Chapter 44 Chapter 44
The corridor outside the office was actually quite spacious and grand. Unfortunately, after the chaos just now, it no longer looked like what it once was. There were all kinds of tilted and broken objects, and the places to stand were few and cramped.
Su Yuan raised his face slightly, and when he was forced to really put his hand on it, he felt his fingertips being burned, perhaps because he and Clay were too close.
Su Yuan curved her long eyelashes upwards.
Judging from the fact that the other party was able to speak, Clay should no longer feel any pain. However, Su Yuan felt that when he touched him lightly, he seemed to have pressed some nerves of the other party. Not only did the other party's face instantly become uncomfortably tense, but his entire body also became stiff as if something had been touched.
Su Yuan had no idea how soft his hand was. It was like cotton. As Clay's body stiffened slightly, his movements became gentler. The subtle touch only brought Clay a deeper and more itchy feeling.
If Clay hadn't been tense, he might not only move closer on his own initiative, but also rub against Su Yuan's palm to stop the itch that kept coming inside.
If Clay really did that, he would become a trained dog just as he said.
A subtle bit of self-respect kept Clay in check.
Su Yuan rubbed it randomly and stopped. Clay's hoarse voice followed, "You haven't answered my question yet."
Clay's question was about why Su Yuan had slapped him just now.
Su Yuan fluttered her eyelashes for a while, and then she murmured the explanation she had hastily thought of, "It's just... I was a little confused at the time, and I didn't know why I suddenly appeared here, and I didn't know what was going on around me. I was dizzy just now, it was very scary and strange. When I saw you suddenly appear in front of me, I was very surprised, and I thought I was dreaming and you were hallucinating."
Su Yuan carefully observed Clay's expression, "Then I wanted to try if this was real, and to see if the pain was still there."
Su Yuan whispered, "I heard that there is no pain in dreams."
Clay pulled at his lips, "Then try me."
Su Yuan's face turned pale, and he said without confidence, "I, I'm afraid of pain."
Su Yuan noticed that the other party was stunned for a moment, as if he didn't expect him to answer like this.
Or to be more precise, he just didn't understand the real subtext of the other party's words.
The next second, Su Yuan saw the other party's more straightforward words.
There was also a hint of jealousy that Su Yuan could clearly sense even though he couldn't hear it.
"Why don't you try your card master?"
Su Yuan was stunned by the question and looked at the other party hesitantly.
Why does Clay seem to care more about who he chooses than being slapped by him?
The corridor was silent for a moment, Clay's eyelids drooped. He saw Su Yuan was stumped by the question, and the strange words "I feel sorry for him" were almost about to come out of his mouth.
However, these words were soon stuck in his throat because Su Yuan said faster, 'Because I'm closer to you.'
The curve of Clay's mouth stopped. He and Su Yuan were too close. He could clearly see Su Yuan's magnified beauty, and all the micro-expressions that inexplicably made people's heart beat faster when Su Yuan spoke.
When Su Yuan opened her pink and moist mouth, her words were as sweet as his, "I thought that even if I made a mistake, you would forgive me and not blame me after I explained it to you clearly."
Su Yuan was committed to helping Clay get back on his feet. "You helped me before and left a very good impression on me."
When he raised his eyelashes and looked at Clay, he looked a little pitiful and aggrieved because of his natural weakness. "I thought you would definitely not be angry with me."
Clay, who was given the nice guy card, couldn't say a single harsh word when he was looked at like this.
But Clay could also feel the strangeness of the current situation.
Somehow, he suddenly felt somewhat honored when being beaten by the other party.
Clay felt that the current development was not right. He couldn't let the other party get away with it so easily. He controlled the corners of his mouth and pressed them down.
So the next second, his words with a bit of resentment rang out in the corridor.
"I thought he, he was the enemy."
"I was worried that he would hurt you, so I wanted to protect you—"
Su Yuan felt ashamed and embarrassed when Clay repeated what he had said before.
in particular--
The Clay in front of him was neither positive nor negative.
Su Yuan's head hurt a little.
He gently pulled the corner of his clothes with his pink fingertips. He thought he would be interrogated, but the direction of this interrogation was completely different from what he expected.
Su Yuan's dark eyelashes trembled constantly.
Why is Clay grabbing Chu An and won’t let go?
Su Yuan's mind was empty and dizzy. He couldn't think of a reason, so he stumbled and told part of the truth, "I said this because I don't want him to find out about our relationship."
"Why not?" Clay continued to ask.
Su Yuan's mind was foggy. He keenly felt that if he told the truth again, the situation would turn out badly. However, Su Yuan racked his brains but could not come up with any reason. His heart was sinking, and the words Chu An had just said to him flashed through his mind, "... Chu An seems to be against human-card relationships. If, if he knew that we were in a good relationship, he would not allow us to have any contact..."
Although Chu An said this after Clay left, Su Yuan was trying to switch names, but Clay didn't know.
When Su Yuan stammered and lied, he was too nervous and did not realize the ambiguity of this sentence.
He was just trying to express Chu An's old-fashioned attitude towards cards, which would make Chu An unable to accept too much contact between people and cards.
But when Clay heard this, the previous and next sentences had a direct causal relationship.
Just like——
Su Yuan felt that there was a tendency for a human-card romance to develop between the two of them.
Because he and Su Yuan might become a love interest that Chu An hates, Su Yuan will subconsciously want to avoid Chu An.
Clay paused and stared at Su Yuan for a long time.
The lying Su Yuan became very nervous when he was stared at her. Su Yuan's blood was not flowing normally and his pretty face turned a little red due to his accelerated heartbeat, making his facial features even more gorgeous.
Clay's reflective glasses covered his eyes, which seemed to be dazzled by something.
But Su Yuan still noticed something was wrong with Clay. He had been using his eyes to capture information, and when he stared at the other person's mouth, he keenly saw that the other person's chest suddenly rose and fell abnormally.
Then, Clay's Adam's apple was also pressed down.
Su Yuan blinked her eyelashes, and Clay did not pursue the matter any further and changed the subject.
"Is my inability to speak just now related to your slap?"
Su Yuan didn't dare to be too explicit, as this would expose his suspicion of deliberateness. "It seems so."
Clay then asked Su Yuan many more questions about why Su Yuan became the card of different people one after another.
Su Yuan played dumb the whole time and kept shaking his head.
Perhaps because he was absent-minded or in a good mood, Clay did not question Su Yuan about his confusing answers and just let Su Yuan get away with it.
After Su Yuan finished questioning, hesitantly said to Clay, "Can you please not tell other people about my problem?"
Clay looked at him with his glasses slightly lowered, his gaze lingering for a moment on the other's brows which clearly revealed a hint of worry and fear.
Clay saw what Su Yuan was afraid of. He was worried that he would be caught and studied, have his blood drawn, and be subjected to all kinds of horrific experiments.
But in fact, what Su Yuan feared would not happen.
No one would be willing to treat him like that.
only--
A dark glint flashed across Clay's eyes.
The situation will just become another kind of bad.
After all, Su Yuan is really pretty, cute, and sweet. No one would not like him, and everyone would want to have a card player like him. After discovering that Su Yuan could become a card of different card masters one after another, the only direction they would study could be whether they could make Su Yuan become a card of different card masters at the same time, and then whether they could find a way to bind as many card masters as possible.
The final direction of research and continuous attempts to break through will only be the upper limit of what Su Yuan can bear as a card master.
Clay had no intention of telling anyone else from the beginning. It was enough for him to study the other party's problems by himself.
But Clay felt that his performance just now was quite bad. He didn't want to give Su Yuan the feeling that he could be manipulated by the other party, so he just returned to his usual tone, calmly and reservedly, "It depends on your performance."
Su Yuan wrinkled her nose at Clay's ambiguous reply.
What kind of performance.
Why should he show off to the other party?
Su Yuan nodded obediently, but he was already thinking in his heart that he really had to find a way to escape from here as soon as possible.
"Then I'll go back." Su Yuan, who felt that things here had come to an end for the time being, said softly.
At that moment, Su Yuan felt that Clay seemed to be a little unhappy.
But even though Clay was unhappy, he couldn't change anything, as the door of the office was just pushed open.
Chu An walked out wearing a neat suit and expensive leather shoes.
Chu An was obviously here to find Su Yuan. When his eyes followed Clay, he paused in surprise.
After Su Yuan and Chu An looked at each other, Su Yuan walked to Chu An's side.
Su Yuan subconsciously wanted to pull Chu An's clothes.
The unclosed corridor is not safe. It is difficult for Su Yuan to fully observe whether anyone will suddenly appear again. Contact with the card master can not only bring Su Yuan some sense of security, allowing him to hear subtle sounds, but also make it convenient for him to use the virtualization ability immediately.
But Su Yuan's hand, which had already been stretched out, was forced to retract slowly under Clay's sharp and intimidating gaze, not daring to touch.
While Clay's slightly furrowed brows relaxed, Chu An's brows were furrowed.
Of course Chu An didn't know that Su Yuan was like this simply because of Clay.
He thought that the cold words he had just said that made Su Yuan sad and run away had taken effect. After staying outside for a while, Su Yuan began to want to keep a distance from him.
Chu An's gaze fell on Su Yuan's retracted hand. The sudden soreness and swelling made his gaze fall back on the empty hem of his clothes. His palm shrank uncomfortably and embarrassedly.
Clay then explained the purpose of his visit.
The guild headquarters was going to hold an emergency meeting regarding what had just happened, and he came to inform Chu An of the time and place.
Seeing Chu An's obvious absent-minded reaction, Clay quickly walked away.
Su Yuan frowned slightly when he felt Clay's unknown gaze before he left.
Chu An's question followed closely.
The man in a straight suit that perfectly outlined his broad shoulders asked Su Yuan calmly and casually, "What did you say to Clay just now?"
Su Yuan said truthfully, "It's just because I accidentally slapped him just now--"
"I apologized." Su Yuan paused and suddenly realized that he had not apologized to Clay about this matter.
Su Yuan, who has always had a soft personality, suddenly realized that his behavior was quite excessive. His eyelashes trembled unnaturally several times.
Chu An's body suddenly stopped and he clenched his palms.
Even though Su Yuan was heartbroken by him, she still chose to apologize to Clay for the sake of his relationship with Clay.
What he did to Su Yuan was really awful.
Su Yuan didn't know what Chu An was thinking, nor did he understand why Chu An froze for a long time after hearing his answer.
It was just that when the meeting time was about to start and Chu An was about to go to the emergency meeting room, and when Clay was no longer around, he naturally reached out and grabbed the corner of the other's sleeve, pretending to touch his wrist skin inadvertently.
Su Yuan bumped into Chu An normally, and Chu An, who had just regained his ability to move, was indeed stunned again.
He silently looked at Su Yuan's beautiful finger bones approaching him.
Even though he had been so fierce to her, and even though she had just tried to keep a distance from him, she still couldn't resist getting close to him?
Chu An's heart, which had been swelling up all this time, suddenly skipped a beat.
He couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and didn't even notice or ignore the joy that spread over him at that moment.
Chu An clenched his fists a little harder.
But he felt ashamed of his reaction. What was he doing? Was he being hypocritical?
Chu An felt that he should stop Su Yuan from getting close to him and let the other party feel his determination, but he was too despicable to ruthlessly shake off Su Yuan's hand when his wrist was trembling slightly.
A trace of pain and self-disdain appeared on Chu An's face, which usually showed no emotion.
Su Yuan was completely unaware of Chu An's heaviness and struggle. Relying on his ability to become virtual, he successfully followed Chu An and listened in on the emergency meeting after the chaos.
The protagonist Lu Zhu is indeed that person's target.
That person successfully broke into the room where Lu Zhu was, but perhaps because the guild was very concerned about Lu Zhu, they arrived there in time and successfully protected Lu Zhu and did not let Lu Zhu be taken away by that person.
But Lu Zhu is just one of the targets.
Taking advantage of the time when many people came to protect Lu Zhu, he sneaked into the innermost storage room and not only stole several very special copy props, but also made a mess of the place.
Only then did Su Yuan understand why Clay came to find Chu An in the middle of the chaos.
Among the stolen copy products, there was one that did not belong to the guild. It was something that Chu An had previously lent to the guild for use.
Su Yuan, who had been listening quietly, began to tremble uncontrollably at his fingertips after hearing about this prop.
This was the special item he was trying to find, the one that could protect him from being summoned by the mysterious organization.
It's called [Ring of Eternity], and it will lock the body state of the one who wears it.
In other words, if Su Yuan could find it and put it on, his locked body state would keep his consciousness locked inside his body and would not be summoned elsewhere.
Su Yuan suddenly felt anxious. On the one hand, he wanted to get the [Ring of Eternity], which could prevent him from being detonated by the time bomb of the mysterious organization.
On the other hand, he felt that the person who snatched this from the guild was most likely because of him. That person might also want to use it on him, but in a different way that Su Yuan did not want to see.
Su Yuan felt that he must find a way to get the [Ring of Eternity] before he died.
Su Yuan frowned slightly as he thought.
But how can he get it?
The others couldn't see Su Yuan because they were blurred, but Chu An, as Su Yuan's card master, could see him clearly.
Su Yuan's reaction when listening to other things was obviously different from when he listened to the [Ring of Eternity] that was related to him.
Chu An looked at Su Yuan's worried and anxious expression, feeling both sweet and painful.
Does the other party care so much about what he threw away?
After the meeting, Chu An and Su Yuan were distracted all the way back to the office.
Chu An, who had been struggling, thought for a long time, and then clenched his hands and said to Su Yuan, "I'll take you to the hospital for a check-up later."
Because the main character Lu Zhu was judged to have mental problems, the guild just happened to have a psychologist specially hired for Lu Zhu.
Chu An decided to ask a psychologist to take a look at Su Yuan's condition and see if he could try to guide Su Yuan in the right direction.
Su Yuan was a little confused when he heard this.
What to check?
Su Yuan didn't understand what Chu An was thinking, and finally came to only one conclusion.
Chu An might dislike this card of his.
Su Yuan actually didn’t care whether Chu An disliked him or not, but the situation was a little special now.
He wants the [Ring of Eternity], and Chu An, the owner of the [Ring of Eternity], will definitely be able to help Su Yuan.
Su Yuan was a little worried that the other party would dislike him and would be unwilling to help him get the [Ring of Eternity].
After pursing his lips, Su Yuan spoke to Chu An a little awkwardly, "I am still useful." He felt that he had to find a way to change Chu An's judgment of him.
When Chu An saw Su Yuan's cautious look, he felt like his heart was broken.
But the more sincere and persistent the other party appeared, the more Chu An felt that he could not be so dirty.
The other party was just inexperienced and fell in love with him after being misled by those people's card love content.
He doesn't deserve the other person's love.
Chu An endured the pain that was spreading continuously and said coldly, "My attitude will not change."
Chu An was completely unmoved, and Su Yuan was a little at a loss for a moment. After frowning, he felt that he had to show his strength to the other party now.
Since treatment could not be used at this moment, Su Yuan could only use his new ability.
Su Yuan was a little hesitant, but he still raised his hand.
Although it is a random effect, the card's ability cannot harm its own card player, and the triggered effect will definitely not be negative.
However, Su Yuan, who really didn't know how to slap someone, became uncontrollably stiff and awkward when doing this, and his long eyelashes kept trembling.
Chu An watched Su Yuan being pushed to the point of grief, and had no choice but to slap him in the face.
The moment his head hit the side, Chu An was suddenly extremely panicked.
Chu An didn't expect that he would hurt the other person so badly and force the extremely sad and helpless other person to this point.
While he was trying to comfort others, he was thinking anxiously.
In fact, it is not necessary to correct it.
Since he was the one who caused the other party to be like this, he could also choose to be directly responsible for the other party.
As long as you are nice enough to Su Yuan, it won't be considered as letting him meet a bad person.
He was panicking, and Su Yuan was panicking too.
Su Yuan then realized that his slap had no effect on his card master.
Just as Su Yuan was about to apologize with a pale face, he heard Chu An's words.
"sorry."
Su Yuan, who was apologized to in return: "?" Are you sure you didn't trigger any strange effects?
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