But Yue Xiaofei could still sense that the hostility in the woman's eyes had vanished completely.
Instead, he even caught a hint of... affection?
Yue Xiaofei hesitated for a moment, then released her.
"Cough, cough..."
She coughed dryly for a while before finally recovering. Rubbing her fair neck, she complained:
"Couldn't you be gentler? Were you trying to strangle me?"
The sudden complaint, almost like a lover's playful scolding, left Yue Xiaofei stunned again.
This woman...
How could she change her attitude so quickly?
She'd been icy and unapproachable just moments ago. How had she suddenly become like this?
"Who exactly are you?"
Yue Xiaofei's brows furrowed deeper. "If you don't tell me the truth, my patience is going to run out."
"Fine, fine. You win."
The woman pursed her lips, seemingly annoyed by Yue Xiaofei's complete lack of romantic sensibility.
She straightened her slightly disheveled trench coat, then extended her right hand to Yue Xiaofei.
Her stunning face took on a solemn expression, tinged with a smile.
"Let's start over."
"My name is Lu Qingxue."
"My grandfather is Lu Zhenhua, the Dragon Head of [Hua Gate]."
Boom!
Hearing that name was like a thunderclap exploding in Yue Xiaofei's mind!
Lu Zhenhua...
Wasn't he his grandmother's younger brother?!
The Army War God who had fought five hundred men single-handedly!
His own granduncle, who had been missing for more than eighty years?!
Then this woman named Lu Qingxue...
Didn't that make her...
His younger cousin?!
The thought flashed through Yue Xiaofei's mind like lightning, instantly connecting all the pieces!
No wonder she belonged to Hua Gate!
No wonder she knew everything about him!
No wonder she had used such a strange method to "test" him!
She was family!
Yue Xiaofei had never imagined that his granduncle, a man who existed only