Chapter 137 Paper Crafts
Luo Huayi added a bag of air to the left and a piece of air to the right, and after all that work, he stood there dumbfounded opposite Xin Que, holding a fresh cup of hot water.
Seeing the sudden, strange flush on Luo Huayi's face, Xin Que asked, puzzled, "What are you imagining?"
Luo Huayi looked away. "...I was thinking about the plot this time...whether I have to feed you or not."
Xin Que: "???"
She sat up straight and denied it without even thinking, "Impossible."
Luo Huayi instinctively wanted to retort, but the office phone on the desk suddenly started ringing.
That's the front desk's phone number.
"Hello, Mr. Xin," a gentle voice came from the receiver, "a gentleman who claims to be your boyfriend is looking for you."
Luo Huayi hung up the phone without expression.
Xin Que suddenly realized, "So this time the plot is about the mistress fighting the wife?"
Luo Huayi stared intently at the tightly closed office door, as if trying to bore a hole through it.
"Who do you think the plot could be about for you to be the male third party?" Luo Huayi sat down in the boss's chair, casually leaning back, and looked at the woman sitting on the sofa in the reception area. "Do you have any clues?"
Upon hearing this, Xin Que rested her chin on her hand and actually pondered the question for a moment.
Excluding Cheng Zheng, Xin Xin, and the other NPCs she killed earlier...
She wondered if the plot would deal with her by rearranging Ji Mingchuan's identity, dragging her into the next level of hell, since Ji Mingchuan had been forcibly taken back.
Luo Huayi sat in her office chair watching Xin Que deep in thought, and unconsciously slid her chair a little closer to Xin Que. "How about we change the lines this time?"
"Xin Que, I..."
There was a sudden knock on the door.
Luo Huayi and Xin Que's thoughts were abruptly interrupted, and they both turned to look at the door.
Xin Que glanced at Luo Huayi, "Who will open the door?"
Luo Huayi was resisting with all her might, "The plot definitely doesn't have anything good in store for us. What if there's some kind of strange creature outside..."
In the end, neither of them moved.
"Click".
The doorknob was turned and the door slowly opened.
Luo Huayi got goosebumps all over her body. "I definitely locked it from the inside..."
Xin Que stared at the gradually opening door, trying to guess who would drag her into the next level of hell.
He is a young man who appears to be very rebellious...
Xin Que looked completely bewildered.
She didn't recognize the face.
Luo Huayi slowly straightened up from the backrest, her earlier banter gone. "Who do we have here..."
He chuckled, his voice cold and hard, "The plot actually chose a dead man like you. Aren't you afraid he'll rot away and become a corpse?"
The young man leaned against the door frame, wearing a loose hoodie with ripped hem, floor-length jeans, and sneakers. His gray hair was cut into a wolf tail, fluffy and casually swept back, exuding arrogance and swagger.
This is the complete opposite of Luo Huayi's elite composure.
"I didn't come here to see you," the young man retorted with a smirk, completely ignoring what Luo Huayi said. Instead, he turned his gaze to the woman on the sofa beside him. "Sister-in-law, does your stomach hurt?"
Xin Que: "???"
She felt the churning in her stomach getting worse and worse.
Why do these characters in the story look so strange?!
"Brother, how do you take care of people?" The young man frowned, walked over, and tried to pull Xin Que outside. "Her face looks so pale..."
"Luo Jingchen!!!" Luo Huayi slammed his fist on the table and stood up, his anger rising. "Let go!"
"He's your brother?" Xin Que's pupils dilated in shock. As if equipped with an automatic evasion device, she dodged Luo Jingchen's hand like an eel and slid to the other end of the sofa.
Is this the Luo family's biological son?!
Xin Que then thought of the tragic novel script she was reading, and guessed that Luo Jingchen was probably Xin Xin with gender swap.
Okay, this male mistress's identity seems surprisingly reasonable.
Luo Huayi strode over and separated Xin Que and Luo Jingchen. "He should have died of kidney failure in the hospital long ago, but now the plot has brought him back to life and put him in here... We still don't know what kind of conspiracy is behind him."
"Tch, I don't have time to listen to you throwing mud at people," Luo Jingchen sneered at Luo Huayi. "A good dog doesn't block the way, get out of the way!"
"Didn't you see that your sister-in-law is in so much pain she can't even straighten her back?"
The two of them turned to look at Xin Que, who was lounging on the sofa watching the commotion.
"Why are you looking at me?" Xin Que asked blankly. "You guys keep arguing, hurry up and finish arguing and get out of here."
Luo Huayi “…”
"Come on, sister-in-law, I'll take you home," Luo Jingchen smiled innocently at her. "My brother, that old man, is completely incapable of taking care of anyone. You're in so much pain and he still hasn't noticed. His mind is probably all on that woman named Xin Xin—"
Xin Que caught the word "home" and exchanged a glance with Luo Huayi.
New map?
"Where do you live?" Xin Que asked.
Luo Jingchen's smile suddenly took on a sinister and eerie tone. "Sister-in-law, is your memory that bad? My brother didn't move out after you two got married, did he?"
Luo Huayi felt a chill in her heart.
It's the old Luo family residence again.
"Is there no other option besides going to your house?" Xin Que's suspicious gaze fell on Luo Jingchen's face. "Can't I just go to the hospital for an IV drip? What about the community clinic? Or the outpatient clinic?"
Luo Jingchen's smile froze for a moment, then vanished, and he looked at Xin Que expressionlessly. "No."
The two words that came out of the young man's mouth this time were stripped of all human emotion, leaving only an inorganic gloom.
Luo Huayi inexplicably felt that the shadow behind the young man seemed to have come alive, silently spreading into the office.
He subconsciously took a step in front of Xin Que.
“Okay,” Xin Que accepted casually. “I’ll go home with Luo Huayi after work.”
Luo Jingchen's eyes, fixed on Xin Que, were now filled with the threat of predator eyeing prey. "I drove here, can't I take you back?"
"What, you don't want to ride in my car?"
The shadows had already spread like a tide over the young man's ankles.
Xin Que looked Luo Jingchen up and down, then exclaimed in anguish, "Are you even an adult yet? How dare you try to drive like that?"
Luo Jingchen "..."
I didn't see a trace of the fear that this woman should have shown him.
...
The three remained deadlocked for a long time before Luo Huayi finally took over the task of driving back to the old house.
Luo Huayi's expression changed slightly as she took the car keys that Luo Jingchen tossed to her.
Xin Que glanced at him without showing any emotion.
"The material is wrong." Taking advantage of the moment when starting the car, Luo Huayi showed her a key that looked no different from a normal luxury car key.
Xin Que glanced at the dented area where Luo Huayi had pinched her.
Cardboard.
She pulled on the passenger seatbelt and glanced up at the young man in the back seat in the rearview mirror.
He met her eyes, which were half-hidden by gray hair.
"Does my brother not know how to drive?" The young man stared at Xin Que with eyes as sharp as a snake. "Shouldn't I do it?"
Xin Que's fingernails traced across the dark red leather seat beneath her. It definitely felt like leather, but a gentle scratch...
Hollow cardboard shell.
"Kids shouldn't meddle in adults' business," Xin Que retorted impatiently to Luo Jingchen. "Just sit quietly in the back!"
Luo Jingchen "..."
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
