Dark Loli

Lu Chengwen could not wait to get the hell out of there. He quickly said his goodbyes and fled Chen Family Manor.

Walking along the path outside Chen Family Manor, Lu Chengwen asked nervously, "What is it?"

Zhao Gang's face was ashen as he anxiously looked around. "Get in the car. I'll tell you there!"

Lu Chengwen understood. Something had really happened.

Xu Xuejiao received the news at the same time. Furious, she chased after them and caught up with Lu Chengwen and Zhao Gang.

Zhao Gang immediately shut up and watched Xu Xuejiao nervously.

Lu Chengwen was still dazed and completely out of the loop. "Oh my, Sister Xuejiao, why did you come running after me in such a hurry? Is something wrong?"

Xu Xuejiao kept a straight face, looking at Lu Chengwen as she thought, This guy can really act! He embezzled the money for procuring Fine ingredients, causing an entire batch of medicinal materials to not match their ingredient lists, and now he acts like he knows nothing.

Xu Xuejiao smiled, but her smile seemed to conceal blades. "Brother Chengwen, nothing major has happened at the pharmaceutical factory lately, right?"

"Uh..."

Seeing Zhao Gang frantically wink at him, Lu Chengwen hurriedly said, "Nothing major. Don't worry. If anything comes up, I'll handle it."

Why did this girl come out here? Where's Long Aotian? Shouldn't they have gone out for tea and started discussing medicine by now?

Why is this Main Heroine following me out too? Why does Long Aotian's harem have to cling to me?

The pharmaceutical factory matter must be important! I have to deal with it!

Xu Xuejiao froze. From the looks of it, this guy truly did not know the specific situation at the pharmaceutical factory. Could it be that he had not embezzled the money?

After thinking it over, Xu Xuejiao smiled. "Brother Chengwen, it's been over a year since we last met, hasn't it?"

"Huh? Has it? Haha, time flies, the years pass like a shuttle. As the wheels of history roll mercilessly over our lost youth..."

Xu Xuejiao nearly threw up. This man was getting more disgusting by the day.

She forced a smile and spread her arms. "Hug me!"

Lu Chengwen felt like his head had doubled in size.

He was covered in problems and did not even know which one to deal with first.

He had ruined Long Aotian's plans twice in one day. He was probably already on Long Aotian's blacklist;

Leng Qingqiu, that dead girl, had inexplicably insisted on getting engaged to him. He had to resolve that quickly and stop getting tangled up with that animal Long Aotian;

And now Xu Xuejiao, this Main Heroine, was not following the normal plot either—she was bizarre and clingy;

But the most urgent matter was the pharmaceutical factory. Those were fucking drugs. If something went wrong, it would be a huge disaster!

And now this Demoness actually wanted a hug!?

What the hell was that supposed to mean? Hug what? Was she screwing with him?!

At that moment, Lu Chengwen saw Chen Mohuan and Long Aotian walking out. Long Aotian instantly met Lu Chengwen's eyes.

Lu Chengwen's mouth twitched. Well, isn't this fucking over again?

Long Aotian narrowed his eyes. This guy is ruining my plans again!

Lu Chengwen hurriedly pretended to be calm. "What do you mean, hug?"

Then he quickly raised his voice. "Oh, Brother Long! You came at just the right time. Sister Xuejiao was a little hot-tempered just now, but she actually admires your medical skills very much. Why don't you two find a café and have a good chat? You're both masters obsessed with medicine, so you must have plenty in common. I have something to do. Bye, bye."

Lu Chengwen turned to slip away, thinking:

Bro can only help you this much. I wish you two a hundred sons and a thousand grandsons. Just don't drag me into it.

You two are made for each other. I'm just a piece of shit, all right?

I have to leave now, or Long Aotian might start trouble.

Xu Xuejiao glanced back at Long Aotian, gave a disdainful snort, then turned and grabbed the corner of Lu Chengwen's clothes.

"Brother Lu, don't go! Ever since we were children, haven't you always hugged me whenever we parted?"

Lu Chengwen's eyes widened as he stared in shock at the little loli.

Xu Xuejiao had an enchantingly beautiful face, and a pair of large eyes as bright and clear as black Gemstone.

Yet within that beautiful face and those clear eyes, Lu Chengwen saw a trace of smugness, a trace of cunning, a trace of viciousness, and even a trace of evil.

She was doing it on purpose!

Of course Xu Xuejiao was doing it on purpose.

Lu Chengwen had completely enraged her.

He had heard most of her inner thoughts and had decided she would surely throw herself into Long Aotian's arms. Why should she?

Xu Xuejiao became even more fired up.

So you're afraid of Long Aotian? Hmph. Whatever you fear, I'll use against you. I'll make sure you never have a moment's peace!

Lu Chengwen's eyes were filled with hostility and shock.

He slowly removed Xu Xuejiao's hand, thinking viciously:

That dead girl is trying to set me up!

She seems to know I'm terrified of Long Aotian, so she's doing this on purpose! She absolutely is!

Xu Xuejiao was almost laughing out loud. She continued pretending to be adorably pitiful, though her eyes seemed to say:

Big sister is doing it on purpose. Who would have thought that even you, Lu Chengwen, would be afraid of someone?

Interesting, interesting. Today, I'm going to scare you to death!

Oh? You're sweating?

By then, Long Aotian and Chen Mohuan had arrived. A cold smile curled across Long Aotian's lips.

"You have to hug every time you part? Young Master Lu sure lives freely."

Lu Chengwen's mouth twitched. Before he could explain, the reckless Zhao Gang stepped forward and declared loudly, "He hugged her! So what? You're just some—"

Lu Chengwen yanked Zhao Gang back. Stop causing trouble for me. Even if the two of us were tied together, we still wouldn't be enough for him to beat up.

Lu Chengwen said awkwardly, "Sister Xuejiao is joking. It never happened!"

"What do you mean, it never happened? It started when I was eight. At that family banquet, you tricked me into a corner for kisses and hugs for the first time. Did you forget? You even insisted I take off my clothes so you could examine me, saying you planned to become a doctor someday... I was so worried that day. I almost believed you..."

Long Aotian slowly clenched his fists, his gaze on Lu Chengwen growing increasingly sharp.

Lu Chengwen narrowed his eyes at the devil Xu Xuejiao. He finally understood completely—this dead girl seemed to know his weakness!

The key was that she had such an invincibly innocent loli face, with those pair of guileless, wide eyes. Who would believe that this dead girl was so dark inside and such an incredible actress?

I finally got another chance to defy fate and change my life. Am I really going to fall at the hands of this little girl?

Are Long Aotian and his girlfriends obstacles I'll never get past in this life?

Xu Xuejiao was calculating as well.

He seems to know Long Aotian very well, and the two of them appear to have a grudge.

Hehe, evil people deserve to torment each other. Neither of you is any good. One of you steals women and commits every evil imaginable, while the other attacked an old man lying in a hospital bed to stop me from saving him.

Whoever beats the other to death, everyone wins. Big sister loves watching bad people kill each other.

Lu Chengwen wiped the sweat from his forehead and forced a smile. "I don't remember anything from when we were kids."

"Then you should hug me today, shouldn't you?"

Xu Xuejiao leaned close to Lu Chengwen and whispered, "If you don't hug me, don't even think about leaving."

Lu Chengwen narrowed his eyes, deep resentment in his gaze. He whispered, "You've got nerve."

Using all his strength, Lu Chengwen managed to force out an ugly fake smile and gave Xu Xuejiao a light hug.

But Xu Xuejiao threw her arms around Lu Chengwen in a tight bear hug and even cried out, "Oh, Brother Chengwen, you're so awful! Taking advantage of me again!"

Lu Chengwen shoved Xu Xuejiao away, on the verge of exploding.

Long Aotian caught the unsteady Xu Xuejiao and glared at Lu Chengwen. "Young Master Lu, what do you mean by that?"

Lu Chengwen's head buzzed.

Fuck!

He hurriedly smiled. "No, I had a cramp just now. Well, you two chat. Something happened at my pharmaceutical factory, so I need to hurry back and deal with it..."

Lu Chengwen turned and nearly started running. After being stunned for two seconds, Zhao Gang pointed at Long Aotian. "You fucking wait for me!"

Then he turned and chased after Lu Chengwen.

Long Aotian did not chase Lu Chengwen. With a beauty at his side, he had no time to spare for Lu Chengwen.

"Xuejiao, are you all right? Are you hurt? Don't worry, I definitely won't let Lu Chengwen get away with this."

"Oh? Is that so?" Xu Xuejiao instantly returned to her cold expression and moved some distance away from Long Aotian. "He's Young Master Lu of Xue City. Ordinary people cannot afford to provoke him. And you think you can?"

Long Aotian laughed. "What Four Great Families? In my eyes, they are all ants."

A chill flashed through Xu Xuejiao's eyes. "All ants?"

Realizing he had misspoken, Long Aotian hurriedly tried to explain. "No, what I meant was..."

"Goodbye."

Xu Xuejiao strode to her car. Once there, she tore off her uniform in one motion, and her assistant team swarmed around her, draping a black trench coat over her shoulders.

Xu Xuejiao transformed from an innocent little loli in an instant. Her entire aura changed, and she became like a proud, cold-faced queen—a miniature Leng Qingqiu.

The moment he got in the car, Lu Chengwen was still shaking. Furious, he repeatedly slammed the armrest of his seat.

"Fuck, I almost died just now!"

Zhao Gang quickly raised the partition between the rear cabin and the driver's seat, cutting the driver off from them.

"Rest assured, Young Master Lu! I'll find someone to kill that Long Aotian later and vent your anger!"

"Bullshit, bullshit, bullshit!" Lu Chengwen gritted his teeth. "The main problem is that girl Xu Xuejiao. That dead girl..."

Zhao Gang smiled. "Young Master Lu, from what I saw today, she's truly fallen for you! She even threw herself into your arms! Don't worry, Young Master Lu. I'll help you win over that little loli Divine Doctor from the Xu Family. Then the Xu Family's resources will be ours..."

"Shut up!" Lu Chengwen was about to lose his mind. "Remember this: don't provoke Long Aotian, and don't get any ideas about Xu Xuejiao! That dead girl clearly wants to toy me to death!"

"Oh, isn't that perfect?" Zhao Gang wore a sleazy grin. "You two are a couple. What's the difference who toys with whom?"

Lu Chengwen looked at Zhao Gang, about to lose his temper, but then remembered that Zhao Gang was used to being a lackey. He did not know what Lu Chengwen knew, so getting angry at him would be like playing music to a cow.

He could only sigh. "What happened at the pharmaceutical factory?"

What Lu Chengwen did not know was that, at that very moment, Xu Xuejiao was sitting in her business car with earphones in, listening in on their conversation.

That hug just now had been her chance to secretly plant a listening device.

Xu Xuejiao sat in the car with a frosty expression and sharp eyes. Her secretary team watched her nervously, not daring to make a sound.

Zhao Gang said, "That Director Zhang from the Drug Administration Department is a real fucking piece of work! The young master wanted to cut costs, so he reduced some of the precious Fine ingredients in this batch of medicine. It's traditional medicine, anyway. It won't kill anyone."

"That damned Director Zhang actually wrote a resignation letter and plans to use it to expose this whole matter. Tell me, isn't that old bastard courting death?"

"Here's what I think we should do. We keep labeling and shipping the medicine as usual. It's all traditional medicine, anyway. It won't hold anyone up, and it won't kill anyone. Isn't that Director Zhang just after money? Give him ten or twenty million to shut him up. If he refuses, we make him disappear for good. Once he's gone, this matter will..."

"Enough. Shut up." Lu Chengwen lowered the partition and said to the driver, "Speed up. We're going to the pharmaceutical factory."

Xu Xuejiao removed her earphones, her gaze turning even colder.

Lu Chengwen, if you dare commit something so utterly devoid of conscience, don't blame me, Xu Xuejiao, for showing you no mercy!

Others may fear your Lu Family, but I, Xu Xuejiao, do not!

Besides...

A sly smile appeared on Xu Xuejiao's lips.