Chapter 181: Zhuque Begins to Mediate

At the barbecue joint.

Xiao Longchen took a sip of his beer.

The beer was cold, but his heart was colder.

“Zhuque!”

“What are you doing there!”

As his longtime companion, Xiao Longchen quickly recognized the woman cosplaying as a maid. She was his most valued Seven Kill Envoy, his most important comrade, Zhuque.

He had thought Zhuque was dead, but here she was.

If they had met elsewhere, Xiao Longchen might have been delighted, but now his heart was ice cold.

He saw his Weiwei and Zhuque, both sitting by Wang Haoran’s side.

Zhuque gently offered a skewer of barbecue to Wang Haoran’s mouth, carefully feeding him.

Then, after Zhuque’s hand moved away, it was Weiwei’s turn to offer food to Wang Haoran.

The two women, one on each side, smiled happily as they watched Wang Haoran eat from their hands.

What angered Xiao Longchen the most was that Wang Haoran kept flirting with a short-haired beauty across from him the entire time!

Whenever Wang Haoran spoke, Weiwei and Zhuque would quietly hold their food, gazing at his face.

Only after Wang Haoran finished speaking would they offer the food again.

Even acting like maids, they showed no complaints, only continuous smiles.

Watching this, Xiao Longchen felt a sudden heart attack.

He clutched his chest, unable to hide his inner bitterness.

Weiwei, Zhuque, why are you doing this…

Wang Haoran, you bastard! They let you embrace them, can’t you show them some care?!

If it were me, I’d kindly take the barbecue off the skewer for them, so they could eat easily without having to do it themselves!

Alas, my considerate thoughts can’t be conveyed!

Xiao Longchen chugged another beer, his blurry vision showing him an even more heartbreaking scene.

At the next table, the short-haired beauty leaned over to wipe Wang Haoran’s mouth after he finished eating.

As she was about to sit back, Wang Haoran pulled her in for a kiss.

If it had ended there, Xiao Longchen’s turtle-shell-like heart might have withstood it, but Wang Haoran wasn’t done.

After kissing the short-haired beauty, Wang Haoran spread his arms and pulled in Weiwei and Zhuque.

Sharing his affections, he kissed both sides.

Seeing this, Xiao Longchen inwardly screamed.

Weiwei, Zhuque, Wang Haoran is disrespecting you, being a scoundrel! Slap him!

Hurry!

Slap him, and I’ll come to save you right away!

But unfortunately, the women’s reactions were the opposite of what Xiao Longchen hoped for.

After Wang Haoran kissed them, both women kissed his cheeks in return.

Seeing this, Xiao Longchen couldn’t hold back anymore.

Feeling suffocated, he spat out his beer, and the bottle shattered on the ground.

[Ding! Protagonist Xiao Longchen suffered a major blow, his will to endure nearly shattered! Xiao Longchen’s Protagonist Halo -100! Host Luck Points +100, Ability Points +10!]

Hearing the system notification and the shattering bottle simultaneously, Wang Haoran feigned surprise and turned his head.

“Oh? Isn’t this Mr. Xiao Longchen? What a coincidence! Are you drunk?”

“…”

Ignoring Wang Haoran’s taunt, Xiao Longchen looked at Zhuque with red eyes, sternly commanding.

“Zhuque, come here.”

“Boss, I…”

Zhuque instinctively wanted to obey Xiao Longchen’s command.

But standing up, seeing Wang Haoran’s calm smile, she felt a sudden tightness in her chest.

Hadn’t she promised to follow Wang Haoran’s instructions?

Remembering this, she quickly sat back down.

Afraid of making Wang Haoran angry, she took his hand, wrapping it around her waist.

Seeing Wang Haoran not move his hand away, Zhuque sighed in relief.

She looked at Xiao Longchen and asked.

“Boss, what’s the matter?”

Zhuque thought her behavior was fine.

After all, Xiao Longchen was just her leader, he had no say over her personal life!

But Zhuque didn’t know, every one of her actions stabbed Xiao Longchen’s heart.

Glaring at Zhuque, Xiao Longchen harshly demanded.

“Zhuque, weren’t you investigating Tan Lang’s disappearance? Why are you with Wang Haoran? Why haven’t you contacted me?”

“I-I…”

Zhuque stuttered, and Wang Haoran stepped in.

“Xiao Longchen, watch your tone. Zhu’er is my maid!”

“Maid?!”

“Yes, Boss… I had nothing to do, so I found a job… and became a maid at the Wang family…”

Zhuque continued Wang Haoran’s story.

“Nothing to do? What about the investigation I assigned? And why didn’t you respond to my messages?”

Hearing Xiao Longchen’s questioning, Wang Haoran pulled Zhuque close, answering for her.

“Zhu’er just started, I had to personally train her, so she’s been busy. As for your task, she completed it! I told her I killed Tan Lang when she arrived!”

“What?! You killed him?! You’re dead!!!”

Xiao Longchen slammed the table, ready to stand up.

Wang Haoran quickly stopped him.

“You want to fight in a barbecue joint? Go ahead, but people will record it and post it online!”

“You…” Xiao Longchen’s tone faltered, reluctantly shifting his gaze to glare at Zhuque.

“Zhuque, he killed Tan Lang, and you’re still with him?! Get over here!”

But as soon as Xiao Longchen finished, Wang Haoran tightened his grip on Zhuque’s waist and commanded, “Don’t move!”

Being held tightly, Zhuque thought, It’s reasonable I can’t move, right?—She helplessly stayed put.

Watching the tense standoff, Zhuque felt she needed to mediate.

Clinging to Wang Haoran, she looked at Xiao Longchen and began persuading him.

“Boss… Young Master acted in self-defense…”

Zhuque earnestly tried to reason with Xiao Longchen.

“Boss, look at this video, Tan Lang broke into the Wang Group, threatening Young Master and his family…”

“And Tan Lang tried to take Young Master’s woman, so he had no choice but to act…”

“Boss, think about it, if some fool came to the Seven Kill Hall, threatening us to submit and trying to take me, wouldn’t we kill him?”

“So, in a way, we’re more at fault!”

“But Young Master is magnanimous, he isn’t holding a grudge, so Boss, don’t be so petty!”

“Apologize to Young Master!”