Lu Mingfei's eyes widened. Nono glared fiercely back at him, gnawing on his lips.
"What are you doing? Don't you know I'm already taken?" Lu Mingfei snapped out of it and planted a palm against Nono's approaching face. "And why are you biting?"
An insolent laugh echoed through the little bronze room. Nono put her hands on her hips. "Hah! Now that I've tasted the fair maiden Lu's sweet lips, I can die without regrets!"
With that, she shoved Lu Mingfei backward again. He tripped over the edge of the bed and landed half-reclining on it.
Lu Mingfei crossed his arms over his chest. He had never expected to be molested by a female hooligan!
"What are you doing? This isn't the time for that!"
"Tch..." Nono sat back down in the chair, sweating all over. "What a shame. I wanted to have some fun before I died."
Nono suddenly ruined what had been a somewhat intimate atmosphere. Her words sounded as though she were fulfilling a dying wish.
Lu Mingfei suddenly had a bad feeling. "Nono, why do I get the feeling you're giving me your last words?"
Nono sighed. "I really do like you, but Norton noticed us the moment you said you wanted to find his egg. I'm afraid we're going to be a pair of star-crossed lovers..."
"Ah..." Lu Mingfei said. "So was that confession sincere, or was it the suspension bridge effect?"
"You..." Nono's temper flared. "You're still cracking jokes at a time like this? It was real, purer than pure gold. Now figure out how we can get out alive. If we escape, I'll even serve Her Majesty Zero tea and water!"
Nono swore solemnly to the oil lamp on the table, her hands trembling slightly.
She's actually scared, isn't she?
"Can you sense