Chapter 131: So Sensible It Made His Heart Ache

Offer my body in marriage?

Zhou Luoxi instantly felt as if he had been handed a scorching hot potato. Without a shred of mercy, he ruthlessly pushed Ye Hua, who was clinging to him.

Ye Hua, caught off guard, staggered a few steps and nearly fell to the ground.

Pouting, she looked at Zhou Luoxi with a pitiful expression and said plaintively, "If you don’t want me to offer my body in marriage, that’s fine, but why be so heartless as to push me away? I only wanted to repay you for saving my life just now. Is that so much to ask for? Can’t you even spare me that little bit of power?"

Zhou Luoxi frowned slightly, feeling choked by Ye Hua’s words, a wave of disgust washing over him as though he had tasted something foul.

Lu Yao rolled her eyes dramatically, sneered coldly, and with a dark expression, strode toward the exit.

It was the first time Zhou Luoxi had seen Lu Yao look at him with such disdain. His heart tightened, and he immediately grabbed her arm, nervously calling out, “Yao… just now I thought… I…”

Lu Yao’s gaze was icy as she looked at his grasping hand. Without a word, she wrenched herself free and continued walking away.

“Yao…”

Realizing his mistake, Zhou Luoxi understood that Lu Yao was deeply disappointed in him for rescuing Ye Hua.

This time, his voice was noticeably lacking in confidence.

Ye Zehong glanced at Zhou Luoxi but said nothing, quickly jogging after Lu Yao.

Ye Hua pressed close to Zhou Luoxi again, resting her head on his arm like a lovestruck girl, and asked, “Great benefactor, do you know Lu Yao?”

“None of your business!”

“Stay away from me!”

Zhou Luoxi shot Ye Hua a sinister glance and shoved her away harshly. Whether she fell or not, he paid no attention and hurried after Lu Yao.

Ye Hua, however, was not angry. Instead, her interest in Zhou Luoxi grew stronger.

She liked conquering powerful men like him.

Since dissolving her marriage with Guan Ran, she had not sought out another man—not because she didn’t need one, but because…

In the capital, she had yet to meet anyone more formidable than Ye Yingtang.

She had always admired strength.

...

Standing beside Ye Zehong, Lu Yao watched as paramedics carried out the mangled Sun Ying and covered her with a white cloth. She slowly closed her eyes, her lips trembling slightly.

With a hoarse, choking voice, she said, “Another restless soul has been added to Ye Hua.”

Ye Zehong gently stroked her back with a tender motion, trying to soothe her fragile emotions.

Lowering his voice deliberately, he said, “I’ve always emphasized that Ye Hua and the forces behind her are beyond ordinary people’s ability to resist. Once you’re entangled with her group, you must be fully prepared. She and her organization specialize in playing deadly games.”

Deadly games?

...

Lu Yao smiled bitterly to herself. “It seems I’ve become a bug in their deadly game.”

Ye Zehong was startled for a moment and quickly asked, “Have you been hunted by Ye Hua and her organization?”

Lu Yao smiled softly and said, “Strictly speaking, it was me and my mother. Years ago, my mother died, but I miraculously survived. Over a decade has passed, and Ye Hua and her organization still don’t know I’m alive. They believe I died in the game they set.”

Ye Zehong’s heart ached briefly. After a half-second pause, he immediately held her tightly in his arms.

This was the first time in over three years since they met that she had confided in him.

It turned out the reason she refused to leave was because, from the moment she went to the Ye family old mansion, she had resolved to take revenge on Ye Hua.

This also explained why she insisted on opposing him and insisted on getting involved with the Ye family.

She could have asked him for help, but she chose to bear it all alone.

She…

Was so mature and sensible that it made his heart ache.

(End of chapter)