Chapter 157

Chapter157, “You might as well skin yourself, that’d be even cooler.”

“Are you being violent? Did you stop loving me that quickly?”

Menu I sat on the sofa, bewildered. What did I just hear? Those two? Could it be...? Ah? Ah? Impossible, impossible, just a coincidence. But as the saying goes, between two top alphas, there’s always a bottom. If I had to choose between them... I pressed my forehead, struggling to process this scenario.

At the table, Luo Xiuyan raised his hands in surrender under Evan’s icy glare.“Alright, alright, I’ll button it, I’ll button. it. Happy now? I’ll spoil you, how about a kiss?”

“Can you keep your mouth shut?” Evan pulled out a chair and sat down.

It was a mystery how two such diametrically opposed personalities could be friends.

Luo Xiuyan buttoned three buttons on his shirt, instantly looking more serious. If he put on the suit jacket and tie discarded on the sofa, he’d instantly transform into a domineering CEO of a public company.

“Let’s eat and chat,” he said, glancing at me with a smile.“Should we call your... Ms. Frost, to join us?”

“No need.”

“Aren’t you hungry? Don’t you care?”

He used his eyes to warn Luo Xiuyan to shut up.

Luo Xiuyan laughed even harder.“Turns out, it’s a secret crush.”

After their playful banter, they finished eating and moved on to serious business. Finally, Luo Xiuyan seemed to remember something and asked, “The Crowe Group matter, you really won’t reconsider?”

“Why are you so concerned about this?” he replied indifferently.

Hearing them mention the Crowe family, I pricked up my ears.

Luo Xiuyan leaned back in his chair.“Mrs. Gu is cousins with my aunt.”

“What a coincidence.”

“Mrs. Gu visited the Luo family the day before yesterday. I think it’s about this matter.”

“Oh? The Gu family wants to go through the Luo family? Your aunt is now calling the shots in the Luo family, isn’t she?” He said this with a hint of sarcasm. I knew something about the complicated situation within the Luo family. The company was controlled by his uncle, Luo Zhixun. His aunt, formerly his uncle’s mistress, had become pregnant and caused a scene. His uncle’s first wife was weak and allowed her to take her place. Later, the first wife and her five–year–old son died in a car accident. It was said the first wife was nine months pregnant, days from giving birth. There were rumors that this aunt had arranged the accident, but the police found no suspicious evidence, and the case was closed. I knew this because my mother always visited the grave of the deceased Mrs. Luo when she came to Yan City. She insisted that Mrs. Luo was murdered by the mistress.

Luo Xiuyan:“You don’t know that woman’s methods. Many people in the Luo family are under her control. Ever since Grandma forced Uncle to name me as his successor, I’ve been walking a tightrope. Uncle seems to have woken up a bit in recent years. A few days ago, he told me he’d dreamed of my five–year–old cousin and his unborn younger sister.”