"Liu Yirui!"
Su Caiyi finally could not hold it in any longer. She shot to her feet and roared, frightening Liu Yirui so badly that he trembled.
She glared furiously at Liu Yirui, her fists clenched tight.
"Caiyi, I meant every word. I've never deceived you in the slightest."
Liu Yirui said timidly, his voice full of grievance.
He only wanted to trade sincerity for sincerity. He had never wanted to deceive her in the slightest.
Su Caiyi, who had nearly been angered into a qi deviation, suppressed her killing intent and forced a stiff smile at Tang Yu.
"I still have official duties to attend to, so I'll be heading back first. Let's have tea together again sometime."
"Alright, I'll see you out."
Tang Yu rose with a smile to escort her.
"I'll see you out too, Caiyi. Come visit more when you have time."
Liu Yirui hurried after them.
After seeing Su Caiyi out through the gates of the Northern Pacification Commission, Tang Yu turned around only to find that Liu Yirui had already vanished.
He did not think much of it. That idiot never played by the rules anyway.
What mattered most now was figuring out how to handle that damned simp and make him stop causing trouble for him.
He could not even place his own people here now.
This so-called Pacification Commissioner position was less comfortable than being a Hundred-Household Commander had been.
With a sigh, Tang Yu turned and went back. The moment he returned to the Thousand-Household courtyard specially assigned to him—
He sensed that something was wrong.
One teacup and one chair were missing.
They were precisely the chair Su Caiyi had sat on and the teacup she had drunk from.
"What the fuck?"
Tang Yu was instantly struck by an unsettling