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The young succubus woman nodded dejectedly, took the thick stack of tissues, and said, "Go do your thing. I'll handle the rest."

Sigh, who knew how far things had gone in there? That bastard Lu wouldn't get carried away and start pawing at the rabbit pretty boy in a situation like this, would he? Then again, it was hard to say. She had seen plenty of rich young masters and their awful behavior; not a single one had any integrity. If the rabbit pretty boy fell into Lu's hands, it would be like a block of sweet cheese falling into a rat's nest... She had deliberately stood farther away because she was afraid of hearing some kind of inappropriate noises from inside... It was too heartbreaking. How could she bear it, damn it?!

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

Huh?

The rabbit pretty boy happened to be walking over, and the two stared wide-eyed at each other.

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

Li Zhikong smiled sweetly, doing his best to keep his expression from twisting as he slowly squeezed out a few words through clenched teeth. "Heh heh. He ran away."

"R-Ran away?" The young succubus woman looked utterly baffled. It took her a while to process those two simple words. That was Young Master Lu, after all—the legendary Young Master Lu. Arrogant, tyrannical, capable of every evil deed, a man who had long since been demonized by the rumors of the underworld. She would have believed any despicable thing people said he had done, but... ran away?

"You think running away means it's over?" Li Zhikong was so furious he nearly suffered internal injuries. He had never endured such humiliation in his life! Whether at home or at school, everyone treated him like a precious little treasure, doting on him and indulging him. Only that deadbeat scumbag Lu treated him like some kind of monster. Not only had he refused an opportunity delivered right to his door, he had even dared to despise his rabbit ears and call him a sissy!

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

"Forget it, we won't lower ourselves to his level." The young succubus woman bit her lower lip, afraid that she would burst out laughing if she lost control. She put on a show of consoling the puffed-up rabbit pretty boy. "It's not worth getting angry over that kind of trash. How could he possibly be worthy of our little fairy, right? Look, the tissues are here too. Are you uncomfortable anywhere? Let me help you wipe yourself off!"

"I'll do it myself." Li Zhikong grabbed a few tissues and casually wiped himself down. His eyes darted left and right, and within moments he had concocted countless bad ideas. In any case, he was determined to deal with Lu today! Nothing anyone said would change his mind. "Help me find where that guy is hiding later. It's his birthday party today—he can run, but he can't hide. Does he really think I have no way to deal with him?"

The young succubus woman felt that something about this direction was a little off. The rabbit pretty boy clearly looked innocent and beautiful, so why did he sound like some bandit king when he made threats...

But love made people stupid, and she quickly found an excuse for the man she adored: it was all that dog of a man Lu's fault for provoking him! He had lowered himself to seduce Lu, and Lu had actually run away. Who was he insulting? He had to be punished in the name of the moon!

Even when the rabbit pretty boy was angry, he was so cute. So domineering, so swoon-worthy~

She happily went off to help find him.

Xiao Kai turned around just in time to see the birthday boy, Young Master Lu, striding hurriedly toward him. The expression on his face was incredibly... fantastical. Forgive Xiao Kai for not being good at Chinese; he simply could not find a suitable word to describe it accurately. It was probably like a weasel successfully stealing a chicken, only managing to take one bite before the chicken flapped away... Joy mixed with pain, smiling while his balls ached, half bright and cheerful, half sorrowful...

You get the idea. That was enough.

"What's wrong? Did something good happen to you?" Xiao Kai's thirst for gossip surged up 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. Little Lu, something is seriously off with you. If nothing happened in there, I'll start reading my name backward from now on! Are we brothers or not? I painstakingly put together this whole gathering for you. Don't forget the one who dug the well when you drink the water. You had a romantic encounter behind our backs and didn't even tell us?!"

"What? What romantic encounter? Our Brother Lu Yuan had a romantic encounter?" Zuo Feiyang bounced over like a giant flea, excitedly rubbing his hands together. "With who? Which hero is it? Someone actually made stone-hearted Brother Lu fall for them? Holy shit, 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 one of them, he would have done so long ago. Why wait until today?" Xiao Kai possessed Sherlock Holmes as he stroked his chin and analyzed the situation. "But I invited more than a dozen people. How do we figure out which one it is?"

At that moment, Zhong Cheng approached. He had the most bad ideas and usually loved acting as the little group's scheming strategist. He said faintly, "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..."

The veins on Lu Yuan's forehead bulged. "I said, enough already!"

No one paid him any attention.

Xiao Kai was also the type who loved stirring up trouble, and after hearing Zhong Cheng's explanation, he immediately sprang into action. He walked 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, and I hope everyone has a great time tonight! Originally, I had arranged for some people to perform a few acts to liven things up, but then I thought, no way. What's the point of having performances without prizes? Wouldn't that make our birthday boy seem stingy? We absolutely have to add them!"

"We're not doing anything half-assed. In a moment, the servers will hand every guest a rose. Whenever someone performs onstage, if you think they're especially great, you can throw your flower to them. After we tally the results, the highest scorer will receive not only a hundred-thousand-yuan prize and some carefully prepared gifts, but most importantly, they can make one not-too-unreasonable request of our birthday boy, Young Master Lu..."

"What counts as not too unreasonable? Let me give you an example. A fiery kiss, a perfectly romantic date, or perhaps a night of passion—cough, cough, cough. Sorry, I was talking nonsense about that last one. A night of passion requires his consent..." Afraid that his good brother would slap him to death, Xiao Kai wisely changed his tune before continuing. "Of course, heaven and earth are big, but the birthday boy is biggest. He's giving so much already, so it's not too much for him alone to count as twenty votes, right? If any of the handsome young men or beautiful young women performing later want to win, remember to consider Young Master Lu's preferences. If he likes you, he'll definitely present the grand prize to you with both hands!"