In the spacious living room, Kafka and Jingliu had, for once, chosen to sit on the same side.
Across from them sat Li Yedao and Firefly.
Four people.
One coffee table between them.
The battle lines were perfectly clear.
The trial had begun!
Jingliu tilted her head, slowly tapping one finger against the armrest.
The way her eyes narrowed carried a distinctly dangerous air.
“So what you’re saying is…
you drugged Yedao, and afterward the two of you became a couple.”
After saying that, Jingliu raised a hand and rubbed her forehead, as though trying to straighten out the tangled mess inside her head.
Even a novel wouldn’t dare write a plot this ridiculous.
And more importantly…
Why her?
Her gaze swept Firefly from head to toe.
The cut and fabric of her coat clearly weren’t cheap.
The shoes on her feet had to cost at least five figures.
And she had an extremely sweet, pretty face—the exact type younger guys tended to love.
Hiss…
Li Yedao, you little bastard…
Don’t tell me you’re planning to live off a rich girlfriend?
Once that suspicion emerged, questioning naturally followed.
Jingliu turned toward Li Yedao, making absolutely no attempt to hide the dissatisfaction in her eyes.
Li Yedao stared back at her in confusion.
“What?”
“Tell me.”
Jingliu didn’t bother beating around the bush.
“Did you see that she’s rich and pretty and decide you wanted to become a kept man?”
The living room fell silent for a moment.
Li Yedao pointed at himself.
“Me?”
“That’s right.”
Jingliu nodded with the certainty of someone who had already reviewed all the evidence and delivered the verdict.
“You think I don’t know you?”
“An ordinary rich woman probably wouldn’t interest you.”
“But if she’s extremely beautiful?
That’s another matter.”
Kafka pondered for a moment before lightly tapping the coffee table with her fingertips.
“Yedao, is that true?”
Even Firefly seemed to have been convinced by this bizarre chain of logic.
She happily shook Li Yedao’s arm, her eyes sparkling.
“It’s fine.
My money is your money.”
“And I’m yours too.
Hehe…”
Li Yedao opened his mouth.
He looked around at the three women, each wearing an expression more spectacular than the last.
Only one thought surfaced in his mind.
There are…
No normal human beings left in this house…
“There’s no point explaining anything to you people.
I’m going back—”
“Wait.”
Li Yedao had barely lifted himself off the sofa when a hand caught the back of his collar.
The force wasn’t particularly strong.
But the angle was perfect.
He was immediately shoved right back into his seat.
“Sit down.”
Jingliu withdrew her hand, her voice calm.
Kafka nodded.
Her tone was gentle, yet left absolutely no room for refusal.
“There are certain things that really do need to be clarified.”
Li Yedao settled back into the sofa in resignation.
Fine.
Interrogate away.
Jingliu was the first to speak.
“Do you actually like her?”
Li Yedao nodded.
What answered him was a cold laugh from Jingliu.
“You’re not being honest.”
Jingliu knew Li Yedao.
With the personality he had now, he would never actively fall for someone.
He probably wouldn’t even take the initiative to try.
There was only one plausible explanation.
He had passively accepted the relationship.
This kid had never been good at rejecting people.
Someone pushed him one step, and he took one step.
Wherever he ended up was wherever he ended up.
Looks like the plan has to change again…
Jingliu sighed.
Then her tone abruptly shifted.
“Seems you’re just as lacking in basic life skills as Acheron.”
“How about this?
From now on, come to the Xianzhou and work as my secretary.
I’ll personally keep an eye on you.”
Li Yedao froze.
Then his entire face filled with resistance.
Work again?!
Are you kidding me?!
Before he could react, Kafka lightly tapped one finger against the coffee table.
“Yedao doesn’t like being restrained.”
Li Yedao immediately shot her a grateful look.
Kafka really does understand me.
No one will bother him.”
Kafka calmly finished the second half of her sentence.
The grateful expression froze on his face.
And just like that, the two women began fighting over custody of Li Yedao.
Neither gave an inch.
On one side was the Xianzhou, an international corporate giant.
Becoming Jingliu’s secretary would mean access to enormous resources and status.
On the other was the Stellaron Hunters, a rising company.
Smaller in scale, but with far more freedom.
Li Yedao’s choice was…
“Can I choose neither and just stay home?”
His head was starting to hurt.
Even his biological mother—
Wait.
Apparently this life didn’t have that setting.
Whatever.
The point was, even his guardians had never micromanaged him this much.
“No.”
Jingliu answered decisively.
“If you merely liked fooling around, that would be one thing.”
“But you’ve already gone far beyond normal recklessness.”
Getting drugged by someone and then becoming their boyfriend afterward?
That alone had shattered her worldview.
Firefly did this to him today.
Was Kafka going to do the same thing tomorrow?!
Wait a second…
Jingliu frowned.
She had suddenly discovered a blind spot.
If Firefly could do it…
Then couldn’t she do it too?
Without changing her expression, she glanced at Kafka sitting across from her.
Their eyes happened to meet.
Kafka gave her a slight smile.
There was an astonishing amount of information hidden in that smile.
Jingliu sneered inwardly.
As expected.
That woman was thinking the exact same thing.
…
…
“…I’ll go with Kafka.”
In the end, Li Yedao finally made his decision.
The main reason was that Firefly had secretly tugged at him from below, clearly signaling for him to side with Kafka.
Well, fine.
If he went to the Stellaron Hunters, he could still play games with Silver Wolf and the others.
It wasn’t too terrible.
And it was about time he settled the score with Silver Wolf anyway.
“Heh.”
Jingliu stood up and looked down at him.
“You’ll regret it.”
With that, she turned and walked away.
She didn’t even give him time to ask what she meant.
The bedroom door didn’t slam particularly hard when it shut.
But the sound was extremely decisive.
Kafka reached out and gently patted Li Yedao’s head, her voice soft as though she were coaxing a child.
“Come to the company with me later.”
“It just so happens there’s something involving you too.”
“Me?”
Li Yedao blinked.
“Mm.”
“Your last book performed far better than expected.
Several companies want to buy the adaptation rights in advance.”
Kafka slowly moved behind Li Yedao and leaned down slightly.
Her voice dropped lower.
“And you happen to know the person representing one of those companies.”
“Who?”
Kafka raised one index finger and gently pressed it against his lips.
“Secret.”
The two of them were far too close.
Close enough that when Kafka spoke, her warm breath brushed across the rim of his ear.
Anyone who didn’t know better might have assumed they were the couple here.
Firefly watched the scene.
Her eyebrows knitted together.
“Kafka.”
“Aren’t you two standing a little too close?”
Kafka turned toward her and gave her a meaningful smile.
“Sorry, Firefly.”
“I’ve always thought of him as family, so sometimes I forget about personal boundaries.”
She took two steps back, restoring a properly polite distance.
Only then did Firefly’s expression improve somewhat.
Even so, she still didn’t seem reassured.
She stood and took Li Yedao’s hand.
“Yedao, can I see your room?”
Li Yedao didn’t think much of it.
He nodded and led her toward the hallway.
That left Kafka alone in the living room.
She stood beside the coffee table.
Something flickered within those purple eyes of hers.
Brighter than before.
And much, much deeper.
Kafka slowly licked the corner of her lips.
Her smile widened another fraction.
“Listen to me…”
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