Chapter 127 Inner Palace - 5 Lu Yi came out of the bathroom and then...
When Lu Yi came out of the bathroom, he saw Tang Bufan lying on the bed with his butt sticking out, his face buried in the pillow and his hands covering his stomach.
Lu Yi was stunned for a moment, then blushed slightly, walked to the bedside, sat down, and gently touched Tang Bufan's body.
"Are you feeling very uncomfortable?"
"It feels like... my stomach is about to burst," Tang Bufan mumbled from under the pillow, realizing how much Lu Yi had held back the first time.
“…I’m sorry.” Lu Yi lay down beside him and pulled him into his arms. Tang Bufan leaned against him and Lu Yi gently touched his lower abdomen.
"Why didn't you tell me to stop yesterday if you weren't feeling well?" Lu Yi asked him.
"I don't feel uncomfortable." Tang Bufan hummed softly, "Your technique is pretty good, it's just too big."
"..." Lu Yi didn't know whether he was praising her or complaining. After thinking it over, she decided to obediently rub Tang Bufan's stomach.
Lu Yi's hands were large and hot, and Tang Bufan gradually broke out in a sweat from his rubbing. The two were cuddling on the bed when the sounds of people outside could be faintly heard.
The room was well soundproofed, but the inner chamber was enclosed, so the noise was loud. Tang Bufan curiously raised his head, and Lu Yi told him, "It's time to start assigning tasks to humans."
Tang Bufan sat up in bed, wanting to go out and take a look. Lu Yi stared at his round buttocks and saw that he was putting on his pants fairly smoothly, so he felt a little relieved.
After tidying up, the two left the room. They stood by the corridor and looked down. Sure enough, the human criminals were queuing in the spacious hall below, with more than twenty armed human special police officers standing on both sides to maintain order.
A high-ranking orc, around fifty years old, was speaking to a human man on the platform in front. He was probably the orc leader in charge of this operation. He had a somewhat fierce appearance. The man he was speaking to looked to be in his forties or fifties. Although he was wearing a well-tailored suit and his hair was neatly combed, he had hunched shoulders and a weak breathing.
“He is Yu Fen, the current chairman of the peacekeeping faction.” Lu Yi and Tang Bufan looked at each other and said, “Although he is the chairman, he can’t handle anything. The one who really makes the decisions is that old man with the cane from last night.”
"Was it that old man who planted the bomb at the Cultural and Educational Group meeting place, pretending to be a protester?" Tang Bufan asked. He didn't see the old man downstairs, but he did see the boy from last night.
"Probably," Lu Yi guessed.
“This is a blood feud that killed an entire family.” Tang Bufan couldn’t help but admire Fang Yue: “Miss Fang Yue is quite tolerant.”
As soon as he finished speaking, a clear female voice came from across the room: "Gentlemen, would you like some tea?"
The two looked up and saw Fang Yue leaning against the railing of the opposite corridor, waving enthusiastically at them.
Tang Bufan was somewhat surprised. Yesterday's conversation hadn't been very harmonious, but judging from Fang Yue's appearance, it seemed like they had become friends.
Tang Bufan politely waved to her, but thinking about what Fang Yue had said yesterday, he still couldn't calm down. So after hesitating for a moment, he said to Lu Yi, "I want to go back to the RV and pack up Chen Fei's backpack and stuff."
The hope of traveling back five years is slim, but there is still a clone... Although Tang Bufan knows that this is just a self-deceiving "resurrection", he still wants to bring that child back.
“Okay.” Lu nodded, knowing that Tang Bufan’s obsession had almost reached the point of madness. If cloning that child would bring peace to Tang Bufan’s heart, he was willing to help.
To be honest, he didn't want that child to continue competing with him for Tang Bufan's place in his heart.
"Shall we go back now?" Tang Bufan asked.
Lu Yi thought for a moment and said, "I still need to ask Fang Yue for a pass, and I also need to take another look at this inner hall with Sirius. I'll see you to the door and have Bren come to pick you up."
Tang Bufan was torn between staying with Lu Yi here or going back to pack Chen Fei's schoolbag. In the end, he couldn't suppress his anxiety and decided to go back, so he nodded.
Lu Yi then gestured to Fang Yue from a distance, indicating that he would come to find her later. After that, he escorted Tang Bufan downstairs, and the two walked through the slightly noisy hall.
In the allocation of criminals, the Eastern Federation still maintains the original system, letting the orcs choose, and only allowing some humans who voluntarily come for marriage alliances to make their own choices.
As Tang Bufan passed by, he couldn't help but glance at the roll call process. He didn't feel much about this forced "arranged marriage" because he believed that if you didn't commit a crime, you wouldn't end up like this.
They exited the tunnel and entered the large indoor parking area outside. Lu Yi drove Tang Bufan to the tunnel exit in an SUV, where Bren was already waiting.
"Is the cargo unloaded?" Lu Yi asked.
“We can finish unloading today,” Bren replied, respectfully inviting Tang Bufan into his car.
Lu nodded, watching Tang Bufan get into the car, and then anxiously instructed, "Take good care of him."
"Don't worry, young master." Bren nodded solemnly to Lu.
Lu Yi watched the two cars drive away until they were completely out of sight before turning back to his own car.
He returned to the inner hall, where the roll call and rating of human criminals were still underway. Lu Yi suddenly met the gaze of the boy from last night.
He was Yu Fen's son and a person who voluntarily married into the orcs, so he was treated very well. He was sitting with a few others in a nearby lounge area, with beautifully colored iced drinks in front of him.
Upon discovering that Lu Yi had returned and Tang Bufan was not there, the young man's eyes visibly lit up.
Lu Yiping calmly withdrew his gaze and went upstairs.
As Lu reached the second floor, he heard footsteps behind him. Judging from the weight of the landing, it belonged to a very light human. Lu turned around and, sure enough, it was the boy.
"Mr. Louis, all alone?" Yu Shixiao caught up with Lu Yi, panting slightly. He looked like he rarely exercised. "Would you like me to accompany you for a walk?"
"Thank you for your kind offer, but it's not necessary," Lu Yiwen politely declined. "I have something to discuss with Miss Fang Yue."
"Is it about trade?" Yu Shi asked playfully. Tang Bufan's absence made him much more lively. "Tell me about it."
"..." Lu Yi was speechless. This was not the first time he had been shown affection by humans. Before he turned eighteen, he had been expressed love by many humans, both explicitly and implicitly, but Lu Yi had not felt anything.
Only Tang Bufan, who struggled to live, refused to give up even when he was poisoned to the point of near death, captivated him with the vitality that burst forth from his perseverance.
Thinking of her lover, Lu Yi's heart softened, and she politely declined the young man in front of her again: "I'm sorry, it's really not convenient. I have other work to do after I finish talking with Miss Fang Yue."
After being rejected by him time and time again, Yu Shi's expression turned dejected. Just as Lu Yi was about to continue upstairs, the boy suddenly grabbed his hand.
Lu Yi was stunned, frowned and turned around, only to see a handsome young man holding his hands, standing at the bottom of the stairs, looking both shy and aggrieved.
“I know you and Mr. Tang are already engaged, but… I don’t mind.” Yu Shi said to him with a pleading look in her eyes, “I don’t want to be married off to an orc so easily. At least… I want to choose for myself!”
"..." Lu Yi sighed helplessly, reminding him of something: "You don't mind, but my fiancée and I do. I can understand your grievances and resentment, but aren't you taking me for granted by clinging to me?"
After Lu Yi finished speaking, he pulled his hand away from Yu Shi's. His words made Yu Shi's face turn pale. If it were in the past, Lu Yi might have stayed with him gently and politely, but now... he didn't want to do anything that would displease Tang Bufan.
He is the teacher's good boy, a well-behaved child.
Lu Yi lifted his foot to continue upstairs.
"Is it...is it because he's better looking than me?!" Yu Shi called out to Lu Yi in a loud voice, filled with resentment: "But my family background is better than his! My education is better than his! I believe I am more qualified to be a wife!"
His suddenly raised voice attracted the attention of the crowd below, and everyone looked up in their direction.
Upstairs, Fang Yue, leaning against the railing, watched the two with great interest.
Lu Yi stopped in his tracks, his face darkening slightly, but he didn't want to get angry with a human, so he spoke in a polite but indifferent tone:
"No, when I fell in love with my wife, she was not good-looking at all, even extremely thin. What attracted me to her was not her appearance, but her indomitable spirit."
After speaking, Lu Yi looked coldly at the boy in front of him whose face had turned red: "His family background is not as good as yours, but he is far more powerful than you."
Lu Yi ignored Yu Shi and strode upstairs.
Fang Yue leaned against the glass railing, watching Lu Yi gradually walk towards her, and curled her red lips into a smile.
"Mr. Louis is quite the ladies' man."
"Miss Fang Yue, please stop making fun of me," Lu Yi said helplessly.
Fang Yue stopped teasing him and magically flipped her hand, producing a dark gold card.
"Here you go," Fang Yue said, handing him the card. "I hope you'll find it useful."
Lu Yi was somewhat surprised that she would hand him the card so openly, so he asked, "Aren't you afraid of being seen by others?"
"They're all downstairs, and Zhishu is in charge of the surveillance in this area, so there's nothing to worry about," Fang Yue said confidently.
Besides, so what if she saw it? The peacekeepers can no longer threaten her.
Lu Yi looked at the woman in front of him who had already taken control of a significant portion of the underground city's power, smiled faintly, and put the card into his pocket.
“Yu Shi is being pressured a bit by his great-grandfather, so you should be careful,” Fang Yue reminded him. “Judging from his appearance, he doesn’t seem to care about any of the eligible high-level beastmen in the Eastern Federation, but he has his eye on you.”
Without her prompting, Lu Yi noticed it and nodded, "I'll be careful."
After thinking for a moment, he added, "I'll probably need to discuss the new human base project with you again, Miss Fang Yue."
“That’s easy to say.” Fang Yue agreed readily: “If the humans in the Western District’s underground city can also return to the surface, the human forces will become stronger, which will also benefit us humans in the East. We’ll be going to Penglai to do some surveying in a while, so if you’re free, come along.”
Lu Yi had long been interested in the Penglai base, so he made an appointment with Fang Yue.
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