"Ding-dong."
Early in the morning, Zhou Yan arrived at Lin Fan's door and pressed the doorbell.
Last night, he had suddenly received a message from Lin Fan, asking him to come find him today if he had time. He had something to ask of him.
So Zhou Yan had rushed over first thing in the morning.
"Click."
The door opened. Long Yue stood there with her hair loose, rubbing her sleepy eyes as she looked at the visitor outside in confusion.
At the sight of Long Yue in cute pajamas, with her exquisite beauty, Zhou Yan could not help staring blankly.
He considered himself someone who had seen countless beauties and long since become unfazed by them, yet the woman before him still stunned him at a glance.
This woman was far too ethereal and otherworldly!
She was practically a fairy...
"Who are you looking for?" Long Yue asked.
Zhou Yan came back to his senses and hurriedly gave an awkward smile, lowering his head in apology.
"Sorry, I think I might have gone to the wrong..."
With that, Zhou Yan turned around and continued up the stairs, scratching the back of his head as he muttered,
"Could it be that I haven't been here in too long, and I even got Lin Fan's home wrong?"
He had been to Lin Fan's home many times. He could find it with his eyes closed. Today was truly strange...
After taking a few steps, he sensed that something was wrong and hurriedly stopped, turning to look at the room number of the door he had just knocked on.
"That's not right! 520... This is the right room!"
Zhou Yan's expression changed in surprise as he returned to the door and carefully examined it again and again.
After verifying it once more, he was one thousand percent certain that he had not gone to the wrong place. This was Lin Fan's home!
But why had a woman answered the door...?
"Who was that knocking just now?"
"I don't know. He seemed to have gone to the wrong door."
"The wrong door...?"
Zhou Yan pressed himself against the door and vaguely heard conversation from inside. The man's voice sounded a lot like Lin Fan's, so after hesitating for a moment, he pressed the doorbell again.
"Ding-dong."
"Click."
The door opened again, and this time it was Lin Fan who answered.
Seeing that it was Zhou Yan, Lin Fan hurriedly stepped aside to welcome him in.
"Yanzi, I was just wondering whether that person earlier might have been you, and here you are. Come in."
Zhou Yan walked through the door and immediately saw Long Yue sitting at the dining table, eating a fried egg.
Long Yue had an entire fried egg in her mouth. She blinked her clear, bright eyes, looking a little vacant yet adorable.
"Lin Fan, this lady is...?" Zhou Yan asked curiously.
"Her? She's a friend of mine."
"Her name is Lin Obscura Moon," Lin Fan introduced.
Long Yue swallowed the fried egg in one bite and politely nodded at Zhou Yan.
"Hello."
"Hello, I'm Zhou Yan."
Zhou Yan smiled politely, then his expression sharpened. He hooked an arm around Lin Fan's shoulders and quickly dragged him into a corner.
"Lin Fan! Tell me the truth, bro. What exactly is she to you?!"
"She's just an ordinary friend..."
Zhou Yan narrowed his eyes, his expression plainly saying, Do you think I believe that? Then he swept his gaze across the living room and poked his head into the bedroom.
What he saw nearly made him jump.
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There were two pillows sitting conspicuously on the six-foot bed!
"Bro, are you saying that the two of you live under the same roof, eat together, sleep in the same bed, and she's even wearing your pajamas, yet you're just 'ordinary' friends?"
As he spoke, Zhou Yan heavily emphasized the word "ordinary," his face showing an expression that said, Are you trying to fool me?
Lin Fan fell silent awkwardly, not knowing how to explain himself.
Indeed, from an outsider's perspective, living together, eating together, and sleeping together made it hard not to assume they were a couple. But the problem was, they really were not...
His relationship with the Empress was especially complicated. It was truly difficult to explain clearly.
Seeing Lin Fan remain silent, Zhou Yan took it as an admission. He pulled him even closer, feeling happy for him while also filled with envy and jealousy.
"You brat! You betrayed the revolution! You secretly kept a beauty hidden from your brother! That's too much! Didn't we agree to be single nobles together?!"
"But I can understand. Sister-in-law is just too captivating..."
"Sister-in-law is so beautiful. You really lucked out, brat!"
"She really isn't..."
Lin Fan tried to explain weakly.
However, Zhou Yan did not believe him at all. With a bright smile, he turned back to Long Yue and warmly greeted her again.
"Hello, sister-in-law~"
Smack!
Long Yue, who had been happily eating, instantly snapped the chopsticks in her hand upon hearing that. Her cheeks twitched slightly as she turned her head, revealing a terrifyingly cold expression that looked ready to kill.
"What did you just call this Empress?"
She truly could not understand why so many people mistook her for the Demon Supreme's woman.
Even this man had done so the moment they met! He had actually called her sister-in-law!
Which part of her looked like the Demon Supreme's woman?!
"Uh... sister-in-law?"
Zhou Yan jumped in fright and cautiously repeated himself. Then he turned to Lin Fan with a baffled expression and whispered,
"Why did sister-in-law suddenly become so scary? Is something wrong?"
"It's nothing. Maybe it's that time of the month, and she's in a bad mood."
Unable to explain, Lin Fan casually made up an excuse.
There was no way he could tell him that he had called her sister-in-law, and now she wanted to kill him...
As Lin Fan and Zhou Yan spoke quietly, neither of them knew that every word had fallen clearly into Long Yue's ears.
Long Yue slowly rose to her feet and walked straight toward the kitchen.
Seeing this, Zhou Yan enthusiastically offered, "Does sister-in-law need something? Want me to help?"
The moment the words left his mouth, the killing intent around Long Yue intensified. Her entire body trembled slightly with rage as one hand gripped the handle of a kitchen knife.
Seeing this, Lin Fan rushed into the kitchen and grabbed her hand holding the knife from behind.
"Calm down! Calm down, Empress!"
"Murder is punishable by law here! Once you kill him, we won't be able to live here anymore!"
"Let go! Let this Empress kill him! This mortal dared to insult this Empress again and again!"
"Don't worry. This Empress will clean everything up perfectly. No one will find out!"
Long Yue struggled fiercely against Lin Fan's grip. This reckless impulse made it clear that she was blinded by rage.
"That's not the issue here, okay?!"
Helpless, Lin Fan had no choice but to wrap one arm around her waist while forcibly holding down the kitchen knife in her hand with the other.
Whether to stop her from causing a disaster or to save his dear friend's life, he absolutely could not let her act...
The two silently fought over the kitchen knife in the kitchen, but from Zhou Yan's point of view, Lin Fan was embracing Long Yue from behind, holding her hand as they lovingly chopped vegetables together.
"Ah, I never expected Lin Fan to become so good at coaxing women now~"
Zhou Yan rubbed the tip of his nose with a finger, a pleased smile appearing on his face.
That brat had specifically called him over, only to get all lovey-dovey with his girlfriend first thing in the morning. Did he not even care about the occasion? Could he have called him over just to show off his relationship in front of him?
Seriously~
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