Chapter 45 Chapter 45 Can't Wait
"Emperor?" Lu Fang looked at Zhou Li, who was smiling, and was a little surprised.
Zhou Li stopped smiling and looked at him: "What are you doing here?"
"My Lord, I have investigated the situation of the Black Snake in Luo City." Lu Fang explained seriously, "The Black Snake Shen Yun has long since rebelled against the demon world and has been causing trouble in Luo City for the past few years."
"You've betrayed the demon world, huh?" Zhou Li's eyes were filled with amusement. "So who told you all this?"
"Ever since you used your body and demonic power to create the Heaven and Earth Formation to stop the rampant miasma from spreading from the demon world and disappeared, the demon world has been under the control of Cheng Liu."
"Chengliu?" Zhou Li was not clear about the past.
But he thought that with his own personality, he would not be able to do such things as sacrificing himself to help others.
There were other reasons that made him want to leave the demon world.
"Chengliu was your trusted confidant."
"Then why don't you take charge of the demon world?" Zhou Li was a little curious.
Lu Fang knelt down quickly and said respectfully, "Lu Fang only wants to be your subordinate, and I am stupid and not suitable for those things."
Zhou Li found Lu Fang's loyalty very strange, just like Lu Rong's approach to him at the beginning.
Ever since he could remember, he was met with cold stares or indifference and contempt.
Later, when he arrived at Xuanyang Sect, he lived alone and no one would get close to him, and of course he didn't want to get close to others.
Only Lu Rong said she hated him, but appeared before him again and again, as bright as the sunlight pouring down into the endless stream every day.
Lu Fang looked at him again after he finished speaking, "And I've been looking for you all these years."
Lu Fang's eyes were red as he spoke: "You saved me in the beginning. I will always recognize you as my master."
"Maybe it was just a small favor from me." Zhou Li has never been a kind person. He was able to save him, probably just a matter of convenience.
Lu Fang: "I will follow you no matter what!"
Zhou Li's fingers touched the blade of his sword. Seeing that he was not giving in, his dark eyes stared into his.
Then Lu Fang's eyes began to become dull.
"Tell me, your purpose for approaching me." Zhou Li controlled his mind and made him tell the truth.
"I want to take you back to the demon world."
Zhou Li: "The reason."
"The demon world is now overrun with mutated monsters controlled by Cheng Liu. If you don't go back, the demon world will change hands and may even cause cholera in the human world." Zhou Li knew what Lu Fang was saying.
He knew that no one would approach him for no reason.
He moved his fingertips slightly, and the controlled Lu Fang instantly woke up. He was so scared that he knelt on the ground: "Emperor, I... I..."
He stammered and tried to explain, but Zhou Li's mood did not change at all.
"Lu Fang, since you used to be my subordinate, you should know that I am not a kind person. You have asked the wrong person for help." Zhou Li had no intention of being a savior.
After saying that, he turned and left without paying any more attention to Lu Fang.
When he returned to the inn, he thought Lu Rong must have left with Xue Er, but he didn't expect Lu Rong to be leaning against the door of the room with her hair curled up, staring at the sky in a daze.
She was actually waiting for him.
Zhou Li walked over slowly. The sound of his footsteps made Lu Rong look over subconsciously. The moment she saw Zhou Li, her expression became lively. She curled her lips and shouted, "Zhou Li, where have you been?! I thought you were really gone!"
"Are you waiting for me?" Zhou Li asked.
"If I don't wait for you, who will pay the rent?"
Zhou Li: “…” So, I’m not waiting for him.
He half-closed his eyes, took out a purse from his sleeve and threw it to her. Lu Rong grabbed the heavy purse and asked, "What are you doing for me?"
"How will you eat and stay when you go out without money?" Zhou Li said and turned to leave.
Lu Rong uttered an "oh" and followed him closely, pursing her lips. "What did you do just now?"
After she asked, seeing that Zhou Li didn't answer, she quickly walked up to him, touched his arm, and turned her head to look at his expression.
Zhou Li reached out and pressed her head directly: "Look at the road, why are you looking at me?"
Lu Rong moved her nose and sniffed the scent of his cuffs. She wanted to smell whether he had gone to meet the bad guy, but she only smelled her own scent, with a hint of peach fragrance.
Her face flushed slightly. Zhou Li saw her sniffing his sleeve like a puppy, and lowered his head to say to her, "What do you want to smell? The clothes you wet yesterday were not this one."
Lu Rong looked at him in shock: "You, you, you are so filthy!"
After saying that, she ran without stopping, running down the stairs like a frightened rabbit.
【Ahhhhh, Zhou Li has become a pervert! 】
Zhou Li was almost charmed by the screams in her heart, and the depression in his heart seemed to disappear completely.
He followed her downstairs and saw Lu Rong about to pay. He walked over, threw a gold bar over, then pulled Lu Rong away.
"Eh? You gave me money, but you don't want me to pay for it?" Lu Rong was a little surprised.
Zhou Li: "Keep it for yourself, poor little bastard."
Lu Rong didn't expect him to be so generous: "How many gold bars have you saved?"
Zhou Li looked at her money-obsessed look and chuckled, "Are you curious?"
Lu Rong saw that something was wrong with his expression and quickly shook her head: "I'm not curious."
"I wanted to tell you, but now that's the case, forget it."
Lu Rong: “?” I think he is playing with me!
"I don't want to know at all!" Lu Rong snorted and escaped from his clutches. "I'm going to find Ah Ling."
"Oh, then I'll go back." Zhou Li rolled up his sleeves and was about to leave.
Lu Rong hurriedly grabbed his wrist when she heard it: "No."
She wouldn't let him go until she completed her mission.
"Hmm? Something else?" He pretended not to know.
Lu Rong certainly wouldn't reveal her motives, she just pulled him to follow her: "I've encountered something, I want to ask you."
"I don't know." Zhou Li said he didn't know clearly before he even heard it. Lu Rong looked at him: "I haven't asked anything yet, please."
She clasped her hands together, looked at him eagerly, and blinked: "Please, please."
Zhou Li couldn't resist any more and started to ask: "Where's the reward?"
As he finished speaking, he felt a soft kiss on his face: "Is this okay?"
Lu Rong looked at him with bright eyes. Zhou Li was stunned for a moment. Before he could say anything, he saw her stand on tiptoe and kiss him on the face again.
The frost in his eyes seemed to melt, and he looked at her without blinking.
Lu Rong pursed her lips and asked softly, "Is it okay?"
He nodded for some unknown reason, and then was pulled away by Lu Rong, still thinking of her triumphant laughter.
【Hehe, this trick really works on him. 】
How can I complete the mission without keeping him?
【Little Zhou Li has no way of escaping from my grasp! 】
Zhou Li held his forehead helplessly. She really had a lot of tricks up her sleeve and even knew how to use this trick to coax people.
However, he just said he wanted to leave and asked Lu Rong to keep him.
Lu Rong pulled Zhou Li to find A Ling, and at first she even grabbed his wrist.
But his wrist couldn't fit completely in her palm, so she ended up pulling at his sleeve.
Zhou Li saw that her sleeve was wrinkled and he grabbed her wrist with his backhand. His palm was slightly cool against her warm skin, making Lu Rong subconsciously look back at him.
Zhou Li seemed not to notice and just held her wrist and walked forward.
"Where is Qiu Ling?" Zhou Li asked her.
"The children who are on tour should be at the South City Lord's residence."
Zhou Li was probably tired from walking, so he put his arm around her waist and headed straight to the South City Lord's Mansion.
When he arrived at the gate of the mansion, Zhou Li looked around with a slight frown on his face.
It's indeed strange.
Someone was staring at Lu Rong.
He had felt the vague presence of gazes on him on the street before.
It seems that this place is not simple either.
Lu Rong probably didn't pay much attention, so she pulled him into the mansion and whispered to him, "I'm telling you, this place is very strange. Do you see that temple on the mountain?"
"Well, Nan'an City believes in the goddess, so the city lord built a goddess temple in the mansion."
"You know that too?" Lu Rong was a little surprised.
"It's all recorded in the books." After Zhou Li finished speaking, he heard Qiu Ling's voice.
"Rongrong!" Qiu Ling raised his hand towards her. Lu Rong looked over and saw Nanyuan standing with Qiu Ling.
Nanyuan's gaze fell from her to Zhou Li beside her.
Lu Rong felt a very strange and eerie feeling.
This kind of eerie feeling was not like Zhou Li's dangerous aura, but more like the feeling of being entangled by an evil spirit.
Zhou Li walked over with Lu Rong as usual. Qiu Ling was not surprised to see Zhou Li, but there was some inquiry in his eyes.
After all, he suddenly appeared yesterday and took Lu Rong away. What happened during that time is something that people can only imagine.
Lu Rong noticed Qiu Ling's eyes and coughed subconsciously: "Don't stare at me."
"Okay, okay, okay." Qiu Ling saw that Lu Rong's shamelessness was shy, and he knew in his heart that there was something fishy about them. These two people were definitely not fishy!
Nan Yuan, who was standing on the other side, smiled and asked Qiu Ling, "Who is this?"
"My senior brother, who came to assist us, has just arrived here."
"It must be tiring to come here from thousands of miles away. I will arrange accommodation for you immediately so that you can have a rest for a while." After Nanyuan said this, he asked people to prepare accommodation.
Zhou Li didn't say anything, but just glanced at Nanyuan casually. Nanyuan had a smile on his face and looked very happy.
"My senior brother just arrived, and my senior sister and I have something to discuss with him." Lu Rong didn't want to spend much time with Nanyuan, so he found an excuse and pulled Zhou Li and Qiu Ling away.
Qiu Ling took her to the residence that Nanyuan arranged for them, but was then driven away by Lu Rong: "Go back quickly."
"You are kicking me when I'm down, Lu Xiaorong." Qiu Ling said dissatisfiedly.
"You keep looking at me and Zhou Li with those mean eyes." Lu Rong pointed at the way out without mercy, "Run quickly."
"That's because the two of you are so ambiguous that it makes people imagine too much."
Lu Rong slammed the door shut and thought, what is going on in Qiu Ling's mind?
[Where is the ambiguity? Even sworn enemies are like this!]
【And I still have to complete my mission, so I don’t have much time left. 】
She muttered to herself as she walked from the door into the room. She saw Zhou Li sitting at the table. He glanced at her when she came in and whispered, "This place is weird."
"You think so too, don't you? I find it strange too, especially that Nanyuan." Lu Rong walked to the table, took the teapot, and said deliberately, "Hey, there's no tea. I'll go get some more."
Zhou Li's eyebrows moved slightly when he saw her walking out with the teapot.
Is this because you can't wait to make things easy for him?
Lu Rong had indeed done something bad, so she added some poisonous water into the teapot, intending to test it first.
After adding the tea, she came back with the teapot, shook it guiltily, and then poured a cup of tea for Zhou Li.
"Have some tea first." Lu Rong looked at him with a smile.
Zhou Li looked at the teacup at hand, reached out to touch it, and Lu Rongxin lifted it up.
【Drink quickly, drink quickly! 】
Zhou Li picked up the teacup and looked at it, which made Lu Rong's heart beat wildly.
[Don't look at it! Just drink it!]
[If you don't drink, I'll feed you with my mouth! ]
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