Chapter 117 Jiangbei's Gratitude
"Tsk, one man for two women, quite the playboy."
"Pfft... cough cough cough cough..."
Xie Jinyu spat out the water in her mouth and coughed until her face turned red and her neck bulged.
The moment he opened his mouth, Gu Zuozuo disappeared from the chair, standing far away from him, as if afraid of getting a single drop of water on herself.
"Don't make it sound like I'm some kind of jerk."
Xie Jinyu shook her head, looking completely innocent.
"Besides, you didn't take that engagement seriously either, did you? Do you think I'd force you to accept it? As for her, ha, someone who approached me with ulterior motives. She might fool my mother, but she can't fool me."
Gu Zuozuo crossed her arms and looked at his disheveled appearance, raising an eyebrow with schadenfreude.
"If you use your abilities on everyone, you'll probably be single your whole life."
"Being single is fine. Calling me a dog is going too far. Besides, I don't want to analyze someone's intentions as soon as I meet them. It's just a work habit, and I can't change it."
His profession instilled in him a habit of constant vigilance. Even when he returned home to face his parents and relatives, he would still habitually use his supernatural abilities to survey his surroundings. This was almost as deeply ingrained as his faith.
Gu Zuozuo wasn't going to continue the topic and pointed outside.
"Jiang Bei didn't die. In fact, he turned misfortune into a blessing and awakened his metal-type superpower. If you still want this soldier, you'd better get well soon. The head of the National Bureau of Foreign Affairs has already started poaching people."
She wasn't wrong. Wang Erzhu was already secretly trying to poach her, and it was said that he was going to relentlessly pursue her until he could get her into the Guoyi Bureau.
A confident smile appeared on Xie Jinyu's gentle face, and her eyes, which seemed to look at even a dog with deep affection, curved into crescent moons.
"You have to believe in my charisma as a leader. The soldiers under my command have been with me for at least four years. They're not people who can just be poached by anyone."
Gu Zuozuo couldn't stand his smug look of being so confident that she couldn't help but speak up and confront him directly.
"Ha~ No matter how charming she is, she's still a spy, isn't she?"
First Blood
"It's said that there's more than one spy!"
Double Kill
"The spy even directly destroyed your group!"
~Triple Kill
"They can even kidnap your soldiers right under your nose!"
Quadra Kill
"I almost killed you on the spot!"
~Penta Kill (Five Kills)
Xie Jinyu clutched her chest in heartache, her face turning from pale to red to purple, a truly spectacular sight.
His former air of being an unparalleled gentleman had completely vanished, leaving him like a stubborn roe deer that refused to admit defeat despite being in the wrong.
"Pfft~"
Amused by his reaction, Gu Zuozuo waved her hand and stood up to leave.
"I'm going back now. I came to say goodbye. Take good care of yourself and we'll meet again in the martial world!"
Before Xie Jinyu could reply, he had already disappeared from the room, leaving cleanly and decisively without a trace of lingering.
Xie Jinyu stared blankly in the direction she disappeared for a while before sitting back down on the bed, staring blankly at a point in the void.
She's not the same Zuo Zuo anymore, doesn't he know that?
But why do I still feel so sad...?
"Boss! Look... uh..."
Jiang Bei's cheerful voice was still hanging in the air, and his right foot, which was about to step into the house, froze in mid-air, unsure whether to land or not.
What's wrong with his boss? He looks like he's about to cry.
"Are you just standing at the door like a gatekeeper? Get in here!"
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Gu Zuozuo reappeared, now inside the villa she had bought in the Bauhinia Garden in Gangcheng.
"Miss? When did you get back?"
The woman in the neat suit saw her and immediately grinned, revealing her white teeth.
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