Watching Tang Shuang's retreating back, Xu Shi couldn't help but laugh.
It seemed she left his office like this every time.
Compared to the forced composure she had shown when they first met, she looked much more natural this time—but also far more flustered.
Xu Shi couldn't help being curious. This wasn't like her usual style, nor was it like the furious meltdown she'd had in prison last time... What was going on?
...Could it be because of her Ability Complication?
Realizing this, Xu Shi's expression turned a little strange—he knew what Tang Shuang's symptoms were. When that thing acted up, it was scary as hell.
In his view, Tang Shuang's Ability Complication in the original novel had purely been designed to give Shen He some p... ahem, to deepen their relationship. It had a very I'm immune to every poison, but helpless against that aphrodisiac, so hurry up and help me sort of meaning.
But he hadn't expected that he himself had become the side dish specially served up for her bean-flicking.
Not possible. At the very least, it shouldn't be.
But no matter what, from another angle, wasn't this also proof that she was lowering her guard around him?
And given that the focus of her work lately had all been tied to his affairs, Director Tang was probably growing more and more accustomed to her role as the captain of Serpent Coil's outsourced security team.
Xu Shi was quite satisfied with that. Who wouldn't like such dedicated—and free—labor?
He just wondered what her reaction would be if she discovered that the assassin she had asked him to find was actually just one wall away from her.
Opening the hidden door beside him, Sixpointed Star was inside, maintaining a docile posture as she waited at any moment for