Aglaea's blue-gold eyes rippled almost imperceptibly. That seemed to be her thing?
But this was not the time to talk about that.
"Boss, say something..." Pardo buried her face in Chen Li's chest, her voice muffled, her shoulders trembling faintly as though she were sobbing soundlessly.
"You two... You have three seconds to return the goods you 'acquired' from others. Three..." Chen Li finally spoke, his voice calm and even as he raised three fingers.
Cipher's "sobbing" stopped abruptly, and Pardo's "trembling" shoulders froze at once.
"Li Zi, what are you talking about? I don't understand, I really don't understand! Even now, you still suspect me?!" Cipher lowered her handkerchief and revealed an even more heartbroken expression, though her eyes flicked swiftly toward the front door.
"Boss, I never thought you would be so heartless today, with no regard for our past bond at all. Have you forgotten everything that happened between us?" Pardo raised her head from Chen Li's embrace and said sorrowfully.
But one hand had already quietly released its grip on Chen Li's collar.
"Two..." Chen Li raised a brow, suppressing the urge to complain as he slowly lowered his second finger.
"Morals have fallen, and people's hearts have grown cold. Even thirty million encounters could not earn me a shred of sympathy or trust from you, Li Zi... I'll go, I'll go. In the end, you were the one who came first." Cipher slowly turned her back, her voice full of "heartbreak."
"I never thought Boss was also someone who favored the new and discarded the old. After all I... Forget it. Let the past scatter with the wind." Pardo pulled herself out of Chen Li's arms and retreated two steps. Then she walked toward him again, brushed past him, and stopped behind him, her voice