Chapter 344 The Mastermind

In all these instances, Jiang Liyue hadn't actually seen Chu Li cook much.

She eats a lot, but Chu Li usually prepares the food and brings it to her. Only Yan Mobai from the previous instance would cook for her nearby.

Chu Li was the same.

That focused, earnest husbandly demeanor, along with his frenzied, almost obsessive, love, was something Jiang Liyue also found appealing.

Her eyes sparkled as she looked at him, not hesitating to express her emotions: "How lucky I am to have met the most perfect husband in the world, who actually cooks for me! Being able to eat your cooking is just so..."

Chu Li had been secretly pleased with what she was hearing, but as the story became more and more outrageous and exaggerated, he finally couldn't help but reach out and push her head back.

Then, expressionless, he said, "Go outside and wait."

Jiang Liyue smiled sweetly and said, "Okay."

One second she had just finished dinner, and the next she found herself being carried to bed.

Chu Li pressed down on her, one hand supporting her face, the other caressing her cheek, his dark pupils gazing at her with unfathomable depth: "Yueyue seems to have a lot of nicknames for me today."

"Say them all to me, okay?"

Jiang Liyue blinked, knowing what he wanted to hear, but still deliberately said, "Dr. Chu."

Chu Li just looked at her and reached out to pinch her earlobe: "Yueyue is not well-behaved at all."

Before Jiang Liyue could react, he leaned down and kissed her, not with a light, fleeting kiss, but with a deep kiss that seemed to want to devour her whole.

The only sounds in the small room were the sounds of water and panting.

When Chu Li was with his family, he didn't have that indifferent demeanor at all; he was like a king wantonly sweeping through his territory.

Jiang Liyue felt weak all over, the sensation spreading from the tip of her tongue down to her waist, and she hummed and rubbed against him.

But Chu Li only kissed her, without making any further moves.

He spoke slowly between kisses: "What did Yueyue call me?"

Jiang Liyue's voice was clingy: "Chu Li..."

Chu Li chuckled softly: "It seems Yueyue is still not well-behaved."

His hands began to move.

Tears welled up in Jiang Liyue's eyes, and she called out to him in a long, sweet, and soft voice, "Brother, brother, husband..."

"Brother, please be gentle, okay?"

Then he made his movements more forceful.

Jiang Liyue: !

That scoundrel has no sense of martial ethics!

She started kicking and stomping, but all her efforts were suppressed. She was exhausted and covered in sweat, while his kisses became increasingly unrestrained.

That's unreasonable. How could someone who spends all his time in the lab have eight-pack abs?

Shouldn't it be a skinny, boiled chicken?

...Forget it, if he really has a skinny, bland figure, then I'd rather not have this boyfriend.

She has very high standards for men.

Later on, Jiang Liyue started calling him all sorts of things, like "brother," "husband," "Chu Li," and "Brother Chu," which only made the man more excited.

When she finally stopped and fell asleep, Jiang Liyue realized: "That bastard Chu Li agreed to let her come back and rest today, could it be that he just wanted to torment her like this?"

Good dog.

The next day, when Chu Li asked Jiang Liyue if she wanted to go to the lab again, she thought about it and agreed.

Since I have nothing else to do, going anywhere is fine too.

Lying flat...

The laboratory is also in the central area, in a separate building with very strict security. If Jiang Liyue came by herself, she would not be able to enter through normal channels.

It's much more convenient to follow Chu Li; you can just use facial recognition.

Chu Li took Jiang Liyue by elevator directly to his laboratory, and occupied an entire floor by himself.

Jiang Liyue also saw Zhang Pei outside the laboratory.

After a brief greeting, she was led into Chu Li's private space, where he gave her a phone to play with: "If you're bored, just wander around."

"Uh-huh."

With a cell phone, it's impossible to be bored.

Jiang Liyue played games on her phone for a while, occasionally glancing at what Chu Li was doing.

He seemed to be working very seriously, but a closer look would reveal that he was just randomly mixing medicines and glancing in her direction every now and then.

Jiang Liyue blinked and asked him, "Chu Li, what kind of potion did the safe zone ask you to research?"

Before he could answer, she continued, "Let me guess, it must be a drug to cure the zombie virus, right?"

"But wasn't it you who created the zombie virus?" she said casually, as if she had just revealed some great secret.

Chu Li had never hidden anything from her. Upon hearing this, he walked up to her, raised his hand, and patted her head, saying, "Yueyue is so smart."

"However, I developed the drug, but I did not actively distribute it."

"Hmm?" Jiang Liyue stared at him, looking eager to hear more.

Chu Li rarely explained, "Back then, those greedy people thought that I had developed a drug that could change human functions and grant immortality. When they saw that I was unwilling to sell it, they directly broke into my laboratory and stole my drug. Then the virus started to spread uncontrollably... It was all their fault, wasn't it?"

What Chu Li didn't say was that he knew all along those people would lose control of their greed and steal the potion.

So he deliberately revealed the existence of the drug and deliberately lured them to steal and spread it; otherwise, no one could have broken into his laboratory if he didn't allow it.

It's just that those people were excessively foolish.

He didn't tell Yueyue because he didn't want her to be too afraid of him. If she ran away, he would have to catch her, which would be too much trouble.

Jiang Liyue didn't think Chu Li was as innocent and kind as he claimed.

Otherwise, why would he bother researching drugs that could turn people into zombies?

Do you really think she's stupid?

Jiang Liyue thought this to herself, but she didn't call them out. Instead, she puffed out her cheeks indignantly: "Those people went too far. What about them now?"

"As the first zombie, it's probably dead," Chu Li said casually, as if it weren't a human who had died, but some ordinary insect.

Jiang Liyue clapped her hands: "Good riddance."

"So how did they manage to steal your potion?" Jiang Liyue suddenly changed the subject.

Chu Li paused for a moment before smiling and saying, "Yueyue, sometimes knowing too much isn't a good thing."

Sure enough, they were much smarter than those idiots.

No, comparing Yueyue to those people is an insult to her. Chu Li's gaze towards her grew even deeper, and he said helplessly, "Baby, if you see through it, don't expose it."

Jiang Liyue chuckled and said nothing more.

She's used to that scoundrel always playing the role of the behind-the-scenes big boss.

All I want to say now is, could we let her act in a couple of episodes to satisfy my craving?