The body pressed against her instantly stilled.
Ye Luan hastily hugged his back, clinging to him.
Xiao Chi Zhan stopped his movements, lowering his gaze to the person beneath him, his dark red eyes glinting with coldness.
She showed no fear, hooking her arms around him and pouting, "Don't be angry, you're scary."
"You care too much about other people."
He declared his displeasure with a huff.
Ye Luan, knowing she was in the wrong, said sincerely, "He helped me a lot back then. I just want to know how he's doing."
She didn't know if her suspicions would come true, and she was a little afraid.
Such a gentle person shouldn't have met such an end.
Xiao Chi Zhan bit her lip, refusing to budge.
Ye Luan pushed him, "Will you help me or not?"
"No."
He refused outright.
Ye Luan said, "Alright then, I won't ask you."
As she spoke, she pushed him away, about to get up.
Xiao Chi Zhan firmly held her, pressing her onto the couch, his face chilling as he stared at her.
Ye Luan raised an eyebrow, "What is it?"
"If you dare mention another man again, I will kill him."
---
Crazy lunatic.
Hopeless.
Ye Luan didn't want to argue with him. She gave him a sideways glance, too lazy to bother.
Xiao Chi Zhan, displeased, turned her back towards him and said, "Did you hear me? You're not allowed to think of him, not anymore. His life or death has nothing to do with you."
He hated that she cared about that person's fate, hated it to the point of wanting to kill.
Ye Luan detected the panic in his voice, remembered the medicine he was taking, and dared not provoke him further. She could only nod.
"Alright, alright, I won't say it anymore."
Xiao Chi Zhan felt she was being perfunctory, his face filled with fierce hostility.
"What does that expression on your face mean?"
Ye Luan ---
What was wrong with her?!
"What expression?"
He didn't speak, holding her tightly, his face radiating a fierce aura.
Ye Luan regretted asking him for help, having stirred up trouble.
She wriggled her waist, struggling.
"Get up first, you're crushing me."
Xiao Chi Zhan turned sideways, leaning against the edge of the couch. His brow shadowed his eyes, his red pupils filled with a mournful resentment, making him look incredibly terrifying.
Ye Luan sighed inwardly, sat up, and tidied her clothes.
For a moment, the room fell silent.
She glanced at him sideways. Seeing his cold expression, she felt like laughing but didn't dare.
She remained silent, cleared her throat, and got off the couch.
But before she could reach the door, with a bang, the door slammed shut, the light in the room extinguished, and darkness enveloped the surroundings.
Ye Luan was startled. His internal energy was too powerful!
She quickly turned to look, only to see him staring at her from the side. In the faint light, his devilishly handsome face was full of chilling malevolence.
Upon closer inspection, his dark red pupils held a hint of grievance.
"I was going to get Xueqiu. Why did you close the door?"
Xiao Chi Zhan remained silent, his lips pressed together as he stared at her.
Ye Luan took a deep breath, walked back, and sat in his lap, muttering a complaint.
"You childish, stingy brat."
As soon as she sat down, Xiao Chi Zhan immediately clasped her waist tightly, pulling her into his embrace.
Ye Luan had grown accustomed to his ways. She wrapped her arms around his neck and nestled quietly in his arms, saying,
"Aren't you still supposed to be reviewing memorials? I'll go get Xueqiu, and I'll sit nearby and read, waiting for you."
Xiao Chi Zhan ignored her words, lowered his eyelids, and suddenly said,
"When I find him, I will kill him."
---
Ye Luan suddenly looked up, her gaze cold as she looked at him.
Her gaze was so icy that Xiao Chi Zhan's killing intent intensified.
As long as Lu Feibo was dead, he would be the most important person in her heart.
He hated anyone, any creature, occupying her heart.
Her heart could only contain him!
No one else!
Ye Luan now deeply regretted mentioning it to him. This man was too petty, too obsessive.
"Before, we always argued because of him. If I kill him, no one will draw your concern, and you will only love me, only cherish me."
He reached out a chilling hand to caress her, his eyes filled with a nearly pathological stubbornness.
Ye Luan's face turned ashen with anger at his words. She retorted, "Then if I care about my grandmother, my family, would you kill them too?"
Xiao Chi Zhan said nothing, his expression strange.
Seeing him like this, Ye Luan's heart grew cold. She suppressed her emotions and angrily pinched his waist.
"You crazy lunatic, you'll be the death of me sooner or later."
Xiao Chi Zhan's face darkened. He held her, allowing her to pinch him, his eyes filled with scarlet killing intent.
Fearing he might truly go mad, Ye Luan leaned forward and straddled him, wrapping her arms around his neck and hooking him with her alluring, beautiful eyes.
"Chi Zhan Gege~"
Ye Luan's call struck a chord in Xiao Chi Zhan's heart, and his expression softened slightly.
Seeing his change, Ye Luan continued, "I was merely grateful that the Marquis helped me before, and I was concerned about his illness--"
"You're not anything to him, why would you be concerned?"
Choked by his words, Ye Luan pursed her lips in speechlessness.
Xiao Chi Zhan held her tighter, kissing her lips.
"I am your husband. You only need to care about me."
She hugged him and took the initiative to kiss the red mole near his eye, speaking softly to coax him.
"Of course, you are always the most important."
He was the most important?!
Xiao Chi Zhan's body trembled. His icy heart seemed to thaw like the earth in spring, blooming with warmth.
He finally reined in his hostile aura, lowered his eyelids, and glanced at her.
"Then you can't think of him anymore."
Ye Luan ---
She simply hummed, her expression indifferent.
Xiao Chi Zhan's heart felt even more constricted. She was clearly just appeasing him.
'Go get Xueqiu for me. I want to read here for a while.'
As she spoke, she pushed him away and picked up the medical book from the table to read.
Xiao Chi Zhan turned, intending to embrace her.
Ye Luan watched his movement and blocked him with her hand.
"Xiao Chi Zhan, if you continue like this, I will be truly angry," she said seriously, looking at him. "Also, what did I tell you? Don't threaten me, don't kill innocents. Yet you are still like this, you never change."
"I didn't."
"Then what were you just saying? I only asked if you could help find him, and you threatened to kill him. Will I dare to be honest with you in the future?"
Xiao Chi Zhan said, "What do you mean? You won't be honest with me from now on?"
---
Ye Luan felt like cursing at this moment, so annoyed.
"Can you just listen to me properly?"
He said, "I am listening."
Ye Luan said, "I consider you the closest person to me, which is why I tell you everything. But you always threaten me at the drop of a hat."
As she spoke, she gently kicked him with her foot and deliberately gave him a flirtatious glance.
"You acting like this makes me afraid to talk to you anymore."
Her coquettish demeanor was incredibly alluring.
Xiao Chi Zhan caught her foot and began to massage it.
Seeing his silence, a sly glint flashed in Ye Luan's eyes, and she continued.
"If you keep acting like this, I won't tell you anything anymore."
"No!"
He suddenly looked up, his brows and eyes stern.
Ye Luan remained silent, watching him calmly.
Xiao Chi Zhan paused for a moment, then compromised.
"I was wrong."
Upon hearing this, Ye Luan withdrew her foot, stood up, and wrapped her arms around his neck, sitting in his lap.
Xiao Chi Zhan was hooked by her initiative. He immediately tightened his grip around her waist, pulling her into his embrace.
"Then don't do this anymore in the future."