Yu Rongling seemed to have picked up on our topic of discussion with Su Qiang and smirked wickedly, "Did you mistake me for my brother, woman? You unsophisticated woman, my face only inherited about seventy percent of my brother's good looks, and that's already stunned you. What happens when you see my brother himself? Won't you be utterly infatuated and die?"
He smugly pulled out his phone and flashed Su Qiang a brief glimpse of the photo gallery.
It was merely a side profile of Yu Longting, and the details of his face were not clear, yet that perfect jawline, along with the smooth, noble bridge of his nose and the sinister yet alluring phoenix eyes shrouded in a smoky haze, were enough to profoundly shake anyone's heart...
"Pfft—" Su Qiang shuddered, stepped back half a step, and actually spat out a mouthful of blood.
Still, her eyes were glued to the phone, unable to move away.
Yu Rongling sneered, "Sis, look, she spit blood out of frustration! Doubting her life choices now? What is Xuanjing, some sort of botched fruit compared to my brother? Besides, my brother is earnestly asking to marry you properly, whereas your cousin here is probably just a foot-bathing maid chosen by Xuanjing."
I: "..."
Snakes truly are both venomous-tongued and dark-hearted.
Stung by his words, all color drained from Su Qiang's face, and she trembled violently,
Pfft, pfft—
She spat out several more mouthfuls of blood.
Yet her eyes still fixated on Yu Longting's side profile.
Her eyes filled with obsession and infatuation.
I knitted my brows, wondering if Su Qiang had fallen in love at first sight?
An unexpected love rival?
Yu Rongling is truly a disaster.
Realizing what he had done, the foolish Yu Rongling finally reacted, hurriedly putting away his phone and pressing it against his chest, "You must not be fantasizing and disrespecting my brother, right? That would be a huge loss."
Su Qiang, no longer daring to look at Yu Rongling, quickly headed toward the door.
"Sis, are you just going to let her walk away? The child in her belly is Xuanjing's evil spawn!" Yu Rongling clearly didn't want to let Su Qiang go easily and said fiercely.
Su Qiang's back stiffened, and her steps became more faltering, yet she ran faster than a rabbit.
I bent over to clean up the shards of tea cups on the ground, "The situation is unclear right now, messing with her will completely infuriate Xuanjing, who is already furious about the annihilation of two strands of the Ancestor of Foxes' soul by my brother and me."
"She came to see you on purpose, could it be as Xuanjing's messenger warning you?" Yu Rongling was speaking earnestly when suddenly something fluffy rubbed against his feet, making him jump onto the table to squat.
Xiao Mi was merely passing by.
Without even giving Yu Rongling a glance, it walked away with dignified cat steps.
Watching his exaggerated reaction, I was somewhat speechless. This table would need to be wiped again, "You're right."
"It suits his personality! He always likes to curse before he acts."
Yu Rongling touched his chin disdainfully, "Xuanjing is really an imbecile, doesn't he know that villains die from talking too much?"
*
In the afternoon, the entrance of the restaurant was flanked by two Snake Servants struck by thunder.
Chen Decheng's face was scorched black, cursing his bad luck.
He asked me what to do with these two terrifying monsters.
I fed them to the cat.
Chen Decheng: "..."
According to Yu Rongling, while I was resting upstairs,
there had already been six snakes struck dead.
Thus, the Thunder charm had completely lost its effectiveness.
It could no longer stop evil monsters from entering the restaurant.
"Boss, maybe we shouldn't open for business tonight, it feels ominous." I remarked to Chen Decheng, sensing what might happen next.
More snakes gathered at the door, their tails slapping as they intertwined.
The air was filled with a strange odor, like earthy tang mixed with the sweet scent of rotting fruit...
The dark night sky held a high-hanging bright moon.
Its silvery light falling on the reflective snake scales looked eerie no matter how one saw it.
Chen Decheng, his teeth chattering with fear, exclaimed, "How are we supposed to do business now? No one dares come near the restaurant with these snakes around. They won't come inside, will they? Why on earth are they doing this at our storefront?"