!" Long Jinjing gushed.
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Chapter 1137 - Exactly What I Want
Long Jinjing's nervousness was now completely gone as she chatted with her AI niece and nephew. The forgotten Lu Zihao felt like an abandoned puppyâahem ahemâabandoned "boyfriend" and sulked beside her while glaring at the two AI cats who didn't mind him at all.
Unable to take it anymore, he interrupted the cheerful conversation between the three. "Go home. I still have some important things to talk about with your aunt."
"Aaaaw, Uncle Haohao! The cute and mighty Ketchup wants to talk to Auntie Jinjing more! Can Ketchup stay here longer? Pretty please? Meow~"
"Uncle Zihao, feeling jealous of your own nephew and niece is not classy."
Lu Zihao's already ugly expression turned even uglier. But before he could explode, he heard his woman's soft, amused laughter which felt like it was tickling something inside his chest. His annoyance decreased a lot. He didn't notice this at the moment, though.
"Ketchup, Bacon, don't tease your Uncle Zihao too much," Long Jinjing said. "We can chat another time."
"Meow, really? Can the cute and mighty Ketchup visit Auntie Jinjing and talk to you again? Meow~"
Long Jinjing smiled. "Of course, Ketchup. You too, Bacon. You can come and visit me anytime."
Bacon didn't reply but his tail swished indicating his true feelings.
"It's getting late," Long Jinjing said. "Your mom and dad must be worried about you."
"It's okay, Auntie Jinjing! Ketchup is still present at home because I'm cute and mighty! But my little kitty brother Bacon has curfew because he's super-duper to the highest level naughty and always gets grounded by our daddy. Meow!"
The black cat AI pounced on his older sister but the white cat AI dodged while giggling.
"Enough," Lu Zihao said, his tone stern. "Go home now. Don't bother me and your aunt tonight."
Ketchup continued whining and blinked her pitiful green eyes at Long Jinjing, not at Lu Zihao. The white cat AI was using her cuteness overload technique that she would usually use on her mom to get what she wanted from her aunt this time.
Lu Zihao knew all about the tricks of his sister's cat children. He already lost count how many times he watched his sister give in to her cat children whenever they started acting cute to her. It was a good thing that his brother-in-law was a strict disciplinarian or else these naughty little brats would become even more uncontrollable with how much his sister kept on spoiling them. Seeing how Ketchup and Bacon had already won over Long Jinjing, he knew that his woman must have the same weakness for cute cats like his sister.
He covered Long Jinjing's eyes with a hand to prevent her from being affected by Ketchup's below-the-belt cuteness attack. He continued glaring at his AI niece and nephew.
Ketchup blinked her teary, green eyes at her cold-hearted uncle. "The cute and mighty Ketchup is so sad! Uncle Haohao is such a big meanie but Ketchup is a good kitty baby so I'll listen to Uncle Haohao. Let's go home now, Bacon. It's almost time for your curfew anyway. Meow."
Bacon still looked bored but his tail which stopped swishing indicated his disappointment at having to go home this early. "Auntie Jinjing, if Uncle Zihao hurts your feelings and makes you cry again, please tell Bacon. I'll help you ask Father to demand compensation from Uncle Zihao for emotional distress. Don't worry, Aunt Jinjing. Father is an expert in helping Bacon negotiate this kind of compensation. He always succeeds in helping Bacon."
Long Jinjing removed Lu Zihao's hand over her eyes and laughed again at what her AI nephew told her. However, she still replied in a serious tone, "Okay, Bacon. I will. Thank you."
Before the two cat AI siblings could leave, Lu Zihao said, "Bacon, I'm revoking your access to my armoury. You're not allowed to take any weapon from it anymore without my permission. You hear me?"
The black cat AI shrank his head to his fluffy body, looking pitiful. "Understood, Uncle Zihao. Father already offered to pay full compensation for the katana but Uncle Zihao rejected his offer. Bacon thought that everything is now resolved about the matter. Holding a grudge for this long is not classy, Uncle Zihao."
"You littleâ"
"Bacon bids goodbye to Uncle Zihao and Aunt Jinjing." The black cat AI disappeared.
"Bye bye, Uncle Haohao and Auntie Jinjing! See ya later, alligator! Meowhoosh!" The white AI also disappeared like a ninja.
Lu Zihao's nostrils were still flaring but he was inwardly relieved when the two naughty AI cats finally left. He snapped out of it when he felt his woman hugging him. He glanced down and saw her smiling at him. His expression improved and he found himself smiling as well.
"I can't believe that I have such amazing niece and nephew from Little Sister Xiulan and Brother-in-law Liwei. I initially thought that Ketchup and Bacon are extremely shy cats who dislike showing themselves to other people, that's why I've never seen them in person before at Dragon Palace. But now that I've met them and even talked to them, I'm glad that I now have the privilege to know about their existences. Thank you, Nikolai."
"Why thank me?"
"For showing me a part of the real you and letting me into your world. If not for you doing this, Little Sister Xiulan and Brother-in-law Liwei might never have allowed Ketchup and Bacon to reveal themselves to me. I'm so happy, Nikolai. It feels like I've entered a completely different world of many wonders."
He touched her chin and rubbed her lips. "You're happy? Not scared?"
She thought about it for a moment before admitting, "I'm both happy and scared at the same time. There's so much to take in so I'll just not think about it too much, at least for now. I just want to follow my heart. And my heart is telling me that...I can trust you."
He sighed but his tone was gentle when he told her, "Jinjing, a monster like me doesn't deserve your trust."
She pouted. "That's what you believe! I'll only believe what my heart is telling me."
A devilish chuckle escaped from his lips as his eyes darkened. "If you keep on treating me like this, I might tie you up to me and never let you go."
She beamed at him. "That's exactly what I want."
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Chapter 1138 - Corrupted Miss Prim And Proper
Lu Zihao moved forward and pushed Long Jinjing until her back touched the desk. Then he sat her on the desk before opening her legs and standing between them.
"Nikolai," Long Jinjing whispered, automatically wrapping her arms around his neck and her legs around his waist.
He rested both of his hands on the desk on either side of her body. Then he leaned forward and pressed his lips against her lips, rubbing them together as gently and as lightly as he could. He felt her sigh in contentment into his mouth. Her warm breath felt like it went straight to his groin. His semi-stiff member became rock-hard in an instant.
"Jinjing," he groaned and finally deepened the kiss, plunging his tongue inside her mouth to once again conquer her wet sweetness.
She opened her mouth wider, allowing him easier access. A soft moan escaped from her throat as she tried to match the movements of his tongue with her own.
When their lips separated, both of them were panting. Long Jinjing looked flushed while Lu Zihao was like a predator who couldn't wait to get the first bite of his willing prey.
He nuzzled her neck and trailed wet kisses upwards her neck before licking her earlobe. She shivered under his ministrations.
"I want to fuck you," he whispered directly to her ear.
She moaned and shivered even more. Then with a burning face, she told him, "I want to...f-fuck you, too."
He smiled, looking so much like the devil. "My Miss Prim and Proper has been corrupted. Saying vulgar words like you want to fuck me with your sweet mouth. I like it very much."
She hid her blushing face from him by pressing it against the crook of his neck. "It's your fault."
"I know." He chuckled.
Then he continued kissing her while his hands began undressing her. She was wearing a simple but stylish casual business suit. The buttons of her blouse were opened, revealing her soft, milky-white skin. His hands touched her waist before crawling upwards to cup her breasts through her bra. One hand reached behind her and easily unhooked her bra. Finally, he fondled her soft breasts without any hindrance.
"Nikolai," she gasped while pushing her chest out to him.
He lowered his head and caught a nipple with his mouth. He sucked hard.
"Ah!" Long Jinjing held his head and gripped his hair as he played with her nipple using his tongue.
While his mouth enjoyed her breasts, his other hand worked on her trousers. As soon as he opened and unzipped her trousers, his hand sneaked inside and rubbed her already wet core through her panties with his fingers.
"Oh." Long Jinjing trembled and opened her legs wider. Her head fell back and her eyes closed as she savoured the teasing pleasure that her man was giving her.
Lu Zihao pushed the cloth of her panties aside and slipped a finger inside her now soaking core. She released a loud moan. He moved his finger in and out, the slick sound from the action making his erection harden even more. He slipped another finger inside and increased the speed.
She held on to his neck and shoulders for dear life as his fingers worked on her. Her hips also began moving in time with the thrusting of his fingers.
"I can't," she cried as her body started to stiffen.
Lu Zihao's fingers felt her clenching and he thrust inside her even faster. She screamed upon finally reaching her climax. He didn't stop thrusting until his entire hand was soaking with her juices.
When it was over, she was limp and couldn't even support her own body. He held her with his other arm before removing his fingers from inside her. Then while looking at each other in the eyes, he brought his soaking fingers and sucked them.
He groaned. "Your taste is the best, Jinjing."
She whimpered and tried to cover her eyes with her hands but he prevented her and forced her to look at his lewd actions. After teasing her, he hooked his hands on the waist of her trousers and pulled it off her legs along with her soaking panties before tossing the bundle to the floor. Then he removed her blouse and bra next. Now, she was completely naked.
He stepped back and admired his woman's nudity. "Beautiful."
Her already flushed skin turned even redder. This was one of the things he liked the most about her. Even though she was extremely shy, she was still able to surprise him with her sudden boldness whenever they were having sex. Like right now, she reached her hand to her wet core and opened it for him to see.
"Fuck, Jinjing. Yeah, touch yourself like that. Let me look at you."
He quickly stripped his own clothes until he too was completely naked. His erection was tall and hard. He started stroking himself while encouraging his woman to touch herself as well. They watched each other pleasuring themselves.
"Stop," Lu Zihao commanded when he saw that she was about to climax once again.
Long Jinjing made a whining sound but she obeyed him and stopped touching herself. She scooted over to the other side of the desk and lied down on her back while avoiding the computer monitors and other items.
"Please, Nikolai."
He stepped forward and placed himself between her legs again. "Please what?"
"Please...f-fuck me. I need you."
"As you wish."
Anticipation shone in her eyes.
"But not yet. I want to taste you in my mouth first." Before she could react, he knelt in front of her, held her thighs to keep her still, and did as he said.
His tongue licked her wet core, making her cry out. He felt her grabbing his hair. He sucked her swollen button of pleasure. She shook and her hips bucked. Fortunately, he had a good hold of her thighs and controlled her jerky hip movements. When he plunged his tongue deep inside her, she was now crying and saying his name over and over again.
"Aaaaaah!" Her voice had become hoarse as she orgasmed yet again.
Smirking, he stood up and pressed the head of his erection to her wet entrance. Then he plunged inside her soft, clenching warmth when she was still at the height of her climax.
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Chapter 1139 - Can You Handle Me?
Long Jinjing cried out as another wave of orgasm rolled over her on top of her current climax. Lu Zihao stayed still and closed his eyes, groaning, as he directly felt her inner contractions. If he didn't have enough self-control, he would've already climaxed together with her even without moving yet. Such was the pleasure of finally being inside her after what felt like a long time without her.
It was only when he felt her insides relax a little that he finally began moving. He thrust slowly at first before speeding up. However, he still controlled the tempo, wanting to prolong the moment and watch the moaning woman lying underneath him.
The wet, slapping sounds of their coupling filled the office. Long Jinjing moaned and whimpered as she began to feel another hot ball of pleasure building inside her and spreading throughout her entire body.
"Kiss me, Nikolai." She reached out for him and he immediately responded to her request by lowering his torso and head to claim her mouth.
He adjusted their position by straightening his body again and lifting both her legs to rest on his shoulders. His hips kept on pumping while he reached down and rubbed her button of pleasure. He was rewarded by a violent clenching of her insides, making him groan out loud in an almost bestial sound.
His other hand cupped her breasts, squeezing them and pinching her nipples. She gasped. He knew that she was on the verge of yet another orgasm.
"Hold on to the desk, Jinjing," he told her. "Because I'm going to fuck you until you scream."
She felt around until her hands found the edge of the desk and gripped it. A pleased looked flashed in his eyes before he once again adjusted their position by leaning forward and resting his hands on the desk on either side of her body.
"Oh," she groaned as the pleasure intensified in this new, deeper position.
"Ready?"
Her response was a moan.
Then he unleashed holy hell on both their bodies. His hips moved like he never thrust them before.
Long Jinjing held on to the edge of the desk for dear life, feeling as if Lu Zihao was jackhammering her to the ground. And indeed, he was right. He fucked her until she was screaming.
It came to a point that she felt her mind blank out and something flew out of her body into the sky. There was indescribable ecstasy as a floating sensation overcame her before she felt dragged back violently inside her twitching body.
"Aaaaaaaaah!!!"
Intense heat drowned her. She almost couldn't breathe but it was such a delicious suffering.
Lu Zihao grunted and slammed into her two more times before succumbing to his own orgasm. His release spurted inside her, filling her up with his hot essence. Then he slumped over her, not wanting to separate their bodies yet.
Moments later, Long Jinjing began to feel uncomfortable with the hard and cold surface of the desk behind her and the weight of her man on top of her.
"N-nikolai, you're too heavy. I can't breathe...."
He gave her smacking, wet kiss on the mouth before lifting his body off her. Then as slowly as possible, he eased his now softening member out of her. His gaze never left their slick connection.
She felt his warm liquid release trickle out of her wet core. "D-don't look!"
He stopped her when she tried closing her legs. His eyes continued staring at the sight between her thighs.
"Prettiest sight I saw today," he murmured.
Unable to stop his lewd behaviour, she covered her flushed face with both of her hands instead. Then she trembled and moaned when he inserted a finger inside her and then rubbed more of his essence all over her entrance.
She yelped when he carried her all of a sudden and walked them to the small bedroom until they reached the ensuite bathroom. The bathroom was narrow and Lu Zihao struggled a little to fit both of them inside. There was a standard toilet, a small sink, and a shower. No bathtub at all. The shower was more like a stall. Everything was clean but minimal.
He had to put her down on her feet because of the narrow space. The two of them could barely fit together in the shower. However, they made it work. Long Jinjing almost pasted herself against Lu Zihao's body as the water rained down on them.
After another round of coupling with her pressed against the wall and him pounding behind her, they washed their bodies and dried each other before lying together on the bed naked.
The bed was also customized to fit Lu Zihao's huge frame. It took up almost the entire space of the bedroom.
Long Jinjing sighed in bliss as she hugged Lu Zihao. "Are we sleeping here?"
"No. We're only resting. We'll return to Dragon Palace later tonight. It's not comfortable here. You still have to go to work tomorrow. I don't want you to be too sleep-deprived."
Warmth filled her heart. "Thank you."
He kissed her forehead. "I originally planned on showing you more of this place but we got...distracted."
"It's okay. You can show me another time. What I saw so far are already a little too much for me to handle right now. I need some time to digest them before I can...be ready to know more about your business."
"Hm."
She shifted and rested her upper body on his wide, muscled chest. Her fingers traced the numerous scars decorating his body. "Nikolai, I'm so happy."
He didn't reply but stroked her damp hair instead.
"Everything you revealed to me is shocking but...I'm so happy that you're finally opening up to me. There are new issues that we need to deal with now that I know more about you but I hope that we can work through them together. I really want to stay with you, Nikolai."
He grabbed her by the nape and pulled her to smash their mouths together in a hard kiss.
"Can you handle me? All this?" His tone sounded almost desperate.
"I will. I'll learn, Nikolai. I'll do my best, I promise."
He hugged her so tightly as if he wanted to squeeze their bodies into one. It was at the moment that he realized that he was screwed, perhaps for life.
"Fuck."
But it felt so damn wonderful.
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Chapter 1140 - Man Of Integrity
Before midnight, Lu Zihao and Long Jinjing drove out of Shadow Winds headquarters. He also explained a bit more about the nature of his group. She became quiet when he outright told her that they were criminals. Although she already knew it deep inside after everything she witnessed earlier tonight, it was still quite a shock when he confessed it to her using his own words.
That was when she realized that she had willingly entered a completely new and different world from the regular one that she was used to because of her love for a man. Her mind still felt conflicted because everything Lu Zihao represented clashed against her moral values. Her heart, however, didn't want to give him up again. She loved him so much that she was determined to make it work with him regardless of their incompatible worlds and moral values.
"Jinjing," he called, snapping her out of her stormy thoughts and feelings.
"Y-yes?"
He glanced at her out of the corner of his eye before refocusing his eyes on the road while driving. "I brought you to the headquarters so that the rest of my subordinates know that you're my woman, someone that nobody should dare to touch or harm. If they dare, they'll suffer the consequences."
Her heart jumped at the deadly threat in his tone, but she now understood that this was his way of life.
"I also want to warn you that even though they're my subordinates, you should never fully trust any of them, including Shun or Robin. Humans are fickle creatures who'll fucking betray each other if given the right motivation."
Long Jinjing knew that his words made total sense but it just pained her to think that he lived like thisânot fully trusting others in general. It was such a sad and stressful way to live to be always on the lookout for anyone who might betray him. She couldn't criticize him, though. In fact, it was a smart survival method. She was actually the naïve one for believing in the good of every person.
It was just that her heart couldn't help but feel hurt upon realizing that he didn't fully trust her either. Perhaps he didn't trust anyone else in the world except for himself. Would she be able to make someone like him fall in love with her, too?
'He has already started opening up to you. He revealed an important part of the real him tonight. This means that he has begun to trust you.'
These thoughts fueled her determination to stick with him and attempt to persuade him that they belonged together despite their obvious incompatibility.
"I'll keep your warning in mind," she promised.
He nodded.
"Nikolai?"
"Hm?"
"I think I already know the answer to this question but...I still want to hear it directly from you."
"What is it?"
"Does Little Sister Xiulan and Brother-in-law Liwei know that you're...you know...like this?"
"...yeah."
Silence filled the car as the two of them were occupied with their own respective thoughts.
Lu Zihao was the one who broke the quietness between the two of them. He said, "You saw Ketchup and Bacon. My sister created Ketchup first and the brat has been assisting the couple in their own works ever since. The brat might be an annoying chatterbox who'll talk your ears off if you let her, but she's an excellent assistant who makes almost everything easier for them.
"Bacon was created more recently and his specialty is a bit different from Ketchup's. Let's just say that the little rascal's skills are more in line with my work, that's why my sister eventually allowed Bacon to work for me on a freelance basis."
Long Jinjing gasped, her eyes widening in both surprise and wonder. "You mean Bacon is part of Shadow Winds?"
"As a freelancer, yes. I pay a fucking premium for his salary with added bonuses for any extra work. Damn little money-grubber."
"Bacon is still a baby, Nikolai. Don't be too hard on him and call him names like that. And also, if he's excellent at doing his work, then I think that he deserves to be paid accordingly."
He gave her a side-eye and looked like he wanted to retort but decided to hold his tongue instead.
She didn't notice this. "I feel like everything that happened today is so surreal. You, Shadow Winds, Ketchup and Bacon, even Little Sister Xiulan and Brother-in-law Liwei secretly knowing about all this. I'm afraid that if I sleep tonight and wake up tomorrow, I'll discover that everything has been only just a dream."
"Everything is real, Jinjing. So fucking real that you'll wish all this is just a dream."
"No!" She glared at him. "I won't wish for that! Stop assuming how I'll think! I have my own mind. I'll think and feel the way I want!"
His hands tightened on the steering wheel. "I'm a criminal, Jinjing. A. Fucking. Criminal."
"I know."
"You don't know! What do you know?! Killing people isn't the worst that I've done! I'm fucking evil! And you still want to stay with someone like me?! Are you fucking crazy?!"
"Yes! I'm crazy!" Long Jinjing burst into tears. "I'm crazy in love with you, Nikolai."
Lu Zihao cursed before quickly parking the car on the side of the empty road. Then he unfastened his seatbelt before grabbing the crying Long Jinjing into a tight embrace.
"Sorry," he murmured while using his fingers to wipe her tears in a clumsy manner. "I'm not angry at you. I'm fucking angry at myself."
"I...kn-know!" She clung to him and cried on his chest, soaking the front of his shirt almost in an instant.
"Don't cry anymore."
"My tears won't...s-stop."
He sighed and did his best to comfort her with his awkward patting and rubbing on her back.
After she calmed down enough, she looked at him with her teary eyes while gripping his shirt.
"You may be...evil just like you always tell me. But...I see s-so much more than that in you, Nikolai. In your own way, you're a man of integrity who has your own set of principles which, yes, might not conform to the common laws of morality. I may not approve of everything you do especially with all the things you've shown me today...but I respect the man that you are in how you treat the important people in your life."
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