Free Web NovelChapter 64: Chapter 62: The Opponent is Terrifyingly Strong
As Mo Xiao and the others walked toward Su Mo, they saw a few Beastmen gathered around her, chattering away about what seemed to be pharmacology.
Yue Ying fanned himself, looked at the crowd, and said, "It’s getting late. If anyone has questions, you can come talk to my wife tomorrow."
With that, Yue Ying came to Su Mo’s side, grabbed her wrist, and announced to everyone, "My wife is going back to sleep. There’s no need to see us out."
In no time, he was leading Su Mo away from the crowd by her waist. Behind them, Mo Xiao and Fei Yan smiled and bid farewell to everyone.
Seeing Su Mo leave, the few Dragon Clan Beastmen dispersed as well.
In the darkness of the night, Nannan and Dongdong watched Su Mo’s departing figure, then glanced at the Lord Major General beside them and sighed helplessly.
’When on earth is His Lordship going to get a clue...’
Su Mo returned to her courtyard, took a bath, and when she went back to her room, she saw Cang Lan sitting cross-legged on her bed with a look of anticipation.
The hand drying her hair paused.
’I’m actually starting to feel a little sorry for the emperors of old. Dealing with one after another, day after day... where did they get all that energy?’
’This can’t go on. I’m being too passive. Are they going to have me wrapped around their little fingers?!’
’Absolutely not!’
An idea sparked in Su Mo’s mind. She looked at the little leopard on the bed and said, "Cang Lan, are you sleepy?"
Cang Lan froze, then nodded and shook his head.
Su Mo narrowed her eyes. "Since you’re not sleepy, how about we play a little game?"
Hearing this, the little leopard’s eyes lit up, and he nodded vigorously.
And he began to untie his robes.
Su Mo’s eyes went wide in shock as she shouted, "Stop! Pause! Not the kind of game you’re thinking of!"
Cang Lan looked at her, confused.
Su Mo narrowed her eyes, retrieved a deck of poker cards from the System Space, and held them out to him. "We’re playing this."
It was a new entertainment item recently added to the System Mall. Although Su Mo had always found them rather boring, they were perfect for tricking the little leopard right now.
Outside the room, the other three men had their own reasons for being there—one came out for a drink of water, one to relieve himself, and another to admire the moonlight.
In any case, all of them had now coincidentally stopped in front of Su Mo’s door. They exchanged awkward glances but showed no intention of leaving.
They held their breath, listening intently to the sounds from inside.
...
Cang Lan frowned in confusion at the things in Su Mo’s hands. "How do you play?"
Su Mo smiled and climbed onto the bed. They sat facing each other as she roughly explained the rules of the game to him.
Cang Lan was in a fog as he listened, but he felt like he had gotten the gist of it.
"Let’s play two practice rounds first." Su Mo started shuffling the cards. "Alright, best of five. The loser has to grant the winner one request. No cheating. Whoever cheats is a turtle~"
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During the first two practice rounds, Su Mo intentionally went easy on him. Sure enough, the little leopard across from her became visibly excited.
’This game is way too easy!’ Cang Lan thought with confidence.
When the real games began, Su Mo stopped holding back.
"A straight!"
"And... the bomb!"
"Haha, I win again!"
She won three games straight, catching the silly leopard completely off guard.
Cang Lan scratched his head in a daze. ’What just happened? I was winning at the beginning.’
Su Mo looked at the bewildered Cang Lan, narrowed her eyes, and said, "I won. You have to grant me one request."
Cang Lan immediately sat up straight, looking both earnest and expectant as he asked, "Wife, do you want to touch my abs?"
"Ahem!"
Su Mo’s eyes widened. ’Are you kidding me? Am I some kind of famous pervert? Was I... that obvious?’
’Wait a minute... isn’t his character supposed to be an assassin? As an assassin, how can he be this dense?!’
Hearing Su Mo’s inner thoughts, Cang Lan quietly lowered the hand that was lifting his shirt.
His voice was laced with disappointment. "If Wife doesn’t like it, then... I won’t do it."
Su Mo cast a slightly regretful glance at the abs he had just covered up.
’He really is impossibly dense! Which ear did he hear me say I didn’t like it with...’
Instantly, Cang Lan’s eyes lit up. He grabbed her hand and pressed it against him.
"Touch!"
Su Mo: "..."
’This wasn’t my choice, I was forced. So that doesn’t make me a bad person, right?’
Cang Lan squinted his eyes happily. "Wife is the best."
Su Mo’s eyes curved into a smile, her mood now quite good.
Then, she pulled a few milk candies from under her pillow and stuffed them into his hand. "Here, take the candy and go back to sleep now~"
Cang Lan accepted them gleefully, but then he seemed to remember something. "Wife, you don’t want me to sleep with you?"
"...Ah, well, I’m tired today. Go back to your own room and sleep, okay? Be good."
With that, she secretly slipped him a bag of potato chips. "Go on~"
Cang Lan looked at the things in his arms, got off the bed joyfully, and left.
Hearing the door close, Su Mo let out a long sigh of relief.
Thankfully, this little leopard was pretty easy to handle.
’I have to lay down some rules for them tomorrow. If this keeps up, I won’t have any freedom at all.’
DING.
Little Nine appeared. "Don’t play innocent after getting such a good deal. You’re surrounded by handsome men, just enjoy it secretly. Tsk, tsk, tsk. Getting to touch a different set of abs every day—doesn’t that feel amazing?!"
Su Mo lay on the bed with her legs crossed, saying nonchalantly, "It’s alright, I guess..."
"Tch, you’re putting on an act! Totally faking it!" Little Nine asked gossip-style, "Out of all of them, who’s your favorite?"
Su Mo raised an eyebrow. ’Who’s my favorite? What kind of fatal question is that? I refuse to answer.’
Little Nine: "Come on, tell me! Hurry up~"
"Nope, not telling, skip!" Su Mo frowned and asked, "Have the components of that man in black’s medicine pouch been analyzed?"
"They have. See for yourself~"
Su Mo opened the panel and glanced at the analysis, her brows furrowing.
There were still four or five ingredients that couldn’t be broken down, and the ones that were identified were all extremely toxic.
"Damn, he’s really ruthless. If Mo Xiao had taken this medicine that day, his condition now would be... hard to say."
Little Nine was silent for a moment before saying, "Host, you’ll need to be wary of that man in black from now on. His power seems a bit strong~"
Su Mo frowned. "You call that ’a bit strong’? He’s terrifyingly strong, okay? Let me ask you, in all your years as a system, have you ever encountered such a malicious opponent?"
Little Nine was quiet for a long while. "I don’t think so."
"That’s what I thought! Can you help me find out where he popped up from? He couldn’t also be some villain with the ’strongest system,’ could he? If your System Administration Bureau is playing me like this, that’s just not right!"
Little Nine shook his head, quite serious. "He doesn’t have a system. I can swear on this! If he had a system, I would definitely be able to contact my colleague."
Su Mo felt that he had a point.
It wouldn’t make sense for them to be from the same supply chain but not know each other.
Su Mo lay on the bed and sighed. "Then that’s even more difficult. To be this powerful without a Golden Finger... I’m afraid he’ll be very hard to kill."
"Don’t you worry, Host. Little Nine will be here with you~ I’m your considerate butler, you know!"
Su Mo raised an eyebrow. "Cut the sweet talk. The real business is you hurrying up and getting me an upgrade!"
"Of course~ Rest assured, Host. When I have time, I’ll go hang around in front of the Bureau’s management!"
"You’d better!" Su Mo yawned. "I’m going to sleep. You may withdraw~"
She was the type of person who didn’t dwell on things. As long as a problem hadn’t arrived yet, it wasn’t a problem.
Besides, that man in black had also been hit with poison from the System Laboratory. She refused to believe he was so powerful that he could easily neutralize her poison.
No matter what, she was the chosen one with a Golden Finger. She wasn’t afraid.
Outside the house.
The moment Cang Lan stepped out, he was ambushed by the three men waiting outside.
Before he could even speak, the three of them had dragged him to a remote corner and begun their interrogation...
