Moving to the Golden Courtyard

"They should be long gone by now..."

Xu Qi exhaled deeply, a smile of triumph appearing at the corner of his lips. Mei, oh Mei... you really did let your guard down this time.

As long as I found a chance to escape, I wouldn't fall into your clutches!

I absolutely didn't want to experience being squeezed dry in the bathroom last time, to the point where I couldn't even walk!

"Huh? But why did you hint at that to Xu Qi before you left?"

Mei tilted her head and said with a playful expression, "Probably because I'm a little wicked."

"Huh?"

"Because if I hinted at that, Xu Qi would definitely want to run away, right? I even deliberately brought all of you out for a walk to create the opportunity for him."

"Ah..."

The other girls nodded in confusion, but they still didn't understand why Mei had done that.

"Although I said I was being generous, when the moment actually came, I definitely wouldn't want to personally push Xu Qi into another girl's arms, right?

"So if Xu Qi really did run away, wouldn't Elysia fail tonight? Wouldn't that be pretty good~~"

The girls who had come along all shot sidelong glances at Mei.

This woman... after being with Xu Qi for so long, her personality had become quite terrible.

Then those gazes shifted toward Dr. Mei.

"Huh? Why are you looking at me?" Dr. Mei turned her head awkwardly and said, "I only had a similar thought before. I didn't actually do anything, okay?"

Ah~~ So it ran in the family...

Xu Qi opened the window. As the sea breeze rushed in, he leaped out of the second-floor room.

He landed without a sound. Xu Qi himself almost wanted to applaud.

Hmph~~ Sorry about this, Mei. I'll