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The Succubus girl nodded dejectedly, took the thick stack of tissues, and said, "Go do what you need to do. I'll handle the rest."

Sigh, who knew how far things had gone in there? That bastard surnamed Lu wouldn't get carried away and start pawing at the bunny pretty boy in a place like this, would he? Then again, it was hard to say. She had seen plenty of rich young masters and their rotten behavior; not a single one had any morals. In Lu Yuan's hands, the bunny pretty boy was like a piece of sweet cheese dropped into a nest of mice... She had deliberately kept her distance because she was afraid of hearing some inappropriate sounds from inside... It was too heartbreaking. How could she bear it, damn it?!

Using the delivery of tissues as an excuse, the Succubus girl took a deep breath and cautiously leaned half her body inside—

Huh?

The bunny pretty boy happened to be walking over, and they stared wide-eyed at each other.

"Where's Young Master Lu...?"

Li Zhikong gave her a sweet smile, struggling to keep his expression from twisting as he slowly forced out a few words through clenched teeth. "Hehe, he ran away."

"H-He ran away?" The Succubus girl looked utterly bewildered. She took a long while to process those two simple words. That was Young Master Lu, after all—the legendary Young Master Lu, arrogant, tyrannical, and capable of every evil deed. In the rumors, he had long been demonized. She would have believed any lowlife thing people said he had done, but... run away?

"You think it's over just because he ran away?" Li Zhikong was so furious he felt internal injuries coming on. He had never suffered such humiliation in all his life! At home or at school, everyone treated him like a little treasure, doting on and indulging him. Only that deadbeat bastard Lu treated him like some flood or savage beast. He turned down something delivered right to his door, had the nerve to dislike his rabbit ears, and even called him a sissy!

If I don't teach you a lesson, you really won't know how many eyes your Bunny Grandpa has!

"Forget it, don't lower ourselves to his level," the Succubus girl said, biting her lower lip to keep herself from laughing out loud again. She put on a show of consoling the bristling bunny pretty boy. "It's not worth getting angry over that kind of scum. How could he possibly be worthy of our little fairy, right? Look, the tissues are here too. Are you feeling uncomfortable? Let me wipe you down!"

"I'll do it myself." Li Zhikong grabbed a few tissues and casually wiped himself off. His eyes darted left and right, and within moments he had come up with countless wicked ideas. No matter what, he was going to deal with Lu today! No one could talk him out of it. "Help me find where that guy's hiding later. It's his birthday party today—he can run from the monk, but not from the temple. Does he really think I have no way to deal with him?"

The Succubus girl felt that this was heading in a rather strange direction. The bunny pretty boy clearly looked innocent and beautiful, so why did he sound like some bandit overlord when he made threats...

But love made people lose their minds. She quickly found an excuse for the man in her heart: it was all that dog of a man Lu's fault for making him angry. The bunny pretty boy had lowered himself to seduce him, yet he actually ran away. Who was he humiliating? He absolutely had to be punished on behalf of the moon!

Even when he was throwing a tantrum, the bunny pretty boy was so adorable—so domineering, so swoon-worthy~

She happily trotted off to help look for him.

Xiao Kai turned around and happened to see the birthday boy, Young Master Lu, hurrying over. The expression on his face was extremely... fantastical. Forgive Xiao Kai for not being good at Chinese; he truly could not find the right words to describe it accurately. Maybe it was like a weasel that had successfully stolen a chicken, only to get one bite before the chicken flapped away... Joy mixed with pain, smiling while aching below the belt, half bright sunshine and half sorrow...

Just get the idea. That was enough.

"What's wrong? Did something good happen to you?" Xiao Kai's appetite for gossip surged as he grabbed Lu Yuan by the arm. "Don't tell me you had a romantic encounter?"

"...Romantic encounter my ass. Let go of me."

"Holy shit, are you blushing? You're definitely blushing, aren't you?" Xiao Kai studied him for a while, his eyes widening in shock as he became even more relentless. "Don't deny it. Lu Yuan, something is seriously off with you. If nothing happened, I'll start saying my name backward from now on! Are we brothers or not? I worked my ass off putting together this party for you. Don't forget the man who dug the well when you drink the water. You had a romantic encounter behind our backs and didn't tell us?!"

"What? What romantic encounter? Our Brother Lu Yuan had a romantic encounter?" Zuo Feiyang bounced over like a giant flea, rubbing his hands together excitedly like a fly. "With who? Which hero was it? Someone actually made stone-hearted Brother Lu fall in love? Damn, did the sun rise in the west?"

"It must be one of the handsome men or beautiful women I invited. We already know everyone else—if he could have fallen for them, he would have done it long ago. Why wait until today?" Sherlock Holmes mode activated, Xiao Kai stroked his chin and analyzed. "But I invited more than a dozen people. How do we figure out which one it is?"

At that moment, Zhong Cheng—who had the most bad ideas and usually loved playing the group's scheming strategist—walked over and said darkly, "Isn't that easy? It's simple. I was just thinking the program you arranged wasn't exciting enough. Listen to me. Later, we'll do this first... then this..."

Veins bulged on Lu Yuan's forehead. "I said, that's enough!"

No one paid him any attention.

Xiao Kai was also the type who loved watching chaos unfold. After hearing Zhong Cheng's explanation, he immediately sprang into action. He went over to the DJ, snatched the microphone, stopped the music, then gave two testing coughs to draw everyone's attention. "Today is my good brother Lu Yuan's birthday. Thank you all for coming to celebrate with us. I hope everyone has a great time tonight! Originally, I had arranged for some people to perform a few numbers and liven things up, but then I thought, no way. What kind of celebration has performances without prizes? Wouldn't that make our birthday boy seem stingy? We have to add them!"

"No fake promises. In a moment, the servers will hand each guest a rose. If someone performs onstage and you think they're especially amazing, you can throw your flower to them. After we tally the results, whoever gets the highest score will receive not only a one-hundred-thousand-yuan prize and some carefully prepared gifts, but most importantly, they'll also get to make a not-too-unreasonable request of our birthday boy, Young Master Lu..."

"What counts as not too unreasonable? Let me give you an example. Maybe a hot kiss, an incredibly romantic date, or even a night of passion—cough, cough, cough. Sorry, I made that last one up. A night of passion would need his consent..." Afraid that his good brother would slap him to death, Xiao Kai wisely changed his tune and continued, "Of course, the birthday boy is the biggest today. He's giving so much already, so it's not too much for his vote to count as twenty, right? If any of the handsome boys and pretty girls performing later want to win, remember to consider Young Master Lu's tastes. If he likes you, he'll definitely present the grand prize to you with both hands!"