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Huang Ming's office...

Su Ruo marched straight in and went right up to Huang Ming.

"Su Ruo, what are you doing here?" Huang Ming's heart skipped a beat.

"What did you say to Chu Yu?!"

"Nothing!" Huang Ming blinked.

"Then why is Chu Yu acting so strange all of a sudden?"

Strange?

Ah, little bro, your acting's no good. I told you to keep things as they were for now and play dumb. But if your acting's bad, there's nothing I can do.

"Ahem, I swear, I didn't say anything out of turn. I just made a couple of casual remarks, and maybe... well, perhaps little bro Chu figured something out on his own!" Huang Ming said with an air of righteousness.

"After all, he's a Steel Straight Man, but he's still a man... Maybe he figured some things out on his own!"

"But I couldn't say how much he's figured out!"

Huang Ming quickly washed his hands of it. He had no desire to get caught up in Chu Yu's Shuraba.

Besides, any of these girls might end up becoming his sisters-in-law someday. Zhao Qinyin, Su Ruo, and even Gu Yan from Modu...

Who knew which one would come out on top? Either way, in a situation like this, he just had to support his little bro's choice!

He... knew?

Su Ruo stood frozen for a moment, then numbly opened the door, intending to go back to her office.

But as soon as she opened it...

Zhao Qinyin was standing there, about to knock!

"Did Chu Yu apologize to you too?" Su Ruo asked.

"How did you know?" Zhao Qinyin exclaimed.

It was obvious that she'd also sensed something was off and had come to find Huang Ming.

This is bad. Chu Yu must have realized something.

*That apology