Chapter 52: Look What Your Brother Got You!

Su Bao shook her head. “No, it wasn’t me.”

Fu Lang, ever persistent, said, “Xiao Bao, don’t be scared. Even if it was, your brother will take care of it for you!”

At this point, Fu Lang looked every bit the overbearing bully, ready to shield his little sister from any consequences. If he had an actual younger sister, she’d probably be spoiled beyond recognition.

Su Bao silently pulled out her little black book again and added another note under Fu Lang’s name.

Reason: Idiot!

Always trying to pin murder and other heinous deeds on her!

Mo Yan, unable to bear Fu Lang’s groveling demeanor any longer, finally spoke up. “You don’t need to keep asking. She didn’t do it.”

Fu Lang looked baffled. “How do you know?”

Even Su Bao glanced at Mo Yan, curious about how he was so certain.

“She…” Mo Yan trailed off, unsure how to explain.

It was mostly a gut feeling. He didn’t think Su Bao was the killer.

Su Bao’s combat skills were top-notch, her techniques identical to those of Ghost Island assassins. If she had intended to kill someone, she wouldn’t have left such obvious evidence behind.

Moreover…

From the little details she’d let slip in her words, it seemed she had some kind of unspoken restriction. She seemed very mindful of karmic debts.

Someone who cared about karmic debts wouldn’t take on the burden of murder lightly. Once taken, such a burden was nearly impossible to erase.

That was Mo Yan’s analysis.

But without concrete evidence, it was all just speculation. So after starting to explain, he didn’t know how to continue.

Seeing Mo Yan deep in thought, Fu Lang’s mind began to wander.

Lowering his voice, he leaned in close to Mo Yan and cautiously asked, “Mo Yan, be honest. Why are you so sure our Xiao Bao didn’t do it?”

Based on his years of experience as a playboy, Fu Lang suspected… something fishy!

Of course, there was no way Su Bao, who acted like a child, would be interested in Mo Yan.

But Mo Yan, a long-time bachelor with a wolfish demeanor… who could say for sure?

Fu Lang’s mischievous grin didn’t escape Mo Yan, who instantly saw through his dirty thoughts.

“Get rid of those filthy ideas!” Mo Yan snapped. “This girl isn’t simple. If you manage to survive, you’d best stay far away from her!”

Fu Lang pouted.

See? This is why Mo Yan deserves to be single forever. The moment anyone suggests he might have an impure relationship with a woman, he gets all uptight!

“Who are you calling a woman? Can’t you see our Xiao Bao is still a kid? And what do you mean she’s ‘not simple’?” Fu Lang retorted, exasperated. Every time Mo Yan wasn’t accusing some woman of being a spy, he was claiming she had ulterior motives.

Tsk tsk tsk!

After a few more years of playing the field, Fu Lang figured he’d better find someone to marry.

Otherwise, he was genuinely worried that Mo Yan, destined to be single forever, might go crazy from loneliness and drag him into some kind of bromance. He wasn’t sure he could handle that!

Su Bao watched the two whispering men with a cold gaze.

“Da Hei, these two are seriously dumb.” Did they really think lowering their voices meant she couldn’t hear them?

Da Hei, ever loyal to Su Bao, agreed immediately. “Mm, I think so too.”

Once the three of them got into the car, Fu Lang pulled out five small boxes.

Grinning proudly, he turned to Su Bao and said, “Xiao Bao, let me show you what your brother got for you!”